MONDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300
batting average in the American League?
Hint: He
was the first player to hit for the cycle in SkyDome (now Rogers Centre)?
Hint: His brother preceded him to the majors.
Twint: He
has the most career hits of any third baseman in major league history.
Twint: He
was a high school teammate of All-Star Scott
McGregor.
A. George Brett (3,154 H, 317 HR, .305 BA,
all for KCR; Cycle 25-Jul-1990;
Brother Ken
Brett; 3,154 H; W/McGregor at El
Segundo High in California)
FCR - Walt
Cherniak, Dayton, MD
Incorrect answers: Derek Jeter, Roberto Alomar, Dave Winfield, Eddie
Murray, Robin Yount, Carlos Delgado, Paul Molitor, Cal Ripken, Joe Carter,
Kirby Puckett, Moises Alou
Reader Mark DeLodovico from Rockville, MD, sent in the following
item:
"There was a story on MLB network last week that suggested that
Greg Maddux first came up with the idea of talking into their gloves when the
catcher came out to the mound. This was after Wil Clark hit a grand slam
off him in the 89 playoffs. He thought Clark read his lips when Girardi
went out to talk to him." http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9589483/the-history-glove-talking-baseball
This predates the
information Horsehide Trivia had on Darren Daulton. Thank you for that alert find.
TUESDAY
Q. What
seven-time All-Star third baseman was signed as a pitcher by the Cardinals?
Hint: He
garnered five Gold Gloves for his play at third.
Hint: His brother preceded him to the majors.
Twint: His
father, his son, his nephew and six (6!) brothers played professional baseball,
he and two brothers reaching the majors.
Twint: For
four consecutive seasons, he had the exact same home run total.
A. Ken Boyer (Signed by the St. Louis
Cardinals as an amateur free agent 1949; Brother Cloyd Boyer
debuted in 1949, Ken in ’55; 24 HR 1961-64)
FCR - Bob
Kimball, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Scott Rolen, Clete Boyer, Lindy McDaniel, Ted
Simmons, Joe Torre
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to homer on the very first pitch of the season?
Hint: After
nineteen years, eight Gold Glove Awards, two Silver Sluggers, three All-Star
appearances and four team MVPs with one team, he disappointed many by finishing
his career elsewhere.
Hint: He
hit more home runs than any other American Leaguer 1981-90.
Twint: At
his last stop in the minors, he was the league’s MVP.
A. Dwight Evans
FCR - Doug
Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Eddie Murray, Paul Molitor, Wade Boggs, Gary
Gaetti, Ken Griffey, Jr., Dave Winfield, Robin Yount, Dale Murphy,
Jim Thome, Harmon Killebrew
THURSDAY
Q. Who
managed to complete his fourth consecutive 20/20 season in 2013 in spite of
playing only nineteen games with 41 plate appearances after the All-Star break?
Hint: Stevedores
lade him into the hold.
Hint: He
stalwartly disaffirms sporting eponymous dungarees.
Twint: He
is one of the six different players in his franchise’s short 22-year history to
win a National League batting title.
A. Carlos Gonzalez (Nickname "Cargo";
Cargo
pants: He claims never to have worn
them in a mock interview
with Ryan
Spilborghs; Colorado
Rockies batting titles:
1993 .370 Andres
Galarraga
1998 .363 Larry
Walker
1999 .379 "
2001 .350 "
2000 .372 Todd
Helton
2007 .336 Matt
Holliday
2010 .336 Cargo
2013 .331 Michael
Cuddyer)
FCR - Eric
Stone, Los Gatos, CA
Incorrect answers: Carlos Lee, Nelson Cruz, Ryan Braun, Alfonzo
Soriano, Curtis Granderson
FRIDAY
Q. What
lone player prevented Yastrzemski’s MVP vote from being unanimous?
Hint: He
never won the award, but received votes that year and in each of the following
four.
Hint: His
first name translates to "tsar" (царь) in Russian.
Twint: The
value of his one strikeout while pitching is slightly diminished because of who
it is he struck out.
Twint: In
five separate games he was the only player on his team to get a hit.
A. Cesar Tovar (1967
MVP vote; MVP votes 1967-71; Struck out Reggie
Jackson, the all-time strikeout leader 22‑Sep‑1968. It was the 207th K of Jackson’s
eventual 2,597. Tovar also did a couple other things in that game; 5
only-hitters:
Date Off… Of… Inning
30-Apr-1967 Barry
Moore WSA t 6th, 2 out
15-May-1969 Dave
McNally BAL t 9th, 1 out
10-Aug-1969 Mike
Cuellar BAL t 9th, 0 out
13-Aug-1970 Dick
Bosman WSA t 1st, 0 out (1st
batter, bunt single)
31-May-1975 Catfish
Hunter NYY b 6th, 2 out
FCR - Josh,
Sullivan, Tomball, TX
Incorrect answers: Harmon Killebrew, Norm Cash, Zoilo Versalles,
Bill Freehan
END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS
Q. What
slugger was quarterback of a high school football team that lacked football
prowess to such a degree that not only did they not win a game;… not only did
they not score a point;… they didn’t get past the 50-yard line until the last
half of the season's final game?
Hint: Although
he hit 95 home runs over the previous four seasons, he's now playing for his
fourth team since 2012.
Twint: He
admitted to having some concerns about handling the first-base duties, saying, "It's
baseball, man. Everything concerns me. We’ve
got such a great infield. These guys can
put the ball right on the money, so I'm just going to put my glove out there
and let them hit it."
A. Michael Morse (Nova High School, Davie, FL; HRs
2010-13; Quote from http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2014/05/12/huff-returns-perez-departs-morse-talks-about-playing-1st/)
FCR - Sean
Tuber, Granada Hills, CA
Incorrect answers: Mark Reynolds, Jose Bautista, Raul Ibanez,
Cody Ross, Drew Stubbs, Kevin Youkilis
SATURDAY
Q. What
Hall of Fame starting pitcher was credited with two victories on 09-May-1984?
Hint: He
struck out 200 batters per season for a record nine years in a row.
Twint: Only
he has stuck out ten consecutive batters.
A. Tom Seaver (Box scores: G begun on 08-May
went 17 innings before being suspended and complete the following day. Then 09-May-1984
win ensued; 200 K yrs: 1968-76; 10
straight Ks 22-Apr-1970,
final 10 batters)
FCR - Dave
Wise, Hyde Park, NY
Incorrect answers: Nolan Ryan, Gaylord Perry, Don Sutton, Roger
Clemens, Steve Carlton, Phil Niekro, Smokey Joe Williams
WEEKEND BONUS
This
gem was passed along Saturday at the SABR chapter meeting in Philadelphia by
SABR member and Horsehide Trivia reader Bob Bogart:
Q. There
are some current, active batters who are first or second on their franchise’s
career home run lists. How many you got?
Hint: All
but one have played for only one team in the majors.
Hint: They
all played Saturday.
Twint: Two
of the teams they play on are from the "original" 16.
A.
1.) Phillies
Ryan
Howard w/318 behind Mike Schmidt
w/548
2.) White Sox
Paul
Konerko w/428 behind Frank
Thomas /448
3.) Mets
David
Wright w/224 behind Darryl
Strawberry w/252
4.) Rays
Evan
Longoria w/166 behind… Nobody!
FCR - Timothy
Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Ryan Braun, Giancarlo Stanton, Ryan Zimmerman,
Edwin Encarnacion, Troy Tulowitzki, Paul Goldschmidt, Jose Bautista, Derek
Jeter
SUNDAY
Q. What was the score of the 01-Oct-1961 game when
Roger Maris hit his record-breaking 61st home run?
Hint: Bill
Stafford, Hal Reniff and Luis Arroyo pitched for the Yankees that day.
Twint: It
matched the date.
A. One-zero [At least after he hit it.] (01-Oct-1961)
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, VA
Incorrect answers: 5-3
END-OF-THE-WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
are the only two Kansas City A’s who managed to hit more than thirty home runs
in a season?
Hint: There
were never teammates.
Twint: C
if you can figure it out.
A. Bob Cerv 38 in 1958
Rocky Colavito 34 in 1964
FCR - Bill
Lewers, McLean, VA
Incorrect answers: Gus Zernial [who did hit 30 in 1955, but never
"more than"], Reggie
Jackson, Vic Power, John Mayberry, Amos Otis, Steve Balboni, Jose
Tartabull, George Brett, Roger Maris, Jim Gentile, Sal Bando
WEEKLY THEME – Walk-off homers that
completed a cycle. (Thanks to David
Vincent for confirming this data.)
Applies only to the weekday questions this week.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Dave
Washburn, Marietta, GA (After the Evans Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday
- Hall of Famers with All-Star siblings
- Yankee killers
- Left-handed
hitters in the 20-20-20 Club
- Famous HR's
vs. the Yankees
Tuesday
- Third
basemen with MLB-playing brothers
- MVP third basemen who have hit for the cycle
- Third
basemen whose brothers played in the majors
- 3rd
basemen who had relative (brother, father, etc.) precede them in the majors
- Brothers
- only one of whom is in the HoF.
- Brothers
to play major league baseball and the younger brother made the hall of fame
- 3rd basemen who had a
brother that played in the Majors
- 3rd basemen
whose last names began with "B"
- 3rd basemen
who played for Missouri teams and had a bro that played in the Bigs
- HOF Younger
Brothers
- Third basemen
who had brothers that also played in the major leagues before them
Thursday
- Guys who hit
HR's to clinch their team heading to the World Series
Sunday
- Grand slams in
the World Series
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