MONDAY — 02-Nov-2026
Q. Who
is the only player to be walked intentionally five times in one game?
Hint: #1
He was only the second player to finish his career with more than four
hundred home runs and more than three hundred stolen bases.
Hint: #2
He won a Most Valuable Player Award in a season when he played for a
last-place team.
A. ANDRE DAWSON [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. In a close game on 22-May-1990, Reds manager Lou Piniella took no chances with the Cubs’ Dawson
& had him put on base in 5 of his 8 plate appearances that day. Chicago won 2-1 in the bottom of the 16th
inning.
-
#1 Dawson had 438 HR & 314 SB
when he left the majors following the 1996 season. At that time, only Willie Mays occupied that
rare air w/660 HR & 339 SB. Since
then, they have been joined by Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez & Carlos Beltrán. List is here.
- #2 Dawson was the 1987 NL MVP, playing for CHC, who finished last in the NL East with a record of
FCR - Jim
Casey, Savannah, Georgia
Incorrect guesses: Barry Bonds, Ernie Banks, Alex Rodriguez
IN
MEMORIAM
— 02-Nov-2026
Q. Which pitcher got the last out for the World
Series Champion Mets in 1969?
Hint: #1 He was later traded for another pitcher who
got the last out of the Mets’ next World Championship.
Hint: #2 As a rookie, he struck out a Triple Crown
winner to preserve a one-to-nothing win for the National League All-Stars.
Hint: #3 In his rookie season, he tied two future Hall
of Famers the first time he received votes for Most Valuable Player.
Hint: #4 Before the White Sox in 2005, his was the
last team to have three consecutive complete games in a League Championship
Series. He pitched the 3rd
one of those complete games.
Hint: #5 He was the only pitcher active in the
National League in 1985 over the age of forty.
Hint: #6 Two of the players he matches up with in
Baseball-Reference.com’s Similarity Scores, are Hall of Famers.
Hint: #7 He is one of the few pitchers to be a
twenty-game winner one season and a twenty-game loser the following year.
Hint: #8 The Mets have retired his uniform number,
demonstrating his importance in the franchise’s history.
Hint: #9 Faith was central to his life.
A. JERRY KOOSMAN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Koosman
pitched a complete game 5 to clinch the WS for the “Miracle Mets”. He won both his WS starts, allowing just 7 hits
in 17⅔ innings, with a 2.04 ERA.
- #1 Koosman
was traded in December of 1978 by NYM to MIN for a player to be named later &
Greg Field (minors). The Twins sent Jesse Orosco to the Mets before Spring
Training in 1979 to complete the trade.
Orosco was on the mound for the final out of
the 1986 WS.
- #2
Carl Yastrzemski was the only batter Koosman faced in the 1968 ASG.
- #3 Koosman
tied with Willie Mays & Ernie Banks for 13th place with 14 points
each in the 1968 NL MVP voting. He was only the 3rd pitcher to
receive votes in that MVP election. Other
pitchers below him also received votes.
- #4 In
the 1973 NLCS, the Mets stopped the Big Red Machine. The pitchers in the 1st 3 games
were Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack & Koosman.
- #5 He
was 42½ years old when he retired later that year.
- #6
Koosman’s career compares favorably with those of Phil Niekro & Jim
Bunning.
- #7 Koosman
won 21 games in 1976 and lost 20 in 1977.
- #8 The
Mets retired his jersey # 36 on 28-Aug-2021.
- #9 He
was a devoted member of Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser, Wisconsin.
FCR - James Farrwell, Massapequa, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Nolan Ryan,. Jesse Orosco, Tug
McGraw, Matt Loosen
WEDNESDAY — 04-Nov-2026
Q. Who has hit more home runs than any other
player born in Jamaica?
Hint:
#1 He switch-hit home runs in a game for
four different teams in the majors.
Hint:
#2 He was the hitting coach for four
different teams in the majors.
A. CHILI DAVIS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Davis
hit 350 HR in his 19-year career, just ahead of George Foster on the career HR list.. Next closest Jamaican is Devon White with 208.
- #1 On
05-Jun-1983, 27-Jun-1987 & 15-Sep-1987 Davis homered from
each side for SFG;
on 30-Jul-1988, 01-Jul-1989, 15-Sep-1993, 11-May-1994, 30-Jul-1994 & 21-Aug-1996 for CAL;
on 02-Oct-1992 in his penultimate
game for the Twins;
on 07-Jun-1997 for KCR; but did not do it for
NYY. If he did, he would be tied with Nick Swisher
& Carlos Beltran w/5.
- #2 Davis
coached hitting for OAK 2012-3014; BOS 2015-2017; CHC 2018; & NYM 2019-2021.
FCR - Kevin Brazee, New Franken, Wisconsin
Incorrect
guesses: Elrod Hendricks, Devon White
MIDWEEK
BONUS
— 04-Nov-2026
Q. Who was selected as an All-Star at one
position for nine consecutive years then as an All-Star at another position for
the next nine consecutive years?
Hint:
#1 Only Nap Lajoie and Ichiro Suzuki
have more career stolen bases among players with three thousand career hits who
never appeared in a World Series.
Hint:
#2 A utility veteran said of him, “He is
the only guy I know who can go 4-for-3.”
-
Ans. Carew was the AL AS 2nd
baseman 1967 to 1975 then first baseman 1976 to 1984. The only season he did not make the All-Star
team was 1985, his final MLB season.
- #1 The totals are Suzuki 509, Lajoie 380 &
Carew 353.
- #2 Paradoxical
but descriptive words from Alan Bannister.
FCR - Robb Heugh, Troy, Michigan
Incorrect
guesses: Ernie Banks, Stan Musial, Robin
Yount, Cal Ripken, Pete Rose, Gene Tenace
THURSDAY — 05-Nov-2026
Q. Who was the Toronto Blue Jays’ hitting coach
when the team won back-to-back World Series Championships?
Hint:
#1 The year after he won the league runs
batted in title, he finished third in MVP voting.
Hint:
#2 He was a basketball teammate of famed
MLB hitter Al Oliver. Both got Rookie of
the Year votes the same season.
A. LARRY HISLE
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. Hisle
was the TOR hitting coach 1992, 1993, 1994 & 1995, where he helped produce
the franchise’s first batting champ.
John Olerud led the AL with .363 average after flirting with .400
for much of the season in 1993.
- #1 In
1977, Hisle led the AL w/119 RBI for MIN, one of the few
categories his MVP teammate
Rod Carew didn’t capture that season.
In 1978, Hisle finished ahead of Carew in voting for that same award.
- #2 Hisle
& Oliver played basketball; & baseball for Portsmouth HS,
Portsmouth, OH,
also the HS alma mater of Del Rice & Rocky Nelson. 1969 NL ROY voting.
FCR - Mark DeLodovico, Rockville,. Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Jeff Burroughs
FRIDAY — 06-Nov-2026
Q. Who hit the ball that Mariners third baseman
Lenny Randle famously “blew” foul?
Hint:
#1 It was his throw to the plate that put
Ray Fosse in the perilous position to be bowled over by Pete Rose in the
All-Star game.
Hint:
#2 He was responsible for four of Steve
Carlton’s record-setting nineteen strikeouts in one nine-inning game.
- Ans. On
27-May-1981, Otis hit a chopper
that rolled slowly along the 3rd base line. Click here for the action.
- #1 In
the 12th inning of the1970 ASG on 14-Jul-1970 in Cincinnati, Pete
Rose scored the winning run from 2nd base on Jim Hickman’s single to
CF. Otis fielded the ball & threw
home. Fosse moved up the third-base line
to receive the throw as Rose arrived. The
collision knocked Fosse to the ground & fractured & separated his left
shoulder. Game over. Fosse felt the
effects for the rest of his life.
- #2 In 15-Sep-1969,
Otis went ꓘ in the 1st,
ꓘ in the 5th,
ꓘ in the 7th &
K in the 9th.
His 4th was the 19th, & record-setting strikeout. Since then, 19K in a game has been accomplished
several times.
FCR - Jim Cochran, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Incorrect
guesses: Jim Hickman, Rocky Calavito,
Ken Berry
SATURDAY
— 07-Nov-2026
Q. Who was the first American League shortstop
to hit three home runs in a game?
Hint:
#1 The first year he got MVP votes was
the season he led the majors in triples.
Hint:
#2 The following year he made the All-Star
team for the first of his three times.
A. FREDDIE
PATEK
[SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Patek hit 3 HR in Fenway Park
on 20-Jun-1980. It would be another 15
years before another AL SS repeated the feat,
interestingly also in Boston. Tony Lazzeri
hit 3 in one game
in 1927, but he was a third baseman for the first HR. Another 7 AL SS have also done it, all since
Patek’s big day.
- #1 Patek
was 6th in MVP
voting in 1971 & had 11 3B to lead both leagues.
- #2 He
was an AL AS in 1972,
1976
& 1978,
with a career total of 1 for 3 in All-Star competition.
FCR - Jim Cochran, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Incorrect
guesses: Joe Cronin, Cecil Travis, Vern
Stephens, Tony Lazzeri, Nomar Garciaparra, Alex Rodriguez
WEEKEND
BONUS
— 07-Nov-2026
Q. About whom are these Hall of Famers talking?
… “There
is virtually nothing he can’t do,” said Willie Stargell.” “He’s the best player for his age I have ever
seen or know,” said Reggie Jackson.
Hint:
#1 In his rookie season, he played all three
outfield positions during the World Series, a Series that his team won.
Hint:
#2 His second home run of the season one
year was the ten thousandth in the history of the Yankees.
A. CLAUDELL WASHINGTON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Teammate
Gene Tenace added, “He’s going to be one hell of a player.”
- #1 In
the 1974 WS ,Washington played RF in games #1 &
#3;
PH & CF in game #2;
& LF in games #4
& #5.
- #2 In
the 9th inning on 20-Apr-1988,
Washington hit an upper-deck pull HR to RF off Jef Reardon. Click here to watch.
FCR - Pete Kerzel., Ocean City, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Jacoby Ellsbury, Roy White
SUNDAY — 08-Nov-2026
Q. Which one-time Los Angeles Dodger was called
average by some of his teammates?
Hint:
#1 His father played baseball
professionally in Mexico and finished with a .300 career batting average.
Hint:
#2 Umpire Don Denkinger called him safe.
A. JORGE
ORTA [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. “Orta” translates to “average”
on English. Orta himself played for LAD
in 1982.
- #1 His
father was Pedro Orta
who also played in the Cuban League,
- #2 In
the 6th game of 1985 World Series [All-Missouri, The Show-Me Series
or the I-70 Series], Orta came to bat, well… read about it here.
FCR - Brandon Boysen, Yukon., Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses:
THEME: Batters who struck out at least twenty-five
times against Nolan Ryan
Name Ks Career WAR
Carew............. 29............ 81.2
Davis.............. 28............ 38.4
Dawson.......... 25............ 84.8
Hisle............... 29............ 25.0
Orta................ 30............ 14.9
Otis................. 27............ 42.8
Patek.............. 31............ 24.1
Washington... 39............ 19.6
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
(after Otis)
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Wed - Most
career home runs by a switch-hitter
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