Horsehide
Trivia presented this week by guest author Barry Sparks
MONDAY
Q. The part of what player did actor
Thomas Jane play in a 2001 HBO movie?
Hint: He got his start in professional baseball
with a Class D team in Independence, Kansas.
Hint: He once said, "I guess you could say
I'm what this country is all about."
Twint: Bob Costas and Billy Crystal are two of his
most famous fans.
A. Mickey Mantle (61*; 1949
Independence Yankees)
FCR - Joe
Thompson, Splendora, TX
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was picked off of first base after getting his 3,000th hit?
Hint: He
once won a batting title on the last day of the season, besting a teammate for
the honor.
Hint: Describing
the end of his 21-year career, he said, "I could have played another year,
but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than
that."
Hint: He
had an eleven-year gap between the first and second times he hit for the cycle.
Twint: He
was the first player to win batting titles in three different decades.
Twint: He
is the only player to hit three home runs in a postseason game his team lost.
A. George
Brett (30‑Sep‑1992,
picked off by Tim Fortugno;
1976, Brett .333, Hal McRae
.332, Rod Carew .331; Cycles 28‑May‑1979,
25‑Jul‑1990;
.333 in 1976, .390 in 1980 & .329 in 1990; 3 postseason HR ALCS 06‑Oct‑1978)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
hit 25 home runs the season after he came out of retirement?
Hint: He
stole 50 bases in one season and slammed 40 homers in another.
Hint: He
is now manager of the team where he made his major league debut.
Twint: He
was the fourth Chicago Cub
to have his number retired.
A. Ryne
Sandberg (Retired after 1994 season, returned in 1996; 54 SB in 1985 and 40
HR in 1990; Mgr of the Philadelphia
Phillies (debuted with the Phillies 02‑Sep‑1981;
Banks
(14), Williams
(26), Santo
(10) and Sandberg
(23).
FCR - John
Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
played in 1,103 consecutive games, at the time the second-longest streak in
history?
Hint: His
bat "Black Betsy" is on display at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
Museum in Birmingham.
Hint: Babe
Ruth said, "That man was a master of the bat."
Twint: He
struck out two times in a game only twice in his career.
A: Joe
Sewell (Consecutive G 13‑Sep‑1922
to 30‑Apr‑1930,
behind only the 1,307-G streak of Everett
Scott [Sewell is now 7th.]; 2‑K Gs 13‑May‑1923
& 26‑May‑1930)
FCR - Bob
Kimball, Washington, DC
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first leadoff hitter to lead the league in walks and batting average in
the same season?
Hint: He
recorded 500 or more outfield putouts four times.
Hint: Leo
Durocher once said of him, "He's the fastest man I've ever seen running
down to first base."
Twint: He
had the most hits of any player in the 1950s.
A. Richie Ashburn (97 BB and .350 AVG in
1958; 1949 [514], 1951 [538], 1956 [503], 1957 [502]; 1,875 H 1950-59)
FCR - David
Ramsden, Barcelona, SPAIN
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to go homerless in a season with 500 or more at bats and
later hit 30 or more homers?
Hint: He
was the first player to earn $3 million a year.
Hint: Frank
Thomas once said of him, "He never had a bad day.”
Twint: Before
Ichiro Suzuki, he was the last player to lead his league in hits for three consecutive
seasons.
A. Kirby
Puckett (0 HR in 557 AB in 1984, 31 HR in 1986; Salary contract signed
following the 1989 season; AL H leader 1987-89)
FCR - David de
la Fuente, San Francisco, CA
SATURDAY
Q. Who made his major league debut one
week after graduating from high school?
Hint: He was the youngest player to hit three
home runs in a game.
Hint: He once said, "I wasn't meant to be a
superstar. I'm not Mickey Mantle or
Willie Mays."
Twint: He once unsuccessfully tried to convince his
manager that he didn't deserve to start in a World Series.
A. Al
Kaline (Debut 25‑Jun‑1953,
Southern
High School, Baltimore, MD; 3 HR 17‑Apr‑1955
off Johnny
Gray, Bob
Spicer & Bob Trice
@ 20 yrs 3 mos 28 days; Mgr Mayo Smith
1968 WS)
FCR - Mark
Linneman, Sacramento, CA
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the only player with 100 pitching victories and 2,000 hits?
Hint: He
received a law degree from Columbia University.
Twint: He
formed the first-ever players union.
Twint: He
was the second pitcher in major league history to toss a perfect game.
A. John
M. Ward (Players’
union 164 W and 2,104 H; Perfecto 17‑Jun‑1880)
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, RI
SUNDAY
Q. Who
holds the career record for inside-the-park home runs?
Hint: Ty
Cobb broke his record for hits in a season.
Hint: Although
his Hall of Fame plaque says he hit over .400 three times, later research wiped
out one of his .400 seasons.
Twint: He
made his major league debut as a pitcher, then collected 2,850 hits in his
career.
A. Jesse
Burkett (55 IPHR; Cobb's
248 H in 1911 broke Burkett’s record of 240 in 1896; His 1899 batting average
was adjusted to a mere .396)
FCR - Jim
McCoy, Melrose, MA
WEEKLY THEME
– Theme: Hall of Famers who
played 135 or more games in their final season.
Player Team Games
Brett 1993 Royals 145
Kaline 1974 Tigers 147
Mantle 1968 Yankees 144
Puckett 1995 Twins 137
Sewell 1933 Yankees 135
Ward 1894 Giants 138
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
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