Help Needed: Yearly Trivia

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Originally posted by Jeff Olsen
That's all nine positions in one game, not one season.

Sept 8 isn't one season!!

[Jeff Olsen]

Calm down. Campaneris, Tovar, and Sheldon are the only ones to play all nine spots in one game. Oquendo played all nine in one season; I never claimed that his were in the same game.

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Originally posted by Jeff Olsen
Calm down. Campaneris, Tovar, and Sheldon are the only ones to play all nine spots in one game. Oquendo played all nine in one season; I never claimed that his were in the same game.

OK..your losing me here. If you play 9 positions in 1 game, obviously that would mean you did it in 1 season too.

[polarisslbm]

If it was the American League, does that mean they played designated hitter, too?

[liveandletdie]

Well for the guys who did it in the 60's, obviously not because there were no DH's in the 60's, and for Sheldon, it couldn't also be designated hitter, because if he played every position during a game, it wouldn't make any sense to play him at designated hitter. He's already playing.

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Originally posted by polarisslbm
If it was the American League, does that mean they played designated hitter, too?

DH would mean 10 "positions" in addition, I think, and I could be wrong, he would have to start at DH because I don't think you can put someone in at DH during the game if he's at a position. Plus, let's say he hits leadoff, bats in the 1st inning as a DH, you put him somewhere else, now guess what? Your pitchers have to bat for the rest of the game. No manager would do it.

[Clay Dreslough]

Originally posted by polarisslbm
1979, the 54-108 Oakland Athletics attracted a meager 306,763 fans, an average of 3,787.

That's definitely going in. I'm sure I went to one of those games. It was a Red Sox - A's game with my Dad (I was 8), and one of the A's players stood up on the dugout at the end of the game and yelled "thank you all for coming!"

It was hilarious, in a sad-but-hilarious sort of way.

Clay

[Clay Dreslough]

Originally posted by Jeff Olsen
Calm down. Campaneris, Tovar, and Sheldon are the only ones to play all nine spots in one game. Oquendo played all nine in one season; I never claimed that his were in the same game.

You're kidding me. In one game?!?

[TwinswillWin]

October 7th 1905
The weekly magazine Sporting Life first usees the term "lineup" to describe the order in which batters take their turn at the plate

April 14th 1914
Boston Braves manager George Stallings coming off a fifth place finish decides to try the novel concept of platooning his outfielders. the six primary outfielders cobine to hit .259 and the braves go on to win the world series.

May 6th 1926
The first use of the term "Muderer's Row" to describe the meat of the Yankees' lneup is credited to The Sporting News. The '27 team. arguably the best in baseball history with Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs, Tony Lazzeri and Babe Ruth rolls to a World Series win.

January 22nd 1929
The Yankees announce that they'll become the first team to make numbers a permanent feature on their home and road uniforms. New York's regualars are assigned the numbers that corresponded to their spots in the batting order. Thus Leadoff man Earle Combs is number 1, Mark Koenig 2, Babe Ruth 3, Loug Gehrig 4, Bob Meusel 5, Tony Lazzeri 6 and Leo Durocher 7, follwed by three players who split the catching duties Johnny Grabowski (8), Benny Bengough (9) and Bill Dickey (10 but changed to 8 wehn he becomes the full-time starter the next year).

July 9th 1940
At Sportsman's park in St. Louis five Nation League pitchers combine for the first All-Star game shutout, 4-0, allowing only three hits to an American League lineup that includes seven Hall of Fame hitters ( Luke Appling, Lou Boudreau, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Jimme Foxx, Hank Greenberg and Ted Williams)

June 18th 1950
The Indians score an American League-record 14 first-inning runs in a 21-2 drubbing of the Philadelphia Atheltics.

June 8th 1961
Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas become the first foursome to hit consecutive home runs when they each go deep in the seventh inning. The Braves still lose to the Reds 10-8

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September 27, 1963
hoston colt .45 manager Harry Craft fields an all rookie starting lineup in a 10-3 loss to the Mets at colt Stadium. Crat uses 15 rookies in all, including four who make their major league debuts and one, Jay Dahl, who makes hte only big league appearance of his Career.

Sept 8, 1965
Bert Campaneris starts the game at SS but palys all nine positiosn in nine innings against the California Angels. Campaneris goes 0-3 with a a walk.

July 3, 1966
Atlanta Braves righthander Tony Cloninger has perhaps the greatest day ever for a National Leaguer batting ninth, hitting two grand slams and getting the win in a 17-3 victory over the Giants.

April 6, 1973
The Yankees play the Red Sox in Fenway Park inFenway Park in the American League season opener, and for the first time in major league history the batting orders do not include pitchers. Ron Blomberg, the first designated hitter, bats sixth for New york, and Orlando Cepeda, Boston's DH, hits fifth.

June 23 1982
With his A's having lost seven of eight, maager Billy Martin lirerally pulls his lineup out of a hat (actually one of his plaers does the honors) for the forth and final time. Thogh the ploy worked in Martin's three previous tries, this attempt results in a 1-0 loss to the royals.

June 11, 1988
The Yankees' Rich Rhoden becomes the first pitcher to start a major league game as the DH. The righthanded-hitting Rhoden is used by manager Billy Martin because his hitters are struggline against left-handed pitching. Rhoden hits a game-tying sacrifice fly in a game in New York eventually wins 8-6.

July 9th 1998
Carinals manager Tony La Russa's lineup agsint the Astros features ptich Todd Stottlemyre, a Career .218 hitter, batting eigth, ahead of rookie second basemen Placido Polanco. It is the first time a pitcher has batted anywhere but ninth in the lineup since Steve Carlton hit eight, ahead of SS Bud Harrlson, for the 79 Phillies.

September 20 1998
Before a game against the Yankees, Orioles manager Ray Miller delievers his lineup card to home play umpire Greg Kosc. The Card lists Ryan Minor batting sixth and playing thirdbase. it is the first Orioles Lineupcard since May 30 1982, that does not have the name of Cal Ripken Jr. written in as a starter.

October 3rd 2004
Pirates catcher Jason Kendall makes his final appearance of the year in the leadoff spot going 0-4 against the Cincinati Reds. Kendall finishes the season with 475 at bats as a leadoff hitter. No other catcher in the last 30 years has apperaed as often in leadoff spot.(Paul Lo Duca is next with 189 for thee 2001 Dodgers.)

[Jeff Olsen]

Originally posted by cartman00000001
OK..your losing me here. If you play 9 positions in 1 game, obviously that would mean you did it in 1 season too.

Okay, so I left the words "National League" off the original post.

You should have left out the bit about it never happening in the NL; we have two different "it"s.

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Originally posted by Jeff Olsen
Okay, so I left the words "National League" off the original post.

You should have left out the bit about it never happening in the NL; we have two different "it"s.

OK, now "it's" making sense. No one has played 9 positions in a single game in the NL, but it has happened 3 times in the AL.

Oquendo needed a whole season to accomplish it. Wonder why it hasn't happened in the NL? Seems easier to do it there.

[polarisslbm]

April 4, 2005 : Dimitri Young of the Detroit Tigers becomes only the third player in major league history to hit three home runs on opening day, and the first player in franchise history. This put him on a pace to hit 486 home runs.

April 4, 2005 : Jeremy Bonderman of the Detroit Tigers becomes the youngest pitcher to start on opening day (22) since Dwight Gooden (21) did it in 1986 for the New York Mets. The Mets went on to win the world series.

April 5, 2005 : I am a happy camper.

[liveandletdie]

I was there! that was one **** of a game! Tigers are undefeated. I was a little upset about Ordonez going 0 for 4, though.