MONDAY — 27-Jan
Q. Who
is the only Los Angeles Dodger pitcher to win three National League Cy Young
Awards?
Hint: #1
The year he was awarded the title of league’s Most Valuable Player, he
led the majors in WAR, W/L%, ERA, ERA+, Complete Games, Strikeouts per 9
innings, not to mention FIP and WHIP.
Hint: #2
He was the first major league pitcher to lead the majors in ERA in four
consecutive years.
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Ans. CYA in 2011, 2013, 2014*
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#1 His 2014 season is here. MVP vote.
-
#2 ERA leader in 2011-2014 w/2.28,
2.53, 1.83 & 1.77 respectively.
*Unanimous
FCR - John
Michael Pierobon, Fort Lauderdale
Incorrect guesses: Sandy Koufax, Don Newcombe, Greg Maddux
TUESDAY — 28-Jan
Q. Who is
the only A’s player to hit a grand slam and an inside-the-park home run in the
same game?
Hint: #1
His consecutive-year MVP wins were not enough to gain induction to the
Hall of Fame. He is a candidate who certainly has the “fame” part down
pat.
Hint: #2
He had the good fortune of playing during what many refer to as The
Golden Age of Baseball. Contributing evidence of that might be that he
played for and with eighteen eventual Hall of Famers.
A. ROGER MARIS [Wiki Bio]
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Ans. On 03-Aug-1958(1), Maris hit a solo
inside-the-park HR off WSH’s Russ Kemmerer in the 3rd. In the 6th, he homered to deep RF,
scoring teammates Baxes, Carrasquel & Tuttle ahead of him.
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#1 Maris was AL MVP in 1960 &
1961. In the nineteen times he has been
voted on for Hall of Fame induction, he received a low of 16.6% and a high, six
years later, of 43.1%.
-
#2 HOF associates-
w/CLE: Joe
Gordon,. Bob Lemon, Minnie Minoso, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Early Wynn,
Hank Greenberg (GM);
w/KCA: Whitey
Herzog, Dick Williams (redux)
w/NYY: Yogi
Berra, Bill Dickey (Coach), Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Casey Stengel (Mgr)
w/STL: Lou
Brock, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Bob Gibson. Red Schoendienst (Mgr.)
{Note: MLB’s
Official Historian, John Thorn, wryly suggests that baseball’s Golden Age is
whenever YOU were 12 years old. [IMHO,
he’s not wrong. ~ Ed.]}
FCR - Lou
Charlip, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Jose Canseco, Joe Morgan Jimmie Foxx, Frank
Thomas, Ferris Fain
WEDNESDAY — 29-Jan
Q. Who
was the first post-expansion player to collect more RBI than the number of
games he played that season (minimum 100 RBI)?
Hint: #1
He is in a very select group of players who have 3,000 hits, 300 home
runs and who retired with a .300+ batting average.
Hint: #2
His Hall of Fame vote fell just nine votes short of unanimity.
A. GEORGE BRETT [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In 117 games in 1980, Brett
drove in 118.
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#1 Here are the 5 players with those stats.
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#2 Brett’s election -to the Hall
in 1999 was by 98.2% when he was named on 488 of a possible 497 ballots.
FCR - Chris
Connor, Allen, Texas
Incorrect guesses:
THURSDAY — 30-Jan
Q. Who
was the first batter to break Roger Connor’s decades-old record of 138 career home
runs for a switch-hitter?
Hint: #1
As rookie, he underperformed under high expectations and was sent down
to the team’s AAA minor-league affiliate.
Hint: #2
The next season, he became the youngest batter to homer in a World
Series game.
A. MICKEY MANTLE [SABR Bio]
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Ans. Ripper Collins came close
w/135, retiring in 1941, but on 29-May-1956, on his way to a triple
crown, Mantle hit his 18th of the year, but the 139th
of his career and became the all-time leader in career home runs by a
switch-hitter, a record he still holds (536).
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#1 He came back up after 6 weeks &
shed his uniform number 6 for 7 which seemed to play at least a small part in
restoring his confidence.
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#2 Mantle’s WS HR was in G #6 of he 1952 Fall Classic.
He is still the youngest AL batter, but Andruw Jones holds the NL record
for youngest NL WS HR.
FCR - Dave
Sloan, Florissant, Missouri
Incorrect guesses: Andruw Jones, Babe Ruth
FRIDAY— 31-Jan
Q. Which
four-time All-Star has the highest won/loss percentage of any of the
two-hundred forty-eight major league pitchers born in Venezuela (25 W min)?
Hint: #1
His pitching Triple Crown was a key element in his team’s winning their
division that year.
Hint: #2
None of his Triple Crown measures that season was a career best.
A. JOHAN SANTANA [B-R Bio]
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Ans. Santana’s record is 139-78
or .641%.
-
#1 In 2006, MIN topped the AL
Central by 1 G over DET. Santana’s stats
didn’t just lead the AL: 19 W, 2.77 ERA, 245
K. He was also the best in the Bigs in
WAR (7.6), ERA+ (162) & WHIP (.997).
-
#2 In 2004 alone he had 20 W, 265
K, a WAR of 8.7, an ERA+ of 182 & a WHIP of 0.921. In 2008, 2.53 ERA was his best
ever.
FCR - Daniel
O'Connor, Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Bartolo Colon, Mike Cuellar, Anibal Sanchez
FRIDAY AGAIN — 31-Jan
Q. Who
was the first starting pitcher to rack up four Cy Young Awards?
Hint: #1
He owns one of baseball’s roundest baseball records.
Hint: #2
He took the adjective “Taciturn” to a whole new level.
A. STEVE CARLTON [SABR Bio]
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Ans. Lefty won the CYA in 1972*, 1977, 1980 & 1982.
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#1 Carlton holds the career
National League strikeout record: 4,000 exactly.
-
#2 He famously refused to speak
to the media for 12+- years, beginning in 1979, continuing through his career
with the Philadelphia Phillies & beyond. His media silence lasted partially even after
his 1991 retirement, but there are a few quotes to be had.
FCR - Andrew
Jett, Waxahachie, Texas
*Unanimous
Incorrect guesses: Greg Maddux,. Randy Johnson, Sandy Koufax
Roger Clemens, Nolan Ryan, Max Scherzer
T.G.I.F. — 31-Jan
Q. Which
one-time Colorado Rockies pitcher was the first teenager to appear on the mound
in a game for the Kansas City Royals?
Hint: #1
He was the first pitcher to surrender three home runs to one player on
Opening Day.
Hint: #2
Look out Slim Shady!
A. BRET SABERHAGEN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Saberhagen came into the G against
NYY in the 4th on 04-Apr-1984. He was only 19 years & 359 days old. He only played one more G as a teenager, 10-Apr-1984. He was 37 when he retired.
-
#1 Performing like the reigning
MVP he was, on O.D. 04-Apr-1988 in K.C., TOR’s George Bell squared up Saberhagen 3 X.
They were the only earned runs Saberhagen gave up that day,
-
#2 Saberhagen has an unexpected talent…
rapping, which he put to good use after the 1985 WS where he was voted Series MVP.
FCR - Andy
Knobel, Columbia, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Jeremy Affeldt, Mike Morgan
SATURDAY — 01-Feb
Q. Who
was the second* American Leaguer to win the Most Valuable Player award playing
for a team without a winning record?
Hint: #1
He was the first player to collect four hits in a World Series game
twice in the same Series.
Hint: #2
His older brother had a major league experience that remains, to this
day, unique.
A. ROBIN YOUNT [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Yount won his 1st
MVP in 1989, but his Brewers could only manage a .500 record that year.
-
#1 In 1982, Yount had 4 H in each
of G #1 & G# 5.
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#2 No one ever had a shorter
major league career than Larry Yount.
Read it here.
FCR - Evan
Thompson, Mesa
Incorrect guesses: Jackir Jensen, Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken, George
Brett, Roger Peckinpaugh
SUNDAY — 02-Feb
Q. Who
is the only batter to hit more than fifty doubles in a season in the 1960s?
Hint: #1
He is the only black player to win the Triple Crown in the American
League or the National League.
Hint: #2
He hit a home run in his first at-bat as a player-manager.
A. FRANK ROBINSON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Hit 51 2B in 1962 for CIN. From 1954 through 1976, only he had a season
w/50+ 2B.
-
#1 TC in the AL in 1966: 49 HR, 122 RBI, .316
BA. He never led his league in any of
the TC categories in any other season of his career.
-
#2 As player/manager of CLE n
1975, Robinson homered in the 1st inning off NYY’s Doc Medich on 08-Apr-1975.
FCR - Robert
Osman, Great Neck, New York
Incorrect guesses: Billy Williams,
WEEK’S FINALE — 02-Feb
Q. Who
was once thrown out forty-two times in one season while trying to steal?
Hint: #1
One season he scored exactly as many times as he got a hit.
Hint: #2
He was born on Christmas Day in the back seat of a taxi.
A. RICKEY HENDERSON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Catchers stopped him 42 X in 1982. They also didn’t catch him 130 X that year
when he set the Modern Day single season
record.
-
#1 In 2002 for BOS, Henderson got
40 H and scored 40 X.
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#2 Born in Chicago 25-Dec-1958.
FCR - Dan
Schoenholz, Walnut Creek, California
Incorrect guesses: Ben Chapman
WEEK’S THEME
– Players who won multiple accolades but who were honored with exactly
one (1) and only one, Gold Glove Award
Player GG Year Accolades WAR
Brett............................... 1985.......... 13 X AS, MVP, 3 x BA.......... 88.6
Carlton........................... 1981........... 4 CYA, 10 X AS................... 90.2
Henderson..................... 1981........... 10 AS, MVP........................ 111.1
Kershaw........................ 2011........... 3 CYA, etc.................................... 79.4
Mantle............................ 1962........... 3 X MVP, TC...................... 110.2
Maris.............................. 1960........... 2 X MVP, 7 X AS.................. 38.3
Robinson....................... 1958........... 2 X MVP TC....................... 107.2
Saberhagen................... 1989........... 2 CYA, 3 X AS...................... 58.9
Santana.......................... 2007........... 2 CYA, 4 X AS, 3X ERA...... 51.7
Yount.............................. 1982........... 2 X MVP............................... 77.4
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme –
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Mon - Pitchers
who were Sport Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year”.
- Bonus Babies who
made the Hall of Fame
Wed - Won
ML Player of the Year by The Sporting News and MVP the same year
Sun - Players
with multiple MVP/Cy Young awards
-
Players
with one Gold Glove
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