Describe a player and guess who it is thread

[Rex Racer]

• Won an MVP in the late '70s
• 3 time Silver Slugger winner (1983, 1985, 1986)
• Known to crowd the plate
• One of two players in baseball history to reach the World Series three times in a row with three different teams (the other player is a part of Phillies lore)
• Set the Red Sox record for most HBP in a season with 35 in 1986
• 1995 NL Manager of the Year

Don Baylor, although someone probably answered it already.

 

[jvett77]

Was it Gene Conley?

You got it! Congratulations!

 

[Rex Racer]

This should be easy for you experts:

Played six years in the NBA
Scored over 2,000 points in the NBA
Played with 3 MLB teams in 11 years
Won 91 games with 3.82 ERA
MLB team mates included Sparky Anderson, Wilber Wood, Rico Petrocelli

Chuck Connors?

 

[jvett77]

Chuck Connors?

Interesting guess. The rifleman was .238/.280/.302 in 62 games with Brooklyn and Chicago. No wonder he went to Hollywood.

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[northeastphillyguy]

Here is one to make you think. A former starting pitcher who converted to a reliever set a record that will be hard to break! In one specific season he had more saves than baserunners allowed! Who is he?

 

[Omar 382]

Here is one to make you think. A former starting pitcher who converted to a reliever set a record that will be hard to break! In one specific season he had more saves than baserunners allowed! Who is he?

Is it the back to back no-hitter guy? His name was like 3 words

 

[Omar 382]

Or Lee Smith?

 

[Omar 382]

Give some teammates, damnit

 

[Omar 382]

Rollie Fingers?

 

[Omar 382]

The suspense is killing me. Rollie Fingers. Final answer

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Is it the back to back no-hitter guy? His name was like 3 words

Not him.

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Or Lee Smith?

Not him.

 

[Rex Racer]

Here is one to make you think. A former starting pitcher who converted to a reliever set a record that will be hard to break! In one specific season he had more saves than baserunners allowed! Who is he?

Mariano Rivera?

 

[northeastphillyguy]

The suspense is killing me. Rollie Fingers. Final answer

Not him.

 

[Omar 382]

Kerry Wood?

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Here are two teammates. Willie Randolph and Mike Moore.

 

[Omar 382]

Dennis Eckersley?

 

[Omar 382]

I think it's Mo

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Kerry Wood?

Dennis Eckersley?

Wow! For a quitter you did good! His ERA in 1990 was below 1.00. His nickname was ECK.

 

[Omar 382]

• NL MVP in 1938
• 2-time NL batting champion (1938, 1942)
• Considered the slowest baseball player ever
• A famous miscue in a World Series has him dubbed as "the Bill Buckner of the 1930s"
• One of the weaker players to get into the HOF, IMO