MONDAY — 08-Jun-2026
Q. Which
former New York Met gave up a record seven consecutive hits in an All-Star game?
Hint: #1
He won twenty games in a season five times, leading the majors in four
of those, but threw fewer than five complete games in the last three.
Hint: #2
He won a World Series MVP.
A. TOM GLAVINE [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Glavine had not lost a game in
nearly 2 months. Then, in the 1992 ASG, he was beaten in the 1st 20 minutes. In the top of the 1st inning, he
gave up successive hits to Boggs, Puckett, Carter, McGwire, Ripken, Griffey Jr.
& Alomar Jr. 4 runs scored. Glavine played for NYM 2003-2007.
-
#1 Won 20 G in 1991 (20)*,
1992 (20), 1993 (22), 1998 (20) & 2000 (21). In each of the last 3, he had just 4 CG. (Which would lead the league today.)
*Won the Cy Young Award that year.
FCR - Mike
Clark, Cincinnati
Incorrect guesses: Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Warren Spahn, Dave Stewart, Orel H
TUESDAY — 09-Jun-2026
Q. Who is the only pitcher to lead all MLB
players in WAR for a season since Pedro Martinez did it?
Hint:
#1 He won the Gatorade National Player
of the Year Award as a high school senior.
Hint:
#2 He is one of only seven pitchers to
strike out 1,000 different major league batters.
A. ZACK GREINKE [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Greinke’s
10.4 WAR led all major leaguers in 2009, the first time a pitcher
had topped the majors since Pedro Martinez posted 11.7 in 2000.
- #1 Named
GNPOY in 2002 pitching and playing shortstop for Apopka
High School
in central Florida.
- #2 The
other pitchers with 1,000 discrete Ks: Nolan
Ryan, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux & Roger Clemens Justin Verlander
& Max Scherzer.
FCR - Damien Begley, New York City
Incorrect
guesses: Clayton Kershaw, Justin
Verlander, Randy Johnson
WEDNESDAY — 10-Jun-2026
Q. Who is the only pitcher from Venezuela ever to
lead the National League in wins?
Hint:
#1 He tied a forty-year-old record by
hitting a home run in a game he won as a pitcher, five times in one season.
Hint:
#2 He was ordered to stay off his home
computer after complaining about elbow troubles.
A. CARLOS ZAMBRANO [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
2006, Zambrano tied the NL for the most wins that year, with 5 other
pitchers. Joining him, each with 16
wins, were Aaron Harang, Derek Lowe, Brad Penny, John Smoltz &
Brandon Webb. (Interestingly, the
AL wins leader that year, with 19, was Venezuelan Johan Santana.)
- #1 That
same year, Zambrano won & homered on:
05-Jun, 02-Jul, 25-Jul, 17-Sep & 23-Sep, tying Don Drysdale,
who, in 1965, hit a HR and was the
winning pitcher in each of 12-Apr, 06-Jun, 11-Jun, 06-Jul & 10-0Sep.
- #2 In
2005, the Cubs told Zambrano to cut back on computer time after he complained
of elbow trouble. He had been spending up
to 4 hours a day e-mailing his brother. (That seemed to work—perhaps psychosomatically?)
FCR - Christian Ruzich, Evanston, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Johan Santana, Freddy Garcia, Clayton
Kershaw, Fernando Valenzuela
THURSDAY
— 11-Jun-2026
Q. Which one-time Double Unique pitcher is the
only pitcher to lead the majors in home runs for at least one day of the season?
Hint:
#1 He passed Carl Hubbell for most
career strikeouts by a Giants left-handed pitcher.
Hint:
#2 He passed Christy Mathewson, Mariano
Rivera and Babe Ruth while setting the lowest career World Series ERA.
A. MADISON BUMGARNER [B-R Bio]
- Ans. On
02-Apr-2017 Bumgarner homered off
Zack Greinke in the 5th inning & hit another off Andrew Chafin
in the 7th *. He was the only
Giant to homer that day. He is the only
pitcher to hit two home runs in a single Opening Day game. His name had been Double Unique until Madison Younginer’s
sip of coffee with the Braves beginning 07-Aug-2016.
- #1 Hall
of Fame lefty Carl Hubbell amassed 1,676 career Ks in his 16-year MLB career,
all with NYG Bumgarner got his Giants
1,677th strikeout in the 2019 season, the final of his 11 years with
SFG.
- #2 Bumgarner
stands alone at the top with his 0.25 career WS ERA. Here are the next 14.
FCR - Dave Williams, Glastonbury, Connecticut
*Further research
has revealed that other pitchers had enjoyed this ephemeral distinction.
Incorrect
guesses: Tim Lincecum
FRIDAY 12-Jun-2026
Q. Who is the only Mexican native to win the Cy
Young Award?
Hint:
#1 He did it the same year he first led
the league in complete games.
Hint:
#2 Five years later, he led the majors
in the same statistical category.
A. FERNANDO VALENZUELA [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Valenzuela’s
rookie year was 1981 & he edged out veteran Tom Seaver for the award.
- #1 The
rookie racked up 8 complete games, the most in the NL, even more
impressive because that season was interrupted by a work stoppage.
- #2 In
1986, his 20 CG led the majors.
His career-best 21 pitching wins topped in the NL.
FCR - John Knepshield, Orangevale, California
Incorrect
guesses:
SATURDAY
— 13-Jun-2026
Q. Who was the first pitcher to start a game as
his team's designated hitter?
Hint:
#1 He had an RBI, driving in Jay Buhner
with a sacrifice fly.
Hint:
#2 After baseball, he turned to his golf
game and qualified for the U.S. Senior Open and became a dominant player on the
Celebrity Players Tour.
A. RICK RHODEN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. On
11-Jun-1988, Yankee Manager Billy started
Rhoden in the game batting 7th in the lineup.
- #1 Rhoden
grounded out in his only other at-bat that day.
- #2 Rhoden
is a regular competitor at the American Century Championship, the annual
competition to determine the best golfers among American sports and
entertainment celebrities. He won the
tournament in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2008, and 2009, and he has a
total of 22 top 10 finishes. The
tournament, televised by NBC in July, is played at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course
in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
FCR - Jim Cochran, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Incorrect
guesses: Rich Reuschel, Ken Brett
SUNDAY— 14-Jun-2026
Q. Which former Seattle Mariners pitcher tied the
Dodger Dons for the National League record for home runs in a season?
Hint:
#1 He once had a season with twenty hits
and twenty pitching wins.
Hint:
#2 He offered a large reward to anyone
who could help find a young girl from his hometown who was missing from her home
in Florida.
A. MIKE HAMPTON [Wiki Bio]
- Ans. On
09-Aug-2001, Hampton hit his 7th
HR of the season, tying Don Newcombe (1955) & Don Drysdale (1958,
1965) for most HR in a season by an NL pitcher. Hampton debuted with SEA in 1993.
- #1 In 1999, pitching for HOU, Hampton led the NL with
22 wins and finished behind only Randy Johnson in CYA voting. That same season, he also had 23 hits &10
RBI as a batter.
- #2 Hampton
and his wife Katia offered a $25,000 reward to anyone who could assist in
finding 9-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford who went missing from his hometown of Homosassa
Florida during Spring Training 2005. The
girl was a classmate of Hampton’s son.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: R.A. Dickey Reick Reuschel
SUNDAY
BONUS —
14-Jun-2026
Q. Which Sacramento native came to the pros as a
third baseman, then spent sixteen major league seasons appearing only as a
pitcher?
Hint:
#1 He led the majors in 1980 in fewest
walks per nine innings pitched.
Hint:
#2 He was never an All-Star in spite of
seasons where he won fourteen, fifteen and twenty games.
Hint:
#3 His older brother, also a major
league pitcher, was an All-Star in both leagues yet never won more than
thirteen games in any year.
A. BOB FORSCH [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Forsch
started 422 games in MLB ending with a 168-136 record.
- #1 His
BB9 in 1980 was 1.4. It
was the only time he was even in the top ten in that category, although his
brother Ken finished 4th, 3rd, & 3rd in MLB BB9 1979-81.
- #2 Forsch
(Bob) had a 20-7 record in 1977.
- #3 Ken Forsch pitched 16 seasons, with a 114-113 record with a 3.37 ERA &
was an All-Star with HOU in 1976 & CAL in 1981. His career high in wins, however, was 13, done
in 1982.
FCR - Jesse Asbury,
Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses: Ken Forsch, Jon Matlak
WEEK’S
FINALE —
14-Jun-2026
Q. Who was the youngest member of the “Fam-i-Lee”?
Hint:
#1 He was the first pitcher since the
adoption of the designated hitter rule to hit a pinch-hit home run.
Hint:
#2 He finished behind Bob Hiorner and
Ozzie Smith in Rookie of the Year voting.
A. DON
ROBINSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. He
was only 22 on the World
Series-winning 1979 Pirates.
- #1 Robinson’s
PH HR = 19-Jun-1990
- #2 NL
ROY 1978.
FCR - David Skelton, Woodway, Texas
Incorrect
guesses:
THEME: Pitchers with Multiple Silver Slugger Awards—a
list unlikely to grow. Thanks to
Bill Deane for this rheme suggestion.
Pitcher No. SS Years ERA WAR
Bumgarner....... 2...... 2014, 2015........................... 3.47.... 37.2
Forsch.............. 2...... 1980, 1987........................... 3.76.... 24.6
Glavine............. 4...... 1991, 1995,
1996, 1998...... 3.54.... 80.7
Greinke............. 2...... 2013, 2019........................... 3.49.... 77.4
Hampton.......... 5...... 1999-2003............................ 4.06.... 28.2
Rhoden............. 3...... 1984, 1985,
1986................. 3.59.... 35.4
Robinson.......... 3...... 1981, 1987........................... 3.79.... 17.4
Valenzuela....... 2...... 1981, 1983........................... 3.54.... 41.5
Zambrano......... 3...... 2006, 2008,
2009................. 3.66.... 43.9
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
(after Zambrano)
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Tues - Pitchers
who threw complete-game shutouts against the Rockies in Colorado
Sun - MLB
pitchers who made their MLB debut and winning a game their first season at age
21 or under and then winning over 100 games for their careers
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