Dave's Baseball, Ghost Pepper Style 2 Quiz

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

Griffey Sr. was found with his son on the 1991 Seattle Mariners before he retired after the season. The second pair was Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr. The were both rostered on the Baltimore Orioles in the 2001 season. They first played together in the game on October 3 in the season. Raines Jr. was a rookie in the season while his father was in his only season with the Orioles in 2001.

The senior Raines retired after one season with the Florida Marlins after his 2002 season. He was the big thief of the family by stealing 808 career bases and was selected for a 2017 Hall of Fame induction. Junior went on to spend only three seasons with the Orioles and then retired.

Answer: Frank Ringo

Ringo began his career in 1883 with the Philadelphia Quakers of the National League. Bouncing from team to team, he played for five teams in only four seasons while never batting over .250 with his career average of .192. On April 12, 1889 he was found dead and it was ruled a suicide after taking lethal doses of morphine. Frank was only 28 years old.

Answer: Kansas City Monarchs

The first World Series for the Negro Leagues took place in 1924. It pitted the Negro National League Kansas City Monarchs versus the Eastern Colored League Hilldale Club. Manager Jose Mendez led the Monarchs to the first NLB World Series crown five games to four.

The following season found Hilldale Club victorious over the Monarchs by five games to one in that World Series. The Monarchs won a total of eight NNL pennants until the league closed its doors in 1948.

Answer: Rollie Fingers

Fingers played for three teams over 17 seasons from 1968-1985. He made a name for himself in nine seasons with the Athletics. However, three of his four Rolaids Relief Awards came as a San Diego Padre between 1977-1980. His fourth award came as a Milwaukee Brewer in 1981 along with him winning the AL Cy Young Award. That was the season he threw 78 innings in relief with a 1.04 ERA.

Answer: Dodgers v White Sox

The 1959 World Series pitted the Chicago White Sox against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers who arrived in Los Angeles from Brooklyn a year earlier played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until Dodger Stadium was built for the 1962 season. The 1959 World Series resulted in the Dodgers winning it all in six games.

The three games played in Chicago had an attendance of less than 50,000 fans in each game. The games in Los Angeles had an attendance of 92,000 in each of those three games. It was game five that topped the record with 92,706 fans. Dodger pitcher Larry Sherry was the series MVP.

Answer: Sam Crawford

Crawford was the only player to reach the 300-plateau in the 20th Century. After debuting his career in 1899 with the Cincinnati Reds, Sam moved to Detroit to become a Tiger and finished out his career in 1917 after 19 seasons. A teammate of the great Ty Cobb for many seasons, Crawford led the league six times in triples with a season-high of 26 in 1914.

The outfielder and first baseman retired with 309. Sam was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1957, then died in 1968.

Answer: Louis Sockalexis

On April 22, 1897, the first Native-American stepped on to the field for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League. Outside of baseball he was a member of the Penobscot Tribe. The 25-year old right-handed Sockalexis would watch from right field as teammate Cy Young was on the mound for the Spiders. Louis batted .338 in his rookie season and played in only three seasons before retiring as a Spider in 1899. Sockalexis died in 1913 at the age of 42.

The new American League Cleveland franchise changed their name from the Naps to the Cleveland Indians in 1915 in honor of Sockalexis.

Answer: Rube Waddell

Waddell was a left-handed throwing wonder from 1897-1910. He played for five teams over his 13-season career. Rube led the league in strikeouts in six consecutive seasons from 1902-1907 while topping out at 349 in 1904. He also won 20+ games in a season four consecutive times. Waddell threw the AL Triple Crown in 1905 with the Philadelphia Athletics. Of all calendar dates, he died on April 1, 1914 at the age of 37. Shortly afterwards, Mack, McGraw, and other players contributed more than $1000 to give him proper respects with his newly constructed and upright headstone. Waddell was buried at Mission Burial Park South in San Antonio. Rube was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.

Answer: Cleveland Indians

It was second baseman Bill Wambsganss of the Indians on October 10, 1920. In game five of the World Series against the Brooklyn Robins in the fifth inning, Bill caught a line drive off the bat of Clarence Mitchell of Brooklyn. He then touched second base to get out Pete Kilduff who had not tagged up, then tagged Otto Miller who was running from first base in the process.

The Indians won the game and the series five games to two. Bill's record feat was the only World Series triple-play in the 20th Century.

Answer: Jim Tobin

Tobin was a nine-season pitcher and was with the Boston Braves in 1942. On May 13 Jim hit three big ones against the Cubs. His home runs were provided by pitchers Jake Mooty and Hi Bithorn. The Braves won the game 6-5. Tobin was a better than average hitter for a pitcher.

He was sometimes used to pinch-hit during games as he had a .230 career batting average. He retired in 1945 with a 105-112 record from the mound.