MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first left-hander to win the Cy Young Award?
Hint: He
led the National League in victories an amazing eight times.
Hint: He
led the National League in complete games an ever more amazing nine times.
Twint: No
National League pitcher hit more career homers.
A. Warren Spahn (CYA
1957; 35 HR)
FCR - Frank
DiPrima, Morristown, NJ
Incorrect answers: Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, Carl Hubbell,
Lefty Grove, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Whitey Ford, Walter Johnson,
Roy Halladay
MONDAY MAXIMUS
Q. Who
is a Hall of Famer whose last name is the first name of another Hall of Famer
and matches the hints?
Hint: In
one major league game, they actually formed the starting battery.
Twint: He
is the only pitcher to strike out nineteen batters in a game he did not win.
A. Steve
Carlton (Carlton Fisk
[It turns out there were many other who qualified by their names:
They all match up by name but didn’t play together. Unfortunately, they sneaked in there ahead of
our proofreaders.
Battery G 12‑Aug‑1986;
19-K G 15‑Sep‑1969)
FCR
- Paul Hirsch, San Diego, CA
Incorrect answers: Hank Aaron, Tommy John, Nolan Ryan, Elston
Howard, Dizzy Dean
TUESDAY
Q. What
starting hurler IS POPULARLY BELIEVED TO HAVE never missed a turn in the
pitching rotation during his 23-year major league career?
Hint: He
has been an Atlanta Braves broadcaster for over twenty years.
Hint: He
surrendered the first career home runs of pitchers Nolan Ryan, Carl Morton and
Fergie Jenkins.
Twint: He
was born to sharecroppers in a tar-paper shack in Alabama.
Twint: He
frequently discusses his pastime passions of golf and wine on the air during
games.
A. Don Sutton ([Baseball historian Bill
Deane clarifies, " Contrary to his Hall of Fame
plaque, and as covered in Baseball Myths, Don Sutton did miss turns in the
rotation. He was out for ten days with a
broken toe in August, 1980, spent 41 days on the DL before his final big league
start in 1988, and had a dozen other gaps of at least a week between starts
(disregarding rainouts or All-Star breaks)."; b. Clio, AL; 1,354 NL AB; HR to Ferguson
Jenkins, 23-Apr-1966;
Carl Morton
21-Jul-1970;
Nolan Ryan
12-Apr-1980)
FCR - Paul
Theberge, Andover, MA
Incorrect answers: Phil Niekro, Ernie Johnson, Greg Maddux, Gaylord
Perry, Roger Craig
TUESDAY WELD
Q. What
five-time All-Star pitcher led the National League in losses four times during
his career?
Hint: He
did it in four consecutive seasons.
Hint: He
led in games started the same four seasons and in games finished in three of
those four.
Twint: Growing
up, he played various sport with his boyhood friend NBA Hall of Famer
John Havlicek.
A. Phil Niekro (4 L 1977-80; Havlicek)
FCR - Matt
Dicker, Chicago, Il
Incorrect answers: Joe Niekro, Robin Roberts, Walter Johnson, Gaylord
Perry, Roger Craig, Bob Friend, Steve Carlton, Nolan Ryan, Fergie Jenkins,
Derek Lowe, Wilbur Wood, Don Drysdale
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first Houston Astros pitcher to record four consecutive shutouts AT
HOME?
Hint: He
became the first pitcher to win both games six and seven in a World Series on
consecutive days.
Twint: Poof!
… goes the intruding avian presence.
A. Randy Johnson (ShOs 07-Aug-,
12-Aug-,
28-Aug-
and 07-Sep-1998;
WS Ws 03‑04‑Nov‑2001;
Bird bang
24-Mar-2001)
FCR - Jeff
Freedman, Los Angeles, CA
Incorrect answers: Curt Schilling, Dave Giusti, Nolan Ryan, Mike
Scott, Andy Pettitte, Joaquin Andujar, Roger Clemens, Brad Lidge, Doug Drabek,
Roy Oswalt, Larry Sherry, Larry Dierker
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who
threw out the first pitch at the exhibition game played between the Baltimore
Orioles and the Cuban national team at Latin America Stadium in Havana?
Hint: After
his ceremonial first pitch, he refused to leave the mound until he had pitched
to the game’s lead-off batter, Brady Anderson.
Hint: He
was the last living Cuban major leaguer from pre-revolution Cuba.
Hint: He
debuted in the majors at age 38, but lived to almost age 103, enjoying a nearly
60‑year retirement after his playing days.
Hint: He
credited his longevity to his daily consumption of fine Cuban cigars.
Twint: He
was the first native of Cuba to be selected to a major league All-Star team as
a pitcher.
Twint: A
visit with him was the highlight of the annual pilgrimage to Havana by a
Cubaball, a group of North American baseball historians and fans.
A. Connie Marrero (Exhibition G vs. O’s in
Cuba in 28-Mar-1999, AS 1951;
Debut 21‑Apr‑1950;
Cigars;
Cubaball group
led by Kit Krieiger)
FCR - Charlie
O'Reilly, Rutherford, NJ
Incorrect answers: Fidel Castro, Pedro Ramos, Sandy Conseguera,
Luis Tiant, Minnie Minoso
THURSDAY
Q. What
pitcher has the most career victories among those born outside the United
States?
Hint: He
was the first post-expansion pitcher to surrender two inside-the-park home runs
in the same game.
Hint: Adding
insult to injury, it was the same player who hit both.
Twint: Everybody
knew when he had to be home.
A. Bert Blyleven (287 W; 2 IPHRs 31-Jul-1972
by Dick
Allen; Chris Berman
called him "Bert 'Be-home' Blyleven".)
FCR - Ken
Auerbach, Bronxville, NY
Incorrect answers: Fergie Jenkins, Luis Tiant, Juan Marichal,
Jim Kaat, Phil Niekro, Fernando Valenzuela, Orlando Cepeda, Steve Rogers
FRIDAY
Q. Who
surrendered Bill Mazeroski's first career home run?
Hint: He
once gave up a lead-off home run and then retired the next 27 batters in a row.
Hint: He
threw a no-hitter against the Blue Jays.
Hint: Four
times was he voted Coach of the Year in his college conference.
Twint: He
received MVP votes in every of seven consecutive seasons, even though his team
only once in that span finished above third place.
A. Robin Roberts (Maz’s HR 16-Aug-1956;
According to SABR: No-no in 1946 vs. the Keane, NH Blue Jays,
pitching for the Twin City Trojans of the Northern
League; Sun Belt Coach of the Year four times - 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982; Lead-off
HR 13-May-1954
HR to Bobby
Adams of the Reds; MVP votes 1950-57)
FCR - Makoto,
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY
Incorrect answers: Vinegar Bend Mizell, Ralph Terry, Phil Niekro,
Nolan Ryan, Sam McDowell, Don Newcombe
JUMP-STARTING-THE-WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to leave the game with 3,000 strikeouts and fewer than
1,000 bases-on-balls?
Hint: He
won twenty games for six consecutive seasons for a team that never won its
division.
Twint: He
completely dominated the once and future World Series champion team one year,
going 5-0, with a 0.60 ERA, with five complete games and two shutouts in five
starts.
A. Fergie Jenkins (Final G 26-Sep-1983:
3,192 Ks & 997 BBs [It’s now a "Club”, with Greg Maddux
(3,371/999), Pedro
Martinez (3,154/760) & Curt
Schilling (3,116/711) as members; Dominant year 1974 against OAK)
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, VA
Incorrect answers: Pedro Martinez, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver,
Jim Bunning, Don Mattingly, Greg Maddux
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first post-expansion AMERICAN LEAGUE pitcher to surrender home runs to
brothers in the same game?
Hint: It
was in the same inning.
Hint: They
were former teammates of his.
Hint: Coaches
tried to get him to lose weight, but he claimed he pitched better with some
padding.
Hint: His
record seems to indicate he knew what he was talking about.
Twint: He
was the first in the modern era to pitch a game in which every member of the
opposing team went 0-3.
A. David Wells (5th inning 15-Sep-1990
HRs by Cal
and Billy
Ripken FUTURE
teammates on the 1996 BAL;
Perfect game 17-May-1998,
Minnesota
did not use a pinch hitter. HOWEVER, Kenny Rogers
accomplished this feat 4 years earlier, 28-Jul-1994)
FCR - Josh
Sullivan, Tomball, TX
Incorrect answers: Mickey Lolich, Larry Jackson, Bartolo Colon,
C.C. Sabathia, Rick Reuschel, Carlton Willey, Gaylord Perry, Wilbur Wood,
Fernando Valenzuela,
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
led the American League in ERA, Shutouts and ERA+ in a season where he finished
ninth in Cy Young Award voting and received not a single vote for MVP?
Hint: His
more famous rotation mate, a future Hall of Famer, might have unintentionally
stolen some of his well-deserved acclaim.
Twint: He
was the starting pitcher in the first games ever played in both the Kingdome and
new Comiskey Park.
Twint: The
visiting starter, he threw shutouts in both games.
Twint: He
is still active in the annual Detroit Tigers fantasy camps in Florida.
A. Frank Tanana (1977 ERA 2.54, 7 ShO,
ERA+ 154; Teammate Nolan
Ryan; Kingdome debut 06-Apr-1977,
Comiskey II 18-Apr-2014;
Tigers
Fantasy camps)
FCR - Don
Masi, San Antonio, TX
Incorrect answers: Curt Schilling, Dave McNally, John Smoltz,
Dizzy Trout, Mickey Lolich, Nolan Ryan, Rick Reuschel, Roy Halladay, Kevin
Brown, Jamie Moyer, Steve McCatty, Mike
Mussina
SUNDAY
Q. Which
first baseman was the Florida Tech team MVP in consecutive seasons when Bob
Martinez was governor?
Hint: He
owns the career home run record for Florida Tech. Fitting.
Hint: He
was hit by a car when jogging near his home one year during the off-season.
Twint: He
was nominated eight times for the Roberto Clemente Award, winning once.
Twint: He
retired six victories shy of passing Roger Clemens and Cy Young.
A. Tim Wakefield (Florida Tech [FIT] MVP 1987-88; Florida governor Bob Martinez; 40 HR;
Auto/pedestrian accident 05-Jan-1996;
RCA
2010; 186 career W for BOS,
Clemens
& Young
w/192 ea.)
FCR - Andrew Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Roy Campanella, Tino Martinez
END-OF-THE-WEEKEND BONUS
Q. What
pitcher was in the sixth year on his sixth major league team before became a
twenty-game winner?
Hint: The
year he led the majors in winning percentage, he split time between two teams.
Hint: Never
quite a quinquagenarian player, he
still had great durability.
Twint: He was released by six different major
league teams.
Twint: In
Km, excellent. In MPH, not so much.
A. Jamie Moyer (20—6 in 2001 w/SEA; .813 in
1996: 7-1 w/BOS & 6-2
w/SEA; Played
for 8 teams over 25 seasons; Mariners
promotion)
FCR - Josh
Sullivan, Tomball, TX
Incorrect answers: Rick Sutcliffe
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers with four
hundred home runs surrendered
Pitcher HRs
Blyleven 430
Carlton 414
Jenkins 484
Johnson 411
Moyer 522
Niekro 482
Roberts 505
Spahn 434
Sutton 472
Tanana 448
Wakefield 418
Wells 407
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto,
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY (after the Blyleven Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday
- Pitchers who played
on the same team in more than one city
- Left-handed
pitchers who have won the Cy Young Award
Something about lefties
- Lefties that
lead their league in games started in consecutive seasons
- Hall of Famers
who retired from Organized Baseball then resumed playing
- Lefthanded
pitchers with the most wins
- Pitchers with
over 5,000 career innings in the live ball era.
Tuesday
- Hall of Fame
pitchers with 20+ years in the big leagues
- Hall of Fame
pitchers whose last names end in N
- Top ten
all-time leaders in NL games started.
- Pitchers with
240 or More Career Losses
- Winningest South paws
- Weekly theme,
pitchers with over 5,000 innings in their careers.
- Pitchers with
over 300 wins
- 300 game
winners in the post war era
- Pitchers with
more than 100 wins after age 35
- Hall of Famers
who pitched for the Braves
- 300 game
winners who never won a Cy Young award
- Opposing pitchers with the most
lifetime wins at Wrigley Field
Wednesday
- 300 game winners who gave up 350 or more home
runs
- 300 game winners who gave up 300 or more home
runs
- Players who played
into their 40s
- 300 game
winners
Friday
- 3,000 K Club
Sunday
- Oldest players
to win 20 games in a season
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