MONDAY
Q. Who
went 0-7 in the longest postseason game ever?
Hint: He
was the first player with 55 doubles in a season since the beginning of the
expansion era.
Twint: He's
famous for making the All-Star Game at different positions.
A. CRAIG
BIGGIO (In fairness—he did walk and score a run: G 4, NLDS
2005; 56 2b 1999; AS @ C 1991, @ 2b 1992, 1994-98)
FCR - Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY
Incorrect answers include: Robin Yount, Albert Belle, Pete Rose, Lance
Berkman, Matt Carpenter, Mike Schmidt, Wade Boggs, Jeff Bagwell, Paul
Molitor
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to post 30-30 seasons with two different teams?
Hint: In
fact, he did it five times, playing for five different franchises.
Twint: His
sons also did it for two different teams.
A. BOBBY
BONDS (30-30 in 1969 & 1973 for SFG, 1975 for NYY, 1977 for
CAL, 1978
for CWS
& TEX
[He also came within 5 HR for doing it again for CLE in
1979.]; Son Barry
did it for PIT in 1990 & 1992 and then for SFG in 1995 & 1996)
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, NY
Incorrect answers
include: Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds,
Dwight Evans, Paul Molitor
TUESDAY LATE
Q. Which
player ended the season with a 36-game hitting streak intact and extended it
the following Opening Day?
Hint: The
year after that, he was voted MVP.
Hint: According
to his general manager, he's a five-ten guy, though the program lists him
shorter than that.
Twint: He
was a Jet,
as were Willie
Stargell, Dontrelle
Willis and Tommy
Harper.
A. JIMMY
ROLLINS (Streak 2005-06; MVP
2007; Players with five years with the same major league team and ten years
in the majors are exempt from trades without their consent, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr.
interviewed today; Encinal
High School, Alameda, CA)
FCR - Thomas Latchford,
Omaha, NE
Incorrect answers: Dustin Pedroia, Paul Molitor, Benito Santiago
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only rookie to lead the majors in All-Star voting?
Hint: After
an outfield throw of his nailed a runner at third, his teammate mused, "When
he made that throw my arm twitched. I've
got to go ice it now, just thinking about that throw."
Hint: His
teammates report that his English is much better, but he’ll still only speak to
the media through interpreters.
Twint: He
broke Wade Boggs' American League mark for singles in a season by a rookie.
A. ICHIRO
SUZUKI (3,373,035 votes to be a starter [CF] in the 2001
ASG; Quote from Jay Buhner after Ichiro threw out Terrence
Long on 11-Apr-2001
[Ichiro’s 8th G in MLB] YouTube of throw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYAxk01E404;
192 1b in 2001. Boggs
had 98 in 1982)
FCR - Howard
Mazin, Teaneck, NJ
Incorrect answers: Yasiel Puig, Roberto Clemente, Raul Mondesi,
Jose Canseco, Carlos Beltran, Tony Oliva, Mark McGwire
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Whose
hitting streak was so popular that it spawned a nickname?
Hint: He
had 666 at-bats one season.
Hint: He
was scouted by former major leaguer Dee
Fondy.
Twint: Only
he and Albert Pujols have had five hits in a World Series game.
A. PAUL MOLITOR
("Molly-Watch" 39-G streak in 1987; 666 AB 1982; 5 H in WS G: 1982 G 1
FCR - Paul
Hirsch, Dan Diego, CA
Incorrect answers: Ken Landreaux, Pete Rose, Dave Cash, Joe
DiMaggio
THURSDAY
Q. What
Milwaukee Brewer hit three grand slams in one calendar month during the final
season of a seventeen-year major league career?
Hint: His
career stolen base percentage is the highest in the history of the Toronto Blue
Jays.
Hint: He
was the only member of the Arizona Diamondbacks with at least eighty RBI one
season.
Hint: Only
four players from his country have ever played in the majors.
Twint: He
once stayed in the clubhouse finishing a phone call when the game started,
forcing his team to begin the game without a centerfielder.
A. DEVON
WHITE (GS 10-, 15-
& 20-May-2001;
SB % 84.56; 85 RBI in 1998; Jamaica natives
in MLB; Phone game 25-Jun-1988)
FCR - John
Michael Pierobon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Incorrect answers: Luis Gonzalez, Paul Molitor, Mike Cameron,
Gorman Thomas, Cecil Copper, Lyle Overbay, Ben Ogilvie
THOROUGHLY THURSDAY
Q. Who
is the only Chicago White Sox player to score over 120 runs in a season more
than once?
Hint: He
scored the record-breaking 21st run in an All-Star game.
Hint: His
first career hit was a bunt on Opening Day.
It was his team’s first hit of the season.
Twint: Following
a season of OPS+ of 113 in 128 games, he had no offers of employment and
retired after fourteen seasons in the Bigs.
A. RAY
DURHAM (126 R in1998, 121 R in 2000; 1998
ASG; Debut 26-Apr-1995;
Final year: 2008)
FCR - Timothy
Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Nellie Fox, Lance Johnson, Ozzie Guillen,
Minnie Minoso, Tim Raines, Robin Ventura, Scott Podsednik, Luis Aparicio,
Frank Thomas
TGIF SPECIAL
Q. What
Christmas gift did Chicago give Oakland?
Hint: (We’ll
publish how many people got this right without a further hint.)
Twint: Sorry. You’re on your own with this one.
A. RICKEY
HENDERSON (B. Chicago, IL 25-Dec-1958, grew up in Oakland, CA)
FCR - Frank
Workman, Lake Forest Park, WA
Correct answers: 35
Incorrect answers: Frank Thomas, Gio Gonzales in return for Nick
Swisher, Bill Veeck, Dennis Eckersley, Ken Holtzman, Dave Kingman , Charlie Finley, Tony LaRussa,
Billy Williams
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the all-time leader in www.baseball-reference.com‘s
Power/Speed ranking for the Milwaukee/St. Louis/Baltimore AL franchise?
Hint: Ken
Williams and George Sisler rank a distant 2nd and 3rd.
Hint: He
is also first in hit-by-pitch and outfield games played.
Hint: Not
to mention second in career strikeouts and stolen bases.
Twint: He
was the first American League player to be hit-by-pitch twice in one inning.
A. BRADY
ANDERSON (2 HBP 1st inning 23-May-1999)
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: Frank Robinson, Paul Blair, Eddie Murray, Don
Baylor, John McGraw
DAWN-OF-THE-WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
was the first player to receive a $10,000,000 arbitration settlement?
Hint: He
lost the arbitration!
Hint: He’ll
make almost twice that this year.
Hint: Being
a former All-Star Game MVP didn’t hurt his case.
Twint: His
first major league hit was a walk-off home run against a veteran All-Star
reliever.
A. ALFONSO
SORIANO (Arbitration
2006 w/WSN;
2014 salary $13+M; ASG
MVP 2004; 1st H 24-Sep-1999
off Norm
Charlton)
FCR - John
Reimer, Wauwatosa, WI
Incorrect answers: Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, Carl Crawford
SATURDAY
Q. Who
could be accurately described as "Long horn, short arm"?
Hint: He
beat out a future MVP, a future ERA leader, a future four-home-runs-in-one-game
batter and a Cleveland Indians Team Hall of Fame member for Rookie of the Year
honors.
Twint: He
was the first designate hitter to bat leadoff for an American League team in
the World Series.
Twint: Brian
Kingman once pondered aloud, "If Rick Ankiel and ____ played catch, would
it make a sound?"
A. CHUCK
KNOBLAUCH (Attended Texas A & M
and NOT the University of Texas, but still
often short-armed his throws from 2b to 1b; ROY in
1991, ahead of Ivan
Rodriguez, Juan
Guzman, Mark
Whiten & Charles
Nagy; WS DH leadoff game: 21-Oct-2000)
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Greg Luzinski, Roger Clemens, Kevin Mitchell,
David Clyde, Don Baylor, Spike Owen, Herb Score, Joe Charboneau, Tony Kubek, Al
Rosen
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Until
Hanley Ramirez won it in 2006, only one shortstop had ever won the National
League Rookie of the Year Award. Who was
that?
Hint: In
his third season, he showed off his foot speed with three triples in one game.
Hint: Tommy
John surgery effectively ended his career
Twint: He
is one of only fifteen players in major league history with an unassisted
triple play.
A. RAFAEL FURCAL
(ROY
2000 [Alvin
Dark won while playing SS for the Braves, but
he won it for MLB, not the NL,]; 3 3b 21-Apr-2002;
Surgery;
UTP 10-Aug-2003)
FCR - Dave
Washburn, Marietta, GA
Incorrect answers: Alvin Dark, Gary Templeton, Dick Groat,
Mickey Mantle, Bill Russell, Sonny Jackson
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to hit for the cycle for the A's after they left
Philadelphia?
Hint: He
played professional baseball well into his fifties.
Twint: When
a major star was acquired by his team, that star requested to wear this guy’s
uniform number.
Twint: In
response, he stated that he was going to switch to a number that nobody would
ever ask for again.
Twint: He
wore # 73 that season, even after being traded.
A. TONY PHILLIPS
(Cycle 16-May-1986;
Last played in 2012
@ age 53; Albert Belle
got #8 on the White
Sox [Even Belle
knew he wasn’t going to get that number
with his last
team.] Phillips traded from CHW to ANA
18-May-1997)
FCR - Josh
Sullivan, Tomball, TX
Incorrect answers: Enos Slaughter, Julio Franco, Elmer Valo,
Rickey Henderson, Minnie Minoso, Vic Power, Bert Campaneris, Reggie Jackson,
Freddie Patek
WEEKLY THEME – Players with 30 career
leadoff home runs. [Another record
Henderson holds that will never be threatened.]
Player HR Gs led off
1. Henderson 81 2,875
2. Soriano 54 768
3. Biggio 53 1,560
4. Rollins 45 1,418
5. Anderson 44 1,294
6. Suzuki 37 1,764
7. Bonds 35 913
8. Durham 34 975
8. White 34 960
10. Molitor 33 1,570
11. Knoblauch 31 1,289
12. Phillips 30 1,381
12. Furcal 30 1,381
Derek Jeter would be next to join this
group with 29, but he has led off in only one game this season and did not
homer.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY (After Rollins)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players between 3000 and 3100 hits
- Players with 7
or more seasons of 40+ doubles, or players with 2 or more seasons of 50+
doubles
Tuesday - Post-expansion
players with most runs scored in a season
- Players on the
2014 HoF Ballot suspected of using PEDs
- Players with
200 home runs and 400 stolen bases
- Players who
did 30-30 more than twice
- MVPs not to be
an all-star during his MVP season
- MVPs not to be
an all-star during the following season when reigning MVP
Wednesday
- Players with
at least 35 stolen bases but less than 5 times caught stealing in one season
Thursday - Players
with 30+ game hitting streaks
Horsehide Trivia blog has the
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