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True Dough

(27,533 posts) Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:17 PM Monday

Monday night baseball trivia: Who are the only three pitchers in MLB history

to record 160+ strikeouts and an ERA below 2.40 through their first 28 MLB games?

(I know 28 MLB games seems rather random, but I didn't make up the question, just stumbled upon it.)

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Monday night baseball trivia: Who are the only three pitchers in MLB history (Original Post) True Dough Monday OP

Can you give us any hints? Diamond_Dog Monday #1

Two of the three are playing today and they're both age 25 or younger. True Dough Monday #2

One of them has to be Ohtani? Diamond_Dog Monday #3

One of them True Dough Monday #5

Dwight Goode , Jacob Misiorowski and Hunter Greene? JMCKUSICK Monday #4

O-for-3, John! True Dough Monday #6

I changed and added Skenes and Bob Feller JMCKUSICK Monday #7

Now, you're True Dough Monday #9

I happened upon the answer, pretty sure on the same site, so had to stop guessing. JMCKUSICK Tuesday #11

The "older one" True Dough Tuesday #12

Right, he was the one that died in a boat crash JMCKUSICK Tuesday #13

Indeed True Dough Tuesday #14

Kaufax, Maddox, Gibson, Kershaw Imalittleteapot Monday #8

Give your husband my regards True Dough Monday #10

Diamond_Dog

(41,361 posts)

1. Can you give us any hints?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:27 PM

Monday

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

2. Two of the three are playing today and they're both age 25 or younger.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:31 PM

Monday

The third player was active between 2010 and 2022.

So all three are of recent vintage.

Diamond_Dog

(41,361 posts)

3. One of them has to be Ohtani?

Reply to True Dough (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:42 PM

Monday

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

5. One of them

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:49 PM

Monday

is not Ohtani!

JMCKUSICK

(6,772 posts)

4. Dwight Goode , Jacob Misiorowski and Hunter Greene?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:43 PM

Monday

Ok, erase Gooden and Greene, add Skenes and Bob Feller

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

6. O-for-3, John!

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:50 PM

Monday

The mighty Casey strikes out!

JMCKUSICK

(6,772 posts)

7. I changed and added Skenes and Bob Feller

Reply to True Dough (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:51 PM

Monday

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

9. Now, you're

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:07 PM

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1-for-3!

Skenes made the list!

JMCKUSICK

(6,772 posts)

11. I happened upon the answer, pretty sure on the same site, so had to stop guessing.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:59 AM

Tuesday

I wouldn't have guessed the older one in a million years, great question.

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

12. The "older one"

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 04:19 AM

Tuesday

never got to be that old, tragically.

JMCKUSICK

(6,772 posts)

13. Right, he was the one that died in a boat crash

Reply to True Dough (Reply #12)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:01 AM

Tuesday

If I remember right.

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

14. Indeed

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #13)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:28 AM

Tuesday

Gone too soon.

Imalittleteapot

(3,424 posts)

8. Kaufax, Maddox, Gibson, Kershaw

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:51 PM

Monday

Husband picks, not mine.

True Dough

(27,533 posts)

10. Give your husband my regards

Reply to Imalittleteapot (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 11:07 PM

Monday

and break it to him gently that not one of those answers is correct.

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