MONDAY
Q. What
speed merchant is the all-time leader in runs scored in a season and career
runs scored per game played?
Hint: He
is the first Hall of Famer born in New Jersey.
Hint: He
has a namesake in the majors this year with some similar skills.
Twint: He
was the first Philadelphia Phillies player to win the National League batting
title.
Twint: He
ranks fourth in on-base percentage in major league history.
A. BILLY
HAMILTON (198 R in1894; B. Newark, NJ; Modern
Billy Hamilton; Batting title .340 in 1891; Career OBP .455 [trailing
on Williams, Ruth
& McGraw)
FCR - Nick
Batselos, Rockville, MD
Incorrect answers: Rickey Henderson, Tim Raines
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first native of Puerto Rico to be selected to the American League
All-Star team?
Hint: He
twice Gold Glove Awards at first base playing for two different teams each
season.
Hint: He
won five additional Gold Gloves.
Twint: He
was the last active player in the majors to have played for the Philadelphia
A’s.
A. VIC
POWER (AS 1955;
GG 1958 [KCA & CLE], 1964 [MIN & LAA]; GGs Also in 1959-63; 1954 A’s,
ret. 1965, a few weeks after Nellie Fox
did)
FCR - Larry
Creeden, Boulder City, NV
Incorrect answers: Carlos Delgado, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto
Alomar
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which
player holds the record for most hits in the month of April?
Hint: He
leads in every conceivable offensive career category for players born in his
native state.
Twint: He
was a punter for the 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers national championship football
team.
A. DARIN
ERSTAD (48 H Apr 2000; B. ND; Kicking
for Neb.)
FCR - Brad
Fox, Erie, PA
Incorrect answers: Vern Stephens, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Pete
Rose, Ichiro Suzuki, Derek Jeter, Jose Altuve
THURSDAY
Q. Whom
did the Tigers acquire in exchange for Prince Fielder?
Hint: This
is second time he has been a Tiger.
Hint: He
has twice been a member of the 30/30 club.
Twint: Led
his high school team to two state championships in baseball.
A. IAN
KINSLER (Trade for Fielder 20-Nov-2013; Attended University of Missouri; 31 HR/31 SB
in 2009 & 32/30 in 2011; Attended Canyon del Oro
HS in Tucson)
FCR - Alex
Griffel, Great Neck, NY
Incorrect answers: Howard Johnson
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first player in major league history to steal 25 bases and hit thirty
home runs in his rookie season?
Hint: That
only garnered him fourth place in Rookie of the Year voting.
Hint: Although
a regular starter, he has only once hit above .250 in his nine-year career in
the Bigs.
Twint: He
is active in community affairs and an active user of Twitter.
A. CHRIS
YOUNG (2007: 32 HR, 27 SB; 4th
place ROY
voting; Twitter account)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: George Case, Jose
Canseco, Brandon Phillips, Dan Uggla
IN MEMORIAM
Q. What
pitcher's widely-read autobiographical account of a year of his career, The Long Season, was written entirely by
him?
Hint: It
is still considered a pioneering effort contributing to the success of
subsequent books such as Ball Four and The Bullpen Gospels.
Hint: Jimmy
Cannon, a respected sportswriter, called it "the greatest
baseball book ever written."
Hint: The
Saturday
Evening Post declared him, "... quite possibly the most
intellectual creature ever to put on major-league uniform."
Hint: He
played for an American Legion team with teammates Don
Zimmer and Jim Frey
that made it to the national finals.
Hint: His
contribution during that championship run included two shutouts in the regional
and sectional finals, one a two-hitter and the other a three-hitter.
Hint: In
his nine-year career in the majors, he was a journeyman starter then finished
as a reliable closer.
Hint: "I
don't mind catching your fastball at all. Naturally, I'd want to have a glove on in case
you might be having an especially good day." -Batterymate Gene
Green, joking with him about his lack of velocity.
Twint: He
was teammates with Hall of Famers Ernie
Banks, Ralph
Kiner, Monte
Irvin, Stan Musial,
Frank
Robinson and Nellie Fox.
Twint: His
last manager was Hall of Famer Al
Lopez.
A. JIM BROSNAN
(SABR Bio; NY
Times Obit; The Long Season; Cincinnati’s Bentley Post American Legion team
made the national finals in 1946)
FCR - Dave
Johnson, Swarthmore, PA
Incorrect answers: Jim Bouton, Stu Miller
WEEKEND FINALE
Q. Who
passed Tim Wallach for the Cal State Fullerton school record for runs scored in
a season?
Hint: This
twelve-year major league veteran has thrice been plunked by a pitch three times
in a game.
Hint: He
once drove in the walk-off, 11th-inning game-winning run by being
hit by a pitch.
Hint: He
once went over the wall to catch a Prince Fielder drive that, if not caught,
would have resulted in a game-tying grand slam.
Twint: He
was an Academic All-American in college.
Twint: His
soul-patch facial hair, while not unique in baseball, has been his trademark
for many years.
A. REED
JOHNSON (101 R in 1999 for Cal
State Fullerton; 3HBP 29-Apr-2006,
07-Apr-2006
and 16-Apr-2005;
Walk-off HBP 12-Jun-2008
vs. ATL; Robbed Fielder 12-Apr-2009
with Cubs leading 6-2; Soul-patch)
FCR - Alex
Poterack, Providence, RI
Incorrect answers: Aaron Rowand, Mark Kotsay, Phil Nevin, Torii
Hunter
WEEKLY THEME – Batters who have hit a
lead-off home run and a walk-off home run in the same game. Thanks to David Vincent for verification of
this information.
Player Date Innings
Hamilton 17-May-1893 1st
& 10th
Power 07-May-1957* 1st & 10th
Erstad 25-Jun-2000 1st & 11th
Johnson 15-Jun-2003 1st & 10th
Kinsler 19-Jul-2009 1st & 12th
Young 07-Aug-2010 1st & 9th
*His
first 2 HRs of the season
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Paul
Sekula, Arlington, VA (after Power)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players with 4 stolen bases in their first ML
game
- Former U.S.
Secretaries of the Treasury
- Former and
current players with the same name
- Players with
Dead-Ball Era Run Scoring Records
- Players with
more than 2000 hits and 500 Stolen Bases.
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