Ok. I don't expect a lot of interest in this but it does have the feature of being weighted by degree of difficulty

1 - Catcher - All right my nickname was pinned on me because of my proclivity to gain weight and not for the accomplishments to rival the original namesake.
That said: the fans liked me; the team mates liked me and the manager liked me. I still hold the record for highest season batting average by a catcher but that was before they raised the at-bat requirement. 4 points for my nameSONOFALWAYS for Babe Phelps

2. First Base - I am considered the first or second best first sacker of all time. 3 Most Valuable Player awards. And, when I retired, I ranked #2 in the all time home run column. Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez once asked me how much pressure I had in my arms, as if they were tyres. My nickname was The Beast.1 pointBIGGESTLIBRARYYET for Jimmy Foxx
3. Second Base - I am usually considered the second best 19th century second basemen and I had league leading stats in fielding and a lifetime batting average well over .300.
You'll love my nickname even if you don't love baseball. Hit near the top of the order and averaged 100 runs scored per season. 4 points.CUPID CHILDS
4 - Third Base - I am still considered in the top five Hot Corner men of all time.
I used a 52 ounce bat and was a lifetime .300+ hitter; did even better in the 6 World Series I played in. During my Heyday I took two years off: one because management wouldn't pay me what I was worth and the other year my wife died and I didn't trust anyone else to care for the children. Hall of Famer. 2 Points FRANK "HOME RUN" BAKER

5 - Shortstop - Went through one season and made only 3 errors. Hit homers, drove in runs, and played my whole career for one team. Tall for a shortstop. Hall of Famer. 1 PointSONOFALWAYS for Cal Ripkin

6 - Left Field - I'm one of many who never really came back from World War 2. Sure I played, and was pretty good, but not like the years when I was on four consecutive World Champion teams. Hated my nickname. 2 Points CHARLIE KELLER

7 - Center Field - I played relatively few games in center; mostly I played right but when you see who's in right you'll know I was happy to move over. Batting champ and Hall of Famer. I left the game a little early because I wanted to spend my son's senior year in high school at home. 3000 hits. Hall of Fame. 2 PointsAL KALINE

8 - Right Field - I spoke German at home but I wasn't there long. Made it to the majors at age 19 and became the best left handed pitcher of the era. Because of my hitting, I stopped pitching and played right although first base was my favorite position. Many of my hitting records, and at least one of my pitching records, still are in the books. 1 Point for this most famous of all ballplarers.BIGGESTLIBRARYYET for Babe Ruth
9 - Right Handed Pitcher - Whitey Ford knows who I am because of all the many pitchers who have more than 200 decisions I - not Whitey - have the best won/lost percentage. Who cares if it's only by one ten thousandth of a point? After my arm gave out, I still had enough ability to play about 1000 games, mainly at first and in the outfield. Born and died in the 19th century but 5 points are yours if you know my nameDAVE FOUTZ

10 - Left Handed Pitcher - Warren Spahn won more games than I did but I am still considered the best lefty ever. I won 9 Earned Run Average titles and have the 4th best won/lost record ever. 300 game winner and Hall of Famer. I'd fight the man that says my name is worth more than 1 point.SONOFALWAYS for Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove
11 - What do all the above players have to do with duckpin? 3 points FLICKERINGLEXICON gets 3 points and SONOFALWAYS gets 2 points for identifying the state
please excuse the typos if any are left....have fun; be good; take two and hit to right

10. Bob Gibson

8. Babe Ruth

2. Jimmy Foxx

sorry, no not Bob Gibson - a generation earlier

8 - Babe Ruth :applaud: the one and only Bambino

2 - Jimmy Foxx - Ole Double X - one of the strongest men ever to play in the pre-steroid era :applaud:

7 - Stan the Man Musial?


Where are the Cardinals? :lol:

10. Sandy Koufax? :wacko: I don't know any lefties better than Gibby and Koufax

11. You saw all these cats at an all-star game when you were a wee laddie?

7,10, & 11 - sorry, none correct this go-round.
The right handed pitcher died in the 19th century and although I am old, I'm no age record setter...I think I only saw 2 of these guys play in the majors

Google can be your friend

#10: more victories; more ERA titles; better winning percentage than Sandy

sorry, Stan The Man Musial got bumped by babe and Jimmy - too bad, he's one of my favorites of all time and I saw him in person in the '58 All Star game....what a player

I'm not going to google!

6. Joe DiMaggio? I know Ted Williams didn't play in the post-season much and I forget what position he played. :ohdear:

11. They are all from the same State as Duckpin? i.e. Virginny? :unsure:

I try not to look at wins too much when ranking pitchers. You can give up 9 runs but if your team scores 10 you get the W.

Same deal if you give up 1 and your team scores 0.


(sour grapes for not knowing what pitcher you're talking about :P )

# 6 played in the outfield next to Joe D, who was the centerfielder. If he would have kept up his prewar stats he'd be in the Hall

#11 - :applaud: Righto! same state, although the state in question is the smallish state of Maryland, The points are yours

5. Cal Ripkin Jr.

10. Lefty Grove.

And I think I've figured out the bonus question -- everyone on the list was born in Duckpin's home state of Maryland!

;)

(argghh....seconds late...)

I wasn't sure if it was your Birth State, or your current one... thanks for that. B) I'd like to split with Son Of Always who actually named the correct state! :D

To m, all sports questions are tough (I just answer Babe Ruth to all Baseball questions, and Wayne Gretsky to all Hockey ones. This almost always works.) :D

5 & 10 :applaud: you earn the points; well done. Grove won approx 100 games in the highest minors also

Very kind of you flickering! :)


1. Babe "The Blimp" Phelps.


Can't imagine why he didn't like that nickname.

You got Babe Phelps :o good for you. They loved him in Brooklyn and Uncle Robby did too although he was far from being a star.
Called it quits, I believe, when the Dodgers went to Cuba for pre season exhibition games and The Blimp hated to be on the water and left the team and went home.

This conjures an interesting image. ;)

I have 25 past the hour....I need to walk the dog before dark...hope you continue to play....a couple of those left are very well known and still talked about today....Maryland: Whoda thought?

Looks like:

SONOFALWAYS - 8 points
BIGGESTLIBRARYYET - 2 points
FLICKERINGLEXICON - 3 points

Lots to go...continue until tomorrow morning USA time