Baseball questions that will make your head hurt, with painless answers

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Anagrams
Rearrange the letters in the name of a big league ballplayer, and what do you get? The name of another big league ballplayer. (1871โ€‘2010)
Batter vs Pitcher
What batters and pitchers dominated each other in their head-to-head matchups? (1950โ€‘2010)
Beanball Wars
When was your favorite team involved in a game with 4 or more hit batsmen? You can’t beat fun at the old ball park. (1919โ€‘2010)
Extra Inning Games
What were the longest games played by your favorite team? (1919โ€‘2010)
Gems and Stinkers
What were the best and worst Bill James Game Scores for starting pitchers on your favorite team? (1919โ€‘2010)
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go Home!
Who had the most game-ending RBI for your favorite team? How many times did your favorite team score a game-ending run without an RBI? (1950โ€‘2010)
Letters in the Lineup
When did your favorite team start a game with the most players in the lineup whose names start with, contain, or end with each letter of the alphabet? A whole soup bowl full of fun. (1919โ€‘2010)
Personal Catchers
Which catchers and pitchers tended to start together? (1919โ€‘2010)
Playing With Fathers and Sons
How many big league ballplayers were teammates with each half of a father/son pair? (1871โ€‘2010)
Run Streaks
When did your favorite team score, or allow, a certain number of runs in the most consecutive games? (1876โ€‘2010)
Skipper vs Skipper
How did long-time big league skippers fare in their head-to-head matchups? (1871โ€‘2010)
Symbiotic Savers
What pairs of pitchers each saved games started and won by the other? (1919โ€‘2010)
Townmates on the Mound
How many times have pitchers born in the same town squared off as starters? (1871โ€‘2010)
Triple Plays
Links to Retrosheet box scores of all games with a triple play. (1919โ€‘2010)
Two Park Chuckers
Only a handful of big league pitchers managed to win a game at each park in these pairs. (1919โ€‘2010)
Ushering Catchers
Which catchers were behind the plate for the most starting pitchers making their big league debut? (1919โ€‘2010)
Viva Los Vanquished
What pitchers defeated the most different franchises? What pitchers defeated your favorite team the most times in a career, decade, fortnight, etc.? (1919โ€‘2010)

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