so you think you know baseball............

Who's the guy in 1898 you're referring to...? And what's website/source where you're getting your info...? Far as I can see, there was no post-season play in 1898.

 

forget it axe. it was bill deneen and 1898 was some obscure reference i misread now.

im banning myself for life.

 

Well, Bill Dineen DID win 3 series games, but it was in 1903. He started his career in 1898.

Interesting note: while Dineen won 3 games in that first world's series, he wasn't the first pitcher to accomplish the feat. Deacon Phillippe of the Pirates (the opponents of Bill Dineen's and Cy Young's Boston Beaneaters) won 3 of the first four series games. But Phillippe also lost Game 7 (to Young) and Game 8 (to Dineen, Dineen's 3rd win of the series).

 

good to know.

not posting questions anymore.

 

Trivia Question:

We all know Don Larsen holds the distinction of throwing the only perfect game (or no-hitter, for that matter) in world series play. How many complete game 1-hitters have there been?

 

no idea but roy "doc" halladay threw a no-hitter in his playoff debut to join larsen as the only 2 players to throw a no-no and perfecto in postseason play and i was there for the game for doc! one of the greatest things i ever saw.

 

Cat ~

Which one did you see -- the perfect-o or the play-off no-no? Either way, that's awesome!

I was driving home listening to the playoff game. Was bummer when he walked that Red, breaking up the perfecto (I think that was in the sixth inning?), but I got home in time to watch the last two innings. Just awesome.

 

GREAT STUFF!!

 

i was there for Doc's no-no. Still have the ticket and rally towel from it. And the walk was damn borderline too. In the 9th i won't lie, i was hiding behind my rally towel as the entire crowd was on their feet. i didn't want to see him lose it. even the last play and chooch slips, i had one eye on the play and the other behind my towel! philly is jinxed so i assumed he would lose it.

 

The ball 4 pitch wasn't that borderline -- I've seen video of it. But I don't know about the other 3 balls.

And watching that last play, that little nubber near the plate where the ball stopped right against the discarded bat, I almost got sick. I could see how tricky it was gonna be to get a good grip on the ball to make the throw to first. Really an underrated play by Chooch.

 

4

 

axe-and he slipped too. i think ball 3 was the one that was a strike. still happy to be a part of history.

 

1 hitters -- i will go with 2.

 

Igloo got it - it's 4.

The killer: Almost as improbable as Don Larsen (a career 65-71 pitcher) hurling a perfect-o, Yankees pitcher Floyd Bevens (4-year career, 40-36 record) got to 2 outs in the 9th against the Dodgers in 1947 before allowing a two-run double to Cookie Lavagetto. That double scored two runs (on base via walks), and the Yanks lost, 3-2.

Jim Lonborg of Boston also got close, getting two out in the 8th in the 1967 series against St. Louis before losing his no-no.

There was also a combined one-hitter: Tom Glavine (8 innings) and Mark Wohlers (1 inning) for Atlanta vs. Cleveland in 1995.

 

Yeah, that almost made me vomit in my mouth a little when I saw it.

Could have been. I remember hearing boos coming across on the radio on one of the 2-strike pitches.

 

if it's a combined 1 hitter, isn't the answer as 3 total 1 hitters? i thought the question was how many 1 hitters, not how many guys threw them?

 

I didn't count the combined 1-hitter. The question was "how many complete game 1-hitters."

In addition to Bevens and Lonborg, one-hitters were thrown by Claude Passeau (1945) and Ed Reulbach (1906).

 

ah-2 old fogies...lol

 

so it's 5 then? bevans, lonborg, passeau, reulbach and combo-glavine and wohlers?

 

Yep, 5 total - 4 complete game 1-hitters, and 1 combo one-hitter.