MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to hit a home run in the majors before he turned 20 and
after he turned 40?
Hint: His
last name rhymes with the last name of the second player to do it.
Hint: It
does not, however, rhyme with the last name of the third player to do it.
Twint: Nor
the 4th.
Twint: Ironically,
he was very dismissive of the home run as an offensive tool.
A. TY
COBB
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1st HR 23-Sep-1905 IPHR (19 yrs 326 days) off Cy
Falkenburg;
Last HR 16-May-1928
(41 yrs 150 days) off Mel Harder,
who not yet born when
the 1st HR was hit
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Rusty
Staub 1st HR 03-Jun-1963
(19 yrs 63 days) off Don
Drysdale
Last HR 22‑Jun‑1985
(41 yrs 82 days) off Jeff
Reardon
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Gary
Sheffield 1st HR 09-Sep-1988
(19 yrs 296 days) off Mark Langston
Last HR 29‑Jun‑2009
(40 yrs 223 days) off Carlos Villanueva
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Alex
Rodriguez 1st HR 12-Jun-1995
(19 yrs 291 days) off Tom
Gordon
Most recent HR 20-Aug-2015
(40 yrs 24 days) off Josh
Tomlin
FCR - Alex
Poterack, Providence, RI
Incorrect answers: Gary Sheffield, Jimmie Foxx, Phil Cavarretta,
Rickie Zisk, Al Kaline, Cap Anson, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Ken Griffey, Jr.,
Stan Musial
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first person elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously?
Hint: He
still has the record for the most consecutive seasons with twenty pitching wins.
Hint: He
was considerably bigger than six.
Hint: He
was known to play cards well into the night with his Hall of Fame manager.
Twint: He
was a double-unique until his brother’s first sip of coffee.
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Died 07-Oct-1925, first HOF election 1936
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12 seasons, 1903-14, w/20+ W’s (4 of the 1st 6 were 30+)
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Nickname was “Big Six”, likely referring to a local efficient fire
department. He was 6’1”.
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Was intimate with Mgr. John McGraw
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Brother Henry
played 1906-07
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, NY
Incorrect answers: Cy Young, Amos Rusie, Addie Joss, Walter
Johnson, Robin Roberts, Mordecai Brown
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer set an unbreakable record that contains a 6 and a 1 that neatly
matches the year when he accomplished it.
Hint: Somebody
once called him, "ungainly, with a shambling walk.”
Hint: Adding
further, “…his uniform never seemed to fit properly and his cap looked a size
too small."
Twint: He
is the only player (possibly the only person) ever named for a sitting U.S.
president and then later portrayed on film by a future U.S. president.
Twint: He
was not exiled to Elba, but escaped from it.
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16 complete-game shutouts pitched in 1916.
Cincinnati eked out 4 earned runs in the 6 innings he threw at them that
year.
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Quote attributed to John
McGraw
-
He was born almost exactly in the middle of President
Grover Cleveland’s first term. (Ironically,
Grover was the president’s middle name.)
Ronald
Reagan portrayed Alexander in a biopic 2 years after his death.
FCR - Jason
Hoagland, Columbus, OH
Incorrect answers: Roger Maris, Matt Kilroy, Honus Wagner, Yogi
Berra, Brooks Robinson, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Bob Gibson, Jim
Bottomley, Babe Ruth, Norm Cash
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
He was the first president of the MLB Players Association?
Hint: Before
his rookie season was over, the New York Times reported that his
name was “on the tongues of a million fans.”
Twint: His
family barn is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A. BOB
FELLER
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Became chair after the 1955 season
-
Rookie year 1936, after finishing his junior year at Van Meter High
-
Barn
built in 1886 Actually, the entire farm is listed there.
FCR - Bob
Flynn, Chandler, AZ
Incorrect answers: Joe Black, Robin Roberts, Ralph Kiner, Marvin
Miller
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the last rookie to bat over .325 in a season during the 1930’s? (qualified
for batting title)
Hint: He
was, however, the only rookie to lead the league in a season in RBI’s during
the 30’s.
Hint: In
fact, no other rookie has ever topped that RBI total.
Twint: He
was a San Diego Padre while still in high school.
A. TED
WILLIAMS
- .327 1939. George
Watkins led the decade for rookies with .373 for STL in 1930
- 145 RBI's 1939
- He played 42 games for the San
Diego Padres of the Pacific League after his junior year in high school
(age 17).
FCR - David
Block, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Joe DiMaggio, Frank McCormick, Wally Berger,
Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Julio Franco, Jimmie Foxx
FRIDAY
Q. Who has the highest season batting average for a player in his
40's since Sam Rice hit .349? (Must qualify for title)
Hint: Even
before Rice did it, only Ty Cobb had hit for a higher average at that advanced
age.
Hint: He
was one home run shy of a triple crown the year he won his third MVP.
Hint: He
actually lost a home run that year due to a rain-out.
Twint: A
pair of graduates from his high school once hit one-of-a-kind back-to-back home
runs in the majors.
A. STAN
MUSIAL
- .330 in 505 PA @ age 41 in 1962; Rice
.349 in 1930
- Cobb .357 in 1927,
for
the Mariners 14-Sep-1990, the only father-son duo ever to do so.
- 39 HR in 1948, Kiner and Mize tied
for the NL lead w/ 40;
Musial
led the majors in BA .376, and the NL with 131 RBI.
- Ken Griffey Sr. & Jr. also
attended Donora HS, Donora, PA and hit the homers. CORRECTION: Ken Griffey Jr. attended Archbishop Moeller
High in Cincinnati. He and his Dad were born in Donora, Pa.
FCR - Rick
Zucker, St. Louis, MO
Incorrect answers: Ted Williams, Barry Bonds
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first black player to win a batting title in the majors?
Hint: A
former U.S. president, who died less than a month before he was born, provided
the inspiration for his middle name.
Twint: His
steal of home is one of the most sensational and controversial moments in World
Series history.
-
Appropriately, he hit .342 in 1949 to lead the NL
-
Middle name Roosevelt was a tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt.
-
Game 1,
1955 WS,
he stole home against
Ford and Berra but it proved to be the final run in a 6-5 loss. Yogi,
to this day, says the call was incorrect.
FCR - Alex
Griffel, Great Neck, NY
Incorrect answers: Larry Doby, Rod Carew, Frank Robinson, Willie
Mays
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
was the first National Leaguer to win consecutive MVP awards?
Hint: He
was the first player from his franchise to win a Gold Glove.
Twint: It
was the only GG of his career.
Twint: He
and Alex Rodriguez are the only shortstops with 45 homers in a season.
A. ERNIE
BANKS
-
MVP 1958,
1959.
-
GG 1960 at
shortstop.
FCR - Scott
Schleifer, Suffern, NY
Incorrect answers: Roy Campanella, Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to lead his decade in stolen bases with fewer than 200?
(modern era)?
Hint: He
is the first player since Ty Cobb to do it while playing for a single team.
Twint: He
is the oldest living National League player voted into the HOF by the BBWAA.
A. WILLIE MAYS
-
Mays had 179SB, the most in the 50’s and the fewest
ever to lead a decade.
-
Cobb led 1910-19, all while playing for Detroit. Mays stole all of his for the Giants.
-
Born 1931, AL
players Berra (1925) and Whitey Ford (1928) are the only older living players
voted in by the BBWAA.
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: Luis Aparicio, Dom DiMaggio
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of Famer War veterans
who led the majors in WAR in a season
Player............. Year WAR Service
1920..... 12.8
Banks............. 1959..... 10.2 Army
Korean War
Feller.............. 1939....... 9.8 WW II Navy
1940....... 9.8
Mathewson.... 1909..... 10.2 US Army WW I
Mays.............. 1954..... 10.6 US
Army Korean WAR
1958..... 10.2
1962..... 10.5
1963..... 10.6
1964..... 11.0
1965..... 11.2
Musial............. 1943....... 9.4 US
Navy WW II
1948..... 11.1
Robinson........ 1949....... 9.6 US
Army officer WW II
1951....... 9.7
Williams.......... 1941..... 10.6 Marine
fighter pilot in WW II and Korea
1942..... 10.6
1946..... 10.9
1947....... 9.9
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - HOFers who played
their first ML game as teenagers
Tuesday - First
class inducted into the HOF
Wed - Hall of Famers that
served in the Europe Theater during the Great War
Thursday - Hall
of Famers who served in the military during war
- Hall of Famers
that actually served while serving in the military
- Some heavy
dudes
- Hall of Famers
who fought in wars
- Hall of Famers
who served in combat (to come: Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra, Branch Rickey?)
Saturday - Players
who won MVP awards after serving in the military
- First black players to
win MVPs
Sunday - Players to be elected to
the Hall of Fame with over 95% of the vote
-Hall of famers who served in the military during wars
and saw actual combat
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