MONDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer is the only non-pitcher to win the World Series MVP twice?
Hint: In
every season of his 21-year major league career that he played a full schedule,
he struck out 100 times.
Hint: He
is the last Baltimore Oriole to lead the American League in slugging percentage.
Twint: He
received exactly one (1) first-place vote to prevent Robin Yount from being a
unanimous choice as the 1982 AL MVP.
- WS
MVP’s 1973, ‘77
100+ K’s 1967-97, minus only 1967, 81
& 87
- 1976
SLG .502
FCR - Mike
Massaroli, Staten Island, NY
Incorrect answers: Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken, Boog Powell,
Eddie Murray
TUESDAY
Q. Which
Hall of Famer posted the lowest ERA in his Cy Young award-winning season?
Hint: He
led his Upland, California American Legion team to the 1964 U.S. national
title.
Hint: He
once pitched the last 22% of a no-hitter.
67% of that was strikeouts. Still
no save.
Twint: Answering
a player salary question, A’s owner Charlie Finley said, "(X) not only got
a substantial increase in salary, but his 1973 contract also includes a year's
supply of the very best mustache wax available."
- No-hitter: 28-Sep-1975,
pitched the 8th & 9th following teammates Vida
Blue (5 IP, Win), Glenn
Abbott (1 IP) and Paul
Lindblad (1 IP)
FCR - Judah
Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
Incorrect answers: Dennis Eckersley, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton,
Jim Palmer, Orel Hershiser, Tom Seaver, Rich Gossage, Dean Chance, Wilbur Wood
IN MEMORIAM
Q. What
Cardinal had a 1.35 ERA in two World
Series starts one fall but lost out to his batterymate Darrell Porter for
series MVP honors?
Hint: He
was double-unique until Luis debuted in 1995.
Hint: Most
people agree he was truly unique.
Hint: He
comes from the world’s most prolific city for producing major leaguers.
Hint: The
year he led National League pitchers in victories, he was named Comeback Player
of the Year.
Hint: He
started and finished his major league career with the Astros.
Twint: He
was ejected from a World Series game by the umpire, who, in that same Series,
made one of the worst umpiring calls ever.
Twint: The
most famous quote that is widely attributed to him is, “There is one word in
America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know. '”
- 1982 WS
- 20
W in 1984
- Ejected
from G
7 1985
FCR - Timothy
Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Rick Reuschel
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only catcher to lead the American League and the National League in
bases-on-balls?
Hint: He
was tied with Babe Ruth for most bases-on-balls received in a single World
Series until they both gave way to Barry Bonds’s 13 in 2002.
Twint: He
was the first bench coach in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays.
A. GENE
TENACE
- Bench
coach for mgr. Cito
Gaston of TOR 1992-95
FCR - Wayne
Patterson, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Bob Boone, Darrell Porter, Jimmie Foxx, Ted
Simmons, Gary Carter, Mike Piazza,
THURSDAY
Q. Which
20th-century player had the fewest hits in the year he led the
league in that offensive category (full seasons only)?
Hint: As
a 47-year-old, he collected seventeen stolen bases in the 1989-90 Senior Professional
Baseball League season.
Hint: He
is the first player who later became an All-Star who homered twice in his debut
game in the majors.
Twint: Before
Greg Harris did it in 1995, he had been the last one to pitch with each hand in
a professional game
Twint: He
was not afraid of the products of the Acme company.
- 177
H in 1968
- Debut
23-Jul-1964
- Nickname
“Roadrunner”
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugarland, TX
Incorrect answers: Carl Yastrzemski, Charlie Hollacher, Al
Oliver, Lou Brock, Rickey Henderson, Bob Nieman
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first member of the Oakland A’s to win a Gold Glove?
Hint: He
hit the first home run in the Kingdome.
Hint: He
became a real estate agent in Baker City, OR after retiring from baseball.
Hint: It’s
ironic that he ended up in real estate because the area where he was born was
the hardest hit area of the Great Recession.
Twint: He
led the American League in hits in in 1972 and in doubles in 1974.
A. JOE
RUDI
- GG’s
1974, 75, 76
- Kingdome
HR 06-Apr-1977
off Diego
Segui
- Born
in Modesto,
CA
- 181
H in 1972; 39 2b in 1974
FCR - Frank
Workman, Lake Forest Park, WA
Incorrect answers: Bill North, Dick Green, Carney Lansford, Sal
Bando, Rick Monday
SATURDAY
Q. After
Brooks Robinson, who was the next third baseman to amass 200 career home runs?
Hint: No
American Leaguer has ever led the league in doubles in a full season with fewer
than he did.
Hint: His
brother homered in the championship game of the college World Series.
Hint: His
son was an eight-year college head baseball coach of a D-1 university in North
Carolina.
Twint: When
he finally agreed to grow a moustache to comply with his team owner’s wishes,
it only took him a couple of hours.
A. SAL
BANDO
- 242
career HR’s; Hit his 200th off Dyar
Miller 07-Jun-1977;
Brooks Robinson’s 200th
- Hit
32 2b in 1973, as did Pedro
Garcia
- Brother
Chris
- Son
Sal,
Jr., coached at High
Point University
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: Evan Longoria, George Brett,
Graig Nettles, Bill Melton, Brian Roberts, Jim Fregosi
SUNDAY
Q. Who
is the only MVP of a minor league from a franchise representing the city of
York?
Hint: He
was called “The Little Roberto Clemente” and in fact played in three games with
Clemente.
Hint: He
played with Jeter in six games.
Hint: His
brother and cousin made it to the majors, but they never played in a game with
him in “the show”.
Hint: His
nickname was “adorable”.
Twint: His
contribution was a major factor in bringing a World Series championship to
California franchise on which Sandy Koufax did not play.
Twint: He
was arrested 20 years after his playing days for dealing controlled substances.
- 1969
MVP for the York
Pirates of the Eastern League
- Played
with Clemente
and Johnny
Jeter on the Pittsburgh Pirates
in September
of 1969.
- Brother
of Pepe
Mangual and cousin of Coco
Laboy.
- Nickname
“Cuqui” translates to “cute” or “adorable”
-
He hit the game-winning pinch-single in the 9th inning of Game 4 of
the 1972 World Series.
- Arrested
in 1997 for dealing cocaine and heroin; conviction not found
FCR - Paul
Goodson, Cheyenne, WY
Incorrect answers: Danny Tartabull, Gene Clines
WEEKLY THEME – Players on the
Oakland A's teams for their five straight Division Championship seasons: 1971-75
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Judah
Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players or HOFers who have had their numbers
retired by 2 teams
- Players or HOFers who went to college on
non-baseball scholarships
Tuesday - Hall of Famers whose
uniform number is retired by two teams
- Oakland A's WS MVPs
Wed - World Series MVPs who
started their MLB career with Oakland
- Athletics
World Series MVPs
Thursday - Members
of 1974 champion Oakland A's who received MVP votes in 1975
- Guys who
started on all 3 A's championship teams of that era
Friday - Athletics
associated with the 1975 All-Star team
- Starting
lineup for the first Oakland A's World Series game
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