MONDAY
Q. Who
was in second place on the all-time career home run list during the Kennedy
administration?
Hint: He
was the first player to be voted league MVP in consecutive years.
Hint He surpassed 100 RBI for thirteen
consecutive seasons, averaging 134 during that span.
Hint: He was on the World-Series-winning team in
the first two years of that streak.
Twint: His
dimples are as prominent as his muscles.
A. Jimmie Foxx (534 HR behind Ruth’s 714;
MVP 1932-33; WS 1929-30; Dimples)
FCR - Abbey
Garber, Dallas, TX
Incorrect answers: Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks,
Hank Greenberg, Roger Maris, Babe Ruth, Frank Howard, Willie Mays, Frank
Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Mel Ott, Lou Gehrig
TUESDAY
Q. Who
is the only St. Louis Browns player to win the MVP award?
Hint: He
is the last player to hit for the cycle in the same season he hit over .400.
Hint: He
missed an entire season because a sinus infection that affected his eyesight.
Twint: He
had two sons who played in the majors.
A. George Sisler (MVP
1922; Missed the 1923 season; .407 in 1920, cycle 08-Aug-1920;
Sons Dick
and Dave)
FCR - Eric
Johnston, Ellicott City, MD
Incorrect answers: Dick Sisler, Tris Speaker, Roy Sievers, Jim
Bottomley, Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, Harry Heilman, Dizzy Dean, Joe
Medwick, Ken Williams, Bob Dillinger
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
used Bob Feller's bat to steady himself?
Hint: Legend
says he used to broadcast that he was throwing a curve because he would stick
out his tongue.
Twint: He
is listed at 6'2" and 215#.
A. Babe Ruth (Bat/cane
[Eddie
Robinson claims that the bat was his, not Feller’s.]; Ht/wt)
FCR - Jerry
Miller, Thousand Oaks, CA
Incorrect answers: Herb Score, Bob Lemon, Satchel Paige, Cy Young, Bill Veeck, Early Wynn, Herb
Score, Allie Reynolds
THURSDAY
Q. Whose
inside-the-park, walk-off home run was the first home run in the history of the
Giants’ franchise?
Hint: He
was the first pitcher with twenty victories in a season for the Providence
Grays.
Twint: He
was Amos
Rusie's attorney in Rusie's suit against Andrew
Freedman in 1896.
A. Monte Ward (HR 02-May-1883 off Jim Whitney
of the Beaneaters
1st for the NY Gothams;
22-13 for PRO
in 1878; Freedman, Giants
owner at the time.)
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect answers: Angel Pagan, Rube Foster, Pud Galvin, Juan
Marichal, Christy Mathewson
THURTHDAY TWIGHTH
Q. Who
was the first player to compile a thirty game hitting streak for the AL Senators?
Hint: He
had the most at-bats in the majors during the decade of 1921-30.
Twint: He
was given the name we know him by, when team owner Clark Griffith could not
remember the player's name.
Twint: He
is the only major league ever born in Morocco.
A. Sam Rice (H streak [31] from 23-Aug-1924
to 24-Sep-1924;
6,184 H 1920-29; Given name: Edgar
Charles Rice; B. 20-Feb-1890 in Morocco,
IN)
FCR - Jim
Casey, Savannah, GA
Incorrect answers: Roy Sievers, Goose Goslin, Joe Judge, Nap
Lajoie, Joe Cronin, Heinie Manush, Eddie Brinkman, Mickey Vernon, Roger
Peckinpaugh, Clyde Milan
THURTHDAY THRIGHTH
Q. Who
became an umpire in 1915, but returned to playing by the end of the season?
Hint: He
hurled three shutouts pitching for the Cleveland Spiders.
Hint: He
still holds the worst career managerial winning percentage among managers with
at least 200 MLB games managed.
Twint: He
was the first American League shortstop inducted into the Hall of Fame.
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Cy Young, George Davis, Hank O'Day, Smokey
Joe Wood
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to collect 2,000 hits in a ten-year span?
Hint: His
ability to bunt-foul potential third strikes prompted the rule change to call a
bunted third strike a strikeout.
Twint: He
was the first native of West Virginia to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
A. Jesse Burkett (2,058 H 1892-1901; B.
04-Dec-1868 Wheeling, WV [Had only been a state for 5 years when he was born.] HOF 1946)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Willie Keeler, Dickie Pierce, Ty Cobb, Cap
Anson, Willie Keeler, Joe Sewell, King Kelly, John McGraw, Ross Barnes,
Eddie Collins, Rogers Hornsby, Ichiro Suzuki, Pete Rose, Nap Lajoie, Billy
Hamilton
SATURDAY
Q. Which
outfielder was accused of leading a revolt against Cap Anson in the late 1890s?
Hint: He
has more lifetime major league runs scored than any other eligible player
not in the Hall of Fame (excepting players on the ballot this year).
Hint: He
hit for the cycle twice, once in a game where he was pitching.
Twint: He
received the first known intentional bases-on-balls.
A. Jimmy Ryan (1,643 R; Cycles in 1888 and
1891; Walked by Jouett
Meekin in 1896)
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: George Van Haltren, Mike Tiernan, Hoss
Radbourne, Ed Delahanty, John McGraw, Tom Brown
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. What
Orioles manager once led the National League with 21 triples in a year?
Hint: As
did Frank
Robinson, Rickey
Henderson, Vada Pinson
and Curt
Flood, he was born in the Central Time Zone, but grew up in Oakland,
California.
Hint: According
to Bill James, he had the majors' best outfield throwing arm for an entire
decade.
Twint: His
major league debut was as a pitcher. He
issued sixteen bases-on-balls, probably a record.
Twint: Twelve
times in his career he hit over .300 yet never received a single MVP vote.
A. George Van Haltren (254 OF Assists
1890-99; B. 30-Mar-1866 St. Louis, MO; Debut 27-Jun-1887; Career ended in 1903,
8 years before MVP awards were instituted.)
FCR - Ken
Auerbach, Bronxville, NY
Incorrect answers: John
McGraw, Hank Bauer, Wilbert Robinson, Ned Hanlon, Bobby Wallace, Willie Keeler,
Paul Blair, Hugh Duffy, Lee Mazzilli, Johnny Oates
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the second player, Honus
Wagner being the first, to steal home twice in a single game?
Hint: In
his only year in the Federal League he led his third-place team in hits,
doubles, triples, home runs and runs batted in.
Hint: Hall
of Fame first baseman Frank Chance
predicted that one day this guy would be the “greatest first baseman in the
business”.
Twint: John
McGraw agreed, once declaring that he “…was worth the entire [St. Louis]
team."
A. Ed Konetchy (182 3B; 30-Sep-1907 steals; Led the 1915 Pittsburgh Rebels w/181 H, 31 2b, 18 3b, 93 RBI and 10
HR; SABR BIO quotes)
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect answers: Hal Chase, George Sisler, Joe Tinker, Sam
Crawford, Benny Kauff
WEEKLY THEME – Players with 2,000 hits
and one pitching win (or more).
Player Hits Wins
Burkett 2,850 3
Foxx 2,646 1
Konetchy 2,150 1
Rice 2,987 1
Ruth 2,873 94
Ryan 2,502 6
Sisler 2,812 5
Van
Haltren 2,532 40
Wallace 2,309 24
Ward 2,104 164
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday
- Hall of Famers that
played for Cornelius McGillicuddy at one time
- HOFers who started their careers at other positions
than they were primarily known for
Wednesday
- HOFers that ended their
careers with the Boston Braves
- HOFers with
ties to Branch Rickey
Thursday
- Hall of Famers
with four-letter last names
- Hall of Fame, started
with no number, then took #3
- Former pitchers that won
batting titles
- Hall of fame
hitters who also had at least one game as a starting pitcher
Sunday - HOF'ers
that played in Cleveland but were not inducted as Nap's, Spiders, etc...
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