MONDAY
Q. What
former college quarterback announced his retirement on 15‑Sep‑2013 after
seventeen seasons with the Colorado Rockies?
Hint: His
career saw him barely losing the Rookie of the Year Award to Kerry Wood.
Hint: Not
to mention five All-Star selections, three Gold Gloves, four Silver Sluggers
and six seasons where he received MVP votes.
Twint: Only
he Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig had 400 total bases in consecutive seasons.
A. Todd Helton (Retirement;
402 TB in 2000, 405 in 2001, Foxx
w/438 in 1932 & 403 in 1933 Gehrig
w/419 in 1930 & 410 in 1931)
FCR - William
Dickerson III, Atlanta, GA
Incorrect answers: Nary a one
TUESDAY
Q. Who
is the Colorado Rockies' career leader in batting average, on-base percentage,
slugging percentage, OBP, Adjusted OPS+, Offensive Win percentage, times hit by
pitch and power‑speed #?
Hint: He
is also the all-time leader in games, at bats, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI
runs, stolen bases and bases-on-balls by a player born in Canada. All-time.
Hint: He
once collected an extra-base hit in six consecutive plate appearances.
Twint: He threw out five pitchers at first base on
one-hop liners to right when he was in the minors.
Twint: NHL Hall of Famer Cam Neely
was his teammate when they played youth hockey.
A. Larry
Walker (6 EBH
EBH Inn.
2b 5th
3b 6th
HR 7th
2b 1st
3b 4th
3b 5th
*HR
in the 1st, but lined out in the 3rd.)
FCR - Pete
Weston, Monument, CO
Incorrect answers: Todd Helton, Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
finished 2nd in the MVP vote the first year Willie Mays took that
honor?
Hint: He
was the first player to lead the majors in intentional bases-on-balls when they
first officially record the stat.
Hint: He
had the most homers in the 1959 World Series, and accounted for three of his
team’s total of four.
Twint: John
Lithgow wrote a chapter about him in Cult Baseball Players.
A. Ted Kluszewski (1954
MVP vote; 25IBB 1955; 3HR 1959WS;
Cult
Baseball Players: The Greats, the Flakes, the Weird and the Wonderful
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, VA
Incorrect answers: Duke Snider, Chuck Essegian, Roy Campanella,
Eddie Mathews, Gil Hodges, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Wally Moon, Willie
McCovey
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only player to lead his league once in home runs, once in RBI and once
in batting average and then cleverly choose to do them all in the same season?
Hint: He
won a Gold Glove in his third year and then played seventeen more years in the
majors without repeating than honor.
Twint: Josh
Hart knows who he is. In fact, he said he needed more paper.
FCR - Steven
Elsberry, Windsor Heights, IA
Incorrect answers: Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Medwick, Joe Torre,
Mickey Mantle
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to hit thirty home runs in each of his first five major
league seasons?
Hint: He
holds the record for most home runs in April in one season.
Twint: He
helped force my favorite trivia question to have a serious qualifier.
A. Albert Pujols (30 HR 2001-05; 14 HR in
April 2006; The questions was, “Who are the only players, exactly one from each
position, who have won league MVPs in consecutive years?” The answer used to be
C –
Yogi
Berra 1954-55
1B –
Jimmie
Foxx 1932-33
2B –
Joe
Morgan 1975-76
3B –
Mike
Schmidt 1980-81
SS –
Ernie
Banks 1958-59
RF –
Roger
Maris 1960-61
CF –
Mickey
Mantle 1956-57
LF –
Dale Murphy 1982-83
P –
Hal
Newhouser 1944-45
DH –
Frank
Thomas 1993-94
But
these three have ruined the symmetry of the answer:
3B –
Miguel
Cabrera 2012-13
LF –
Barry
Bonds 1992-93,
etc.
1B –
Albert
Pujols 2008-09
FCR - Elijah
Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
Incorrect answers: Ralph Kiner, Eddi8e Mathews, Alex Rodriguez, Mark
McGwire, Rudy York, Orlando Cepeda, Dave Winfield, Ken Griffey, Jr., Ron
Cey, Frank Thomas, Sammy Sosa, Juan Gonzalez, Jimmie Foxx, Wally
Berger
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the last player in the 20th century to receive five intentional
walks in a game?
Hint: Only
he, Willie McCovey and Jeff King have hit two home runs in an inning on two
different occasions.
Twint: His
nickname is derived from his keen eyesight.
A. Andre Dawson (5 IBB 22‑May‑1990;
HR X2/Inn: 30‑Jul‑1978,
3rd, 24‑Sep‑1985,
5th; [N.B. It has come to our
attention that Alex
Rodriguez also homered twice in an inning two times: 05‑Sep‑2007
& 04‑Oct‑2009];
He can see the strike zone like a “Hawk” according to his uncle who bestowed
the moniker.)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Barry Bonds, Mel Ott, Jeff Bagwell, Mark
McGwire, Joe Carter, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez, Bill Nicholson, Jimmie Foxx,
Eddie Murray, Mike Schmidt, Ned Williamson
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first left-handed batter to hit thirty home runs in a season for the
Los Angeles Dodgers?
Hint: He
was also the first Dodger to hit three home runs in a game in Dodger Stadium.
Twint: He
owns the longest consecutive-game hitting streak in Toronto Blue Jays history.
A. Shawn Green (49 HR in 2001; 3 HR 15‑Aug‑2001;
28-G hitting streak 29‑Jun
through 31‑Jul‑1999)
FCR - Tim
Doherty, Los Angeles, CA
Incorrect answers: Willie Davis, Adrian Gonzalez, Reggie Smith,
Duke Snider, Ron Fairly, Wes Parker, Wally Moon
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
won home run titles playing three different positions?
Hint: His
major league career began by entering a game to pinch-run, advancing one base
on a wild pitch then being removed as the inning ended.
Hint: He
never played on a team that won a postseason series.
Twint: His
injury during the All-Star game was excruciating to watch.
Twint: He
is the only member of the 500-home-run club who hit a grand slam as a teenager.
A. Harmon Killebrew (HR titles @ 3B 1959
& 69, @ LF 1962-64, @ 1B 1967; Debut: 23‑Jun‑1954;
AS G medial hamstring rupture 3rd inn. 09‑Jul‑1968;
GS 21-Jun-1956
@ 19 yrs 357 days)
FCR - Brian
Engelhardt
Incorrect
answers: Jimmie Foxx, Dave Kingman, Mike
Piazza, Ernie Banks, Robin Yount
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to hit home runs off Walter Johnson in consecutive innings?
Hint: One
of these homers was inside the park.
Hint: In
fact, he is one of only two players that had more than one home run in a single
game off The Big Train.
Twint: He
finished second in the MVP vote in consecutive seasons, each time losing out to
a Philadelphia A's player.
Twint: Oh,
yeah—one more thing: He’s also the
greatest first baseman of all time.
A. Lou Gehrig (13‑Aug‑S1926
IPHR t4, fence clearing HR t5; Jack Fournier
two IPHR same game 31‑Aug‑2014;
1931
MVP Lefty
Grove, 1932
MVP Jimmy
Foxx)
FCR - Stephen
Smith, Lafayette, IN
Incorrect answers: Tris Speaker, Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, Babe
Ruth, Sam Crawford
WEEKLY THEME – Players who hit 49 home
runs in a season but never more than that in any other
Slugger Year
Dawson 1987*
Gehrig 1934*, 36*
Green 2001
Helton 2001
Killebrew 1964*, 69*
Kluszewski 1954*
Pujols 2006
Robinson 1966*
Walker 1997*
*Led league
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Stephen
Smith, Lafayette, IN (After the Klu Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday
- Players who have a
movie-inspired nickname
- MLB players
who also starred in another sport other than baseball.
- Players that
played QB in college football with a Super Bowl winning teammate
- Hank Aaron
Award Winners with Badass Goatees
Tuesday
- Players who
played 10 or more years on an expansion team
- Famous Rockies
- Rockies all
time stats leaders
- Rockies who
led the league in batting
Wednesday
- Players who
have scored a run in 14 or more straight games
Horsehide Trivia blog has the
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