MONDAY — 13-May
Q. Who is the only
pitcher who has surrendered home runs to more different major leaguers than has
Bartolo Colon?
Hint: #1 He won the
Branch Rickey Award, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award and was named The Sporting News
#1 Good Guy.
Hint: #2 He was
released by six different teams and granted free agency another 7 times.
A. JAMIE MOYER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Colon was taken deep by 307 different major
leaguers. Moyer? 332 !
- #1 [Multiple references]
- #2 Ref. BB-Ref.
FCR - Michael Craig,
Gilbert, Arizona
Incorrect guesses: Hoyt
Wilhelm, Mike Morgan, Carl Hubbell , Frank Tanana, Jim Kaat, George Brunet,
Todd Stottlemyre, Bill Dickey
TUESDAY — 14-May
Q. Who kept Cal
Ripken from joining a special “club” currently
occupied by only Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson?
Hint: #1 He is one
of only seven people at his position to be named World Series Most Valuable
Player.
Hint: #2 His seasons
with the Yankees, Dodgers and Brewers were unremarkable, at best.
Hint: #3 His once
thriving brew pub was no match for the Covid Pandemic.
A. RICK DEMPSEY [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Only Brooks and Frank Robinson have been a.)
MVP; b.) WS MVP; & c.) ASG MVP. Cal
Ripken has 2 of the 3, but Dempsey was WS MVP of the only WS Cal ever played
in. (In reality, Cal did not distinguish
himself and a dozen other Orioles would have won it before he would have even been
considered.)
- #1 WS MVP catchers:
1972 OAK Gerne Tenace
1976 CIN Johnny Bench
1981 LAD Steve Yeager
1982 STL Darrell Porter
1983 BAL Dempsey
1992 TOR Pat Borders
2015 KCR Salvador Perez
- #2 Played for NYY 1973-76 OPS+ 89; For LAD 1988-90
OPS+ 95; For MIL 1991 OPS+ 60
- #3 Located within the Camden Yards complex, Dempsey’s
Brew Pub opened in 2012 & was a favorite pre- & post-game
spot.
FCR - Barry Gogel, Baltimore
Incorrect guesses: Boog
Powell
TUESDAY TWICE — 14-May
Q. Who is the only
pitcher aside from Walter Johnson to win a season strikeout title for the
Washington Senators?
Hint: #1 Four times
in a row he led the majors in Games Started.
In four different seasons, he led his league in pitching losses.
Hint: #2 He is the
only pitcher with a season of an ERA above 5.00 and a strikeout total above
225.
A. BOBO
NEWSOM [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In a tie with BOS’s Tex Hughson, Newsom had 113
K. Johnson led the AL in K 12 X, including 8 in a row 1912-19.
- #1 Newsom led the majors in GS in 1936 w/38; in
1937 w/37; in
1938 w/40; &
in 1939 w/37.
He led the AL in losses
in 1934 w/20; in 1935 w/18; in 1941 w/20; in
1945 w/20.
- #2 In 1938 for the next-to-last place St. Louis
Browns, Newsom struck out 226 & had an ERA of 5.08.
FCR - Tal Smith,
Montgomery, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Camilo
Pascual, Pedro Ramos, Early Wynn,
James McJames, Max Scherzer, Juan Pizarro, Joe Dobson, Wes Farrell
WEDNESDAY — 15-May
Q. Who
was the first left-handed pitcher to win two hundred career games without ever
winning twenty games in a season?
Hint: #1
The year he led the majors in shutouts, he got the only Cy Young Award
votes of his twenty-two year career.
Hint: #2
He was the only pitcher to play for all four 2005 LCS teams before 2005.
A. JERRY REUSS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. From 1969 to 1990, Reuss
amassed 220 pitching wins. His highest
total for a single season was 18 which he accomplished in 1975, 1980 &
1982.
-
#1 In 1980, Reuss finished 2nd
to Steve Carlton in the CYA voting.
- #2 Reuss pitched for STL in 1969-71; HOU in 1972-73;
CAL in 1987; & CHW in 1988-89.
FCR - Dylan
Meek, Collinsville, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Orel Hershiser, Jamie Moyer, Jim Kaat, ,Tom
Glavine, Kenny Rogers, David Wells,
THURSDAY — 16-May
Q. Not regarding
the National Association as a major league, which catcher’s record for most
years in the majors did Nolan Ryan break?
Hint: #1
He (not Ryan, ironically enough) inserted a slab of round steak into his
mitt whenever he had to catch a certain fastballer.
Hint: #2
He managed a team that was eliminated by the National League.
A. DEACON McGUIRE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. McGuire played in 26 major league seasons: 1884-1908,
1910& 1912.* Nolan Ryan’s MLB career
covered 27 seasons.
-
#1 McGuire caught Hank O’Day when
they were both rookie teammates on the 1884 Toledo Blue
Stockings. McGuire later
said, “He threw the heaviest and hardest ball I ever caught!”
-
#2 The 12-team NL decided it had
spread itself too thin & in 1899 erased the franchises
in Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & McGuire’s Washington Senators.
*Horsehide Trivia regards the N.A. to be a major league and
its records to be legitimate. This would
have made Cap Anson the longest tenured
major leaguer at 27 years.
FCR - Steve
Riach, Southlake, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Wilbert Robinson, Jim O’Rourke, Muddy Ruel,
King Kelly, Alan Ashby, Buck Ewing, Jeff Torborg, Connie Mack
THURSDAY TWICE — 16-May
Q. Who
was the manager of baseball’s most notorious team?
Hint: #1
He got his appellation from the Appalachians.
Hint: #2
His first manager was baseball’s first manager.
Hint: #3
He was well regarded everywhere he played and managed.
A. KID GLEASON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In Gleason’s rookie season
of management, he guided the 1919 Chicago
White Sox to the AL pennant.
He was never suspected of being involved in the plot of some of his
players to purposely lose the WS that they were favored win.
-
#1 Gleason had spent time in
Pennsylvania’s coal mines and was still slight of build (5’7”, 150#) by the
time he threw his 1st pitch in the majors at age 22. Gleason’s father and brothers all were
employed in the coal mines. His brother Harry played in parts of 5
seasons in the majors.
-
#2 HOF Harry Wright managed the 1888 Phillies where Gleason began
his major league playing career.
-
#3 Among the five thousand who
attended his funeral were managers John McGraw & Connie Mack in
addition to Commissioner Landis.
FCR - Barry
Gogel, Baltimore
Incorrect guesses: Miller Huggins, Casey Stengel, John McGraw,
Al Spalding, Harry Wright, Gabby Hartnett.
FRIDAY —
17-May
Q. Who
pitched in more major league games than any other person?
Hint: #1
He was very generous at spreading the wealth around.
Hint: #2
He got rings from teams on each coast.
A. JESSE OROSCO [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Orosco holds the career mark
for pitching appearances at 1,252.
-
#1 He pitched for nine teams in
his 24 MLB seasons.
-
#2 Orosco famously was the Mets pitcher on the mound at the
end of the 1986 WS. He played an important
part for the Dodgers in their WS winning
campaign of 1988.
FCR - Michael
Schneider, Wilmington, Delaware
Incorrect guesses: Dan Plesac, Cy Young
SATURDAY — 18-May
Q. Who
is both the oldest pitcher to start a World Series game and the oldest pitcher
ever to finish a World Series game?
Hint: #1
The country he was born in is a different country today, notwithstanding
the fact that his natal country still exists.
Hint: #2
He played the real-life role of when corny announcers say, ”Give that
fan a contract!” He signed his first
professional contract when a manager saw him return a foul ball hit into the
stands.
A. JACK QUINN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Quin started G 4, of the 1929 WS at 45
years, 3 months, 7 days old. The
following year, he came into G 3 of the 1930 WS at _(even
older)_.
-
#1 Born in Stefuró, Hungary (modern-day Štefurov, Slovakia), Quinn emigrated to the
U.S.as an infant with his parents Michael Pajkos & Maria Dzjiacsko in 1884.
-
#2 While watching a semi-pro game
in Connellsville, the 14-year-old Quinn
threw a foul ball back from the stands to the catcher, hitting his mitt right
in the middle. The visiting manager,
from the nearby town of Dunbar, was impressed by the throw & offered Quinn
a contract.
FCR - Mary
Hums, Louisville
Incorrect guesses: Rex Barney, Satchel Paige
SUNDAY —
18-May
Q. Who
was the first first-round draft pick to make his major league debut for a his
team the same year he was drafted?
Hint: #1
His leg was broken by a foul ball in a dugout in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Hint: #2
He surrendered a record-tying, home run of considerable significance.
A. MIKE MORGAN [Wiki
Bio]
-
Ans. Morgan was drafted 4th
overall in the 1978 draft and debuted in the
majors 11-Jun-1978 w/OAK.
-
#1 Morgan did some coaching in
the small central Utah town of Peasant Grove.
-
#2 Morgan surrendered Mark
McGwire’s 61st HR of the season in 1998.
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, New York
Incorrect guesses: David Clyde, Jack Billingham, Ariel Prieto, Mike
Adamson, Randy Johnson
SUNDAY — 19-May
Q. Whose
last name could be intuited by listening to the music of R.E.M., Radiohead, The
Cure, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers and similar bands?
Hint: #1
He pitched for a team that
won its World Series in only its sixth season of existence.
Hint: #2
He handled thirteen fielding chances in one game
A. NICK
ALTROCK [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. These popular bands
specialized in a genre referred to as “Alt Rock”.
-
#1 Altrock played for the 1906 CHW. The team originated with the AL in 1901.
-
#2 On 06-Aug-1904, pitching for CHW, he handled
the ball on defense 13 X. He also went 9
innings & only gave up 1 R.
FCR - Jim
Williams, West Allis, Wisconsin
Incorrect guesses: Hunter Cervenka , Pat Rapp, Livan Hernandez
WEEK’S THEME – Non-Hall
of Famers who played in the majors in 4 different calendar decades and pitched
at least once.
Player MLB career WAR
Altrock................. 1898-1933...................... 9.1
Dempsey............... 1969-1992.................... 25.1
Gleason................ 1888-1912.................... 41.8
McGuire............... 1884-1912.................... 24.5
Morgan................ 1978-2002.................... 26.2
Moyer................... 1986-2012.................... 49.8
Newsom................ 1929-1963.................... 47.8
Orosco.................. 1979-2003.................... 23.2
Quinn................... 1909-1933.................... 58.7
Reuss.................... 1969-1990.................... 35.1
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Chaunce Venuto, Tooele, Utah (after
Morgan)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Pitchers
who gave up a lot of home runs
- Oldest
players to have an RBI
Tue - World
champions who played on more than 7 teams
-
Played in four decades
-
Players who played for the most teams over four decades
Wed - Players
NOT in the HOF who played for four decades
-
Players NOT in the HOF who played for four decades since 1900
Fri - Pitchers
and catchers who played 20+ years and had WARs under 60 played in both leagues
and for 6 or more teams
Sun - Pitchers
and catchers who played in four decades and are not in the Hall of Fame
-
Pitchers and catchers that played in four decades and are not in
the Hall of Fame and had a WAR of under 40
-
4-decade non-HOFers who played for 7 or more teams
-
A's pitchers
-
20+ years in the majors with 6 or more teams
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