Tuesday Trivia: Home Runs in all MLB parks

[Mark17]

Waite Hoyt? He was better known as an announcer than player, and would've known Ruth.

Never mind... After I guessed I checked. The guy didn't hit a single home run his entire 21 year career......

He could be the answer to another trivia question - What HOFer who played 20+ years never hit a home run?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Waite Hoyt? He was better known as an announcer than player, and would've known Ruth.

Never mind... After I guessed I checked. The guy didn't hit a single home run his entire 21 year career......

He could be the answer to another trivia question - What HOFer who played 20+ years never hit a home run?

The non-home run hitters makes for its own trivia:http://research.sabr.org/journals/non-home-run-hitters

Waite Hoyt is one of only 10 players (maybe more since the article was written) to have over 1,000 at bats and to never hit a home run. Other players on the list include Don Sutton, Iron Man Joe McGinnity, and the worst offender, William (Bill) Holbert, who is the only player to crack 2,000 at bats and still never have a home run. Holbert, a 19th century catcher had 2,335 at bats.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

The non-home run hitters makes for its own trivia:http://research.sabr.org/journals/non-home-run-hitters

Waite Hoyt is one of only 10 players (maybe more since the article was written) to have over 1,000 at bats and to never hit a home run. Other players on the list include Don Sutton, Iron Man Joe McGinnity, and the worst offender, William (Bill) Holbert, who is the only player to crack 2,000 at bats and still never have a home run. Holbert, a 19th century catcher had 2,335 at bats.

FYI- Waite Hoyt is the answer to another kind-o-cool trivia: Who has played with the most Hall-of-Famers? 36!!

Ruth's OB% was .5445 in 1923 and Cristobal Torriente was 2nd at .4809. Ruth's next highest OBP was .532 in 1920. My source is BBR.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Mark may be the first and last person in history to guess a guy with zero home runs in response to a question about home run hitting prowess. You can't make this up. I think the reason it's a hard question is that back then, there weren't a lot of trades and not that many players played in both leagues?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

FYI- Waite Hoyt is the answer to another kind-o-cool trivia: Who has played with the most Hall-of-Famers? 36!!

Ruth's OB% was .5445 in 1923 and Cristobal Torriente was 2nd at .4809. Ruth's next highest OBP was .532 in 1920. My source is BBR.

He played for a lot of different teams, I am not surprised. Plus, a lot of underserving guys from the 30s made the Hall.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Ruth's OB% was .5445 in 1923 and Cristobal Torriente was 2nd at .4809. Ruth's next highest OBP was .532 in 1920. My source is BBR.

I'm sure you know this, but Torriente was in the National Negro Leagues.

For this trivia, I'm just including the American/National League of MLB.

But yes, I meant .545 for Ruth’s OBP% in 1923

[cgjackson222]

The player in question died of lung cancer at age 56 in a Detroit suburb on July 9, 1951, three days before the All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. The game began with a moment of silence in his honor. Ty Cobb, who visited his old teammate in the hospital, told his friend that he had earned election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, which gave him much joy. But it wasn’t true. He wasn’t elected until the following year, posthumously, on his 12th ballot.

[RCMcKenzie]

I was able to find the name after the Fleer card clue. Fun trivia, that took some searching and reading to get the answer. Underrated player for sure.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I was able to find the name after the Fleer card clue. Fun trivia, that took some searching and reading to get the answer. Underrated player for sure.

I wasn't familiar enough with the early announcers... But the Cobb clue reminded me of a tribute CD John Miley put together featuring this guy.

Most surprising thing, to me, is the guy hit all his homers in one of the leagues in one season, at the tail end of his career.