MONDAY
Q. Besides
Al Kaline, who is the only Hall of Famer native to Baltimore?
Hint: He
was the first player to hit 38 home runs in a season.
Twint: A
Canadian took charge of his early training.
A. Babe Ruth (b. 06-Feb-1895, 216 Emory
Street, Baltimore, Maryland; Hit his 38th HR of the year 02-Aug‑1920
[He would also hit 16 more HR that season.]; Ruth’s mentor was Brother Matthias
Boutelier, b. 11‑Jul‑1872 in the small fishing village of Lingan, near Sydney on the NE coast of Nova Scotia.)
FCR - Ken
Auerbach, Bronxville, NY
Incorrect: Jimmie Foxx, Stan Musial
MONDAY BONUS
Q. Who
larruped?
Hint: He
was a known mama’s boy.
Twint: He
is universally acclaimed as the best first baseman of all time.
A. Lou Gehrig (Called Larrupin’ Lou by the
media; Had a well-known very close relationship with his mother, Anna Christina
Fack Gehrig)
FCR - Christopher
Bell, New York, NY
Incorrect: Nap Lajoie, Charlie Gehringer, Lou Boudreau
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer caught a touchdown pass in the Bears vs. College All-Stars game
in 1941?
Hint: He
was the first player from his major league team to win the Rookie of the Year
Award.
Twint: He
excelled at tennis and swimming during his time at a PAC-8 school.
Twint: He
played against Ted Williams in high school.
A. Jackie Robinson (Played at UCLA; ROY
1947)
FCR - William
Dickerson III, Atlanta, GA
Incorrect: Alvin Dark, Jackie Jensen
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first member of the 3,000-hit Club to have a sub-.300 batting average
before his 30th birthday and an above-.300 batting average after his
40th?
Hint: He
is the only post-expansion American League player to collect 100 RBI while
hitting fewer than ten home runs that same season.
Hint: He
had eight consecutive multi-hit games against the Yankees one year.
Twint: He
scored the winning run the most famous walk-off home run in indoor World Series
history.
A. Paul Molitor (1996: 113 RBI, 9 HR; 2+H
vs. NYY 06-, 07-, 08-, 09-, 28-, 29-, 30‑Jun,
09-
& 10‑Sep‑1985;
WS HR by Joe
Carter on 23‑Oct‑1993,
he was on 1b, scoring behind Rickey Henderson
[Molitor had also homered earlier that game, falling a double short of what
would have been the first WS cycle.])
FCR - Josh
Sullivan, Tomball, TX
Incorrect: Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, Alan Trammel, Tony
Gywnn, George Brett, Rod Carew, Robin Yount, Wade Boggs, Dave Winfield, Carl
Yastrzemski, Kirby Puckett
IN MEMORIAM
Q. In
major league baseball’s modern era, who is the only National League player to
lead his league in home runs in his rookie season?
Hint: He
was the first National League hitter to hit a total of 100 home runs in two
consecutive seasons.
Hint: He
is the only Hall of Famer born in the state of New Mexico.
Hint: Unbelievably,
he led the National League in home runs his first SEVEN years in the league.
Hint: In
one of those seasons, he also led in runs, bases-on-balls, slugging, on-base
percentage, OPS and OPS+, but only finished tenth
in MVP voting.
Hint: Hall
of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn said of him "…he could wipe out your lead
with one swing."
Twint: He
said, "Someone asked me how come I signed up with the Mets (as a
broadcaster), since they weren't going to win many games. I said: 'I've got a
lot of experience with losing.'"
Twint: Jeff
Idelson, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum said, "His
engaging personality and profound knowledge of the game turned him into a
living room companion for millions of New York Mets fans who adored his game
broadcasts."
Twint: Nevertheless,
he was well-known for his on-air malapropisms.
Twint: The
web site Baseball Almanac has assembled a fair sampling of his best ones: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quokiner.shtml.
A. Ralph Kiner (Rookie in 1946 w/23 HR; 54
HR in 1949, 47 in 1950; B. Santa Rita, NM
1922; Led NL in HR 1946-1952; Stat yr. 1951)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect: Johnny Mize
FRIDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer played in eight World Series without hitting a home run but homered
from both sides of the plate in All-Star competition?
Hint: He
received MVP votes in nine of his nineteen major league seasons.
Hint: He
never received even one such vote in the minors.
Twint: He
is the last National League player-manager to lead his team to a World Series
championship.
Twint: No
National Leaguer had more at-bats than he did in the decade 1920-29.
A. Frankie Frisch (ASG LH-HR: 06‑Jul‑1933,
RH-HR 10‑Jul‑1934;
Never played in the minors; 1934 WS Champs;
5,554 AB 1920-29)
FCR - John
Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
Incorrect: Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Eddie Murray,
Bernie Williams
SATURDAY
Q. Which
player, with his career since World War I, has the most career hits without
ever appearing in the World Series?
Hint: He
did not play high school baseball because he was working in a grocery store to
help support his family.
Hint: He
was so fast, he was even BORN at a high rate of speed.
Twint: He
once won the American League batting title without hitting a single home run.
Twint: He
was the first post-WWII player to win three consecutive American League batting
titles.
A. Rod Carew (3,053 H; B. on a moving
train; Batting title w/.318 in 1972, 0 HR; 4 batting titles 1972-75)
FCR - Randall
Chandler, Germantown, TN
Incorrect: Ernie Banks, Cool Papa Bell, Rafael Palmeiro,
Tim Raines, Nap Lajoie [Correct as originally written], Ichiro Suzuki, Billy
Williams, Vada Pinson, Robin Yount, Luke Appling, Eddie Collins,
Rickey Henderson, Al Kaline
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
was Duke University’s first All-America basketball player?
Hint: He
is the only Red Sox player to collect four consecutive doubles in a game.
Hint: He
regularly teamed with a Hall of Famer to beat two other Hall of Famers.
Twint: He
was a long-time member of SABR and a favorite speaker.
A. Billy Werber (Duke; 4 2b 07‑Jul‑1935;
Played bridge with Bill Dickey
against Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig; SABR connections–pix)
FCR - Daniel
Solzman, Louisville, KY
Incorrect: Dick Groat, Jackie Jensen, Gene Conley, Ace
Parker, Chuck Connors
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first player ever to come to bat for the home team in an All-Star game?
Hint: His
portrayal in "42" emphasized his belligerent side.
Hint: From
1926 to 1943, he had more stolen bases than any other player, leading the
American League four times.
Twint: He
won the pre-game 100-yard dash against Carl
Reynolds on 25‑Aug‑1931.
A. Ben Chapman (ASG 06‑Jul‑1933; Played by Alan Tudyk in "42"
mocking Jackie
Robinson’s chances of succeeding in the majors; 286 SB 1930-1941; Reynolds race)
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect: Ty Cobb, Luke Appling, Ray Schalk, Enos
Slaughter, Eddy Stanky, Bill Terry
WEEKLY THEME – Ten career steals of home
since the end of the Deadball Era
Thief # Years
Carew 17 (1967-85)
Chapman 15 (1933-46)
Frisch 19 (1919-37)
Gehrig 15 (1923-39)
Molitor 10 (1978-98)
Robinson 19 (1947-56)
Ruth 10 (1914*-34)
Werber 10 (1930-42)
*The date of Ruth’s first steal of
home could not be documented to our satisfaction, so please humor us and
stipulate that the Deadball Era was over the moment the Babe first stole home.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Grew up in an
orphanage or institution
- NY Yankees who
have had their numbers retired
- Members of
Murders Row
- Players who
barnstormed in the off-season
- Hall of Famers
who never appeared in an All-Star game
- Members of the
first All-Star team
- Yankees who
led the league in total bases
- Famous duos
with the most homers together
- Teammates of
Gehrig’s barnstorming team
- HOFers who did
not go by their first names? George Seaver, Lynn Ryan, Vernon Gomez,
Robert Grove for example
Wednesday
- HoFers who had
biopics? Dean or Alexander next?
- Players whose numbers are retired at
Yankee Stadium.
Saturday - Something
to do with stealing home plate
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