Tuesday nite TRIVIA....What is unique about this HOFer's career ?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by tedzan

OK, here's the easier one of the two answers that I was expecting......

As Player-Manager of the Boston Americans, Jimmy piloted Boston to winning the 1903 pennant in the newly established American League (AL).
Boston faced Pittsburgh of the National League (NL) in the very first World Series. Jimmy led Boston to a dramatic comeback victory by winning
the last 4 games of the Series (Boston 5 vs Pittsburgh 4).

This event was very significant as it definitely established that the AL could compete with the NL.


I leave it up to you guys to arrive at the 2nd answer to this quiz.


TED Z
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Yes, Jimmy Collins was the Manager of the first World Series Champions. I 've already noted this in post #4 here.


ejharrington......you appear determined to correctly answer this trivia......so, keep trying.

And that goes for anyone else on this forum.


TED Z
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[Peter_Spaeth]

His team won the pennant but there was no World Series. Only twice was there no WS.

[tedzan]

You got it....Peter


Jimmy Collins' Boston Americans won a dramatic Playoff game vs the NY Highlanders in 1904 to win the American League Pennant.

However, the NY Giants (NL Champs) refused to play Boston in the World Series. Pulliam, Brush, and McGraw simply declared that
their Giants were the "World Champions". Actually, they feared that Boston had a better team and that the Giants would lose.

There is an excellently written book regarding this event, titled....."The Year they Called Off The World Series".....by Benton Stark.
I highly recommend this book, especially if you are a true-blue "dead-ball" era fan.

And, you T206 fans will really enjoy reading it, as you'll find many of those T206 guys come alive.


TED Z
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