Baseball Trivia on Fay's Blog

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 5:42 PM EDT

Fay posted an interesting bit of trivia on his blog today.

Who was the first pitcher to defeat all 30 current MLB Teams? Apparently, this had several beat writers stumped in Pittsburgh for quite some time.

Multiple posters chimed in with Al Leiter. Fay confirms that Leiter is the correct answer. One reader adds that Kevin Brown, Terry Mullholland, and Curt Schilling all achieved the same feat after Leiter.

One problem. That's not right. Leiter was the first guy to beat all 30 current franchises, but he never beat the Washington Nationals, a current MLB team. Similarly, Brown, Mullholland, and Schilling all beat the Expos (thus, all 30 franchises), but have not beaten the Nationals. So, none of those guys have beaten all 30 current MLB teams.

One guy has. Name him.

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pedro? big unit?

by obc2 on Apr 18, 2008 5:52 PM EDT reply actions

Hey stranger

How are ya?

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on Apr 18, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

big day

im ready for some baseball tonight, Arroyo!!! My man!

need to get some beer, i have the kiddos tonight. i might even make the game thread if the neighbors dont start an impromptu game of “Beer HORSE”. yeah, under streetlamps.

EIGHT FIVE NINE, baby.

by obc2 on Apr 18, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Pedro has never beaten Boston

Unit’s never pitched against Arizona

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

May I ask.. is he active?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 18, 2008 6:05 PM EDT reply actions

He was in camp with somebody

But did not make the team.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Hint

This guy has never received a Cy Young vote.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions

Stanton.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 18, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I was looking at his gamelogs

and gave up. I’m lazy.

I've got a plan and it's as hot as my pants...

by Man Mountain on Apr 18, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Look at career splits

Way easier.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I know you were joking

But he’s probably a lot closer than you think. He needs a W against Cleveland, the Dodgers, and the Yankees to get there.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I was only half joking.

But I figured he hadn’t beaten the Yankees.

And I thought of Woody but I guess I had convinced myself that he was the Cardinals long relief guy this year.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 18, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Hint 2

He has less than 150 career W’s.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:49 PM EDT reply actions

Woodrow Williams

WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!

by Slyde on Apr 18, 2008 6:51 PM EDT reply actions

The Utility Belt has served you well

Once again.

Woody F. Williams is correct

I must know how you figured it out, though.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Apr 18, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Hope this helps

select winpitid, count(otm)
from (select distinct winpitid, otm
	from (select WinPitID,oTm
		from (select hTm as oTm, WinPitID
			from gamelogs
       		       where vScore > hScore 
		       union all
		      select vTm as oTm, WinPitID
			from gamelogs
		       where hScore > vScore) as t1) as t2
	        where otm in (select distinct vtm from gamelogs
			       where gmdt > '20070101')) as t3
group by winpitid
having count(otm) = 30

WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!

by Slyde on Apr 18, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Sure, that helps. Thanks.

by Brian B on Apr 18, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Now I will make you fishers of stats

WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!

by Slyde on Apr 18, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Give a man stats, feed him for the night.

Teach a man to fish for stats, feed him for a lifetime.

by Brian B on Apr 18, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions

google search: full frontal nudity

i didnt find the answer, but i did happen to pass the time nicely!

by obc2 on Apr 18, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

BAhahahah

Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on Apr 19, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions

what's the difference

between team and franchise?

by rojosoto on Apr 21, 2008 9:13 AM EDT reply actions

The SF Giants and the NY Giants are a franchise

but the SF Giants are a current team. Same with the Brooklyn and LA Dodgers, the Washington Senators and the Texas Rangers, and the Seattle Pilots and Milwaukee Brewers.

WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!

by Slyde on Apr 21, 2008 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Another question

Are the Washington Wizards a different team than the Washington Bullets?

Are the Los Angeles Angels a different team than the Anaheim Angels than the California Angels?

by rojosoto on Apr 21, 2008 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

No

Conceptually I don’t believe so. I think the idea is that moving locations significantly alters the fan base of the franchise to the point that they really become a different team from a historical perspective.

In terms of the trivia question that BLee posed, I think it was just an attempt to make the question harder to answer mainly because there is only one answer.

WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!

by Slyde on Apr 21, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions

In the late 90’s the Washington Bullets went to a ‘friendlier’ nickname and changed to the Wizards.

The Angels play in the same place they just keep changing their official city title on us.

A franchise is a team like the Los Angeles Clippers, who used to be the San Diego Clippers, and Buffalo Braves. All the records and such go to the same historical benchmark.

A team is just the Clippers in themselves since they’ve been the LA Clippers.

Another example of this is that the Supes moving to OKC have decided to leave the name, and team colors in Seattle so the Seattle SuperSonics will not be affiliated with their new team in Oklahoma City.

The same thing was done in the NFL when Cleveland moved to Baltimore to become the Ravens, and then Cleveland in doing this was able to adopt their old franchise history from 1996 and prior when they expanded in 2001.

by onemoreredoctober on Apr 23, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions