MLB Baseball Non-Hall of Famers You May Know - Statistics

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Years Active	Team	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1986-1994	Kansas City Royals	When this MLB All-Star wasn't wowing crowds with his towering homeruns, canon arm, and wall-climbing catches, he was a Pro-Bowl running back for the Los Angeles Raiders.	Bo Jackson	100%
1963-1986	CIncinnati Reds	MLB's all-time hits leader, banned for life due to betting on games.	Pete Rose	100%
1963-1989	New York Yankees	A 4x All-Star, this pitcher is now best known for the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) replacement surgery that bears his name.	Tommy John	100%
1988-2007	Philadelphia Phillies	Famously pitched the Red Sox to victory over the Yankees in Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series, even though he was hobbled by an ankle injury which visibly soaked his sock in blood.	Curt Schilling	92%
1982-1995	New York Yankees	In one of the oddest MLB statistical anomalies, this longtime Yankees first baseman hit an MLB-record 6 grand slams in 1987 and did not hit a single additional grand slam over the rest of his 14-year career.	Don Mattingly	88%
1969-1990	Chicago Cubs	While playing first base for the Red Sox in the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, he misplayed a routine ground ball, allowing the Mets to win the game.	BIll Buckner	83%
1979-1995	Detroit Tigers	Playing in Game 3 of the 1988 World Series for the Dodgers, memorably limped around the bases after hitting a game-winning pinch hit homerun off Dennis Eckersley.	Kirk Gibson	79%
1962-1967	Philadelphia Phillies	After an admittedly lackluster career as a catcher, he returned to his hometown of Milwaukee, where was the voice of Brewers radio broadcasts from 1971 to 2024.	Bob Uecker	75%
1989-1999	California Angels	Born without a right hand, he had a successful MLB pitching career, including throwing a no-hitter for the Yankees in 1993.	Jim Abbott	75%
2024-Present	Pittsburgh Pirates	LSU pitcher drafted by the Pirates with the #1 pick in the draft, he was the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year. Also, Livvy Dunne's boyfriend.	Paul Skenes	75%
1908-1920	Chicago White Sox	Star outfielder banned from the MLB for life for his alleged participation in throwing the 1919 World Series - known as the "Black Sox Scandel."	Shoeless Joe Jackson	75%
1983-1998	Toronto Blue Jays	Hit a three-run walk-off home run to win the World Series for the Blue Jays in 1993.	Joe Carter	71%
1969-1979	New York Yankees	Yankees catcher who died in a small plane crash in 1979.	Thurman Munson	71%
1976-1980	Detroit Tigers	Nicknamed "the Bird," he was known for his quirkly antics on the mound, including talking to the baseball.	Mark Fidrych	63%
1946-1960	New York Giants	Hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," a three-run home run that clenched the pennant for the Giants in 1951.	Bobby Thomson	58%
1953-1967	New York Yankees	Pitched the only perfect game in World Series history on October 8, 1956.	Don Larsen	58%
1956-1971	St. Louis Cardinals	His refusal to accept a trade to the Phillies in 1969 ushered in the era of free agency in the MLB.	Curt Flood	46%
1968-1979	PIttsburgh Pirates	Infamously claimed that he was high on LSD when he pitched a no-hitter for the Pirates on June 12, 1970.	Dock Ellis	46%
1951-1951	St. Louis Browns	Standing 3'7" tall, he naturally walked in his one Major League plate appearance for the Browns on August 19, 1951.	Eddie Gaedel	42%
1937-1951	Cincinnati Reds	The only pitcher in MLB history to throw two consecutive no-hitters when he did so for the Reds in 1938.	Johnny Vander Meer	42%
1905	New York Giants	Before serving as a doctor in Chisholm, Minnesota for 50 years, he appeared in one game as a right fielder for the New York GIants in 1905. His story received renewed attention after being highlighted in the 1989 film "Field of Dreams."	Moonlight Graham	42%
1966-1984	Chicago Cubs	While playing outfield for the Cubs in Dodger Stadium on April 25, 1976, he famously rescued the American flag from two protesters who were attempting to burn it.	Rick Monday	38%
1912-1920	Cleveland Indians	The only MLB player to die as the result of an injury received in a game, when he was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays in 1920.	Ray Chapman	33%
1913-1928	New York Yankees	Yankee first baseman who sat out of the lineup on June 2, 1925, to be replaced by Lou Gehrig, who went on to play 2,130 consecutive games	Wally Pipp	33%