Obscure sports trivia

That is correct. The funny thing was it wasn’t known for awhile. I want to say Dan Brouthers was considered the home run king, but maybe a decade later someone pulled together Connor’s stats.

 

John Denny is definitely one. Going to guess Mike McCormick and Pete Vuckovich as the others.

 

Denny and Vuckovich are two. McCormick was named to four all star games, two each in 1960 and 61.

 

Was trying to think of the most random winners…will guess Jim Perry then?

 

He had three, 61, 70, 71.

 

How about Steve Stone? He came out of nowhere to win the CYA in 1980.

 

Bob Welch? Or Sparky Lyle?

 

Stone had one all star, Welch two and Lyle three.

Hint: the third won his award this century

 

Did Rick Porcello ever go to an All Star game?

 

He’s the third, Denny, Vuckovich and Porcello.

 

Not a trivia question because I couldn’t figure out how to word it without coming off as a confusing ass (well, more than usual).

Today’s Immaculate Grid had a category of 300 or more career home runs. After missing the Astros/300 HR guess (the guy I guessed had 291 career HRs), I looked up the list.

And there are currently 162 players in MLB history who have 300 or more home runs. I thought that was a fun coincidence.

 

Assuming you guessed Rusty Staub?
Immaculate Grid takes me back to my nerdful youth when certain numbers and team connections became seared into my brain. I think I've looked up Rusty Staub so many times for different squares that most of his particulars are locked away in there somewhere.