MONDAY
Q.Which pitcher holds career records for most strikeouts and bases on balls?
Hint:He has the second highest Hall of Fame vote percentage for any pitcher.
Hint: He never led the league in wins and he never won a Cy Young Award.
- 5714 K, 2795 BB. Randy Johnson second with 4875 K, Steve Carlton second 1833 BB
FCR - Dean Kloner, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Steve Carlton, Walter Johnson, Tom Seaver, Cy Young
TUESDAY
Q. Who is the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to have a season with more than 20 wins and another season with more than 50 saves?
Hint: He has led the Majors in each of those categories.
Hint: He won a WS ring though he only started one game going giving up 4 runs in 2.1 innings then watching as his team lost in 11 innings.
A. JOHN SMOLTZ
- 24 W led the league 1996, 55 SV led in 2002
FCR - Mark Jones, Birmingham, AL
Incorrect answers: Dennis Eckersley, Dave Righetti, Hoyt Wilhelm
WEDNESDAY
Q. For relief pitchers (minimum 75% games as reliever) with career 300 saves and 100 wins, who is the only one with a winning record?
Hint:He is the only pitcher to win the AL Rolaids Relief Award despite having double digit losses that season.
Hint: He is the only Hall of Fame player from the Centennial State.
A. RICH GOSSAGE
- Only Fingers (341 SV, 114-118 W-L% .491) and Gossage (310 SV, 124-107 W-L% .537) reached the 300/100 mark.
FCR - Paul Goodson, Cheyenne, WY
Incorrect answers: Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Tom Gordon, John Hiller, Trevor Hoffman, Hoyt Wilhelm
THURSDAY
Q.Who was the last player to receive five bases-on-balls in one game in the 20th century?
Hint:He is the only player in the modern era to sign on and play with a team on four separate occasions.
Hint:Nonetheless, those accumulated seasons allowed him to finish his career in that 115-year-old franchise’s Top Ten in career games played, hits, doubles and strikeouts.
-2nd in G (1,704); 3rd in hits (1,768); 6th in doubles (289); and 6th in K’s (915). BTW he’s also 1st on their career list in Offensive WAR, Runs, Bases-on-balls and Stolen Bases.
FCR - Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect answers: Barry Bonds, Andre Dawson, Jimmie Foxx, Minnie Minoso
FRIDAY
Q.What player made more assists at shortstop than any other major leaguer ever?
Hint:No one who played only shortstop ever received more Hall of Fame votes.
Hint:He is the only shortstop ever to win a Gold Glove while playing for the Padres.
Hint:...and he did it twice!
A. OZZIE SMITH
-8,375 assists
-433 HOF votes (91.7%) in 2002
-SDP GG 1980, 81
FCR - Tom Zocco, Rocky Hill, CT
Incorrect answers: Luis Aparicio, Rabbit Maranville, Cal Ripken Jr., Honus Wagner
FRIDAY FREEBIE
Q. Which Rookie of the Year, after ten full years with his team, became a free agent and signed a blank contract with the Cubs?
Hint: The move paid off for him, at least, as he was the MVP that season.
Hint: With the blank contract he took a 33% pay cut though he did got a raise the next season as well as yearly increases the next six seasons.
Hint: If not for his constant struggle with knee injuries, perhaps exacerbated by his first 10 seasons playing on artificial turf, he might have even achieved greater feats.
Hint:Despite this, he was the second player to hit 400 homers and steal 300 bases.
A. ANDRE DAWSON
- 1977 ROY, in 1987 told the Cubs to pay him what he was worth. They paid him $700,000 for that season - down from $1,047,000.
- He went from a low of $1,850,000 in 1988 to a high of $4,875,000 in 1994.
-“Hawk” had 12 knee surgeries, which probably prevented him from reaching 600 HR and 500 stolen bases. Stade Olympique had artificial turf.
-Willie Mays (of course) was the first to reach 400HR/300SB.
FCR - Alex Poterack, Providence, RI
Incorrect answers: Lou Brock, Gary Matthews
SATURDAY
Q.Who was the first player whose 3,000th hit was a home run?
Hint:It is likely that no player ever had a stricter game-day and at-bat routine.
Hint:In the minors, he lost the International League batting title in the last game of one season, only to win the title on the last day of the next season.
Hint:He was the final out in Dave Righetti's no-hitter.
A. WADE BOGGS
- 3,000th H/HR off Chris Haney 07-Aug-1999
- He had a pre-game exercise, clothing and chicken meal routine. He stepped into the batting cage at 5:17 before a night game. Before every at-bat he scrolled a Hebrew character in the dirt and some other stuff too.
- Lost IL BA title in 1980 w/.306 avg; won in 1981 w/.335.
FCR - Adrian Fung, Toronto, ON
Incorrect answers: George Brett, Roberto Clemente, Derek Jeter, Cal Ripken Jr., Pete Rose, J.T. Snow, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Among Cub NL MVP’s, who had the highest batting average in the past 70 seasons?
Hint: He is the only Manager in the Hall of Fame that lasted more than one season for the team with the most losses in baseball history (player-managers excluded).
Hint: He was let go as manager after less than two full seasons,
Hint: Charlie Hustle said that he “...worked harder than any player I’ve ever seen” and that he “worked his butt off because he knew it was wrong not to”.
- Ryne 1984 with .314 topped Sosa (.308), Dawson (.287) and Banks twice (.313/.304). Phil Cavaretta hit .355 in 1945, 71 years ago.
- Inducted as a player for the Cubs, he managed parts of two seasons, and one full
season with a losing record in each season or part thereof. Bucky Harris managed one season (1943). Hugh Duffy was player-manager 1904-1906.
-Pete Rose quote is from Ryne’s Hall of Fame page.
FCR - Timothy Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, Phil Cavarretta, Andre Dawson, Rogers Hornsby
SUNDAY
Q. Who is the only catcher to hit 40 HR and lead his league in GIDP (ground into double plays) in the same season?
Hint: Two Hall of Fame pitchers yielded the most homers in their career to him, and these same two were victims of the most career homers he hit against any pitcher.
Hint: He hit a homer to start a 5-run 9th inning rally against their crosstown rival in the World Series - though not off starting pitcher Roger Clemens.
Hint: His hometown origins are almost certainly the reason he made it to the majors, and yet he earned Rookie of the Year as well as being 12 times an All Star and winning 10 Silver Slugger Awards.
- 6 HR each against Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine. The same applies to Jason Schmidt who is not in the Hall.
- From Norristown, PA - the same birthplace as Tom Lasorda - his father was friendly with the eventual Hall of Fame manager who, as a favor, brought in Piazza as a batboy and later drafted Mike. Piazza was famously drafted in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Reportedly, no other team was interested. From SABR BIO.
FCR - Matt Blacklaws, Newmarket, ON
Incorrect answers: Johnny Bench, Gary Carter
WEEKLY THEME - HALL OF FAME PLAYERS DRAFTED LOWER THAN THE 3RD ROUND
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme - Bruce Didriksen, Park Ridge, NJ
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - 100 strikeouts in their rookie year
Pitchers to lead the league with over 200 strikeouts by age 25
Hall of Fame pitchers to debut under 20 and finish after 40
Sunday -Players who got into the Hall on their 5th ballot
Questions archived here: http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/
Horsehide Trivia home page: https://sites.google.com/site/tnfotobbpics/home/horsehide-trivia
PLAYER DRAFT ROUND/YR TEAM HOF INDUCTION
NOLAN RYAN 12TH ROUND 1965 NYM HOF 1999
OZZIE SMITH 4TH ROUND 1977 SDP HOF 2002
WADE BOGGS 7TH ROUND 1976 BOS HOF 2005
RICH GOSSAGE 9TH ROUND 1970 CWS HOF 2008
RYNE SANDBERG 20TH ROUND 1978 PHI HOF 2008
RICKEY HENDERSON 4TH ROUND 1976 OAK HOF 2009
ANDRE DAWSON 11TH ROUND 1975 MON HOF 2010
JOHN SMOLTZ 22ND ROUND 1985 DET HOF 2015
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