(Monday's questions were attached to last week's theme.)
TUESDAY
Q. After
Vida Blue, who was the youngest player to win the Cy Young and League MVP the
same season?
Hint: No
pitcher that young has won 24 games in a season since.
Hint: Nor
did he in any season in his career after that.
Twint: Though
he did win the Cy Young Award again the very next year.
Twint: And 5 more times.
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Age 23, 1986 24-4 CYA and AL MVP.
-
CYA 1986-87 and 1991(BOS), 1997-98 (TOR), 2001(NYY), 2004 (HOU)
FCR - Mark DeLodovico, Rockville, MD
Incorrect answers: Bobby Shantz, Dwight Gooden, Sandy Koufax,
Fernando Valenzuela, Ron Guidry, Denny McClain, Hal Newhouser, Dean Chance
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
holds the record for most seasons played in the modern era?
Hint: Though
he won 300 games, he never led a single season in wins or win-loss percent.
Hint: He
did, however, lead the majors one season in losses.
Twint: Ironically,
his only World Series ring was gained by his giving up a hit and gaining a
save.
Twint: He
is a descendent of John Hancock. Yes, THAT John Hancock!)
A. NOLAN
RYAN
-
27
seasons, tied with Cap Anson (1871-1897).
-
324-292 career record.
-
1976 led the majors with 18 losses.
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NYM 1969 WS title, he gave up no runs.
-
But first though, he loaded the bases with two outs in the 9th with
a walk, single and another walk before getting the final out by Paul Blair
striking out looking to end the 3rd
game won 5-0 by NYM. It was the only
World Series appearance of his career.
-
His mother’s maiden name was Martha Lee Hancock. (Few names more American than that!)
FCR - Will
McCracken, Bradenton, FL
Incorrect answers: Jim Kaat, Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry, Early
Wynn, Mike Morgan, Carl Yastrzemski, Brooks Robinson, Don Sutton, Steve
Carlton, Dennis Eckersley, Julio Franco
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the last pitcher who appeared in a Cincinnati Reds uniform to be voted into
the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA?
Hint: His
first ever World Series pitch resulted in a home run by Don Buford.
Hint: Buford
also got an RBI single off of him, but those two hits were Buford’s only hits
in the 5 games he played that Series.
Twint: 98.83
A. TOM SEAVER
-
1977-1982
with the Reds. HOF inducted 1992
- Game 1,
1969 WS, bottom of the 1st.
-
RBI single off Seaver bottom 4th.
1969
WS team stats.
-
98.83% of the
votes to gain entry in to the Hall of Fame is the highest percent of any
player, with Nolan Ryan second at 98.79%
FCR - Charlie
Riordan, Chevy Chase, MD
Incorrect answers: Gaylord Perry, Tony Cloninger
FRIDAY
Q. What
one-time Toronto Blue Jay appeared in more games in the 1970’s than any other
starting pitcher?
Hint: The
first Cy Young vote he ever received, deprived Tom Seaver of a unanimous
decision.
Hint: With
that single vote, he finished second for the award – the highest he would place
in his entire career.
Twint: He
is the only NL pitcher to lead his league in losses four consecutive years.
Twint: Of
his last game he said “I was not embarrassed because I got beat around out
there. I’ve done that before.”
A. PHIL
NIEKRO
-
406 Games 1970-79
-
1969
NL CYA, he got the only other vote.
-
He finished in the top 6 a
total of five times.
- 1977-1980
L20/18/20/18. Pedro Ramos did it in
the AL 1958-61.
-
He
retired with an “A” on his cap, his final start 27-Sep-1987
was a 15-6 loss (not his) to SFG.
FCR - Paul
Goodson, Cheyenne, WY
Incorrect answers: Fergie Jenkins, Dave Stieb, Jim Clancy, Doyle
Alexander, Bill Singer, David Cone, Roger Clemens, Jack Morris, Joey Jay,
Bert Blyleven, Jeff Reardon, Mike Marshall
SATURDAY
Q. Who
recently instructed his family not to attend the induction ceremony if he were
somehow voted into the Hall of Fame posthumously?
Hint: Further,
he also told them not to accept the honor at all.
Hint: Stressing
how slim he thought he chances to be, he suggested that in order to gain entry,
he might have to… move to Alaska.”
Hint: In
his only World Series, he went 2-0, pitching 25 of his team’s total 65.1
innings.
Twint: He
was the starter for the first “Game 6” – the one that ended in a “wave” to
victory.
A. LUIS
TIANT
-
Luis
discussed his lack of Hall of Fame induction with “Red Sox Gameday Live”
with
Tom Caron, Dennis
Eckersley and Steve
Lyons.
-
Full quote: “You know what I’m going to have to do? I’m going to have to move to Alaska,” Tiant
joked, when responding to his status outside the Hall. “Maybe they’ll put me in the Hall of Fame over
there.”
-
1975 WS
-
Game 6
1975 WS BOS vs CIN, Fisk
hit his iconic 13th inning walk-off homer “waving” it fair over the
fence.
FCR - Joe
Matocha, Meriden, CT
Incorrect answers: Jim Kaat, Bill Lee, Jack Morris, Lew Burdette
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was charged with the loss in the final game in in what was arguably the greatest
comeback in post-season history?
Hint: In
the two games he started that series, he went 0-1, giving up nine runs in 3.1 IP
for an ERA of 21.60.
Hint: In
his only other World Series he went 0-2, gave up the most runs of any of his
teammates, but still had a ring to show for it.
Twint: He
is the only Texas Ranger to win more than 20 games since Fergie
Jenkins won 25 in 1974.
A. KEVIN
BROWN
-
1997 FLA
WS victors over CLE.
- 21-11in 1992
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: Jeff Weaver, Mariano Rivera, Jim Bunning,
Pedro Martinez, Ralph Terry, Charlie Root, Sheriff Blake, Esteban Loaiza
WEEKLY THEME – Starting pitchers who
led the majors with an ERA under 2.00, yet didn’t win the Cy Young that year. (Qualifiers in the CYA era.)
Pitcher Year ERA Placed Winner____
Brown 1996 1.89 2nd John Smoltz
Clemens* 1990 1.93 2nd Bob Welch
" 2005 1.87 3rd Chris Carpenter
Niekro 1967 1.87 ~ Mike McCormick
Ryan 1981 1.69 4th Fernando Valenzuela
Seaver 1971 1.76 2nd Fergie Jenkins
Tiant* 1968 1.60 ~ Denny McClain
" 1972 1.91 6th Gaylord Perry*
*Led league in pitchers’ WAR
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect theme guesses:
Wed - Pitchers from the
University of Texas
- Pitchers with
lots of strikeouts
- Leaders in
individual game strikeouts
- Strikeouts: Single game, season, career
Thursday - Pitched
for the Mets in 69 WS
- 3,000-K Club
- How about
pitchers with the most 200 strikeout seasons
- Right-handed
pitchers with at least 3,000 strikeouts and 1 World Series ring
Sunday - Last
6 pitchers to lead the league in strikeouts with a losing record
- Folks pitching
effectively after forty, and getting extra base hits
- Pitchers who
pitched a no hitter and a one hitter in consecutive starts
- All won 20
games before they were 25 years old
- 200-strikeout
seasons in their 20s, 30s, and 40s
Most consecutive games allowing 2 or fewer runs
- Pitchers lost a World Series with more
than 1 team
- Only pitchers since
1965 with seasons of 250+ Ks and sub-2.00 ERA
- Players who
led the league in Era at least twice and racked up at least 1000 strikeouts in
that span
- 200 games and
had a season with an ERA under 2.00 from after 1965 to 1999
- ERA leaders
from 1985-1995
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