December 26, 2011 - January 1, 2012 Real names of guys we know by their nicknames

MONDAY

Q.         Dorrel Norman Elvert

Hint:     Carroll Walter

Hint:     George John

Hint:     Charles Augustus

Hint:     Mizell George

Hint:     Francis Michael

Twint:    Edward Charles

Twint:    Vernon Sprague

A.         “Whitey” (Herzog; Lockman; Kurowski; Alperman; Platt; Wistert; Wilshere; Ford)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

TUESDAY

Q.         Harold Delano

Hint:     Robert Leon

Hint:     Clarence Edward

Hint:     Charles William

Hint:     Alfred Lee

Twint:    Clell Lavern

Twint:    Walter John

A.         “Butch” (Wynegar; Huskey; Metzger; Wensloff; Benton; Hobson; Henline)

FCR -    Gregg Gaylord, Chicago

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Francis Joseph

Hint:     Frank Joseph

Hint:     Alfonzo DeFord

Hint:     Claude Preston

Hint:     Aldon Jay

Twint:    Robert Moses

Twint:    Vernon Louis

Twint:    Silas Clarke

A.         “Lefty” (O’Doul; Hoerst; Davis; Williams; Wilkie; Grove; Gomez; Herring)

FCR -    Frank DiPrima, Morristown, NJ

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q.         John Henry

Hint:     Charles Marvin

Hint:     Edward Christopher

Hint:     William Frederick

Hint:     Frank Edward

Twint:    Charles N.

Twint:    Walter Merrill

A.         “Pop” (Lloyd; Smith; Tate; Schriver; Corkhill; Snyder; Williams)

FCR -    Randall Chandler, Germantown, TN

THURSDAY

Q.         Frank John

Hint:     Edward Harrison

Hint:     Franklin Burton

Hint:     Emil Henry

Hint:     Walter Henry

Hint:     Robert Clyde

Twint:    Lambert Daniel

Twint:    Sterling Alpa

Twint:    Emil John

Twint:    Hubert Benjamin

A.         “Dutch” (Henry, Zwilling, Wetzel, Levsen, Ruether, Holland, Meyer, Stryker, Leonard, Leonard)

FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee's Summit, MO

FRIDAY

Q.         Michael Riley

Hint:     Vivian

Hint:     Harley Park

Hint:     James Thompson

Hint:     Horace Robert

Twint:    Eustace James

Twint:    Frank Carl

Twint:    Samuel Beryl

A.         “Doc” (Powers; Potts; Parker; Prothro; Ozmer; Newton; Reisling; Ralston)

FCR -    Randall Chandler, Germantown, TN

END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS

Q.         Harry Elwood

Hint:     Bryan Edmund

Hint:     Lawrence George

Twint:    Julius Joseph

Twint:    Myron Frederick

A.         “Moose” (McCormick; Haas; Stubing; Solters; Grimshaw)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

SATURDAY

Q.         James Thomas

Hint:     George Washington

Hint:     George Warren

Hint:     Walter George

Twint:    Louis W.

Twint:    James J.

A.         “Jumbo” (Elliott; McGinnis; Latham; Brown; Schoeneck; Davis)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

IN MEMORIAM

Q.         Who finished behind only teammate Willie Mays in the 1954 National League batting race?

Hint:     That was the best season of his career and he led the league with 212 hits.

Hint:     Only Whitely Lockman had more at-bats for the New York Giants in the 1950s.

Hint:     He learned to bat by hitting corn kernels with a broom handle bat.  His father, who had played in the majors, was the pitcher.

Hint:     In 2001, in a gesture of respect, he was elected to the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame even though he had never played for them.

Twint:    He sprained his ankle sliding into third base and had to be replaced just before Bobby Thomson hit his famous home run.

Twint:    It was his roommate who pinch ran for him and soon thereafter scored.

A.         Don Mueller who passed away Friday (1954 BA .342 to Mays’s .345; Lockman had 4,130 AB to Mueller’s 4,057; Thompson’s HR 03-Oct-1951; Pinch-runner Clint Hartung)

FCR -    Peter Beagle, Oakland

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Plateau Preston Rex

Hint:     Robert Abial

Hint:     Patrick Henry

Hint:     Charles Henry

Hint:     Leon Kessling

Hint:     Absalom Holbrook

Twint:    Urban Clarence

Twint:    Charles Herbert

Twint:    Albert Fred

A.         “Red” (Cox; Rolfe; Shea; Barrett; Ames; Wingo; Faber; Ruffing; Schoendienst)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

END-OF-THE-YEAR BONUS

Q.         Albert Bluford

Hint:     Raymond Bloom

Hint:     Reuben Henry

Hint:     Alexander John

Hint:     John Cleave

Twint:    George Edward

Twint:    Richard William

Twint:    Andrew

A.         “Rube” (Walker; Bressler; Oldring; Schauer; Benton; Waddell; Marquard; Foster)

FCR -    Gregg Gaylord, Chicago

SUNDAY

Q.         Ernest Gordon

Hint:     Ralph Arthur

Hint:     Charles Benjamin

Hint:     Werner Joseph

Hint:     Boris Michael

Twint:    Ellsworth Tenney

Twint:    Floyd Caves

A.         “Babe” (Phelps; Pinelli; Adams; Birrer; Martin; Dahlgren; Herman)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

SUNDAY BONUS

Q.         Gomer Russell

Hint:     Alvis Newman

Hint:     Ross Emil

Hint:     Truman Eugene

Hint:     William Wilkes

Twint:    Cecil Carlton

Twint:    James Otto

A.         “Tex” (Wilson; Shirley; Erwin; Clevenger; Covington; Hughson; Carleton)

FCR -    Al Blumkin, Brooklyn

END-OF-THE-WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         John Stephen Michael

Hint:     Grover William

Hint:     Carroll Elmer

Hint:     James Laurie

Twint:    James Thomas

Twint:    Charles Louis

A.         “Deacon” (Donahue; Jones; Jones; White*; McGuire; Phillippe)

FCR -    Bill Garrod, Edgewood, WA

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WEEKLY THEME – Names not given them at birth, but rather how we know them in baseball.  (Apologies to all those who were looking for a deeper meaning.)

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Nobody