February 06-12, 2012 Played in the World Series and the Little League World Series

MONDAY

Q.         The sweet aroma of whose barbecue wafts over the right-field porch during games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards?

Hint:     Although he didn’t lead in a single offensive category, he was the American League Most Valuable player the year his team won the World Series.

Hint:     He finished in the top three in MVP voting two other times.

Twint:    He was the first player to collect 300 career home runs for the Orioles.

A.         Boog Powell (BBQ; AL MVP 1970; 2^nd in 1969, 3^rd in 1966 finishing behind teammates Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson; 300^th HR off future teammate Dick Bosman 13‑Sep‑1974)

FCR -    Steve Morse, Pittsburgh

TUESDAY

Q.         Which Red Sox batting champ has been a hitting coach for National League West team for three out of the last four seasons?

Hint:     He also won a Silver Slugger Award that year, but it would be eight more seasons before he made his first All-Star team.

Hint:     He is a descendent of Sir Francis Drake.

Twint:    He and Mitchell Page made their film acting debuts in the 1994 movie Angels in the Outfield.

A.         Carney Lansford (1981 AL BA .336; AS 1988)

FCR -    David de la Fuente, San Francisco

WEDNESDAY

Q.         What member of the 500 home run club, enraged by being benched for a game, chased his amateur coach all over the field with a bat, resulting in a year’s suspension?

Hint:     For his high school play, he was named the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year.

Hint:     He was the first ever to receive that award.

Hint:     Alex Rodriguez, Zach Greinke and Justin Upton are more recent recipients of the award.

Twint:    His bat speed was so violently fast that it was often the object of considerable consternation in bullpens around the majors.

Twint:    He acted as his own agent after firing Scott Boras.

A.         Gary Sheffield (Gatorade award in 1983)

FCR -    David Krassin, New York

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q.        

Hint:     What is the next logical name in this sequence:  Menosky, Foxx, Yastrzemski, Rice and __________?

Hint:     This same name connects Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe, Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester.

Twint:    In a single year, he won the Golden Spikes Award, the Rotary Smith Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.

A.         Jason Varitek (Red Sox captains since 1923; The four pitchers who have thrown no-hitters with him as catcher:  Nomo, Lowe, Bucholz, Lester No catcher has caught more; 1994 Golden Spikes Award, Rotary Smith Award, Dick Howser Trophy.)

FCR -    Henry Hascup, Lodi, NJ

THURSDAY

Q.         Who was Kerry Wood’s twentieth strikeout?

Hint:     He has the third-highest season batting average in the history of the Houston Astros.

Hint:     He averaged more than thirty stolen bases per season during his eleven-year major league career.  NOT SO!  THIS IS A TYPO AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.  dbb

Hint:     Upon being traded to New York, he signaled his acceptance of the deal by parking his 63‑foot yacht near the city and declaring, "I'm in the big city with celebrities and everything. I want to be around a couple of years. I don't want to taste the Apple and then throw it away."

Twint:    On Fan Appreciation Day one year, the team announced that a vehicle would be given to a lucky fan.  Teammates then pretended to give away his green jeep.

A.         Derek Bell (Wood’s 20-K game 06-May-1998; .334 in 1995; 1992 Toronto Blue Jays, Trade 28-Dec-1994:  Bell was traded by the San Diego Padres with Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutierrez, Pedro Martinez, Phil Plantier and Craig Shipley to the Houston Astros for Ken Caminiti, Andujar Cedeno, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine and Brian Williams and a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent minor leaguer Sean Fesh on 01-May-1995) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade; Fan Appreciation Day in 1992, Joe Carter and Pat Tabler drove the jeep out onto the field.

FCR -    Jim Casey, Savannah

FRIDAY

Q.         Who was the winning pitcher in the Carlton Fisk-home-run-dance game?

Hint:     Joe Morgan’s 9^th-inning single kept him from being the first National League pitcher to no‑hit the same team twice.

Hint:     He was traded for two Hall of Famers during his career.

Twint:    He was the first pitcher to retire with 500 career appearances and not have a single save.

A.         Rick Wise (Fisk 1975 WS G 6 21-Oct-1975; No-hitter: 23-Jun-1971, broken up no-no: 13‑Jun‑1973; Traded for Steve Carlton 25-Feb-1972 & for Dennis Eckersley 30-Mar-1978; 506 G 0 Sv)

FCR -    Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, MD

SATURDAY

Q.         Which third baseman’s error cost his pitcher a perfect game for which he then atoned by snagging a line drive to preserve the no-hitter?

Hint:     He was the third pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

Hint:     He currently operates a baseball academy in the Houston suburbs.

Twint:    His son is a minor league pitcher in the Rays’ system.

Twint:    He caught the final out of a World Series.

A.         Charlie Hayes (Terry Mulholland’s no-hitter 15-Aug-1990; 1992 Expansion Draft; Big League Baseball Academy, Tomball, TX; Tyree Hayes; 1996 WS 26-Oct-1996)

FCR -    Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, RI

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Who was the last pitcher to represent the Colorado Rockies at the All-Star Game before Ubaldo Jimenez did it?

Hint:     The year his team won the World Series, he led the league in losses, home runs surrendered and earned runs given up.

Hint:     Wisely, they didn’t put him on the postseason roster.

Twint:    He surrendered Josh Thole’s first career hit.

Twint:    Thole, a catcher, promptly stole second.

A.         Jason Marquis (AS 2009; 2006 Cardinals; Thole H, SB:  03-Sep-2009)

FCR -    Jared Lobdell, Elizabethtown, PA

SUNDAY

Q.         What pitcher won a gold medal for Team USA in 1981 and a silver medal for Team USA in 2001?

Hint:     Don Robinson, pinch-hitting for him, hit the first ever pinch-hit home run by a pitcher in the designated hitter era.  [Totally open to ideas on better wording of that one!]

Hint:     His inclusion in this week should be a strong clue to the week’s theme.

Twint:    He won an NCAA championship playing for the Wildcats.

A.         Ed Vosberg (1981 Intercontinental Cup, 2001 Baseball World Cup; 19-Jun-1990; 1980 College WS ring w/U. of Arizona in 1980)

FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee's Summit, MO

THEME-REVEALING BONUS

Q.         Who threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 1954 World Series?

Hint:     He was later the subject of the best-selling book, “Destiny’s Darlings”.

Hint:     When he made his major league debut, he was leading the Pacific Coast League in batting.

Twint:    He ended his baseball career as a Dragon.

A.         Jim Barbieri (1954 WS; Destiny’s Darlings; .357 for the Spokane Indians in the PCL at the time of his MLB debut 05-Jul-1966; Chunichi Dragons 1970)

FCR -    Bill Garrod, Edgewood, WA

WEEKLY THEME – Players who participated in the World Series after playing in the Little League World Series.  Varitek and Vosberg also played in the NCAA College World Series.

Player       LLWS    WS

Barbieri       1954        1966

Bell             1980-81    1992

Hayes         1977        1996

Lansford     1969        1988-90

Marquis      1991        2004

Powell        1954        1966, 69-71

Sheffield     1980        1997

Varitek        1984        2004, 07

Vosberg     1973        1997

Wise           1958        1975

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Gregg Gaylord, Chicago (after the Tuesday question)

January 30-February5, 2012 Tom Seaver's Hall of Fame Teammates

MONDAY

Q.         What port-sided hurler captured a higher percentage of his team’s victories than any other since the Deadball Era?

Hint:     In fact, his record is the best in baseball’s modern era.

Twint:    The media called him “Lefty”.

Twint:    He didn’t return the call.

A.         Steve Carlton (27-10 in 1972 or 45.8% of the Phillies’ 59 wins; He was famously silent with the media.)

FCR -    Ken White, Charlotte, NC

TUESDAY

Q.         Who was the first American League player to win the Rookie of the Year Award unanimously?

Hint:     His teammate married his sister.

Twint:    He remains the only catcher to lead the American League in triples.

A.         Carlton Fisk (ROY 1972; Sister Janet Marie married teammate Rick Miller; 9 3B in 1972)

FCR -    John Rickert, Terre Haute

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Who said, “I could feel my hat flying off, but I saw the ball heading straight to Davey Williams at second.”?

Hint:     He hit over 450 career home runs, but only one in postseason play.

Hint:     In 2007 he received an honorary doctorate degree from an Ivy League university.

Twint:    He tossed baseballs into the stands while riding in a convertible around the edge of the field during the ceremonies prior to the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco.

Twint:    No one has a longer stretch between 50-home run seasons that he does.

A.         Willie Mays (660 HRs in the regular season, 1 HR in the 1971 NLCS; Degree from Dartmouth [He also received a degree from Yale.]; 2007 ASG; 50 HRs in 1955 & 65)

FCR -    John Rickert, Terre Haute

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q.         What 65-year-old team owner was drafted in ’65?

Hint:     He is known to a younger generation more for his postseason grimaces.

Twint:    Most people are impressed with the seven no-hitters he threw in the majors.

A.         Nolan Ryan (He turned 65 yesterday)

FCR -    Christopher Bell, New York

THURSDAY

Q.         Whose record for career walks by a National Leaguer did Barry Bonds break?

Hint:     He holds the National League All-Star game record with a seven-game hitting streak.

Twint:    He was the first player to win two “Baseball Digest” Player of the Year Awards.

A.         Joe Morgan (1,799 BB passed by Bonds with his 75^th walk on 11-Jun-2002; consecutive hits 1972, 73-77; BBGPOY 1975-76)

FCR -    Frank DiPrima, Morristown, NJ

FRIDAY

Q.         Which future major league batting champ lost the International League batting title on the last game of one season, only to win the title on the last day of the next season?

Hint:     He hit the first home run ever for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Twint:    He had one of the most famous horse rides in the history of the majors.

A.         Wade Boggs (IL batting title 1981; HR 31-Mar-1998; Jumped on the back of a NYPD horse in the celebration following the Yankees’ victory of the 1996 World Series.

FCR -    David Stinson, Silver Spring, MD

SATURDAY

Q.         Who, at age ten, gave his neighbors autographed copies of his baseball card, telling them the cards would one day be valuable?

Hint:     Those cards are today no doubt very valuable indeed.

Twint:    He caught at least 100 games for thirteen straight seasons, tying Bill Dickey’s record.

A.         Johnny Bench (100 G 1968-80)

FCR -    Dave Williams, Glastonbury, CT

SUNDAY

Q.         Who is the only player to ground into thirty double plays in three separate seasons?

Hint:     It didn’t keep him out of the Hall of Fame.

Hint:     He’s the only player in major league history to have 200 hits and 39 home runs in three consecutive seasons.

Twint:    A youth baseball facility in Roxbury, Massachusetts and a youth recreation center in Anderson, South Carolina, both bear his name.

A.         Jim Rice (GIDP:  31 in 1983, 36 in 84, 35 in 85; HOF 2010; 1977-79)

FCR -    J. R. Richardson, Clarksville, MD

WEEKLY THEME – Hall of Fame Teammates of Tom Seaver

Bench         Reds               1978-82

Boggs        Red Sox          1986

Carlton        White Sox       1984-86

Fisk            White Sox       1986

Mays          Mets               1972-73

Morgan       Reds               1978-79

Rice            Red Sox          1986

Ryan           Mets               1968-71

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Gregg Gaylord, Chicago

January 23-29, 2012 Rent-A-Yankee

MONDAY

Q.         Who was the first player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season?

Hint:     He was the first Oakland A’s player to win the Rookie of the Year Award.

Twint:    He bashed teammates.

A.         Jose Canseco (40/40 1988; ROY 1986; Member, with Mark McGwire, of the “Bash Brothers” and tattled on many past teammates [including McGwire] about performance- enhancing drugs.)

FCR -    Bob Savoy, Philadelphia

MONDAY BONUS

Q.         Who threw the first postseason shutout in the state of Florida?

Hint:     Candy Maldonado hit a line drive off his elbow, ending his major league debut in the fourth inning and sending him to the DL.

Hint:     His 100^th career victory was the first time the Colorado Rockies had thrown consecutive shutouts.

Twint:    He donated $100 for each of his strikeouts to the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

A.         Denny Neagle (PSShO 11-Oct-1997 @ Pro Player Stadium; Debut 27-Jul-1991; 100^th W 14-Apr-2001, Mike Hampton had turned the trick the day before, both games in San Diego; PSP)

FCR -    Brian Wood, Pacific Grove, CA

TUESDAY

Q.         Who is the only player to appear more than ten times as a pinch-hitter in the World Series?

Hint:     He led the American League three consecutive seasons in caught stealing.

Hint:     Jesse Barfield once misplayed a hit of his into an inside-the-park grand slam.

Hint:     Barfield did the same favor for Mike Greenwell just a few weeks later.

Hint:     Incredibly, there was a third such hit in the time between those two events.

Twint:    He was the last American League player to score five runs in one game in the 1980s.

A.         Luis Polonia (11 WS PH Abs; AL CS 1991-93; IPGS 14-Aug-1990; Greenwell’s 01‑Sep‑1990; Ron Karkovice’s IPGS 30‑Aug‑1990; 5 H 09-Sep-1988)

FCR -    Joe Ullian, Santa Barbara

TUESDAY BONUS

Q.         Who was the first regular-season designated hitter in National League history?

Hint:     He’s been the Colorado Rockies first base coach for the past five seasons.

Hint:     He hit three pinch-hit home runs off the same All-Star relief pitcher. (Not in one game‑that would be a record.)

Twint:    He struck out on the only major league pitch every thrown by Kevin Seitzer.

Twint:    Because he replaced a batter who already had two strikes, he was not charged with a strikeout.

A.         Glenallen Hill (1^st NL DH 12-Jun-1997; PH HRs off John Franco:  05-Sep-1993, 01‑Sep‑1995, 25-Jul-1998; Seitzer K 02-May-1993; Replaced Carlos Martinez at bat.)

FCR -    David Krassin, New York

WEDNESDAY

Q.         What active player played in three consecutive World Series teams, but on three different teams?

Hint:     He played in the postseason the next year for yet another team.

Hint:     A Razorback, drafted by the Cubs, he went on to beat out Carlos Pena for Rookie of the Year.

Twint:    He was the first player ever acquired by Blue Jays General Manager J.P. Ricciardi.

Twint:    His back tattoo is legendary.

A.         Eric Hinske (WS w/2007 Red Sox, 2008 Rays, 2009 Yankees; 2010 Braves; ROY 2002; Ricciardi; Tat)

FCR -    David Krassin, New York

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q.         Who is the only pitcher to record ten-win seasons for all seven teams he played for?

Hint:     He surrendered one of the most famous home runs of the 1970s.

Twint:    He unintentionally beaned Dickie Thon in 1984, effectively ending Thon’s career.

A.         Mike Torrez (1. 10-4 for the 1969 Cards, 2. 16-12 for the 72 Expos, 3. 20-9 for the 75 Orioles, 4. 16-12 for the 76 A’s, 5. 14-12 for the 77 Yankees, 6. 16-13 for the 78 Red Sox and 7. 10-17 for the 83 Mets; HR to Bucky Dent in the 1978 AL playoff game 02‑Oct‑1978; Thon beaning 08-Apr-1984)

FCR -    Russ Lake, Champaign, IL

THURSDAY

Q.         Which pitcher amassed the most innings pitched in a season in the 1930s?

Hint:     He was the only pitcher to suffer 20 losses in a season for the Detroit Tigers in the 1940s.

Twint:    He was involved in consecutive Opening Day games with scores of 1-0.

A.         Bobo Newsom (329.2 IP in 1938 for the Browns; 12-20 in 1941; 16-Apr-1935, 14‑Apr‑1936)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

FRIDAY

Q.         Who, though he was born in Des Moines, he represented Mexico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic?

Hint:     He was the last American League player to be caught stealing two times in a game in the 20^th Century.

Hint:     His uncle had a cup of coffee with the Cubs.

Twint:    Even though he has played eight teams during fourteen seasons in the majors, he has also played parts or all of ten seasons in the minors for a total of twelve teams.

Twint:    His father has the most career pinch-hit at bats for a switch hitter.

A.         Jerry Hairston, Jr. (2X CS 03-Sep-2000; John Hairston)

FCR -    Al Blumkin, Brooklyn

FRIDAY BONUS

Q.         Who was the first National League batter to collect a ninth-inning, two-out game-tying pinch-hit in the World Series?

Hint:     In his first game with the Cubs, he became the 1,500^th player to appear in a game for them.

Hint:     Mirroring Casey Stengel and Darryl Strawberry, he has worn the uniforms of the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers and Giants.

Twint:    He was the first Met to collect a hit in nine consecutive plate appearances.

A.         Jose Vizcaino (WS H 23-Oct-2005; Cub debut 16-Apr-1991; Hit streak 23-25‑Apr‑1996)

FCR -    Peter Mitchell, Mission Viejo, CA

SATURDAY

Q.         Whose major league career ended with a strike out against, pinch-hitting for Whitey Ford, against Sal Maglie in 1956 World Series?

Hint:     He led the National League in pinch-hitting appearances in 1952.

Hint:     After returning from military service, he was such an admirer of Ted Williams that his teammates began calling him “Teddy”.

Hint:     He went so far as to copy Williams’ batting stance.

Twint:    He led the American Association in home runs in 1953 with 34 in 118.

A.         George Wilson (WS G 1 03-Oct-1956 4^th inning; 48 PH PA)

FCR -    John Michael Pierobon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

SABR DAY BONUS

Q.         Who was given a special furlough from the U.S. Army to participate in the 1943 World Series?

Hint:     He held, for two years, the record for career home runs surrendered.

Hint:     He fought in the D-Day landing in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.

Twint:    His manager nicknamed him “Thomas Edison” for his inventiveness.

A.         Murry Dickson (12-Jun-1956 HR by Duke Snider, passing Red Ruffing’s 254.  He was passed the following 08-Jun-1958 [HR by Joe Cunningham] by Robin Roberts.

FCR -    Ray Luurs, Blaine, MN

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Who hit the first major league home run with a Rawlings baseball?

Hint:     He played games at four different positions for eight consecutive years in the majors before going to Japan.

Twint:    When he signed with the Giants in 1981, was granted the largest contract ever offered in the history of NPB.

Twint:    During the first year of that contract, he was nicknamed “The Giant Human Fan”, so frequently did he strike out that year.

A.         Gary Thomasson (07-Apr-1977 off Don Sutton; LF, CF, RF, 1b:  1973-80; Nippon Professional Baseball $1,200,000, spread over three seasons, played only 1981-82)

FCR -    Ray Luurs, Blaine, MN

SUNDAY

Q.         Which Stanford grad had John Elway as the best man at his wedding?

Hint:     He was part of a (very) recent World Series champion team.

Twint:    He and the Secretary of Defense attended the same high school.

A.         Mike Aldrete (2011 St. Louis Cardinals; Leon Panetta, Monterey [CA] High School)

FCR -    No one

WEEKLY THEME – Players who joined the New York Yankees part-way through a season, won a World Series with them then never played for them again.  Aldrete, Polonia and Wilson never played again in the majors.

Name            Year

Aldrete           1996

Canseco        2000

Dickson         1958

Hairston         2009

Hill                 2000

Hinske           2009

Neagle           2000

Newsom        1947

Polonia          2000

Thomasson    1978

Torrez            1977

Vizcaino         2000

Wilson           1956

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Joe Ullian, Santa Barbara

January 16-22, 2012 Players with under 5 HR and over 100 RBI in the same season

MONDAY

Q.         Prior to Eddie Mathews, who was considered the greatest third baseman in baseball history?

Hint:     He broke up Herb Pennock’s 1927 World Series perfect game bid with an eighth inning single.

Twint:    As a child he took a job checking railroad cars loaded with explosives.

A.         Pie Traynor (Perfect breakup 07-Oct-1927)

FCR -    Gene Rudzinski, Buffalo [Don Harrison, Fairfield, CT the second go-around]

TUESDAY

Q.         Who was the first player to have two hits in one inning in a World Series game?

Hint:     John McGraw called him “my greatest outfielder.”

Twint:    His customary avoidance of water during workouts in the Texas heat may have contributed to the kidney troubles which eventually took his life.

A.         Ross Youngs (2 H [2B & 3B] in 7^th inning 07-Oct-1921)

FCR -    J. R. Richardson, Clarksville, MD

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Which player, known for his keen batting eye, struck out only 114 times in his 14-year career?

Hint:     He only struck out 48 times in 5,540 plate appearances (0.87%) over his last nine major league seasons.

Twint:    He won the Southeastern Conference title as head coach at the University of Alabama in 1968.

A.         Joe Sewell

FCR -    Peter Beagle, Oakland

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q.         Who was the first first baseman to turn an unassisted triple play?

Hint:     He won the American League MVP Award in his 13^th Major League season, while setting the single-season doubles record.

Hint:     He led the league in errors (most, not least) among first basemen four times during his career.

Twint:    He gave one of his bats to Joe Sewell on the day Sewell replaced Ray Chapman, and Sewell used the bat (which he nicknamed ‘Black Betsy’) throughout his 14-year career.

A.         George Burns (UTP 14-Sep-1923; 1926 AL MVP, 64 2B [later broken by Earl Webb])

FCR -    Steve Bonfield, Calgary

THURSDAY

Q.         Which Hall of Famer holds the record for most putouts in a season by a National League second baseman?

Hint:     After singling in his first major league at-bat, he knocked himself out by fouling a ball off his head in his second time up.

Hint:     Footsie Blair replaced him and hit a home run.

Hint:     He got the only hit in the first of Mort Cooper’s back-to-back one-hitters in 1943.

Twint:    His granddaughter is the first lady of Indiana.

Twint:    He was named after a thrice-defeated Democratic Presidential candidate.

A.         Billy Herman (466 PO in 1933; Knockout-to-HR 29-Aug-1931; H [2B] vs. Cooper 31-May-1943 [g1]; granddaughter Cheri Herman Daniels, wife of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels; given name William Jennings Bryan)

FCR -    Bill Lewers, McLean, VA

FRIDAY

Q.         Who hit the first home run of the 1912 World Series, in the second inning of Game Seven?

Hint:     His tenth inning sacrifice fly (NOT double) in Game Eight clinched the Series.

Hint:     He was the first American League player to attend the University of Vermont.

Hint:     He forewent his final year of eligibility to sign with the Red Sox after leading the school to the New England Championship.

Twint:    He was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000.

A.         Larry Gardner (Bounce HR in the ’12 WS; 1908 New England Champions)

FCR -    Tom Kennedy, Houston

SATURDAY

Q.         Whose throw in the 1934 World Series knocked pinch runner Dizzy Dean unconscious?

Hint:     According to the headlines that followed, “X-Rays of Dean’s Head Revealed Nothing”.

Hint:     In perhaps a bit of payback, he was released by the Cubs when Dizzy Dean was recalled from Tulsa in August 1940.

Hint:     He and his infield-mates combined for 462 RBI in 1934.

Twint:    He set an American League record (later tied by Jose Canseco) when he received seven consecutive BB in 1938.

Twint:    His arm went dead after a late-1938 handball injury.

A.         Billy Rogell (Dean knockout 1934 WS Game 4, 4^th inning; released by Cubs 28-Aug-1940; 1934 Tigers IF: Greenberg 139 RBI, Gehringer 127 RBI, Rogell 100 RBI, Owen 96 RBI; 7^th consecutive BB 18-Aug & 19-Aug-1938 G1)

FCR -    Dave Wise, Hyde Park, NY

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Who was the last player to get a hit in three games in one day?

Hint:     His son played briefly for the Pirates during WWII.

Twint:    He moved to the outfield to make way for Pie Traynor.

A.         Clyde Barnhart (triple header 02-Oct-1920: game 1, game 2 and game 3; father of Vic Barnhart; moved to OF in 1922)

FCR -    Dave Serota, Kalamazoo

SUNDAY

Q.         Who was the first modern player to collect seven extra-base hits in two consecutive games?

Hint:     He led American League first basemen in fielding in 1926, and led National League first basemen in fielding in 1929.

Hint:     He was an inaugural inductee into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.

Hint:     His son, Bud, played just over 100 career games for the White Sox.

Twint:    He had 3,659 combined major league and minor league hits.

A.         Earl Sheely (3 2B 20-May-1926, 3 2B & HR 21-May-1926 [Ed Delahanty, 1896, is the only prior player w- 7 EBH in 2 games]; 1943 PCL HOF inductee; Bud Sheely 101 games for 1951-53 White Sox; 1,340 ML hits, 2,319 ml hits)

FCR -    John Michael Pierobon, Ft. Lauderdale

WEEKLY THEME – Player since the end of the Dead Ball Era (1920) with 100 RBI seasons who also hit fewer than five home runs that year.

Player       HR        RBI       Year

Barnhart      4         114       1925

Burns          4         114       1926

Gardner      3         118       1920

Gardner      3         120       1921

Herman       2         100       1943

Rogell         3         100       1934

Sewell         3         109       1923

Sewell         4         106       1924

Sheely        3         103       1924

Traynor       2         103       1931

Traynor       3         124       1928

Traynor       4         108       1929

Youngs       3         102       1921

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Joe Ullian, Santa Barbara