MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first Orioles pitcher to win 25 games in a season?
Hint: No
pitcher had more wins in a season in the 1980s.
Twint: He
was a Cubs broadcaster for 20 years.
A. Steve Stone (25-7 in 1980; At the mike
for the WGN TV 1983-2000,
03-04)
FCR - Andrew
Milner Bryn Mawr PA
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first major league player who had also played in the Little League
World Series?
Hint: He
got his fourth major league win by inducing Stan Musial to pop out with a pitch
he had never thrown before at that level.
Hint: …even
though it was his fifth season in the majors.
Twint: He
was the next Reds pitcher to earn twenty victories in a season since Ewell
Blackwell did it in 1947.
A. Joey Jay (LL in Middletown, CT 1948; 1st
W 13-Jun-1958, change-up called by C Del Crandall;
FCR - Larry
Creeden, Boulder City, NV
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only reliever in major league history to accumulate 200 innings in
relief in a season?
Hint: He
made his debut with the Dodgers in the game where Hank Aaron hit his 715th
career home run.
Twint: He
was the first Expo to lead the National League in saves.
A. Mike Marshall (208.1 IP in 1974, all in
relief; LAD debut 08-Apr-1974;
31
Saves in 1973)
FCR - Quentin Wittrock, Minneapolis, MN
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first New York Yankee to hit three triples in a game?
Hint: He
led his league in errors at his position several times, but was considered by
contemporary observers to have the best glove ever at his position.
Twint: In
spite of this high regard, he has as much chance of being elected to the Hall
of Fame as does Joe Jackson. Perhaps
less.
A. Hal Chase (30-Aug-1906 [They were
called the Highlanders
in 1906.]; Led in E 1905, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17; He was banned from
baseball for chronic bribery.)
FCR - Bob Chan, Oakland, CA
EVE OF DESTRUCTION BONUS
Q. Who
holds the record for doubles in a season by a switch-hitter?
Hint: The
only time in his entire twelve-year major league career that his team went to
the postseason, he was on the DL.
Hint: In
college, he went both north and south.
Twint: He
was paid $10,000,000 salary in 2012 even though he played only seventeen games.
A. Brian Roberts (56 2b in 2009; 2012 Orioles;
Attended the University of North Carolina and the
University of South Carolina)
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to play twenty seasons in the major leagues, tying Cap
Anson for the honor?
Hint: He
is still the player with the most career World Series at-bats without striking
out.
Twint: He
believed the earth was flat and convinced at least one of his teammates of that
"fact".
A. Deacon White (1871-1890; 58 AB in 1887 WS, his only postseason year)
FCR - Blake Sherry, Dublin, OH
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the only Wyoming native to collect 100 career pitching victories at the
time this question was entered into the Horsehide Trivia database?
Hint: He
is the only lefty to suffer twenty losses in a season for the Cubs.
Twint: He
was the last pitcher to give up a home run at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Twint: He
was the first post-WWII Cubs pitcher to earn twenty wins in a season.
A. Dick Ellsworth (b. 22-Mar-1940 in Lusk,
WY, Tom
Browning, born in Casper since compiled 123 W; 9-20 in 1962, 8-22 in 1966; 22-10
in 1963)
FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the director of the Baseball Heritage Museum?
Hint: He
is a member of Cleveland Blues Vintage Base Ball Club.
Hint: The
year he hit .242 for the Indians, it was twelve points higher than the American
League average.
Twint: Although
he remained slender throughout his career, he was known as a food connoisseur.
A. Vern Fuller (BHM; CBVBBC; 1968 AL BA: .230)
FCR - John Michael Pierobon, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
SUNDAY
Q. Whose
first career hit was a double off Cliff Lee in 2012?
Hint: He
will likely not be rooting for Notre Dame on January 6.
Twint: He
became the second freshman to lead the University of Alabama baseball team in
average.
A. Josh Rutledge (2b off Lee 13-Jul-2012;
1st Alabaman: Dave Magadan [1981])
FCR - Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
WEEKLY THEME
– Players with the same names as Supreme Court Chief Justices
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Joel
Lipman, Wilmington, DE
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