Trivia Time: Two-way Pitchers

Posted by Nick Kapur on Wednesday June 06th 2007, 12:08 am, filed in Trivia

Trivia Time!

Name the only three pitchers in major-league history to save at least 45 games in a season and win at least 17 games in another season.

(See comments section for the answers)

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11 Responses to “Trivia Time: Two-way Pitchers”

forager Says:
June 1st, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Makes you wonder if Perez Hilton saw this article with picture?

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/06/01/2007-06-01_arods_wife_hurries_to_his_side_in_stripp-1.html

I’m hoping I’m just too tired right now and am misreading this sarcasm as legit, but listen, I understand he’s ARod, a universally hated jerk, (and I’m not saying I don’t totally agree with that) but come on… if they want to call ARod’s “HAH” scream from the other night bush league then I give the same tag for this umpbump entry.
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Alejandro A. Leal Says:
June 1st, 2007 at 6:12 pm
So much for gossiping at umpbump… we can’t keep up with it!

I’ll leave it to Perez Hilton and the like.
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Coley Ward Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 9:45 am
One of the three has to be John Smoltz.

The other two? I’m going to go with Eck and … jeez, I dunno the last guy.
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Nick Kapur Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Smoltz and Eckersley are correct! The last guy is the hardest…
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Paul Moro Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 10:51 am
C’mon, Coley. You know this. He’s currently a Phil. At least if it’s who I think it is.
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Rob Derbabian Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Dave Righetti ?
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Red Sox Super Fan Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Smoltz

Lowe

Eckersley
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Nick Kapur Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Not Righetti, not Lowe – although those are both are really good guesses!

Lowe won at least 17 on two occasions, but his best saves total was 42.

Righetti saved at least 45, but his highest win total was 14.
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Richie Rich Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Smoltz and Eck are the gimmes.

I’d say Tom Gordon or Bob Wickman for #3.

Based on Moro’s clue above I’ll go with

Smoltz/Eck/Gordon.
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Coley Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Gordon! Why didn’t I think of that?
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Nick Kapur Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
That’s right, the third player is the one and only Tom Gordon!

Gordon went 17-9 with a 3.64 ERA as a 21-year-old rookie for the Kansas City Royals way back in 1989, somehow inexplicably finishing second in the Rookie-of-the-Year race that year to reliever Gregg Olson.

Nine years later, in 1998, Gordon saved 46 games for the Boston Red Sox.
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