MONDAY
Q. Who broke Johnny Frederick's record for extra-base
hits by a National League rookie?
Hint: He also set the rookie record for most
times hitting into a double play.
Hint: In 2007, Alex Rodriguez tied his record for
the most home runs in the month of April.
- 88 EBH in 2001 (Johnny
Frederick, 82 in 1929 for BRO)
- 20 GIDP
- 14 HR in April 2006
FCR - Paul Goodson, Cheyenne
Incorrect
answers: Rudy York, Walt Dropo, Pinky
Higgins, Willie Stargell, Barry Bonds, Chris Bryant, Jackie Robinson, Nolan
Arenado, Ryan Howard, Mark McGwire, Dick Allen, Elston Howard, Wally Berger
TUESDAY
Q. Who is the only catcher to win the MVP
the next full season after he was voted Rookie of the Year?
Hint: His middle name is the same as that of a
catcher who was a World Series MVP.
Hint: He once played all nine positions in a game
in college, struck out the two batters he faced and hit a grand slam.
Hint: His younger sister, Samantha,
played softball for Valdosta State and
once hit a home run cycle in a doubleheader.
- ROY
2010; MVP
2012 (Played only 45 games in 2011 because of a season-ending injury caused
by a collision at home
plate.)
- Full name Gerald Dempsey Posey III. Rick
Dempsey MVP
of the 1983
WS.
- Playing for Florida State,
he used four different gloves in the 10-0
victory over Savannah State.
- She hit a one-run homer, two-run homer,
three-run homer and a grand slam. She went 5-for-7 with 11 RBI’s in the twin bill.
FCR - Michael Campos, Redmond, Washington
Incorrect
answers: Johnny Bench, Pat Borders, Yogi
Berra, Roy Campanella, Thurman Munson, Don Newcombe
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who won the Home Run Derby the year that
Josh
Hamilton hit a record 28 homers in one round?
Hint: He won but finished with 13 overall home
runs fewer than Hamilton (not the musical).
Hint: During one terrible off-season, he was
stricken with appendicitis, chicken pox and a lung infection that led to
pneumonia.
Hint: No problem.
He was voted MVP the following year.
- Ill off-season 2004-05
FCR - Gary Hoffman, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
answers: Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera,
Miguel Tejada, Ryan Braun
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Whom did the Red Sox trade away only to
see him become the Rookie of the Year the very next season with his new team?
Hint: The first ten players listed in his
Similarity Scores were all All-Star players, as was he.
Hint: Two of the players he was traded for have
been World Series MVP’s.
Hint: He has played in two World Baseball
Classics, once winning the championship.
- ROY 2005; Traded by BOS to FLA for Josh
Beckett (2003 WS MVP w/FLA) and Mike
Lowell (2007 WS MVP w/BOS) (others involved in the trade)
- Scroll down to see Similarity
Scores; AS in 2008-10
- Won the WBC gold in 2013 with the Dominican
Republic.
FCR - Dan Silverberg, Aventura, Florida
Incorrect
answers: Jeff Bagwell, Jose Altuve, Eric
Hinske
THURSDAY
Q. What speedster’s father surrendered Alex
Rodriguez’ first major league home run?
Hint: His younger brother is doing well in the
Twins minor league organization.
Hint: One season he led the NL in triples and
stolen bases.
Hint: The next year, on the other coast, he led
the NL in hits and stolen bases.
Hint: Although he was suspended and lost 80 games
in 2016, it was in the 156th game he did play, where he was much
more concerned about another sort of loss.
- Father
is Tom
Gordon; A-Rod’s
blast was on 12-Jun-1995.
- 12 3b + 64 SB in 2014
with LAD.
- 205 H + 54 SB for MIA
in 2015.
- On Monday,
26-Sep, wanting to honor fallen teammate Jose
Fernandez, Gordon donned Fernandez’ batting helmet for the first pitch of
his first at-bat of the game. He took a
ball from starter Bartolo Colon, switched helmets, switched sides of the plate
and deposited the next pitch into the right field seats. Video.
- The suspension had
been for use of substances
on the wrong list.
FCR - Benjamin Chase, Huron, South Dakota
Incorrect
answers: Tom Gordon, Alex Gordon, Billy
Hamilton
FRIDAY
Q. What former Oakland A’s player recently
signed with the Yankees?
Hint: For one of his previous teams, he still owns
the second-highest career batting average, trailing only a former MVP.
Hint: For another of the teams he played on, a
much older franchise, he owns the all-time single-season record for number of
times grounding into double plays.
Hint: His father is a well-respected veteran
college baseball coach.
Hint: His older brother is the current head baseball
coach at a D-1 school.
- Career BA w/COL
.319 (Larry
Walker .334)
- 31 GIDP w/STL in 2013
- Father Tom
has coached in 6
D-1 college programs.
- Brother Josh
was the Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year in 2014.
FCR - Howard Johnson Norman, OK
Incorrect
answers: Billy Butler
SATURDAY
Q. Which South
American slugger has an average of 50+ extra-base hits for every season of his
9-year major league career in spite of never breaking double digits in triples?
Hint: He is a three time All-Star, has twice been
a Silver Slugger, owns three Gold Gloves and has finished as high as 3rd
in MVP voting.
Hint: His wife is a famous singer/actress in her
native land.
Hint: His nickname is laden with meaning.
- He did have 9 triples in 2010. Born and raised in Venezuela.
- Finished behind Joey Votto and Albert Pujols
in the 2010 NL MVP voting. (Pretty
decent company.)
- Wife Indonesia
Riera, also from Venezuela
- Nickname “Cargo”.
FCR - Rafael
Amanau, Philadelphia
Incorrect
answers: Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado,
Howard Johnson, Albert Pujols, Carlos Gonzalez
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who was the first National League player
to hit more than fifteen triples in consecutive seasons since the Great
Depression?
Hint: He has worn uniform #7 for four different
teams.
Hint: David Eckstein took his place in one of his
best seasons.
- Reyes 2005-06; Paul
Waner 1933-34
- #7 for NYM, FLA, TOR & COL
- Eckstein
took his place on the 2006 NL All-Star
team
FCR - Steve Berman, Bergenfield, New Jersey
Incorrect
answers: Garry Templeton, Ozzie
Smith, Edgar Renteria, Lance Johnson
SUNDAY
Q. Who was the Tigers’ second baseman he
last time they won the World Series?
Hint: He was the two-time Player of the Year when
he played for Rice.
Hint: He was a second-round draft second baseman…
the second time.
Hint: His league-leading UZR one season made him
an obvious choice for the Gold Glove at his position.
- 2009 the LSU
Tigers beat the UCLA
Bruins in the NCAA
College World Series.
- He played shortstop/pitcher for the Brother
Rice High School Warriors in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
- Drafted in the 2nd
round in 2009 by the Cubs. The Tigers had
picked him in the 41st round in 2007.
- Ultimate Zone Rating
of 11.0 & GG in 2014.
FCR - David Silverman, Wesley Chapel, Florida
Incorrect
answers: Lou Whitaker, Dick McAuliffe
WEEKLY THEME – National
League batting champs who were active in the majors in 2016.
*Led
MLB
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Steven
Coleman, Belleville, Illinois
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Thurs - Batting
Champions with >50 SB in a season
-
Batting champ since 2000 won by ROY winner
Sat -
Players who have won a single NL batting title since 2000
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