SAME LAST NAME
He pitched a perfect game in 2012, and he won the 2019 NL Gold Glove for center field
Who are Matt and Lorenzo Cain?
This Pirates legend was the only player to end on exactly 3,000 hits. Not by choice, he tragically died during the offseason.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
2018 saw two National League Division Tiebreaker games. The losers met in the Wild Card Game, where this team won in 13 innings.
Who are the Colorado Rockies?
Moose
Who is Mike Moustakas or Mike Mussina?
2018
The namesake of the yearly Designated Hitter award, and a 3-time Cy Young Award winner in the steroid era
Who are Edgar and Pedro Martinez?
10 members of the 3,000 hit club played for the same team their entire careers. He was the most recent to do so.
Who is Derek Jeter?
No team had ever come back from 4 runs down 6 outs from playoff elimination, until this team did it in the 2014 AL Wild Card Game
Who are the Kansas City Royals?
Polar Bear
Who is Pete Alonso?
2008
Who are the Philadelphia Phillies?
The 2015 World Series MVP, and his long-time division rival on the Indians, both catchers
Who are Salvador and Roberto Perez?
He hit a single for his 3,000th hit in 1992, but after celebrating with his teammates, was immediately picked off of first base
Who is George Brett?
Fans questioned Buck Showalter's decision not to bring in Zach Britton from the bullpen after this team walked off the Orioles in the 2016 AL Wild Card Game
Panda
Who is Pablo Sandoval?
2002
Who are the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?
9th on the all-time strikeouts leaderboard, and 2nd, nearly 100 years apart
Who are Walter and Randy Johnson?
He is the only member other than Pete Rose to fail to make it into the MLB Hall of Fame. Playing during the steroid era might have hurt his chances.
Who is Rafael Palmeiro?
He pitched a 4-hit shutout in the 2014 NL Wild Card Game. Then he did it again in the 2016 NL Wild Card Game.
Who is Madison Bumgarner?
Shark
Who is Jeff Samardzija?
1991
Who are the Minnesota Twins?
In 2012, he hit for the Triple Crown, and he was shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, soon to be replaced by Francisco Lindor
Who are Miguel and Asdrubal Cabrera?
Ichiro Suzuki was the second player to join the 3,000 hit club with a triple. This long-time Brewer and former Twins Manager was the first.
Who is Paul Molitor?
In the 2013 NL Wild Card Game, the Pittsburgh crowd sarcastically chanted this Reds pitcher's name to rattle him into a 4-run hole his team wouldn't recover from
Who is Johnny Cueto?
Mr. Cub
Who is Ernie Banks?
1989
Who are the Oakland Athletics?