28-May-2018
Q. Who has been
privileged to hit into more double plays than anyone else ever has?
Hint: He has won
multiple Gold Gloves and multiple Silver Sluggers, but manage to win an MVP in
a season when he won neither of those.
Hint: Among active
players with more than 1,000 plate appearances, only he has more walks than
strikeouts.
- 368 GIDP. Passed Cal Ripken last year for the career
lead. In his 17year career, he has never
had a season with fewer than 10 GIDP. He
has 6 so far this year.
- 2001-2017, he had 1,251
BB & 1,146 SO. That stat works if
you reduce the required plate appearances to 500 or to 250 or t0 150.
N.B. With 16 career
triples and 110 stolen bases
FCR - Jesse Asbury,
Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Barry
Bonds, Cal Ripken, Ichiro Suzuki, Joe Mauer, Jose Altuve, Andrew McCutchen,
Carlton Fisk, Joey Votto, Ernie Lombardi
TUESDAY
Q. Who is the
only batter in major league history to lead his league in number of hits for
four straight seasons?
Hint: He grew up
playing with a future World Series MVP, but was born in the same city as a different future World Series MVP.
Hint: He is one of
only 5 players to win The Sporting News
Major League Player of the Year Award in consecutive seasons.
- Led AL in hits 2014-2017 and is leading again
this year. ERRATUM: Ichiro has done this five times in a row
1006-10. I mis-read the stat line
because Dustin Pedroia tied him in 2008 and interrupted the visual
flow. Jose is on track, however to tie
that.
- Spent youth playing with Salvador
Perez (2015 WS
MVP)
in Maracay, Venezuela, but was born in Puerto Cabello, also the birthplace of Pablo Sandoval
(2012 WS
MVP).
- TSN
ML POY 2016, 2017. Other
back-to-back winners were
Ted Williams 1941-42
Joe Morgan 1975-76
Albert Pujols 2008-09
Miguel Cabrera 2012-13
FCR - Daniel Blumenthal, Falls Church, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Wade Boggs, Pete Rose, Rod Carew, Joe Morgan,
Roberto Clemente, Stan Musial,
WEDNESDAY
Q. In the long history of the National
League, who is the only player to have 200 hits in a season not one of which
was a triple?
Hint: That same season, he tied a legendary Hall
of Famer for number of home runs in a season by a third baseman.
Hint: He hit for the cycle the same day as
another major leaguer, a double event that hadn’t happened since 1920.
Hint: His trophy case contains 4 Silver Slugger
Awards to complement his 5 Gold Gloves.
- In 2004, he had 204 hits 0 triples. Six American Leaguers have achieved the same
“feat”.
- 48 HR in 2004, tying the 48 hit by Mike
Schmidt in his 1st MVP season of 1980. The current record holder of that unique
state is A-Rod who hit 52 in 2007.
- Hit for the cycle 01-Sep-2008
for SEA while Stephen
Drew was doing it
for ARI.
FCR - Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect
guesses: Mike Schmidt, Vinny Castilla,
Dick Allen, Dave Parker
THURSDAY
Q. Who holds the record for the most hits
by a batter in a single postseason?
Hint: Most people would not guess that he has 20
career triples.
Hint: Credibility would be higher that he led the
National League one year in double-plays-grounded into.
Hint: Highly unlikely that he be a vector for any
pandemic, but his smile is certainly infectious.
- 26 H in 2014
2 H in Wild Card
G vs. PIT
on 01-Oct
26 postseason hits
- 20 career triples as of this writing
- In 2010, led the NL w/26 GDP (…which has
nothing to do with GNP.)
- Big
smile, his trademark (or, at the very least, one of them)
FCR - Larry Hayes, San Francisco
Incorrect
guesses: Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina,
David Ortiz, Lefty O’Doul, Cody Ross, Carlos Beltran
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. Who was the first player to hit for the
cycle in SkyDome?
Hint: He is the only third baseman ever to hit 20
doubles, 20 triples and 20 home runs in a single season.
Hint: He is the only third baseman with a higher
career WAR than Brooks Robinson among player who wore the same uniform number
as Brooks?
- Cycle vs. TOR 25-Jul-1990. Rogers
Centre opened as SkyDome. First game: 05-Jun-1989.
- 1979 Season = 42 2b, 20 3b, 23 HR
FCR - Bill Deane, Cooperstown
Incorrect
guesses: Paul Molitor, Dane Iorg, Adrian
Beltre, Edgar Martinez, Kelly Gruber, Jeff Bagwell, Evan Longoria
FRIDAY
Q. Who has the highest single-season WAR
for a position player?
Hint: It helped him earn his first MVP.
Hint: In his career, he played all three outfield
positions plus first base.
- 14.1 in 1923.
All 14 players with better
seasons are pitchers.
- Won his only MVP in 1923. To prevent him from winning more than that, a
rule was instituted to prevent any player from winning more than once.
- 1,130 G in RF, 1,048 in LF, 74 in CF, 32 in @
1b (not to mention 147 GS as a pitcher and 16 in relief)
FCR - Adam Balutis, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Bryce Harper, Bobby Bonds,
Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yastrzemski, Stan Musial,
Mike Trout, Al Oliver
END-OF-THE-WORKWEEK
BONUS
Q. What future former Blue Jay set the
record for most home runs in a single postseason?
Hint: He was a founding member of a company that
sold a lot of hardwood.
Hint: A legendary play-by-play man called him “The
Mount Savage Strongboy” who “can hit ‘em out of any park, including
Yellowstone.”
- “The Lumber Company” was the nickname give to
the powerful lineup of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the early 1970s because of their
dominant offense.
- Quote from Pirates announcer Bob Prince.
FCR - James Berardinucci, Sewell, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Jose Canseco, Troy Glaus,
Nelson Cruz, Joe Carter
SATURDAY
Q. What collegiate player led the nation in
hits in both 1996 and 1997?
Hint: He and Lyman Bostock attended the same
school, but with a different name.
Hint: He was the last American League player to
collect eight RBI in a game in the 20th century.
- He had 1996 (121) and 1997 (134) while at Cal
State Northridge.
- CSU
Northridge was known as San
Fernando Valley State College until June 1972 when Bostock
attended.
- 8 RBI G: 18-Apr-2000
FCR - Phillip Ross, Denver
Incorrect
guesses: Darin Erstad, J.D. Drew
SUNDAY
Q. What Hall of Famer’s father was arrested
for making moonshine in the basement of the family home?
Hint: Toward the end of his first year in a new
city, his popularity blossomed and took him by surprise. “Microphones were shoved in my face for the
first time. ... Fans grabbed and screeched for autographs,” he said.
Hint: Only a few years later, he found himself
featured on the cover of Time
magazine.
Hint: He accumulated the same number of home run
titles as did Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams or Jimmie Foxx, but passed each
of them on the career home run list.
- He grew up in a well-to-do suburb of
Philadelphia.
- It was also his team’s first year in a new
city, Oakland, 1968.
- Each had 4 season league home run titles. Williams finished w/521, Foxx 534 and Mantle
536. Reggie reached 563.
FCR - Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses: Willie Mays, Mark McGwire, Mike
Schmidt, Harmon Killebrew, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Babe Ruth, Ken
Griffey, Jr.
WEEKLY THEME – Players
who have hit 3 home runs in a single postseason game.
Slugger G Series For Off Of
Brett............. 3...... 1978 ALCS....... KCR...... Hunter......................................... NYY
Ruth............. 4...... 1926 WS........... NYY....... Rhem, Bell.................................. STL
*He was batting 9th that day. No other batter has
ever even hit 2 HR from the 9th spot in the order in a postseason
game.
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Sarah
Grynpas, Toronto (after Beltre)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Guys
with the most RBI's in their first 10 seasons
Tuesday - Active
players who have ever been 1st in WAR
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