MONDAY
Q. What
major leaguer homered the most in the 1960s?
Hint: Only
Hank Aaron had more RBI over that same time span.
Hint: He
had nearly 1,000 fewer at bats than Aaron during that ten-year period.
Twint: If
you go to the Mall of America, you can find the chair he hit with the longest
home run hit at Metropolitan Stadium.
Twint: He
is a double unique.
A.
HARMON KILLEBREW (393 HR 1960-69 [List]; 1,013
RBI to Aaron’s 1,107; 4,994 AB to Aaron’s 5,912; HR is said to have traveled
522 ft, it hit a chair that was later moved to MOA when Met
was torn down in 2014; No other player in the annals of major league history
has had a first name of Harmon nor a last name of Killebrew.)
FCR - Chuck
Durante, Dover, DE
Incorrect answers: Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Willie Mays,
Eddie Mathews, Dave Kingman, Willie Stargell
IN MEMORIAM
Q. What
former Redbird was traded in spring training with another equally undistinguished
player, but which player would be the MVP that season with their new team?
Hint: All four players involved in the trade had
long (10+ years) if unremarkable major league career with the one exceptional
year noted above.
Hint: He had an historic
walk-off home run on a 13-pitch at-bat to give his eventual World Series
winning team a key victory.
Hint: With his last home run of that season, he
victimized the same team with another three run extra-inning shot.
Hint: He was a backup first
baseman for the same team for nine seasons, which may not be a record, but is
interesting in its own quiet way.
Twint: After retirement he
was a trustee for Sparky Anderson's
C.A.T.C.H charity and helped manage the assets for the Detroit
Tigers Clubhouse Scholarship Fund.
A. DAVE BERGMAN
(Attended Illinois State University, traded
by the Philadelphia
Phillies 24-Mar-1984 with
Willie
Hernandez to the Detroit Tigers
for Glenn Wilson
and John
Wockenfuss; W-O HR 04-Jun-1984;
3-R W-O HR 07-Sep-1984)
FCR - Doug
Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Mike Matheny, Dick Groat, Ron Fairly, Dick
Nen, Joe Carter
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the last player to hit over .390 in a season while qualifying for the
batting title?
Hint: He
has the fourth highest career batting average for players with a minimum of
10,000 plate appearances.
Hint: The
man he faced the most in the majors, with over 100 PA, a first-ballot Hall of
Fame pitcher, never struck him out even once.
Twint: On
the other hand, he struck out 5 times in 18 plate appearances against an even
more recent Hall of Fame inductee.
A. TONY
GWYNN (BA .394 1994; BA .338 behind only Cobb .366, Speaker .345 and
Ruth .342; He faced Greg Maddux 107 times without a K, hitting .415, while he
hit only .111 against Randy Johnson)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: George Brett, Rod Carew, Joe Jackson, Ted
Williams
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first relief pitcher to reach 300 saves?
Hint: That
same year he was replaced in September by a rookie—a move that eliminated him
from appearing in his team’s only World Series appearance.
Hint: As
if to prove the adage that “you can’t succeed if you don’t fail”, he is second
all-time on the list of career blown saves.
Twint: His
father, an Ohio steel worker, was in the minors on the same team with Stan
Musial.
A. ROLLIE
FINGERS (He created the 300 save club
21-Aug-1982; 02-Sep-1982
forearm injury sidelined him the rest of the season and rookie Pete
Ladd took his spot as closer for the Milwaukee Brewers
1982 AL-pennant winning team; Career .491 W-L percent going 114-118; 109 BS
to Goose
Gossage’s 112; 1938
Williamson Colts roster shows Fingers and Musial, though no playing
information for Fingers)
FCR - Douglas
Sher, Charleston, SC
Incorrect answers: Dan Quisenberry, Troy Percival, Jeff Reardon,
Rich Gossage, Lee Smith, Elroy Face, Trevor Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley
THURSDAY
Q. Which
San Francisco Giants pitcher was awarded a 2010 World Series ring at the
official ring ceremony though he hadn’t played for the team in over 10 years?
Hint: He
achieved only one post-season win in his long career, but was able to strike
out Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, and Al Oliver in that game.
Hint: Alas,
he lost the last game of that series though he did manage to again strike out
Clemente (twice), Stargell and Oliver.
Hint: As
young boys, he and brother Jim had plowed the family fields with a mule.
Twint: Just
out of high school, in an exhibition game arrange by major league scouts, he not
only won the game, he struck out 17 consecutive batters at one point.
Twint: The
opposing pitcher was ex-major leaguer Tommy
Byrne.
Twint: He
claims to be the world’s second most famous peanut farmer.
A. GAYLORD
PERRY (1971 last year as a SFG, while
Mays, McCovey and Cepeda also were present
09-Apr-2011 - Marichal and Monte Irvin weren’t present, but got their ring
at a later date; G1 1971
NLCS 5-4 over PIT; G 4 1971
NLCS lost 9-5, he gave up 7 ER; U.S. President
Jimmy Carter was no doubt the world’s most famous peanut farmer.)
FCR - Jeff
Hare, Honolulu, HI
Incorrect answers: Dave Dravecky, Mike Krukow, Barry Zito
FRIDAY
Q. Who
hit the most home runs in the 1993 World Series that ended with a Joe Carter
walk-off home run?
Hint: His
performance matched those of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Barry Bonds for a single
World Series.
Hint: After
that series, he never played 100 games in a season again.
Twint: His
son is engaged to a “Soprano”.
A. LENNY
DYKSTRA (4 HR 1993 WS,
Carter and Molitor had 2 each; Reggie Jackson and Chase Utley hold the record of
5; 1994-96
GP 84/62/40 his final 3 years in the Bigs; His son Cutter Dykstra is
engaged to Jamie-Lynn
Sigler who played Meadow Soprano)
FCR - David Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Paul Molitor
END-OF-WEEK BONUS
Q. What
pitcher struck out more batters in a season that any other National League
right-hander in the 20th century?
Hint: His
four World Series victories are shared among three different teams.
Twint: His
general manager once opined, "Every fifth day [he] has the
opportunity to go out and be a horse on the mound. Unfortunately on the other four days he tends
to say things which are detrimental to the club and clearly self-serving."
Twint: Many
have theorized that his continued public pugnacity has kept him from election
to the Hall of Fame.
Twint: It’s
unlikely that any player has had his in-game hosiery more closely examined.
A. CURT
SCHILLING (319 Ks for the 1997 Phillies;
WS W’s for 1993
Phillies—G 5, 2001 Diamondbacks—G 1, 2004
& 2007 Red
Sox—G 2
& G 2;
GM Ed Wade [Wade traded Schilling
to ARI in July 2000.]; Blood was visible through his sanitary sock on the mound
of G 6
of the 2004 ALCS as New England held its collective breath. He sold that very sock at auction for over
$90,000.)
FCR - Ray
Palen, Selden, NY
Incorrect answers: Nolan Ryan, Warren Spahn, Randy Johnson, Tom
Seaver, Roger Clemens, Kevin Brown, Robin Roberts, Bob Gibson
SATURDAY
Q. Who
led all third basemen in homers during the 1970s?
Hint: He
is the only player all-time to top Brooks Robinson for most assists in a season
by a third baseman.
Hint: He
also holds the record for most double plays turned in a year from the hot
corner.
Twint: After
catching a crucial famous Carl Yastrzemski foul pop-up, he admitted, “The
toughest part of the play was not fainting.”
A. GRAIG
NETTLES (252 HR 1970-79 [Mike Schmidt
had 235 1972-79.]; 412 assists
1971; 54
DP 1971; Various Yankee
quotes; Quote after making the final out in the famous 1978 NYY/BOS
playoff game)
FCR - Eric
Stone, Los Gatos, CA
Incorrect answers: Mike Schmidt, Darrell Evans, Ron Santo, Buddy
Bell, Ron Cey, Richie Hebner, Sal Bando
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. What
Red Sox slugger got his 1,000th RBI in the fewest games since Ted
Williams?
Hint: After
hitting .385 one season in the minors, but dropped to .256 as a player/manager
the next year.
Hint: He
played one game in the Mexican League, but left for personal reasons.
Twint: He
played for seven minor league teams before his major league debut, four minor
league team during his career in The Bigs and seven teams afterward.
Twint: He
was his brother’s manager in the minors.
Twint: He has been a commercially successful author multiple times.
A. JOSE CANSECO
(1,000th RBI with his 320th career HR off Bobby Witt
on Flag
Day 1996, his 1,296th G; Hit .385 with the 2010
Laredo Broncos then managed and played with the 2011 Yuma
Scorpions; Was 2/5 in a preseason G with the 2012 Quintana
Roo Tigers of the Mexican
League, but the league suspended him when he refused to undergo a
drug test; Managed twin brother Ozzie
in Yuma; “Strength
Training for Baseball”, “”Juiced”
& “Vindicated”,
these last two being best-sellers)
FCR - No
one
Incorrect answers: Fred Lynn, Bobby Doerr, Vern Stephens, Manny
Ramirez, Boomer Scott, Jackie Jensen, David Ortiz, Dwight Evans
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only Chicago Cubs player to lead the National League in doubles more
than once in the 20th century?
Hint: Despite
this, he doesn’t even appear in the Cubs’s Top 10 for most doubles in a season.
Hint: He
held the major league single-season assists record at first base until Albert
Pujols topped it by a single assist.
Twint: He
was the last Cub to win a batting title in the 20th century.
A. BILL
BUCKNER (2B leader 1981,’83 with 35/382B; Led NL w/.324 in 1980; Pujols
topped him with 185 1b A in 2009 and still holds the record.)
FCR - Barry
Nelson, Guilderland, NY
Incorrect answers: Mark Grace, Billy Herman, Phil Cavarretta,
Frank Chance, Derrek Lee
SUNDAY BONUS
Q. Who
is the only pitcher to win the American League MVP unanimously?
Hint: Ironically,
his first Major League appearance was a complete game win over the team that originally
signed him.
Twint: The
last batter he ever faced in a major league game was Pete Rose.
Twint: Though
not in the Hall of Fame himself, his father-in-law is a member.
A. DENNY
McLAIN (Debut 21-Sep-1963
CG win 4-3 over CHW;
Father-in-law Lou Boudreau, Married
Sherry
Boudreau [twice]; Faced Rose
12-Sep-1972,
Rose singled.)
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, RI
Incorrect answers: Nolan Ryan, Justin Verlander, Roger Clemens,
Vida Blue, Dennis Eckersley, Hal Newhouser
BIG FINALE
Q.
Hint: He
holds the Giants modern era record for the longest consecutive game hitting
streak.
Hint: For
a while, he was the latest recipient of the coveted Willie Mac Award
Hint: After
a stint in the American League, he said, “I hate that damn league! Every game lasts 3½ to 4 hours. No wonder the fans are bored over there."
Twint: His
mouth proved to be his biggest enemy, costing him his job as a St. Louis local
sports talk host.
A. JACK
CLARK (Clark
fielded the ball and his toss was called late, though replay showed he made
the throw in time; 1978 he
hit safely in 26 consecutive, though George Davis hit 33 in 1893 to hold
the franchise all-time record; In fact, he was the first ever to get the award in 1980
named after Willie McCovey. He was only
the latest one to get it until it was awarded to Larry
Herndon in 1981; AL quote
after he was traded by the NYY (where he spent one season) to the NL SDP; After
seven shows he was fired for accusing
Albert Pujols and Justin Verlander of using PED’s without proof)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Todd Worrell, Will Clark
WEEKLY THEME – Eleven players who have
declared bankruptcy (There are surely others.)
http://www.drescherlaw.com/reports/bankruptcy-baseball-hall-of-fame.cfm
Buckner
Canseco
Clark
Dykstra
Fingers
Gwynn
Killebrew
McLain
Nettles
Perry
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Dave
Washburn, Marietta, GA (after the Fingers Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses: Saturday
- Players
who struggled with cancer
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