Today's trivia, 11/17/15

[Tank]

Which Angels centerfielder led the AL in both triples (13) and stolen bases (70) in the same year? And what year was it?

[Adam]

Gary Pettis - 1985

[laagamer]

Figgins

[nate]

I was thinking Figgins too.  Maybe 2003?

 

Edit: now that I think about it, I don't think Figgins ever had 70 and he was injured in 03.  I don't think Pettis every got close to 70 either.

Edited November 17, 2015 by nate

[nate]

I think it was Mickey Rivers.  Whatever his last season with the Angels was before he went to the Yanks.

[Adam]

Probably some dude from the 60's 

[makepeac]

The high school baseball nerd in me says Mickey Rivers in about 1975?

[Inside Pitch]

The high school baseball nerd in me says Mickey Rivers in about 1975?

 

I only knows this bc I know who holds the team record for SB in a season...   and yeah it was 1975

[Tank]

The high school baseball nerd in me says Mickey Rivers in about 1975?

 

well done, makepeac. your check is in the mail.

[Erstad Grit]

I'll guess Luis Polonia, around 1990

Edited November 17, 2015 by Erstad Grit

[Tank]

I'll guess Luis Polonia, around 1990

 

mickey rivers, 1975. someone already guessed it.

[Angel Oracle]

Glad someone else got it right.   I did know the answer right away.

 

Then after 1975, Rivers and Ed Figueroa (16 game winner in 1975) were traded to the Skanks for Bobby Bonds.

It was not a good trade, until Bonds was in turn traded with Richard Dotson and Thad Bosley to the ChiSox for Downing, Dave Frost, and Chris Knapp after the 1977 season. 

[Adam]

Dave Frost. That bastard

[Angel Oracle]

LOL

 

At least Frost stuck around, and didn't leave his teammates like Knapp did during the 1978 season.

Granted, Knapp came back and nearly pitched a perfect game at Toronto in late summer, allowing just a solo HR and no other base runners.  

[Redondo]

Gary Pettis - 1985

 

That is the first name that came to mind. So I'm wrong also

[makepeac]

I I remember correctly there were some really fast Angels in the outfield back in the mid-70s, nicknamed I believe "The Seraph Streakers" and including Mickey Rivers, Tommy Harper, and Morris Nettles.

[Angel Oracle]

The Halos stole a still franchise record 220 bases in 1975.

It would have been higher if anyone other than Rivers and Jerry Remy could reach base more often.  

Morris Nettles was a big pain for the opposition on the bases, but also had a terrible OBP.

[Stradling]

The Halos stole a still franchise record 220 bases in 1975.

It would have been higher if anyone other than Rivers and Jerry Remy could reach base more often.

Morris Nettles was a big pain for the opposition on the bases, but also had a terrible OBP.

Serious question, did fans look at OBP back in the mid 70's? Also I remember Mickey Rivers, but not sure I remember him as an Angel, I would have only been about 4 or 5. I haven't heard of the other two mentioned, Tommy Harper or Morris Nettles.

[Hollyw00d]

Stubby Clapp

[Hollyw00d]

Dick Wiggler

[Tank]

Serious question, did fans look at OBP back in the mid 70's? Also I remember Mickey Rivers, but not sure I remember him as an Angel, I would have only been about 4 or 5. I haven't heard of the other two mentioned, Tommy Harper or Morris Nettles.

 

no one looked at obp back then, strad. nettles was terribly frustrating because his batting average was so low. if he could get on base, he was fun to watch, but he could hardly get on base. i remember him looking a lot like rivers in how he walked and ran, but the comparison ended there.

[Stradling]

My favorite part of watching ESPN Classic when that was still around, it might still be but it isn't part of my normal rotation of channels, is watching baseball games from the 70's. The game seemed entirely different back then. It was played much faster. If there was no one on base the pitcher would catch the throw back from the catcher on the mound, look in for a sign and pitch the ball. Games would be over in about 2 hours and it was just more entertaining. It was also cool how many games were played during the day back then.

[Angel Oracle]

There also weren't umpteen pitching changes back then, many more CGs being pitched.

[Tank]

My favorite part of watching ESPN Classic when that was still around, it might still be but it isn't part of my normal rotation of channels, is watching baseball games from the 70's. The game seemed entirely different back then. It was played much faster. If there was no one on base the pitcher would catch the throw back from the catcher on the mound, look in for a sign and pitch the ball. Games would be over in about 2 hours and it was just more entertaining. It was also cool how many games were played during the day back then.

 

the 1970 world series was between the reds and orioles. i loved the reds, and johnny bench was my favorite player. i was in 4th grade and i wanted to watch the series, which was all day games then. my dad had a b&w portable tv and i asked him if i could take it to school to see if the teacher would let me watch the games. he said yes, so i hauled that bad boy with me on the bus to school each day. my teacher, mrs. cook, was cool with the idea as long as i got my work done first. that was the best thing she could have said to me, because i always got my work done quickly. as soon as i was done, i would set up the tv on a little table and pull my chair over to watch. she even let other boys come over and watch it with me.

 

time of my life doing that. got to see a lot of the series that year.

[arch stanton]

Mickey was a favorite of mine on that team. I hated that trade.