MONDAY
Q. Who
had complete seasons where he hit .387, .408 and .395 without winning a batting
title?
Hint: He
still holds the record for the most hits in his first 1,000 at-bats.
Hint: He
is the first native of South Carolina to receive a Hall of Fame vote.
Twint: He
died four days before he was to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
A. Joe Jackson (BA 1911-13, finish all 3
years behind Ty Cobb;
389 H in 1st 1,000 AB; Received 2 HOF votes in 1936; D. 05‑Dec‑1951,
scheduled for Toast of the Town on 09‑Dec‑1951)
FCR - Bob
Flynn, Paradise Valley, AZ
Incorrect answers: Harry Heilmann, Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb, Bill
Terry, Hack Wilson, Tris Speaker, Sam Crawford
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first Brooklyn player to win an MVP award?
Hint: He
still holds the National League career record for sacrifice hits.
Hint: He
was the starting first baseman for the team that defeated the Black Sox.
Twint: Before
making it in The Show, he was a Mountaineer, a Mogul, a Volunteer, a Turtle and
a Mud Hen.
Twint: Baseball
Magazine said he “… is easily one of the greatest infielders baseball has ever
seen”.
Twint: His
MVP award came while playing for a team with a losing record.
A. Jake Daubert (1913
MVP Chalmers Award; 1919 Reds; Daubert’s
Minor League record; 392 SH, 1919 WS;
Baseball Magazine selection reference from SABR BIO)
FCR - Elijah
Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
Incorrect answers: Don Newcombe, Dolph Camilli, Babe Herman,
Jack Fournier, Frankie Frisch, Jackie Robinson
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first batter to lead his league in triples and home runs in the same
season?
Hint: He
did it twice. No one else has ever done
that and he did it eleven years apart.
Hint: He
was the first player with 100 career home runs.
Hint: He
amassed more than 600* stolen bases and at one time held the single-season
record.
Twint: He
changed his last name to play baseball to elude his mother’s prohibition
against it.
Twint: He
accumulated the most at-bats of anyone in the 1880s.
A. Harry Stovey (HR + 3b 1880 & 1891,
Other players to lead their leagues in HR +3b the same year are:
Tip O’Neill
– 1887,
Tommy Leach
– 1902,
Harry Lumley
– 1904,
Jim
Bottomley – 1928,
Mickey Mantle
– 1955,
Willie Mays
– 1955, &
Jim Rice
– 1978;
100th
HR 1890; 509 SB*, 68 in 1886; B. Harry Duffield Stowe; 4,483 AB 1880-1889)
* Actually, only 508
SB are official. Horsehide Trivia extrapolated another minimum 92 from
the years 1880-1885 when numbers on SB are unreliable. From 1886-1890, he averaged 78 SB per year
when he was older and, presumably, slower.
FCR - Pete Wood
Incorrect answers: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Sam Crawford, Joe
Jackson, Honus Wagner, Roger Connor, Sam Thompson, Tris Speaker, Buck
Freeman, Dan Brouthers, Max Carey, George Taylor, Happy Felsch
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Hint: The
year prior to and after his Dodger years, he managed the Superbas.
Hint: As
a New York Giant, he once led his league with 80 runs batted in.
Hint: In
1894, he established the National League record of 42 consecutive games with a
hit.
Twint: He
was also the first starting short stop for the Chicago Orphans.
Twint: He
earned his nickname Bad Bill.
A. Bill Dahlen (1910-13
managerial record, officially called the Dodgers 1911-12; 1904 RBI
leader; Only DiMaggio’s record of 56 bests Dahlen’s among right handers; 1898 CHC)
FCR - Bill
Carle, Lee's Summit MO
Incorrect answers: Ned Hanlon, Wee Willie Keeler, Honus Wagner,
Bill McGunnigle, Roger Connor, Jake Stahl, Rabbit Maranville
THURSDAY
Q. Who
ended Honus Wagner’s run of four consecutive batting titles?
Hint: That
same year he led the league in runs, RBIs, on base percent, slugging, OPS, OPS+
and total bases.
Hint: Despite
dominating the league offensively, he didn’t get a single MVP vote.
Hint: He
once hospitalized an umpire with a vicious punch that earned him the stiffest
penalty given in the previous 34 years in the majors.
Twint: At
the age of 19, he jumped from sandlot ball directly to the majors, replacing
the injured John Titus to take over the Phillies left field spot.
Twint: He
didn’t appear in the minors until the end of his 16-year career in the majors.
A. Sherry Magee (1910
BA .331; There WAS no MVP award of any kind in 1910, the Chalmers Award was
first awarded in 1911; Punched umpire Bill Finneran, earning a
fine & suspension from NL president Tom Lynch;
Titus‘
right field spot was taken by left fielder Shad Barry,
opening left for Magee; Minor
league history)
FCR - Daniel
Solzman, Louisville, KY
Incorrect answers: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Heinie
Zimmerman
FRIDAY
Q. Who
lead the National League in home runs in spite of being 5'6" and weighing
135 pounds?
Hint: He
was the first home run leader in his franchise's history.
Hint: His
four career inside-the-park grand slams are second only to Honus Wagner's five.
Twint: He
broke his ribs in a home-plate collision with Jake Beckley.
Twint: The
injury caused him to move from the infield to the outfield upon his return.
A. Tommy Leach (6 HR in 1902, he
eventually filled out to 150 lbs.; 1st Pirate to do so; Collision in
1905)
FCR - Jan
Finkel, Swanton, MD
Incorrect answers: Jim Wynn, Hack Wilson, Mel Ott, Wee Willie
Keeler, Lipman Pike
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who
was the first Angels player to hit for the cycle?
Hint: He
was manager for four different major league teams.
Hint: As
a player, he was a six-time All-Star and received MVP votes in eight of his
eighteen seasons in the majors.
Hint: Although
he only garnered four Hall of Fame votes (1%), he was once traded for a player
who received 98.8% of the votes in his first year of eligibility.
Hint: So
great was his perceived value at the time that three other players were
included in the trade for him.
Twint: In
high school, he won eleven varsity letters, earning All-League honors in football,
basketball and baseball in addition to running sprints and jumping for the
track team.
Twint: In
1988 the Angels retired his uniform number 11.
A. Jim
Fregosi (Cycle 28‑Jul‑1964; Managed CAL, CWS, PHI & TOR; Traded for
Nolan Ryan,
Frank Estrada,
Don Rose
& Leroy Stanton
10‑Dec‑1971)
FCR - Frank
Workman, Lake Forest
Park, WA
Incorrect answers: Mike Scioscia
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first manager of the National League's Baltimore Orioles?
Hint: He
only lasted eleven games, managing the team to a record of 1-10.
Hint: The
previous year, while in the American Association, he was their only position
player to hit over .300.
Twint: According
to the Society for American Baseball Research, he was the premier leadoff
hitter of the late 19th century.
Twint: In
his latter days as a Pittsburgh Pirate scout, he was lauded by club owner
Barney Dreyfuss for "never signing a single prospect for the Pirates".
A. George Van Haltren (1892
BLN; .318
1891 AA BLN; SABR BIO;
Dreyfuss was pleased he never gave the team a "bum steer")
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Ned Hanlon, John McGraw, Bill Craver, Wee
Willie Keeler
SUNDAY
Q. Who
has the most career triples among players not enshrined in the Hall of Fame?
Hint: He
never led the league in triples in a 15-year major league career.
Hint: He
only appeared once in the postseason and batted a weak .174.
Twint: His
nicknames included the Candy Kid, the LaCrosse Lulu, the Big Bohemian, Edward
the Mighty and Big Ed.
FCR - Bill
Suphan, Scottsdale, AZ
Incorrect answers: Steve Finley, Willie Wilson, Ron Santo, Tim
Raines, Jake Beckley, Craig Biggio, Vada Pinson, Sam Crawford, Ed Delahanty
WEEKLY THEME – Non-Hall of Famers with
160 triples
Player 3bs Rank
Dahlen 163 33rd
Daubert 165 29th
Jackson 168 26th
Konetchy 182 15th
Leach 172 23rd
Magee 166 27th
Stovey 174 21st
Van Haltren 161 38th
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY (following the Wednesday question)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Players
who had at least 7 hits in the 1919 World Series
- Participants
in the 1919 World Series
- People who led
the league in triples for two different teams
- Career .300
hitters not in the Hall of Fame
- Two-time
triples champions not in the Hall of Fame
- Brooklyn MVP's
- MVP first
basemen?
Wednesday
- Players that
received in 1936 1st year of HOF votes that are not in the HOF
Players that received in 1936 1st year of HOF and
received fewer votes in 1937
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