27-Feb-2017
MONDAY
Q. Who was the first Seattle Mariner to win
the Rookie of the Year Award?
Hint: A teammate of his came in second.
Hint: He held the team’s career home run record until
Ken Griffey, Jr. broke it.
Hint: He still holds the Mariners’ record for the
most consecutive games reaching base to start a career.
- AL ROY 1984. Mark Langston finished
with 3 first-place votes to Davis’ 25.
Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett had none
but finished 3rd based on voting points.
- Davis’ HR total was 160. Junior hit his 161st
on 15-Jun-1994. […and would
go on to his another 256 for them.]
- Reached base from his debut game on 11-Apr-1984 until his 47th
straight game on 11-Jun.
FCR - Jerry Mora, Prescott, Arizona
Incorrect answers: Edgar Martinez Jay Buhner, Ichiro Suzuki,
Bret Boone, Alex Rodriguez, Omar Vizquel
TUESDAY
Q. What Jack was an ace?
Hint: Not as slender as Chris Sale, he
nevertheless is associated with a stick figure.
Hint: He had 7 straight years of double-digit
wins including two 20+ win years in a row.
- “Stickfigure” is the name
of his band. Maybe Sale should sit in?
FCR - Lincoln Mitchell, New York City
Incorrect
answers: Jack Morris
WEDNESDAY REVEILLE
Q. What Boston Red Sox player led the
American League in RBI in the 1950’s?
Hint: A truly versatile athlete, he also led once
in stolen bases and once in triples.
Hint: Extensive research has revealed that he is
the only player to pinch-run in the World Series for someone who later became American
League president.
- RBI lead:
1955 w/116, 1958 w/122 & 1959w/112.
- SB lead:
22 in 1954; Triples lead: 11 in
1956. He also excelled as an
All-American halfback at Cal, scoring a touchdown
in the 1949 Rose Bowl.
- Playing for NYY, he pinch-ran for Bobby Brown in the 1950 WS.
FCR - Art Springsteen, Sunapee, New Hampshire
Incorrect answers: Ted Williams
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who is the all-time Montreal Expos career
leader in games, at-bats, hits, extra-base hits, total bases, RBI and doubles?
Hint: He is still the leader in each named
category even if you add in the career of any Washington National.
Hint: He is the only Expo to win a Gold Glove at
his position.
- G = 1,767, AB = 6,529, H = 1,694, XBH 595, TB
= 2,728, RBI = 905, 2b = 360
- GG = 1985, 88, 90 @ 3b
FCR - Fred Mistretta, Montvale, New Jersey
Incorrect answers: Rusty Staub, Tim Raines, Gary Carter, Andre
Dawson, Vladimir Guerrero, Warren Cromartie, Hubie Brooks, Marquis Grissom
WEDNESDAY TAPS
Q. What pitcher’s nickname was closely
linked with a major event that took place less than a month after his debut in
the big leagues?
Hint: When he was inducted into the
Red Sox Hall of Fame, he was the team's record-holder for most games pitched by
a left-hander and the third-highest win total by a Red Sox leftie.
Hint: Not exactly an organization guy, he was
barely tolerated by managers, general managers and owner and idolized by
reporters.
Hint: His grooming habits presaged the modern
era.
- “Spaceman” debuted 25-Jun-1969; Neil
Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon 20-Jul-1969.
- Most games pitched by a BOS left-hander (321)
and the 3rd-highest win total (94).
- Antics reported in a movie: “Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey”
FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Incorrect
answers: Oil Can Boyd, Babe Ruth
THURSDAY
Q. Who was the first Boston team manager to
be the manager of an All-Star team after winning the World Series?
Hint: Boston has had major league teams since 1871.
Hint: He knew the game, having played for 9
professional teams over 11 seasons.
Hint: His career playing time was split between
the infield and the outfield.
- 2005 ASG, 2004 WS. The Sawks previous WS win occurred 15 years
before the All-Star Game existed. Similarly,
the Boston Braves won their only modern WS title in 1914, 19 years too early
for an All-Star game connection.
- Drafted by CHC in 1977, but chose school. Drafted by MON in 1980, made the
big team in ’81. Released by MIL in 1990 then
finished by paying 86 more games in the minors that same season.
FCR - Ray Palen, ,Clermont, Florida
Incorrect answers: Dick Williams, Fred Haney
FRIDAY
Q. What former Rookie of the Year led two
different teams in saves in the same season?
Hint: He has averaged 27 saves a season over his
12-year career.
Hint: He was named to the NCAA College World
Series Legends Team.
Hint: Although he has never led his league in
saves, he has led 4 different teams in saves a total of 11 times.
- 342 saves through 2016t
- Has led OAK, COL, SDP & LAA in saves
FCR - Terry French, Kansas City, Missouri
Incorrect answers: Francisco Rodriguez
SATURDAY
Q. What reliever had 0 saves in 7 of the 9
years of his career, but then had more than 30 each in the remaining 2?
Hint: His ethnicity helped him break a
long-standing record held by Hank Aaron.
Hint: He managed to put in time with 8 different
teams in that 9-year span.
Hint: He started his collegiate career at Penn
State but transferred to a school less known for its athletic prowess.
- 38 saves in 2009, 31 in 2010 both for SEA
- Is now first alphabetically in all lists of
major leaguers
- Played for SEA, NYM, SFG, ATL, BOS, CHC, NYY
& CHW
- Transferred to Rice
University in Houston.
FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Incorrect
answers: Donnie Moore, Jose Mesa
SUNDAY
Q. Who hit the major leagues’ first ever pink-bat
home run?
Hint: He hit it off a Hall of Famer in front of
50,000+ people.
Hint: He won a bronze medal for the United States
in the Olympics.
Hint: He has been a coach for the Padres and A’s.
- Pink
HR 14-May-2006,
Mothers’ Day at Yankee
Stadium off Randy
Johnson. Attendance: 52,587
FCR - Adrian Fung, Toronto
Incorrect
answers: Merv Rettenmund, Davey Lopes,
Mark McGwire
SUNDAY EXTRA
Q. What local hero tried to make Georgians
forget Andrelton Simmons?
Hint: His father and brother played college
baseball; his mother played collegiate basketball and tennis; his sister softball.
Hint: In recent trade talks, he was considered “untouchable”.
Hint: Despite that label, he was hit by a pitch
during a simulated game and suffered a concussion, setting back his
professional debut by weeks.
- Is from Atlanta; played more than passable
shortstop for the Braves in 2016,
placing 10th on the team in WAR.
- In a simulated game against Yoan
López in July 2015, he was hit in the mouth with a pitch.
FCR - Kellen Nielson, Blanding, Utah
Incorrect
answers:
SUNDAY SPECIAL
Q. Who owns the lowest batting average of
any player since the end of the Dead-Ball era?
(2,000 AB min.)
Hint: He is the author of Baseball: Play the
Winning Way.
Hint: The baseball field at a major university
was named for him.
Hint: He is twice deserving to be included in
this week’s theme.
- Lifetime average: .213
- Also the co-editor of the highly-respected The Baseball
Coaching Bible
- The University of Arizona's former baseball
field, Jerry Kindall Field at
Frank Sancet Stadium, is named in honor of Kindall and former coach Frank
Sancet.
- He played on the University of Minnesota NCAA
championship team
in 1956 then coached the Arizona University baseball team to 3 such
championships: 1976,
1980
& 1986.
FCR
- Adrian Fung, Toronto
Incorrect
answers: Branch Rickey
SUNDAY SUPER
Q. Who was the first manager to lead the
Indians to the League Championship Series in this century?
Hint: Never a ROY, but he was MOY.
Hint: He twice won more than 90 games with the Tribe.
Hint: In his four-year playing career in the
majors, he managed to squeeze all his home runs into one season.
- 5 HR in 1992 for BOS
FCR - Paul Rupright, North Olmstead, Ohio
Incorrect
answers: Charlie Manuel, John Farrell,
Terry Francona, Mike Hargrove, Tony LaRussa
SUNDAY SUPERLATIVE
Q. What pitcher’s 14-year career saw him
once lead the majors with 17 hit baseman one season, but balancing that by
later leading his league in complete games with 7 one year and with shutouts
another year with 2?
Hint: His 17 plunks did not prevent him from
being selected to the All-Star team that year.
Hint: Recognizable and well known for his unique
delivery, he was also known as the nicest guy in baseball. (There might be 17 guys who would dispute
that.)
Hint: He and his wife now travel to U.S. colleges
speaking on "Faith in Sports" and "How to Stay Married in a
Career Dominated Lifestyle."
- 17 HBP and ASG
in 1999
- 7 CG in 2002; 2 ShO 2007
FCR - Benjamin Chase, Huron, South Dakota
Incorrect
answers: Justin Masterson, Kent Tekulve
WEEKLY THEME – Select major
leaguers who had been on NCAA baseball championship teams--with no teams repeated.
Player University Championship Year
**Named MOP, “Most Outstanding Player”
of that series
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Joe
Ullian, Santa Barbara (after Jensen)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Wed - All-Stars who played in the Pac 8 (10/12)
- All-
Stars with particularly colorful nicknames
- California
HS players of the year who went on to become MLB All-Stars
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