From Pillar to Post Trivia Quiz

Answer: Minnesota Twins

Dotel signed with the Mets in 1993 at the start of his career, and after going from team to team, finished his career in Detroit, where he surpassed 700 appearances. He amassed a total of 1,143 strikeouts and 109 saves in his career.

Answer: Kenny Lofton

Kenny Lofton was a vital piece of the Cleveland Indians run in the mid '90's, both with the bat and speed on the bases, but also with his glove roaming center field at "The Jake." Most notable for his speed, he was typically the leadoff hitter in manager Mike Hargrove's lineup.

Despite their dominance in the AL Central during those years, the Indians couldn't quite capitalize on it come the post season, losing in the World Series in 1995 to the Atlanta Braves, and to the Florida Marlins in 1997.

Answer: Matt Stairs

Matt Stairs played in the MLB for 19 seasons, and went from city to city, playing for a dozen teams over his playing career. Drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1989, Stairs accumulated 265 home runs in his career, with an astonishing 23 of them in a pinch hitter's role. Stairs retired in 2011 after a stint with the Washington Nationals, the team that drafted him before they moved from Montreal and became the Nationals.

Answer: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon is most known for his size, despite being a pitcher, hence the nickname, "Big Sexy." He amassed over 2,500 strikeouts in his time in the majors with 11 different teams. He's also known for having been in the league longer than Turner Field in Atlanta, where the Braves played from 1997 to 2016. Both Colon and Turner Field made their major league debuts in 1997, but Colon outlasted the stadium by two seasons!

Answer: Shortstop

Clayton is another player who went "from pillar to post," playing for 11 teams during his playing days from 1991 to 2007. Clayton's post career work includes working with Brad Pitt in the 2011 baseball film "Moneyball." In the film, Clayton portrayed shortstop Miguel Tejada, a member of the Oakland Athletics low-payroll team that won 20 straight games on their way to winning the AL West.

Answer: 4

Mike Morgan was drafted by Oakland in 1978, and retired in 2002 as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Despite the lack of hall of fame numbers, a career that spans four decades is impressive, even if it is spent with a dozen different teams.

Answer: Fernando Rodney

Rodney played the majors from 2002 to 2019, and became the oldest active player in the league at the time of Ichiro Suzuki's retirement in 2019. That same season, Rodney won his only World Series ring with the Washington Nationals.

Answer: Philadelphia Phillies

Mulholland pitched for Philadelphia from 1989-1993, which was his longest single stint with any club in his career, which spanned three different decades. Mulholland did pitch for four seasons with San Francisco, however, those four years were split into two separate stints with the Giants. Mulholland threw a no-hitter against his former team, the Giants, in 1990, and was named the All-Star Game starter in 1993, both while with Philadelphia.

Answer: Seattle Mariners

Villone spent his longest amount of time with Seattle, though even the majority of that time was spent in the minor leagues. Villone never gained the command of his pitches that he needed to be truly successful, which is why he was constantly traded from team to team.

Answer: China and Panama

Chen was eligible to pitch for both China and Panama in the WBC, because he was born in Panama, and is of Chinese parentage. He pitched for Panama in 2006 and 2009, and pitched for China in the 2017 WBC. He pitched in the major leagues for the final time in 2015 with Cleveland.