Pittsburgh Pirates by BruceM

Champion(s):

PeskinK


Runner(s)-Up:

KearnsT


Quiz Description

Because "Talk Like A Pirate Day" always makes your Smith think of the black and gold.

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3 JWright 366 89 00
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4 Ryno23 346 85 15
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5 GoodmanDL 343 81 15
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8 GarciaD 302 68 15
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10 QuintongJ 287 60 00
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Questions:

Who played third base for the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, and finished second in the National League MVP voting (to one of his teammates) that year?

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Don Hoak

Which 1991 movie contains this quote?

"No, I like baseball. I just never understood how you guys could spend so much time discussing it. I mean, I've been to games, but I don't memorize who played third base for Pittsburgh in 1960."

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City Slickers

Which shortstop actually won the 1960 NL MVP (and the batting title)? This Duke alumnus also played one NBA season, and to this day is on the Pitt Panthers men's basketball radio broadcasts.

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Dick Groat

What surname was shared by the Depression-era Pirates outfielders (and brothers) nicknamed "Little Poison" and "Big Poison"?

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Waner

What Pittsburgh-born utility infielder hit the final home run at Three Rivers Stadium? He's been part of the Pirates' broadcast team since 2005.

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John Wehner

Which pitcher finished second in the 1972 NL Cy Young voting, but put up a 9.85 ERA in 88.2 innings a season later? He issued 84 walks (and 12 hit batsmen) against 27 strikeouts, and a pitcher's abrupt loss of control is figuratively known as his namesake disease.

Like the men immediately before and after him on this quiz, he is part of the PIrates' broadcast team.

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Steve Blass

Which Pirates broadcaster beat Atlanta with a complete game in Game 5 of the 1992 National League Championship Series? Twelve years earlier, this misleadingly named pitcher won Game 1 of the 1980 World Series for Philadelphia.

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Bob Walk

What outfielder hit 475 home runs in 21 seasons, all with the Pirates, from 1962 to 1982? He won an MVP in 1979.

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Willie Stargell

What outfielder announced "Operation Shutdown" during 2002 spring training because he was unhappy he would have to compete for a starting position? Upon his release (which turned out to end his major league career), New York Poster writer Tom Keegan called him "the perfect Pirate given that he lives on a boat and steals money."

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Derek Bell

What Egyptian-American infielder played for the Pirates from 1985 to 1987, thus becoming the first Muslim of Arab descent to play in the majors? His father, a biochemist, once claimed to be a messenger from god.

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Sammy Khalifa

Which lefthanded reliever did the Pirates acquire in the 2016 Mark Melancon deal? He supplanted fellow southpaw Tony Watson as Pittsburgh's closer in June 2017, and had a 1.54 ERA through mid-September.

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Felipe Rivero

Who became the first Latin-American player to reach 3,000 career major league hits, before dying in a December 1972 plane crash?

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Roberto Clemente