Thanks to Joe
Haardt of McLean, Virginia for this idea.
MONDAY
Q. Who
built a “house” without so much as lifting a hammer or saw?
Hint: Historians
now believe that the candy bar was in fact named after him.
Twint: He
hit 708 home runs in the American League.
A. BABE
RUTH
- Yankee
Stadium, constructed partly because gate receipts surged when Ruth played.
- Baby
Ruth candy bar. The Curtiss Candy
Company disingenuously claimed it was named after Ruth Cleveland,
daughter of President Grover
Cleveland, who died at 12.
FCR - David
Girdany, Somerset, PA
Incorrect answers:
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the last Yankees pitcher to lose 20 games in a season?
Hint: The
year before, he had hit an inside-the-park grand slam.
Hint: He
was the first Yankees pitcher to win five games in the month of April.
Twint: He
had two sons who also pitched in the majors.
- 12-20
in 1966, (After decades of dominance, the Yankees finish last that year.)
- IPHR
GS 20-Jul-1965
off Bill
Monbouquette
- Todd
and Mel,
Jr. were his boys who pitched in the majors. The combined total of 302 wins in the most by
any father-son pitching combination in history.
FCR - Ira
Drucker, Brooklyn, NY
Incorrect answers: Jim Bouton, Jack Chesbro, Red Ruffing, Bobby
Shantz, Bob Turley
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only pitcher to hit a grand-slam in each league?
Hint: One
season, his 49 pinch-hit at bats led the National League.
Hint: He
once finished ahead of a triple-crown winner in MVP voting.
Hint: …ahead
of an offensive triple crown winner.
Twint: He
surrendered pitcher Bobo Newsom’s sole career home run
- Grand
slams 22-Jul-1939
off Nels
Potter of the A’s & 02-May-1943
off Al
Javery of the Braves
- 1934 AL
MVP voting, Lou Gehrig had 54 vote/points—Rowe had 59 (Mickey Cochrane won
w/67)
- Newsom
HR 08-May-1937
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect answers: Tommy Byrne, Tony Cloninger, Wes Ferrell, John
Franco, Carl Hubbell, Red Lucas, Don Newcombe, Gary Peters, Charlie Robertson, Red
Ruffing, Earl Wilson, Rick Wise
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was General Manager of the New York Mets when they won their first World
Series?
Hint: He
played in high school, in college and in the majors all in New York City.
Hint: He
had several weapons on the mound, but none like the one he worked on in Oak
Ridge, Tennessee.
Hint: The
origin of his nickname is the source of some speculation.
Twint: He
was primarily responsible for signing Richie Ashburn for the Mets for their
inaugural season in 1962.
Twint: His
respect from the Mets organization was such that an award named after him is
presented to the franchise’s top rookie in spring training.
- Played
for Fordham
Prep High School, Fordham
University and then played for the Yankees for
12 seasons.
- Was
on the team that developed the atomic bomb for the U.S. military.
- Was
called “Grandma Murphy” possibly because he seemed to be as annoyed by the very
things that might annoy an aged woman.
- The
Johnny Murphy Award has been handed out since 1972.
FCR - Larry
Hayes, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Ed Barrow, Bing Devine, Joe Gordon, Donald
Grant, Whitey Herzog, Casey Stengel, George Weiss, Fred Wilpon
FRIDAY
Q. Which
starting pitcher had the highest (measurable) ERA in a World Series deciding
game?
Hint: He
was twice traded for players who would become Hall of Famers.
Hint: He
had to be removed from a game when he cut his hand on some glass while wiping
off the bench in the dugout.
Twint: He
was the major league first pitcher to surrender six home runs to a batter in a
single season.
Twint: Some
accounts say that player was his cousin.
Twint: In
any case, that player became a Hall of Famer.
A. VIC
ALDRIDGE
- .1
IP, 4 ER, 108.00 ERA 15-Oct-1925
- Traded for Rabbit
Maranville 27-Oct-1924 (other players involved), for Burleigh
Grimes 11-Feb-1928 (straight up)
- Cut
hand 02-Jul-1925
- Gave
up 6 dingers to George “High Pockets” Kelly in 1923,
all of ‘em over the wall.
FCR -
Dr. John Wills, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Doyle
Alexander, Joaquin Andujar,
Hank Borowy, Karl Spooner, John Tudor, Lefty Williams, Smoky Joe Wood
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the last pitcher to face Ty Cobb in the majors?
Hint: He
came up to the majors with the Yankees just before Lou Gehrig played game #1 of
2,130 straight.
Hint: He
was often sent down at the wrong times and as a result, never got to experience
the postseason in spite of having many teammates with rings.
Twint: His
win/loss record in twelve years in the majors was 63-56.
Twint: His
win/loss record in twelve years in the minors was 106-85.
A. HANK
JOHNSON
- Cobb
was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter 11-Sep-1928
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugarland, TX
Incorrect answers: Lefty Grove, Tom Zachary
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first ex-Horned Frog to play more than ten years in the majors?
Hint: He
was only the second Cincinnati Reds righty pitcher to lead the NL in wins.
Hint: A
bit of his glory was dimmed since his total of twenty wins was tied by three
other NL pitchers.
Hint: Beginning
in his sophomore year, he averaged thirty starts per season for each of the
next five years.
Twint: He
averaged over twenty starts per season in the next five seasons.
A. PETE
DONOHUE
- Alum
of Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth,
TX; 12-year MLB career
- 20
wins in 1926 led the NL
-
FCR - Cappy
Gagnon, South Bend, IN
Incorrect answers: Tom Browning, Pat Dobson, Hod Eller, Slim
Sallee
Pitcher Date R RBI HR
Aldridge 06-May-1922 1 1 0
Donohue 22-May-1925 1 3 1
Johnson 01-Aug-1928 0 1 0
Murphy 28-Aug-1936 3 5 0
Rowe 14-Aug-1935 3 4 0
Ruth 09-May-1918 1 0 0
Stottlemyre 26-Sep-1964 1 2 0
Note:
In this list, Ruth was the only losing pitcher (Walter Johnson was the
winner.); The other six got the W.
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers who got 5
hits in a game.
First Correct Respondent to
Identify Theme – Tom Zocco
(after the Johnny Murphy question)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players who made the last out in a World
Series
- Players who
have pitched in and hit a home run in the World Series
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