Q. Whose record
for most times leading his league in strikeouts did Nolan Ryan never manage to
catch?
Hint: No pitcher
in the modern era has hit more batters with pitches during a major league career.
Hint: Notwithstanding
his legendary control, he once hurled 4 wild pitches in a single inning.
- Led in K 12X (Ryan
= 11X)
- Career 205 HBP
FCR - Tony Hughes,
Woodbridge, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Bob
Gibson, Lefty Grove, Christie Mathewson, Randy Johnson, Bob Feller, Sandy
Koufax, Steve Carlton, Jim Maloney
TUESDAY
Q. Who was the
first qualifying Braves pitcher to post a sub-2.00 ERA in a season since
World War I?
Hint: He faced
Roberto Clemente and Mark McGwire. (Not
in the same game. That would be a
record.)
Hint: His modest
former home is located on a street named for him.
- His 1966 ERA was 1.87 (Greg Maddux did it
twice subsequently.)
- Faced Clemente first on 28-Apr-1964. Clemente singled in an RBI. Faced McGwire last on 29-Aug-1987. McGwire tripled.
- 4138
Phil Niekro Parkway, Norcross, Georgia and is currently being
rented.
FCR - Adam Balutis, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Doyle Alexander, Warren Spahn, Greg Maddux
TUESDAY TWICE
Q. Who was the seventh native of the state
of Maryland to be enshrined in baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown?
Hint: He and another better-known Hall of Famer
share state-and-fruit-based nicknames.
Hint: No other National Leaguer has ever thrown
more complete games in a single season.
- HOF 1995 (between the 6th, Al
Kaline in 1980 and the 8th, Call Ripken in 2007)
- Ty Cobb was the “Georgia Peach”; Willis was
called the “Delaware Peach”.
- 45 CG in 1904 (Jack Chesbro set the MLB mark
the same year w/48.)
FCR - Sam Bogen, Manhattan Beach, California
Incorrect
guesses: Al Kaline, Amos Rusie, Lefty Grove,
Charles Radbourn, Iron Joe McGinnity
WEDNESDAY
Q. What pitcher won the most games in a
season for the original American League Baltimore Orioles?
Hint: His metallic nick name derived from his
previous occupation.
Hint: Reinforcing his nickname for different
reason, he once pitched both ends of 3 doubleheaders in a single month.
- He led BLA
in wins in 1901 w/26 and was the only staff member with double-digit victories
in 1902, the last year of the franchise, w/1903.
- He had worked for his father-in-law’s iron
foundry in McAlester, Oklahoma.
- Three twin-bills on 01-Aug, 08-Aug &
31-Aug for the 1903 NYG. McGinnity won all six games.
FCR - Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses: Don Larsen, Urban Shocker
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who does SABR refer to as, “Arguably the
best left-handed knuckleball pitcher in major-league history”?
Hint: In high school, he was recruited by some 50
colleges to play, variously, hockey, football and baseball.
Hint: Since the 162-game MLB schedule began in
1961, no other pitcher, lefty or righty,
has had a season with more inning pitched.
- He appears on virtually every list of baseball
history’s top knuckleballers, but is always the only southpaw.
- He signed instead, close to home, with the Red
Sox before graduating.
- He threw 376⅔ in 1972, breaking Mickey
Lolich’s mark of 376 set just the prior season.
From 1971-75, Wood had 5 straight seasons of 290+ innings each. Bert Blyleven was the last pitcher, in 1983,
to exceed 290.
FCR - Lincoln Mitchell, New York City
Incorrect
guesses: Charlie Hough, Mickey Lolich,
Gaylord Perry
THURSDAY
Q. Who is the only pitcher in baseball
history to throw a no-hitter on his birthday?
Hint: He once pinch-hit for Ty Cobb.
Hint: He threw a one-hitter on Opening Day of his
best season. The sole knock was by a batter
who later would six times be league home run king.
- B. 04-Jul-1880; No-no 04-Jul-1912.
- Pinch-hit 22-Jun-1912,
two weeks before his no-hitter. Cobb had
departed for the clubhouse early, with the Tigers down 11-3 w/2 out in the
bottom of the 9th inning.
Mullin flied out to end the game.
- One-hitter 14-Apr-1909. Hit was by Gavvy
Cravath who also walked and stole a base. He was the only one doing anything that day
for the Pale Hose.
FCR - Mark Pattison, Washington, DC
Incorrect
guesses: Bob Feller, Ed Walsh
FRIDAY
Q. Whose record for strikeouts in a single
World Series did Bob Gibson break in 1964?
Hint: He had also once owned the record for most
strikeouts in a World Series game,
having broken Deacon Philippe’s record.
Hint: He played an important role in the outcome
of the first All-Star Game in Chicago in 1933.
- 28 K in the 1903 WS
- Phillippe had struck out 10 in G 1. Dinneen struck out 11 in G 2 the next day. (Ed Walsh then K’d 12 in G 3 in the 1906 WS.)
- He was the home plate umpire for the 1933
ASG.
FCR - Scott Matteson, Shawnee, Kansas
Incorrect
guesses: Carl Hubbell, Sandy Koufax, Lefty
Gomez, Babe Ruth, Carl Erskine, Howard Ehmke, Lefty Grove, Bob Gibson, Bill
Hallahan
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first pitcher in modern era
baseball to win 20 games for a team that lost 100 that same season?
Hint: He stood alone with that distinction for
almost half a century.
Hint: He led the majors as a rookie with 41
complete games. That’s 39 more that Max
Scherzer and Corey Kluber each had in 2017.
Hint: No rookie in the 20th century
pitched more innings or more complete games than he did in his debut season.
- In his rookie season of 1905, he won 20 and
his team, the Boston
Beaneaters (now Braves) lost 103.
Thus, 43% of the team’s victories were his. No other member of the rotation won more than
14 and they EACH lost at least 20. (finished 7th of 8)
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- Ned
Garver won 20 for the 52-102 St. Louis Brown
of 1951 (finished last).
- 1905 = 378 innings pitched (led the majors)
and 7 shutouts
FCR - Walt Cherniak
Incorrect
guesses: Steve Carlton, Ned Garver, Pete
Alexander, Jack Chesbro, Tom Seaver, Jack Taylor, Russ Ford, Rube Marquard,
Ed Walsh
SUNDAY
Q. Who threw the first no-hitter Ray Schalk
ever caught?
Hint: He showed up to his first professional
tryout dressed in overalls and tennis shoes.
Hint: In his best season in the majors, he tied
Walter Johnson for the league lead in shutouts.
Hint: Ring Lardner later made him a peripheral
character in his dead ball classic, “You Know Me Al”.
Hint: He died on the U.S./Mexico border.
- No-hitter 14-May-1914, later de-certified by
MLB because he gave up 2 R in the 10th inning and lost the game. Schalk caught 3 more no-nos.
- Had 7 ShO in 1915.
- Passed away of a heart attack 07-Apr-1957 at
age 63 in Jacumba,
California a census‑designated place in eastern San Diego County. It literally abuts the border with Mexico.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Ed Cicotte, Doc White, Cy
Falkenberg, Joe Benz
WEEKLY THEME – Modern
era pitchers with 20 wins and 20 losses in the same season.
Pitcher Year W/L Team WAR Team
Finnish
" 1903........... 31/20........... NYG........ 11.7 2nd of 8
Mullin........... 1905........... 21/21........... DET........... 3.8...................... 3rd of 8
" 1907........... 20/20........... DET........... 2.9.................... 1st of 8
Willis............ 1902........... 27/20........... BSN........... 8.4...................... 3rd of 8
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – John
Ford, Greenwich, Connecticut (after Mullin)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Hall of
fame pitchers who lost 20 games in a season
- Hall
of Famers who led their leagues in Ks one year & ERA another year
- Hall
of Fame pitchers who won 20 games and lost 20 games in the same season.
Wed - IP
leaders
- 20th
century pitchers who led MLB with at least 340 IP in a season
- Pitchers
who led the league in wins one year and era another
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