MONDAY — 17-Oct-2025
Q. Who
is the only player to hit a double, triple and home run in one World Series
game?
Hint: #1
He was named National League Comeback Player of the Year for his last
season in the majors.
Hint: #2
He broke Max Carey’s stolen base record.
-
Ans. Brock hit all 3 off Tiger
pitchers in the WS on 06-Oct-1968. His double was off John Hiller, his
triple was off Joe Sparma and his HR was off Denny McLain. No one has yet hit for the cycle in a WS
game.
-
#1 Brock was NL CPY in 1979. He was an All-Star & hit .304.
-
#2 Carey retired w/738 SB in the
NL. Brock set the Modern Era standard at
938 which is still the career record in the NL.
FCR - Lincoln
Mitchell, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Willie Stargell, Paul Molitor, Rickey
Henderson, Tim Raines
TUESDAY — 28-Oct-2025
Q. Which
Hall of Famer played for his hometown team for four separate tours of duty?
Hint: #1
He was the first designated hitter playing for a National League team to
homer in a regular-season game.
Hint: #2
He is number one on an important career statistical list where Ty Cobb,
Barry Bonds, Henry Aaron, Babe Ruth, Pete Rose, Willie Mays,
Alex Rodriguez, Cap Anson, Stan Musial and Derek Jeter are numbers
2-10.
A. RICKEY HENDERSON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Henderson played for OAK 1979-84; 1989-93; 1994-95; & 1998.
-
#1 NL DH HR = 12-Jun-1997, playing for SDP vs. ANA. He homered in the 3rd inning off Matt Perisho.
-
#2 Henderson crossed home plate 2,295
times—50 more times than any other
player.
FCR - Abbey
Garber, Dallas
Incorrect guesses: Hideki Matsui, Stan Javier, Fred McGriff
WEDNESDAY — 29-Oct-2025
Q. Whose
all-time record for most plate appearances in a season did Jimmy Rollins break
in his MVP season?
Hint: #1
He (not Rollins) broke Albert Hall's Carolina League (once thought
unreachable) record of 100 stolen bases in a season.
Hint: #2
He feels special kinship with Bruce Hurst and Barry Bonds.
A. LENNY DYKSTRA [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Rollins had 778 PA in 2007, passing
Dykstra who had 773 in 1993.
-
#1 Playing for Lynchburg, Virginia
in 1983, in the Carolina
League, he led the league in at-bats, runs, hits, triples, batting
average & stolen bases—effectively sweeping the major offensive categories &
earning the league MVP
-
#2 Hurst (1986), Dykstra (1993)
& Bonds (2002) were the obvious choices for World Series MVP until their
team was upset late in the series. The
awards went instead to Ray Knight, Paul Molitor & Troy Glaus.
FCR - Mark
DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Vince Coleman, Jose Reyes, Maury Wills, Vince
Coleman, Rennie Stennett, Willie Wilson, Lou Brock
MIDWEEK BONUS — 30-Oct-2025
Q. Whose
all-time record for most plate appearances in a season did Lenny Dykstra break?
Hint: #1
He (not Dykstra) does, however hold the record for most career plate
appearances.
Hint: #2
No switch-hitter has more career base hits in the majors.
-
Ans. Rose had 771 P in 1974. Dykstra passed him 19 years later with 773.
-
#1 Rose finished with 15,890 PA, almost 14% ahead
of 2nd-place Karl Yastrzemski’s 13,992.
-
#2 His hit total, well-known for
being the most MLB all-time, is 4,256.
FCR Jason
Winston, Riverside, California
Incorrect guesses:
THURSDAY — 30-Oct-2025
Q. Which
former All-Star and one-time Tiger appeared recently as a Banana?
Hint: #1
In seven games in his career, he had five hits apiece, including a game
where he added a 6th.
Hint: #2
In one of his five-hit games, three of his hits came in a single inning.
A. JOHNN DAMON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. He came to bat with the
Savannah Bananas on 23-Feb-2023, but grounded out in
his only PA. He played for DET in 2010.
-
#1 His 5-hit games were 18-Jul-2000 & 11-Sep-2000 for KCR; 27-Jun-2003, 07-Apr-2004, 06-Jul-2004 for BOS; & 25-Sep-2007 & 07-Jun-2008 (6h) for NYY.
-
#2 In the bottom of the 1st
inning of the game on 27-Jun-2003, Damon was the 1st,
10th & final batter. He
tripled, doubled & singled.
FCR - Steve
Riach, Southlake, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Brett Phillips, Pete Rose, Gary Sheffield, Adam
Jones, Bill Madlock, Josh Donaldson
FRIDAY —
31-Oct-2025
Q. Which
teammate hit a home run in both of Allie Reynolds' no-hitters?
Hint: #1
He was in a World Series in each of five consecutive seasons.
Hint: #2
He starred in swimming in high school and came from a family of champion
swimmers.
A. GENE WOODLING [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. HRs on 12-Jul-1951 off Bob Feller & 28-Sep-1951(1) off Harry Taylor.
-
#1 Woodling’s only postseason play
was with NYY in the WS in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1953, all Yankee victories. Playing in 26 of the 29 games, Woodling hit
.318 with 5 doubles, 3 HR & 19 BB.
-
#2 Woodling’s older brother “Red”
won a national title swimming for Ohio State University.
FCR - Jim
Cochran, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Incorrect guesses: Tommy Heinrich, Johnny Blanchard, Bobby Brown,
Joe Collins
FRIDAY II — 31-Oct-2025
Q. Whose
scouting report resulted in the angry resignation of a Hall of Famer?
Hint: #1
His name (not the scout’s), appropriately enough, means “to throw” in
French.
Hint: #2
As a ‘kid’, he had a Dave Winfield poster on his wall.
A. DEREK JETER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Retired pitcher Hal Newhouser,
working as a scout for the Astros, emphatically recommend that the Houston
franchise select Jeter #1 overall in the 1992 draft. They took Phil Nevin instead & Newhouser
quit in protest, leaving baseball behind for good. Newhouser wad elected to the Hall that same
year. Read more here.
-
#1 The French verb infinitive word
jeter is pronounced zheh-tay.
-
#2 This is one of the first
things we learn about Jeter in his “Letter to My
Younger Self”.
FCR - Chris
Betsch, Albany, Indiana
Incorrect guesses: Ken Griffey Jr, Rogers Hornsby
FRIDAY THRICE — 31-Oct-2025
Q. Which
batter, chosen in the 28th round of his draft (849th
overall) hit a home run in his first at-bat in the majors?
Hint: #1 He became the first player in baseball history
to have nine hits and two home runs in his first three games.
Hint: #2
His facial hair reminds some of a bygone era.
A. DAVIS SCHNEIDER [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. Playing 2B for Toronto on 04-Aug-2023, Schneider made his
major league debut & took a pitch by BOS starter James Paxton over the
Green Monster. No one else taken in that round has yet played in the
majors.
-
#1 His 1st 3 = 04-Aug-2023, 05-Aug-2023 & 06-Aug-2023.
-
#2 YOU be the judge! Schneider
FCR - Jonathon
Symons, Winnipeg
Incorrect guesses: Daniel Nava, Mike Piazza, Charlie Blackmon, Brandon
Marsh, Trevor Story, Charlie Blackmon
SATURDAY — 01-Nov-2025
Q. Which
one-time Miami Marlin All-Star led the league one season in home runs and games
played yet could only attract enough Most Valuable Player votes to finish tied
for twenty-first (last) place?
Hint:
#1 Two years later he would be the World
Series MVP.
Hint:
#2 This Cuban Cub homered in his first
at-bat in the majors.
A. JORGE SOLER [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. Soler played 162
games for KCR in 2019 and hit a career-high 48 HR, yet the AL MVP vote
looked like this. He played for MIA 2022-2024 & was an All-Star for them in 2023.
-
#1 With ATL in 2021, Soler hit 3 HR & batted
.300 to help the Braves beat the Astros in the WS.
-
#2 First AB as a solo HR off Matt
Latos in Cincinnati on 27-Aug-2014. Soler was born in Havana and defected to the
U.S. in 2011.
FCR
- Andrew Jett, Waxahachie, Texas
Incorrect
guesses: Giancarlo Stanton
SUNDAY — 02-Nov-2025
Q. Which
one-time Baltimore Oriole had a fan's beer dumped on his head while watching a home
run sail over the fence in a World Series game?
Hint:
#1 In his first All-Star season, he led
the American League in four categories: Games played, plate appearances, times on base
and runs scored.
Hint:
#2 His versatility is evidenced by the
number of positions he played during his fifteen seasons in the majors.
-
Ans. In the top of the 5th
inning in game 2 of the 1959 WS in Comiskey
Park I, the Dodgers’ 2B Charlie Neal hit a HR over the left field wall. A fan, attempting to catch the ball in flight,
paid no attention to his full beer and the entire wet contents poured down on
unsuspecting Smith. Smith played for BAL in 1963.
- #1 In
1955, playing for CLE, Smith batted .306 and led in 154 games played, 725 plate
appearances, 294 times on base & 123 runs scored.
- #2 Smith
played all 3 OF positions a total of 1,118 times & the infield 413.
FCR
- Gabe Kinstlinger, Reisterstown, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Tony Tarasco, Melvin Mora, BJ
Surhoff, Tito Landrum
VESPERS — 08-Mar-2025
Q. Which
one-time Houston Astro speedster led the majors in triples the same season a
Canadian-born player was MVP?
Hint: #1
In fact, he hit more triples that any other major leaguer that same
decade.
Hint: #2 He made the
All-Star team the same year his team won the World Series.
Hint: #3 He’s known
for having one of the warmest smiles in all of baseball.
A. DEXTER FOWLER [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. In 2010, Fowler led MLB with
14 3B. Toronto’s own Joey
Votto was NL MVP in 2010 for CIN.
-
#1 From 2010-2019, Fowler had 72 triples. Only one other player, Brett Gardner, had
many as 60.
-
#2 AS in 2016 when CHC were WS champions.
- #3 Fowler’s beam: COL, HOU, CHC, STL, LAA, mufti
FCR - Dan
Joslyn, Las Vegas
Incorrect guesses: Curtis Granderson, Jose Reyes, Kenny Lofton, Jose
Altuve
SUNDAY
EXTENDED — 02-Nov-2025
Q. Whose diving catch saved a teammate’s perfect
game when Astro Jordan Schafer sent a line drive to the center field warning
track?
Hint:
#1 He played in the Venezuelan Winter
League one year where his teammates called him the White Shark. He lived up to the sobriquet and was named
MVP of the league.
Hint:
#2 He was, according to the team, a key
member” of the team’s two championships.
A. GREGOR BLANCO [B-R Bio]
- Ans. On
13-Jun-2012, the Giants’ Matt Cain pitched a perfect game
with 26 outs being relatively routine.
However, in the 7th inning, leadoff hitter Schafer hit a ball
that looked uncatchable. Knowing what
was at stake, RF Blanco did what
had to be done.
- #1 His
team was The Sharks (Los Tiburones) & playing on his last name, “el tiburon
blanco” was a natural.
- #2 The
reference is to his participation for SFO in their WS wins in 2012 & 2014.
FCR - Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses: Jim Edmonds
AND FINALLY — 02-Nov-2025
Q. Who was the first twentieth-century player to
have more than two hundred at-bats without a home run in a season, then hit a home
run in the World Series that same year?
Hint:
#1 A USC alum, he was considered the
defensive equal to the two Hall of Famers he shared the outfield with.
Hint:
#2 During a game, he caught in his arms
a collapsing rookie umpire who had just had his skull broken by a bottle thrown
by fan.
A. DAVY
JONES [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Jones
had 209 AB in 1909 then homered for DET against PIT in the WS.
- #1 From
1906 to 1912, Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford & he formed what has been called “…one
of the greatest outfields in baseball history”.
[quote is from Jones’s epitaph.]
- #2 Eventual
Hall of Fame umpire, Billy Evans,
while conversing w/ Tigers manager Hughie Jennings & LF Davy Jones, had his
skull fractured by a bottle tossed by angry fan Hugo Dusenberg.
Evans immediately collapsed in Jones's arms.
FCR - Alan Makovsky, Washington, DC
Incorrect
guesses: Scott Podsednik, Tom Lawless, Matt
Cain, Whitey Witt
WEEK’S THEME – Visiting
players who hit a home runs to start World Series games in the top of the 1st
inning. [Theme suggested by Tom Cuggino of
Wheaton, Illinois] There are 11 other players who led off at
home in the bottom of the 1st with a homer.
Jones.............. DET at
PIT.......... 13-Oct-1909...... G 5 off Babe
Adams
Woodling....... NYY at BRO........ 04-Oct-1953...... G 5 off Johnny
Podres
Smith.............. CLE at
NYGs....... 30-Sep-1954...... G 2 off Johnny Antonelli
Brock.............. STL at
DET......... 06-Oct-1968...... G 4 off Denny
McLain
Rose............... CIN at
OAK........ 20-Oct-1972...... G 5 off Catfish
Hunter
Dykstra.......... NYM at BOS....... 21-Oct-1986...... G 3 off Oil Can Boyd
Henderson..... OAK at SFO........ 28-Oak-1989..... G 4 off Don
Robinson
Jeter............... NYY at
NYM....... 25-Oct-2000...... G4 off Bobby Jones
Damon........... BOS at STL......... 27-Oct-2004...... G 4 off Jason
Marquis
Blanco............ SFO at KCR........ 22-Oct-2014...... off Yordano Ventura
Fowler............ CHC at CLE......... 02-Nov-2016..... G 7off Corey Kluber
Soler............... ATL at HOU........ 26-Oct-2021...... G 1 off Framber
Valdez
Schneider....... TOR at LAD........ 05-Oct-2025...... G 5 off Blake
Snell
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Matt Monitto, Bristol , Connecticut
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Tues - Speedsters
this week
-
Players
who have homered and stolen a base in a World Series game
-
Top
10 all-time stolen base leaders
Wed - All-time
stolen base leaders
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