MONDAY
Q. Who
won the most Gold Gloves at shortstop?
Hint: It
was an uninterrupted string, unprecedented at that position.
Hint: He
won the Branch Rickey Award, the Lou Gehrig Award and the Roberto Clemente
Award—the first player to take all three.
Twint: He
was really flippin’ good with the leather.
A. OZZIE
SMITH (13 GG 1980-92; Branch Rickey Award 1994, Lou Gehrig Award 1989, and Roberto Clemente Award 1995; The
Flip [probably could have gone around again!])
FCR - Abbey
Garber, Dallas, TX
Incorrect answers: Cal Ripken, Omar Vizquel, Hal McCrae
TUESDAY
Q. Who
had the highest batting average (minimum 20 AB) on the Kansas City Royals World
Series Championship team?
Hint: Notwithstanding
his three batting titles in the majors, he never reached .300 in any of his
four minor league seasons.
Hint: The
only year he won a Gold Glove, he led his team to a World Series championship.
Twint: He
is the only player to hit three postseason homers off the same pitcher in the
same game.
Twint: His
cousin was “Honus Wagner” and “Joker”.
A. GEORGE
BRETT (1985 WS 27 AB .370 [.335 for the
season]; MiLB
years; GG1985; 06-Oct-1978
G3 ALCS 3 HR off Catfish
Hunter, all solo shots in a 7-5 loss to NYY; Matthew
Modine his first cousin, played Honus
Wagner in “The Winning Season” and Private Joker in “Full Metal Jacket”)
FCR - Neil
Cohen, Brooklyn, NY
Incorrect answers:
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the only player to homer for the Pirates in their last World Series?
Hint: Though
he only received four first-place votes, he still managed to be named the
National League MVP.
Hint: He
hit more home runs than any other player in the 1970s.
Twint: His
last day on earth was the day PNC Park opened in Pittsburgh.
Twint: He
had “pop” before Big
Papi.
A. WILLIE
STARGELL (HR G1, 4 and 7 1979 WS over BAL; 1979, He
and Keith Hernandez—who
got 10 first-place votes—were the only co-MVPs
in the history of the award; 296 homers in the 70s eclipsing the totals of Reggie
Jackson (292), Johnny Bench
290), Willie McCovey
(207) and Carl
Yastrzemski (202) among those who played the entire decade ; Died 09-Apr-2001;
Nicknamed “Pops” as the spiritual father of the late 1970s
Pirates, though he certainly hit with “pop”)
FCR - Peter
Hartwell, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Barry Bonds, Roberto Clemente, Willie McCovey
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
scored the winning run to clinch the Blue Jays’ first World Series title?
Hint: He
has the highest career batting average and most career homers of any major
league switch-hitting second baseman (min. 1,000 AB)
Hint: He
and his brother were teammates four times on three different major league
teams.
Hint: On
the first of those, their father was a coach.
Twint: He
played for more teams (7), than any other modern era 2nd baseman
(minimum 2,000 G).
A. ROBERTO
ALOMAR (G
6 1992 WS, Winfield’s 2-run top 11th double drove in Devon White
and Alomar in a 4-3 victory over ATL; .300 BA, 210 HR; 1988-2004 SDP/TOR/BAL/CLE/NYM/CHW/ARI; Teammates
with Sandy Alomar, Jr. on SDP 1998‑99, CLE 1999-2000, 2003; CHW 2003; Father
Sandy Alomar was a coach on the Padres 1986-90; Traded to TBD 2005 but
retired prior to the season opener after 2 frustrating at-bats in his first
spring training game; 1988-2004 SDP/TOR/BAL/CLE/NYM/CHW/.)
FCR - Dean
Kloner, New York NY
Incorrect answers: Paul Molitor, Ralph Kiner, Jesus Alou
THURSDAY
Q. Which
10-time All Star is second only to Jim Thome for the lowest career batting
average with an on base percentage greater than .400 (minimum 2,000 games)?
Hint: He
holds the Major League record for most consecutive seasons with at least one
home run.
Hint: He
has the most career homers for a right-handed batter who throws lefty.
Hint: He
once boasted he could see the "Entire State Building" from his condominium.
Twint: As
if to prove that he loved the game more than he love the $40+ million he made
from it during his career, he A.) Once found a year-old, uncashed cheque $1
million among his papers and B.) Played in the minors for four seasons after
his major league career.
A. RICKEY HENDERSON (Career .279 BA,
.401 OBP 3,081 G, Jim
Thome is .276 BA / .402 OBP in 2,543 G; 25 consecutive seasons with a HR,
1979-2003; he broke Ty Cobb’s record of 24; 297 HR, closest is Ryan Ludwick who is currently active with
154 HR; Rickey Quotes from Wit and Wisdom of Rickey Henderson)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Wade Boggs, Reggie Jackson, Jimmie Foxx,
Rusty Staub, Jason Giambi
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the only post-World War II player to get six hits in a game twice?
Hint: He
is the only player to hit 30 homers in a season while having hit none in a
prior season (min. 500 AB).
Hint: At
one point, he had 200+ hits a season for four consecutive years.
Hint: He
won the AL Gold Glove Award in each of those same seasons.
Twint: He
is the only Twin to be named All Star Game MVP.
Twint: He
was the first Minnesota Twin to get four hits in his big league debut.
A. KIRBY PUCKETT
(6 H: 30-Aug-1987 & 23-May-1991, Jimmie Foxx, Doc Cramer and Jim Bottomley
did it prior to the war; 200+ H & GG 1986-89: 0 HR in 557 AB 1984 then 31 HR
in 680 AB 1986; 08-May-1984 debut 4 for 5; 1993 ASG MVP AL won 9-3)
FCR - Art
Mugalian, Minneapolis, MN
Incorrect answers: Doc Cramer, Jim Bottomley, Tony Gwynn, Anderson, Rod Carew, Ichiro Suzuki, Wade
Boggs, Paul Molitor, Brady Anderson
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the only Red Sox pitcher to win twenty games and lead the league in home
runs surrendered in the same season?
Hint: It
was the only twenty-win season of his career, but one of three seasons yielding
thirty homers.
Hint: He
holds the record for most seasons without throwing a wild pitch in the
expansion era (min. 50 IP).
Twint: One
season he had an ERA+ of an otherworldly 603!
Twint: To
put that in perspective, the league leader averaged 160 in the ten years prior
and 200 in the ten years after.
A. DENNIS
ECKERSLEY (30 HR led league 1978, 20-8; 31/30/31HR 1977-8, 1982; 10 seasons 0 WP
1985, 1988-90, 1992-96, 1998; Dick
Hall has 12 such consecutive
seasons, but the first 5 were pre-expansion; 603 ERA+ in 1990)
FCR - Rick Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Tim Wakefield, Jim
Lonborg, Luis Tiant, Bill Monbouquette, Earl Wilson, Bruce Hurst, Bret
Saberhagen, Dick Radatz, Derek Lowe
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only Hall of Fame pitcher who had Tommy John surgery?
Hint: He
won the Cy Young Award prior to the surgery, and the Rolaids Relief Award
after.
Twint: He
once shared the league wins title with the lowest total in the history of
baseball (non-strike season).
A. JOHN
SMOLTZ (TJ surgery in 2000; CY 1996 (24-8), NL Rolaids award 2002; 16 W 2006 matched by Carlos
Zambrano, Brandon
Webb, Brad
Penny, Derek
Lowe and Aaron Harang
that year)
FCR - Jake
Hopper, Houston, TX
Incorrect answers: Kerry Wood, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers,
Bruce Sutter
WEEKLY THEME – League Championship Series MVPs who had been elected to the Hall of Fame (so far)
Player LCS MVP HOF
First Correct Respondent to Identify
Theme – Joe Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA (after Stargell)
Incorrect theme guess: HoFers who played home games in Missouri
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