MONDAY — 15-Sep-2025
Q. Who was the first pitcher to win more than
one Most Valuable Player Award?
Hint:
#1 His record of eleven years between
awards stood alone until tied by Willie Mays (1954~1965).
Hint:
#2 He once pitched a complete-game
shutout where he allowed fifteen hits.
A. WALTER JOHNSON [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.
Johnson was named MVP in 1913 (which many still consider the greatest single season ever
pitched) and again in 1924. These were different MVPs, organized and awarded under different rules that the
present MVP (since 1932).
- #1 The
current record holder for time between first & last MVPs is Barry Bonds (1990~2004).
- #2 On
19-Jul-1913 in St. Louis, Browns got 15 H, but none scored. Johnson walked none, had 6 Ks &
stranded all 15 baserunners. It remains
the major league record for most hits allowed in a shutout.
FCR
- Brian Barris, Oneida, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Hal Newhouser, Carl Hubbell,
Sandy Koufax, Lefty Grove
TUESDAY
— 16-Sep-2025
Q. Which pitcher was (and still is) the major
leagues’ career leader in a.) games started, b.) complete
games, c.) innings pitched and d.) batters
faced, but was not elected to the Hall of Fame the first time he was
eligible?
Hint:
#1 He won both games of a double header
on the last day of his rookie season.
Hint:
#2 He once walked the first batter of a
game, picked that runner off then proceeded to retire the next twenty-six
batters.
- Ans.
Young leads solar system with 815 GS, 749 CG, 7,356 IP & 29,565 BF. You may also be familiar with his 511 wins. Young did not reach HOF induction level in
1936 or he would have been included in the Hall’s first class. In 1937, he received 76.1% of the vote and was inducted with Nap
Lajoie (83.6%) & Tris Speaker (82.1%).
- #1 On
01-Oct-1890, his Cleveland Spiders beat the Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5–1 &
7–3. Young started & completed both
games.
- #2 It
was on 30-Jun-1908 & was the 41-year-old Young’s record 3rd
no-hitter, first of the 8 suffered by the New York AL team. Young had 3 H & 4 RBI himself that day.
FCR
- Jeff Cohen, Wantagh, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Phil Niekro, Carl Hubbell,
Ernie Shore
TUESDAY
TWICE — 16-Sep-2025
Q. Which speedster stole home more times than
any other player in major league history?
Hint:
#1 He led the majors in batting average
nine times.
Hint:
#2 He once ended the season with a .401
batting average, but didn’t even lead the league.
- Ans.
Cobb stole home 54 times, including 8 times in 1912 alone. A distant 2nd on the list is Max
Carey with 33.
- #1 He
led MLB in BA in 1907 (.350), 1909 (.377), 1911 (.419),
1912 (.409), 1913 (.389), 1915 (.369),
1917 (.383), 1918 (.382) & 1919 (.384).
- #2
Cobb’s impressive .401 in 1922 still trailed The St. Louis Browns’
George Sisler’s .422, hit in his MVP year.
FCR
- Jeremy Milloy, Ferndale, Michigan
Incorrect
guesses: Harry Heilmann, Rod Carew, Dan
Pasqua
WEDNESDAY — 17-Sep-2025
Q. Who tied his teammate for the most
consecutive seasons leading the league in home runs?
Hint:
#1 Propitious timing of his feats
secured his nickname.
Hint:
#2 He discovered Jimmie Foxx for the
Philadelphia A's.
A. HOME RUN BAKER [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.
Baker led the AL in HR for PHA in 1911 (11), 1912 (10),
1913 (12) & 1914 (9).
His A’s infield teammate, Harry Davis had done the same in 1904 (10), 1905 (8),
1906 (12) & 1907 (8).
- #1
Stealing a major league-record 347 bases to get to the 1911 World Series, NYG find their
strategy trivialized by Baker, whose 2 critical HR
propel PHA to their 2nd straight championship.
- #2
Both native Marylanders, they met when Baker, new-retired Yankee &
player-manager of the Easton Farmers of the Class D Eastern Shore League in
Maryland in 1924. It was there that he discovered young Jimmie Foxx & told his old
boss Connie Mack.
FCR
- Waker Arnold, Jay, Vermont
Incorrect
guesses: Lou Gehrig
THURSDAY — 18-Sep-2025
Q. Which four-time World Series winner did Ty
Cobb think was the finest infielder in the majors?
Hint:
#1 He has the highest career batting
average among Hall of Famers who never won a batting title in an era when a
batter
Hint:
#2 His son’s major league career matched
his only in a.) name and b.) impish grin.
[You be the judge.]
A. EDDIE COLLINS [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.
Cobb’s mention of Collins can be found throughout writings of & by
Cobb. Collins won the WS with PHA in 1910, 1911 & 1913 w/PHA. He won w/CHW in 1917.
- #1
Collins’ career average of .333, 30th overall, is tied with
Paul Waner’s & is ahead of many luminaries, including, but not limited to,
Stan Musial (.331), Honus-Wagner (.328) , Cool Papa Bell (.325) &
Joe DiMaggio (.325).
#2 Eddie Collins, Jr: HOF father & son.
FCR
- Mark Buben, Smithfield, Rhode Island
Incorrect
guesses: Tony Lazzeri, Wahoo Sam
Crawford, Frankie Frisch
FRIDAY — 19-Sep-2025
Q. Who held the career record of doubles by a
right-hander until he was passed by Craig Biggio and Albert Pujols?
Hint:
#1 He won the first Triple Crown non
offense in the modern era.
Hint:
#2 He broke his hand trying to punch a
teammate, drawing a five-week suspension without pay.
A. NAP LAJOIE [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.
Lajoie retired in 1916 with 3,242 hits of which 657 were doubles. That career record for right handers lasted
until Biggio passed him in June 2007 whose 668 mark was in turn passed by
Pujols in 2021.
- #1 In
1901, the AL’s first season, Lajoie’s 6th season in the majors,
playing for Mr. Mack, he put up number that led both leagues: 8.3 WAR, 232
hits, 48 doubles, .426 BA*, .463 OBP,
.643 slugging, 1.106 OPS, 198 OPS+
& 350 total bases.
- #2 He
took an errant swing at Elmer Flick, who eventually joined him in the Hall of
Fame.
*The
highest since the beginning of the 20th
century
FCR
- Michael Kositch, Portland, Oregon
Incorrect
guesses: Honus Wagner Joe Medwick,
Rogers Hornsby, Al Simmons, Tris Speaker, Manny Ramirez
SATURDAY — 20-Sep-2025
Q. Which major leaguer hit triples in double
figures for seventeen consecutive seasons?
Hint:
#1 He is one of three players with the
same last name to lead their league in Triples.
Hint:
#2 He was the first player in the Modern
Era to win home run titles in both the National League and
American League.
A. SAM CRAWFORD [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.
He had a high of 26 triples in 1914, a low (for him,
during that run) of 10 in in 1905.
- #1
Carl & Brandon join him in that “club”.
- #2
While with the Reds, he hit 16 HR in 1901, only his 2nd
full season in the majors. With DET n
1908, it only took 7 HR to lead the AL that year.
FCR
- Brian Barris, Oneida, New , New York
Incorrect
guesses: Alex Rodriguez, Buck Freeman
SUNDAY — 21-Sep-2025
Q. Who was the first American League shortstop
inducted into the Hall of Fame?
Hint:
#1 He holds the worst career managerial
winning percentage among managers with at least 200 ML games managed.
Hint:
#2 Toward the end of his playing career,
he umpired for 100+ games. Among the
luminaries he ejected from games were Branch Rickey, Bill Carrigan and Ty Cobb.
A. BOBBY WALLACE [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.
HOF 1953
- #1 He
managed a couple of colors—the St. Louis Brown & the Cincinnati Red
winning% is only .287, 62-154
- #2 Wallace umpired for the AL for 111
games in 1915 after having tasted the experience two decades earlier, umping 1
NL game in 1895.
FCR
- Richard Masson, Lexington, Kentucky
Incorrect
guesses: Hughie Jennings, Rabbit
Maranville, Hank O’Day, Marty Marion, Joe Cronin, Honus Wagner, George
Davis
WEEK’S
APT ENDING — 21-Sep-2025
Q. Which player earned the highest career WAR
rank of any Double-Unique?
Hint:
#1 He set a major league record for
hitting in three separate twenty-game hitting streaks in the same season.
Hint:
#2 He was the inaugural inductee of the
Hall of Fame of the first state to have such an institution.
A. TRIS SPEAKER [SABR
Bio]
- Ans.. At 9th with 133.9, Speaker
leads many “household names” on the on the DU-WAR list. Lajoie
with 106.9 is 24th & is the next closest
- #1
Speaker’s 20+ X 3 streaks were in 1912 as was his cycle and MVP.
- #2 He
was the first honoree enshrined in the Texas Sports Hall of
Fame when it opened in 1951 in Waco, less than 30 miles from his boyhood home of Hubbard.
FCR
- Terry Walters, Wabasha, Minnesota
Incorrect
guesses: Rogers Hornsby
WEEK’S THEME – Hall of Fame
participants in the Addie Joss benefit game in Cleveland 24-Jul-1911.
Player Team Career WAR
Baker..................................... PHA.................. 62.8
Cobb...................................... DET................ 151.4
Collins................................... PHA................ 124.2
Crawford............................... DET.................. 85.3
Johnson................................ WSH............... 167.8
Lajoie..................................... CLE................ 106.9
Speaker................................. BOS............... 134.9
Wallace.................................. SLB.................. 76.4
Young.................................... CLE................ 163.6
Non-HOF AL
players who participated:
Smoky Joe
Wood.................. BOS................. 40.4
Hal Chase.............................. NYY.................. 23.0
Gabby
Street.......................... WSH................... 6.4
Paddy
Livingston................... PHA.................... 3.5
Clyde Milan............................ WSH................. 40.1
Russ Ford.............................. NYY.................. 34.4
Germany
Schaefer................. WSH................... 8.9
Jimmy
McAleer, Mgr.............. WSH...... 1.2; .453 with CLE, WSH, SLB
And
Their
hosts/opponents, the Cleveland Naps:
Joe
Jackson............................. RF.................. 62.2
Jack
Graney............................. LF.................. 14.2
Ivy
Olson.................................. SS.................... 5.7
Hank
Butcher........................... RF................... -0.4
George
Stoval.......................... 1B.................. 13.2
Joe
Birmingham....................... CF.................... 3.2
Neal
Ball................................... 2B.................... 0.9
Terry
Turner............................. 3B.................. 37.7
Syd
Smith.................................. C..................... 1.8
Ted
Easterly.............................. C................... 12.0
Art
Griggs................................. PH.................... 4.9
Georg
Kahler............................. P..................... 3.7
Freed
Blanding.......................... P..................... 8.4
Available
AL Hall of Famers who did not participate that day:
Charles
Bender...................... PHA.................. 47.8
Harry
Hooper......................... BOS................. 53.6
Eddie Plank............................ PHA.................. 91.2
Ed Walsh............................... CHW................ 66.5
First Correct Respondent identifying
theme – Vince Guerrieri, Eyria, Ohio (on Tuesday, after Cobb)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Mon - HOF pitchers who also managed in the MLB
Tues - Pitchers with 300+ wins
-
The
living members of the first class (1939) of HOF inductees.
-
Hall
of Fame players who were there for its opening in 1939
-
Hall
of Famers who retired as career leaders in a major statistical category
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