Sunday, June 17, 2018

2018-06-11 All-Star players selected in a draft round later than 10th


Q.        Who is the only pitcher to throw more no-hitters in the majors than did Sandy Koufax?
Hint:     He also played in more seasons in the majors than did Rickey Henderson.
Hint:     He also gave up fewer hits per 9 innings than any pitcher in major league history.
A.         NOLAN RYAN  [SABR Bio]
-     7 no-hitters to Koufax’ already-amazing 4
-     27 big-league seasons to Henderson’s absurdly-long 25
-     6.56 hits per 9 innings pitched.  Clayton Kershaw was once headed toward this mark, but has been trending down (up) since the end of 2016.
FCR -  Samuel Bass, Decatur, GA
Incorrect guesses:  Randy Johnson, Walter Johnson

TUESDAY
Q.        Who is the only major league All-Star ever born in Washington state’s second-most populous city?
Hint:     He was the only 2nd-baseman to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons in the 20th century.
Hint:     Roberto Alomar broke his record for the most Gold Glove awards won by a second baseman.
A.         RYNE SANDBERG

-  B. 18-Sep-1959 in Spokane (spoh-KANNꞋ), behind only Seattle in size
-  30 HR in 1989, 40 in 1990
-  Alomar won 10 GGs as compared to Sandberg’s amazing 9.
FCR -  Michael Green, Las Vegas
Incorrect guesses:  Jeff Kent, Bobby Doerr, Joe Gordon

WEDNESDAY
Q.        What former Wildcat passed Lee Smith to become the career MLB saves leader?
Hint:     Of all pitchers with 50 or more career saves, he ranks 3rd all-time with an 89% success ratio.
Hint:     Played his entire career with only one kidney and was the recipient of the Hutch Award.
A.         TREVOR HOFFMAN..[SABR Bio]
-  Passed Smith on 24-Sep-2006 w/479th career S.  Attended the U. of Arizona.
-  Ranking behind only Mariano Rivera and Joe Nathan in career S %.
-  Had a kidney removed at 6 weeks of age.  Hutch Award in 2004.
FCR -  Kellen Nielson, Blanding, Utah
Incorrect guesses:  Mariano Rivera

THURSDAY
Q.        Who owns the highest single-season batting average in the history of the Lost Angeles Dodgers?
Hint:     He beat John Smoltz by 40 rounds and Smoltz is a scratch golfer.
Hint:     LeBron may have copied him when he “took his talents…”.
A.         MIKE PIAZZA  [SABR Bio]
-  Hit .362 in 1997
-  Hall of Famer selected in the 62nd round, 40          rounds further back, for a Hall of Famer, than Smoltz who was taken in the 22nd round, the previous high.
-  Went from LAD and “took his talents to South Beach” (at least for 5 G).
FCR -  Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect guesses:  Tommy Davis, Matt Kemp

FRIDAY
Q.        Who has won more Gold Gloves at first base than any other player?
Hint:     According to a bio in Sports Illustrated, his childhood and youth were a nightmare because his father pushed him so hard to succeed.
Hint:     Now he teams with Clyde (not the camel) to create the corniest TV commercials in the Tri-State Area.
A.         KEITH HERNANDEZ  [SABR Bio]
-  11 GG
-  Article by William Nack kin SI.  Others wrote.
-  TV ads for men’s hair product with Walt “Clyde” Frazier
FCR -  Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: 

FRIDAY BONUS
Q.        Who has the second-most Gold Gloves of any first baseman?
Hint:     His boss today supplanted him as the most popular player on his team.
Hint:     His once-popular restaurant finally closed its doors.
A.         DON MATTINGLY  [SABR Bio]
-  9 GG
-  Currently manager of MIA, partly owned by Derek Jeter
-  “23” closed 12 years ago this month
FCR -  Barry Nelson, Guilderland, New York
Incorrect guesses:  Wes Parker, Ryne Sandberg, George Scott

END-OF-THE-WORKWEEK BONUS
Q.        What future former Yankee lost a National League batting title when his manager benched him to protect his numbers, only to see Bill Madlock go 4-for-4 and take the title by 3 points?
Hint:     In high school, where a Cooperstown Hall of Famer was also an alum, baseball was his fourth-best sport.
Hint:     It was not uncommon for him to participate in a track meet and high school baseball game literally simultaneously.
Hint:     The 151st of his career 152 home runs was by far the most famous.
A.         KEN GRIFFEY  [SABR Bio]
-  1976 Griffey hit .336 to Madlock’s .339.  He never came close again.  Played for NYY 1982-86.
-  Stan Musial was a teammate at Donora High School.  Football, track and basketball were Griffey’s priorities.
-  In the 1st inning of the game on 14-Sep-1990 in SoCal, Griffey homered, knocking in the game’s first batter, Harold Reynolds.  The next batter was his son, Jr., who looked at 3 Kirk McKaskill balls before homering to deep left-center.
FCR -  Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses:  Rennie Stennett

SATURDAY
Q.        Who was the first future manager to be a member of the Baseball Digest All-Rookie Team?
Hint:     He was the first player in the now 45+-year-old history of his franchise to get 200 hits in a season.
Hint:     Led the league in plate appearances the same year he played every one of the 162 games on the schedule.  Never did either again in his 18 years as a player in the majors.
Hint:     Jack Morris gave him his 2,500th hit in the majors, but he was the 2,500th strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.
A.         BUDDY BELL
-  2nd year the award was given, 1972, Bell made it for CLE.  Managed DET, COL & KCR 1996-2007.
-  200 H in 1979.  No Ranger or Senator (2.0) had done it before.
-  Same season had 200 H.
-  Ryan’s K #2,500 12-May-1978; H #2,500 off Morris, 04-Apr-1989 (Opening Day of Bell’s last season)
FCR -  Dan Silverberg, Aventura, Florida
Incorrect guesses:  Joe Torre, Paul Molitor, Lou Piniella, Toby Harrah, Robin Ventura, Dave Martinez

SUNDAY
Q.        What Big Apple native was the first Seattle Mariner to collect six hits in one game?
Hint:     The next season, he became the first 21st-century Mariner to hit a home run and steal home in the same game?
Hint:     He was the first out of the first triple play ever turned at Tropicana Field.
Hint:     His beautiful home in the northwest recently made news.
A.         RAUL IBANEZ
-  6 H = 22-Sep-2004 ; B. 02-Jun-1972 New York, NY
-  HR/SBH = 12-Sep-2005
-  TP  = 02-Sep-2006
-  Issaquah home for sale at $4.4 mil.
FCR -  John Burbridge, Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses:  Dave Valle, Edgar Martinez

WEEK’S FINALE
Q.        Who won the Rookie of the Year Award the same season George Brett came in 3rd in ROY voting?
Hint:     He won the first game of the World Series and scored the winning run in the second game, contributing in his team’s first ever World Series championship.
Hint:     He was the first post-WWII National League right fielder to handle eleven fielding chances in one game.
Hint:     His father played in the Negro Leagues and was a teammate of Satchel Paige.
A.         BAKE McBRIDE  [SABR Bio]
-  1974 NL ROY; Brett was 3rd in AL ROY voting.
-  1980 WS
-  11 chances = 11-Sep-1978
-  “They called my father ‘Bake’.  I didn’t know why.  They started to call me Little Bake and it’s been Bake all my life,” he said.
FCR -  Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses:  Gary Matthews


WEEKLY THEME – All-Stars originally drafted later than the 10th round.

Player             Year         Round        Pick*         MLB Yrs     Career WAR
Bell................. 1969......... 16th......... 15/375............. 18........... 66.3
Griffey............ 1969......... 29th......... 13/682............. 19........... 34.5
Hernandez..... 1971......... 42nd.......... 1/785............. 17........... 60.4
Hoffman......... 1989......... 11th......... 20/299............. 18........... 28.1
Ibanez............ 1991......... 54th......... 14/1,375.......... 19........... 20.4
Mattingly......... 1979......... 19th......... 20/473............. 14........... 42.4
McBride.......... 1970......... 37th........... 5/811............. 11........... 22.7
Piazza............ 1988......... 62nd.......... 2/1,390.......... 16........... 59.6
Ryan............... 1965......... 12th......... 20/295............. 27........... 81.8
Sandberg....... 1978......... 20th......... 20/511............. 16........... 68.0
*Pick number in that round/Overall pick in that draft

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – No one.

Incorrect theme guesses:

Monday  -  Starters whom began career as relief pitchers

Tuesday -  First ballot HOFers who played in both 80s and 90s
               -  Famous Ryne/Ryans













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