MONDAY
Q. Who
did Dale Murphy call "…the
only pitcher you start thinking about two days before you face him."?
Hint: He
was the first person to play for the four 1961-62 expansion franchises.
Hint Those are the only teams he played for in
the majors.
Hint: "He was the only guy that could put
fear in me. Not because he could get me
out, but because he could kill me. You
just hoped to mix in a walk so you could have a good night and go 0-for-3,"
stated Reggie Jackson.
Twint: He
holds two records that look as unassailable as any on the books.
A. NOLAN
RYAN (NYM
1966, 68-71, CAL
1972-79, HOU
1980-88, TEX
1989-93 [Moved from Washington after
the 1971 season.]; Unreachable records:
7 no-hitters & 5,714 career Ks)
FCR - Phil
Hertz, North Bethesda, MD
Incorrect answers: Ryne Duren, Randy Johnson
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was known as baseball biggest tightwad before becoming a baseball, and even
social, icon?
Hint: He
still holds the record for most bases stolen against a catcher in a single
game: 13!
Hint: He
was George Sisler’s college baseball coach.
Twint: He’s
a “double-unique”.
A. BRANCH
RICKEY (13 SB 28-Jun-1907 by WSH; Coached Sisler
@ Michigan
1912-15; No one in the major leagues’ 144-year history has played under the
first name of Branch or the last name of Rickey.)
FCR - Steve
Bonfield, Calgary, AB
Incorrect answers: Ty Cobb, Buck Ewing, Charlie Comiskey. Leo
Durocher, Clark Griffith, Billy Hamilton
TUESDAY BONUS
Q. Who
played more games at second base than any other player in history?
Hint: He
led his league in fielding nine times during his career.
Hint: He
had seasons of hit .372, .365 and .360 and a lifetime average of .333 but never
won a batting title in his 25-year career.
Twint: He
won a league MVP for the team he debuted with and had played for nine seasons,
but was sold to a team in the same league a few weeks later.
Twint: He
soon became captain of his new team.
A. EDDIE
COLLINS (2,650 G @
2b; MVP
1914, dealt to CHW for 1915)
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, NY
Incorrect answers: Johnny Evers, Ryne Sandberg, Nap Lajoie,
Rogers Hornsby, Cap Anson, Bid McPhee
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the only man ever to lead the Players’ League in number of times hit-by-pitch?
Hint: He
was the first Pirates manager to pilot the team to winning records for two full
seasons.
Hint: He
lost six syllables along the way.
Twint: He
was fined $100 & ordered off the field for using "insulting and abusive
language" on former teammate Hank O'Day.
Twint: He
refused to leave until several policemen ushered him from the field.
Twint: He
was tactically tall.
A. CONNIE
MACK (Players
League only operated in 1890. Mack
had 20 HBP and lost big $ he had invested in the league; PIT 1895-96; Birth
name: Cornelius McGillicuddy = 9 >
Connie Mack = 3; As a manager was nicknamed “The Tall Tactician”)
FCR - John
Robertson, Cambridge, ON
Incorrect answers: Fred Clarke, Bill McKechnie, Al Buckenberger,
Horace Phillips
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first player to collect more RBI in a season than the number of games
he played (minimum 100)?
Hint: In
2005, Julio Franco replaced him as the oldest player to hit two home runs in one
game.
Hint: He
only had three all year.
Twint: He
hit those two in the 2,276th game of his 2,277-game career, spanning
27 seasons.
A. CAP ANSON
(1886 for CHC: 125 G/147 RBI*; At age 45 years and 169 days,
homered twice on 03-Oct 1897 for CHC against STL, Franco
was 45 years )
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
*It
turns out that over 60 players have accomplished this feat, most notably Dave Orr who did it TWO YEARS before
Anson. We apologize with a tip of the
hat to those who saw through this and answered with Anson anyway.
Incorrect answers: Babe Ruth, Minnie Minoso, Jason Giambi
THURSDAY
Q. What
slick-fielding first baseman was appointed player/manager by his team’s
mercurial owner at age 25 and won four consecutive pennants in his first four
full seasons?
Hint: He
was instrumental in the founding of three major leagues, one of which survives
today.
Hint: He
toured several major league stadiums to get ideas for the design his new
stadium prior to its construction.
Hint: He
called the stadium a “monument to the fans”, but built it on a former garbage
dump and named it after himself.
Twint: His
nicknames match neither his political leanings nor his ethnicity.
A. CHARLIE
COMISKEY (Owner was beer baron Chris von
der Ahe, Pennant run w/STL 1885, 86, 87, 88; A vital
part of founding the short-lived Players’ League [1890], the American League [1901‑
] & the Federal
League [1914-15]; Comiskey Park
[1910-90]; “Commy” [paragon of capitalism] & “The Old Roman” [He was of
Irish descent.])
FCR - Harvey Judkowitz, Miami, FL
Incorrect answers: Charlie Ebbets, Connie Mack, Frank Chance,
Fred Clarke, Bill Terry, Cap Anson, Harry Wright
TRYPTOPHAN SPECIAL
Q. Who
changed from a right-handed pitcher to a left-handed outfielder when his right
arm went bad?
Hint: His
career home runs surrendered exactly matches the number of home runs he hit.
Hint: Scholastically,
he was twice leonine.
Hint: The
baseball world has only recently agreed on what he should be called.
Twint: As
a twenty-year-old he pitched a perfect game, the second in history.
Twint: His
home town is within the boundaries of the Bob Davids chapter of SABR.
A. MONTE
WARD (Stopped pitching in 1884; 26/26; Columbia
Lions/Penn
State Nittany Lions; “John Ward”, “John Montgomery Ward”, “Montgomery
Ward”, “J.M. Ward”; [I don’t know who
settled it, but thank you.]; Perfecto 17-Jun-1880, losing pitcher was Pud Galvin,
also headed for the Hall, B. 03-Mar-1860
in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania)
FCR - Gary
Moore, Walker, MI
Incorrect answers: Smokey Joe Wood, Rick Ankiel, Lefty O’Doul
FRIDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer was born in a log cabin, the son of a fur trapper?
Hint: He
was the first pitcher to ever face only one batter in a season and give up a
home run.
Hint: He
was the first manager to use eight pitchers in a game. Good ploy—they got the win.
Hint: He
claimed to be the inventor of the screwball.
Twint: He
recruited 39 players to the new American League, then played in that same
league pitched 20 victories and managed his team to the first league pennant.
Twint: He
was a player, manager and owner, serving in each capacity for twenty years, a
record unmatched in major league history.
Twint: Of
him, Bobo
Newsom said, "He was the greatest humanitarian who ever lived and
the greatest pillar of honesty baseball ever had. I never played for a better man, on the field
or off."
A. CLARK
GRIFFITH (B. Clear
Creek, MO 20-Nov-1869; Player
1891-1914, Manager
1901-1920, Senators Owner
1920-1955; Faced Hal Chase
and yielded
a homer 05-Oct-1912, matched only by Dave
Koslo 14‑Apr‑1955
to Bill
Virdon; 8 P-G 04-Oct-1913; VP of the League Protective Player’s Association
he helped Ban
Johnson form the AL, as player/manager Chicago White Stockings/White Sox 1901 went 83-53
record to top the league. No World Series was played until 1903)
FCR - Kirk
Colwell, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Incorrect answers: Iron Man McGinnity, Fred Hutchinson, Red
Schoendienst, Candy Cummings, Judy Johnson
SATURDAY
Q. What
legendary skipper managed 27 players who became major league managers?
Hint: Six
of those have been elected to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: He
was the last out in Lee Richmond's perfect game.
Hint: He
owned the property where the team he managed built their ballpark.
Twint: He
played for the Detroit Wolverines all eight years of their existence.
Twint: He
managed five teams who won the National League pennant, the top championship of
its day.
A. NED
HANLON (First ever major league perfect
game 12-Jun-1880)
Hanlon
managed the following players who became major league managers: [Underlined
are in the Hall of Fame]
Frank
Bowerman
Lave
Cross
Bill
Dahlen
Bill
Donovan
Jack
Doyle
Fred
Dunlap
Pud
Galvin
John
Ganzel
Doc
Gessler
Kid
Gleason
Charley
Huffington
Hughie
Jennings
Fielder
Jones
Joe
Kelley
Hans
Lobert
Harry
Lumley
John
McGraw
Deacon
McGuire
Doggie
Miller
Fred
Mitchell
Joe
Quinn
Wilbert
Robinson
Jack
Rowe
Harry
Stovey
Cub
Stricker
George
Van Haltren
Deacon
White
-
- -
Jack
Dunn*
-
- -
John
Hummel**
Bob
Spade**
*Became legendary himself managing the
minor league Baltimore Orioles, including one George H. Ruth
**Managed in the Negro Leagues
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Connie Mack, Bill Phillips, John McGraw,
Casey Stengel, Rod Dedeaux, Buck O’Neil, Jim McCormick, Hughie Jennings,
Addie Joss
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Which
big league pitcher, eligible for the title, holds the career record for win
percentage?
Hint: He
is the only pitcher to lead his league in wins six consecutive years, during
which he became the only pitcher with consecutive fifty-win seasons.
Hint: After
his six-year streak, he only won a single game the rest of his career.
Twint: The
league and sporting goods company he formed survive to this day.
A. AL
SPALDING (Career .795; 1871-1876
led with 19/38/41/52/54 (National Association) 47 (National League); 1877 1-0;
National League [w/William
Hulbert] & Spalding
Sporting Goods)
FCR - Dave
Johnson, Swarthmore, PA
Incorrect answers: Hughie Jennings, Cy Young, Bob Caruthers,
Charles Radbourn
SUNDAY
Q. What
major leaguer was once an All-SEC quarterback and catcher for the University of
Florida?
Hint: His
rocket arm got him an offer from the Boston Red Sox.
Hint: His
Florida football coach asked future Hall of Famer Bill Terry to speak with him
about the offer, and they had this conversation: Terry asked the prospect, “Do you mean to tell
me you get this money even if you don’t make it to the big leagues?” He said that he did and Terry replied, “Then boy,
what are you waiting for?”
Twint: He
was the Boston Red Sox General Manager when the team’s reputation got “dented”
A. HAYWOOD
SULLIVAN (GM
1977-84, Bucky Dent’s famously infamous homer coming in 1978; SEC Quarterback/Catcher
1950-1951, signed in 1952 by the Red Sox for a $75,000 bonus
and conversation from SABR
Bio)
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Jake Gibbs
END-OF-THE-WEEKEND BONUS
Q. After
Jim Creighton's death in 1862, who was considered the fastest pitcher in "base ball"?
Hint: He
was undefeated for the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1864-65.
Hint: He
was the first native of Massachusetts to play in the major leagues.
Twint: His
debut game was also his last and only game.
He went two-for-six.
A. TOM
PRATT (B. 26-Jan-1844, Chelsea, MA, Debut 18-Oct-1871)
FCR - No
one
Incorrect answers: Amos Rusie, Candy Cummings
WEEKLY THEME – Well-known team owners
who also played in the majors.
Anson Chicago Cubs
Collins Chicago White Sox
Comiskey Chicago White Sox
Griffith Washington Senators
Hanlon Brooklyn Dodgers
Mack Philadelphia A's
Pratt Philadelphia Athletics
Rickey St. Louis Cardinals
Ryan Texas Rangers
Spalding Chicago Cubs
Sullivan Boston Red Sox
Ward Boston Braves
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Marc
Kell, Columbia, MD
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Hall of Famers known
by their middle name
Tuesday - Team
presidents
- Highest per cent
of Hall of Fame votes
- Hall of Famers
whose sons became baseball executives
- Hall of Fame
players who were team presidents
- Players who
later moved to the front office (Hall of Famers)
Wed - HOFers who were
players and also were Executives of teams in the World Series
Thursday - HOFers
who have children or other ancestors who are or have been baseball execs
Friday - Owners
who named parks after themselves
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