Trivia Time - same city, different team
 

There have been 16 Hall of Famers who have begun and ended their careers playing in the same city, but for different teams. Name them.

Hint: Brooklyn counts as part of New York for this question.

Another hint: I didn't list this question as off-topic, since most answers are applicable to the pre-war aspect of the board.

10 correct answers so far:
Yogi Berra, 1946 NY Yankees and 1965 NY Mets
Dizzy Dean, 1930 St. Louis Cardinals and 1947 St. Louis Browns.
Jimmie Foxx, 1925 Philadelphia Athletics and 1945 Philadelphia Phillies.
Jim Bottomley, 1922 St. Louis Cardinals and 1937 St. Louis Browns.
Rogers Hornsby, 1915 St. Louis Cardinals and 1937 St. Louis Browns.
Nap Lajoie, 1896 Philadelphia Phillies and 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.
Babe Ruth -- 1914 Boston Red Sox and 1935 Boston Braves.
Hank Aaron -- 1954 Milwaukee Braves and 1976 Milwaukee Brewers.
Willie Mays -- 1951 NY Giants and 1973 NY Mets.
Ron Santo -- 1960 Chicago Cubs and 1974 White Sox.

Re: Trivia Time - same city, different team
 

I'll play along. I'll name one to give others a chance to answer too.

Willie Mays: started with NY Giants. Ended with NY Mets.

ErikV

Babe Ruth comes to mind off the top of my head.

Also Ron Santo.

Add Aaron and Snider(?).

Hank Aaron is another non-prewar answer.

Nap Lajoie (started with Phillies, ended with A's)

Can't name all 16 but I know Napolean Lajoie started with the Phillies and ended with the A's.

Oops... David beat me to the enter key. :)

Snider is incorrect

I know Yogi Berra played a few games for the Mets at the end of his career.

I also know Lajoie started with the Phillies and ended with the A's and Hornsby started with the Cards and ended with the Browns.

Joshua

Berra

Jimmie Foxx (A's-Phillies)

Lazzeri

Hornsby?

Dizzy Dean

Maybe Jim Bottomley too for St. Louis.

I updated the list at the top with the 10 correct answers so far. Nice work!

Six remain - two are pre-1900.

I'll be away from the computer for a few hours so won't be able to update until later tonight....

Anson?

Sam Thompson

Cap Anson is incorrect.

Correct!

Sam Thompson, 1885 Detroit Wolverines (National League) and 1906 Detroit Tigers.

George "High Pockets" Kelly and Freddie Lindstrom -- both started with the Giants and ended with the Dodgers.

I'm pretty sure that George Sisler is one.

Waite Hoyt--barely. You also forgot to update Tony Lazzeri. Getting close!

No he finished up in Boston I think.

Cy Young ?
 

Spiders & Naps?

Young ended up in Boston after returning to Cleveland.

Gil Hodges 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers 1962 New York Mets

Ron,

I wish you were correct but Gil is not currently in the Hall of Fame.

Hopefully he will make it soon.

Duane

Leo Durocher

Hopefully Hodges will be an answer soon!

Iron Man McGinnity should be another one -- Brooklyn and Giants.


Greg

Negative. He started in Baltimore.

Also correct -

Lazzeri
Ernie Lombardi
Freddie Lindstrom
George Kelly
Waite Hoyt
Sam Thompson

There is actually one pre-1900 answer left - I guess there were 17 total answers.

Any other guesses?

I thought the remaining answer was going to be Tim Keefe -- it's not, but when I checked, I found out the correct answer (another pitcher). But since I actually had to look it up, I won't say it here.

Greg

The final answer whose career began in 1875 and ended in 1892, both in St. Louis.

Pud Galvin. Though that depends on whether you consider the National Association a major league. Does MLB officially consider it one now? They didn't when the original Baseball Encyclopedia was compiled, but that may have changed.

Are you only looking for members of the Hall of Fame that are there primarily for their playing career? Leo Durocher was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1994, undoubtedly for his managing, but also had a decent playing career that began with the New York Yankees in 1925 and ended with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945.

Pud Galvin was the final answer on my list. Not sure about whether it is officially recognized or not, but I was just going off of the list I had seen.

And Leo Durocher was inducted as a manager and not as a player, which is why he wasn't on the list. But yes, otherwise he would be an answer.

I thought it was a fun question - thanks to all for playing along!

It's pretty weird that Aaron, Mays, and Ruth all had that trajectory.

I know it isn't the correct answer, but the first thought that popped into my brain was Casey Stengel; first with the Brooklyn Robins and finishing with the Mets. And if you add in the Yankees well, hell, he wins the NY baseball trifecta. I believe Casey got his start with some SL team and his T210 rookie card is worth a fortune.
Here is one for the trivia freaks: The first home run in the old Yankee Stadium (the house that Ruth built) was struck by none other than Casey, an inside the park job. I wonder who was the first slugger to hit one over the fence?