MONDAY
Q. Who
is the only league home run champion to have a son who became league home run
champion?
Hint: The
success of another home run champion sent him to Japan.
Hint: Before
Mike Trout, he was the last American Leaguer to finish second in MVP voting in
consecutive years.
Twint: He
won the Silver Slugger Award both those seasons.
A. CECIL
FIELDER (AL HR lead 1990 W/51 & 1991 W/44, Son
Prince won NL w/50 in 2007; Was behind Fred
McGriff in TOR so signed w/the Hanshin
Tigers of the Japanese Central League; 2nd in MVP voting 1990
behind Rickey
Henderson, 1991
behind Cal Ripken
[Trout
finished 2012
& 2013
behind Miguel
Cabrera.])
FCR - Joshua Murphy, Iowa City, IA
Incorrect answers: Ken Griffey, Bob Boone, Bobby Bonds, Barry
Bonds, Gus Bell
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to steal a base in the majors in four different decades?
Hint: He
was as good with a rod and reel as he was with a bat.
Hint: He
always had a good head for baseball.
Twint: Team
publicity directors often underestimate players’ weights. This guy’s was often overestimated.
A. TED WILLIAMS
(First SB 21-May-1939—last
SB 22-Jul-1960;
Retirement was devoted to fishing;
His children had his head cryonically frozen upon his death by Alcor
Life Extension Foundation.)
FCR - Randy
Fletcher, Springfield, TN
Incorrect answers: Ken Griffey, Jr., Rickey Henderson, Tim
Raines, Minnie Minoso
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only winner of the Roberto Clemente Award to ever be a teammate of
Roberto Clemente?
Hint: He
was the last Pittsburgh Pirate to lead the majors in home runs for a season.
Hint: He
was born in Oklahoma, raised in Florida, but played on the same high school
baseball team as future All-Star Tommy
Harper.
Twint: He
was the oldest 20th century player to win a league MVP award.
A. WILLIE STARGELL (Roberto
Clemente Award 1974, the only Pirate to receive the award; HR lead 1973
w/44; SABR Bio; 1979 NL
MVP @ 39 years old)
FCR - Bradley
Curtis, Roseville, CA
Incorrect answers: Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What
batter holds the strikeout record for a season for the Cleveland Indians?
Hint: Ditto
for bases-on-balls.
Hint: He
also holds the career strikeout record for a batter with the Cleveland Indians.
Hint: Ditto
for bases on balls.
Twint: He
holds both the season and career home run records for the Cleveland Indians.
A. JIM
THOME (Season Ks: 185 in
2001, BBs: 127 in 1999, HR 52 in 2002, Career Ks: 1,400, BBs: 1,008, HRs
337)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Al Rosen, Albert Belle, Rocky Colavito, Bob
Feller, Sam McDowell, Bob Lemon, Larry Doby, Manny Ramirez, Herb Score,
Mark Reynolds
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to hit more than thirty home runs in each of his first
four seasons in the majors?
Hint: He
has triplet daughters.
Twint: He
finished ahead of future All-Stars Kevin
Seitzer, Matt
Nokes, Mike
Greenwell, Devon White,
Mike Henneman
and Nelson
Liriano to capture the American League Rookie of the Year Award.
A. MARK
McGWIRE (30+ HR 1987-90; ROY
1987)
FCR - Blake
Sherry, Dublin, OH
Incorrect answers: Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey, Jr., Luis
Gonzalez, Ralph Kiner, Fred McGriff
FRIDAY
Q. What
young player of strong convictions refused to stand during the playing of the
national anthems.
Hint: His
new team convinced him to take a softer approach and he later won the
Roberto Clemente Award.
Hint: One
year, he had an OPS of 1.019 and an OPS+ of 161, and it wasn’t even his best
season.
Hint: Three
seasons of forty home runs won him the Silver Slugger Award for each of those
years.
Twint:
He was the first position player to have a salary of over $15 million dollars a
year.
A. CARLOS
DELGADO (Actually, it was during the singing of “God Bless America” that
he lodged his silent protest; RCA
2006; NYM
engineered attitude turn-around; Stats years: 2000 beats 2003; SS 1999, 2000,
03; $ in 2002)
FCR - Mark
DeLodovico, Rockville, MD
Incorrect answers: Miguel Cabrera, Manny Ramirez, Albert Belle,
Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr.
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to amass over 120 RBI with fewer 125 hits in a season?
Hint: It
was the first time his franchise’s history that anyone had reached 120 RBI in a
single year.
Hint: He
was the first player to hit for the cycle for his franchise.
Twint: His
cover photo on Sports
Illustrated won him millions of fans.
Twint: For
corporate appearances, call 1.888.246.7141.
A. JAY
BUHNER (1995: 121 RBI, 123 H; Cycle
23-Jun-1993)
FCR - Geehoon Hong, Bayside, NY
Incorrect answers: Todd Helton, George Brett, Dante Bichette
SUNDAY
Q. What
three-time Gold Glove first baseman with 262 career home runs (over twenty of
them this season) inscribes a verse (Psalms 27:1) from
the Bible on his bats?
Hint: He
once led both leagues in bases-on-balls for a season playing on a team that
finished twenty games out of first place.
Twint: He
was born in a different country from his parents and visits on a limited basis
due to safety concerns.
A. ADRIAN
GONZALEZ (Bat
inscription; 119 BB 2009, B. in San Diego, much of his family is
still in Tijuana,
Mexico.)
FCR - Vince Granieri, Cincinnati, OH
Incorrect answers: Adam LaRoche, Mark
Reynolds, Mark Teixeira
WEEKLY THEME – Players with multiple
seasons with 100+ Runs & RBI and exactly 0 Stolen Bases
Last Year Team R RBI SB
1997 SEA 104 109 0
2003 TOR 117 145* 0
1991 DET 102 133* 0
2008 SDP 103 119 0
1999 STL 118 147* 0
1973 PIT 106 119* 0
2001 CLE 101 124 0
2003 PHI 111 131 0
2006 CHW 108 109 0
1947 BOS 125* 114* 0
*Led league
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Wed - Players who led
league in HR and RBI but did not win MVP award that season
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