MONDAY
Q. Who
had no fewer than seven teammates receiving MVP voting points the year he won
the award unanimously?
Hint: It
was his first full year with the team.
Hint: Their
year was capped off with a World Series championship.
Twint: A
trunkful of an illegal substance delayed his election to the Hall of Fame.
- 1967
MVP. Also receiving votes were
#2
Tim
McCarver (136.0 vote points);
#7
Lou
Brock (49.0);
#9
Julian
Javier (41.0);
#13 Curt Flood (24.0);
#15 Nelson
Briles (20.0);
#17 Dick
Hughes (10.0); and
#22 Bob
Gibson (5.0)
-
Traded from SFG 08-May-1966 for Ray Sadecki
FCR - Russ
Lake, Champaign, IL
Incorrect answers: Frank Robinson, Roger Maris, Johnny Bench, Fernando
Valenzuela, Joe Morgan, Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Roger Clemens, Willie
Mays, Fred Lynn
TUESDAY
Q. Who
tied Hal
Trosky’s record for most total bases in a season by a rookie?
Hint: He
holds the all-time record for extra-base hits in a season for his franchise.
Hint: Only
Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Kirby Puckett and he have led the American League in
hits for a minimum of three straight campaigns.
Twint: For
the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise, only Harmon Killebrew
received more career intentional bases-on-balls.
Twint: He
never played for any other team in the majors.
- 1964,
374 TB
- 84 EBH, also in 1964
Led AL in H 1964-66
- 131
IBB (Killebrew
was walked on purpose 156 times)
FCR - John
Wilson, Mesa, AZ
Incorrect answers: Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera,
Wade Boggs, Ted Williams, George Sisler
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the only National League catcher to throw out the same baserunner three
times in one game?
Hint: It
was not rare for him to throw out baserunners from a squatting or kneeling
position.
Hint: The
first time he led the league in errors and passed balls, he won the Silver
Slugger Award.
Twint: He
hit the Marlins’ first-ever home run.
- Eric
Young was CS X 3 on 01-May-1993
NOTE: Additional research show that this
was not a unique occurrence: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN198606270.shtml
- ERR
& SS: 1987
- 1st
HR 12-Apr-1993
FCR - Vince
Granieri, Cincinnati, OH
Incorrect answers: Johnny Bench, Tony Pena, Bo Diaz,
Manny Sanguillen, Mike Piazza, Ernie Lombardi, Ivan Rodriguez
THURSDAY
Q. Who
is the first player in the history of the majors to hit a home run in:
1.)
The regular-season;
2.)
The All-Star game;
3.)
The League Division Series;
4.)
The League Championship Series; and
5.)
The World Series …
…In
the same season?!
Hint: A
teammate of his from his first big league season went on to play in the
All-Star Game representing four different franchises.
Twint: He
was traded FOR a player his brother was later traded WITH.
- HR’s
in 1997 (Barry Bonds did it in 2002; David Ortiz did it in 2004.)
- Trades
for Joe
Carter
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Andruw Jones, Jim Thome, Joe Carter, Cal
Ripken, Miguel Cabrera, Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first 21st-century player to play a complete All-Star Game?
Hint: He
was the first Kansas City Royal to rack up three 20/20 seasons.
Hint: He
was the first player to join the 30/30 club while playing in both leagues in
the same season.
Hint: He
was also the first player to have 50 RBI in each league in the same season.
Twint: He
was married three days before being named Rookie of the Year.
- 2006 ASG
- 1999,
2001, 02
- Married Jessica
Lugo 06-Nov-1999; 1999 AL
ROY
FCR - Timothy
Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Greg Vaughn, Jermaine Dye
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the most recent Chicago Cubs draftee to make the All-Star team as a catcher?
Hint: Though
he had debuted earlier, when he was named Pacific Coast League MVP, he was
called up to the Cubs for good.
Hint: “And
___ ___ bed” ~ Pepys.
Twint: His
wife’s first name could be mistaken for what the Cubs would always like to do
to the Cardinals in the NL Central race.
- Debut
23-Sep-2005;
PCL
MVP 2007, Playing for the Iowa
Cubs
- Famous
English diarist Samuel
Pepys often ended daily
entries with the words “and so to bed”.
Please click on his bio if you think Pepys is “obscure”.
- His
wife’s first name is Luzem.
(Lose ‘em.)
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect answers: Russell Martin, Mario Soto
SUNDAY
Q. Who
played in only 61% of his playoff-bound team’s games in 2015, yet led the team
in slugging, OPS an OPS+?
Hint: He
was also second in RBI and batting average.
Hint: He
was the youngest player on the team.
Twint: In
spite of his offensive output, many believe defense is the best part of his
game.
Twint: He
received more MVP voting points than did David Ortiz, Alex
Rodrigues or Brian Dozier.
Twint: He
stands 10” taller than his double-play
partner.
- SLG
.512; OPS .857; OPS+ 132
- BA
.279;
- Turned
21 on 22-Sep-2015
- Fielding
was excellent.
- Received
2.0 MVP vote points. Big
Papi, A-Rod
and Dozier
each received 1.0. However, he received
124.0 voting points for Rookie
of the Year and took the award home.
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, VA
Incorrect answers: Kris Bryant, Vinegar Bend Mizell, Francesco Lindor.
Kyle Schwarber, Kris Bryant
WEEKLY THEME – All were natives of
Puerto Rico who won the Rookie of Year Award.
(Cuban Tony Oliva was included because
otherwise it would have just been too easy and we would have been one question
short for the week.)
Correa AL 2015
Soto NL 2008
Beltran AL 1999
Alomar AL 1990
Santiago NL 1987
Cepeda NL 1958
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Jack
Sullivan, Louisville, KY
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players who drove in 100 runs for 3 different
teams
Tuesday - 1st
Designated hitter for each 1973 American League franchise
- Rookies who
led the league in doubles
- First basemen
who have won MVP awards
- Players whose
careers were extended a few more years because of the advent of the
designated hitter in the American League.
Wed - First players to win ROY award in the city where
their respective franchises currently reside
- Latin American
players in a league leading category.
- All-Stars that
had an "A" at the end of their name
- First
Caribbean players to win Rookie-of-the-Year award for their particular
franchise.
- Rookies of the
Year from Latin America
- Hispanic or
Latino players who were rookie of the year
Friday - Latin
America ballplayers who had 200 hits in both leagues
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