MONDAY
Q. Who
was the last pitcher to start both ends of a double-header?
Hint: He
lost both games, but only pitched part of the first frame in the opener.
Hint: He
had five consecutive seasons with 40 games started. No one else has had even one such since 1987.
Hint: He
is also the last pitcher to amass more than 375 innings of service in a season
in the majors.
Twint: He
is arguably the greatest leftie to master the knuckleball, having learned his
trade from Hoyt Wilhelm.
A. WILBUR
WOOD (20-Jul-1973 [1]
& [2],
lost both to NYY; 5 seasons 40 GS 1971-75, Charlie Hough
40 GS 1987; 376.2 IP 1972)
FCR - Mark
Bricker, Cincinnati, OH
Incorrect answers: Don Newcombe, Phil Niekro, Robin Roberts, Jim
Kaat, Lew Burdette, Hal Newhouser, Tom Seaver, Iron Man McGinnity, Nolan
Ryan, Fergie Jenkins, Mickey Lolich, Warren Spahn
TUESDAY
Q. Who
won the final game of the 2006 World Series against the team with which he
debuted?
Hint: Earlier
that same series-winning year, he was designated for assignment by the Angels
in order to make room for his brother.
Hint: He
twice led the American League in shutouts – once with the Tigers and later with
the Mariners.
Twint: He
gave up a 12th inning walk-off home run to Alex Gonzalez in the 2003
World Series allowing the Marlins to even the series at 2-2.
Twint: The
Marlins would go on to win the next two games and win the series.
A. JEFF
WEAVER (Game 5 2006 WS vs DET; Jered Weaver
debuted 2006 LAA; 3SHO 2002 and 2
in 2007; 2003 WS)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Jered Weaver, J.C. Romero
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was named American League Comeback Player of the Year when the Yankees lost the
World Series to the Big Red Machine?
Hint: He
also led the Pirates in wins and win-loss percentage the year Roberto Clemente
got his second ring.
Twint: That
same season he won thirteen consecutive games as a starter, tying the 61-year-old
franchise record set by Deacon Phillippe.
A. DOCK ELLIS
(Sporting
News COPY 1976; 19-9 W/L% .679 in 1971; 13 consec. W 1910 Phillippe
and 1971 Ellis)
FCR - Mark
DeLodovico, Rockville, MD
Incorrect answers: Steve Blass, Virgil Trucks, Jim Bibby, Doc
Medich, Bert Blyleven, Chris Chambliss, John Candelaria, Paul O'Neill
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Which
Yankee pitcher gave up the Game 7 grand slam homer to Johnny Damon that
cemented the 2004 Red Sox ALCS comeback from a 0-3 deficit?
Hint: Ironically,
his Game 3 win in that series would be the only post-season win of his career.
Hint: He
was then promptly traded to Arizona in the deal that brought Randy Johnson to
the Yankees.
Hint: When
he achieved his 2,500th career strike out, he was the active leader
in career strike outs.
Twint: He
was the "Silent Assassin".
A. JAVIER
VAZQUEZ (G 7 ALCS
2004; 1-1 post-season record; Trade of 11-Jan-2005 for Johnson
included Brad
Halsey & Dionner
Navarro and $8.5 million; Career 2,536 Ks finishing with 162 his final
season with FLA)
FCR - David Ramsden, Barcelona, SPAIN
Incorrect answers: Kevin Brown, Carl Pavano, Esteban Loiza
THURSDAY
Q. Which
former Cincinnati Reds first-round draft pick played Dutch Leonard in the movie
"42"?
Hint: Much
of the action footage was filmed in Engle Stadium, Chattanooga, Tennessee - the
stadium where he first broke into the majors.
Hint: He
also pitched in Japan and in 2007 became the first pitcher to throw only one
pitch in a game and get a double play in both the majors and in Nippon Pro
Baseball.
Hint: Though
he had ten seasons in the majors, he is perhaps best known for his career in
the media as a writer, radio host and color analyst including hosting "Eye
on Baseball" in 2013 for CBS Sports Radio.
Twint: At
the end of his playing career, he was a LOOGY.
A. C.J.
Nitkowski (Cast
and crew "42"; 1994
Chattanooga Lookouts; DP
reference; Media career
highlights; LOOGY
– Left-Handed One Out GuY)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Dirk Hayhurst
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the last National League pitcher to log 440 innings in a season?
Hint: He
led the league with 27 losses one season, but the next year won 31.
Hint: Because
of his success and well-dressed appearance, he was given the moniker "Duke
of Pittsburgh".
Twint: Like
his twin brother "Blue", he was referred to as a color reportedly
because his mother gave the boys different colored ribbons in order to
distinguish the two look-alikes.
Twint: He
still holds the National League career record for hit batters with 195.
Twint: He
once lost a game 1-0 to future Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity despite
striking out 21 opponents and not allowing a hit.
A. PINK
HAWLEY (440.1 innings pitched STATS
1894 19-27 STL, 1895 31-22 PIT; Born
5-Dec-1872; Though
stories differ as to who placed the ribbons, he wore a "Pink"
ribbon to differentiate him from his twin brother who had the blue one; Semi-pro
game 1891 or 1891 with Fort Smith, AR losing to Joe McGinnity then with the
Krebs, Indian Territory, reported in the "Utica Globe")
FCR - Richard
Letarte, Lunenberg, MA
Incorrect answers: Vic Willis, Joe McGinnity, Elroy Face, Steve
Carlton, Jack Chesbro, Mickey Welch
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the only knuckleballer to lead the majors in complete games in a season
since Charlie Hough did it in 1984?
Hint: His
nickname "Phone Book" was earned when he dislocated his shoulder
trying to rip a telephone directory in half.
Hint: In
another incident, he incurred elbow ligament damage when he stopped his motion
mid-throw trying to gun down a runner.
Twint: In
spite of making appearances in 51 games in 2003, his record
between the A's and Tigers in 2003 was only 0-6 with two saves.
A. STEVE
SPARKS (8 CG in 2001; Thwarted by the Phoenix Yellow Pages in 1994
spring training)
FCR - Josh
Murphy, Cedar Rapids, IA
Incorrect answers: Tom
Candiotti, Tim Wakefield, R.A. Dickey, Phil Niekro
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
threw the first no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns?
Hint: He
won the game 5-1 with the only run scored against his team coming from a Hall
of Famer who walked and advance on an error.
Hint: In
1918, he went 6-0 with 6 complete games and one shutout for the Pirates before
enlisting in the Navy.
Twint: He
once accepted $5,000 to jump to Kansas City of the Federal League. Ban Johnson told the Brown’s President Robert
Hedges that the American League would spend every dollar in the league treasury
to stop him.
Twint: Eventually,
he stuck with the Browns after Hedges met with the player's father who "…was
much distressed that his boy should show such scant regard for his signed
contract…".
A. EARL HAMILTON
(No-no 30-Aug-1912, Ty Cobb scored the sole run; Kansas City Federal League
purchase of Hamilton "The
Nerviest Proposition I Ever Saw" saga)
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: Ernie Koob
SUNDAY
Q. Who
hurled the Chicago National League franchise’s last no hitter before they
became the Cubs?
Hint: In
his brief four seasons in the majors, he was teammates with Hall of Famers
Frank Chance, Cap Anson and Clark Griffith.
Hint: His
playing days in the Bigs ended in a cloud of mystery, with several versions
extant.
Twint:
He later assembled a semi-pro team that won its first 27 games, playing (and
shutting out) professional teams.
. WALTER
THORNTON (No-no: 21-Aug-1898 Chicago Orphans
2-1 over Brooklyn
Bridegrooms [The Chicago NL team first played as the Cubs in 1904.]; Some
reports say that Thornton’s beaning the previous season caused him to lose his
ability to think clearly. [Read Thornton’s SABR bio by Will
Anderson]; Thornton’s team from Everett, WAS enjoyed beating the pros from
Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane.)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Three-Finger Brown
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers with three
consecutive hit batsmen.
Pitcher Date Inning Offended parties
Ellis 01-May-1974 1st * Pete
Rose, Joe
Morgan, Dan
Driessen
Hawley 07-Apr-1894 1st ~
09-May-1896 7th ** ~
Hamilton 10-Sep-1912 6th New York
Hilltoppers (Yankees)
Thornton 18-May-1898 4th Chicago Orphans
(Cubs)
*First three batters of the game
**Hit two additional batters during
game
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY (after Weaver)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday
- Pittsburgh Pirate draftees
- Lefty knuckleballers
- Knuckleballers
with repeating initials
- Players with
consecutive 10 WAR seasons
- Players with
10 WAR seasons not to win MVP
Tuesday - Notable
pitchers with last names beginning with "W"
Wednesday
- Pitchers who won 2
of the 3 Triple crown pitching categories but didn't win the Cy Young award
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