MONDAY
Q. Who
was the National League Most Valuable Player Award after losing all of the
previous season to military service (and most of the one prior to that)?
Hint: He
holds the single season National League record for home runs hit during the 1950s.
Hint: Despite
this (and partly due to military service), his home run total is seventh
highest in that decade.
Twint: He
is named for Miller Huggins' law school professor.
A. WILLIE
MAYS (1954
MVP vote; 51 HR in 1955; 250 HRs 1950-59 though he only played 7 full seasons
in that span. Trails Snider
326, Hodges
310, Mathews
299, Mantle
280, Musial 266
& Berra
256; William Howard Taft)
FCR - Michael
Remillard, Harrisburg, PA
Incorrect answers: Ralph Kiner, Stan Musial, Roy Campanella,
Jimmie Foxx
TUESDAY
Q. Who
captured a season RBI title in the 1930s with the fewest for any AL leader that
decade?
Hint: He
did it in his rookie season.
Hint: A
decade later, he won the RBI title with the most for an AL leader that decade.
Hint: Only
one American League player and one National League player have eclipsed that
season total in the 65 seasons since.
Twint: After
his rookie year, he was an All-Star every year he appeared in more than six
games.
A. TED
WILLIAMS (145 RBIs 1939, 159 RBI 1949 tied with teammate Vern
Stephens; Manny
Ramirez AL165 RBI in1999 then Sammy Sosa NL160 RBI in 2001; Williams
missed 1943-45 for WWII, had only 6 G in 1952 when he went to Korea. He
did make the AS team in 1953 despite playing in only 37 G.)
FCR - Rock
Zucker, St. Louis, MO
Incorrect answers: Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Al
Simmons, Chuck Klein, Lou Gehrig
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only National League player to win the MVP award at two different
positions? (Considering the outfield as one position.)
Hint: At
the advanced age of 37 he led the majors with 26 intentional bases on balls.
Hint: His
home run total that year was an unthreatening seventeen.
Twint: He
and Ken Griffey attended the same Pennsylvania high school which has been merged
out of existence.
A. STAN MUSIAL
(NL MVP 1943,
'48/OF,
1946/1B;
IBB; Donora
HS now Ringgold
HS)
FCR - Chuck
Durante, Dover, DE
Incorrect answers: Ernie Banks, Craig Biggio, Robin Yount, Pete
Rose, Barry Bonds, Dale Murphy, Willie Stargell, Mike Schmidt
THURSDAY
Q. Who
is the career leader for his 114-year-old franchise in home runs, RBI, hits, singles,
bases on balls, runs created, times on base and even strikeouts but never once
led in those categories in a single season?
Hint: He's
not even in the top ten seasons in any of them (for that franchise).
Hint: He
wasn't just hit by wild pitches in his career, he wrote a children's book with
that title.
Twint: He
led the American League in doubles just before Don Mattingly's three
consecutive doubles titles.
Twint: My
neighbor has a license plate with his likeness on it. (…not a license plate cover—a state-issued license plate!)
A. CAL
RIPKEN (Milwaukee/St.
Louis/Baltimore franchise; 47 2b 1983, Mattingly led 84-86; Wild
Pitch: His books are written to help
children deal with anger management, bullying and self confidence. MD tags w/#8)
FCR - Mark
DeLodovico, Rockville, MD
Incorrect answers: Al Kaline, Jim Thome, Brooks Robinson, Albert
Pujols, Todd Helton, Paul Konerko, Ernie Banks, Norm Cash, Craig Biggio,
Deacon McGuire, Ty Cobb, Luis Aparicio
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to collect his 3000th hit playing for the
Twins?
Hint: Exactly
three years later to the day, Paul Molitor would also get his 3000th
hit wearing a Twins uniform.
Hint: In
a rather amazing coincidence, he drove in Hall of Fame player Kirby Puckett
with a single for that milestone which he hit off Hall of Fame closer Dennis
Eckersley.
Twint: He
wrote a book about baseball that was endorsed on the cover by – oddly enough –
George Steinbrenner.
A. DAVE
WINFIELD (3,000
hit club 16-Sep-1993, Molitor in 1996; 3,000th H
video on 16‑Sep-1993,
He and Puckett were both inducted into the HOF 2001; Dropping
the Ball, 2007)
FCR - Jason
Cloutier, Harford, CT
Incorrect answers: Rod Carew, Paul Molitor, Tony Oliva, Robin
Yount, Harmon Killebrew
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the only American League third baseman to take home the Hickok Belt as the best
professional athlete in the U.S.?
Hint: Despite
playing for the same franchise for over twenty years, he doesn't have the franchise
lead in any career offensive category.
Hint: That
sting is somewhat removed by his representing them for fifteen consecutive
years in the All-Star game.
Twint: He
holds the record for hitting into the most triple plays with four. No one else has even done it more than twice
since the 1920s.
Twint: Sparky
Anderson said he was seeing this player in his sleep, and added "If I
dropped this paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first"
Twint: And
Johnny Bench said "I will become a left-handed hitter to keep the ball
away from that guy."
A. BROOKS ROBINSON (1970
Hickok winner; SABR List
of batters that started a triple play; Sparky's
and other quotes
after losing the 1970 WS
to the O's)
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: George Brett, Clete Boyer, Cal Ripken,
Chipper Jones, Eddie Matthews
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only first baseman to post a 1.000 fielding average in a season? (150 G)
Hint: He
also had seasons of .999 and .998.
Hint: He
is the only player with three consecutive seasons with fewer than 100 runs while
collecting at least 200 hits.
Hint: …and
he did it twice.
Twint: He
moved from third base to first due to a shoulder separation suffered as a
Michigan State defensive back.
Twint: He
was the first player to collect more than twenty career RBI in the NLCS.
Twint: He
was the only player to participate in the game Hank Aaron hit his 715th
HR and the game Pete Rose got his 4,192nd hit.
A. STEVE
GARVEY (1.000 fielding 1984; <100 R, >200 H 1974-76, 78-80; Aaron G 08‑Apr‑1974,
Rose
G 11-Sep-1985)
FCR - Mark
Linneman, Sacramento, CA
Incorrect answers: Keith Hernandez, Rod Carew, Don Mattingly, John Olerud, Mickey
Vernon, Kevin Youkilis, Wes Parker, Hal Chase, Harmon Killebrew, Ferris Fain,
George Sisler, Joe Torre, Roy Sievers
WEEKLY THEME – Players with 20 career Total
Bases in All-Star games.
All-Star Total
bases
Mays 40
Musial 40
Williams 30
Garvey 23
Ripken 22
Robinson 22
Winfield 20
Reference: ASG all-time
batting leaders’ stats.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - 500 HR hitters to miss at
least a season due to military service
- Hall of Famers to miss at least a season due
to military service.
Wednesday
- Multiple MVP winners
Saturday - First Regular from Each Current
Team in the Hall of Fame
- Teenagers
- Guys who never played in the minors
Sunday - All-Star Game MVPs
- Won gold glove in a year that they played in every game of the season
- 100 RBI's in Gold Glove season
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