MONDAY
Q. Whose
iconic nickname is a result of his minor league manager bringing so many young players
to professional baseball?
Hint: He
broke Socks Seybold’s American League record for home runs in a season.
Twint: He
then held it for the next 42 years.
A. BABE
RUTH (Jack
Dunn recruited Ruth; Seybold
hit 16 in 1902. Ruth hit 29 in 1919 and
never looked back. Roger Maris
is the current record holder with 61 hit in 1961.)
FCR - Christine
Scully, Oglesby, IL
Incorrect answers: Home Run Baker, Roger Connor, Frank
"Wildfire" Schulte
TUESDAY
Q. Whose
record for career grand slams did Alex Rodriguez break?
Hint: As
a competitor, he wasn’t just ferocious—he was ferrous.
Twint: His
retirement was the first of many.
A. LOU
GEHRIG (23 GS, A-Rod 24;
Called the Iron Man; His uniform #4
was the first such ever retired in the majors.)
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Eddie Murray, Robin Ventura, Roger Maris, Gil
Hodges, Jimmie Foxx, Willie McCovey
TUESDAY TWICE
Q. Who
was the next batter to win a Triple Crown after Ted
Williams’ two in 1942 and 1947?
Hint: He
led the league in home runs four times, but his Triple Crown season was the
only time in his eighteen-season career when he led in batting average or RBI.
Hint: For
years he wondered why the outfield grass couldn’t be watered by hand.
Twint: Jane
Leavy, writing his definitive biography, uncovered facts she wishes she hadn’t.
A. MICKEY
MANTLE (TC 1956; Injured his knee tripping on a hidden lawn sprinkler
in the outfield.)
FCR - Brian
Wood, Pacific Grove, CA
Incorrect answers: Frank Robinson, Fred Lynn, Carl Yastrzemski
TUESDAY THRICE
Q. Who
led the America League in home runs and RBI one year in the middle of Babe
Ruth’s career? [No. Not Babe Ruth.]
Hint: Ruth
a led in home runs the two years before and six straight years after.
Hint: He
hit for the cycle three times in his career, something only two other players
ever did.
Twint: The
first two times the Yankees hit three consecutive home runs in a game, he hit
the first of the three.
Twint: The
second and third homers were off the bats of Babe
Ruth and Lou
Gehrig both times.
A. BOB
MEUSEL (33 HR in 1925 Ruth led in 1923-24, 26-31; 3 Cycles [All 3 on
the road]: 07-May-1921
[all H off Walter
Johnson], 03-Jul-1922
& 26-Jul-1929;
Back-to-back-to-back: 10‑Sep‑1922
4th inning & 04-May-1929
7th inning)
FCR - Adrian
Fung, Toronto, ON
Incorrect answers: Ken Williams, Rogers Hornsby, Tony Lazzeri,
Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Al Simmons, George Sisler, Babe Herman
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
did Christy Mathewson cite as the hardest hitter he ever saw in spite of the
fact that he never homered off him?
Hint: He
never led his league in batting, but was second four different times.
Hint: He
also never led the league in slugging, but was second four times and third four
other times.
Hint: His
record in the Negro Leagues and Pacific Coast League is just as impressive.
Twint: He
is the first player with National League and American League home run titles.
Twint: He
is the oldest player to lead the American League in triples for a season.
A. SAM
CRAWFORD (Minor league record: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=crawfo001sam,
Negro League record: http://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/player.cgi?id=crawfo001sam;
16 HR w/CIN
in 1901 & 7 HR w/DET in 1908;
19 3b in 1915 @ 35 yrs 13 days)
FCR - Geehoon
Hong, Bayside, NY
Incorrect answers: Joe Jackson, Josh Gibson, Ken Williams, Pop
Lloyd, Mike Donlin, Louis Santop, Cool Papa Bell, Joe Tinker, Oscar
Charleston
WEDNESDAY ONCE AGAIN
Q. Who
was the first black player to lead a major league in home runs?
Hint: He
was born in Camden, but grew up in New Jersey anyway.
Hint: He
once knocked himself out making a home-run-robbing, game-saving catch.
Twint: His
121 strikeouts in 1953 were the most by an American League batter since 1910.
A. LARRY
DOBY (32 HR 1952, B. 1923 Camden,
SC, HS in Paterson,
NJ; On July 30, 1954, playing the Washington Senators, Doby robbed Tom
Umphlett of an apparent game-tying home run by leaping above the fence
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium near
the 380-foot mark and backhanding the ball with the top of his glove, his torso
entirely above the fence. He then
came down on the awning above the bullpen located behind the fence,
bounced off it and fell back onto the playing field still holding the ball. Left fielder Al Smith raced
over and retrieved the ball from the knocked-out Doby's mitt to keep the
baserunner from advancing; 128 K by Jake
Stahl 1910)
FCR - Neil
Bhaerman, Pittsburgh, PA
Incorrect answers: Rob Ducey, Willie Mays, Nigel Wilson, Roy
Campanella, Frank Robinson
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Which
Hall of Famer was the first batter to hit thirty home runs against the Toronto Blue
Jays? [Not in the same season—that would be a record.]
Hint: Some
of those homers helped him lead the American League in total bases for three
consecutive seasons.
Hint: The
only other American Leaguer to accomplish that was Ty Cobb 1907-09.
Twint: The
second of those seasons saw him win the MVP with a 90% vote.
FCR - Blake
Sherry, Dublin, OH
Incorrect answers: Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas,
Eddie Murray, George Brett, Don Mattingly
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first American League player to collect 200 hits in a season without
hitting a home run?
Hint: He’s
another “double unique”.
Twint: Five
years earlier, he became the first American League player to receive bases-loaded-intentional-bases-on-balls.
Twint: The
manager who made that call is now in the Hall of Fame.
A. NAP
LAJOIE (1906: 214 H, 0 HR; Intentional
walk 23-May-1901, 9th inning; Called by Clark
Griffith)
FCR - Steven
Elsberry, Windsor Heights, IA
Incorrect answers: Rod Carew, Ichiro Suzuki, Doc Cramer, Juan
Pierre, Kirby Puckett, Nellie Fox
FRIDAY
Q. Whose
55-year-old franchise record did Travis Hafner break when he took Kris Benson
deep on 07-Jul-2006?
Hint: He
teamed with George Steinbrenner and made an unsuccessful offer to buy the
Yankees.
Twint: Was
MVP ASAP & IMHO an AOK MOT.
A. AL
ROSEN (Pronk
hit his 5th grand slam of the season that day [He’d hit one more
that year.] Rosen had 4 in 1951; Failed to buy NYY in 1972; AL MVP
1953 unanimously, only 4th full year in the league [“Most
Valuable Player – As Soon As Possible – In My Humble Opinion – All OK – Member Of
the Tribe (Jewish)])
FCR - Tucker
Warner, Spottsylvania, VA
Incorrect answers: Hank Greenberg, Rocky Colavito, Jim Busby
END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first slugger to hit thirty home runs and bat under .220 for an American
League expansion team?
Hint: His
first major league home run was off that year’s Cy Young Award winner, later
elected to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: He
was once tagged out by a catcher whose leg had been broken by the previous
runner.
Hint: He
swatted 51 homers in a Pacific Coast League season.
Twint: He
was Horsehide Trivia’s Cover Photo subject yesterday.
A. GORMAN
THOMAS (32 HR .215 in 1985; 1st HR off Jim Palmer
04-15-1973;
Tagged out at home by Buck
Martinez 09-Jul-1985,
Phil
Bradley out just ahead of him; 51 HR for the 1974 Sacramento
Solons)
FCR - Adrian
Fung, Toronto, ON
Incorrect answers: Steve Bilko, Dave Kingman, Frank Howard, Leon
Wagner, Jay Buhner, Rob Deer
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the only batter to amass over 500 home runs yet fall short of double digits
in triples for his career.
Hint: He
twice had games with three intentional bases-on-balls.
Hint: He
holds the record for the most home runs in a season where he didn’t steal a single
base.
Hint: To
be fair, that year he didn’t have a single attempt either.
Twint: He
was the first player to hit a home run that hit the scoreboard at Jacobs Field
in Cleveland, denting the scoreboards' giant Budweiser sign in the process.
A. MARK
McGWIRE (583 HR/6 3B; 3 IBBs 24-May-1998
& 06-Jun-1998;
1999 65 HR/0 SB; HR off CLE scoreboard 30‑Apr‑1997)
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect answers: Harmon Killebrew, Jim Thome. Barry Bonds,
Manny Ramirez, Dave Kingman, Ralph Kiner, Frank Thomas, Mickey Mantle. Ted
Williams, Willie McCovey, Eddie Mathews
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
took two of Miggy’s three legs the next season?
Hint: He’s
well-known for pressing.
Hint: He
was drafted by the Yankees and Angels.
Hint: His
strikeout rate kept him out of the World Series.
Hint: He
followed in the noble tradition of Ty Cobb and Rocky Colavito.
Twint: He
is only the fourth major leaguer to hit home runs in each of his first four
games of a season.
A. CHRIS
DAVIS (Miguel
“Miggy” Cabrera won the batter’s Triple Crown (HR, RBI & BA titles in
the same season) in 2012 (44/139/.330).
In 2013 Cabrera again won the batting title (.348), but Davis bested him
and led the AL with 53 HRs & 138 RBI in 2013; A reputed beast in the weight
room; Drafted NYY
in 2004
& LAA
in 2005,
instead attended and played for Navarro
College; Drafted by and on the roster of TEX in 2010,
but left off the postseason roster w/Ks in 33.3% of his AB; On 06-May-2012
Davis was the designated hitter until he was pressed into service as a relief
pitcher in the 16th inning. He gave up no runs in 2 innings of
work. He was the first position player in the AL to be the
winning pitcher in a game since Rocky Colavito on 25‑Aug‑1968. He
and losing pitcher Darnell McDonald were the first position
players on opposing teams in the same contest to each work in relief since Ty Cobb and George
Sisler on 04-Oct-1925;
HRs in 4 straight games of the season 02-, 03-, 04-
& 05-Apr-2013,
others to do so: Nelson Cruz [2010],
Mark McGwire [1992]& Willie Mays [1971].)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Mike Trout, Nelson Cruz, Adam Dunn
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the last White Sox player with a grand slam on opening day?
Hint: Never
known for his wheels, he manufactured wheels after his retirement.
Twint: He
was the first player to win a home run title for the White Sox.
A. BILL
MELTON (GS 07-Apr-1971
[2]; Help his father make wheels for roller blades; HR title 1971)
FCR - Geehoon
Hong, Bayside, NY
Incorrect answers: Greg Luzinski, Ron Kittle, Frank Thomas, Joe
Crede, Dick Allen, Don Baylor
WEEKLY THEME – American League season
home run champs whose teammate took
the title the following season.
Player Year HRs Teammate Year HRs Team
Crawford 1908 7 Cobb ‘09 9 DET
Davis 2013 53 Cruz ‘14 40 BAL
Doby 1952 32 Rosen ‘53 43 CLE
Gehrig 1936 49 DiMaggio ‘37 46 NYY
Lajoie 1901 14 Seybold ‘02 16 PHA
Mantle 1960 40 Maris ‘61 61 NYY
McGwire 1987 49 Canseco ’88 42 OAK
Melton 1971 33 Allen ’72 37 CHW
Meusel 1925 33 Ruth ’26 47 NYY
Rice 1983 39 Armas ’84 43 BOS
Rosen 1953 43 Doby ‘54 32 CLE
Ruth 1930 49 Gehrig* ‘31 46 NYY
Thomas 1979 45 Oglivie** ’80 41 MIL
*Tied
with Ruth
**Tied
with Jackson
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Yankees with retired
numbers
- Murderers’ Row
- Hall of Famers
with ten or more steals of home base.
- Players with
200 or more home runs and ten or more steals of home base
- The 1927
Yankees
- Players who
had more than five years of 100+ walks and runs (or RBIs)
- Players who
have hit over 400 home runs and have also pitched in a game
- Famous Yankees
with nicknames
- Yankee retired
numbers
- Yankees all-time
home run leaders
- Yankees
all-time home run leaders, in order
- Yankees who
have led the American League in homeruns
Wed - Top Yankee batting
averages in history
Thursday - Most
grand slams by All-Star break
Saturday – Something to do
with striking out
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