This week’s
theme and questions are from reader Barry Sparks of
York, PA.
MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first Yankee to homer in his first World Series at-bat?
Hint: He
roomed with Ernie Banks in the Negro Leagues.
Hint: He
was named to six All-Star teams in six years.
Twint: He
was the first black to model clothes for the men’s fashion magazine GQ.
A. Elston Howard (WS HR 1 28-Sep-1955;
ASGs 1960 to 1962; GQ appearance following his
1963 MVP)
First Correct Respondent - Christopher
Bell, New York
TUESDAY
Q. Who
authored the book that ranks third on Sports
Illustrated’s” Top 100 Sports Books of All Time”?
Hint: He
shares a nickname with Orel Hershiser.
Hint: He
pitched in his only All-Star Game in 1963.
He had one perfect inning.
Hint: He
was once traded for Roric Harrison and Dooley Womack.
Hint: Yes,
THE Dooley Womack!
Twint: He
helped form the Vintage Base Ball Federation.
A. Jim Bouton (SI
100; “Bulldog”; ’63 ASG 6th inning; Harrison/Womack trade 24-Aug-1969, Bouton mocked his own baseball status by highlighting how
unknown his former teammate Womack was; VBBF).
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
came up to the majors as a pitcher, played 281 games in the outfield, but was
elected to the Hall of Fame as a catcher?
Hint: Told
his friends he was born in Ireland, but he was actually born in Toledo, Ohio.
Hint: Played
all positions but designated hitter during a seventeen-year career.
Twint: He
was the catcher in four World Series shutout games.
FCR - Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
THURSDAY
Q. Who
compiled a 35-game hit streak as a 22-year-old in his second major league
season?
Hint: He
went 5-for-5 in his major league debut.
Hint: He
is still seventh on the all-time triples list.
Twint: He
is still seventeenth on the managerial wins list.
Twint: He
was elected to the Hall of Fame as a player/manager.
A. Fred
Clarke (Streak 1895; Debut 30-Jun-1894; 220 3Bs; 1,602 Mgr W; 1945 HOF)
FCR - Art Springsteen, Sunapee, NH
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first St. Louis Cardinals pitcher to lead the league twice in ERA?
Hint: He
lost 20 games in a season and three years later won 20 games.
Hint: He’s
behind only Bob Gibson for most career shutouts by Cardinal pitcher.
Twint: He
was one of seventeen spitballers allowed to use the pitch after it was banned
in 1920.
A. Bill
Doak (1914 and 1921; 1917 and
1920; StL
ShO: Gibson 56, Doak 30)
FCR - J.R. Richardson, Clarksville, MD
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who
is the son in the only father/son tandem in the Hall of Fame?
Hint: One
of his last actions as American League President was to overrule the umpire’s
decision and restore George Brett’s “pine tar” home run.
Hint: He
is credited with ending the 1981 baseball strike.
Hint: He
had a 40-year career in baseball including being the Yankees’ farm system
director in the 1940s.
Hint: His
son has served as a major league executive for more than 25 years.
Hint: He
becames the oldest living Hall of Famer upon Phil Rizzuto passing in 2007.
Twint: As
eight years as the general manager of the Yankees, the team never made the
postseason.
Twint: The
ALCS MVP Award is named for him.
A. Lee McPhail (who passed away
Thursday: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8611020/lee-macphail-hall-famer-ex-al-president-dies-95)
FCR - Harvey Judkowitz, Miami, FL
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first major leaguer to play a complete season without an error?
Hint: Had
a 21-game hitting streak in his first full season.
Hint: On
Ford Frick’s recommendation, he was accepted as the baseball coach at Florida
State University, where he led the Seminoles to three College World Series
appearances.
Hint: He
followed up on 189 wins at FSU by coaching the Michigan State University
baseball team to more career wins that anyone else ever had.
Twint: During
World War II, he applied seven times to enter the service before being accepted
for “limited service”.
Twint: Once
in the service, he recruited eighteen-year-old trumpeter Carl Severnson to
entertain the troops at Ft. Lewis. (The
trumpeter was later known as “Doc”.)
A. Danny Litwhiler (Errorless year 1942 w/
the streak extending to 187 consecutive games in the outfield; Hitting streak
1940; FSU 1955-63; 488 W @ MSU
FCR - John Gottko, Corvallis, OR
SUNDAY
Q. Who
surrendered Pete Rose’s 3,631st hit, the one that broke Stan
Musial’s hit record?
Hint: He
was once traded with a now popular announcer for The Mad Hungarian.
Hint: He
was voted #83 on Kansas City Royals Top 100 list.
Twint: He
shares a nickname with a Hall of Famer.
A. Mark
Littell (Record H 10-Aug-1981;
Traded with Buck
Martinez for Al Hrabosky;
“Country” [Enos
Slaughter])
FCR - Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
WEEKLY THEME
– Players credited with inventing or designing baseball-related products.
Bouton Big League
Chew (bubble gum). Amurol Products introduced Big League Chew in
1980. Big League Chew generated $18
million in wholesale sales in the first 12 months. Bio
Clarke Had patent for flip-down
sunglasses. Bio
Doak Fielder’s glove with webbing between
thumb and figure. The Premier Players
Glove (often referred to as the Doak model) was introduced in 1920. Bio
Howard Batting donut ring. Invented in the early 1960s;
originally called the Elston
Howard on-deck batting weight. Bio
Littell Nutty Buddy (virtually
indestructible protective athletic cup). Bio
Litwhiler JUGS speed gun and Diamond
Grit (used to absorb water on the field; originally called Danny Dust. Litwhiler didn’t stop there. Here are some of his other contributions: http://www.baseballnews.com/features/stories/baseballs_great_inventor_of_all_time.htm).
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Dick
Adams, Ellicott City, MD
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