Q. Whose
election as MLB Rookie of the Year was not warmly celebrated by some
individuals, and even whole teams, in each league?
Hint: The uniform
number he chose was the transposition of a well-known uniform number.
Hint: His
resulting number became the better known.
Now all MLB players and many coaches wear it on their uniforms on U.S.
income tax reporting deadline day.
Hint: A major
movie celebrating his life, used those digits as its title, eschewing any text
there.
Hint: Not many
know that he excelled in golf, tennis and swimming scholastically.
- 1947 MLB ROY voting (Baseball historian
Phil Wood tells us that the Dodgers assigned
him No. 42. He didn’t choose it. Phil
also said top players used to receive much lower uniform numbers, suggesting
maybe the equipment folks might have been slighting him.)
- 42., reversing 24, worn by Willie Mays. On 15-Apr, every year, for one day, all
uniforms in the majors bear the number “42”, honoring the day of Robinson’s debut major league game.
FCR - Doug Greenwald,
San Francisco
Incorrect guesses:
Ichiro Suzuki, Thurman Munson
TUESDAY
Q. Who was the
last National League batter to lead the league in strikeouts with fewer than
100? (150 G minimum)
Hint: He was the
first Los Angeles Dodger to win a Gold Glove.
Hint: He was the
first 20th-century player to collect 17 total bases in a single
game.
- 99 K 1951
- GG @ 1st 1958
FCR - Jeff Kallman, Las Vegas
Incorrect guesses: Ron Cey, Maury Wills, Charlie Neal, Duke
Snider, Shawn Greene, Tommy Davis, Vince DiMaggio, Wally Moon, Jackie Robinson
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who passed his father’s four-year career
home run total in the 43rd game of his rookie year?
Hint: That home run was the first of 10 he hit in
10 straight games.
Hint: He set a record for reaching 21 home runs
faster than anyone in MLB history.
Hint: His sister played college volleyball and
his brother pitched last year in the Padres’ minor league system.
- 10-20 Jun-2017 = 10 HR
- On 19-Jun-2017, against NYM, he hit 2 HRs in
the first 2 innings. Those ran his
season-long total up to 21 in just 51 games. For good measure, he hit another
one the following night. The previous
record was held by Wally Berger, who hit 21 in 55 G in
1930.)
- Sister Ashli played volleyball at Vanguard University.
Brother Cole was drafted by SDP, 3rd
in the 15th round June 2017.
FCR - David Krassin, Los Angeles
Incorrect
guesses: Rhys Hoskins, Clay Bellinger,
Ken Griffey, Jr., Terry Francona
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who performed the batting scenes as Lou
Gehrig in the movie “Pride of the Yankees”?
Hint: He led the majors in triples in his first
year with his second team. It didn’t
help. They finished last.
Hint: The year prior, his 77 extra-base hits led
the league. He was also 3rd
on his team in WAR. Neither of those
accomplishment could prevent him from being traded.
Hint: In spite of a career .324 batting average,
his votes for the Hall of Fame never rose above 6%.
Hint: His exposure to Hall-of-Fame levels of play
was extensive, having been on teams with Pie Traynor, Honus Wagner, Dan
Bancroft, Al Lopez and Leo Durocher and more than two dozen others.
- Hall of Famers played with include: Wilbert Robinson,
Burleigh Grimes, Dazzy Vance, Zach Wheat, Rabbit Maranville, Max Carey, Dave
Bancroft, Iron Man McGinnity, Joe Kelley, Ernie Lombardi, Al Lopez, Chick Hafey,
Eppa Rixey, Jim Bottomley, Gabby Harnett, Billy Herman, Kiki Cuyler, Arky Vaughan,
Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Waite Hoyt, Pie Traynor, Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer,
Mickey Cochrane, Honus Wagner and Leo Durocher.
FCR - Joseph Cosgriff, New York City
Incorrect
guesses: Lefty O’Doul, Tip O’Neill, Gary
Cooper
THURSDAY
Q. Who was the first player to win 5 Gold
Gloves in a row for a team in Southern California?
Hint: He was the anchor of the majors’ first
all-switch-hitting infield.
Hint: He hosted a radio talk show in the
mid-1980s.
- Won 6 consecutive GG 1967-72, all for LAD. Willie
Mays was the 1st w/5 GG for a team on the West Coast.
- Infield of Parker, Jim Lefebvre@ 2nd, Maury Wills, @ SS and Junior Gilliam @ 3rd for
the 1965 LAD.
- [Radio reference lost.]
FCR - Frank Workman, Escondido, California
Incorrect
guesses: Steve Garvey, Ron Fairly, Ozzie
Smith, Bill Russell, Maury Wills, Roy Sievers
FRIDAY
Q. Which Pirates outfielder can be seen in
the bottom left corner of the Norman Rockwell painting “Bottom of the Sixth”?
Hint: He was born in a log cabin in rural town
originally named “Hixville”.
Hint: His father, uncle and brother all played in
the majors.
- “Bottom of the Sixth”. Official sources say that this figure is Danny
Murtaugh. Many doubt this, including
me. Murtaugh wasn’t that svelte even
then.
FCR - Kellen Nielson, Blanding, Utah
Incorrect
guesses: Lloyd Waner, Danny Murtaugh,
Barry Bonds, Ralph Kiner, Johnny Hopp, Harry Walker, Honus Wagner
SATURDAY
Q. What four-time Gold Glove South Carolinian
began his professional career in Medicine Hat?
Hint: He was once traded for a World Series MVP.
Hint: He founded the C.A.T.C.H., which provides
resources and a support system for youth coping with autism.
- 33rd
Round; 1998
Medicine Hat [Alberta] Blue Jays
- Traded for Troy
Glaus 27-Dec-2005 (other players were involved)
- C.A.T.C.H.
Foundation, a 501c3 organization; C.A.T.C.H. Facebook
page
FCR - Rick Tharp, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Milt Pappas
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who was the first pitcher to earn more
than a single save in a season in the major league American Association?
Hint: He had led the league the year before as
well, but alas… ‘twas not a plural number.
Hint: The year he led the league with 19 triples
(as a batter), he was tied with no fewer than five (5!) other players. His league-leading home run total in a different
year was only tied by 2 others.
Hint: Playing for the team we now call the Dodgers,
in their first year in the National League, he collected more than 120 RBI in
fewer than 120 games.
Hint: He ended his major league career in he
National League playing under a Hall of Fame player/manager.
- He had 3 saves in 1885 with the original Baltimore
Orioles; only one the year prior.
- He had 19 3b for them in 1887, but was tied in
the NL that season by John Kerins,
Tom
Poorman, Triple Crown winner that year Tip
O’Neill, Hall of Famer Bid
McPhee and teammate Jumbo
Davis.
- His 13 NL HR in 1890 were matched by Mike Tiernan
& Walt
Wilmot.
- In 1890 he had 128 RBI in 119 games for BRO.
- His last season was 1895 playing for the New York Giants under
the under‑appreciated George
Davis.
FCR - Joe Haardt, McLean, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Tony Mullane, Dan Brouthers
SUNDAY
Q. Who was the first 20th-century
player to increase his batting average for 8 consecutive seasons?
Hint: He then proceeded to decrease that same
stat in nearly as orderly a fashion.
Hint: In his career, he played 448 games at third base, 354 in the outfield, 243
at second, 178 at shortstop and 49 at first base.
Hint: His brother also played more than a decade
in the majors.
Hint: They were the first brothers to oppose each
other in a modern World Series.
Hint: All five of his managers in the majors are
now in the Hall of Fame.
- BA 1914.... .228 1922... .319
1916.... .252 1923... .325
1917.... .270 1924... .298
1918.... .280992 1925... .297
1919.... .281481 1926... .238
1920.... .291 1927... .246 w/BSN
1921.... .325 1927... .232
w/NYG
- Doc
Johnson 1909, 1912-16, 1918-22
- Faced each other in the 1920 WS,
won by Doc’s Indians.
- Hugh Duffy managed
him in 1911; then Hank O'Day in 1914; Wilbert
Robinson in his Brooklyn days; Dave Bancroft in
Boston and John
McGraw in New York..
FCR - Joe Haardt, McLean, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Ken Boyer, Dave Stapleton, Doc
Johnston, Dane Iorg, Guy Hecker
WEEKLY THEME – Dodgers
who hit for the cycle.
Dodgers Hitting For The Cycle
Player Date
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Mark
Decker, Hudson, Iowa (after Bellinger)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Players
featured in The Boys of Summer
Wed - First
basemen for the Dodgers in their World Series appearances.
- Dodgers
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