MONDAY
Q. Who
has won more American League batting titles than any other player?
Hint: He
was only four votes shy of being elected unanimously to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: In
1999, his dentures sold at auction for $7,475.
(I’m guessing the opening bid was $4,189.)
Twint: This
year's SABR convention will open on the 109th anniversary of his
major league debut.
FCR - Ted
Rosenholm, Granby, MA
Incorrect answers: Rod Carew, Ted Williams, Rogers Hornsby
TUESDAY
Q. Who
is the only major leaguer to have a U.S. high school named for him?
Hint: No
two pitchers combined have more career Opening Day shutouts.
Hint: He
once threw an eighteen-inning shutout.
Twint: His
family moved to California when he was 13 where he finished high school.
A. WALTER
JOHNSON (Walter
Johnson High School, However, hardly unique. We discovered today through
the diligent research of our readers that:
-
Roberto Clemente Community Academy opened
in Chicago in 1973,
-
Animo Jackie Robinson Charter
High School opened in Los Angeles in 2006 and
-
that the Borough of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania houses, as you might guess, the Jim
Thorpe Area High School;
7
OD ShO, no one else has more than 3.)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Bob Feller, Pete Alexander, Carl Hubbell,
Warren Spahn, Cal Ripken, Steve Garvey, Carl May, Nolan Ryan, Christie
Mathewson, Vernon Law, Cy Young
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to rank in the Top 5 in Offensive WAR for two different
franchises?
Hint: He
is credited with turning an otherworldly 143 career double plays from center
field?
Hint: It’s
only fitting that he rank high in Gray Ink.
Twint: He
is sixth all-time in career batting average, a position he’s not likely to relinquish
anytime soon.
A. TRIS
SPEAKER (#1 for CLE, #5 for BOS; Gray
Ink; .345)
FCR - PJ
Shelley, Bedford, KY
Incorrect answers: Carlos Beltran, Frank Robinson, Honus Wagner,
Ken Griffey, Jr.
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What
Ivy League graduate made his major league debut under an alias and later
captained the most infamous team in baseball history?
Hint: When
at bat, he kept his gum on his hat button until two strikes, then would remove
it and commence chewing.
Hint: His
son played in the majors with the same team he broke in with.
Twint: In
1914, Connie Mack sold him for the unprecedented sum of $50,000 to the White
Sox.
A. EDDIE
COLLINS (Columbia U., played as Eddie
T. Sullivan, captain of "Black Sox" of
1919; Eddie
Collins, Jr., Philadelphia A’s)
FCR - David
de la Fuente, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Lou Gehrig, Edd Roush, Buck Weaver, Kid
Gleason, George Sisler, Connie Mack. Frankie Frisch, Dick Sisler
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to lead his league in triples more than five times?
Hint: No
one has ever broken his record of 12 inside-the-park home runs in a season.
Hint: Yeah. He was fast.
Twint: He
was the first batter to lead different leagues in home runs.
A. SAM
CRAWFORD (6 3b titles; HR titles: NL 1901, AL 1908 [since accomplished also
by Fred
McGriff])
FCR - Dave
Gilbert, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Joe Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Ty Cobb, Rod
Carew, Jose Reyes, Cool Papa Bell, Willie Wilson, KiKi Cuyler, Cal
Ripken, Sr.
SATURDAY
Q. What
Maryland-born Hall of Famer gets credit for scouting and recruiting another Maryland
native who made to the Hall?
Hint: His
nickname would have been more applicable to guy he scouted.
Hint: He
was the second-highest-paid player on the 1922 Yankees.
Twint: He
became the first Hall of Famer to pinch-hit for another Hall of Famer in the
World Series.
A. FRANK BAKER
(Jimmie Foxx; Foxx 534 HR, Baker 15; $16,000 to Ruth’s $52,000; WS PH for Waite
Hoyt, 1922, G 3 8th
inning, 0 out, ground out to 1b)
FCR - Scott
Lindholm, Davenport, IA
Incorrect answers: Babe Ruth, Bullet Joe Rogan
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first American League shortstop inducted into the Hall of Fame?
Hint: He
once pitched a shutout for the Cleveland Spiders.
Twint: He
still holds the worst career managerial winning pct. among managers with at
least 200 MLB games managed.
A. BOBBY
WALLACE (HOF 1953;
.287, 62-154)
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: Ernie Banks, Honus Wagner, George Davis,
George Wright. Lou Boudreau, Cap Anson, Joe Sewell, Nap Lajoie, Hughie
Jennings, Monte Ward, Luke Appling
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of Fame players
who participated in the Addie Joss benefit
game 24‑Jul‑1911
First Correct Respondent to
Identify Theme – James Richardson,
Belton, TX (after Speaker)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday
- Hall of Fame players
who have their own museum
- Players who
had career stats changed after their careers ended
- Players with
more hits than Jeter
- Players who
have played themselves in a Movie or Movies
Tuesday - First
HOF inductees
- Players who
led their leagues 8+ years in a row
- Hall of Famers
with 90% of the vote
- Winners of the
original MVP award (Chalmers Award)
Wednesday
- Hall of Famers
who retired in 1927
- Players who
were at the first (baseball) Hall-of-Fame Induction
Thursday - Players
who are the all-time leader in win shares at their on-field position
- Players with
the most games in which they both hit a triple and had a stolen base
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