MONDAY
Q. Which Hall of Fame player leads all
other Hall of Fame players in career home runs?
Hint: He also leads all other Hall of Fame
players in career RBIs.
Twint: Of the four years he won the season National
League home run title, he precisely matched his uniform number three times.
Twint: In 1969 he also matched his uniform number,
but lost the National League home run title title to Willie McCovey.
A. Hank
Aaron (2,297
career RBI; Except his rookie year [#5], he wore #44 his entire career and
led the NL w/44 HR in ‘57, ’63 & ’66 while finishing one behind McCovey in
’69. He also lead in ’67 w/39 HR.)
FCR
- Michael Daponde, Sacramento, CA
TUESDAY
Q. Who, after winning his only batting
title, was traded to the Cleveland Indians for a player who had just won his
only home run title?
Hint: This is the only time in major league history
where reigning batting and home run titlists were swapped.
Hint: He later took over a 23-24 team and managed
them to a .626 winning percentage.
Twint: That same year he lost the World Series in seven
games.
A. Harvey
Kuenn (Batted .353 in 1959, Trade for Rocky
Colavito w/42 HR in ‘59; 72-43 with the 1982 Brewers
after he replaced Buck Rodgers;
Cardinals
won ’82 WS
4-3).
FCR
- Harvey Judkowitz, Miami, FL
WEDNESDAY
Q. Whose team home run title did Prince
Fielder eclipse when he led the league with 50?
Hint: He also led his league that year.
Hint: His career batting average of .225 was
moderated by an on-base percentage .324.
Twint: He was the first ever player drafted by the
Seattle Pilots in 1969.
Twint: One would never mistake him for a sunny day
with clear blue skies.
A. Gorman
Thomas (Held Brewers team record of 45 HR – later tied by Richie Sexon –
from 1979-2007; 1979 AL HR title; 21st
pick, 1st round; Nicknamed “Stormin’ Gorman” )
FCR - Paul Hirsch,
Danville, CA
MIDWEEK
BONUS
Q. Who tied Reggie Jackson for the American
League home run title in 1980?
Hint: This made him the first non-U.S. born
player to win an American League home run title.
Hint: He also led the American League in intentional
bases on ball and won the Silver Slugger that year.
Hint: In my personal opinion, no major leaguer
has ever had a sweeter swing.
Twint: His catch in the eighth inning of game five
of the ALCS may have kept the California Angels out of the World Series that
year.
Twint: He was inducted into the 2012 Latino Hall of
Fame.
A. Ben
Oglivie (41 HR 1980; B. Colon, Panama; 19 IBB 1980; Up by one with one on,
his catch was the 3rd out in a 4-3 game; 2012
Latino Hall of Fame)
FCR - Walt Cherniak,
Woodbine, MD
THURSDAY
Q. Who hit 500-ft. home runs within eight
days of each other and off two World Series MVPs?
Hint: He won eight Gold Glove Awards at first
base. Only Keith Hernandez and Don Mattingly
won more.
Hint: He wore a
necklace that he claimed was composed of the second basemen’s teeth.
Twint: His 1968 season was one of the worst offensive
performances ever for a first baseman.
A. George
Scott (HRs 26‑Apr
off Whitey
Ford & 04‑May‑1966
off Larry Sherry;
GG 67,68, 71-76; 1968: .171 BA, .236 OBP, 25 RBI, 3 HR in 124 G w/350 AB)
FCR - Jeff Bergida,
Albany, NY
FRIDAY
Q. Who was the most recent third baseman
to win National League Rookie of the Year Award?
Hint: After that season, he never played third
base again.
Hint: Undrafted out of high school, he won the Baseball America Freshman of the Year Award.
Twint: He and Sandy Koufax share the same family
birth name, though they aren’t related.
Twint: He shares a nickname with Hank
Greenberg and Al Rosen.
A. Ryan
Braun (Attended U.
of Miami, FOY
2003; Koufax
né Sanford Braun; “Hebrew Hammer”).
FCR - John Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
WEEK-ENDING
BONUS
Q. Who tied Ichiro Suzuki in 2008 for the
major league lead in reaching base on an error?
Hint: He stole 31 bases in AAA ball one season, an
unusual feat for a 6'-6'' player.
Hint: Greenwood High School (Bowling Green, KY)
retired his jersey and it hangs from the rafters of the school gym.
Twint: In 2008, the fans selected him as the final
player and in 2010 he was selected the starting right fielder for the National
League All-Star teams.
Twint: He failed to get a hit in those games in a
total of five times at bat, accumulating three strikeouts in the process.
A. Corey
Hart (14x
ROE; 31SB/7CS in 2005 with the Nashville
Sounds of the PCL;
2008 ASG,
2010
ASG)
FCR - Michael
Daponde, Sacramento, CA
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the next
Minnesota Twin to hit for the cycle since Kirby Puckett?
Hint: It’s been done twice
since then.
Hint: He never appeared in an All-Star game, won
a Gold Glove or Silver Slugger or received a single Rookie-of-the-Year or Most
Valuable Player vote, yet he was signed to a four-year contract worth $28.3
million. (Yes. His agent is Scott Boras.)
Hint: He was traded
by the Mets with three other players for Johan Santana.
Twint: The next year, he was traded for J.J. Hardy.
Twint: He has appeared in 10 games as a “Timber
Rattler”.
A. Carlos
Gomez (Hit for the cycle -07‑May‑2008
after Puckett
01‑Aug‑1986;
In 2009 Jason
Kubel and Michael
Cuddyer hit for the cycle for the Twins; Salary runs through 2016; Mets to
Twins 02‑Feb‑2008 and Twins to Brewers 06‑Nov‑2009; 2010, ’11, ‘12
w/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Midwest
League)
FCR - Jason
Schmidt, New York, NY
WEEKEND
BONUS
Q. Who broke Ichiro Suzuki’s season
singles record?
Hint: He won the batting title and Most Valuable
Rookie in the same season.
Twint: He was the
fastest in Nippon Professional Baseball history to reach 500 hits.
Twint: He is a
double unique.
A. Norichika
Aoki (166 1b in the Japan
League in 2005, Ichiro had set the mark at 151; 500 H in 373 G; No player
in the history of MLB ever with that first
name or last name)
FCR - John Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
SUNDAY
Q. Which Polish starter debuted the same
day his team retired a Hall of Fame player’s number 19?
Hint: It also marked the debut of German and
Italian starters for the same team.
Hint: Eventually American and Mexican starters
were added.
Hint: He has appeared in every home game for the
team this year.
Twint: His trademark is a blue and red striped top
with a blue baseball cap.
Twint: When his Italian teammate was hit with a bat
by Pittsburgh Pirate Randall
Simon, he stopped to help his teammate rather than take the victory.
A. Polish
Racing Sausage, Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Racer (Debut race 24‑May‑1994 when
Robin
Yount’s number #19 was retired; Bratwurst and Italian sausage were the
other two “original” racing sausages adding the Hot Dog and the Chorizio over
the next decade; Simon
incident report: 09‑Jul‑2003)
FCR - Jason Schmidt, New York, NY
WEEKLY THEME – 2013 Milwaukee Brewer Fan Bobblehead
Giveaways Complete
list 2013 Brewer Bobbleheads Link
Aaron 07‑Jul
Gomez 09‑Jun
Kuenn 04‑Aug
Oglivie 15‑Sep
Sausage 23‑Jun
Thomas 01‑Sep
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme
– Jeff Bergida, Albany, NY (After the Scott question)
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