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kairos12

(13,242 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:26 AM Jun 2019

Greinke hits HR off of Kershaw

It was the 7th time in MLB history a Cy Young award winner hit a HR off a Cy Young winner.

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Greinke hits HR off of Kershaw (Original Post) kairos12 Jun 2019 OP

Greinke is hitting .306 in 38 plate appearances this season True Dough Jun 2019 #1

I didn't get one. I would have guessed Don Drysdale. kairos12 Jun 2019 #2

I appreciate your honesty True Dough Jun 2019 #3

As you are a baseball enthusiast here is my favorite baseball trivia ? kairos12 Jun 2019 #4

Good one. True Dough Jun 2019 #5

Fun game to watch last night MLAA Jun 2019 #6

True Dough

(20,110 posts)

1. Greinke is hitting .306 in 38 plate appearances this season

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:37 AM

Jun 2019

but he's a .226 career hitter and he has nine home runs over 16 MLB seasons.

As a baseball trivia enthusiast, can you name 3 of the top 5 pitchers with the best career OPS of all time?

Answers below...

Ken Brett: .722 OPS, 10 HR, 42 RBI in 350 PA (he's George Brett's big brother!!)

Sloppy Thurston: .682 OPS, 5 HR, 79 RBI in 698 PA

Les Sweetland: .679 OPS, 0 HR, 34 RBI in 325 PA

Jack Scott: .673 OPS, 5 HR, 73 RBI in 736 PA

Dontrelle Willis: .665 OPS, 9 HR, 39 RBI in 447 PA

If you knew two of them, I'm impressed. If you even knew one of them, I'm still quite impressed.

kairos12

(13,242 posts)

2. I didn't get one. I would have guessed Don Drysdale.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:42 AM

Jun 2019

True Dough

(20,110 posts)

3. I appreciate your honesty

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:45 AM

Jun 2019

I wouldn't have known a single one of them either.

Drysdale, by the way, had a .523 career OPS over 14 seasons. Not too shabby for a pitcher.

kairos12

(13,242 posts)

4. As you are a baseball enthusiast here is my favorite baseball trivia ?

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:48 AM

Jun 2019

Who was the first player to steal a base in 4 different decades?

Answer below.

Ted Williams.

True Dough

(20,110 posts)

5. Good one.

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:55 AM

Jun 2019

Williams book-ended his career with 2 steals in 1939 and just got the 1 steal in 1960 to accomplish that feat (I had to look that up, of course).

Rickey Henderson did it but obviously later than the Splendid Splinter.

MLAA

(18,575 posts)

6. Fun game to watch last night

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:11 AM

Jun 2019

Right before Greinke’s homer Walker hit a 3 run homer.

I enjoy watching Greinke pitch. In addition to being a great pitcher he is an overall terrific athlete. Did you see him cover first base and stretch out to get the ball and put out a very close play?

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