Trivia 1946 to 2007 in three players

[Peter_Spaeth]

Player A made his debut in 1946, Player B retired in 2007, and Player C was teammates with both of them. No looking it up, who are they?

[trdcrdkid]

Is A Yogi Berri and C Ed Kranepool? I'm trying to think who B could be without looking it up (which I swear I haven't!).

[ncinin]

Was Orosco playing with Kranepool or did he play until 2007?

[Peter_Spaeth]

For now, I am being a jerk and will only acknowledge all three correct answers, as narrowing it down one by one makes it too easy. If nobody has it by morning, well, we'll see.

[parkerj33]

musial, mccarver, juan samuel?

[parkerj33]

i meant julio franco for player c....

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by parkerj33

musial, mccarver, juan samuel?

No, Musial started in 1941, for one thing.

[trdcrdkid]

I thought of Orosco, whose rookie year with the 1979 Mets was Kranepool's last year with the same team, but I just cheated and looked it up, and he only played until 2003.

[ncinin]

You can go from 1942 to 2008 with Spahn, Niekro and Glavine

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ncinin

You can go from 1942 to 2008 with Spahn, Niekro and Glavine

That may be impossible to top.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Actually, Early Wynn and Tommy John get you from 1939 to 1989, so who was a long-playing rookie on those late 80s Yankees teams? Al Leiter through 2005 so that's a tie, I think, with Spahn Niekro Glavine.

[almostdone]

Didn't Jamie Moyer start in the 1940's
Drew

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by almostdone

Didn't Jamie Moyer start in the 1940's
Drew

Actually, with Jamie Moyer you can get from 1951 to 2012 (Willie Mays-Gary Matthews-Jamie Moyer). Not as long as Spahn-Niekro-Glavine (1942-2008) or Wynn-John-Leiter (1939-2005), but still pretty good, tied with Berra-McGraw-Franco.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That may be impossible to top.

If I'm reading the OP correctly, that's just serial tagteam. Glavine played with Spahn?! (Too lazy to look up w/Neikro)

[bdk1976]

Can we include the negro leagues and minors? A bit of a stretch, but:

Satchel Paige (1926-1966)
Johnny Bench (1966-1983)
Greg Harris (1983-1995)

[bdk1976]

Actually was looking at guys who played on the same team. We can obviously expand this at least through 2007 otherwise...

[7nohitter]

Gotta think someone could weave Nolan Ryan and Darren Oliver (1993; Ryan's last and Oliver's first year) with a player Ryan played with in '66 or '68...

between Oliver and Ryan you get '66-2013....

Best I could do was Roy McMillan who started in 1951....

So 1951-2013...62 years there

OR...are we including managers? Manager of the '66 Mets was Wes Westrum, who made his debut in '47.....1947-2013 is 66 years.

[bdk1976]

If we include managers and players I came up with

Connie Mack 1886-1950
Managed Bobby Shantz 1950-1964
Played for Gene Mauch 1964-1987
Managed Mark Mclemore 1987-2004
Played with Nick Swisher (2004-2015)

[bdk1976]

I'd guess Jim Kaat, but not sure who the first player would be without looking it up (if this is even the right answer). Assuming Franco is the 2007 retiree.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Yep. Ted Williams -Jim Kaat - Julio Franco. I read this in an article on Franco who is managing and STILL playing occasionally in Japan. As David pointed out, Kaat came up with the Senators in 1959 and so faced Ted either then or in 1960, and was with the Cardinals in 1982 when Franco debuted as well as 1983.

[bdk1976]

Don't know how I missed Ted- Kaat instantly popped in my head since I remember looking at his cards in the early 80s as a kid and seeing that small print going back to 1959 and being amazed he'd been around that long.

[btcarfagno]

Joe Nuxhall-Pete Rose-Julio Franco gets you 1944-2007. All teammates.

Tom C

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Joe Nuxhall-Pete Rose-Julio Franco gets you 1944-2007. All teammates.

Tom C

Giving that one an asterisk because Nuxhall pitched less than one inning in 1944 and didn't pitch again until 1952.

[frankbmd]

Why not restrict answers to players whose names rhyme, such as Mack, Hack and Jack.

Friendly bump.

[CobbvLajoie1910]

Great thread, Peter..