Sports Flashcards
Long distance runner + Oregon+Died Young
Steve Prefontaine
Sub Four minute Mile (First one)
Roger Bannister
The Bambino/The Sultan of Swat
George Herman Ruth
Yankees (also Boston)
Iron Horse
Lou Gehrig
ALS is named after him as he died from it in 1941, he played in 2,130 consecutive games, and he gave an exceptionally famous farewell speech in 1939
Yankees (1923-1939)
Yankee Clipper
Joltin’ Joe
Joe Dimaggio (56 game hitting streak – a record that still stands)
Yankees entire career
1936-1951
The Gashouse Gang
1934 St. Louis Cardinals
The team won 95 games, the NL pennant, and the World Series in seven games over the Detroit Tigers.
Home Runs + October
Reggie Jackson (for his 3 World Series homeruns in 1877)
– October was for when he was a Yankee (also Oaklant Athletics, Balitmore Orioles, California Angels)
annual award for baseball pitchers
Cy Young Award (threw a perfect game in 1904)
Boston
Supreme Court
Byron White
Drive for 5
Marion Jones
The Rocket, 7 Cy Young Awards, 11-time All Star
Roger Clemens
Pitcher
Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros
Big Papi
David Ortiz
Designated Hitter
Red Sox
Iron Man
Cal Ripken Jr (beat Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played – 2,632 consecutive game streak)
Baltimore Orioles
715/755 Home Runs
Hank Aaron (The Hammer)
Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1954-1974)
Record holder until Barry Bonds
Mr. Cub
Ernie Banks
1953-1971 (Chicago Cubs)
Catfish
James Hunter (played for Oakland/NY and signed a huge contract)
Junior
Ken Griffey Jr (Young Phenom
Seattle Mariners/Cincinnati Reds
The “son” part of the first father-son to play in the same game.
Cy
Cy Young (Real Name Denton) (1890-1911)
Pitcher
511 Wins – most in Major League History
Tom Terrific
The Franchise
Tom Seaver (1967-1986)
Pitcher
NY Mets
The Ryan Express
Nolan Ryan (known mostly for 7 no-hitters or 5000+ strikeouts)
Texas Rangers
Exceptional Curveball
1968-1993
“The Man”
Stan Musial
Great Hitter
Lifetime SL Cardinal (1941-1963)
Georgia Peach + lots of hits
Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Long hit streak, Monroe, Robinson
Dimaggio
Knuckleball pitcher
RA Dickey (Mets)
Base Stealer
Rickey Henderson - All-Time stolen base leader, legendary speedster, had some amusing egotistical quotes. Just know that he stole a lot of bases, including over 100 in a season or two
Ted Williams
The Splendid Splinter”, hit .406 in 1941 (last player to hit over .400), famous Red Sox LF who was also a marine and went to war, very high batting average, played into the 1960’s (began in the 1930s)
Orioles
Camden Yards
Baltimore
First Black MLB Manageer
Frank Robinson
Redsox
Fenway Park
Boston
Yaz
Carl Yastrezemski - “Yaz”, last player to win the Triple Crown (1967; Batting Average, RBI, and HR), top outfielder in 1960s and 1970s.
NY Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Yogi Berra
His clues almost exclusively relate to his bizarre quotes. It’s almost Pavlovian: if they ask for a baseball player with a weird quote, it’s Yogi. Otherwise, Yankee Catcher (past) is almost always Berra too.
Yankee + Ford
Whitey Ford
Mr. November
Derek Jeter. Yankee SS in 1990s/2000s
61 + Mickey Mantel
Roger Maris - Broke Babe Ruth’s single season home-run record in 1961 with 61 home runs, raced with Mickey Mantle for that title. Usually paired with the number “61” or “Mickey Mantle” in clues.
Tampa Bay Rays
Tropicana Field
Shoeless
Joe Jackson - “Shoeless Joe”, star outfielder who got banned from baseball in the 1919 Black Sox betting scandal
erfect Game + Senator from Kentucky
Jim Bunning
Stabbed Tennis Player
Monica Seles
Aneres Clothing Line
Serena Williams
Battle of the Sexes
Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs
Historic Black Female Tennis Player
Althea Gibson
Gold-Medal 2012 Gymnast
Gabby Douglas
Gymnast won dancing with the stars
Shawn Johnson
swimming - most gold medals in a single Olympics, most golds of any Olympian
Michael Phelps
Track
Usain Bolt
Snowboarding
Shawn White
Soccer/LA Galexy
David Beckham
Poker Player with appropriate name
Chris Moneymaker
Finnish Runner
Paavo Nurmi (Flying Fin)
Golf Films
Tin Cup
Caddy Shack
Happy Gilmore
