The players in this quiz share a single game accomplishment since 1961 that no other player has matched. What is this feat?
| Player | Notes |
|---|---|
| Jose Lopez | Ichiro was the only player to appear in this game and the Edgar Martinez game |
| Edgar Martinez | A player who appeared in the George Bell game had 5 RBI in this game |
| Juan Gonzalez | Gonzalez’s team had 15 hits and lost, despite 4 runs by the starting 3rd baseman in the Edgar Martinez game |
| Chad Kreuter | Krueter was one of 7 starters with a hit, a run and an RBI, roughing up the starting pitcher in the Don Mattingly game |
| George Bell | Toronto had a grand slam in this game. But, not by Bell. Two players on the losing side would later manage that team. |
| Candy Maldonado | Three Mets grounded into double plays in this game. One Met who didn’t go GIDP played in the Vince Coleman game. |
| Don Mattingly | This game was two days after the Coleman game. Yankees roughed up a rookie starter with a higher BB/9 than H/9. |
| Vince Coleman | A teammate had 3 steals and 3 runs, but Coleman still lost to a club with two former Yankee WS champions |
| Russ Nixon | The starting catcher opposing Nixon was a future manager of Nixon’s team |
| Ernie Banks | An All-Star infielder had 3 hits for the winners, a team that player would later manage |
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- Hint #1: the players are listed in chronological order of the games in which this feat was achieved, starting with the most recent
- Hint #2: no players accomplished this feat in the twenty seasons from 1966 to 1985
- Hint #3: except as noted above, all these players were on the winning team
Congratulations to William J. He correctly identified that the quiz players each had 3 sacrifice flies in a game, the only players to do so since sacrifice flies were first counted officially in 1954. Those games and the clue explanations are after the jump. Continue reading
