Fun Baseball Trivia...

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

To gear up for the upcoming season, I figured it would be fun to have a trivia thread. I'll start:

Who is the only player in major league history to officially be traded for himself?

[tarheelblue89]

Harry Chiti

Thank You Google! :thumbsup:

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Who is the only pitcher to strike out 5 batters in 1 inning?

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Has happened only once that I know of for a major league team, but it was in an exhibition game. Couldn't tell ya the teams or the player.

Has happened two other times (that I'm aware of) in the minor leagues, but given the propensity of errors in the lower tiers, I'm betting its more common that you'd really expect.

EDIT: Joe Niekro, Houston Astros. Don't know who against.

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How many pitchers have gone the distance in all 18 innings of a double header...and won both games?

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Honus Wagner and Pete Newell? For some reason the name Jack is floating around in my mind.

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40 pitchers have accomplished the feat, something that will never be accomplished again, all before 1926. One guy even pulled it off three times in one month, but I cant remember the name at the moment.