Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Trivia Tuesday: The Year of the Pitcher Edition

2010 has been declared "The Year of the Pitcher" by many due to the amount of perfect games (and near perfect games) and the dominant pitching that has emerged. The question this week comes from ESPN's Jayson Stark via Twitter:

@jaysonst: Today's @MikeandMike trivia is 20 minutes away: Think the boys can name the only 2 active P who ever had an ERA under 2.25 for a full season

The amazing part here is that Ubaldo Jiminez, Jaime Garcia, Josh Johnson, Roy Halladay, Matt Cain, and David Price all have sub-2.25 ERAs so far in 2010 and Livan Hernandez (2.28) is not far behind.

Put your answers in the comments below (the pitchers have to be able to qualify for the ERA title so no relievers). I'll reveal the correct answers later on.

Bonus Question (also via Mr. Stark): 3 pitchers have pitched a no-hitter in an inter-league game (loosely defined by myself and Jayson Stark as against the other league), can you name them?
Posted by Andrew Katz at 6/15/2010 12:49:00 PM
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Carpenter and Greinke both did it last year...

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  2. Ben WolinskyJune 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    Sandy Koufax
    Bob Gibson

    Bonus:
    Don Larsen
    David Cone

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  3. Ben WolinskyJune 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    Whoops...I missed the word "active" on the first part.

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  4. Ben WolinskyJune 15, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    Last bonus: AJ Burnett?

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  5. Andrew KatzJune 15, 2010 at 1:33 PM

    The Anonymous commenter was correct, Carpenter and Greinke both did it last year.

    Larsen and Cone are 2/3 of the bonus but Burnett is incorrect. Try again!

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  6. Andrew KatzJune 15, 2010 at 2:16 PM

    And if you can get that list interleague no-no, here's another really interesting trivia question from ESPN's TMI blog:

    Today’s Trivia: Tim Lincecum and Andy Pettitte were both born on this day -- albeit 12 years apart. Who are the only two active players who have been teammates of both players?

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  7. Jay HyneJune 15, 2010 at 2:19 PM

    I think Randy Winn was teammates of both Pettitte and Lincecum. Not sure about the other.

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  8. Andrew KatzJune 15, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    Winn is correct for one of the answers. The other one is a little tougher

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  9. Andrew KatzJune 15, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    Hint for the bonuses:

    1st bonus: the one pitcher missing currently pitches in the AL Central

    2nd bonus: the one player missing currently plays with Tim Lincecum

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  10. Ben WolinskyJune 15, 2010 at 2:52 PM

    Aubrey Huff

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  11. Andrew KatzJune 17, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    BTW, since someone asked today, the last answer on the interleague no-hitters was Justin Verlander in 2007

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