Baseball Trivia (Heard While at Last Night's Game)

• ernest_t_bass

  

  We were able to get four of the five guys from the list, got the fourth wrong. This was announced at last night's game. See if you can get them right without looking it up:
  
  Name the only 5 short stops to start 2,000 games for the same team.
  
  Go...
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  Jeter
• gorocks99

  

  Ripken Jr
• karen lotz

  

  Jeter
  Ernie Banks
• karen lotz

  

  Ripken
• wildcats20

  

  Larkin
  Jeter
  Cal
  Ozzie
• Laley23

  

  Ripken
  Jeter
  Banks (except he was at 1B for the last half)
• karen lotz

  

  Honus Wagner
• Laley23

  

  So we have correct:
  -Ripken Jr
  -Jeter
  -Larkin
  -Trammell
• wildcats20

  

  Robin Yount?
  
  
  
  Had to look that one up...
• Laley23

  

  karen lotz;808834 wrote:Honus Wagner

  
  He probably switched positions too often.
• Laley23

  

  wildcats20;808837 wrote:Robin Yount?
  
  
  
  Had to look that one up...

  
  Also moved around too often.
• karen lotz

  

  Laley23;808840 wrote:He probably switched positions too often.

  
  
  Yup, played 1887 at SS with the Pirates. Over 2700 games total.
• Laley23

  

  Alan Trammell
• wildcats20

  

  Laley23;808841 wrote:Also moved around too often.

  
  Yeah it's not Yount. Wiki says he played more than 1200 games in the OF and he only played in 2856 total.
• wildcats20

  

  Laley23;808844 wrote:Alan Trammell

  
  Winner, winner.
• wildcats20

  

  Cal, Jeter, Larkin, Trammell
• gorocks99

  

  Last one's a tough one, I think. Cheated and looked it up so I won't give it away.
• Laley23

  

  Luke Appling??
  
  Played forever on the Sox. But he also moved around the INF I think. Never saw him obviously though, only know the name.
• karen lotz

  

  Laley23;808844 wrote:Alan Trammell

  
  
  Good call.
• wildcats20

  

  Concepcion?
• Laley23

  

  Did Boudreu play long enough in Cleveland? Or in general? Short career.
• gorocks99

  

  Laley23;808849 wrote:Luke Appling??
  
  Played forever on the Sox. But he also moved around the INF I think. Never saw him obviously though, only know the name.

  
  That's the one I looked up. I dunno how many he played at SS but he played short in each of his 20 seasons and had 2,422 games total.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Based on a link I dug up (which does not include Jeter) the trivia would have to be bumped to SIX players.
  
  Here is the link (does not include Jeter):
  
  http://baseballminutia.com/blog/2006/06/09/55-years-of-pivot-play-reds-shortstops/
• karen lotz

  

  2581 games at short for Appling according to baseball reference.