MONDAY
Q. Who
is the only person to play for and manage both the Yankees and the Mets?
Hint: As
a manager, he even took both of them to the postseason.
Hint: If
his nickname had been bestowed forty years later, we might call him “Yoda” and
Hanna-Barbera would have had to dig deeper.
Twint: He
and my father were both in uniform against the same opponent on 06-Jun-1944.
Twint: "I'm
not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let ‘em walk to school like I did."
A. YOGI
BERRA (Played NYY 1946-63, NYM 1964, Managed NYY
1964, 1984-85, NYM 1972-75; Postseason w/NYY 1964, NYM
1973;
Cartoon character Yogi
Bear, introduced in 1958 was almost certainly named to take advantage of
Berra’s popularity in spite of claims to the contrary; Allied forces invaded
Normandy, France on D-Day, Berra was Navy, Doug Brown was Army; Berra is no
doubt the most quoted and most quotable player of all time.)
FCR - Doug
Wilkins, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Joe Torre, Bill Virdon, Casey Stengel
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the New York Yankees’ last player/manager?
Hint: Only
two men in history played for more World Series champions.
Hint: He
is one of only four players native to his home state to make it to the Hall of
Fame.
Twint: He
was selected to the first ever American League All-Star squad, but did not see
action, at least not that year.
Twint: He
was often Lou Gehrig's roommate on road trips.
A. BILL
DICKEY (Player/mgr 1946; 8
rings—Berra
has 10, DiMaggio
9; Louisiana-born
Mel Ott,
Ted
Lyons & Willard Brown;
1933
ASG)
FCR - Tony
Nicolo, Norfolk, VA
Incorrect answers: Roger Peckinpaugh, Yogi Berra, Frankie Frisch,
Bill Terry, Joe McCarthy, Billy Martin, Ty Cobb, Milller Huggins
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer catcher caught both of Johnny Vander Meer's consecutive
no-hitters?
Hint: He
was the first ever Cincinnati Reds player to win an MVP Award.
Hint: Many
Hall of Famers are alumni of his famous high school.
Twint: He
was the first catcher to win two batting titles.
A. ERNIE
LOMBARDI (Vander Meer’s
no-nos: 11-Jun
& 15-Jun-1938;
McClymonds High School Hall of
Famers: In Baseball—Frank
Robinson, In basketball—Bill
Russell; Hit .342 in 1938 and .330 in 1942)
FCR - Art
Mugalian, Minneapolis, MN
Incorrect answers: Mickey Cochrane, Johnny Bench
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only Phillie to collect more than 250 hits in a season?
Hint: Not
surprisingly, his batting average led the National League that year.
Hint: A
SABR chapter is named for him, but not the one in Philadelphia.
Twint: His
.349 career average puts him fourth on the all-time list.
A. LEFTY O’DOUL
(254 in 1929; Hit .398; O’Doul was from San Francisco and the Northern
California SABR chapter bears his name; Batting average list: #1 Ty Cobb .366,
#2 Rogers
Hornsby .359, #3 Joe
Jackson .356)
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect answers: Chuck Klein, Richie Ashburn, Ed Delahanty,
Napoleon Lajoie, George Sisler, Pete Rose
THURSDAY
Q. Who
came out of a slump only after his wife pointed out that the “5” on the back of
his uniform had not been straight for several games?
Hint: It
was not the only wife he was to have.
A. JOE
DiMAGGIO (#5 now retired by NYY—wife Dorothy
Arnold, later married to Marilyn Monroe)
FCR - Timothy
Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Albert Pujols, Lou Boudreau, Johnny Bench,
George Brett, Brooks Robinson
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first batter to hit two home runs in one inning in the American League?
Hint: He
also led his league in RBI that season, but received no consideration for
MVP. Not one vote.
Hint: It
was actually his Hall-of-Fame-to-be teammate who took home the honor that year.
Twint: He
was the first major leaguer to hit thirty home runs in the same seasons where
he stole thirty bases.
A. KEN
WILLIAMS (2 HR 07-Aug-1922,
6th inning; 1922
MVP George
Sisler; 39 HR/37 SB in 1922)
FCR - Jan
Finkel, Swanton, MD
Incorrect answers: Stan Musial, Ned Williamson, Lou Gehrig, Home
Run Baker, Eddie Mathews, Rocky Colavito, Joe Adcock, Babe Ruth, Carlos Baerga,
Lou Klimchock, Joe DiMaggio, Al Kaline, Jim Gentile, Herb Plews
SATURDAY
Q. Whose
record for the longest twentieth-century National League hitting streak did
Pete Rose break in 1978?
Hint: His
first All-Star action was followed that same season by his first World Series
action.
Hint: In
that World Series, he had 26 plate appearances with neither a single
bases-on-balls nor strikeout.
Twint: He
is the only player to have the most home runs and fewest strikeouts in his
league in the same season. (Among qualifying batters)
Twint: He
was the last player/manager for the Braves.
A. TOMMY
HOLMES (37 G in 1945 for the Braves; 28 HR & 9 Ks in 1945;
Player/Mgr 1951)
FCR - Don
Harrison, Fairfield, CT
Incorrect answers: Willie Mays, Wee Willie Keeler, Kiki Cuyler,
Bill Dahlen, Rogers Hornsby, George Sisler, Stan Musial, Phil Cavarretta
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. After
Lou Gehrig’s streak ended in 1939, who was the next player to compile a
600-game-played streak?
Hint: He,
Rogers Hornsby
and Ginger
Beaumont are the only ones ever to the National League in hits for three
straight seasons.
Twint: He
injured his back diving into a hotel pool in 1941, which likely contributed to
his exemption from military service during WWII.
Twint: He
was the Yankees' director of group sales from 1978 until his death in 1982.
A. FRANK
McCORMICK (654 consecutive games from
1938-42; H ldr 1938-40)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Gus
Suhr, Steve Garvey, Billy Williams, Richie Ashburn
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to collect 200 hits in a season where he was traded?
Hint: Of
his career 1,289 major league games, 1,288 were played in the National League
and all of those three years after his debut.
Twint: His
only black ink is an RBI title, but it broke a three-year run by Rogers
Hornsby.
A. IRISH
MEUSEL (Traded 25-July 1921 from last-place PHI to
eventual WS
champs NYG,
finished w/201 H; Debuted 01-Oct-1914
with WSH,
went 0 for 2 next ML game 16‑Apr‑1918;
125 RBI in 1923)
FCR - Bob
Flynn, Chandler, AZ
Incorrect answers: Red Schoendienst, Ichiro Suzuki, Harry Walker,
Lefty O’Doul, Willie Montanez
BONUS TO CAP OFF THE WEEK
Q. Who
holds the record for most career errors by a first baseman?
Hint: Before
moving to first he had already twice committed 50 errors in a season at third.
Twint: He
dropped out of both Notre Dame and University of Iowa.
Twint: He
was the first player with back-to-back 100 RBI seasons.
A. CAP
ANSON (658 career errors as a first baseman; 57 3B E in 1872, 50 in
1876; 100 RBI 1884-85 [& 1886-87])
FCR - Lynn
Marschke, Somers, New York
Incorrect answers: Jimmie Foxx,
Kent Hrbek, Pete Rose, Hal Chase, Gil Hodges, Herman Long, Dick Stuart, Harmon
Killebrew
WEEKLY THEME – Batters with 20 or more
homers and 20 or fewer strikeouts in the same season
Player Year HR SO
Anson 1884 21 13
Berra 1950 28 12
1951* 27 20
1955* 27 20
Dickey 1936 22 16
DiMaggio 1939* 30 20
1941* 30 13
Holmes 1945 28 9
Lombardi 1939 20 19
McCormick 1944 20 17
Meusel 1925 21 19
O'Doul 1929 32 19
1932 21 20
Williams 1925 25 14
*League MVP
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Joe
Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Former
Yankees who managed the team
- Yankees
managers who didn't win the World Series
- Yankee
catchers
Wed. - Multiple
selection All-Star catchers who were selected but didn't play in their first
All-Star game
- HOF catchers
whose first or last name has the "EE" sound at the end.
Thursday - Played
for the San Francisco Seals of the PCL
Sunday - More
walks than strikeouts when they led the league in hitting
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