More trivia

[calsnowskier]

Hornsby?

 

[Hunter Montana]

Yes to Ohtani and Harper. No to Ruth and Hornsby.

Ohtani is now the only other player besides Frank Robinson to win MVP in both leagues.

Also, Ohtani is now the only other player besides Barry Bonds to win MVP in back-to-back seasons with different teams.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yes to Ohtani and Harper. No to Ruth and Hornsby.

Ohtani is now the only other player besides Frank Robinson to win MVP in both leagues.

Also, Ohtani is now the only other player besides Barry Bonds to win MVP in back-to-back seasons with different teams.

You may want to check your work on Hornsby…

 

[calsnowskier]

Didn’t Ricky win win with As and Spanks?

Edit: Nope. Only Oakland.

 

[Hunter Montana]

Ok. Sorry. I guess there are seven players.

Or I should have clarified I was talking about BBWAA awards.

 

[calsnowskier]

Foxx

 

[Hunter Montana]

Foxx

Yes

 

[calsnowskier]

Ok. Sorry. I guess there are seven players.

Or I should have clarified I was talking about BBWAA awards.

BBRef doesn’t differentiate between early voting bodies. They just show “MVP”

 

[Hunter Montana]

BBRef doesn’t differentiate between early voting bodies. They just show “MVP”

I learned this bit of trivia from the following article I read after this year's MVP awards were announced.

Only 6 have won MVP with multiple teams

By winning the 2024 National League MVP Award, Shohei Ohtani became the sixth player in history to win an MVP Award with multiple teams and only the second to do so in both leagues. The MVP honor was the third of his career, tying him with 10 others for the

www.mlb.com

I guess I missed this part of the article:

Here’s a look at each of the six players to earn MVP honors with multiple franchises since the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) began voting on the award in 1931.

 

[Cedrique]

Who hit the most home runs against an opponent in one season?

 

[obxyankeefan]

Gleyber Torres had like 19 against Baltimore in 2019.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Gleyber Torres had like 19 against Baltimore in 2019.

Just looked it up he only had 13

 

[broncosmitty]

Who hit the most home runs against an opponent in one season?

Thome used to kill the Tigers. I’ll guess him.

 

[Cedrique]

Gleyber Torres had like 19 against Baltimore in 2019.

That's close but no cigar

 

[Cedrique]

Thome used to kill the Tigers. I’ll guess him.

Not Thome

 

[calsnowskier]

Brady Anderson vs sanity

 

[Cedrique]

Brady Anderson vs sanity

no, but close. Actually not close

 

[Cedrique]

Keep in mind that now that there are more teams, there are less games against a particular opponent.

 

[Cedrique]

Brady Anderson vs sanity

I know usually my questions are about guys from the 70s and 80s so this question will be a challenge. But he was cool as ice water. Also Michael Lehrer's least favorite player.

 

[calsnowskier]

I know usually my questions are about guys from the 70s and 80s so this question will be a challenge. But he was cool as ice water. Also Michael Lehrer's least favorite player.

Just because this player killed him doesn't necessarily make him Lehrer’s least favorite player.