Good morning!
As we inch closer towards Opening Day, it's the second week of Opening Day starters on Sporcle Saturday. Today, you'll be tasked with naming first basemen and third basemen to get the Opening Day nod.
Last year marked the first time that the White Sox had a new face at first base on Opening Day since 2014, and just five different names have now appeared there dating back to 1991. Third base has been more unsettled. The same guy has started at third on Opening Day four of the past five years, but it's been since 2003-2008 that we've had a stretch of more than three consecutive seasons with the same player at the hot corner. I'd expect that won't be changing for another couple of years, unfortunately.
As with last week, there are 168 entries for you to name: how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 20 minutes for completion attempts.
- All players are grouped by season.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Willie Kamm holds the most Opening Day (and consecutive) starts at third base: 9, running the length of his White Sox tenure, 1923-1931.
- As for lack of continuity at first base? From 1908-1917, the White Sox started a different guy at first each season. It wasn’t until Chick Gandil started three straight from 1917-1919 that that particular spell was broken.
- Frank Isbell was the Sox’ first-ever Opening Day first baseman. But he also started Opening Day at third base in 1903, second base in 1906 and 1907, and then again at first base in 1909.
All data from baseballreference.com
