MONDAY
Q. Who
was the last pitcher to throw a complete game no hitter against the Yankees?
Hint: His
career earned run average is second only to Mariano Rivera’s for relief
pitchers with a minimum 1,000 innings pitched.
Hint: He
retired sixteen days short of his 50th birthday.
Twint: He was later a coach in the Yankee
organization.
A. Hoyt Wilhelm (No-no 20‑Sep‑1958,
Astros used 6 pitchers in 2001 no-no; ERA/IP 2.52/2,254 Mo ERA/IP 2.21/1,244; Final game
10‑Jul‑1972)
FCR - John
Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
TUESDAY
Q. Who
played the longest in the majors among players born in Colorado?
Hint: He
once accused his team’s owner of “…poisoning the world with hamburgers”.
Hint: His
final career win came in his 1,000th appearance though he only
pitched one-third of an inning.
Twint: Four
days later he earned his final save going three innings in a 14-4 blowout.
A. Rich Gossage (1972-94: 22 yrs [Did not
play in 1990.]; SDP [and McDonalds] owner Joan Kroc banned beer in the
clubhouse to which he said “She is poisoning
the world with hamburgers, and we can’t even get a lousy beer”; 124th
W 04‑Aug‑1994;
310th SV 08‑Aug‑1994)
FCR - John
Wilson, Mesa, AZ
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
lasted only 2.2 innings in his major league debut, and then was relieved by Don
Larsen who finished the game to garner a 13-6 victory.
Hint: The
loss went to Sammy Ellis who also debuted the same day.
Hint: That
same year his team won a three-game playoff to make it to the post-season with
a 103-62 record, but he was not included on the post-season roster.
Twint: He
holds the post-dead ball era record for most strikeouts in a season without
issuing a single walk.
A. Gaylord Perry (114‑Apr‑1962
debut with Sammy
Ellis; 1962
SFG won a 2-1 playoff vs. LAD; 47K, 0BB in 1970)
FCR - Stanley
Cohen, Washington, DC
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was Nolan Ryan’s 5,000th strikeout victim?
Hint: His
first major league at bat was a 1st-inning lead off double, but he
was then thrown out at home to end the same inning.
Hint: He
has been quoted saying “If my uniform doesn’t get dirty, I haven’t done
anything in the baseball game.”
Twint: He
turned 31 the Christmas day Billy Martin died in a truck crash.
A. Rickey Henderson (1989-Aug-22 5,000th
K top 5th inning; 24‑Jun‑1979
debut v TEX;
Uniform
quote; B 25‑Dec‑1958, Martin
died 1989)
FCR - Paul
Hirsch, San Diego, CA
FRIDAY
Q. Who
earned the most major league batting titles in the 19th century?
Hint: During
his five years as a Bison, he won the slugging title every year.
Hint: He
also had the highest adjusted OPS of any 19th century player.
Hint: John
McGraw said he “really was a great hitter, one of the most powerful batters of
all time”.
Twint: He was the first player to lead his league in OPS+ five
times.
Twint: His
career batting average noses out Babe Ruth’s for 9th all-time.
A. Dan Brouthers (5 titles, NL
1882, 1883, 1889, 1892, AA 1891; 1882-1886
BUF; OPS+ 208
in 1886; McGraw quote on Brouthers Hall of Fame page; Led in
OPS+ 6 consecutive years, 1882-87; BA
.342125 to Ruth’s .342065)
FCR - PJ Shelly, Louisville, KY
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to get a hit in the National League?
Hint: He
was also the oldest player to appear in a National League game.
Hint: In
the latter game, he went 1 for 4, becoming the oldest player to get a hit in
the major leagues.
Hint: It
was the title clinching game for the 1904 John McGraw led New York Giants.
Twint: His
loquacious volubility gained him his nickname.
A. Jim O’Rourke (22‑Apr‑1876
BSN vs. ATH; Age 54
on 22‑Sep‑1904—McGraw put him in as a catcher winning 7-5 over CIN and
finishing the 1904
season 13 games ahead of the CHC); Nicknamed
“Orator Jim”)
FCR - John Robertson, Cambridge, ON
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is credited with having the first hit in the history of major league base ball: a double?
Hint: Hearing
he was sold to Pittsburgh, he once famously quipped “No man is going to sell my
carcass unless I get half.”
Hint: Bill
James named him “the most admirable superstar of the 1870s.”
Twint: He
was the lone player inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013.
A. Deacon White (04‑May‑1871 CLE vs. KEK of the National
Association of Professional Base Ball Players; sold to PIT 1889 for $3,500;
SABR
excerpt from Bill James Historical Abstract; Elected
by the Veterans Committee)
FCR - Frank DiPrima, Morristown, NJ
WEEKLY THEME
– Hall of Fame players who were on eight or more different major league teams.
Player No.
of teams
Brouthers 10
Gossage 9
Henderson 9*
O’Rourke 8
Perry 8**
White 9
Wilhelm 9
*Includes 4 separate stints w/OAK and
2 w/SDP. Total could be 13. If figured
differently
**Only player of the group to spend 10
years with one team: SFG.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Joe
Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA
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