MONDAY
Q. Who
holds the career World Series records for home runs, runs scored, bases on
balls, strike outs, runs batted and total bases?
Hint: He
holds the career record for home runs hit by a switch hitter.
Twint: He
is the only Yankee Hall of Fame player from Oklahoma.
Twint: He
was an M&M boy.
A. Mickey Mantle (WS records: 18 HR, 42 R,
43 BB, 54 Ks , 40 RBI & 123 TB; 536 HR; HOF
OK; Mantle and Maris)
FCR - Gene
Schwartz, Weston, CT
TUESDAY
Q. What
rookie hit the fly ball caught by Joe DiMaggio that led to Mickey Mantle’s knee
injury in the 1951 World Series?
Hint: He
holds the record for hitting home runs in the most different innings.
Hint: His
16th inning home run off Warren Spahn ended the longest ever shutout
duel by two major league pitchers.
Twint: His
first major league hit was also a home run off Warren Spahn.
Twint: In
the same game, he struck out with two men on base, and then popped out with a
runner on base to end the game in a 4-1 loss.
A. Willie Mays (5th
inning G 2; HR hit in 16 different
innings; Spahn
vs Marichal; 1st HR 28‑May‑1951)
FCR - Harvey Judkowitz,
Miami, FL
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was credited with a shared no-hitter despite only facing the first batter and
issuing him a base-on-balls?
Hint: The
pitcher who relieved him, threw out the man on base and then proceeded to
retire the next 26 batters.
Twint: With
two outs in the bottom of the 9th in the seventh inning of a World Series,
he was caught stealing second to end the game and the Series.
Twint: In
that same game seven he had a home run and four bases on balls in the 3-2 loss.
A. Babe Ruth (No-no 23‑Jun‑1917,
heavy lifting done by teammate Ernie Shore;
1926 WS,
G 7 12‑Oct,
giving the St.
Louis Cards their first championship)
FCR - R.J.
Lesch, Adel, IA
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was a catcher in nine and pitcher in two of his twenty seasons in the majors, but
won an MVP as a first baseman?
Hint: Connie
Mack moved him to first where he played most of his remaining career.
Twint: He
was discovered by Franklin Baker.
Twint: In
his final season he pitched in 9 games and 22.2 innings with a 1.59 earned run
average for the Athletics.
Twint: He
made Ogden Nash’s line up.
A. Jimmie Foxx (Fielding
stats, 1B 1919G C 108G, P 10G; Home Run Baker
discovered the young Foxx; 1-0 in 9 starts, 1945 Phillies; Line Up for
Yesterday)
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was told by Branch Rickey "We
finished last with you, we can finish last without you."?
Hint: He,
too, could turn a phrase with quotes such as “Two thirds of the earth is
covered by water, the other third by Garry Maddox”.
Hint: When
he married a tennis star, Hank Greenberg was his best man.
Twint: He
has been a broadcaster with the New York Mets since their first season.
Twint: He
once joked that the reason he was hired as their broadcaster was because he had
“losing experience”.
A. Ralph Kiner (Team by Team
Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball; Garry Maddox; Married
Nancy Chafee 1951; 52 years with the NYM;
Hired by George
Weiss)
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
SATURDAY
Q. Whose
hit off Troy Percival was the first to be officially reviewed with instant
replay?
Hint: In
his major league debut, his team suffered the 10th unassisted triple
play in the modern era.
Hint: He
holds the American League record of seven runs batted in for a single inning.
Twint: He
was the 1992 Gatorade Player of the Year.
Twint: He
wanted to play in the National League but because of the “even-odd” system of
the draft, he ended up in the American League.
A. Alex Rodriguez (2008-Sep-03
confirmed the HR; Debut 1994-Jul-08,
UTP J Valentine; 7 RBI 2009-Oct-04; 1993
draft by SEA)
FCR - Jack Sullivan, Louisville, KY
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was ridiculed as being too fat for even the Athletics?
Hint: As
a twelve-year-old boy, he hit a batting practice home run at Tiger Stadium.
Hint: In
his third All Star Game appearance, he was named Most Valuable Player, based mostly
on his three-run homer off C.J. Wilson.
Twint: He
is the only player to win the Home Run Derby in both leagues.
A. Prince Fielder (The Money
ball 2002 draft class; Batting
practice HR; 2011
ASG; Derby
wins 2009 MIL, 2012 DET)
FCR - Jim Lovelace, Kent, OH
WEEKLY THEME
- Players who hit 50 home runs in a season at age 25 or younger
Player Age HR Year
Fielder 23 50 2007
Foxx 24 58 1932
Kiner 24 51 1947
Mantle 24 52 1956
Mays 24 51 1955
A-Rod 25 52 2001
Ruth 25 54 1920
First Correct Respondent to Identify
Theme – Jack Sullivan,m Louisville, KY
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