Baseball Photo Trivia

[Homebrewer]

I know that's Jose Cardenal on the right.

[Angels#1Fan]

Looks like Minnie Rojas in the middle.

[Blarg]

Two out of three down. AO or Eligrba might get the last guy. 

 

[Redondo]

Spoiler

Lawrence "Moose" Stubing

His playing career consisted of just five pinch-hit at-bats with the California Angels in the 1967 season.

He was a longtime fixture as a minor league player from 1956–1969 in the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York/San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Angel organizations before his brief callup in 1967, hitting .283 with 192 home runs in 1,410 games. He then became a manager in the minor leagues in the Angels' farm system, and in 1984, his Edmonton Trappers became the first Canadian team to win the Pacific Coast League championship. Stubing later became a coach with the Angels, and when Cookie Rojas was fired in 1988, he took over as manager and finished out the season, losing the final eight games.

After his coaching career, he scouted for the Angels through 2007

Had to look it up. Does this answer the other question?

[Blarg]

Close but it is missing the important record he has that no other has in MLB history. 

[fan_since79]

I had to look it up. A great trivia question. Hope someone can get it.

[Redondo]

Spoiler

Moose Stubing holds a unique baseball "honor" in that, though he was both a major league player and a major league manager, he never collected a major league hit, nor did he win a game as manager.

Is this it? Had to look it up.

Still would like to see if AO or Eligrba can get it without looking it up.

[Angel Oracle]

I just came across the latest question.    Stubing was also a college basketball referee, including doing Big West Conference games.   His last name was also the impetus for a character name on a popular 1970s/1980s tv series.

[fan_since79]

While we're waiting for that answer, here's a random photo of Tigers' manager Bill Armour talking to Ty Cobb on August 30, 1905 before his first major league game. In his first at-bat, Cobb doubled off Jack Chesbro, who had won 41 games the previous season for the NY Highlanders.

 

 

[Homebrewer]

Very cool picture ^^^^^^^^^^^

[Homebrewer]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

I just came across the latest question.    Stubing was also a college basketball referee, including doing Big West Conference games.   His last name was also the impetus for a character name on a popular 1970s/1980s tv series.

Captain of the Love Boat?

Not to be confused with Captain Stabbin...

[Blarg]

11 hours ago, Redondo said:

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Moose Stubing holds a unique baseball "honor" in that, though he was both a major league player and a major league manager, he never collected a major league hit, nor did he win a game as manager.

Is this it? Had to look it up.

Still would like to see if AO or Eligrba can get it without looking it up.

Nailed it. Going to post your answer.

Moose Stubing holds a unique baseball "honor" in that, though he was both a major league player and a major league manager, he never collected a major league hit, nor did he win a game as manager.

[Blarg]

10 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

While we're waiting for that answer, here's a random photo of Tigers' manager Bill Armour talking to Ty Cobb on August 30, 1905 before his first major league game. In his first at-bat, Cobb doubled off Jack Chesbro, who had won 41 games the previous season for the NY Highlanders.

 

 

Ty Cobb went to the World Series three years in a row from age 20-22. The Tigers lost all three. He never went again in the following 19 years of playing.

Every time I see one of these old pictures the story is always in John Chancellor's voice.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Every time I see one of these old pictures the story is always in John Chancellor's voice.

Still one of the classic mini-series ever, and by far the best sports one

[yk9001]

23 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

I can see that interest in this thread is fading,

 

Its probably just me, but I like the trivia better when the players at least played in the era of electricity, or airplane travel.

[fan_since79]

Just looking over Ty Cobb's career stats...at the end of his age-25 season he had 109 triples.

[Blarg]

Players at the time were catching balls with an oven mitt.

[fan_since79]

24 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Its probably just me, but I like the trivia better when the players at least played in the era of electricity, or airplane travel.

Okay, you've got it.

His career OPS+ is 495, and he holds a major league record.

[yk9001]

I have no idea .. 

[fan_since79]

Hint: He had a very short career.

 

[yk9001]

22 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Hint: He had a very short career.

 

Eddie Gaedel?

[fan_since79]

His brother played for the Dodgers and had a much longer career.

 

[Angel Oracle]

My only guess so far is one of the Aspromontes (one playing for the Colt 45s), but both of them had solid MLB careers.

Update: Just saw who it was.   His brother was actually better known for something else baseball related but not actually playing. 

Update2: Clue is that his brother quite a few years back was a commentator on a MLB team's announcing team featuring a hated play-by-play guy.  

[arch stanton]

So he's a Paciorek?

[Angel Oracle]

6 hours ago, arch stanton said:

So he's a Paciorek?

Bingo!

John Paciorek had a 1.000 career BA and 2.000 career OPS while appearing in one game for the Colt 45s in 1963 at age 18.   He had 3 singles and 2 BBs with 4 runs scored in his 5 PAs that day.

Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek played parts of 18 MLB seasons including for the Dogs, and is known for being the commentator years back for the hated Hawk Harrelson on ChiSox broadcasts.