Return Of An Old Baseball Name

LeGrandOrange · 02-09-2003, 12:38 PM

In terms of names that have been used more than once, what baseball surname took the longest time between its first appearance and second appearance in a major league?

Hopefully you were able to follow that.

Rajah · 02-09-2003, 06:20 PM

20 years passed between dizzy dean and tommy dean

Rajah · 02-09-2003, 06:22 PM

heres a better one:
Troy O'leary, 1993
Charlie O'leary 1934
59 years

Ytown Tribe fan · 02-09-2003, 06:31 PM

Charlie Atherton played until 1899, and Keith Atherton started in 1983, a gap of 84 years. I'm sure there are longer gaps.

LeGrandOrange · 02-09-2003, 06:45 PM

Yeah, indeed there are.

Glad you understood the question because I think I'll have fun with this...and you will get a hint in time, I just need to think of one.

LeGrandOrange · 02-10-2003, 09:50 AM

Best I can do for a hint:
Neither of these guys had really distinguished careers, the first person with that last name played all of one year for a team, the second person played just 5 undistinguished years for bad teams, though he had a cameo on a playoff team. The last name is more familiar if you watch NBA basketball on TNT.

There's enough of a gap that I can give a second hint...this does involve the NA.

Craig S. · 02-10-2003, 10:04 AM

Pony Sager played in 1871. The next player with that same name was A.J. Sager in 1994.

That's 123 years. And no way I would have gotten that without the TNT clue.

KCBOOMER · 02-10-2003, 10:25 AM

Rats, the best I could find was Frank Olin (1884-5) and the ill-fated Steve Olin (1989-92).

LeGrandOrange · 02-10-2003, 10:46 AM

That's the one. And I had to give the TNT hint because I didn't want this question to go on too long.

I used to know the longest span between name usage that didn't count the NA, but I forgot it now...and actually found that what I thought it was was not what it was.

02-09-2003, 12:38 PM	#1
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	Return Of An Old Baseball Name In terms of names that have been used more than once, what baseball surname took the longest time between its first appearance and second appearance in a major league? Hopefully you were able to follow that.

02-09-2003, 06:20 PM	#2
Rajah NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,177	20 years passed between dizzy dean and tommy dean __________________ Why does Aubrey Huff looked so mad in his picture? Oh wait...

02-09-2003, 06:22 PM	#3
Rajah NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,177	heres a better one: Troy O'leary, 1993 Charlie O'leary 1934 59 years __________________ Why does Aubrey Huff looked so mad in his picture? Oh wait...

02-09-2003, 06:31 PM	#4
Ytown Tribe fan Guest Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scrappers territory Posts: 2,515	Charlie Atherton played until 1899, and Keith Atherton started in 1983, a gap of 84 years. I'm sure there are longer gaps. Last edited by Ytown Tribe fan : 02-09-2003 at 06:40 PM.

02-10-2003, 10:25 AM	#8
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	Rats, the best I could find was Frank Olin (1884-5) and the ill-fated Steve Olin (1989-92). __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

02-09-2003, 06:45 PM	#5
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	Yeah, indeed there are. Glad you understood the question because I think I'll have fun with this...and you will get a hint in time, I just need to think of one.

02-10-2003, 09:50 AM	#6
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	Best I can do for a hint: Neither of these guys had really distinguished careers, the first person with that last name played all of one year for a team, the second person played just 5 undistinguished years for bad teams, though he had a cameo on a playoff team. The last name is more familiar if you watch NBA basketball on TNT. There's enough of a gap that I can give a second hint...this does involve the NA.

02-10-2003, 10:04 AM	#7
Craig S. Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,330	Pony Sager played in 1871. The next player with that same name was A.J. Sager in 1994. That's 123 years. And no way I would have gotten that without the TNT clue.

02-10-2003, 10:46 AM	#9
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	That's the one. And I had to give the TNT hint because I didn't want this question to go on too long. I used to know the longest span between name usage that didn't count the NA, but I forgot it now...and actually found that what I thought it was was not what it was.

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