Greinke hits HR off of Kershaw

[kairos12]

It was the 7th time in MLB history a Cy Young award winner hit a HR off a Cy Young winner.

[True Dough]

1. Greinke is hitting .306 in 38 plate appearances this season

but he's a .226 career hitter and he has nine home runs over 16 MLB seasons.

As a baseball trivia enthusiast, can you name 3 of the top 5 pitchers with the best career OPS of all time?

Answers below...






































Ken Brett: .722 OPS, 10 HR, 42 RBI in 350 PA (he's George Brett's big brother!!)

Sloppy Thurston: .682 OPS, 5 HR, 79 RBI in 698 PA

Les Sweetland: .679 OPS, 0 HR, 34 RBI in 325 PA

Jack Scott: .673 OPS, 5 HR, 73 RBI in 736 PA

Dontrelle Willis: .665 OPS, 9 HR, 39 RBI in 447 PA



If you knew two of them, I'm impressed. If you even knew one of them, I'm still quite impressed.

[kairos12]

2. I didn't get one. I would have guessed Don Drysdale.

[True Dough]

3. I appreciate your honesty

I wouldn't have known a single one of them either.


Drysdale, by the way, had a .523 career OPS over 14 seasons. Not too shabby for a pitcher.

[kairos12]

4. As you are a baseball enthusiast here is my favorite baseball trivia ?

Who was the first player to steal a base in 4 different decades?

Answer below.




















Ted Williams.

[True Dough]

5. Good one.

Williams book-ended his career with 2 steals in 1939 and just got the 1 steal in 1960 to accomplish that feat (I had to look that up, of course).

Rickey Henderson did it but obviously later than the Splendid Splinter.

[MLAA]

6. Fun game to watch last night

Right before Greinke’s homer Walker hit a 3 run homer.

I enjoy watching Greinke pitch. In addition to being a great pitcher he is an overall terrific athlete. Did you see him cover first base and stretch out to get the ball and put out a very close play?