Continuing the 1980s theme here on Sporcle Saturday, we’ll be taking a look this week at the pitchers who started at least one game for the White Sox during the ’80s. There are a fair number of names on here that will be familiar: however, just like the starting pitchers of the 2000s, there are a lot that will be unfamiliar. I suspect this will be a challenge for many this week, so put on some Metallica and get to work: of the 52 names listed, how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I’ve provided the tenure of the player in question, and the number of games they started for the team.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- In terms of decisions, White Sox starting pitchers went 653-678 during this decade.
- Their average ERA/FIP was 4.82 and 4.44, respectively.
- Their average slash-line against: .272/.348/.416. That matches exactly one player season in baseball history: Brook Jacoby in 1989, playing for the Indians.
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All data from baseballreference.com
31/52 could have probably gotten another five but that would’ve been on my best day. Jesus.
When I was a kid I thought
Because he once started Opening Day? Which I believe Ted has quizzed us on….
39/52, with a lot of those simply entering in relievers’ names to see if they had any starts. Yes, and the biggest surprise was
Guesses that turned out empty with that approach include
yeah, once
yeah, once
Incidentally, just looked up
22. Wow that was tough.