Splash Hits by BruceM

Champion(s):

KearnsT


Runner(s)-Up:

ztucker


Quiz Description

This quiz is about a particular type of home run hit at the San Francisco Giants' home ballpark, of which there have been 76 through the end of the 2017 season. Most data here is as listed at sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com

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Questions:

By definition, splash hits are home runs hit by Giants that land in a certain body of water on the fly without hitting the Arcade or Portwalk. That cove is named after which first baseman, who hit 521 career homers between 1959 and 1980?

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Willie McCovey

Barry Bonds had all but two of the first 25 splash hits. The other two came from which pinch hitter and utility infielder? This Puerto Rican had 10 career home runs (eight with the Giants) in five seasons spanning Toronto, San Francisco, and Philadelphia?

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Felipe Crespo

Which outfielder, formerly with the Twins and Nationals, has five of the past seven splash hits?

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Denard Span

Which infielder got his 7th splash hit on June 10, 2017? He accounts for four of the past nine.

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Brandon Belt

John Thomson is one of two pitchers to allow multiple splash hits (in his career). The other is which Cuba-born former Giant, who allowed those hits as a Diamondback?

This righty lost Game 7 of the 2002 World Series but won Games 1 and 5 of the 1997 World Series. He arguably has Eric Gregg's strike zone to thank for his most famous postseason game.

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Livan Hernandez

Forty-one home runs hit by visiting teams meet the other criteria for splash hits. Which catcher hit the first of those in June 2000?

He is not Mike Piazza, but most of his 202 career home runs were as a Met. His father caught for the Chicago Cubs in the 1970s and 1960s.

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Todd Hundley

Two visiting players each have 3 of these 41 (not officially) splash hits. One of those is which former Blue Jay, Marlin, and Met? Until June 2017 he had been the most recent major leaguer to hit four home runs.

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Carlos Delgado

The other visiting player with 3 (not officially) splash hits is which former Pirate and Diamondback (among other teams)?

He last played for the 2015 White Sox, retiring after a dispute over how much time his son Drake could spend in the clubhouse.

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Adam LaRoche

Which two time Cy Young award winner has allowed 5 of those visiting hits?

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Tim Lincecum

Which reliever is part of a six way tie with 2 of those hits allowed? Bryce Harper hit one of those 2 on October 7, 2014.

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Hunter Strickland

Which former Brave and Padre has not only one of those visitor hits but also two of the official splash hits?

He had six home runs total in 2007, his final big league season and only season as a Giant. He had 278 career home runs splitting his time between first base and outfield.

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Ryan Klesko

Which team has allowed more official splash hits than any other? In April 2014 Rex Brothers became the 8th pitcher from this NL West rival to allow a splash hit. (9 total splash hits.)

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Colorado Rockies