Sunday, June 16, 2013

June 10-16, 2013 Players who hit 50 home runs in a season at age 25 or younger

MONDAY
Q.         Who holds the career World Series records for home runs, runs scored, bases on balls, strike outs, runs batted and total bases?
Hint:     He holds the career record for home runs hit by a switch hitter.
Twint:    He is the only Yankee Hall of Fame player from Oklahoma.
Twint:    He was an M&M boy.
A.         Mickey Mantle (WS records: 18 HR, 42 R, 43 BB, 54 Ks , 40 RBI & 123 TB; 536 HR; HOF OK; Mantle and Maris)
FCR -    Gene Schwartz, Weston, CT

TUESDAY
Q.         What rookie hit the fly ball caught by Joe DiMaggio that led to Mickey Mantle’s knee injury in the 1951 World Series?
Hint:     He holds the record for hitting home runs in the most different innings.
Hint:     His 16th inning home run off Warren Spahn ended the longest ever shutout duel by two major league pitchers.
Twint:    His first major league hit was also a home run off Warren Spahn.
Twint:    In the same game, he struck out with two men on base, and then popped out with a runner on base to end the game in a 4-1 loss.
A.         Willie Mays (5th inning G 2; HR hit in 16 different innings; Spahn vs Marichal; 1st HR 28‑May‑1951)
FCR -    Harvey Judkowitz, Miami, FL

WEDNESDAY
Q.         Who was credited with a shared no-hitter despite only facing the first batter and issuing him a base-on-balls?
Hint:     The pitcher who relieved him, threw out the man on base and then proceeded to retire the next 26 batters.
Twint:    With two outs in the bottom of the 9th in the seventh inning of a World Series, he was caught stealing second to end the game and the Series.
Twint:    In that same game seven he had a home run and four bases on balls in the 3-2 loss.
A.         Babe Ruth (No-no 23‑Jun‑1917, heavy lifting done by teammate Ernie Shore; 1926 WS, G 7 12‑Oct, giving the St. Louis Cards their first championship)
FCR -    R.J. Lesch, Adel, IA

THURSDAY
Q.         Who was a catcher in nine and pitcher in two of his twenty seasons in the majors, but won an MVP as a first baseman?
Hint:     Connie Mack moved him to first where he played most of his remaining career.
Twint:    He was discovered by Franklin Baker.
Twint:    In his final season he pitched in 9 games and 22.2 innings with a 1.59 earned run average for the Athletics.
Twint:    He made Ogden Nash’s line up.
A.         Jimmie Foxx (Fielding stats, 1B 1919G C 108G, P 10G; Home Run Baker discovered the young Foxx; 1-0 in 9 starts, 1945 Phillies; Line Up for Yesterday)
FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO

FRIDAY
Q.         Who was told by Branch Rickey "We finished last with you, we can finish last without you."?
Hint:     He, too, could turn a phrase with quotes such as “Two thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third by Garry Maddox”.
Hint:     When he married a tennis star, Hank Greenberg was his best man.
Twint:    He has been a broadcaster with the New York Mets since their first season.
Twint:    He once joked that the reason he was hired as their broadcaster was because he had “losing experience”.
A.         Ralph Kiner (Team by Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball; Garry Maddox; Married Nancy Chafee 1951; 52 years with the NYM; Hired by George Weiss)
FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO

SATURDAY
Q.         Whose hit off Troy Percival was the first to be officially reviewed with instant replay?
Hint:     In his major league debut, his team suffered the 10th unassisted triple play in the modern era.
Hint:     He holds the American League record of seven runs batted in for a single inning.
Twint:    He was the 1992 Gatorade Player of the Year.
Twint:    He wanted to play in the National League but because of the “even-odd” system of the draft, he ended up in the American League.
A.         Alex Rodriguez (2008-Sep-03 confirmed the HR; Debut 1994-Jul-08, UTP J Valentine; 7 RBI 2009-Oct-04; 1993 draft by SEA)
FCR -    Jack Sullivan, Louisville, KY

SUNDAY
Q.         Who was ridiculed as being too fat for even the Athletics?
Hint:     As a twelve-year-old boy, he hit a batting practice home run at Tiger Stadium.
Hint:     In his third All Star Game appearance, he was named Most Valuable Player, based mostly on his three-run homer off C.J. Wilson.
Twint:    He is the only player to win the Home Run Derby in both leagues.
A.         Prince Fielder (The Money ball 2002 draft class; Batting practice HR; 2011 ASG; Derby wins 2009 MIL, 2012 DET)
FCR -    Jim Lovelace, Kent, OH


WEEKLY THEME - Players who hit 50 home runs in a season at age 25 or younger

Player       Age   HR      Year
Fielder       23      50       2007
Foxx         24      58       1932
Kiner         24      51       1947
Mantle       24      52       1956
Mays         24      51       1955
A-Rod       25      52       2001
Ruth          25      54       1920

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Jack Sullivan,m Louisville, KY


Horsehide Trivia blog has the questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks:  http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/




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