Monday, May 20, 2019

2019-05-13 Players with 5 or more years of 200 Hits a season


Q.        What third baseman owns more Silver Slugger awards than any other?
Hint:     His proclivity for a certain pre-game meal and routine became well-known.
Hint:     He had the historic first home run for an expansion franchise.
A.         WADE BOGGS  [SABR Bio]
-  Has 8 SS.  Mike Schmidt is 2nd w/6.
-  Always ate chicken on game days.
-  1st Devil Rays HR 31-Mar-1998.
FCR -  Patrick Roth, Chicago
Incorrect guesses:  Harmon Killebrew, Eddie Mathews, George Brett, Miguel Cabrera

TUESDAY
Q.        Who is the only Texas Ranger to be an American League All-Star at three different positions?
Hint:     His Gold Glove season came three seasons after his batting championship.
Hint:     In college, he attended a traditional “party school”.
Hint:     He was twice drafted by avian teams.
A.         MICHAEL YOUNG

-  AS @ SS in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008; @ 3b in 2009; and @ DH in 2011.
-  GG in 2008.  His .331 led the Junior Circuit in 2005.
-  Attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and was drafted by The Orioles and Blue Jays.
FCR -  David Krassin, Los Angeles (Not Michael)
Incorrect guesses:  Tom Grieve, Adrian Beltre

WEDNESDAY
Q.        What BLTR uniteam* Hall of Famer won his only MVP award the year he hit over .370 and led the league in that category?
Hint:     He received MVP votes 11 times in his career 6 times in the Top Ten.
Hint:     He was the first player in the modern era to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in the same game.
Hint:     In fourteen straight seasons, the only time he didn’t bat over .300, he hit .298.
A.         CHARLIE GEHRINGER (Why is this man smiling?)  [SABR Bio]
-  He batted from the left side
-  2 HR = 04-Aug-1930, both off Hall of Fame pitcher Ted Lyons.  Only 3 of Gehringer’s 184 career HR were ITP.
-  1927-1940 he hit .300+ save 1932, where he was 2 hits shy.
*Hey—neologisms happen!  This one has been needed for a long time.  Cal, Lou, Sandy, Brooks and Yaz, et al compelled me to coin this one.  (“Monoteam” didn’t seem to have the same flow.)
FCR -  Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect guesses:  George Brett, Carl Yastrzemski, Larry Walker, Tony Gwynn, Nomar Garciaparra, Rod Carew, Paul Waner

THURSDAY
Q.        Who is the only player to win the Rookie of the Year Award and be named Most Valuable Player in the same season this century?
Hint:     One would have to say he had a very good year as he won his first Gold Glove ad Silver Slugger and was a starter in the All-Star Game.
Hint:     The same pitcher who surrendered his first professional home run was the same guy who first hit him with a pitch in the majors.
A.         ICHIRO SUZUKI
-  ROY & MVP 2001.  He received MVP votes in 9 of his 1st 10 seasons.  He did not, however, receive any more ROY votes.
-  GG was the first of 10 straight; the SS was the first of 3; and the ASG appearances was the first of 10 straight.
-  Hideo Nomo hit him with a pitch 02-May-2001 but it may have been in retaliation for the HR Ichiro hit off him 12-Jun-1993 when the Orix Blue Wave played the Kinetsu Buffaloes in Japan
FCR -  Mike Mattsey, Robinson, Illinois
Incorrect guesses:  Fred Lynn, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Kris Bryant, Cal Ripken, Arky Vaughn, I chirp, I hurl, I hurt, Jackie Robinson, Mike Trout

FRIDAY
Q.        Who was the first native of Brooklyn inducted to the Hall of Fame?
Hint:     He played for three teams in the Tri-State area, but had his best years for a team elsewhere.
Hint:     In fact, his first three seasons away from New York, his team won the championship. (A century later to be referred to as a “three-peat.”)
Hint:     In his five years “elsewhere” he had five Hall of Fame teammates who all played for a Hall of Fame manager.
A.         WEE WILLIE KEELER  [SABR Bio]
-     B. 03-Mar-1872 in Brooklyn, New York.
-     Won the NL championship with the Baltimore Orioles 1894, 95, 96, taking the silver in 1897 & 98 before returning to New York.  In those five seasons, he amassed well over 1,000 hits and hit .388, including his world-leading .424 in 1897.
Dan Brouthers, Hughie Jennings, Joe Kelley, John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson, and played for manager Ned Hanlon.
FCR -  Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect guesses:  Waite Hoyt, Frankie Frisch, Tony Lazzeri

SATURDAY
Q.        Who was the first American League player to score twice in a single inning  of World Series?
Hint:     Sports Illustrated once suggested in a cover story that the team he was on at the time, could possibly be the best of all time.
Hint:     His team’s professional level of play in that World Series, particularly—his—were believed by many to be the provenance of a future widely-held conviction that caprine forces on and beyond the field of play, were going to block future postseason success until lifted.
A.         AL SIMMONS  [SABR Bio]
-  1929 WS, G 4, b 7th inning.  Jimmie Foxx was the 2nd to do it, 2 seconds later.
-  SI 19-Aug-1996 issue.
-  The Billy Goat Curse
FCR -  Nels Johnston, St. Thomas, Ontario
Incorrect guesses:  Jimmy Dykes, Bobby Richardson, Babe Ruth, Johnny Damon, Joe Jackson, Brooks Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Earl Combs, Tris Speaker

SUNDAY
Q.        Whose record of 44 outfield assists in one season, is the MLB standard for the modern era?
Hint:     Only two other players even had more than 35 and they were in 1903 and 1907.
Hint:     That same year, he had two hitting streaks of 26 games and set the National League record for runs scored in a modern era season.
Hint:     He did all this for a last-place team.
A.         CHUCK KLEIN  [SABR Bio]
-  1930 was the big year.  Jimmy Sheckard had 36 in 1903 and Mike Mitchell had 39 in 1907.
-  His Phillies finished 8th out of 8 NL teams at 52-102, 40 G behind 1st-place STL.
FCR -  Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses:  Tris Speaker, Andre Dawson, Richie Ashburn


WEEKLY THEME – Players who amassed 200 hits a season for five or more consecutive years.  Number of hits bolded indicates led league; bolded & italicized indicate led majors.

Boggs = 8 yrs        With
1983........ 210.......... BOS
1984........ 203.......... BOS
1985........ 240 ......... BOS
1986........ 207.......... BOS**
1987........ 200.......... BOS
1988........ 214.......... BOS*
1989........ 205.......... BOS

Gehringer = 5 yrs... With
1933......... 204........ DET
1934......... 214........ DET**
1935......... 201........ DET***
1936......... 227........ DET
1937......... 209........ DET

Keeler = 8 YRS       With
1894......... 219........ BLN**
1895......... 213........ BLN**
1896......... 210........ BLN**
1897......... 239........ BLN
1898......... 216........ BLN
1899......... 216........ BRO**
1900......... 204........ BRO**
1901......... 202........ BRO

Klein = 5 yrs            With
1929......... 219........ PHI
1930......... 250........ PHI Tied for 6th highest all-time (didn’t even lead league)
1931......... 200........ PHI
1932......... 226........ PHI
1933......... 223........ PHI


1930......... 211........ PHA***
1931......... 200........ PHA**
1932......... 216........ PHA
1933......... 200........ CHW  His 253 in 1925 is the 5th highest all-time

Ichiro = 10 yrs____ With
2001......... 242........ SEA*
2002......... 208........ SEA
2003......... 212........ SEA
2004......... 262........ SEA All-time record for one season.
2005......... 206........ SEA
2006......... 224........ SEA
2007......... 238........ SEA
2008......... 213........ SEA
2009......... 225........ SEA
2010......... 214........ SEA

Young = 5 yrs......... With
2003......... 204........ TEX
2004......... 216........ TEX
2005......... 221........ TEX
2006......... 217........ TEX
2007......... 201........ TEX  Young led MLB again in 2011 w/TEX* w/213

*Won division
**Won pennant
***Won World Series

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Steve Berman, Bergenfield, New Jersey (After Young!)

Incorrect theme guesses:

Tuesday -  Players with at least 6 200 hit seasons
               -  Players with 4 or more consecutive seasons with 200+ hits since 1901
               -  Players with All-Star Game-winning hits

Thurs      -  2,000+ hits, >200 home runs, 5+ All-Star games, and a batting title
               -  AL batting champs with at least six 200 hit seasons.



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