MONDAY
Q. What
pitcher set a record with seven consecutive World Series victories?
Hint: Had
he won an eighth, he’d have an additional World Series ring.
Hint: He
was the first pitcher to no-hit the Pirates in Pittsburgh.
Hint: He
won fourteen games for his hometown team while in the minors.
Twint: He
once pitched an “immaculate inning”.
A. BOB
GIBSON (7 straight WS W’s 1964, 67, 68; 8th would have won
the 1968
WS; No-hitter: 14-Aug-1971;
14 W’s for the Omaha
Cardinals 1957-59;
II: 12-May-1969
7th in.)
FCR - Bob
Flynn, Chandler, AZ
Incorrect answers: Lew Burdette, Whitey Ford, Christy Mathewson
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first 2nd baseman to win the BBWAA Most Valuable Player
Award?
Hint: In
college, he was the captain of the baseball, football and basketball teams.
Hint: He
liked his nicknames, but not every one of them.
Twint: He
was the first player to score two runs in an inning in a World Series game.
Twint: As a radio play-by-play announcer, his trademark was worrying
about pitchers walking batters.
Twint: His vocal
dissent on this topic often took the form of his famous: "Oh, those bases
on balls!"
A. FRANKIE
FRISCH (NL MVP
1931, the first year of the award; Nicknames: “Fordham
Flash” [liked], “Muscles” [Preferred],
“Ducky” [NOT liked], “The Old Flash” [Not so much]; “Fritz” [Not so much]; 1921 WS G
2 7th in. He scored the first and eighth runs in an eight-run
inning.)
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: Jackie Robinson, Joe Morgan, Charlie
Gehringer, Joe Gordon, Lou Boudreau, Red Schoendienst, Ryne Sandberg, Phil
Rizzuto, Johnny Evers, Eddie Collins
ASG BONUS
Q. Whose
1.82 is the lowest career ERA in the history of the majors?
Hint: He
once lost 20 games and still led the league in ERA.
Hint: He
finished second in the Chalmers Award voting in the first two years the award
was, you know… awarded.
Twint: His
son pitched in the big leagues for four seasons.
A. ED WALSH (1910: 18 W, 20 L, 1.27 ERA; Chalmers: Finished behind Ty
Cobb in 1911
and behind Tris
Speaker in 1912;
Son
also named Ed
Walsh [They are sometimes called “Big Ed’ and “Little Ed”.])
FCR - Jeff
Epstein, Dallas, TX
Incorrect answers: Robin Roberts, Addie Joss, Walter Johnson,
Grover Cleveland Alexander
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only pitcher to throw complete game shutouts in four separate decades?
Hint: It
probably isn’t who you think it is unless you attended the SABR convention in
Chicago last month.
Hint: He
once started a game and allowed thirteen hits without striking out or walking a
single batter or surrendering a home run.
Hint: He
is the only Seattle Mariner pitcher to win more than 20 games in a season.
Twint: He
is the only Seattle Mariner pitcher to win 20 games in a season more than once.
A. JAMIE
MOYER (ShO’s: 16-Aug-1986,
06-Jul-1993
[+3 more in 1998], 10-Jun-2002
[+ 3 more in the 00’s] & 07-May-2010;
13-H G: 14-Sep-2005
[He did not get a decision.]; 21-7 in 2003; Also 20-6 in 2001)
FCR - Mark
Mapes, Madison, WI
Incorrect answers: Randy Johnson, Early Wynn, Gaylord Perry,
Jeff Fassero
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to be the catcher for three Red Sox no-hitters?
Hint: He
is the first native of the state of Maine to receive a Hall of Fame vote.
Hint: He
became a successful as a movie theater owner.
Twint: He
is the only manager to lead the Red Sox to back-to-back World Series titles.
Twint: Babe
Ruth said he was the best manager he’d ever played for.
A. BILL
CARRIGAN (Caught the no-hitters of Smokey
Joe Wood 29-Jul-1911, Rube
Foster on 21-Jun-1916
& Dutch
Leonard on 30-Aug-1916;
First HOF vote 1937 [Still not in yet today.]; WS 1915
& 16)
FCR - Walt
Cherniak, Woodbine, MD
Incorrect answers: Jason Varitek, Carlton Fisk, Bob Tillman,
Rich Gedman
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. Who
is the only Milwaukee Brewer to lead the National League in saves?
Hint: He
replaced a legend in the closer’s role.
Hint: His
home town was once attacked by the U.S. Army.
Twint: The
many variations of his pilose countenance make it hard for fans to recognize
him.
Twint: He
converted 49 consecutive save opportunities in 2011 and early 2012, the
fourth-longest streak in the history of the save statistic.
A. JOHN
AXFORD (46 Saves in 2011 [Tied with Craig
Kimbrel], Brewers became NL in 1998; Replaced the soon-to-retire Trevor
Hoffman; Port Dover, Ontario
was attacked by
U.S. troops 14-May-1814, provoking the British to raid and burn Washington, DC;
Looks: Van
Dyke, Goatee,
Fu
Man Chu; Handlebar;
Full
beard, Clean-shaven,
Short
hair, Shoulder-length,
Growing
back and, finally, contemplating
next look)
FCR - John
Michael Pierobon, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Incorrect answers: Francisco Rodriguez, Dan Plesac, Trevor
Hoffman, Clay Carroll, Rollie Fingers
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the only left-handed throwing, right-handed hitting batting champ in
history?
Hint: There’s
a good chance he also threw something besides baseballs.
Hint: Although
he was a Homer, only once did he homer more than 10 times a season in his 15-year
career.
Twint: Many
of his peers, including Cy Young and Babe Ruth, called him the best first
baseman they had ever witnessed.
Twint: His
SABR biography calls him, “…the most notoriously corrupt player in baseball
history.”
A. HAL CHASE
(.339 in 1916 for CIN; Widely
acknowledged to have thrown games; Full name Harold Homer Chase; SABR Bio)
FCR - Joe
Haardt, McLean, VA
Incorrect answers: Pete Rose, Mickey Vernon, Rickey Henderson,
Joe Jackson
SATURDAY
Q. What
pitcher’s streak of five consecutive complete-game shut-outs did Don Drysdale
break?
Hint: He
had the highest winning percentage on the team nicknamed “The Hitless Wonders”.
Hint: Despite
that, he was only third in wins for them.
Hint: That
same year he pitched a complete game to clinch the World Series.
Twint: His
off-season profession may have been useful had he smacked a player in the
choppers.
A. DOC
WHITE (5 CG SH 1904, Drysdale had his 6th 04-Jun-1968; 1906
CHW .W-L% .750; W-L 18-6, bested by Frank Owen
22-13 and Nick
Altrock 20-13; CHW beat the CHC 4-2 in the 1906 WS with his 8-3 CG
victory; He graduated from college in 1902 with a dental degree, thus his
nickname.)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Billy Pierce, Don Sutton, Mordecai Brown, Ed
Walsh, Ed Reulbach, Nick Altrock, Robin Roberts, Orel Hershiser, Claude
Osteen
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the only Chicago Cub to hit for the cycle twice?
Hint: He
is the only BRTL player to lead the majors in home runs.
Hint: The
first documented instance of an intentional base-on-balls with the bases full
was first employed with him at bat.
Twint: The
year he hit his first cycle he also went 4-0 as a pitcher and, despite only
pitching in 8 games, he led the league in games finished.
Twint: Two
years prior he also led his league in games finished though he only pitched in
5 games.
A. JIMMY RYAN (Cycles 28-Jul-1888 vs Wolverines,
and 01-Jul-1891 vs Spiders; Next
Cub cycle wasn’t until Hack Wilson 23-Jun-1930; 5 GF 1888 tied with two others; 16 HR in 1888 led both leagues (NL and AA). The only other BRTL to lead in HR was Hal Chase who
only took the Federal
League crown with 17 in 1915, while Gavvy Cravath
[BRTR] was hitting 24 with PHI; IBB 1896
NYG team captain Kid
Gleason ordered P Jouett Meekin
to walk Ryan. Meekin then struck out George
Decker to end the inning and the threat.)
FCR - Jim
Bernardinucci, Sewell, NJ
Incorrect answers: Cap Anson, Ernie Banks, Babe Herman, Jimmie
Foxx
SUNDAY
Q. Who
surrendered Mickey Lolich’s only career home run?
Hint: In
the World Series that season he won his team's only victory by someone who
never played for the Harlem Globetrotters.
Hint: Like
his winning teammate’s three victories, his win was also a complete game gem.
Twint: He
yielded the only home run ever hit by Mickey Lolich – a run that earned Lolich
his first WS win.
A. NELSON BRILES
(1967 WS Bob Gibson – who had once played with the Globetrotters
– who went 3-0, all CG, while Briles won game 3 going 9 full innings; WS 1968 Game 2. Lolich hit a solo shot that gave his team a
2-0 lead with the final score 8-1)
FCR - Ron
Kaufman, Thornhill, ON
Incorrect answers: Ray Washburn, Bob Gibson, Jim Lonborg, Ray
Sadecki, Dick Hughes
WEEKLY THEME – Select players who
attended Jesuit colleges
Axford Canisius
College
Briles Santa
Clara
Carrigan Holy Cross
Chase Santa
Clara
Frisch Fordham
Gibson Creighton
Moyer St.
Joe’s
Ryan Boston
College
Walsh Fordham
White Georgetown
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Joe
Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Folks with ties to Nebraska
in the Hall
Tuesday - MVPs
for St. Louis Cardinal’s World Series winning teams
Wed - Players with at least
one putout in every inning of a World Series game
Saturday - BR-TLs
with the most games
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