Minor League Baseball (ModKos NC-17) by BruceM

Champion(s):

KearnsT


Runner(s)-Up:

QuintongJ


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Money Value (% Incorrect): 77 53 53 83 83 36 53 30 12 24 71 65 83 36 36 30 59 48
1 KearnsT 557 97 15
77
15
15
00
15
83
15
36
00
15
30
15
15
15
71
15
65
00
15
15
15
00
00
2 QuintongJ 547 91 00
15
53
15
00
00
15
15
53
15
15
15
15
71
15
65
00
15
36
15
15
15
59
15
3 ChrisRosenberg 502 85 00
15
15
15
83
15
83
15
36
15
15
30
15
15
24
00
00
15
15
36
15
15
00
15
4 hoyalawya76 442 79 00
15
53
15
00
00
15
36
15
15
30
15
15
15
71
00
00
15
36
15
36
15
00
15
5 TowJ 441 73 15
77
15
53
15
53
00
00
15
36
15
00
15
00
00
00
00
15
36
15
36
15
15
00
6 Matto 424 67 00
15
53
15
00
15
15
15
00
15
12
15
00
00
00
15
36
15
36
15
15
59
15
48
7 HightB 415 61 00
15
53
00
00
00
15
36
15
15
15
15
24
00
15
65
00
15
36
15
36
15
15
00
8 LeungT 396 55 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
12
00
15
71
15
65
00
15
36
00
15
15
59
15
48
9 BoyerA 389 47 15
77
00
00
00
00
15
36
00
15
30
15
12
15
00
00
00
15
36
15
15
15
15
48
9 KPope 389 47 00
00
00
15
83
00
15
36
00
15
30
15
15
00
00
00
15
36
15
36
00
00
15
48
11 GrahamJ 385 38 00
00
00
15
00
00
15
36
15
15
15
12
15
00
15
15
83
00
00
15
30
15
59
15
12 EverettJ 352 32 15
77
00
15
15
00
00
00
00
15
30
15
12
15
15
00
15
83
00
00
00
15
00
15
13 ClouseBrian 233 26 00
00
00
00
00
15
36
00
00
15
30
15
12
15
00
15
65
00
00
00
00
15
00
00
14 chc 230 20 00
15
53
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
30
15
12
15
24
00
00
00
00
15
36
00
00
00
15 MBlumenfeld 221 14 00
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00
00
00
00
00
00
15
53
15
30
15
12
15
00
00
00
15
36
15
00
00
00
16 DouglasLovesVixey 0 5 00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
16 MatthewsP 0 5 00
00
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Questions:

What southpaw never reached the majors but put up career minor league stats of 970 innings, 671 hits, 1274 walks, and 1324 strikeouts (active from 1957 to 1965)?

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Steve Dalkowski

Either geographic name or nickname is acceptable. Which team was part of the Pacific Coast League from 1961 to 1987 before relocating to become the Colorado Springs Sky Sox? This team's parent clubs included the White Sox (1987), Pirates (1983-1986), and Padres (1971-1982) among others.

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Hawaii Islanders

As of 2017, which league includes the Sugar Land Skeeters, the Long Island Ducks, and six other teams much closer to Long Island than to Sugar Land?

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Atlantic League

Two answers required. Although Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen) provides the tenuous connection to the previous films, the main conflict in the movie Major League: Back to the Minors is between Gus Cantrell, manager of the (Triple A) Buzz, and Leonard Huff, manager of the Twins. Name both actors who play Gus and Huff. The former was also on Men of a Certain Age; the latter was on Hope & Faith among other things.

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Scott Bakula; Ted McGinley

What corner infielder hit 433 home runs in the minor leagues before retiring in 2015? This longtime Toledo Mud Hen was the West Michigan Whitecaps' hitting coach in 2017.

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Mike Hessman

What geographically descriptive name was used by the Pecos League's YardBirds in 2017, and previously by the California League's Mavericks? Both these teams were/are based in Adelanto, California, in arguably the most hitter-friendly venue in the minors.

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High Desert

Two answers required. Which two leagues collectively form the "Rookie Advanced" rung of the minor league ladder? As of 2017, one includes teams from Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; the other includes teams from Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado.

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Appalachian League; Pioneer League

What fictitious favorite player of Charlie Brown was sent down to the Green Grass League after batting .004 over an entire season?

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Joe Shlabotnik

What Stanford alumnus batted .318/.432/.464 as an outfielder for the 1982 Oneonta Yankees, in his only season of professional baseball?

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John Elway

City and nickname required. The Savannah Bananas were the only Georgia team in the Coastal Plain League until the fall 2017 announcement of what team whose name also entails a culinary rhyme?

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Macon Bacon

The title character of which 1985 movie is a pitcher for the (fictitious) Hackensack Bulls? This comedy is the seventh film based on a 1902 George Barr McCutcheon novel of the same name.

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Brewster's Millions

What southpaw had a 6.75 career ERA in four independent league seasons (1997-2000) but did become the first woman to start a game in a men's professional baseball league?

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Ila Borders

Speaking of women on the mound, Kylie Bunbury played what protagonist of the short-lived TV series Pitch?

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Ginny Baker

What outfielder (really more of a DH) technically shouldn't be in this quiz, having become the 15th player in the amateur draft era to reach the majors without any minor league playing time? After hitting 100 home runs in 213 games at Oklahoma State, he was drafted by the Montreal Expos, who traded him to Texas. A subsequent rule that a team cannot trade a drafted player until he has been under contract for one year was named after him.

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Pete Incaviglia

The player from the previous question was recently named manager of the Sugar Land Skeeters, replacing what third baseman who hit 360 home runs in 20 major league seasons (1981-2000), the first ten of which he spent in Minnesota?

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Gary Gaetti

Which team won the 2017 Triple-A World Series? It has been affiliated with the Tampa Bay Rays since 1998.

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Durham Bulls

What infielder, a 2010 fourth-round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies, hit .229 with five home runs in a pair of minor league seasons before switching sports?

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Russell Wilson

Two answers required. The 2001 romantic comedy Summer Catch depicts the Cape Cod League. In the film, Ryan Dunne meets Tenley Parrish while moving her family's lawn. Name both actors who play Dunne and Parrish in the movie. They have also played Cole Ortiz and Mary Camden, respectively, on a pair of otherwise unrelated TV.

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Freddie Prinze, Jr.; Jessica Biel