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Obscure sports trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Jan 3, 2019.

  1. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    OK, who were the last two players to drive in 100 runs with fewer than 10 homers?
     
  2. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    I haven’t followed baseball in years, but I do remember Tommy Herr doing that in the ‘80s.
     
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  3. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Is it molitor and herr?
     
  4. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Over my vegetarian thread. During the pestilence I've become a herbivore and even got my girlish figure back.

    Here's an NFL one:

    Which player appeared in the most Super Bowls?
     
  5. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    I assume Brady. He’s got 9.
     
  6. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Yes, Molitor and Herr. Those two, and George Kell, are the only two players to do that since 1950.
     
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  7. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    I thought Rod Carew may have, but he was 9 and 90 and 14 and 100 in 76 and 77.
     
  8. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Which two DI college football stadiums are named after women?
     
  9. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Edwards Stadium (Marshall)
    Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina)

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    (Whose spring football game is named for a woman?)
     
  10. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Who is the only former slave to have played for a Major League Baseball team?
     
  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I don’t recall the name, but wasn’t there a guy who played one game for, like, the Providence Grays who some historians believe was African-American? Maybe it was him?
     
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  12. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    That is the guy. William White. Played one game in 1879. A lot of questions about his life. I’ve been reading about him this weekend.
     
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