Opening Day trivia

[greyhawk]

Anyone know who hit most homeruns on opening day. At 8. Played both leagues. Right handed. Skinny. Black. Say 55 years ago was his era.

Sounds a lot like Hammering Hank Aaron?

Very similar and during that time.

both leagues suggests maybe frank robinson?

[Quincy Varnish]

Who has most opening day K’s as a pitcher, at 107.

Who has the most opening day starter at 14.

Who has most rbis at 21.

Nolan Ryan for the first two- just a guess from how long he played- other guesses for most starts would be seaver and for ks- randy johnson

Ken Griffey Jr? Bonds seems too obvious

Very good on the K’s, Randy Johnson. The other two are household names. One might be a HOF er, I gotta check.

So you thought one of Tom Seaver or Frank Robinson might be HoF?

[Catfish4U]

Ricky Henderson?

[sikeston bulldog2]

Who has most opening day K’s as a pitcher, at 107.

Who has the most opening day starter at 14.

Who has most rbis at 21.

Nolan Ryan for the first two- just a guess from how long he played- other guesses for most starts would be seaver and for ks- randy johnson

Ken Griffey Jr? Bonds seems too obvious

Very good on the K’s, Randy Johnson. The other two are household names. One might be a HOF er, I gotta check.

So you thought one of Tom Seaver or Frank Robinson might be HoF?

No I was referring to this pitcher not yet named. And Frank Robinson is the 8 homers on opening day.

The pitcher remains.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Anyone know who hit most homeruns on opening day. At 8. Played both leagues. Right handed. Skinny. Black. Say 55 years ago was his era.

Sounds a lot like Hammering Hank Aaron?

Very similar and during that time.

both leagues suggests maybe frank robinson?

Correct.

[Sheepdawg]

Tyler O'Neill is correct. Well done.

Make it six.

[Quincy Varnish]

Who has most opening day K’s as a pitcher, at 107.

Who has the most opening day starter at 14.

Who has most rbis at 21.

Nolan Ryan for the first two- just a guess from how long he played- other guesses for most starts would be seaver and for ks- randy johnson

Ken Griffey Jr? Bonds seems too obvious

Very good on the K’s, Randy Johnson. The other two are household names. One might be a HOF er, I gotta check.

So you thought one of Tom Seaver or Frank Robinson might be HoF?

No I was referring to this pitcher not yet named. And Frank Robinson is the 8 homers on opening day.

The pitcher remains.

No he doesn’t.

It’s Tom Seaver.

[jcgmoi]

Tyler O'Neill is correct. Well done.

Make it six.

The man's a beast.

[jcgmoi]

Seaver has 16 opening day starts, not 14. And did someone actually peg him as an AL pitcher? Mets and Reds would like a word.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Tyler O'Neill is correct. Well done.

Make it six.

The man's a beast.

The pitcher I’m looking made 14 consecutive OD starts. Maybe that changes it some.

[jcgmoi]

The pitcher I’m looking made 14 consecutive OD starts. Maybe that changes it some.

Got it. You must mean Jack Morris.

Morris started 11 straight openers for Detroit from 1980 to 1990, before tacking on three more for Minnesota and Toronto. Morris' 14 straight Opening Day starts are a record. Seaver holds the record for most overall Opening Day starts, with 16.

That's from the HoF site which offers lots more OD highlights. For example, Robin Roberts holds the record for most consecutive Opening Day starts for the same team (12), starting every Opening Day for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1950 to 1961.

https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/ ... 0with%2016.

[sikeston bulldog2]

The pitcher I’m looking made 14 consecutive OD starts. Maybe that changes it some.

Got it. You must mean Jack Morris.

Morris started 11 straight openers for Detroit from 1980 to 1990, before tacking on three more for Minnesota and Toronto. Morris' 14 straight Opening Day starts are a record. Seaver holds the record for most overall Opening Day starts, with 16.

That's from the HoF site which offers lots more OD highlights. For example, Robin Roberts holds the record for most consecutive Opening Day starts for the same team (12), starting every Opening Day for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1950 to 1961.

https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/ ... 0with%2016.

Jack Morris. That’s him. From MLB.com trivia. Sorry so vague- none intentionally done.

[Quincy Varnish]

The pitcher I’m looking made 14 consecutive OD starts. Maybe that changes it some.

Got it. You must mean Jack Morris.

Morris started 11 straight openers for Detroit from 1980 to 1990, before tacking on three more for Minnesota and Toronto. Morris' 14 straight Opening Day starts are a record. Seaver holds the record for most overall Opening Day starts, with 16.

That's from the HoF site which offers lots more OD highlights. For example, Robin Roberts holds the record for most consecutive Opening Day starts for the same team (12), starting every Opening Day for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1950 to 1961.

https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/ ... 0with%2016.

Jack Morris. That’s him. From MLB.com trivia. Sorry so vague- none intentionally done.

Fired

[jcgmoi]

Sorry so vague- none intentionally done.

Never thought it was. Not a problem.