Great job, Jim. Here’s all the answers:
1) Which player hit a home run in his first major league at-bat and never hit another one over his 21-year career?
CORRECT - Hoyt Wilhelm… one of my favorite baseball trivia questions
2) Who is the only player to hit two grand slams in one inning?
CORRECT - Fernando Tatis on April 29,1999
3) Who was the only pitcher since 1900 to hit 3 home runs in a major league game?
CORRECT - Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves did it on May 13, 1942
4) Who was the only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a major league game?
CORRECT - Tony Cloninger of the Atlanta Braves did it to the San Francisco Giants on July 4, 1966
5) What record has Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity held since the 1903 season
CORRECT - Here’s a record that will NEVER be broken… In August of 1903, Joe McGinnity won 3 double headers, the only player ever to do this on one month. The times of the games were 1:40, 1:30, 1:45, 1:50, 1:30 and 1:33, all incredibly short, especially by today’s standards. His record of 5 complete-game double headers was also set in 1903, so you get this one right, too.
6) Who holds the record for the lowest batting average in a season while playing in at least 150 games?
WRONG - Monte Cross hit .182 in 1904
7) Who holds the record for the fewest singles in a season while playing in at least 150 games?
CORRECT - Barry Bonds had just 49 singles in 2001, to go along with his 73 home runs
8) Who holds the record for the fewest RBI’s in a season with at least 500 at-bats?
WRONG - In 1971, shortstop Enzo Hernandez of the San Diego Padres in his rookie season drove in a total of 12 runs in 549 at-bats
9) Who holds the record for most major-league at-bats without a home run?
WRONG – Looking for the lifetime record (didn’t mention season in the question). Correct answer is Tom Oliver, who had 1,931 at-bats as a Boston Red Sox outfielder from 1930 to 1933
10) Who hit into a triple play in his final major league at-bat?
CORRECT - On September 30, 1962, catcher Joe Pignatano of the New York Mets made his last big league at-bat on his most memorable, hitting into a ninth-inning triple play to seal a 5-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, giving the Mets a season record of 40-120 as they finished 60 and one-half games out of first place
11) Who is the only man in major league history to hit into an unassisted triple-play and to accomplish one in the field?
CORRECT - Jimmy Cooney
12) Who is the only major league player whose every hit of a single season was a home run?
Oh, CORRECT - I’ll take all of your lame 1-homer guys, but in 1955, pitcher Clem Labine hit three home runs… his only hits of the season, and the only home runs of his entire career
13) Who is the only major league player to commit 4 errors in a single inning?
CORRECT - Okay, you got me… there’ve been lots of ‘em
14) What record does Rennie Stennett have a piece of, and who does he share it with?
CORRECT - Rennie Stennett was 7-for-7 on September 16, 1975, tying the record previously held by Wilbert Robinson for most hits in a 9-inning game
15) What record does Charles Barrett hold?
CORRECT - On August 10, 1944, Charles Barrett held the Reds to two hits in a 2-0 victory in a night game at Crosley Field. The contest took only an hour and 15 minutes, remarkable enough by today's standards, but even more astounding was that Barrett threw only 58 pitches, an average of two to each of the 29 batters he faced. He neither struck out or walked anyone, yielding only two singles, and never fell behind in the count to a single batter
Send me your address, Jim, and I'll get that baby in the mail.
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