MONDAY
Q. Who
is the winningest black pitcher in major league history?
Hint: He
is also the winningest Canadian pitcher.
Hint: He
hit exactly one home run in his rookie season and hit it off an eventual Hall
of Famer.
Hint: It
was the first home run given up in that pitcher's career.
Twint: He
tossed the first shutout in the history of Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium.
A. FERGIE
JENKINS (Sutton's pitching HR
log; TO
ShO 24-Apr-1977)
FCR - Jon
Lee, Albuquerque, NM
Incorrect answers: Dennis Martinez, Dave Stewart, Ken Hill, Bob
Gibson, Satchel Paige, CC Sabathia
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to win 25 games in a season for the Los Angeles Dodgers?
Hint: He
is also the first Dodger to accumulate his 200th win in Los Angeles.
Hint: He
received MVP votes four seasons of his fourteen-year career, but the only Cy
Young Award votes he received were in the year he won the award.
Twint: He
was on The Donna Reed Show 16-Apr-1964, The
Flying Nun 17-Sep-1969
and The Brady Bunch in 25-Sep-1970,
among other shows, all playing himself.
Twint: …
which makes sense—he grew up next to Hollywood.
A. DON
DRYSDALE (1962 25 W; Career W #200 26-Jun-1968;
MVP votes in 1957,
62,
63
& 65,
CYA 1962)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Fernando Valenzuela, Don Newcombe, Sandy
Koufax, Don Sutton, Bob Welch
WEDNESDAY
Q. Prior
to CC Sabathia who was the last Cleveland Indian to win the Cy Young Award?
Hint: In
the 1970s he had two fewer wins than Jim Palmer who led the decade with most
wins.
Hint: He
did, however, lead the decade with the most complete games.
Twint: He
founded the Limestone College baseball program and was head coach from 1988-91.
A. GAYLORD
PERRY (1972
CYA [Sabathia
2007];
184 W to Palmer's
186; 197 CG; Limestone
College Gaffney, SC)
FCR - Bob
Muse, San Diego, CA
Incorrect answers: Sam McDowell, Luis Tiant, Cliff Lee, Bert
Blyleven, Jim Perry
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only pitcher to start thirty games in a season twenty times?
Hint: He
holds the National League record for most career at-bats without a home run.
Hint: His
first thirteen decisions against the Chicago Cubs were losses.
Twint: He
surrendered the first career home runs of two Hall of Fame pitchers.
A. DON
SUTTON (1,354 NL AB; K'd Nolan
Ryan 12-Apr-1980
& Fergie
Jenkins 23‑Apr‑1966)
FCR - Kevin
Epstein, Austin, TX
Incorrect answers: Cy Young, Phil Niekro, Warren Spahn, Nolan
Ryan, Robin Roberts, Greg Maddux
THURSDAY
Q. What
pitcher appeared in more games as a Pittsburgh Pirate than anyone else?
Hint: He
once had eighteen pitching victories in a season where he didn’t start a single
game.
Twint: He
holds the Pirates' record for career saves.
A. ROY
FACE (802 G; 18-1 in 1959; 188 S)
FCR - Jim
McCoy, Melrose, MA
Incorrect answers: Vern Law, Kent Tekulve, Herb Score
FRIDAY
Q. Who
trailed only Tom Seaver in becoming the first 20-game winner for a National
League expansion team?
Hint: Seaver
beat him by less than two weeks.
Hint: He
still holds the single-season and career records for innings pitched for the
franchise.
Twint: He
and Robin Yount are the only All-Stars to attend Taft High School.
A. LARRY
DIERKER (20th W 17-Sep-1969
for HOU, Seaver's
20th W 05-Sep-1969;
305.1 IP 1969, 2,294.1 IP career; Taft
HS Woodland Hills, CA)
FCR - Kevin
Warren, Briarcliff Manor, NY
Incorrect answers: J.R. Richard, Steve Rogers, Fergie Jenkins,
Don Wilson
SATURDAY
Q. What
rookie pitcher, in only his ninth major league start, gave up a lead-off single
then retired the next 26 in a row.
Hint: He
only faced 27 batters total since the runner was caught stealing for the first
out.
Hint: His
starts before and after that outing were also complete game shutouts.
Hint: Having
three Hall of Fame teammates didn't hurt.
Hint: He
was once traded for a Hall of Famer.
(Others were involved.)
Twint: His
nickname, "The Fleming Flame", was based on the place he came from.
A. WOODIE
FRYMAN (Near perfecto 01-Jul-1966,
1b and CS by Ron
Hunt; ShO 26-Jun
& 05-Jul;
Teammates Roberto
Clemente, Willie
Stargell & Bill Mazeroski;
Traded by PIT
for Jim Bunning
15-Dec-1967,
Harold
Clem, Bill
Laxton and Don
Money also went to PHI; Born in Fleming County,
KY)
FCR - Bob
Chan, Oakland, CA
Incorrect answers: Fernando Valenzuela, Milt Pappas, Ernie Shore,
Mark Fidrych, Von McDaniel, Larry Jaster, Bill Singer, Steve Avery, Jim Bunning,
Floyd Bannister, Dick Ellsworth, Bob Welch, Babe Ruth, Karl Spooner
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was bested only by Bob Gibson for the National League ERA title in 1968?
Hint: Five
American League qualifiers, however, had better ERAs than his that year.
Hint: The
only other time he led even his team in ERA was the final season of his
thirteen-year major league career.
Twint: He
was starting pitcher in the (modern) Milwaukee Brewers' first victory.
A. BOBBY
BOLIN (1.99 ERA; ALers: Tiant
1.603, McDowell
1.807, McNally
1.945, McLain 1.955,
John
1.979 [ to his 1.987]; ERA w/BOS in 1973:
2.70; Brewers' W 11‑Apr‑1970)
FCR - Jimmy
Goggin, Williamsburg, VA
Incorrect answers: Don Drysdale, Jerry Koosman, Juan Marichal,
Bob Veale, Steve Blass, Luis Tiant, Denny McLain
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers on the winning
end of Bob Gibson's 9 losses in 1968. It
often took a heroic effort to beat him. His
3-5 record at the end of May (albeit with a 1.52 ERA) that year did not presage
greatness.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Randall
Chandler, Germantown, TN
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday- Hall of Famers who never appeared in a World Series
Tuesday - Pitchers who won 20 games in the same season
that they led the league in home runs hit by a pitcher
Wednesday
- HOF pitchers who won or lost 1-0 games played by the 1968 Cubs
- Starting pitchers
in Cubs' 1-0 losses in 1968
- Cy young Award winning hall of Fame
pitchers who had 4 consecutive years of pitching over 300 innings
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Better Question is who led MLB in wins from 1967-1980, a span of 14 seasons.
ReplyDeleteAnswer: Ferguson Jenkins