MONDAY —26-Jul
Q. Who was the
last-active player from the original Washington Senators?
Hint: #1 He
surrendered a home run to Bert Campaneris on the first pitch Campaneris saw in
the majors.
Hint: #2 Among
his teammates were Ozzie, Reggie, Harmon, Dick and Pete.
Hint: #3 He
won Gold Glove awards for the Twins, White Sox and Phillies, sixteen in all.
- Ans. Kaat played for WSH in 1959 & 60. Threw his last pitch in MLB on 01-Jul-1983.
- #1 Kaat/Campy
G = 23-Jul-1964. Piling on a bit, Campaneris homered off Kaat
again in the 7th.
- #2 He
was a teammate of Killebrew on WSH/MIN 1959-73; of Allen on CHW 1973-74; of Rose
on PHI 1979; of Jackson on NYY 1979-80; and of Smith on STL 1982-83.
- #3 Won
GG 1962-73, 1974-77 Only Greg Maddux won
more.
FCR - Steve Daniels, Carmel,
Indiana
Incorrect guesses: Bert
Blyleven, Bob Allison, Dick Bosman, Toby Harrah
TUESDAY —27-Jul
Q. Who is the only pitcher to hit a grand slam in
each league?
Hint: #1 He was the last pitcher to lead his league
in pinch-hit at-bats.
Hint: #2 He and a certain speedy Hall of Famer were
raised in the same small town.
A. SCHOOLBOY ROWE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. AL GS = 22-Jul-1939 for DET off Nels
Potter of PHA; NL GS = 02-May-1943 for PHI* off
Al Javery of BSN.
- #1 Rowe
had 49 PH AB for in 1943.
- #2 Rowe
& Lou Brock were raised in Eldorado, Arkansas. Rowe as born in Waco, Texas.
*As a pinch-hitter—did not
pitch in that G.
FCR - Mark Wendling, Prince George, British Columbia
Incorrect guesses: Jim Bunning, Madison Bumgarner, CC Sabathia, Tony
Cloninger, Tommy Byrne, Dizzy Trout, Earl Wilson, Pedro Ramos, Tommy Byrne
WEDNESDAY —28-Jul
Q. Who was the only left-handed pitcher to win
twenty games for the Yankees in a season in the 1950s?
Hint: #1 It was not, however, the same season he led
the majors in win-loss percentage.
Hint: #2 He was inducted into the National
Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
Hint: #3 He felt fine.
A. EDDIE LOPAT [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Had
a record of 21-9 in 1951.
- #1 Led
MLN w/.800 in 1953 (16-4)
- #2 In
the NP-A SHOF in Troy, Michigan in 1978.
- #3 In
a precarious WS situation, his manager, Casey Stengel, went to Lopat on the
mound and asked him how he felt, both acknowledging Duke Snider was the next
batter. Lopat said, “I feel fine.” Casey walked back to the dugout and with the
last postseason pitch he ever threw in the majors, Lopat induced Snider to ground out, ending the G.
FCR - Kyle Sammin, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
guesses: Bob Turley, Vic Raschi, Bobby
Shantz, Bob Grim, Whitey Ford
MIDWEEK BONUS —29-Jul
Q. Which All-Star pitcher made his major league
debut in the game that would have been Lou Gehrig’s 2,131st consecutive
game played?
Hint: #1 He once hit a triple off pitcher Ellis
Kinder then promptly stole home.
Hint: #2 There is a world-renown cancer research
center that bears his name.
A. FRED HUTCHINSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. On
02-May-1939 Lou Gehrig took
himself out of the lineup… for good.
Rookie Hutchinson entered the G in the 6th, pitched to 12
batters, got 2 outs and was lifted with an ERA of 108.00. Was on the AL AS team in 1951. Pitched 3 innings, giving up singles to Al
Dark & Jackie Robinson and a HR to Gil Hodges.
- #1 On
his way to a complete game victory on 29-Aug-1947 in St. Louis, DET’s Hutchinson
hit a 3B in the 3rd & stole home after the next batter struck
out, for what proved to be the winning margin.
- #2 The
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is multi-building campus in the Seattle
area. Opened in 1956 by Hutchinson’s
older brother, William P. Hutchinson.
After the death of his brother in 1964, the institution was re-dedicated
and renamed in his memory.
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Bobo Newsome, Vern Kennedy, Red Ruffing, Chase Anderson, Hal Newhouser
THURSDAY —29-Jul
Q. Who pitched more complete games than any other
pitcher born in Puerto Rico?
Hint: #1 Also among Boricua pitchers, he played the
most seasons and racked up the most shutouts.
He is in the Top 5 of every important positive pitching category for
Puerto Rican pitchers.
Hint: #2 His professional career victory total is in excess of
four hundred.
Hint: #3 Only recently deceased, his career includes
a World Series championship and two All-Star games.
A. JUAN PIZARRO [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Had
79 CG in his MLB career 1957-74, a total more than 25% above the 2 pitchers
tied for 2nd place, Ruben Gomez & Ed Figueroa w/63 ea.
- #1 Pitched
in MLB for 18 seasons and had 17 shutouts.
- #2 His regular-season count is 392: 197 in the US (131 in the
majors and 66 in the minors), plus 38 more in Mexico & 157 more while
playing winter ball in his homeland.
Postseason play—in the minors, Puerto Rico & international
tournaments—gets him over 400.
- #3 Pizarro passed away 18-Feb-2021. His 1st team in MLB was MLN in
1957, the Braves’ only WS title in Milwaukee.
He was an All-Star w/CHW in 1963 where he pitched a perfect 7th inning & in 1964.
FCR - Steve Berman, Bergenfield, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Mike Cuellar, Juan Marichal, Ed
Figueroa, Ruben Gomez
FRIDAY —30-Jul
Q. Who was blamed for Ted Williams’
less-than-stellar World Series performance?
Hint: #1 He and three of his teammates famously
specialized in a single type of pitch one season and nearly grabbed a pennant
by so doing.
Hint: #2 He died five miles from where he was born.
A. MICKEY HAEFNER [B-R Bio]
- Ans. While
1946 AL champs BOS waited for the outcome of the NL pennant race, a select AL squad was
chosen to keep the Sawks sharp. During
that tune-up G at Fenway Park on 01-Oct, Haefner accidentally plunked Williams
on the elbow with an errant knuckleball. The injured Williams was ineffective
in that WS (his only one), batting .200 with 5 singles, as the underdog STL
defeated BOS in 7 G.
- #1 In
1945, knuckleball aces Haefner, Dutch Leonard, Johnny Niggeling and Roger Wolff started 111 of the
Senators' 154 games and accounted for 60 of the club's 87 victories. They finished a scant 1.5 G behind DET in the
tight AL pennant race.
- #2 Haefner
was born in Lenzburg, Illinois and died in neighboring New Athens 82 years
later.
FCR - Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, Texas
Incorrect
guesses: Harry Brecheen, Ted Williams,
Lou Boudreau, Murry Dickson, Jackie Jensen, Gene Bearden, Dutch Leonard,
Rip Sewell, Roger Wolff
TRADE DEADLINE SPECIAL —30-Jul
Q. Whose signing bonus included two truckloads of
Ballantine Beer?
Hint: #1 He was immortalized in oil.
Hint: #2 His father was replaced on a minor league
team by Lou Gehrig.
A. MICKEY McDERMOTT [SABR Bio]
- Ans. McDermott
played against adults from the age of 13.
Mule
Haas,
scouting for the Dodgers, said that he wanted to sign McDermott, but because of
his age it was illegal. At the age of 15, McDermott’s father changed his birth
certificate to make Mickey appear 18 years old.
BOS GM Joe Cronin, found out McDermott was only 15. In the final deal McDermott got a $5,000
signing bonus and his dad received two truckloads of Ballantine Beer.
- #1 Norman
Rockwell’s “The Rookie”, is a picture based
on McDermott’s making the Red Sox roster. Shown is "the rookie", actually
Sherman Safford, a high school athlete from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who was asked
to model for the painting. The artwork
appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post edition of 02-Mar-1957.
Rockwell depicts an eager McDermott arriving in the BOS dressing area
surrounded by the team’s wary veterans preparing for that day’s contest. It’s not hard to make out Ted Williams
and Jackie Jensen.
- #2 Maurice McDermott, Sr. was replaced at 1st
base on the 1924 Hartford Senators in the Class A Eastern League by Gehrig, and so hoped
his son could make it to the majors.
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Allie Reynolds
SATURDAY —31-Jul
Q. Who was the first player in major league
history to hit home runs as a pitcher, designated hitter and pinch hitter in
the same season?
Hint: #1 He is the only player to win the Dick Howser
Trophy twice.
Hint: #2 He was voted the best baseball player in the
history of his D-1 university, a six-time NCAA World Series champion.
A. BROOKS KIESCHNICK [B-R Bio]
- Ans. In
2003, Kieschnick homered 3 X as a P (12-May, 06-Aug, 12-Sep); 2X as a DH (15-Jun, 27-Jun); & 2 X as a PH (25-Jun, 17-Sep).
- #1 Playing
for the University of Texas, he won the Howser Trophy in 1992 & 1993.
- #2 Poll
was conducted online in 2002.
FCR - Rob Sheinkopf, Las Vegas
Incorrect
guesses: Buster Posey, Ron Blomberg, Adam Dunn, Babe Ruth, Shohei Ohtani
SUNDAY —01-Aug
Q. Who is the only remaining player to qualify
for this week’s theme?
Hint: #1 Though he was only in the majors for seven
seasons, he had fifteen MVPs, Cy Young award winners and future Hall of
Famers as teammates.
Hint: #2 His major league career began with the
Browns and ended with the Orioles.
A. LOU SLEATER [B-R Bio]
- Ans. See
below.
- #1 Was
teammates with Satchel Paige, Jackie Jensen, Marty Marion, Bob Turley, Enos Slaughter,
Bobby Shantz, Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, Eddie Mathews, Lew Burdette, Jim
Bunning, Al Kaline, Dick Williams, Brooks Robinson & Hoyt Wilhelm.
- #2 Played
for SLB 1950-52. In his last season, 1958, he ended w/BAL. Willy Miranda and Bob Nieman were his teammates on
both those teams.
FCR - Bill Lewers, McLean, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Billy Hunter, Bob Chakales, Bob Turley, Jim Dyck,
Gus Triandos,
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers
who have been walked intentionally since 1945.
Player Date Team P/Opp team
Haefner............... 7-May-1946.......... WSH......... Harder/CLE
Hutchinson........ 20-Sep-1947(1)........ DET.......... Feller/CLE
Kaat................... 01-Sep-1970(2)........ MIN.......... Bolin/MIL
Kieschnick........... 5-May-2004.......... MIL........... Graves/CIN
Lopat.................. 31-Aug-1946.......... CHW........ Harder/CLE
McDermott........ 12-May-1957(1)........ KCA.......... Wynn/CLE
Pizarro............... 25-Jul-1958(2)......... MLN......... Elston/CHC
Rowe................. 21-Apr-1946(1)........ PHI........... Sain/BSN
" 15-Aug-1947.......... PHI........... Hatten/BRO
Sleater............... 14-Jul-1957(2)........ DET.......... Zuverink/BAL
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – John Michael Pierobon, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida (After Rowe)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Players
with 1,000 or more games played AND 100 complete games
Tuesday - Pitchers
who hit multiple homeruns the same year they won 20 games.
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