MONDAY — 23-Nov
Q. Who has the
highest career batting average among National League players?
Hint: He was the
only player elected to the Hall of Fame between 1940 and 1944.
Hint: He was the
first position player to win a second MVP.
A. ROGERS HORNSBY [SABR Bio]
- His career average
of .358 trails only Ty Cobb’s.
- HOF 1942.
- MVPs in 1925 w/STL & in 1929 w/CHC.
FCR - Phil Hertz, Kamuela,
Hawaii
Incorrect guesses: Stan
Musial, Honus Wagner, Bill Terry, Ducky Medwick
TUESDAY — 24-NovQ. Who was the first American League batting champ to play for that year's World Series champion?
Hint: He was the first position player from Wisconsin elected to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: He played
for seven teams (including his original team three times!) and was teammate of
or managed by a total of twenty-five Hall of Famers.
A. AL SIMMONS [SABR Bio]
- The 1930 Philadelphia A’s won
the WS and Simmons hit .381 that year to lead the Junior Circuit.
- Elected to the Hall in 1953. 362 game winner Kid Nichols had been
enshrined in 1949.
- HOF teammates:
PHA = Mickey Cochrane*, Jimmie
Foxx, Lefty Grove, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker Eddie Collins, Zach Wheat,
Waite Hoyt, George Kell, Jocko Conlon.
CHW = Luke Appling,
Ted Lyons, Red Faber.
DET = Charlie
Gehringer, Goose Goslin, Hank Greenberg.
WSH = Rick Ferrell.
BSN = Al Lopez.
CIN = Ernie Lombardi.
BOS = Bobby Doerr,
Joe Cronin*
- HOF Managers:
PHA = Connie Mack
BOS = Casey Stengel
WSH = Bucky Harris
CIN = Bill McKechnie
- *Teammates who also managed Simmons:
DET = Mickey Cochrane
BOS = Joe Cronin
FCR - Richard Tourangeau, Boston
Incorrect guesses: Rickey Henderson, Eddie Collins, Paul Molitor
WEDNESDAY — 25-Nov
Q. Who finished his career tied with Ty
Cobb on the all-time home run list?
Hint: He won a Gold Glove Award in each of his
first ten seasons.
Hint: He went on a hit streak of
20 or more games seven times in his career.
Hint: He is the only player to hit an
inside-the-park home run in a major league All-Star game.
A. ICHIRO SUZUKI [Wiki]
- Cobb and Ichiro finished w/117 HR.
- GG = 2001-2010
- George Sisler also had 7 such streaks. Willie Keeler, Ty Cobb and Pete Rose had 8
each.
- ASGITPHR = 10-Jul-2007 at AT&T Park In
San Francisco. He was voted MVP of that game.
FCR - Patrick Roth, Chicago
Incorrect
guesses: Garry Maddox, Tris Speaker
THURSDAY — 26-Nov
Q. Who was the last first baseman to hit
twenty triples in a season?
Hint: Counterintuitively, he was the first player
to have 600+ at-bats in a season without a stolen base.
Hint: He was the first Hall of Famer to hit a
grand slam on Opening Day.
A. BILL TERRY [SABR Bio]
- Hit 20 3B in 1931. Led the majors.
- In 1934 602 SB/0 SB
- GS 12-Apr-1927. He drove in Hall of Famers Edd Roush and Rogers Hornsby as well as LF Ty Tyson ahead of himself on
that blast. Terry also finished the day
a triple short of the cycle. (Tyson had
one that day, but he wasn’t giving it up.)
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Don Mattingly, Stan Musial, Lou
Gehrig, John Olerud, Turkey Stearnes, Eric Karros, Jimmie Foxx, Willie McCovey
FRIDAY — 27-Nov
Q. Which one-time Washington Senator’s
final career pitching victory was a 1-0 shutout over Walter Johnson?
Hint: As a qualifying batter, he owns the
second-highest single-season American League batting average of the twentieth
century.
Hint: In his fifteen-year career in the majors,
he received MVP votes only once—the year he won it.
Hint: In three successive season, he hit the
exact same number of triples, once leading the majors, once leading the league,
once leading his team.
A. GEORGE SISLER [SABR Bio]
- Won on 17-Sep-1916 Sisler’s only
career shutout in his 24-game MLB pitching career. He finished 5-6 with a sparkling 2.35 ERA. Sisler played for WSH for 20 G in 1928.
- Hit .420 in 1922 (Nap Lajoie’s .426 in 1901 being
the gold standard).
- MVP 1922
- Playing for SLB, he hit 18 3B in 1920, 18
3B in 1921 & 18 3B in 1922.
FCR - Joe Liss, Metairie, Louisiana
Incorrect
guesses: Smokey Joe Wood, Ted Williams, Wes
Ferrell, Stan Coveleski, Babe Ruth, Red Ruffing, Roger Peckinpaugh
SATURDAY — 28-Nov
Q. Who is tied with Barry Bonds for the
most National League extra-base hits in a season?
Hint: He (not Bonds) was the first outfielder to
hit four home runs in a game.
Hint: He won an MVP, placing second in the voting
the year prior and the year following.
A. CHUCK KLEIN [SABR Bio]
- 107 XBH in 1930 w/59 2B, 8 3B, 40 HR
- 4 HR on 10-Jul-1936. Ed Delahanty, in Cooperstown as a LF and
played 73% of his career G as an OF, was playing 1B on 13-July-1896 when he hit 4 HRs.
- NL MVP 1932; 2nd in 1931 (behind Frankie
Frisch) & 1933 (behind Carl Hubbell).
FCR - Kevin Decker, Hillsborough, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Mark Whiten, Hack Wilson,
Willie Mays, Rocky Colavito, Joe Medwick, Mickey Mantle, George Foster, Mike
Trout, Hank Aaron, Bobby Lowe
SUNDAY — 29-Nov
Q. Who holds the major league record for
most runs allowed by a left-handed relief pitcher in a single appearance?
Hint: He led the majors in hitting as a
Phillie and as a Dodger.
Hint: The city with a restaurant and a SABR
chapter both bearing his name is not one where he ever played in the majors.
Hint: Twice he finished in the top three in
National League Most Valuable Player voting.
A. LEFTY O’DOUL [SABR Bio]
- He debuted in the majors as a pitcher and had
a disastrous day 7-Jul-1923. Pitching for the Red Sox, he gave up 16 runs
in just 3 innings of work. The fielding
behind him was most of the problem: Only
3 of the runs were earned, but his 11 hits and 8 walks allowed certainly didn’t
help much either.
- Hit .398 in 1929 for PHI. Hit .368 in 1932 for BRO.
- He was born in San Francisco. The SABR chapter in that area (the Lefty
O’Doul Chapter) frequently meets at “Lefty” O’Doul’s at 145 Jefferson Street.
- Finished 2nd in MVP voting in 1929
then 3rd in 1932.
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Zack Wheat, Harry Walker, Dixie
Walker, Ed Delahanty, Dan Brouthers, Dolph Camilli
WEEKLY THEME – Batters
with at least 250 hits in a single season.
Player Hits Year
Hornsby........... 250........ 1922
Klein................ 250........ 1930
O'Doul............. 254........ 1929
Simmons......... 253........ 1925
Sisler............... 257........ 1920
Suzuki............. 262........ 2004
Terry................ 254........ 1930
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – David Krassin, L.A. (after Ichiro)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Players
with the highest lifetime batting averages without 3,000 hits in their careers
Wed - Players
to have at least 200 hits in a season minimum of 6 times
- Players
with the highest batting average each decade
- Players
who collected their 2000th hit prior to their 6000th at
bat
Thur - Single
season hits record holders, each league
- Players
with the highest single season hit totals
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