Trivia Time - same city, different team

Gil Hodges 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers 1962 New York Mets

[dclarkraiders]

Originally Posted by rgpete

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

[Cliff Bowman]

Leo Durocher

[Yoda]

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?

[sayhey24]

Hopefully Hodges will be an answer soon!

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


Greg

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Hopefully Hodges will be an answer soon!

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


Greg

Negative. He started in Baltimore.

[scooter729]

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?

[sayhey24]

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

[scooter729]

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