MONDAY — 29-Apr
Q. Who was the first
player to sign a contract totaling over one hundred million dollars?
Hint: #1 He played
in the World Series for two separate teams and played for four different teams
in All-Star competition.
Hint: #2 He was the
first non-Atlanta Brave National Leaguer to be named Pitcher of the Year by Baseball
Digest.
A. KEVIN BROWN [B-R Bio]
- Ans. His contract was forv$105,000,000 starting with
the 1999 season negotiated by his agent Scott Boras.
- #1 WS =1997 FLA & 1998 SDP.
- #2 BB Digest POY 2001.
FCR - Dylan Meek, Collinsville,
Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Roger
Clemens, Catfish Hunter, Dean
Chance, Andy Messersmith, Catfish Hunter, Nolan Ryan, Max Scherzer
TUESDAY — 30-Apr
Q. Who was the first
player to hit a grand slam in All-Star
competition?
Hint: #1 He was the first
player to win a League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award playing
for the losing team.
Hint: #2 He trails
only Stan Musial in number of career home runs hit in All-Star games.
- Ans. Lynn is the ONLY player to hit a GS in the
ASG. Came to bat in the 1993 ASG against
Atlee Hammaker with the bases loaded made history with his HR.
- #1 Lynn was the MVP as his CAL team lost to MIL.
- #2 He hit 4 ASG HR to the 6 HR by Musial.
FCR - Donald Howell,
Allison Park, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: George
Brett, Henry Aaron, 1983!
WEDNESDAY — 01-May
Q. Whose eight
shutouts in a season is a record for a rookie pitcher in the Live Ball Era?
Hint: #1 He is the most
recent pitcher to throw twenty complete games in a season.
Hint: #2 He was the last
left-handed pitcher to win the National League Gold Glove award in the
twentieth century.
A. FERNANDO VALENZUELA [Wiki Bio]
- Ans. 8 ShO in1981.
- #1 20 CG in 1986.
- #2 GG also in 1986.
FCR - Mark DeLodovico,
Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Tim
Lincecum, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine
WEDNESDAY TWICE — 01-May
Q. Who
was the last American League second baseman in the twentieth century to collect
as many as one hundred runs batted in in a single season?
Hint: #1
His father and brother played in the majors.
Hint: #2
He and another famous player were teammates on three (3!) different teams
in the majors.
A. ROBERTO ALOMAR [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. 120 RBI in 1999 playing for
CLE.
-
#1 Father Sandy Alomar played for
15 years & for 6 MLB
teams. Brother Sandy Alomar, Jr. played
for 20 years for 7 teams in 1988-2007.
-
#2 Joe Carter and Alomar were
teammates on:
FCR - Jason
Winston, Riverside, California
Incorrect guesses: , Bret Boone, Robinson Canoe, Bob Boone
WEDNESDAY THRICE — 01-May
Q. Which
one-time Baltimore Oriole is the only Vancouver native with more than two
hundred pitching saves?
Hint: #1
He anchored one of the most stunning upsets in World Series history.
Hint: #2
He once shared a League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award
with a teammate.
A. RANDY MYERS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Myers was born in Vancouver, Washington & retired from MLB
in 1998 w/347 career saves, 14th most all-time. Played for BAL in 1996-97.
-
#1 Myers was the pitcher who
recorded the last out of the 1990 WS, sweeping the highly
acclaimed OAK “Bash Brothers”
team.
-
#2 Myers & fellow bullpen
denizen Rob Dibble shared 1990 NLCS MVP
honors for their work in helping CIN secure the NL pennant.
FCR - Mark
DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Tug McGraw, Tim Belcher
THURSDAY — 02-May
Q. Whose
record for his team’s career stolen bases did Brady Anderson break?
Hint: #1
After setting his original team’s career record for stolen bases, he
(not Anderson) added two more steals for another team before retiring.
Hint: #2
He led the league in triples in his first full season in the majors,
tied with a certain second baseman who
is today in the Hall of Fame.
Hint: #3
He is well known for his service to his community and his country.
-
Ans. Bumbry ended with 252 SB for
BAL, but Anderson passed him with his 253rd in 1999.
-
#1 Of Bumbry’s career 254 SB.
Only the final 2 were for SDP in 1985.
-
#2 Bumbry had 11 3B in 1973, tied
for MIN’s Rod Carew.
-
#3 He was discharged in 1971 as a
first lieutenant after serving a year in Vietnam where he was decorated with
the Bronze Star. He is popular as a
speaker around Maryland & has a reputation as the first one with his hand
up when volunteers for service are needed.
FCR - Dan
Schoenholz, Walnut Creek, California
Incorrect guesses: Harold Baines, George Sisler, Luis Aparicio
FRIDAY —
03-May
Q. Which
former Chicago Cub collected one hundred RBI in consecutive seasons for
different teams…twice?
Hint: #1
He is the teammate who convinced Barry Bonds to start using maple bats.
Hint: #2
He was the first 30/30 player for one of the franchises he played for.
A. JOE CARTER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. He
had 105 RBI for 1990 CLE then 115 in 1991 SDP; 115 RBI for 1991 SDP then 108 in
1992 for TOR. He had played for CHC in 1983.
-
#1 Bonds went exclusively maple
in 1998. They were teammates that year
on SFG. Carter was the first player to use bats made
by the Original
Maple Bat Corp.
-
#2 Carter was the first 30/30 player
for CLE in 1987 with 32 HR + 31 SB.
FCR - Greg
Wells, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Bobby Bonilla, Aramis Ramirez, Howard Johnson,
Sammy Sosa, Bill Madlock, Moises Alou, Miguel Tejada, Jeff Kent,
Rafael Palmeiro
SATURDAY — 04-May
Q. Which
one-time Texas Ranger was born just north of Tyrol?
Hint: #1
He was the winning pitcher in the deciding game of the NCAA College World
Series.
Hint: #2
He was a mainstay of an expansion team that reached the postseason for
the first time when he appeared in sixty-two games, finished twenty-nine of
them and recorded ten saves.
Hint: #3
He broke this record for appearances two years later with a number that
is still the franchise best.
A. CRAIG LEFFERTS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Lefferts was born in Munich,
Bavaria, Germany, just north of the southern German border. Tyrol
or Tyrolia is the name of the region of the ancient kingdom which would now occupy
modern Austria. [Mostly used in the
adjective form, “tyrolian alps”.] His
father was a US Air Force officer. The
family moved to Sacramento, Japan, Topeka, Cape Cod & San Diego before
settling in the Tampa Bay area. Lefferts
played for TEX in 1993.
-
#1 Playing for the University of
Arizona in the 1980 College World Series, he beat the University of Hawaii in
the championship Game.
-
#2 The San Diego Padres came into
existence in 1969, but 1984 was their 1st
time in the postseason and they went all the way to the World Series.
- #3 In
1986, Lefferts pitched in 83 G for SDP, leading MLB that year and
setting the Padre standard.
FCR - Richard
Klee, North Hollywood, California
Incorrect guesses: Tom Henke
SUNDAY — 05-May
Q. Who
is the only major leaguer who played on a team that won baseball's major league
World Series and played on a college basketball team that won the NCAA
Division-1 championship?
Hint: #1
After his major league debut, he played for two years in the minors
before assuming his status as regular in the majors.
Hint: #2
Although his number of saves was modest, at his peak he was among the
leagues’ leaders in appearances and games finished.
A. TIM STODDARD [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. The 1983 Orioles
were the WS champs, a team on which Stoddard
was 2nd in G finished & 3rd in G played & saves
during the season. He also played on NC State’s 1974
NCAA title team.
-
#1 Played exactly one inning in 1975 for Chicago’s South Siders. He re-debuted w/BAL in 1978 & was a
regular after that.
-
#2 Stoddard never led in G or SV
for MLB, but was regularly on the Top Ten list in those categories for the AL 1980-87.
FCR - Michael
Schneider, Wilmington, Delaware
Incorrect guesses: Ron Reed, Andrew Miller, Kenny Lofton, Gene
Conley, Don Stanhouse, Dick Groat, Tom Niedenfuer, Mike Marshall, Ben
McDonald
WEEK’S THEME – Select (i.e.,
cherry-picked) players who were teammates of both Cal Ripken and Tony
Gwynn. From an idea submitted to
me in December 2006 by Trivia Master Mike Caragliano, Flushing, NY, who said,
“In anticipation of the 2007 Hall of Fame ballot results, this team is
comprised of teammates of first-ballot locks Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony
Gwynn. For two guys who didn't move
anywhere for two decades, they shared a lot of outstanding teammates."
Player w/Cal w/Tony WAR
Alomar................. 1996-98................. 1988-90................... 67.0
Brown..................... 1995...................... 1997..................... 67.8
Bumby................. 1982-84.................... 1985..................... 24.5
Carter..................... 1998...................... 1990..................... 19.5
Lefferts................... 1992 ............. 1984-87; 90-92............... 8.9
Lynn.................... 1985-88.................... 1990..................... 50.2
Myers.................. 1996-97............... 1992, 1998................ 15.3
Stoddard.............. 1982-83................. 1985-86..................... 4.6
Valenzuela............. 1993.................... 1995-97................... 41.5
Additional
teammates of Gwynn & Ripken include:
Ricky
Bones............... 6.9
Juan
Bonilla............... 2.4
Jarvis
Brown............. -0.3
Pat
Clements............. 3.3
Storm
Davis............. 17.2
Luis
DeLeon............... 3.2
Steve
Finley............. 44.2
Mike
Griffin................. 0.8
Gene
Harris.............. -1.0
Stan Jefferson.......... -0.3
Terry
Kennedy......... 21.6
Chuck
McElroy.......... 8.7
Keith
Moreland.......... 3.5
Mike
Pagliarulo........ 10.6
Mark
Parent............... 1.7
Mike
Oquist................ 3.1
Heathcliff
Slocumb..... 5.5
Pete
Smith................. 5.0
Mark
Thurmond......... 4.5
Tim
Worrell................ 8.7 Did I miss any?
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Noooo-body!
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(I recognize the chronological
incongruity of this particular theme, but once in a while you’ve got to dig past
the first layer.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Mon - Players
with colors in their last names
Wed - Players
who played for the Padres with the highest WAR not in the HOF
-
Players
who played for both the Padres and the Orioles
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