Obscure sports trivia

'98 Vikings.

 

1990 Buffalo Bills?

 

I thought about the Jim Kelly K-Gun Bills, too.

 

The lake of fail has swallowed me whole.

 

Keep paddling!

 

So what’s the story on this?

 

there’s about a dozen. I completely messed up.

 

The Tigers have generally had a similar policy, except for Willie Horton, who was a Detroit boy. That's been kind of controversial in Detroit because Lou Whitaker's 1 should probably be retired but he's kind of been screwed out of Cooperstown.

 

Which players have the top five career batting averages of the modern (post 1903) era?

 

Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Hornsby are probably the top three. Ruth has to be close. Lefty Odoul if he had enough at bat.

 

Cobb, .366
Hornsby, .359
Jackson, .356
O'Doul, .349
No. 5 to go.

O'Doul did not have more than 39 plate appearances in a season until he was 31 years of age and only 78 total until that 1928 season. He then hit .398 at 32 years of age, helped in no small part by playing half his games at Baker Bowl. He came up as a pitcher, then converted into a full-time hitter in the PCL and then in the majors.

The Babe (.342) is 10th all-time and #7 among players of the post-1903 era.

Here's a bonus question: Who is the last player to retire as a member of the Boston Red Sox with a .300 lifetime average?

 

Ted Williams for both answers?