View Full Version : Quiz for you - lets see who knows
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 05:20 PM
WITHOUT use of the ---damn internet!!!!!!
Who played in 4 decades?.....not Minnie Minoso.....yes he did, but looking for someone else, hint he was decent with the bat.
Well?
bnorth
03-26-2015, 05:30 PM
Teddy Ballgame AKA Ted Williams
Bpm0014
03-26-2015, 05:42 PM
Rickey Henderson too I beleive.
39special
03-26-2015, 05:44 PM
Tim McCarver
seattlerainiers
03-26-2015, 05:45 PM
....Mickey Vernon comes to mind.
WillowGrove
03-26-2015, 05:46 PM
Rick Demsey? ☺
ctownboy
03-26-2015, 05:53 PM
Willie McCovey???
Hot Springs Bathers
03-26-2015, 06:12 PM
Luke Appling missed it by one year 1930-50!
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 06:12 PM
Ben got it out of the gate with T-Dub.
Williams played in the 30's, 40's, 50's & 60's.
How many other HOFers played in 4 decades.
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 06:16 PM
Nice job Brendon!
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 06:19 PM
A HOF 2B and amazingly a HOF Catcher too!!!! who dammit who?
dougiedshow
03-26-2015, 06:20 PM
I think Rickey Henderson and griffey Jr. would qualify.
bnorth
03-26-2015, 06:24 PM
We can add a pitcher in Nolan Ryan.
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 06:26 PM
Ryan is the only HOF pitcher.....Cy Young was close, but no cigar!
clydepepper
03-26-2015, 06:26 PM
A HOF 2B and amazingly a HOF Catcher too!!!! who dammit who?
Fisk is the catcher
Schoendienst for 2B?
39special
03-26-2015, 06:32 PM
Early Wynn played in four decades.
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 07:07 PM
Not Red...he was only 40 50 & 60s
the guy i'm looking for played with SJJ
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 07:08 PM
Early Wynn played in four decades.
my error on Early Wynn, u are correct.
so 2 pitchers 4 hitters
clydepepper
03-26-2015, 07:27 PM
How about Anson? Not sure without looking.
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 07:41 PM
but only in 3 decades
Scott Garner
03-26-2015, 07:46 PM
Somebody stole my Nolan Ryan answer, but HOF Eddie Collins, no?
milkit1
03-26-2015, 07:47 PM
Arlie Latham?
milkit1
03-26-2015, 07:47 PM
Jack Quinn
Shoeless Moe
03-26-2015, 08:29 PM
that's it for the HOFers.
nolemmings
03-27-2015, 12:38 AM
A deserving Hall of Famer, although he'll likely never make it--Jim Kaat.
I've heard it's rumored that Elmer Valo got into 1 game with the 1939 Philadelphia Athletics; if so then he would be another four-decade player.
jason.1969
03-27-2015, 08:13 AM
McCovey was the guy who jumped out at me as a kid. I thought it was cool to have a 1980 Topps card with stats going back to 1959.
jhs5120
03-27-2015, 08:18 AM
My first thought was Jamie Moyer and I just looked him up - he played from 1986 to 2012!
WOW! :eek:
bn2cardz
03-27-2015, 08:31 AM
Jamie Moyer
Jack Quinn
Nick Altrock
Nolan Ryan
Jesse Orosco
Jim O'Rourke
Deacon McGuire
Dan Brouthers
Carlton Fisk
Omar Vizquel
This isn't all of them, but just ones that I know played past the age of 45 and hit the 4 decades.
Including Negro leagues you would have a few more including Satchel Paige
perezfan
03-29-2015, 06:21 PM
Jim Kaat was celebrated as a 4 decade player at the end of his career. And he could really hit!
Edit: Oops- sorry, I missed Todd's post !
nolemmings
03-29-2015, 07:38 PM
Kitty could field too--16 Gold Gloves, all in a row!
Mark17
03-29-2015, 11:42 PM
Jim Kaat was celebrated as a 4 decade player at the end of his career. And he could really hit!
Kaat had a reputation as being a good hitter, but .185 lifetime isn't all that great, even for a pitcher. This is his lifetime average compared to some of the guys he played with on the Twins:
Pascual .205
Boswell .202
Perry .199
Kaat .185
Although Kaat did have more home runs than those other guys...
And he was, no question, a great and smart fielder.
perezfan
03-29-2015, 11:55 PM
I guess he was a better fielder, then. Not sure why I remember him as being a good hitter. :confused:
I think he hit a few clutch (or perhaps game winning) homers that drew some good publicity. Perhaps his .185 average was offset by having some power or clutch hitting ability. I thought maybe he was used as a pinch hitter a few times as well. Could be wrong...
nolemmings
03-30-2015, 09:01 AM
You are not misremembering-- Kaat was often used as a pinch hitter, and was a great athlete. One blogger noted that he was used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner 106 times in his career.
Twins fans of my vintage remember that 1972 season when he broke his hand/wrist sliding into second. He continued to pitch through a couple more innings, won the game and was 10-2 less than halfway through the season, with an ERA barely over 2. Oh, and he was batting .289 with a couple of dingers!! The broken wrist ended his season and messed him up in 1973 as well.
Mark17
03-30-2015, 07:38 PM
You are not misremembering-- Kaat was often used as a pinch hitter, and was a great athlete. One blogger noted that he was used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner 106 times in his career.
Twins fans of my vintage remember that 1972 season when he broke his hand/wrist sliding into second. He continued to pitch through a couple more innings, won the game and was 10-2 less than halfway through the season, with an ERA barely over 2. Oh, and he was batting .289 with a couple of dingers!! The broken wrist ended his season and messed him up in 1973 as well.
What I remember is after that, Calvin sent him to the White Sox, and then stated in the papers that the Twins were in need of a left-handed starter... Kaat went on to win 20 games each of the next 2 years in Chicago.
nolemmings
03-30-2015, 07:53 PM
What I remember is after that, Calvin sent him to the White Sox, and then stated in the papers that the Twins were in need of a left-handed starter... Kaat went on to win 20 games each of the next 2 years in Chicago.
Yep, and the Twins drafted Eddie Bane :)
slidekellyslide
03-31-2015, 03:23 PM
My first thought was Jamie Moyer and I just looked him up - he played from 1986 to 2012!
WOW! :eek:
Jamie Moyer was the last player in the Major Leagues who was older than me....made me sad to see him retire.