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Trivia: What Do These Players Have in Common? #1


I'm starting a new thread on baseball trivia.

The question here is: What do these players have in common?

Try to figure it out and leave your answer in the comments.

We're on the honor system here.

See my answer at the end of the post.

Luis Gonzalez (AZ)
2002 Topps Opening Day, card #56.

Dale Murphy (ATL)
1981 Donruss, card #437.

Dave Concepcion (CIN)
1975 Hostess, card #47.

Pete Rose (CIN)
1975 Hostess, card #29.

Todd Helton (COL)
2019 Topps, card #175.

Jerry Koosman (NYM)
1972 Topps, card #698 (or 869 šŸ˜œ).

Have you figured it out yet?

They're all shown with a National League club; but that's not it.

Ken Boyer (STL)
1988 Pacific, card #12.

Steve Garvey (SAN)
1983 Topps, card #37T.

Randy Jones (SAN)
1974 Topps, card #173.

Last chance.








Rusty Staub (Mont/Wash)
1971 Topps, card #560.
Okay, time to answer or take a guess.




Answer:



The uniform numbers of these players have been retired by the team noted, but...

 none of them are in the HOF (yet šŸ˜‰).

Thanks for hanging in there with me.

Peace,
CinciCuse Bill



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  1. Brett AlanJuly 11, 2020 at 10:15 PM

    Clever. I was thinking early on about something to do with being close to Hall of Famers but not in, but ConcepciĆ³n didn't seem to fit.

    I'd kind of forgotten about Koosman's number being retired. That was announced this past off-season and the ceremony was scheduled for June, but obviously that didn't happen. Hopefully they'll do it next year when I'd like to think we'll be able to have crowds in ballparks again.

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  2. FujiJuly 12, 2020 at 4:02 PM

    Cool idea for a series. I got the part of not being in the hall of fame. My line of thinking started with Murphy. Didn't know about the retired jersey part though.

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  3. CinciCuse BillJuly 12, 2020 at 6:25 PM

    Several of these cats are borderline Hall of Famers. It's a tough club to get into.

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