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Here are two baseball trivia questions for your amusement. See if you can answer them without looking them up.?
1. Who is the only pitcher who led both major leagues in victories. That is, one year he pitched in the American League and had the most wins and another year, pitching in the National League he led that league in victories.
2. Who is the pitcher whose only start one year was the opening game of the World Series.
3 Answers
- ?Lv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
I know part 1 is Roy Halladay. He led the league in victories while pitching for Toronto in the AL and also for the Phillies in the NL.
I leave question 2 to someone else.
Edit: I forgot about Perry. And double checking baseball-reference.com, Curt Schilling and Cy Young did it as well. So there were actually four pitchers who performed the feat, not just one. Still no clue to your intended
answer in part two. Whether Chipmaker is right or you have someone else in mind, you are probably going to need to tell us.
- 6 years ago
If I'm reading the first question as intended, Gaylord Perry has done this before Halladay did.
The second -- it tickled a memory, but I had to fact-check. The story I recalled was how the Athletics started Howard Ehmke in Game 1, after he had scouted the opposing Cubs extensively throughout the season. Ehmke did start eight games during the 1929 season, however. But he had pitched in only three games, two starts, since August, so his starting G1 of the World Series was quite the surprise.
- stanp6Lv 56 years ago
David had an answer first so I awarded him the best answer. I messed up on the first question. I forgot about the others. There was one more pitcher who led both leagues in wins, Jack Chesbro, who did it with the 1902 Pirates and the 1904 Highlanders.
Jim Konstanty of the 1950 Phillies was the second answer. Konstanty was their ace reliever and pitched in 74 games that year, but all in relief.