Baseball Trivia Game

[metsguy234]

I'll ask a question, whoever gets it right asks their own question, etc.

Out of the 67 pitchers enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, there is only 1 who has never recorded a save in his career. Who is that one pitcher?

[haveacigar]

Babe Ruth

[metsguy234]

Babe Ruth

Nope.

[metsguy234]

Note: This doesn't include guys who pitched only a couple of innings (i.e. Ted Williams), the list includes all guys with at least 450 IP who are HOFers

[metsguy234]

Hint: This guy pitched before 1900

[gosensgo101]

I'm looking for a modern era starter, but am not finding one

I'm going to go with Tom Seaver. IIRC he came up as a starter and finished as a starter. He's one of the youngest pitchers in the HOF (surprisingly) so he's the least likely to have been used in relief when he was starting.

[metsguy234]

I'm looking for a modern era starter, but am not finding one

I'm going to go with Tom Seaver. IIRC he came up as a starter and finished as a starter. He's one of the youngest pitchers in the HOF (surprisingly) so he's the least likely to have been used in relief when he was starting.

Nope. Seaver had 1 career save (in 1968).

Note: I said, he pitched before 1900.

[gosensgo101]

Hint: This guy pitched before 1900

I looked it up now that I see that and Tom Seaver's Baseball HOF page says I'm right. Baseball-Reference says I'm wrong though.

[metsguy234]

I looked it up now that I see that and Tom Seaver's Baseball HOF page says I'm right. Baseball-Reference says I'm wrong though.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...96807072.shtml

Seaver's save.

[gosensgo101]

I was posting before I saw your post. I trust B-R more than the HOF website though. I let them know of their error.

[metsguy234]

So does anyone have another guess? Remember, this pitcher played his entire career before 1900.

[metsguy234]

Your mom

Reported.

And the answer is Candy Cummings. Someone else ask a question now.

[gosensgo101]

Reported.

And the answer is Candy Cummings. Someone else ask a question now.

Ah, 19th century baseball. Look at his 1872 line. 497 IP. Did they still throw underhand back then? (And if he did get a save, would it have been recorded?)

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 
1872 23 NYU NA 33 20 .623 2.52 55 55  53 3 0 497.0 600 347 139 2 30  43  0   137 1.268 10.9 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.43

[metsguy234]

Ah, 19th century baseball. Look at his 1872 line. 497 IP. Did they still throw underhand back then? (And if he did get a save, would it have been recorded?)

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 
1872 23 NYU NA 33 20 .623 2.52 55 55  53 3 0 497.0 600 347 139 2 30  43  0   137 1.268 10.9 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.43

B-R has save stats even for pitchers who pitched before the save came into being.

[gosensgo101]

B-R has save stats even for pitchers who pitched before the save came into being.

Even in the 19th century? I would think they'd need a boxscore/game log to do that. I don't see any before 1950.