This week’s
quiz was authored Barry Sparks of York, PA.
MONDAY
Q. Who
tossed seven shutouts his rookie season?
Hint: He
led the National League in ERA five times in a six-year span.
Hint: He
won the National League Triple Crown for pitchers three times.
Hint: Named
for one president, he was played by another.
Twint: His
record of sixteen shutouts in a season seems safe for now.
A. Pete
Alexander (ERA titles 1911;
1915, 1916, 1917, 1919 & 1920; TC 1915, 1916 and 1920; Named for Grover Cleveland Alexander,
but Ronald Reagan
played him in a 1952 bio-pic The Winning Team; 16 ShO 1916)
FCR - Gene
Schwartz, New York, NY
STILL MONDAY
Q. Who
has the most career pickoffs since 1957 when MLB started keeping the stat?
Hint: He's
the only pitcher to toss a complete game shutout and hit a homer in the same
game in three different decades.
Hint: Although
he was a perfectionist known for his intense concentration, he never tossed a
perfect game or even a no-hitter.
Twint: He
holds the record for most career starts by a left-handed pitcher.
A. Steve Carlton (145 pickoffs; HR/ShO 27-Jul-1968,
09-Aug-1972,
13-Sep-1982;
709 GS)
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
TUESDAY
Q. Who
threw the first pitch in the first game for the New York American League team, just
after they moved from Baltimore?
Hint: He
received a total of only nine votes for the Hall of Fame from 1936 through
1945, yet was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946?
Hint: Joe
Tinker say was "one of the six toughest pitchers I've faced.”
Twint: His
spitball once helped him win fourteen consecutive games. Who wouldn’t be happy with that?
A. Jack
Chesbro (NY Hilltoppers
[Highlanders] 22-Apr-1903; W streak in 1904, Nickname “Happy Jack”)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
TUESDAY WELD
Q. What
spitballer won two World Series games at age 38?
Hint: He
led the National League in victories twice, once with the Dodgers and once with
the Pirates.
Hint: Shortstop
Dick Bartell described him as "the meanest, toughest hard-boiled pitcher I
ever faced."
Twint: He
succeeded Casey Stengel as the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
A. Burleigh
Grimes (2-0 in 1931 World
Series; 22 W in 1922, 25 W in 1928; managed
Dodgers in 1937-38)
FCR - Paul Sekula, Arlington, VA
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first Hall of Famer to give part of his acceptance speech in a language
other than English?
Hint: About
him, Branch Rickey said, "No pitcher has made such magnificent use of his
God-given equipment."
Hint: He
appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
Twint: He
pitched six complete games and earned six victories in 10 Opening Day starts.
A. Juan Marichal (HOF 1983, Time
10-Jun-1966)
FCR - Frank Workman, Lake Forest Park, WA
ODIN’S DAY
Q. Who
was the youngest pitcher to win 300 games?
Hint: He
averaged 27.3 wins per season for his first ten seasons.
Hint: He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame 43 years after his final season.
Twint: He
once pitched two complete games in the same day against the Cincinnati Reds.
A. Kid
Nichols (30 yrs and 9 mos
old; 1904; HOF 1949 2 W 1905)
FCR - Gene Schwartz, Weston, CT
THURSDAY
Q. Who
has pitched the most career innings of any post-1920s pitcher?
Hint: He
surrendered more career home runs than Stan Musial hit, but none of them to Musial.
Hint: He
won the Gold Glove for pitchers five different times.
Twint: He
tossed a complete game shutout for his 300th win, beating his future
team at Exhibition Stadium.
A. Phil
Niekro (5,404 innings; 482 HR
to Stan Musial's 475; 300th W 06-Oct-1985)
FCR - John Wilson, Mesa, AZ
FRIDAY
Q. Who
said, "Most pitchers are too smart to manage."?
Hint: He
hit one of his three career homers the same day he notched his first major
league victory.
Hint: He
was unprotected in the expansion draft, passed on by the Royals and Seattle
Pilots (not the Mariners), but went on to earn a spot in the Hall of Fame.
Twint: He
surrendered 303 career home runs, but never back-to-back homers.
A. Jim
Palmer (HR 16-May-1965
vs. Jim
Bouton)
FCR - Paul Greenwell, Fort Worth, TX
SATURDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Fame pitcher started his career with a 39-96 won-loss record?
Hint: He
ended his career with 48 more wins than losses.
Twint: He
was the pitching coach for the 1962 New York Mets.
Twint: He
posted a 7-2 World Series record.
A. Red
Ruffing (Career record
273-225)
FCR - Art Springsteen, Sunapee, NH
JEFF SATURDAY
Q. Who
holds the all-time record for issuing most walks in a season?
Hint: He
was known as the fastest pitcher of his day.
Hint: His
beaning of a future Hall of Famer led to the pitching mound distance being
moved from 50 feet to 60 feet, 6 inches.
Twint: He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame 76 years after his final season.
A. Amos
Rusie (289 BB in
1890; Hughie
Jennings, HOF 1977)
FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
SUNDAY
Q. Who
had the second shortest career of any 300-game winner?
Hint: He
was only the third pitcher to win 300 games and did it in only 11 seasons.
Hint: He
was the first pinch-hitter in major league history, according to the Hall of
Fame.
Twint: He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame 81 years after his final season.
A. Mickey
Welch (13 seasons, 1880-92,
pinch-hit for Hank O’Day
on Aug. 10, 1889; HOF 1973)
FCR - Rick Fink, Edison, NJ
WEEKLY THEME
– Hall of Fame pitchers with ERAs over 6.00 in their final seasons
Pitcher Year W-L Inn H BB K ERA
Alexander 1930 0-3 21.2 40 6 6 9.14
Carlton 1988 0-1 9.2 20 5 5 16.76
Chesbro 1909 0-5 55.2 77 17 20 6.14
Grimes 1934 4-5 53.0 63 26 15 6.11
Marichal 1975 0-1 6.0 11 5 1 13.50
Nichols 1906 0-1 11.0 17 13 1 9.82
Niekro 1987 7-13 138.2 163 66 64 6.30
Palmer 1984 0-3 17.2 22 17 4 9.17
Ruffing 1947 3-5 53.0 63 16 11 6.11
Rusie 1901 0-1 22.0 43 3 6 8.59
Welch 1892 0-0 5.0 11 5 1 14.40
N.B.
If by some miracle, Roberto
Hernandez and Jose Mesa make
it to the Hall this year, they would also qualify.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
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