Last 3 plays: absrchamps (7/15), Monkman (15/15), Guest 174 (13/15).
Select the MLB third basemen.
There are 15 correct entries. Get 3 incorrect and the game ends.
AJ Pollock Paul Molitor Alejandro Oms Brooks Robinson Tony Gonzalez Baby Doll Jacobson Ken Boyer Edgar Martinez Nolan Arenado Ron Santo Scott Rolen Adrian Beltre Wade Boggs Eddie Mathews Manny Machado Randy Winn Buddy Bell Roy Thomas Chipper Jones George BrettMike Schmidt Coco Crisp
Left click to select the correct answers. Right click if using a keyboard to cross out things you know are incorrect to help you narrow things down.
The incorrect answers were all center fielders (A.J. Pollock, Alejandro Oms, Randy Winn, Coco Crisp, Baby Doll Jacobson, Roy Thomas, Tony Gonzalez).
Did you know?
- Mike Schmidt was signed by Phillies scout Tony Lucadello, who had followed him since he played Little League Baseball.
- Wade Boggs played in the longest game in professional baseball history (33 innings) as a member of the winning Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981 against Cal Ripken Jr.
- George Brett was the first player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades (1976, 1980 and 1990).
- Eddie Mathews was the Braves' manager when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974.
- Adrian Beltre had a number of superstitions, including refusing to let anyone touch his head.
- Ron Santo became the first player in major league history to wear a batting helmet with protective ear flaps in 1966.
- Chipper Jones was the first switch hitter in Major League Baseball history to obtain at least 2,500 hits, 1,500 RBIs, 1,500 runs and 1,500 walks.
- Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski share the longest tenure with one team, 23 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, respectively.
- Scott Rolen as a high school senior was the runner-up in Indiana's prestigious Mr. Basketball award voting, earning him a scholarship to play basketball at Georgia (which he turned down). He was drafted by the Phillies in the 1993 MLB draft.
- Buddy Bell is the son of outfielder Gus Bell and the father of former third basemen Mike and David Bell, making them one of five families to have three generations play in the Major Leagues.
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