MONDAY — 19-May-2025
Q. Which
Hall of Fame pitcher became a professional photographer after retiring from
baseball?
Hint: #1
He finished in the Top Three in Cy Young Award voting an impressive nine
times
Hint: #2
He was the first to surrender a home run to a player who used a pink bat.
-
Ans. Johnson immersed himself in
his lifelong passion of photography, founding Randy Johnson Photography.
He has done professional work shooting
NCAA football games, concerts & wildlife in Africa. He’s been on the sidelines at the Super Bowl
& on tour with acts like Metallica.
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#1 Johnson won the CYA 5 X: 1995 w/SEA then 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002* for ARI. He
finished.
2nd in
1993;
3rd
in 1994;
2nd in
1997; &
2nd
in 2004.
-
#2 On Mothers’ Day, 14-May-2006, Oakland CF, Mark Kotsay homered with a legal bat
colored pink in the 1st inning off Johnson, NYY starter. The bat’s color was as part of MLB’s “Go to Bat Against Breast Cancer”
promotion. *Unanimous vote.
FCR - Tom Howel, Reno
TUESDAY — 20-May-2025
Q. Who
was the first Latin player inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame?
Hint: #1
He led his team to two World Series championships, but won a Most
Valuable Player Award in a season his team finished third in the final
standings.
Hint: #2
He was once presented with a scroll signed by ten per cent of his native
country's population.
A. ROBERTO CLEMENTE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Clemente was inducted into
the HOF without the usual waiting period following his untimely
death in a tragic aviation mishap on New Year’s Eve 1972.
-
#1 PIT were WS champs in 1960 & 1971. Clemente was NL MVP in 1966.
-
#2 Realizing that it’s likely to ignite
a lengthy conversation by calling Puerto Rico a “country”, nevertheless… the
scroll of 300,000 signatures was a heart-felt tribute from the people of Puerto
Rico to him for
1. His athletic excellence, (notably reaching
3,000 career hits at the end of the 1972 season);
2. His humanitarian efforts, including advocacy
for civil rights & aid to Latin American & Caribbean communities; and
3. His role as a cultural ambassador for Puerto
Rico on the world stage.
FCR - Brian
Barris, Oneida, New York
Incorrect guesses: David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Martin Dihigo, Lefty
Gomez
WEDNESDAY — 21-May-2025
Q. Who
tied Monte Irvin and Reggie Jackson for the most runs scored in a single
World Series?
Hint: #1
His baseball accomplishments have been honored by his being elected the
Sporting News Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year.
Hint: #2
Forty-four percent of his 3,319 career hits were hit while playing
designated hitter.
A. PAUL MOLITOR [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Irvin scored 10 R for the Newark Eagles in the 1946 Negro League World Series (NLBWS). Reggie Jackson
scored 10 R in the 1977 WS for NYY. Molitor scored
10 R in the 1993 WS for TOR.
-
#1 Molitor was named Sporting
News AL Rookie of the Year in 1978 & AL Manager of the Year in 2017 when he led MIN to an 85–77 record & a Wild Card berth.
- #2 Molitor
is among the most productive DH players with 1,457 career hits as a DH.
FCR - Barry Nelson, Guilderland, New York
Incorrect guesses: Troy Glaus, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols
THURSDAY — 22-May-2025
Q. Who
is the only player to hit two home runs completely out of Dodger Stadium?
Hint: #1
After being voted league Most Valuable Player, he never received even a
single MVP vote for the rest of his career
Hint: #2
Unusually well-liked, his franchise retired his jersey number while he
was still an active player.
A. WILLIE STARGELL [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Stargell’s launches were on 05-Aug-1969 & 08-May-1973. Since then, only
four players: Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza, Giancarlo Stanton & Fernando
Tatis Jr., have matched the feat, each doing it once.
-
#1 Stargell received 11 MVP votes
11 times during his career with the culmination being the co-winner of the 1979 award he shared with STL’s Keith Hernandez. Stargell even had a 3-year stretch where he
was 2nd, 3rd, 2nd.
-
#2 His #8 was taken out of
rotation in 06-Sep-1982. Stargell
retired 03-Oct, at the end of that season.
FCR - Madison
McEntire, Bryant, Arkansas
Incorrect guesses: Andre Dawson, Giancarlo Stanton, Frank Howard,
Jimmy Rollins, Ken Caminiti
SATURDAY — 24-May-2025
Q. Which
Hall of Famer was the last twentieth century American League player to go an
entire season (min 20 AB ) without collecting a hit?
Hint: #1
He ranks in the Top Ten all-time in World Series career batting average,
on-base percentage, slugging and OPS.
Hint: #2
Only he and countryman Albert Pujols belong to a contrived but exclusive
statistical “club”.
A. DAVID ORTIZ [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Ortiz was 0 for 20 in 1999. He managed to hit 2,462 more during his
career.
-
#1 In career WS leader lists, he
ranks:
5th
in BA w/.455;
2nd
in OBP w/.576;
8th
in sugging w/.795 &
4th
in OPS w/1.372. Details here.
-
#2 Only he and fellow Dominican Pujols
reached both 540+ HR & 630+ doubles.
FCR - Jesse
Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Juan Marichal, Kirby Puckett, Robinson Cano,
Yogi Berra
SUNDAY — 25-May-2025
Q. Which
Hall of Famer is a former Cougar and Tiger?
Hint: #1
He also played for the Twins and Triplets.
Hint: #2
He was the first Toronto Blue Jays pitcher to win more than twenty games
in a season.
A. JACK MORRIS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Morris played for the
Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars in college and for the Detroit Tigers for 14 seasons in the majors, including the 1984 WS Champs.
-
#1 On his way up to the majors,
Morris played for the AAA Evansville Triplets team in 1977. In his 15th
MLB season, he returned home to Minnesota and played for the 1991 Twins, making more than a passing contribution to their WS
championship.
-
#2 Morris had record of 21-6
in 1992, a significant contribution to TOR’s first World Series championship.
FCR - Chris
Derrick, Media, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Dave Stieb, Roy Halladay
WEEK’S THEME
– Oldest players to win a World Series Most Valuable Player Award
WS Player Age @ WS MVP win WAR
1971......... Clemente......... 37 yrs 83 days................. 94.9
2001......... Johnson.......... 38 yrs 61 days............... 101.1
1993......... Molitor............. 37 yrs 79 days................. 75.7
1991......... Morris.............. 36 yrs 177 days............... 43.5
2013......... Ortiz................. 37 yrs 357 days............... 55.0
1979......... Stargell............ 39 yrs 248 days............... 57.6
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Michael Ritz, New York City
(after Stargell)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tue - Players
who precisely achieved, but did not exceed, a particular milestone (Clemente
had exactly 3,000 hits, Johnson exactly 100 complete games, etc.)
- Hall of Famers
who won NL World Series MVP
Wed - 1st
ballot hall of famers who won World Series MVP
-
3,000th
hit is an extra base hit
Thur - World
Series MVPs
Fri - Hall
of Fame Players who were named World Series MVP
Sat - MVP
and World Series MVP in the same season
-
World
Series MVPs who are also in the HOF
-
First
ballot Hall of Famers who were named World Series MVP
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