MONDAY
Q. Who
became the first player to steal a base in four decades?
Hint: ESPN's
Sports Century placed him 16th among the top athletes of the 20th
Century.
Hint: He once
signed over his World Series share to the clubhouse attendant.
Twint: He was the
second recipient of SABR's Hero of Baseball Award.
A. Ted Williams (SBs in 1939, 1941, 1955,
1960 [among others])
FCR: Leanne
Rohrbach, Minnapolis
TUESDAY
Q. Who was
the first grandfather to hit a home run in the major leagues?
Hint: For good measure,
he hit another one the following week.
Hint: He's a
member of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame even though he never played for the
Dodgers.
Twint: President
Lyndon Johnson named him his physical fitness advisor.
Twint: He hit 17
career home runs off of Warren Spahn.
A. Stan Musial (HR on 10-Sep-1963; 2nd HR 16-Sep-1963; voted in the BDHOF as
a "respected opponent")
FCR: Bradley Curtis, Roseville, CA
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
appeared on the cover of Time the
year he was named Most Valuable Player?
Hint: The
American Amateur Baseball Congress 6-and-under age division is named for him.
Hint: In 2002,
he was inducted into the United States Marines Sports Hall of Fame.
Twint: His number
has been retired by two teams.
A. Rod Carew (Time cover 18-Jul-1977; AABC; USMS HOF; No. 29 retired by
Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Angels)
FCR: John Michael Pierobon, Ft. Lauderdale
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who was
managing the Texas League's Fort Worth Cats when he was elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame?
Twint: He
succeeded Joe McCarthy as manager of the Chicago Cubs.
Twint: He had a
passion for gambling on the horses and greyhounds.
A. Rogers Hornsby (1942 elected to the
Baseball HOF; 1930)
FCR: Kenny Fink,
Ocala
THURSDAY
Q. Whose
1933 Goudey baseball card was named one of the Top 10 most valuable cards by
Forbes in 2002?
Hint Part of
his success was due to a specially designed bat that had two knobs at the end.
Hint: At 44, he
tried to enlist in the U.S. Army, but was refused.
Twint: He was the
first player from his position to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
FCR: Arieh
Siegal, Austin
FRIDAY
Q. What
professional batsman led the league in batting average, OBP, slugging and OPS,
but only finished 10th in the MVP voting?
Hint: Two years
later, he hit .461 in his home ballpark.
Hint: His career
RBI total is identical to Mickey Vernon's.
Twint: He has won
the Tip O'Neill Award a record nine times.
A. Larry Walker (1999; Coors Field in
1999, 1,311 RBI; Tip O'Neill Award: annual award for Canada's best baseball
player)
FCR: David
Serota, Kalamazoo
SATURDAY
Q. Who
delivered the hit that ignited Enos Slaughter's mad dash to home in the 1946
World Series?
Hint: He started
the baseball program at the University of Alabama Birmingham where he coached
from 1979-86.
Hint: His
father, a pitcher for the Washington Senators (1909-1912), roomed with Walter
Johnson.
Twint: He was
often described as "loquacious."
FCR: John Null,
Sugarland, TX
SUNDAY
Q. Who was
the first player to start an All-Star Game as a write-in candidate?
Hint: He had 88
RBI as a rookie, but only once exceeded that total in his 15-year career.
Hint: His
31-game hit streak stood as a club record for 41 years.
Twint: He was
runner-up for the National League batting title and for Rookie of the Year.
A. Rico Carty (1970 ASG; 88 RBI in1964,
101 RBI in 1970; 1970 Atlanta Braves record broken by Dan Uggla in 2011; .330 in
1964, 2nd to Clemente’s .334, 2nd
in ROY to Dick Allen)
FCR: John
Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
WEEKLY THEME – Players who won a
batting title by at least 40 points. Thanks to Barry Sparks of York, Pennsylvania for this week’s
quiz.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Randall Chandler, Germantown, TN
Horsehide Trivia blog has the
questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks: http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/
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