MONDAY
Q. Who
is the only batter to hit fifty doubles and fifty home runs in the same season?
Hint: He
probably hit fifty other things as well.
Hint: He
was the first player to earn $10,000,000 in a season.
Twint: He
had the longest active consecutive games played streak on the day Cal Ripken,
Jr. finally sat out.
A. Albert Belle (50 HR, 50 2b in 1995; Famous for his
temper, he was known to strike objects and people; $11,000,000 in 1997; 327
consec. G as of 20-Sep-1998,
finally did not play 11-Jun-1999
after 392 G)
FCR - Dave
Wise, Hyde Park, NY
TUESDAY
Q. Before
Josh Hamilton did it earlier this month, who was the last player to hit four
home runs in a single game?
Hint: His
first home run that day was the 300th of his career.
Hint: He
was the first position player to earn $15,000,000 in a season.
Hint: Among
New York Mets, only Mike Piazza, Darryl Strawberry and David Wright have a
higher career slugging percentage.
Twint: He
holds the all-time home run and RBI records among players born in Puerto Rico.
A. Carlos Delgado (4 HR 25-Sep-2003;
$19,400,000 in 2002; Mets slg. .506; 473 HR, 1,512 RBI, in both cases, breaking
the record held by Juan
Gonzalez)
FCR - Larry
Creeden, Boulder City, NV
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to lead his league in triples for three straight years?
Hint: It
wasn’t achieved in the National League until 1979.
Hint: He
was finally elected to the Hall of Fame at age 87.
Twint: His
team turned down the opportunity to trade him directly for Ty Cobb.
A. Elmer Flick (3b 1905-07, Gary Templeton 1977-79; HOF
1963)
FCR - John Robertson, Cambridge, ON
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first catcher to hit thirty home runs in a season?
Hint: His
crepuscular circuit clout off Mace Brown
is one of the most famous home runs in baseball history.
Twint: He
won a league Most Valuable Player Award, but the only category he ever led his
league in was strikeouts.
FCR - Walt
Cherniak, Woodbine, MD
THURSDAY
Q. Whose
most memorable All-Star at-bat was a strikeout?
Hint: He
received league Most Valuable Player votes in three consecutive seasons.
Hint: Hardly
anyone remembers the home runs he hit for the White Sox.
Hint: He
retired abruptly after raising his career batting average to .300.
Twint: Among
West Virginia natives, only Bill
Mazeroski, George Brett
and Toby
Harrah have been on more All-Star teams.
Twint: He
frequently offers insightful, incisive comments on the game on ESPN’s “Baseball
Tonight”.
A. John Kruk (K vs. Randy Johnson in 1993
ASG; MVP votes 1991-93; 2 CWS HRs 1995; Final H 30-Jul-1995)
FCR - Matt
Gibson, Barboursville, WV
FRIDAY
Q. Whose
basketball nickname “Shaker” carried over to his career in the majors?
Hint: He
once led the American League in triples.
Hint: He
was a mover too.
Twint: He
attended the same high school as Jackie
Jensen, Chick Gandil
and Bill
Rigney.
Twint: Not
to mention Gertrud
Stein, Jack
London, David Carradine and Ed Meese.
A. Lloyd Moseby (15 3b in 1984; Oakland High School)
FCR - Ira Kotel, Short
Hills, NJ
END-OF-THE-WEEK
BONUS
Q. Who
is the only post-expansion player with over 400 games played to play his only American
League game for the Yankees?
Hint: Huh? (Sorry about that wording.)
Hint: His
team won the World Series his first year in the majors, but he didn't make their
postseason roster.
Twint: His father Jim played in the Negro Leagues.
FCR - No one (completely understandable)
SATURDAY
Q. What
former Badger and London native allowed the famous game-winning home run to
David Ortiz in Game Four of the 2004 American League Championship Series, sparking
the Red Sox to rally back from the brink of elimination?
Hint: Ironically,
he had been drafted by the Red Sox and began his major league career with them.
Hint: He
pitched for seven teams in his fourteen-year big league career.
Twint: He
has been a player and a coach for his native country in the World Baseball
Classic.
A. Paul Quantrill (Ortiz HR
17-Oct-2004,
Boston avoided
elimination, advanced and won its first World Series since 1918.; WBC
2005
FCR - Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, RI
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the only 20th century player to collect seven hits in a nine-inning
game?
Hint: He
had two hits in each of the first and fifth innings.
Hint: His
manager thought him so exhausted after this effort that he put in a
pinch-runner for him after the 7th hit.
Twint: He
was a major plank in the Lumber Company, but never lived up to his career
heights after leaving them for a free agency contract.
Twint: Much
of his compensation for his free agency contract was paid in the three years
after he was released and out of the majors.
FCR - Abbey Garber, Dallas
INDYCAR SPECIAL
Q. Who
was the first Blue Jays pitcher to strike out 100 batters in consecutive
seasons?
Hint: He
was the victim of his brother’s first major league victory.
Twint: He
is the son of minor leaguer John
Underwood and the husband of LPGA golfer Christine Morra.
FCR - John
Rickert, Terre Haute
SUNDAY
Q. What
active player is second all time for his former franchise in career runs, hits,
total bases, doubles, home runs, RBI, single and extra-base hits?
Hint: He
left them for a large free agent contract and has not been able to perform at
nearly the same level.
Hint: While
attending Bowie High School, he signed a letter of intent to play to play football
for the University of Texas as a wide receiver.
Twint: He
is the Honorary Commissioner of the Toronto Rookie League, a baseball league for
underprivileged children.
FCR - Ira Kotel, Short Hills, NJ
WEEKLY THEME
– “There no ‘i’ in this team” Team. The
initials of this week’s answers proceed up through the alphabet, skipping i
(and stopping short of x, y & z).
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Arieh
Siegal, Austin [after the Harnett question]
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