MONDAY — 12-Aug
Q.
Which Hall of Famer set the major league record for a consecutive-games hitting
streak, only to see it smashed the following season?
Hint: #1 He hit more career triples than any other
BBTR Hall of Famer.
Hint: #2 He once led the majors with 135
RBI in only 131 games.
Hint: #3 He was institutionalized for the last half of
his life.
A.
GEORGE DAVIS
[SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Davis’ 33 G streak in 1893 for
NYG was said to be aided by the new pitching distance of 60’6” that year, but
didn’t everyone else have that same “advantage”? CHC’s Bill Dahlen had one of 42 G the
very next year.
-
#1 During his MLB playing days, Davis
racked up 163 3B. BBTL HOF Roger Connor
finished with 233.
-
#2 In 1897, for NYG, Davis hit .353, stole 65 bases, had
184 H against only 23 K, was 2nd in HR w/10 & produced a 6.9 WAR. In the field, he led the league in putouts
(339) and double plays (67).
-
#3 He died in 1940, at age 70
from paresis, insanity produced by syphilitic alteration of the brain resulting
in dementia & paralysis.
FCR -
Mark Haynes, Humphries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Roger Connor, Hack Wilson, Fred Clarke
TUESDAY — 13-Aug
Q.
Which future Cardinal second baseman was counseled by a future U.S. Supreme
Court Chief Justice that, based on his performance in law school, he had a
better chance of lasting success in baseball than in law?
Hint: #1 The professor was prescient as the erstwhile
law student became a baseball player then manager where he won six American League
pennants.
Hint: #2 Only Bid McPhee and Addie Joss have lasted
longer as Double‑Unique Hall of
Famers.
A.
MILLER HUGGINS
[SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Huggins was a student athlete
at the University of Cincinnati where his wise law professor was William Howard Taft.
-
#1 After a 5-year stint w/STL, mostly
as player/manager, Huggins succeeded Wild Bill Donovan as NYY’s skipper.
From 1921 to 1928, he guided the Yankees to 6 AL pennants & 3 WS
championships.
-
#2 Neither before nor since has
“Miller” as a first name nor “Huggins” as a last name ever appeared more than
once in MLB history—a “Double-Unique”.
FCR -
Tom Galligan, Baton Rouge
Incorrect guesses: Branch Rickey, Tony La Russa, Sam Crawford,
Rogers Hornsby, Frankie Frisch
WEDNESDAY — 14-Aug
Q.
Which Hall of Famer suffered a severe eye injury in the Civilian
Conservation Corps then was discharged from the Army due to a shoulder injury
and ongoing eye problems then endured a broken finger, pleurisy and bruised
ribs during a major league season before sitting out with tuberculosis the next
year?
Hint: #1 He won an All-Star game with a home run in
the fourteenth inning.
Hint: #2 He managed a major league team for twelve
straight season, including two pennants and one World Series championship, but
was called back to manage the same team four and fourteen years later as an
interim.
A.
RED SCHOENDIENST [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Schoendienst was named International
League MVP in 1943, before spending most of 1944 in the US Army, but his
injuries and ailments continued to haunt him throughout his career.
-
#1 In the top of the 14th
inning of the 1950 ASG, Schoendienst led off with a solo HR
off Ted Gray. Ewell Blackwell got 3
quick outs in the bottom of the inning
to seal the NL victory.
-
#2 After having managed STL for
12 seasons (1,938 G) 1965-1976, including 2 pennants and 1 WS championship, Schoendienst was called
back to managed STL for the final 37 G in 1980 & 24 G in the middle of the 1990 Season.
FCR -
Gilles Renaud, Long Sault, Ontario
Incorrect
guesses: Al Lopez, Leo Durocher
MIDWEEK BONUS — 14-Aug
Q. Who played in at least a
hundred games a year for a record twenty-three consecutive seasons?
Hint: #1 He won the Roberto
Clemente Award.
Hint: #2 His son had “cup of
coffee” with dad’s old team.
- Ans. From 1963 when he was the NL ROY, through 1985, Rose never had a season
with fewer than 100 G played, 5 X leading the NL, 4 X leading MLB. In that time, he won the 1973 NL MVP, 3 WS rings, 2 GG, 3 BA titles, a WS
MVP and a Silver Slugger award.
- #1 Rose won the RCA in 1976.
- #2 Pete Rose, Jr. played 11 G for the 1997 Reds.
(Turns out Gertrude Stein’s dictum “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose”
might have been overstating the case.)
FCR - Gabe Kinstlinger, Reisterstown,
Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Carl Yastrzemski,
Cal Ripken, Carl Yastrzemski, George Sisler, Hank Aaron
THURSDAY — 15-Aug
Q. Who was the first player to go
an entire season (minimum 150 games) without grounding into a double play?
Hint: #1 He was the first Chicago
Cub to hit a home run in an All-Star game.
Hint: #2 He won the Pacific Coast
League Most Valuable Player Award the year before coming up to the majors.
A. AUGIE GALAN
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. Galan played in 154 GIDP-free G in 1935
playing for CHC. Since tied by Dick
McAuliffe in 1968, Craig Biggio in 1997 & Matt Carpenter 2018.
- #1 Galan went deep in the 1936 mid-summer classic, in the 5th
inning off the Tigers’ Schoolboy Rowe.
- #2 Played for the 1933 S.F. Seals of the PCL, where he hit .356 with 51 doubles
& 22 triples.
FCR - Rich Klein, Plano, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Phil Cavarretta,
Frank Demaree, Hack Wilson, Bitsy Mott, Kiki Cuyler, Ernie Banks, Rob
Deer, Billy Williams
FRIDAY — 16-Aug
Q. Which BBTR National League
shortstop averaged 181 hits, 38 doubles, 11 triples, 16 home runs and 37 stolen
bases in his first eight seasons in the major leagues?
Hint: #1 In his career, he led the
National League four times in triples and once each in runs, stolen bases and
stolen base percentage.
Hint: #2 He attended the same high
school that produced four additional All-Star players.
A.
JIMMY ROLLINS
[B-R Bio]
- Ans. Rollins put up these numbers in 2001-2008
w/PHI.
- #1 He led the NL in 3b in 2001 (12), 2002
(11), 2004 (12) & 2007 (20) in 3B; led in R in 2007 (139)
& in SB in 2001 (46) & in SB% in2010 (94.4%).
- #2 Additional alumni of Encinal HS in Alameda, CA include Willie
Stargell, Chis Speier, Tommy Harper & Dontrelle Willis.
FCR - Terry Sloope, Cartersville,
Georgia
Incorrect guesses: Garry Templeton,
George Davis, Frankie Frisch, Jose Reyes, Honus Wagner
SATURDAY — 17-Aug
Q. Which catcher, born in South
Wales, was the first player to win a World Series championship with three different
teams?
Hint: #1 He was Bob Feller’s first
roommate on road trips.
Hint: #2 He was the first player
to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game.
Hint: #2 His brother played for
three teams in the majors over three seasons.
A. WALLY SCHANG
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. Schang was born in South Wales, a hamlet among the towns of Aurora
& Wales in Erie County, New York State, essentially an exurb of
Buffalo. His first team, the
Philadelphia A’s, beat the formidable New York Giants 4-1 in the 1913 WS.
With the Red Sox in 1918, he and his famous battery mate subdued the Cubs 4-2.
With the Yankees, he helped beat the Giants again in the 1923 Fall
Classic. The A’s, for which he played a
few G in 1930, also won the WS that year, but he did not play.
- #1 Schang was a coach w/CLE 1936, 37 &
38. Feller was a 17-year-old rookie in
1936.
- #2 Schang had homered 2X by the 2nd
inning on 08-Sep-1916 .
Off NYY’s righty Allen Russell in the 1st & off lefty
Slim Love in the 2nd. No one
has ever fund an instance of it being done earlier.
- #3 Bobby Schang played for PIT in 1914-15; NYY
in 1915; & STL in 1927.
FCR - Richard Klee, North
Hollywood, California
Incorrect guesses:
WEEKEND BONUS — 17-Aug
Q. Which player, from the most
baseball-fecund city in the world, was the last twentieth-century player with
three stolen bases in each of two consecutive games?
Hint: #1 That same season, he led
the majors both in steals and times caught stealing.
Hint: #2 As a minor leaguer, he set
off the fire alarm in his team's hotel because he thought it was a shampoo
dispenser.
A. LUIS CASTILLO
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. SB X 3 = 17- & 18-May-2000.
Castillo hails from San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic. More than 100 major leaguers are natives of
this town of 400,000 people.
Similarly-sized cities in the U.S. have produced 51 (Tulsa), 26
(Wichita), 10 (Arlington, TX) & 0 (Aurora, CO)
- #1 2000 = 62 SB; 22 CS
- #2 Source:
ESPN the Magazine 08-Jun-2002
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries,
Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Jack Lapp, Rickey
Henderson, Vince Coleman
SUNDAY — 18-Aug
Q. Who was the first twentieth-century player to
steal five bases in one game?
Hint: #1 He played for Baltimore in two different
leagues.
Hint: #2 His two hundred thirty times hit-by-pitch
place him just behind Ron Hunt on the all-time list.
A. DAN McGANN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. On 27-May-1904, McGann helped
Christie Mathewson to his 5th Win of the season when he swiped 5
bases, all against P Ned Garvin & C Lew Ritter of the team then known as
the Superbas (Dodgers.)
-
#1 He played for the Baltimore
Orioles (BLN of the NL) in 1898 & the Baltimore
Orioles (BLA of the AL) in 1902.
- #2 He
is 7th in career
HBP.
FCR - Cliff Beiser, Kissimmee, Florida
Incorrect
guesses: Wee Willie Keeler, John McGraw,
Luis Aparicio, Hugh Jennings
WEEK’S FINALE — 18-Aug
Q.
Who is the final player to qualify for this week’s theme?
Hint: #1 Before making the majors, in one of his minor
league stops, he led the league in batting average & stolen bases.
Hint: #2 He is a veteran of World War I and of World
War II.
Hint: #3 His nickname comes from a prophy trophy.
A. GOLDIE RAPP [MCB Bio]
-
Ans. See below.
-
#1 Played for Peoria in the 1915 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa
League—B league (AA today) as inaccurately reported in an obituary in The
Cincinnati Enquirer in 1966. His league
leading stats were more likely with St. Paul in
1920.
-
#2 In WWI he was a Staff Sergeant
in the US Army Air Corps (Today U.S. Airforce). In WWII he served as a Chief Petty Officer in
the US Navy
Seabees.
-
#3 He slipped on the ice while
skating when he was 8 & lost one of his front teeth. The dentist replaced it with a gold tooth. Back in school, his mates called him “Goldie”
& "Joseph" was no longer needed.
FCR -
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Incorrect guesses: Francisco Lindor, Larry MacPhail, Eddie
Collins, Hank Gowdy
WEEK’S
THEME – Switch-hitters with hitting streaks of more than 15 games.
Hitter Streak Year WAR /Yr /Career
Rose.................... 44 G in....... 1978........... 3.4.......... 79.5
Rollins................. 39 G in..... 2006-07........ 6.1/5.5.... 47.6
Davis................... 33 G in....... 1893........... 5.7......... 84.5
[HOF]
Castillo................ 33 G in....... 2002........... 2.0.......... 29.1
Schoendienst...... 28 G in....... 1954........... 4.7......... 44.8 [HOF]
Rapp.................... 23 G in....... 1921.......... -0.7........... -3.9
Schang................ 20 G in....... 1916........... 3.6.......... 48.0
Galan................... 19 G in....... 1944........... 6.3.......... 45.4
Huggins............... 16 G in....... 1906........... 4.2......... 35.4 [HOF]
McGann............... 16 G in....... 1907........... 2.5.......... 34.0
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [That’d be the null set.]
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Mon - Hall of Famers who have same name as another MLB player
Wed - Hall of Famers who managed players who once
had 60-homer seasons
-
Switch hitters in the HOF
who also managed in the MLB
-
Hall of Fame switch
hitters who won a World Series
-
Cardinals second
basemen who managed
-
Switch hitting player
managers who played second base
Thur - Switch-hitting 2B who received MVP votes
Sun - Switch hitting player s who won a stolen base
title
-
Switch hitters as players
who became switch hitters (managers + coaches) later in their careers
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