MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first Rookie of the Year to receive the honor with a unanimous vote?
Hint: He
became the first manager to guide the same franchise in two different
countries.
Hint: Jim
Palmer described him as “the best player I ever saw.”
Hint: Duane
Kuiper, he was “the best manager I ever played for.”
Twint: He
was a high school teammate of his future major league teammate Vada
Pinson.
A. FRANK
ROBINSON (ROY
1956; Montreal Expos [2002-04]/Washington Nationals [2005‑06]; Attended McClymonds HS, Oakland, CA and
later played with Pinson on the Reds 1958-65)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Bobby Valentine, Felipe Alou, Jim Fregosi,
Pete Rose
TUESDAY
Q. What
Texan was the first shortstop to hit 45 home runs in a season?
Hint: He
was the first National Leaguer to win the MVP in back-to-back seasons.
Twint: He
finished above Hank Aaron in Rookie of the Year voting.
A. ERNIE
BANKS (B. Dallas, TX; 47 HR 1958; MVP 1958-59; #2 behind Wally
Moon for 1954 NL ROY, Aaron
was 4th)
FCR - Jim
Casey, Savannah, GA
Incorrect answers: Alex Rodriguez
EARLY WEDNESDAY EXTRA
Q. Who
was the first Yankee to make ten Opening Day starts in center field?
Hint: He
was the only Yankee to collect 1,000 career hits by age 26.
Hint: He
was the youngest Yankee player to win three World Series championships.
Twint: He
became an honorary Colonel in the Oklahoma state militia.
A. MICKEY
MANTLE (CF starts 1952-61)
FCR - David
Ramsden, Barcelona, SPAIN
Incorrect answers: Joe DiMaggio, Earle Combs, Bernie Williams,
Derek Jeter
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the only third baseman* to win the MVP and then win Manager of the Year?
Hint: He
took a managerial interregnum to recover from prostate cancer.
Hint: He
won a batting championship his first year in pro baseball.
Hint: He
made the All-Star team after just two and a half years in the majors.
Twint: Jack
Kerouac, of all people, called him "the best catcher since Campanella."
A. JOE
TORRE (MVP
1971 for STL,
MOY 1996
& 98
for NYY; Took a medical break and Don
Zimmer stepped in to manage the Yanks to a 21-5 record to begin the 1999
season; Won the 1960
Northern League batting title @ .344 for Class A Eau Claire
Braves; Kerouac quote in an article for the St. Petersburg
Independent.)
FCR - Dan
Silverberg, Aventura, FL
*Not the original,
incorrect question. Frank Robinson was
the correct answer there.
Incorrect answers: Don Baylor, Rogers Hornsby, Lou Boudreau, Yogi
Berra, Bill Terry
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the last catcher to lead the league in triples?
Hint: He
completed the major league hosiery tour.
Hint: It’s
unlikely other Hall of Famer has better dimples.
Twint: He
is the only Hall of Famer born in the state of Vermont.
Twint: He
played for the same organizations in the minors that he did in the majors.
A. CARLTON FISK
(Led in 3b W/9 IN 1972; Red
SOX [1969, 71‑80] & White
SOX [1981‑93]; B. Bellow Falls, VT [Family and upbringing in NH]; Minors: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=fisk--001car)
FCR - Patrick
Roth, Chicago, IL
Incorrect answers: Tim McCarver, Ted Simmons, Bill Terry, Gary
Carter
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first to pass Babe Ruth for the all-time lead in bases-on-balls?
Hint He
lost the lead the year after he retired.
Hint: His
retirement was not exactly voluntary.
Hint: He
attended the same high school that gave us Cookie Lavagetto, Clint Eastwood,
The Pointer Sisters and running back Marshawn Lynch.
Twint: He
is one of six major league players with uniform number 24 retired by a team.
A. RICKEY
HENDERSON (Passed Ruth
in 2001 while with the Padres; He
played until age 46 in the minors,
trying to get called up; Oakland Tech
High School)
FCR - David
Krassin, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, Manny Ramirez, Lou
Gehrig, Hank Aaron
SATURDAY
Q. Who
had the most hits in the 1980s?
Hint: He
had double digit home runs nine of those ten seasons.
Hint: That
same decade, he thrice hit over forty doubles in a season.
Twint: He
was drafted one pick above Dave Winfield.
Twint: He
was the first American League player to take two MVP awards since Mickey Mantle
took his last (3rd) such honor.
A. ROBIN YOUNT (1,731 H
1980-89; Years of 40+ 2b: 42/46/49 1983/82/80; 3rd pick 1973 draft, Winfield
4th; ; Mantle’s
final; MVP in 1962,
having also won in 1956,
57;
Yount MVP in 1982,
89)
FCR - Vince
Granieri, Cincinnati, OH
FYI, #H
1980-89:
|
1
|
Robin Yount
|
1,731
|
|
|
2
|
Eddie Murray
|
1,642
|
|
|
3
|
Willie Wilson
|
1,639
|
|
|
4
|
Wade Boggs
|
1,597
|
|
|
5
|
Dale Murphy
|
1,553
|
|
|
6
|
Harold Baines
|
1,547
|
|
|
7
|
Andre Dawson
|
1,539
|
|
|
8
|
R. Henderson
|
1,507
|
|
|
9
|
Alan Trammell
|
1,504
|
|
|
10
|
Dwight Evans
|
1,497
|
|
|
11
|
Carney Lansford
|
1,486
|
|
|
12
|
Keith Hernandez
|
1,480
|
|
|
13
|
Jim Rice
|
1,476
|
|
|
14
|
Tim Raines
|
1,467
|
|
|
15
|
Lou Whitaker
|
1,452
|
|
|
16
|
George Brett
|
1,446
|
|
|
17
|
Dave Winfield
|
1,441
|
|
|
18
|
Bill Buckner
|
1,437
|
|
|
19
|
Steve Sax
|
1,423
|
|
|
20
|
Paul Molitor
|
1,421
|
|
|
21
|
Cal Ripken
|
1,402
|
|
|
22
|
Ryne Sandberg
|
1,395
|
|
|
23
|
Ozzie Smith
|
1,392
|
|
|
24
|
Johnny Ray
|
1,390
|
|
|
25
|
Dave Parker
|
1,372
|
Incorrect answers: George Brett, Don Mattingly, Wade Boggs, Mark
Grace, Ken Griffey, Tony Gwynn
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only American League expansion-team player with a walk-off stolen base?
Hint: His
career W.A.R. is the highest in the history of his franchise by over 100%.
Hint: He
had a cycle where he hit two homers—the 2nd a 16th inning
walk-off.
Twint He
had the highest season batting average for the first AL expansion team to make
the World Series.
A. GEORGE
BRETT (Game-ending steal of home plate: 17‑Aug‑1976; WAR=88
[Kevin Appier
is next w/47]; 28-May-1979 5-4 over BAL; Brett’s
.390 season KCR
1980)
FCR - Douglas
Sher, Charleston, SC
Incorrect answers: Rod Carew, Tommy Harper, Tony Gwynn
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of Famers with
exactly one Gold Glove Award
1958 NL Robinson
1960 NL Banks
1962 AL Mantle
1965 NL Torre
1972 AL Fisk
1981 NL Carlton
1981 AL Henderson
1982 AL Yount
1985 AL Brett
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one (Where have you gone Joe Ullian?)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Wed - Multiple MVP winners
- MVP winners
with most MVPs by position
- Players who
won back to back MVP's
- Players with
250+ homers in the 1960s
- HOF's debuting
in the 50's
- Former MVPs
with more than 500 HRs but fewer than 3,000 hits
- Single-digit
Yankees retired numbers
- 1950 who have
won the MVP and led their league in at least two out of three triple crown
categories during that season
Saturday - HOFers
with ten plus ASG appearances
- MVPs who led
the league in RBIs that same year.
Sunday - Career
BA leaders by position
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