Q. Who is the
only pitcher in major league history besides Tim Lincecum to throw multiple
no-hitters, win multiple Cy Young award and win multiple World Series
championships?
Hint: He was the
youngest player ever elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Hint: He is the
only pitcher to throw a no-hitter in each of four consecutive seasons.
Hint: Through his
father, he inherited his Hungarian lineage.
FCR - Thomas Nester,
Dix Hills, New York
Incorrect guesses: Jim
Bunning, Steve Carlton, Whitey Ford, Tom Seaver
TUESDAY
Q. Who was the
first National League pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career?
Hint: He shared
nicknames with Walter Evers and Gilbert Brack.
Hint: He is the
only pitcher to start the seventh game of a World Series more than twice in his
career.
- 3,000th K 17-Jul-1974. Cesar Geronimo was the victim. Amazingly Geronimo was also Nolan Ryan’s
3,000th 6 years later. Gibson
finished w/3,117 K, 2nd all-time behind only the great Walter Johnson. Strikeout have exploded since then. He is now
14th on the list (Johnson is 9th !)
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Christy Mathewson, Lou Burdette, Warren Spahn,
Pete Alexander
WEDNESDAY
Q. What former Cleveland Indian is the
first player elected to the Hall of Fame who had played for the Toronto Blue
Jays?
Hint: He played for the same major league
franchise for 21 seasons.
Hint: They were also the last team he played for
the in the majors.
Hint: In one three-season stretch he led the
majors every year in games started, innings pitched, batters faced and hits
surrendered.
- Started 3 G for TOR in 1987 after having
started 20+ G for CLE the same year. His
last start ever, also in 1987, was for
his longtime team, the Braves.
- Played for MLN/ATL 1964-83, 87
- Amazing 3-yr streak 1977,
78 & 79.
FCR - Cary Smith (on Facebook), Cooperstown
Incorrect guesses: Not even!
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who led the American League in pitching
victories the year BEFORE four Oriole pitchers each won 20 games?
Hint: He surrendered a 3,000th hit to
a Hall of Fame player born in the exact city where he had the best years of his
career.
Hint: He was the first pitcher to hit Reggie
Jackson with a pitch in major league game.
- Tied with teammate Mike Cuellar and Cy Young
Award winner Twin Jim Perry w/24 w apiece.
- Gave up Al Kaline’s 3,000th. Kaline was born in Baltimore.
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Mike Cuellar, Denny McLain, Gaylord Perry,
Jim Perry, Juan Pizzaro, Jim Kaat, Tm Seaver, Mudcat Grant, Mickey Lolich,
Jim Palmer, Denny McLain, Steve Stone
THURSDAY
Q. Who is the only pitcher to win the Most
Valuable Players Award unanimously?
Hint: His battery mate came in second in the MVP voting
that season.
Hint: As you might suspect, his Cy Young Award vote
that year was also unanimous.
FCR - J.P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Don Newcombe, Bob Gibson, Steve
Blass, Sandy Koufax, Ron Guidry, Roger Clemens
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. Who was the first pitcher to face a designated
hitter in a regular-season major league game?
Hint: He is the only pitcher since expansion
began to have two (2!) scoreless innings streaks of 40 innings or more.
Hint: He hurled more career shutouts than did Addie
Joss, Kid Nichols, Mickey Welch, Chief Bender or Tim Keefe.
- Face first DH, Ron Blomberg, 06-Apr-1973. Had Tiant been more efficient in those first
two innings, Orlando Cepeda would have been the first DH.
- Had 49 ShO, tied for 21st all-time
FCR - Mary Shea, Milwaukee
Incorrect
guesses: Nolan Ryan, Jim Palmer, Orel
Hershiser, Gaylord Perry, Roger Clemens
FRIDAY
Q. What future former Cleveland Indian was
the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young award before his 25th
birthday?
Hint: He didn’t receive a single Cy Young votes
in any other season of his 10+ year career.
Hint: He was the winning pitcher in both games of
Tommy John’s 0-2 debut season.
- Played 11 years in the majors
FCR - J.P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Bob Turley, Gaylord Perry, Orel
Hershiser, Herb Score, Dwight Gooden, Sam McDowell, Ralph Terry, Jim
Mudcat Grant, Earl Wilson, Rick Rhodes
SATURDAY
Q. Who holds the record for most pinch-hit
home runs by a pitcher?
Hint: He never surrendered a grand slam in his 14-year
major league pitching career, but he did hit one.
Hint: He narrowly beat out a teammate for Rookie
of The Year honors.
- Hit 15 HR as a pitcher, but had 4 additional as
a pinch-hitter.
- Out-pointed Pete Ward (…referred to by Dean
Chance as the AL's toughest clutch hitter)for the 1963 AL ROY. Interestingly, The Sporting News gave their version of the award to Ward for 1963.
FCR - Patrick Ray, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Incorrect
guesses: Don Newcombe, Wes Ferrell, Jim
Palmer, Bob Lemon, Don Drysdale, Earl Wilson
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Of whom did Dick Radatz apocryphally quip,
"We thought he was stupid. Turned
out he was just never sober."?
Hint: He led the American League in strikeouts five
times, including the majors thrice, and
finished second once. Never did,
however, strike out Radatz.
Hint: He was arguably the fastest pitcher in the
game, but was traded to the NL for a future Hall of Famer.
FCR - Michael Campos, Redmond, Washington
Incorrect guesses: Gaylord Perry, Bo Belinsky, Ryne Duren
SUNDAY
Q. Which Giants fireballer finished second
to Bob Gibson in ERA in 1968 in the National League?
Hint: In his 13-season career, he finished in the
National League's top ten 3 times for ERA and WHIP, twice for shutouts,
strikeouts per nine innings pitched and winning percentage.
Hint: He was recruited by the Yankee who sent
Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez to sign him.
In a brief interchange, he told Gomez he was not interested in the Yankees
whereupon Gomez got back in his car and drove off.
Hint: After baseball, he and his wife Irene
achieved Diamond status as Amway distributors.
Hint: he related this story after his time in the
majors: “We were playing a Class B team
and after I struck out the last batter of the game, two women, who had been
drinking, came on the field, picked me up and carried me off the field.”
- Finished 1968 w/ERA that rounded to 1.99.
- Gomez story told by Bolin to SABR interviewer
- He pitched for MIL & BOS after his 9 years
with the Giants.
FCR - Adam Balutis, Alexandria, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Mike McCormick
SUNDAY BONUS
Q. What pitcher gave up Mark McGwire's first
major league hit?
Hint: His career is second in duration only to
Nolan Ryan and Cap Anson’s 27.
Hint: He led the National League in win/loss
percentage twice just before having a certain procedure.
- McGwire’s 1st H = 2b on 24-Aug-1986
- Pitched for 26 years in the majors in spite of
taking 1975 off.
- In 1975 he underwent the operation that is now
commonly known by his name.
FCR - Daniel Blumenthal, Falls Church, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Jamie Moyer, Jim Kaat, Phil Niekro
WEEK’S FINALE
Q. Whose two votes denied Jim Lonborg a unanimous
vote for his Cy Young Award?
Hint: His September no-hitter probably had a lot
to do with it.
Hint: Or maybe it was the fact that he led the
league in ERA that season.
Hint: Seventeen years after his major league
career, he played in the Senior Professional Baseball Association.
- 1967
CYA vote = 18.0 to 2.0
- No-no = 10-Sep-1967. It was a HBP shy of being a perfect game. (In
retaliation, Horlen himself was HBP he next inning.)
- His 2.06 ERA led the AL in 1967.
- His team in he SPBA was the St. Lucie Legends whose
roster also included such luminaries as Bobby Bonds, Luis Tiant , Vida Blue, Graig
Nettles, George Foster and Bill Madlock.
FCR - Leland Hall, Lansing, Michigan
Incorrect guesses: Luis Tiant, Bill Spaceman Lee, Phil Niekro, Mickey Lolich, George Brunet
WEEKLY THEME – Qualifying
pitchers with a sub-2.00 ERA season in the 1960s.
Gibson..................... 1968........ 1.12
Tiant........................ 1968........ 1.60
Chance.................... 1964........ 1.65
Koufax..................... 1966........ 1.73
"......................... 1964........ 1.74
"......................... 1963........ 1.81
Niekro...................... 1967........ 1.87
Horlen..................... 1964........ 1.88
McNally................... 1968........ 1.95
McDowell................ 1968........ 1.95
McLain.................... 1968........ 1.96
Peters...................... 1966........ 1.98
John........................ 1968........ 1.99
Bolin........................ 1968........ 1.99
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – R.D.
Lerner, Silver Spring, Maryland (after
Chance)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Wed-day - Pitchers
who played college basketball
- Starting
pitchers with sub- 2.00 ERA since 1966
Thurs - 40
games started in the modern era, plus 20 wins
- Pitchers
with multiple 20 win seasons and multiple losing seasons
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