Game time

[SFGRTB]

I saw this going on on the Phillies board, and thought it was kinda cool in the extreme downtime of baseball season.

It's a game of baseball trivia. Someone describes a player using stats, teammates, era, team(s), noteworthy stories, accolades, or whatever you want and everyone tries to guess who the player is. Whoever guesses the player then describes someone else. And on it goes. If no one guesses it, just move on. I know there are some old timers on here who's baseball knowledge far exceeds mine, so I kinda like the exercise to enlighten myself and any others who want to learn new players. NO peaking (if you can).

I'll start.

This player has 377 career homeruns, which is noteworthy for his up-the-middle position.
He won an MVP award in the opening season of a new stadium.
He was teammates with Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens.
Not the most loved player, by fans or teammates alike.

 

[calsnowskier]

Jeff Kent

 

[Stokes1931]

Jeff Kent

Too easy......

 

[SFGRTB]

Too easy......

I wanted to make the first one easy, so people would understand and get engaged!

So, @calsnowskier can describe a player. If you want to of course

 

[calsnowskier]

Tough one...

He was once traded for a future HOFer.
He was teammates with Frank Viola, Kevin Mitchell and Keith Hernandez.
He led the NL in triples for 3 consecutive seasons.

 

[dredinis21]

Tough one...

He was once traded for a future HOFer.
He was teammates with Frank Viola, Kevin Mitchell and Keith Hernandez.
He led the NL in triples for 3 consecutive seasons.

Garry Templeton? He's the only person I can come up with would be 3 consecutive seasons in triples and I remember him being a part of a blockbuster deal...Butler did it for 2 consecutive seasons after his time with Giants, but I don't feel confident that he had done it for 3 consecutive seasons.

 

[SFGRTB]

Tough one...

He was once traded for a future HOFer.
He was teammates with Frank Viola, Kevin Mitchell and Keith Hernandez.
He led the NL in triples for 3 consecutive seasons.

Darryl Strawberry?

 

[SFGRTB]

Garry Templeton? He's the only person I can come up with would be 3 consecutive seasons in triples and I remember him being a part of a blockbuster deal...Butler did it for 2 consecutive seasons after his time with Giants, but I don't feel confident that he had done it for 3 consecutive seasons.

Butler did it 4-5 times I think, but idk if he ever went 3 in a row. That's a good guess though.

 

[calsnowskier]

Garry Templeton? He's the only person I can come up with would be 3 consecutive seasons in triples and I remember him being a part of a blockbuster deal...Butler did it for 2 consecutive seasons after his time with Giants, but I don't feel confident that he had done it for 3 consecutive seasons.

Damn dude. Nice!

I thought I was going to have to add more clues.

 

[dredinis21]

Damn dude. Nice!

I thought I was going to have to add more clues.

Thanks brother. I'm a geek for random, seemingly never needed sports numbers....like triples in a season. Actually what got me to look up stupid triples stats about 15 years ago was when AT&T opened and triples alley became what it was.

 

[LHG]

I saw this going on on the Phillies board, and thought it was kinda cool in the extreme downtime of baseball season.

It's a game of baseball trivia. Someone describes a player using stats, teammates, era, team(s), noteworthy stories, accolades, or whatever you want and everyone tries to guess who the player is. Whoever guesses the player then describes someone else. And on it goes. If no one guesses it, just move on. I know there are some old timers on here who's baseball knowledge far exceeds mine, so I kinda like the exercise to enlighten myself and any others who want to learn new players. NO peaking (if you can).

I'll start.

This player has 377 career homeruns, which is noteworthy for his up-the-middle position.
He won an MVP award in the opening season of a new stadium.
He was teammates with Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens.
Not the most loved player, by fans or teammates alike.

Jeff Kent

 

[LHG]

Tough one...

He was once traded for a future HOFer.
He was teammates with Frank Viola, Kevin Mitchell and Keith Hernandez.
He led the NL in triples for 3 consecutive seasons.

Brett Butler

 

[LHG]

Damn dude. Nice!

I thought I was going to have to add more clues.

Shoot, I thought we were only talking former Giants here. Didn't realize it would be across the board major leaguers.

 

[calsnowskier]

Brett Butler

Never traded for a HOFer and only led 2 years in a row. I dont think he was ever teammates with Hernandez or Viola.

 

[calsnowskier]

Garry Templeton? He's the only person I can come up with would be 3 consecutive seasons in triples and I remember him being a part of a blockbuster deal...Butler did it for 2 consecutive seasons after his time with Giants, but I don't feel confident that he had done it for 3 consecutive seasons.

You are up, in case you didnt realize...

 

[dredinis21]

You are up, in case you didnt realize...

Oh wow...didn't realize. Ok, I'll do my research.

 

[dredinis21]

One of a record setting 21 players to hit more then 40 doubles in the same season (1996).
Considered one of the best hitters of his generation, career .312 hitter with 309 HR with more career BB then K.
Won a batting title.
Won the Silver Slugger 5x total for two different positions.
Played his entire career with one team.
Not likely to make the HOF.

 

[SFGRTB]

One of a record setting 21 players to hit more then 40 doubles in the same season (1996).
Considered one of the best hitters of his generation, career .312 hitter with 309 HR with more career BB then K.
Won a batting title.
Won the Silver Slugger 5x total for two different positions.
Played his entire career with one team.
Not likely to make the HOF.

Tony Gwynn comes to mind, but he's in the Hall and didn't hit that many homers

 

[dredinis21]

Tony Gwynn comes to mind, but he's in the Hall and didn't hit that many homers

Nope, solid guess though.

 

[calsnowskier]

Side note...

Let's try to play this with an honor agreement NOT to look these up. Only the person asking the question can do research...