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6 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

A regulation game is not necessarily nine innings; a rain-shortened game counts as a regulation game.  That can be as short as five innings. So that means a pitcher can face 15 hitters and be considered to have pitched an entire regulation game.

I see your point but even with your stipulation, that wouldn't be the right answer.

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20 hours ago, willmorris said:

Here's one. Theoretically, to pitch a regulation Major League Baseball game, what is the minimum number of batters that you have to face?

 

Zero - every batter bats out of order and is called out?

 

Wild guess, I'm not sure if batting out of order counts as a plate appearance/batter faced?

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5 hours ago, sc49erfan15 said:

 

Zero - every batter bats out of order and is called out?

 

Wild guess, I'm not sure if batting out of order counts as a plate appearance/batter faced?

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On 10/15/2018 at 12:52 PM, willmorris said:

Here's one. Theoretically, to pitch a regulation Major League Baseball game, what is the minimum number of batters that you have to face?

 

On 10/15/2018 at 1:20 PM, willmorris said:

We do mean a complete game, but it's not 27.

24. You’d have to be the away team and if the home team has the lead, they don’t bat the 9th, so 24

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1 hour ago, jn8 said:

 

24. You’d have to be the away team and if the home team has the lead, they don’t bat the 9th, so 24

hold up, i thought it was outs recorded...

doing some math here, 25? 24 outs and a solo home run? and then not having to face the home team in the bottom of the 9th

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13 hours ago, jn8 said:

hold up, i thought it was outs recorded...

doing some math here, 25? 24 outs and a solo home run? and then not having to face the home team in the bottom of the 9th

And that would be correct. In theory, you could pitch a complete game that was rain-shortened facing 13 batters in the same way.

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8 hours ago, willmorris said:
22 hours ago, jn8 said:

hold up, i thought it was outs recorded...

doing some math here, 25? 24 outs and a solo home run? and then not having to face the home team in the bottom of the 9th

And that would be correct. In theory, you could pitch a complete game that was rain-shortened facing 13 batters in the same way.

 

No, the fifth inning has to be completed for the game to be official; there can be no walk-off home run. So the losing team's pitcher will have to face at least 16 hitters (one run must have scored), no matter whether home or away; while the winning team's pitcher could face as few as 15.

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1 hour ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

No, the fifth inning has to be completed for the game to be official; there can be no walk-off home run. So the losing team's pitcher will have to face at least 16 hitters (one run must have scored), no matter whether home or away; while the winning team's pitcher could face as few as 15.

4 1/2 if the home team leads; you could always have the one run in the first inning.

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1 hour ago, willmorris said:
3 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

No, the fifth inning has to be completed for the game to be official; there can be no walk-off home run. So the losing team's pitcher will have to face at least 16 hitters (one run must have scored), no matter whether home or away; while the winning team's pitcher could face as few as 15.

4 1/2 if the home team leads; you could always have the one run in the first inning.

 

No. If the bottom of the fifth inning is not completed, the game is washed out and must be replayed from the beginning. And none of the stats in the rained-out game count.

 

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1 hour ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

No. If the bottom of the fifth inning is not completed, the game is washed out and must be replayed from the beginning. And none of the stats in the rained-out game count.

 

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Since most professional baseball games are nine innings long, the fifth inning is used as the threshold for an official game. If the visiting team is leading, or the game is tied, the end of the fifth inning marks this point. If the home team (which bats last) is already ahead in the score, and theoretically would not need its half of the fifth inning, then 4½ innings (i.e., the middle of the fifth) is considered an official game. The game is also considered official if the home team scores to take the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, since the game would end immediately if the same thing happened in the ninth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_game

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On 10/15/2018 at 11:47 AM, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

You've done it!

 

1980 ALCS Yankees - lost 0-3 to Royals

1981 ALDS Royals - lost 0-3 to A's

1984 ALCS Royals - lost 0-3 to Tigers

1985 ALCS Royals - lost games 1 and 2 to Blue Jays before winning series and ultimately the World Series

Never mention the 1985 World Series again! Thank you?

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On 10/17/2018 at 8:26 AM, Quillz said:

Here's one I came across recently...

 

In all of baseball's postseason history, there has been exactly one game where neither side had no strikeouts. Which game was it?

 

I don't remember the exact date, but it was the Tigers and Blue Jays in 1985.

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1 hour ago, Lafarge said:

 

I don't remember the exact date, but it was the Tigers and Blue Jays in 1985.

The Tigers and Blue Jays have never played one another in the postseason, so this is incorrect. I'll also give a hint: this game occurred prior to the 1980s.

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1 hour ago, Quillz said:

The Tigers and Blue Jays have never played one another in the postseason, so this is incorrect. I'll also give a hint: this game occurred prior to the 1980s.

Oh, postseason, I missed that part. 

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On ‎10‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 8:26 AM, Quillz said:

Here's one I came across recently...

 

In all of baseball's postseason history, there has been exactly one game where neither side had no strikeouts. Which game was it?

Game 7 of the 1960 World Series


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