TRIVIA: Three straight starts against pitcher

August 21, 2008 at 6:03 PM

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The last trivia question asked "What actor paid $93,500 for the game-winning baseball that rolled between the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series?" The answer is Charlie Sheen.�� Leaderboard is updated.

The new trivia question: Research was done by the Elias Sports Bureau that found had Paul Byrd faced Roy Halladay (Byrd will face Jesse Litsch instead) tomorrow, it would have been the first time since 1958 a pitcher had faced a team three times in a row against the same starting pitcher. Find the pitchers in question.

*Due to the tough question, this trivia is worth TWO points.

HONOR CODE: No search engines or keword searches. WINNER GETS: To do the next poll.

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16 Comments on "TRIVIA: Three straight starts against pitcher"

Posted by Daniel Rathman, August 21, 2008 6:22 PM

I dropped out of the running for this one to pry the answer out of Evan earlier this week. Once I heard 1958...I was done.

BTW, Byrd is actually now scheduled to face Shaun Marcum tomorrow. Lester goes against Litsch on Saturday.

Posted by Mostly Running., August 21, 2008 6:36 PM

This is a pisser.

Posted by Evan Brunell, August 21, 2008 6:53 PM

Posted by Mostly Running., August 21, 2008 7:29 PM

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?n1=martipe02&t=p&year=2001

Posted by Mostly Running., August 21, 2008 7:32 PM

Dammit. Pisser this.

Posted by Mostly Running., August 21, 2008 7:34 PM

Stupid Mendoza.

Posted by Daniel Rathman, August 21, 2008 8:35 PM

MR:

As Evan and I were chatting, I mentioned Pedro in 2001 and we thought for a second that Elias had made an error. Unfortunately not...though that would've simplified things significantly.

Pisser, indeed. That's why I got the heck out of it :-)

Posted by Evan Brunell, August 21, 2008 9:35 PM

FYI the answer CAN be found- I had to find the answer as Elias did not provide it, only the fact.

Posted by Mostly Running., August 21, 2008 11:15 PM

Sturdivant and Maas were both close in 58. Pappas pitched in all three games Sturdivant started...does that count?

#10

Posted by Sean O, August 22, 2008 12:26 AM

Lugo is re-injured!!!

#11

Posted by Peter, August 22, 2008 12:49 AM

Hey everyone,

I've been an avid reader of Firebrand for the past several months, but never posted since I didn't feel I had much to contribute. I found this question really interesting, though, so I decided to give it a try.

After an hour of combing through Baseball-Reference.com, I think I've got the right answer.

Dave Hillman of the '58 Cubs faced Sam Jones of the Cards 3 straight times on 8/30, 9/4, and 9/9.

Not sure if there's a faster way to do it, but I found them through brute force, looking through the gamelogs of all pitchers who pitched more than 100 innings in 1958 (I'm glad I started with the National League Pitching Register instead of the AL one).

#12

Posted by gerry, August 22, 2008 1:09 AM

Peter sounds like an Ace. Can we call you Pedro?

#13

Posted by Daniel Rathman, August 22, 2008 2:52 AM

Peter: Based on what Evan came up with, that is indeed the correct answer.

#14

Posted by Sean O, August 22, 2008 9:23 AM

Hell of a first post Peter. Great, more competition.

#15

Posted by Mostly Running., August 22, 2008 1:11 PM

Nice job Peter. I was doing the exact same thing you were. Welcome to the site.