MONDAY
Q. Who was the first 20th century player to hit .400 in consecutive years?
Hint: Though he had three seasons over.400, he was not the last from his club to break the .400 mark.
Hint: Est persici
- .420 in 1911 and .409 in 1912.
- Cobb hit .401 in 1922, and Harry Hielmann hit .403 in 1923
- Latin for “he is a peach”... a Georgia Peach to be a little more precise.
FCR - Jake Hopper Houston, TX
TUESDAY
Q. Who was the first Louisville Colonel inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
Hint: His Hall of Fame vote percentage was essentially the same as Babe Ruth’s.
Hint: He once said “There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer,”
- He played for the Colonels from 1897-1899 and while three other HOF players came from the team, he was the first in 1936
FCR - Tie: Paul Woodson, Cheyenne, WY and Jake Hopper Houston, TX
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WEDNESDAY
Q. Who was the first Oriole franchise player to take the honors for the League MVP Award ?
Hint: It would be 42 years until before another Oriole would win MVP.
Hint: He was the last player in his league to win “MVP” with a BA over .400.
Hint: Opening day of his final season he played in only one inning as a pinch hitter - twice.
- 1922 League Award, St. Louis Browns. It was called the League Award from 1922-29
- 1964, Brook Robinson took the MVP with the Orioles.
- His .420 BA 1922 was never again matched by another American League MVP. Cobb took the Chalmers award with .420 BA in 1911.
- 21-Apr-1930 he led off the b9 inning as a PH with a single with his team sending 11 men to the plate. Thus he had a 2nd at bat as a PH in the same inning.
FCR - Michael Caragliano Flushing, NY
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THURSDAY
Q. Who was the first ballplayer specifically featured on a US Postage Stamp?
Hint: Leo Durocher never accused him of “mailing it in”.
Hint: Accomplished in many sports, it took a little help from the World Heavyweight Champs to further his military career.
- 1982, Jackie Robinson. Another barrier he broke. There have been many since.
- Durocher quote: "He was a great competitor who could do it all. He was a great player, a manager's dream... If I had to go to war, I'd want him on my side."
- Robinson was friends with Joe Louis when both were stationed at Fort Riley, KS. Louis used his influence to help Robinson and other African-Americans gain admission to the Army’s Officer Candidate School - something they were originally denied due to segregation.
FCR - Dave Goss Wind Gap, PA
THURSDAY TWICE
Q. Who was the first Giant to homer twice in a World Series game?
Hint: He did it in the same game.
Hint: He is the only player to win his leagues batting title in back-to-back seasons while playing each complete season with a different team.
Hint: Though very short, he had a “tall” opinion of himself proclaiming "I'll make them all forget that a guy named Ty Cobb ever pulled on a baseball shoe".
Hint: He might have achieved a lot more had his career not ended in scandal.
- Federal League 1914 .370 Indianapolis Hoosiers, 1915 .342 Brooklyn Tip-Tops.
- Quote and career from SABR BIO. He was accused of participating in fixing games, and was eventually banned from baseball for “car theft”.
FCR - Larry Hayes San Francisco, CA
FRIDAY
Q. Of the “bats left, throws right” position playe, who has appeared in the most All-Star Games in the 21st century (2001-present)?
Hint: He also has the highest single season batting average for the century.
Hint: In fact, he is tied with two other players for the most seasons batting .300 or greater (eligible for batting title) this century.
Hint: He and his team’s battery mates made the first World Baseball Classic All-Tournament team.
- 10 ASG. Mauer, Fielder and Cano have 6 each.
- .372 in 2004
- He, Pujols and Miggy each have 10 such seasons.
- 2006 WBC won by Japan. Daisuke Matsuzaka (P), Tomoya Satozaki (C) and Ichiro (OF) were members of the winning Japanese team.
FCR - Glenn Horowitz NY, NY
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SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first Astro to capture a batting title?
Hint: He is the only player of his “diminutive stature” to collect 225 hits in a season.
Hint: In fact, he is the only modern era player of his height to lead his league in hits twice. Or even once.
Hint: And yet, he is considered by many to be “Gigante”.
- 2014, batted .341
- At 5’6”, no other modern era player of his height (or less) has ever had 225 hits (2014). The closest is Hack Wilson with 208.
- Led MLB 225 2014 and AL 200 in 2015.
- “Gigante” is his nickname.
FCR - Michael Remillard Harrisburg, PA
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WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who is the only Marlin to play fewer than 150 games in a season yet get over 200 hits?
Hint: He achieved this feat with nearly 100 fewer plate appearances than the Marlins single season hits leader.
Hint: His father, a terrific closer, was no comic book character and once was the set up man for the greatest closer of them all.
Hint: He himself was pretty “flashy”.
- 205 H, 145 G, 2015 and 653 PA. Juan Pierre’s Marlins season record (221) required another Marlins record 748 PA om 2004
- Tom “Flash” Gordon went from closer with BOS to set up man for the Yankees and, of course, Mariano Rivera.
- “Flashy” fast as in NL stolen base leader in consecutive years (2014-15).
FCR - Leonard Levin Providence, RI and Andrew Distler NY, NY
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SUNDAY
Q. Who was the first Yankee to win a season batting title but not make the Hall of Fame?
Hint: He was the only NYY to get first place votes each year when the only pitcher in MLB history took consecutive MVPs.
Hint: He was left stranded on third base in the bottom of the 9th when Bob Feller threw his second no hitter.
Hint: He won three rings with the Yankees, the last of which for a single appearance as a pinch runner for Johnny Mize.
- .309 in 1945. Ruth (1924), Gehrig (1934) and DiMaggio (1939-40) preceeded him.
- 1944 and 1945, Hal Newhouser was MVP, while Stirnweiss finished 4th and 3rd with 1.0 and 4.0 first place votes respectively.
- 30-Apr-1946 He reached 1st on a leadoff error on a bunt attempt, made third on sac bunt and ground out. But the game ended when Charlie Keller grounded out.
FCR - Dan Silverberg Aventura, FL
WEEKLY THEME – Guys who led their league in batting average and stolen bases the same season
Player Year Club Lge Avg. SB
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Jack Sullivan, Louisville, KY
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