MONDAY — 08-Jul
Q. Who has the
highest career major league batting average of all living players?
Hint: #1 He was the
most recent batter to have the American League’s top batting average for at
least five seasons.
Hint: #2 He is the
only Red Sox player with at least seventy multi-hit games in a season.
A. WADE BOGGS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Boggs’s career BA is .328, [.3279 –Rod
Carew’s is .3278 & Honus Wagner’s is .3276.] 39th all-time. He recently turned 66 years old.
- #1 Boggs hit .361, .369,
.357, .363 & .366 in 1983, 1985-88.
- #2 72 X in 1985, Boggs had at least 2 H per G.
FCR - Steven
Coleman, Belleville, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Mookie
Betts, Terry Forester, Manny Ramirez, Luis Aparicio, Ichiro Suzuki
TUESDAY — 09-Jul
Q. Which one-time Baltimore
Oriole was the first player to hit the very first pitch of a season for a home
run?
Hint: #1 He won as
many Gold Glove Awards for defense in the outfield as Barry Bonds, Andre Dawson
or Jim Edmonds.
Hint: #2 Although he
is often remembered for his defensive acumen, he had more extra-base hits in
the 1980s than any other major leaguer.
A. DWIGHT EVANS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. On 07-Apr-1986,
Evans began his 15th season in the majors by coming to bat against
future Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Morris.
The 1st pitch of the season was quickly deposited into the
Tiger Stadium seats. Watch here. After 19 years w/BOS, Evans spent his 20th
& last season playing for BAL.
- #1 All 4 OF players won 8 GG each, as did Paul Blair, Alex
Gordon & Garry Maddox.
- #2 From 1980 thru 1989, Dewey had 605 EBH to lead all major leaguers.
FCR - Jack Minnis, Laurel, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Paul
Blair, Eddie Murray, Brady Anderson Cal Ripken Al Bumbry, Bobby Grich
WEDNESDAY — 10-Jul
Q. Who was the first
player to hit more than sixty home runs after he turned forty?
Hint: #1 He was the first
unanimous American League Rookie of the Year award winner.
Hint: #2 He was the
first player to hit no triples in a full season the year after he had led the
league in that category.
A. CARLTON FISK [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Fisk hit a total of 72 HR over the 6 seasons
he played after his 40th birthday.
- #1 ROY in 1972. The only unanimous ROYs before Fisk were in
the NL: F. Robinson, Cepeda &
McCovey. Since ’72 each league has had 11 more each.
- #2 Fisk led the AL with 9 3B in 457 AB in
1972. In ’73, with 508 AB, he hit nary a
one.
FCR - Dan Silverberg,
Aventura, Florida
Incorrect guesses: Henry
Aaron, Barry Bonds, Jimmie Foxx, Jen Griffey Jr
THURSDAY — 11-Jul
Q. Who
is the only American League player to amass four hundred total bases in a
season since Joe DiMaggio did it in 1937?
Hint: #1
In his first game after being declared a regular starter on his team, he
hit the longest home run ever measured at Milwaukee's County Stadium.
Hint: #2
He holds the all-time record for grounding into the most double plays in
one major league season.
-
Ans. Rice had 406
TB in his MVP year, 1978. No AL batter has reached the 400 level in any
of the 45 seasons since. DiMaggio had an
amazing 418 in 151 G in 1937.
-
#1 On 02-Jul-1975(1) in “Cream City”, Rice launched
a HR (estimated at nearly
500’) off Brewers’ Bill Castro in the 3rd inning with 2 on, breaking
the scoreless tie. Rice hit a solo HR 2
innings later.
-
#2 Rice had 36 GIDP
in 1984. He threatened to break it the
following season but, alas, fell short with 35.
FCR - Jesse
Asbury, Noman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Jimmie Foxx, Albert Pujols, Albert Belle,
Willie Horton, Joe Torre
FRIDAY — 12-Jul
Q. Who
hit the history’s first regular-season major league home run in the month of
March?
Hint: #1
He racked up more home runs than any other player in the 124-year
history of his franchise.
Hint: #2
He led the league in walks in four of the first five full years of his
career.
A. FRANK THOMAS [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. Thomas provided all his
team’s R for the G when he teed-off on fellow Hall of Fame‑member‑to‑be Randy
Johnson in the 1st inning on 31‑Mar‑1996 as
his CHW fell to SEA 3‑2.
-
#1 Thomas’ 448 HR leads all White
Sox batters. His career total is 521,
tying Ted Williams and Willie McCovey on the career HR list.
-
#2 Thomas led in BB w/138,
122, 109 & 136 in 1991, 1992, 1994 &
1995.
FCR - Jack
Minnis, Laurel, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Ryan Zimmerman, Jim Thome, Ted Williams,
Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds
SATURDAY — 13-Jul
Q. Who
is the first player to finish a major league season with more RBI than hits
that year?
Hint: #1
Coach on an opposing team is quoted as saying, “He hit a pop-up against
us one day that went so high… all nine guys on our team called for it.”
Hint: #2
He holds the record for the most consecutive at-bats without hitting a triple.
Hint: #3
The day after this player hit his five hundredth career home run, Tony
Gwynn got his three thousandth career hit.
A. MARK MCGWIRE [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. In 1999, McGwire produced 147
RBI w/only 145 H playing for STL. Max Muncy jad had a similar year too. In 2023, he had 105 RBIs w/102 H.
-
#1 Quote from Marlins coach Rich Donnelly,
about McGwire.
-
#2 4,618 days after his triple off
Teddy Higuera on 20-Jun-1988,
McGwire next made it to 3rd in 1 AB on 02‑Aug‑1999
off Trevor Hoffman. It was his 6th
& final 3-bagger.
- #3 McGwire’s hit the 500th of his
career 583 HR on 05-Aug-1999. Gwynn collected the 3,000th of his
3,141 H in Montreal on 06-Aug-1999. [Coincidence? You be the judge!]
FCR - Gabe
Kinstlinger, Reisterstown, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Gary Sheffield., Manny Ramirez., Eddie Murray,
Frank Thomas, Harmon Killebrew, David Ortiz, George Brett
SUNDAY — 14-Jul
Q. The
White Sox have had the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB June Amateur Draft only
once where they picked a player whose career WAR was not negative. Who was that pick?
Hint: #1
He was granted Free Agency an amazing four times by the same major
league team.
Hint: #2
He holds the record for the most years between seasons of one hundred runs
batted in.
A. HAROLD BAINES [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Baines was the #1 overall
pick, right out of high school in 1977.
His career WAR was 38.8.
CHW’s only other #1 overall pick was Danny Goodwin in 1971 who spent 7
years in the majors, retiring with a -1.7 WAR.
-
#1 Baines received the gift of
Free Agency from BAL 4X:
01-Nov-1993;
20-Oct-1994;
06-Nov-1995;
&
29-Oct-1997.
-
#2 Baines had 113 RBI for CHW in 1985. Didn’t have another 100+ until playing for
BAL & CLE w/103 in 1999—a 14-year stretch.
FCR - Patrick Roth, Chicago
Incorrect guesses: Dick Allen, Frank Thomas, Raul Ibanez, Chris
Sale
WEEK’S THEME –Silver
Slugger batters who say their hitting was improved after being coached by hitting guru Walt Hriniak
Player WAR SS
Boggs.......................... 91.4............ 8
Thomas....................... 73.8............ 4
Fisk.............................. 68.5............ 3
Evans.......................... 67.2............ 2
McGwire...................... 62.1............ 3
Rice............................. 47.7............ 2
Baines......................... 38.8............ 1
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Not a soul.
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Players
who played in the longest professional game
Tues - Players with cool mustaches
Wed - Players
who won the 10th Man Award for the Red Sox
Thur - Boston
No. 1 picks
-
Most games played as a Red Sox
-
Boston Red Sox players who were drafted out of high school
-
Members of the Boston Red Sox HOF who were drafted out of high
school
Fri - First-round
picks with > 40 career WAR
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