MONDAY
Q. What
Hall of Fame pitcher holds the record for the most home runs surrendered in a
season?
Hint: He
surrendered only four fewer the following year, a total that is tied for 3rd
all-time.
Hint: If
his middle name were his last name, he’d be first alphabetically in the Hall of
Fame.
Hint: In
his rookie season in the bigs, one of his rotation mates won the Cy Young
Award.
Twint: Of
the twelve major league players born in his native country, he is the only one
to play in an All-Star game.
Twint: He
did it twice, twelve years apart.
A. BERT BLYLEVEN
(Rik Aalbert Blyleven)
-
50 HR in 1986
-
46 in 1987
-
1970 CYA Jim
Perry
-
Holland
native; AS 1973,
1985
FCR - Jim
Turner, Tallahassee, FL
Incorrect answers: Robin Roberts, Don Sutton, Nolan Ryan, Don
Drysdale, Phil Niekro, Catfish Hunter
TUESDAY
Q. Who
threw the last no-hitter for the Yankees that wasn’t a perfect game?
Hint: He
walked six batters, including A-Rod twice.
Hint: The
opposing pitcher had been on the Yankees just the season before.
Hint: He
has been on the cover of Sports Illustrated five times, three times by himself.
Twint: Puig
went to his same high school.
-
No-no 14-May-1996
-
Opposing pitcher Sterling
Hitchcock
- SI
covers: 24-Sep-1984
w/Sutcliffe;
15-Apr-1985;
02-Sep-1985;
22-Mar-1993;
27‑Feb‑1995
w/Strawberry
-
He and Rich
Puig attended Hillsborough
High School in Tampa
FCR - Alex
Griffel, Great Neck, NY
Incorrect answers: Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Hoyt Wilhelm,
Javier Vazquez, David Cone, Andy Hawkins, David Wells, Jim Abbot
TUESDAY BONUS
Q. Who
is the only Hall of Famer who has been a featured speaker at three different
SABR* international conventions?
Hint: He
was a bit cranky at the last one.
Hint: Ted
Williams called him, “…best pitcher I ever saw during my career”.
*Society
for American Baseball Research
Twint: 17@
17
A. BOB FELLER
-
Spoke at SABR 20,
SABR 26 & SABR 38 (1990 in Cleveland, 1996 in Kansas City & 2008
again in Cleveland)
-
In 2008 at age 89 waxed emphatic on the glory of the U.S. military
-
At the tender age of 17 years old, he struck out seventeen batters in one game 13‑Sep‑1936,
the then American League record.
FCR - John
Michael Pierobon, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Incorrect answers: Virgil Trucks, Allie Reynolds
WEDNESDAY
Q. What
pitching legend was the head coach for the Yale baseball team for nineteen
years?
Hint: In
his last year in the majors, he collected 150 hits as a batter.
Hint: His
namesake son had a “cup of coffee” in the majors.
Hint: "Without
a doubt," Ty Cobb opined, "______ was one of the best pitchers I ever
faced throughout my entire career."
Twint: He
set an American League record of sixteen straight wins.
Twint: That
record has been tied but not broken.
FCR - Jake
Hopper, Houston, TX
Incorrect answers: Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Red
Ruffing, George Sisler
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first native of Minnesota inducted into the Hall of Fame?
Hint: For
nearly half a century, he was the only
one.
Hint: After
leading the American League in pitcher’s winning percentage in three of the
five previous seasons, he changed leagues.
Hint: …where
he had a 4-16 record!
Hint: After
being out of the majors for over six years, he pitched one last inning, giving
up a home run to a namesake of his famous alma mater.
Twint: He
was one of the most athletic of the Athletics.
A. CHIEF
BENDER
-
HOF in 1953; Next was Dave
Winfield in 2001; Only other is Paul
Molitor, 2004
-
AL % leader 1910, 1911 & 1914; FL in 1915, 4-16 for BAL
-
HR to BOS player Roy Carlyle pitching for CHW 21-Jul-1925. Bender was an alum of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School
in Pennsylvania, same high school Jim Thorpe attended.
FCR - Michael
Campos, Redmond, WA
Incorrect answers: Don Larsen, Jack Morris
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first Houston Astros pitcher to get MVP votes?
Hint: Though
he only got a few votes, he did tie that year with three future Hall of Famers.
Hint: …not
to mention a pitcher from that year’s World Series champs.
Hint: Alas,
he was none of those things, and he never even made an appearance in the postseason
as a player.
Twint: He
did, however, manage a team to the only 100-win season in its franchise’s
history.
Twint: With
that effort, he was honored as the National League Manager of the Year.
-
1969
23rd MVP votes
-
6 votes each for
Billy
Williams and
the 1969 Mets pitcher Jerry
Koosman
FCR - David
Girdany, Somerset, PA
Incorrect answers: J.R. Richard, Turk
Farrell, Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott
FRIDAY
Q. Who
received the single 1st place vote that deprived a unanimous Rookie
of the Year award to the first man to win the batting crown in his first two (full)
seasons?
Hint: Perhaps
ironically, this same ROY was the man to whom he gave up the single most homers
to throughout his career.
Hint: But
during their rookie seasons, he gave up none of those home runs, and he held
his rival to a 1 for 11 performance at the plate.
Twint: Elaine
Benes dated a fellow high school alumnus of his.
A. WALLY
BUNKER
-
1964
ROY vote, Tony
Oliva winning with 19 of 20 1st place votes.
-
Bunker
gave up 5 HR to Oliva- the most to any player he faced.
-
1964
Oliva only managed an RBI single with no K or BB in 11PA over three games
-
Elaine from Seinfeld dated
Keith Hernandez who also attended Capuchino
HS, San Bruno, CA.
FCR - Isaac
Handy, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Rollie Fingers, Gary Peters, Tony Oliva, Mel
Stottlemyre, Ichiro Suzuki
SATURDAY
Q. Who,
in his final postseason appearance, got the win in Game 4 the last time the
Yankees were swept in a World Series?
Hint: Out
of 7 World Series starts, it was his only victory.
Hint: He
led his team that year in wins, but also led the majors with most homers
allowed.
Hint: He
lost out to a future Hall of Fame pitcher for Rookie of the Year despite
besting him in strike outs, win-loss%, ERA, and WHIP…
Hint:
…as well as giving up fewer homers, hits and bases on balls.
Twint: He
struck out the first three of the first four batters he ever faced in a major
league game.
Twint: He
had the good sense to walk Joe
Morgan, but then in the 4th, struck him out too.
A. GARY
NOLAN
-
1970, 1972 and 1975 WS he went 0-2 in 6
starts.
-
won 15 G for
CIN in 1976, but also gave up 28 HR to
tie Catfish Hunter for most HR yielded.
-
1967
ROY Tom
Seaver with Nolan finishing 3rd (Dick
Hughes 2nd), despite the statistical achievements of Nolan.
-
Debut 15-Apr-1967
FCR - Frank
Workman, Lake Forest Park, WA
Incorrect answers: Don Gullet, Claude Osteen, Early Wynn, Jack
Billingham
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the first player to win a Cy Young Award and a Comeback Player of the Year
Award in the same season?
Hint: He
was credited with throwing a no-hitter despite giving up a hit.
Twint: He
is the only Giant to win the Cy Young Award in the 20th century.
-
12-Jun-1959,
got a 5-inn no-no after he gave up a hit in the 6th, but the inning
wasn’t completed when rain ended the game.
FCR - Wayne
Strumpfer, Sacramento, CA
Incorrect answers: Gaylord Perry, Cliff Lee (in 2008, won The CYA & CPY), Johan Santana
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first A's pitcher to fashion a single-season winning percentage under
.200 (minimum 10 decisions)?
Hint: He
was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 1963.
Hint: Larry
Kopf was traded away because of the "bad influence" he had on this
young player.
Hint: He
created and marketed a baseball dice game in 1936.
Twint: He
presided over the Cincinnati-based Ballplayers of Yesterday organization for 15
years.
Twint: He borrowed his minor league cousin's nickname.
-
4-17 [.190] in 1915, but the
team was only .297 without him
-
Cousin had the same name, Rube
Bressler
FCR - Dave
Goss, Wind Gap, PA
Incorrect answers: Ethan Allen
WEEKLY THEME – Teenage pitchers
with a winning season
Player Year Age W - L % Team
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Bill
Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Pitchers
with most strikeouts before they turned 21
- 1000 Ks before
25
- Pitcher with
tremendous curve balls
- Hall of fame
pitchers to play for the Cleveland Indians
- Pitchers with
most wins before age 25
- Pitchers who
had 100 strikeout seasons while teenagers
- Guys who led the league in strikeouts
as rookies
Wed - No-hit pitchers who
won 10 or more games in their teens
- 200 Ks before
age 20" or 240 Ks also works so far
Friday - Former
speakers at the annual SABR banquet or luncheon
Saturday - Won 10
games or more at 19 years old
Sunday - Pitchers
who made the majors as teenagers
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