25-Jun-2018
Q. What future
major leaguer carried Monte Irvin’s bags into the stadium in the Puerto Rican
League in order to see the games for free?
Hint: Many people
believe that his (not Irvin’s) strong throwing arm got its greatest development
from the fact that he was a champion javelin thrower.
Hint: He gave more
credit, however, to the throwing genes he got from his mother.
Hint: Jackie
Robinson was instrumental in his not
coming to the majors with the Dodgers.
Hint: He played
his entire eighteen-year major league career with the same team.
- Clemente’s favorite
player was Irvin and he modeled much of his playing style on Irvin’s.
- Clemente often
bragged about his mother’s throwing skills.
- Robinson was asked
by Dodger management to help make a decision on which players to keep and which
to risk losing in the minors. (See bio.)
- Played with PIT
1955-72.
FCR - Naftali
Greenwood, Kiryat, Arba, ISRAEL
Incorrect guesses: Don
Newcombe, Bob Gibson, Larry Doby, Willie Mays
TUESDAY
Q. What future former Yankee Hall of Famer,
who twice led the majors in hits and won three batting titles, got his nickname
from a mispronunciation by a rival fan base?
Hint: Based on how he performed against their
team, the mispronunciation was not entirely inaccurate.
Hint: He and his Hall of Fame brother were born
outside the United States, but grew up in the U.S. without moving.
Hint: He owns his 130 plus-year-old franchise’s
record for career doubles.
- When he was with PIT, he was called the Big
Person (“poysson” morphed into “poison”) by Brooklyn fans apparently to
distinguish him from his younger brother, obviously the Little Person
(“Poison”). Ironically, Lloyd
was taller 5’9” to 5’8”. Led MLB in H
w/237 in 1927 & 217 in 1934. Led the
NL in batting 1927, 34 & 36 w/.380, .362 & .373 respectively. Ended his career with NYY 1944-45.
- Both born before in Harrah, Oklahoma Territory
on 16-Apr-1903 and 16‑Mar‑1906. Statehood
came on 16-Nov-1907.
- Hit 558 doubles as a Pirate. Honus Wagner had 551.
FCR - Cappy Gagnon, South Bend
Incorrect guesses: Derek Jeter
WEDNESDAY
Q. What standout slugger of American Indian
ancestry homered in the debut game of three different major league stadiums?
Hint: Although not thought of as a bigamist, he
had two separate families he cared for.
Hint: He was a star whose additional star
production surpassed that of the Milky Way.
Hint: He leads his franchise in career bases-on-balls,
almost a fourth of which were intentional.
- HR 17-Apr-1964
@ Shea
Stadium; 12-Apr-1966
@ Atlanta-Fulton
County Stadium; then 16-Jul-1970
@ Three
Rivers Stadium. Born in
Oklahoma on 06-Mar-1940, of African-American and Seminole Indian descent.
- His teammate
Pirates were famously one family and he was the patriarch of a close,
loving family.
- First, “star” is part of his name. Second, he was a star of the first water. Third, he distributed
stars to teammates for outstanding performances. They proudly wore the stars on their pillbox
caps. Astronomers believe
that the Milky Way galaxy produces about 3 new stars every year.
- 937 BB; 227 IBB = 24%
FCR - Scott Matteson, Shawnee, Kansas
Incorrect guesses: Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Rudy
York, Hack Wilson
THURSDAY
Q. Who is tied with Hank Aaron, Harmon
Killebrew and Alex Rodriguez for the second-most
40-home-run seasons?
Hint: He is also tied for second for the most
seasons with 30 home runs.
Hint: Believe it or not, he holds down second
place for number of seasons with 20.
Hint: In his 20+ year career, only once did he
strike out 100 times in a season—and that was as a rookie.
- Those 4 guys each did it 8 times. Ruth did it 11 times.
- Tied with A-Rod w/14. Aaron had 15.
- 102 K in 1986 w/PIT
FCR - Andrew Distler, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Ralph Kiner, Jim Thome, Hank Aaron, Willie
Mays, Frank Robinson, Jimmie Foxx, Mike Schmidt, Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey, Jr.
FRIDAY
Q. Who was the last National League MVP
before expansion to win the award with fewer than 60 RBI?
Hint: The year he won the MVP in his league, four
additional teammates finished in the top 12 of the voting.
Hint: He was the first player at his college to
have his uniform number retired.
- NL
MVP in 1960 w/50 RBI; NL expansion began in 1962
- In the 1960 NL MVP voting were 2nd Don
Hoak, 6th Vern Law, 7th Roberto Clemente &
12th Roy Face.
- As a Duke
Blue Devil basketball player, he was twice named Player of the Year
and on 01-May-1952, Duke retired his basketball jersey #10.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Ozzie Smith, Maury Wills, Kirk Gibson, Marty
Marion, Don Newcombe, Sandy Koufax
SATURDAY
Q. Who is the last Pittsburgh Pirate to
lead the league in base hits?
Hint: He’s also the last to lead the majors in
on-base percentage.
Hint: His road home runs outnumber his home
homers by over 20%.
Hint: He proposed to his wife on national
television.
Hint: He has arguably the most infectious smile
in the majors.
- 194 H in 2012
- .410 OBP in 2014
- 116 road HRs/94 @ home
- She said yes.
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Matty Alou, Freddy Sanchez, Dave Cash, Ralph
Kiner, Barry Bonds, Al Oliver, Willie Stargell
SUNDAY
Q. What future Blue Jay worked as a vendor
at Crosley Field?
Hint: He once boasted an OPS of almost .980, yet
it was the season before when he had his career high in hits.
Hint: Although only drafted in the 14th
round, his career included an MVP, an All-Star Game MVP, multiple Gold Gloves,
multiple Silver Sluggers, twice leading the league in batting, thrice stealing
double-digits triples and two seasons as a major league coach.
Hint: It’s an easy claim to say he was the greatest
player ever from his native state.
- Played for AL East division champ TOR in
1991, his last team in the majors.
- Taken at #332 in the 1970
June Draft.
- Born in Grenada, Mississippi.
FCR - R.D. Lerner, Silver Spring, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: George Bell
WEEKLY THEME – Pittsburgh
Pirates who were voted National League Most Valuable Player.
Name MPV Yr
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Dave
Mason, Ottawa (After Bonds)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Number
retired by the Pirates
- Pirate batting
champions
- Pittsburgh
Pirates players who won the National League batting title
Thursday- Top 7 in WAR for the Pirates
-
Hall
of Famers that played their entire career for the same team and have statues
outside their ballparks
-
Members
of the Pirates Hall of Fame and Cooperstown Hall of Fame
-
Pirates
career WAR leaders
-
WAR
for position players
-
Pirates who have had their number retired by a MLB team as of
August 11th this year (and have been league MVPs)
Friday - Pirates who did stuff
-
Pirates who won batting titles
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