Mets Trivia Contest Winner: 1986 Mets DVD Set

by Eric Simon on Jun 13, 2011 11:01 AM EDT

With Father's Day rapidly approaching, we're giving away Mets 1986 DVD sets every week until the big day. Last week's trivia contest winner is astromets, who correctly answered all ten questions and was fortunate enough to be selected by the randomizer. There were nine flawless entries. Full answers can be found after the jump.

We'll have this week's contest up later today.

Q: In 1969, in how many games did a lefty (starter or reliever) record a win for the Mets?

A: 27. Here's the list.

Q: Lance Johnson holds the franchise single-season hits record with 227 in 1996. In how many games that season did Johnson have at least one plate appearance and fail to collect a hit?

A: 35. Here's the list of games.

Q: In Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS, the Mets lost the game and the series to the Braves when Kenny Rogers walked Andruw Jones with the bases loaded to force in the winning run. Who scored that run for the Braves?

A: Gerald Williams.

Q: Who holds the Met pitching record for most walks allowed in a game?

A: Mike Torrez, who walked ten Reds on 7/21/1983. The Mets lost the game, 6-1.

Q: The Mets have had nine cycles in their history. Who is the only Met to ever hit for a natural cycle — single, double, triple, and home run, in that order?

A: Jim Hickman, against the Cardinals on 8/7/1963.

Q: Which Met batter has the most postseason at-bats in team history?

A: Edgardo Alfonzo, 100.

Q: Who was the Mets' first ever amateur draft pick?

A: Les Rohr, a LHP from West HS in Billings, MT, who was taken second overall in the 1965 draft.

Q: What is the Mets' record for home attendance in a season?

A: 4,042,045, in 2008, Shea Stadium's final season.

Q: Who is the only Met to drive in more than one run in a single All-Star Game?

A: Lee Mazzilli, who drove in two runs in the 1979 mid-summer classic. Only three other players — David Wright, Mike Piazza, and Howard Johnson — had an RBI in an All-Star Game.

Q: How many first-pitch home runs did Darryl Strawberry hit in his career (with all teams)?

A: 28 or 33. There's some confusion on this one, because if you look at Straw's home run log you'll see that he hit 28 home runs on pitch #1 (under "Pitches") but 33 home runs when the count was 0-0 (under "Count"). You'll also notice the difference of five home runs between the "Unk" label under each of these categories, which I'll assume accounts for the identical disparity between 28 and 33 home runs. We accepted both answers as correct.

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He won again?

rigged

by Phildo on Jun 13, 2011 11:42 AM EDT reply actions

I lobby one per customer!

The 2011 New York Mets: Limit the Damage

by CTRefJay on Jun 13, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m assuming there is a copy and mistake mistake somewhere around here, because the first paragraph is exactly the same, the odds of that happening are not very likely, plus lots of people said they were giving up in the last post.

by Phildo on Jun 13, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

yea, that link even goes back two weeks.

by Phildo on Jun 13, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes.

I got lazy. Post should now be updated to reflect correct info,

by Eric Simon on Jun 13, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m guessing the discrepancy in the first-pitch HR totals may be about a baserunning event that happened prior to the first pitch to the plate (pickoff attempt, balk, stolen base, caught stealing, etc.), which may have been recorded as a “pitch” in the 5 instances that were recorded as 0-0 count HRs but not as first-pitch HRs. I’d be interested to know for sure, though.

by chitichitibangbang on Jun 13, 2011 1:17 PM EDT reply actions

that "unk"

makes those numbers wrong. the unk is because baseball-reference doesn’t have pitch by pitch data before 88. so there were probably more 1st pitch hr’s in straw’s career.

by attgig on Jun 13, 2011 1:48 PM EDT reply actions

I thought that too

which is why I took the 28 and then kind of pro-rated a guess based on pre-1988 homeruns he hit. i guess i overthought it.

by jtavares91 on Jun 13, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to complain

And I’m sorry that this is my first post ever on AA (which is an amazing site, btw), but since Koosman won two games in the 69 WS, wouldn’t that make it 29 lefty wins in 1969? If the question was “During the 1969 Regular Season,” I’d say 27, absolutely. But, it’s “In 1969” and Koosman’s wins were October 12th and 16th, 1969.

Just my $0.02. And, still, absolutely fantastic site. I started reading last year and now read it every single day.

by burgie12 on Jun 14, 2011 12:48 PM EDT reply actions