Q. Among 20th-century
Hall of Famer pitchers, who trails only Whitey Ford in career win/loss percentage?
Hint: He was the
first righthander with 300 strikeouts and a sub-2.00 ERA in the same season
since Walter Johnson.
Hint: As youngsters
growing up in meager circumstances, he and his brothers needed a ball for their
games, they sometimes “borrowed” a head from one of their sisters’ dolls.
- W/L % =
.6865 (Ford’s .6901)
FCR - David Johnson,
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Juan
Marichal, Bob Gibson, Dizzy Dean, Christy Mathewson
TUESDAY
Q. What
pitcher, in only his second full season, pitched and won the first-ever
regular-season major league game played at night in the state of New York?
Hint: He is the
major leaguer with whom the term “back-to-back” is most often associated.
Hint: He got
hooked on baseball listening to the Giants sweep the Yankees in the World
Series.
- 1922 WS =
NYG over NYY 4-0-1
FCR - Joe Haardt, McLean, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Harry Gumbert, Don Newcombe, Harvey Haddix,
Wilbur Wood, Tommy John, Charlie Hough
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who is the only Dodgers pitcher to throw
a no-hitter during the 1980’s?
Hint: He was the last pitcher to give up a World
Series hit to Reggie Jackson.
Hint: He was the first left-handed pitcher to win
200 career games without ever winning 20 games in a season.
- Ended with 200 wins; had 18 in a season 3
times
FCR - Til Strudwick, Baltimore
Incorrect
guesses: Fernando Valenzuela, Rick
Honeycutt, Hideo
Nomo
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who is the only pitcher to homer in four
consecutive games played?
Hint: He also holds the record as the youngest
player ever to pitch in a World Series game.
Hint: At
age 15, he pitched his team to the Babe Ruth League national championship. In
that tournament, he no-hit a team from New Orleans, walking seven, striking out
10 and not allowing a ball to be hit out of the infield.
- Home run games:
FCR - Steven Elsberry, Windsor Heights, Iowa
Incorrect
guesses: Dwight Gooden, Madison
Bumgarner, Don Drysdale, Rick Ankiel, Mike Epstein, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson,
Don Gullett, Jim Palmer
THURSDAY
Q. Who was the first player to earn Minor League Player of the Year honors
twice?
Hint: Who was the first Red Sox P to allow 30
home runs in a season.
Hint: Among many choices, he chose to become a
Cougar.
Hint: He likely violated NCAA rules while in
college.
- Accepted cash and the use of an automobile
from grateful alumni
FCR - Scott Matteson, Shawnee, Kansas
Incorrect guesses: Bruce Hurst
FRIDAY
Q. Who was the first pitcher to win two
Opening Day games for the Expos?
Hint: He was the only 20th century
pitcher to suffer 20 losses in a season for the Expos.
Hint: He once suffered a cracked rib while
breaking up a double play as a pinch-runner.
Hint: He surrendered Pete Rose’s 3,000th
career hit.
- Won Opening Day starts in 1982 & 1983 (But that was after he
lost Opening Day starts in 1976, 78 & 80.)
- Was 15-22 in 1974 to lead the majors in
losses.
FCR - Victor Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Bill Stoneman, Steve Renko,
Jerry Koosman, Randy Jones, Bill Gullickson, Roger Craig
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first pitcher to earn 99 career
saves for the Orioles?
Hint: He was the first to appear in 70 games in a
season for them.
Hint: He once pitched 1/27th of a
no-hitter.
Hint: He surrendered Mickey Mantle’s 500th
home run.
- Exactly 99 career saves for BAL
- Pitched the last out after Steve Barber has retired 26 Tigers on 30-Apr-1967. Unfortunately, it was not in a victorious
effort, due to Barber’s having issued 10 bases-on-balls.
FCR - Barry Kramer, Baltimore
Incorrect
guesses: Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Hall, Pete
Richert, Tippy Martinez, Moe Drabowsky, Tracy Stallard, Eddie Watt, Gregg Olson,
Milt Pappas
FAUX SUNDAY
Q. Who was the last man on the mound when
the Commissioner called the All-Star game a draw?
Hint: Ironically, he had been the first native of
his home county to earn a pitching win in an All-Star game?
Hint: Until 2017, he was the all-time leader of
career pitching victories for natives of his country.
- In the 2002
ASG he had finished pitching the bottom of the 11th when
innovation struck.
- W in the 2001
ASG.
- Passed by Felix
Hernandez for most career pitching victories by a Venezuelan when The
King got his 157th on 25-Jul
vs. BOS.
FCR - Rick Tharp, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Vincente Padilla, Bert Blyleven
SUNDAY
Q. Who leads all left-handed pitchers for career
WAR for the Toronto Blue Jays?
Hint: He was the first pitcher to make 3 consecutive
Opening Day starts for T.O.
Hint: He was the first Blue Jays to earn a pitching
victory in the All-Star game in Toronto.
A. JIMMY KEY
- Key = 30 WAR in 9 yrs.
- O.D. starts 1987-89
- ASG W 1991
FCR
- Vince Granieri, Cincinnati
Incorrect
guesses: Dave Stieb, David Wells
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers
who won an All-Star Game played in their home park.
Pitcher Team Park Date
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – David
Washburn, Marietta, Georgia (after Reuss)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Brother
combinations with the greatest combined career win totals.
Tuesday - Pitchers
who started an MLB All-Star Game in their home ballpark.
Wed - Pitchers
who lost no hitters in the ninth inning
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