Who had success versus Dwight Gooden?

Today we have three trivia questions based around the electric Dwight Gooden. Leave your answers in the comments section and then check back on Wednesday when I post the answers. Question #1 Which player (minimum 25 PA) had the highest lifetime AVG versus Gooden? Question #2 Which player hit the most lifetime HR versus Doc? [...]

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Mets Trivia: Fewer starters than Mets used in 2011

The 2011 Mets used just nine different starters and the five pitchers who had the most GS combined to make 149 of the team’s 162 starts. Here was the breakdown: Pelfrey – 33 Dickey – 32 Capuano – 31 Gee – 27 Niese – 26 Batista – 4 Young – 4 Schwinden – 4 Carrasco [...]

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Mets Trivia: Who was the 2011 team’s best fielder?

Are you familiar with the stat Defensive Runs Saved? You should be. Here’s a description, courtesy of Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski: “[T]he numbers determines (using film study and computer comparisons) how many more or fewer successful plays a defensive player will make than league average. For instance, if a shortstop makes a play that [...]

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Mets Trivia: World Series strikeouts

In the 1973 World Series, this player tied the record for most strikeouts in a 7-game series with 11. Was it: A - Wayne Garrett B - Jerry Grote C - Don Hahn D - Bud Harrelson E - John Milner Leave your answer in the comments section. Check back Wednesday for the official answer.

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Mets Trivia: 500 times four

Seeing Nolan Ryan on television all of the time these days and he's immediately thought of as part of the Rangers. But Ryan spent five or more years with four different clubs, pitching 100 games or more with each of them. In the history of MLB, only 211 players have played 2,000 or more games [...]

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Mets Trivia: International edition

One of the wonderful things about baseball is how many people from all over the world play the game. MLB rosters have players from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Columbia, Australia, Korea and others. Today's trivia question is: Can you name the 11 players on the Mets' all-time [...]

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