Q. Who is the
only player to play for the same franchise in three different cities?
Hint: He is the
batter pictured on the first ever issue of Sport Illustrated.
Hint: He and one
of his teammates hit more home runs than any other pair of major league
teammates.
- BSN 1952; MLN
1953-65; ATL 1966
- His HR 421 +
Aaron’s 442 = 863 (4 more than Ruth & Gehrig)
FCR - Bill Chuck,
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Incorrect guesses: Henry
Aaron, Joe Adcock, Harmon Killebrew, Ted Williams, Vern Stephens
TUESDAY
Q. Who had just
tied Hector Lopez for the longest hitting streak by a Kansas City A’s player
when he was forthwith traded for Roger Maris?
Hint: He was the
first player to win a Gold Glove at first base for multiple teams.
Hint: He once hit
a leadoff and a walk-off home run in the same game.
- 22 G straight, from 28-May to 15-Jun-1958; Traded w/Woodie Held to CLE by KCA in exchange for Roger Maris, Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward.
- Actually won GGs while toiling for 4 different
teams. He split the 1958 season between KCA & CLE and won a GG.
Won 3 more w/CLE in 1959-61. Won twice
again for MIN in 1962-63 and won it for a final time 1964, splitting
that season with MIN & LAA.
FCR - Jess Forrest, Chicago
Incorrect guesses: Norm Siebern
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who is the only catcher to win three
World Series championships with the Dodgers?
Hint: Pitchers like to work with him because he
was good taking at-bats was getting better at taking bats.
Hint: He even passed Hall of Fame Dodger legend,
Roy Campanella in number of games caught for the franchise.
- Famous dust-up fending off a bat-wielding Juan
Marichal. The elite Dodgers of his time
preferred him because of his knowledge of the game, his skill at calling
strikes, his mastery of ‘framing’ borderline pitches in favor of his pitcher,
but maybe stronger. than any other asset was his control of the defense, of the
game. Pitchers who worked with both say
he was the equal of Campanella, except on offense.
- Played 1,220 G @ C for BRO/LAD
FCR - Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect guesses: Steve Yeager
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who is the only Minnesota Twin batter to
hit a home run in his first World Series at-bat?
Hint: He is the only player to hit more than
fifteen home runs for the Seattle Pilots.
Hint: Who is the only player to play for both
Senators teams, the Twins and the Rangers?
FCR - Barry Nelson, Guilderland, New York
Incorrect guesses: Bob Allison, Jimmy Hall
THURSDAY
Q. Who was served divorce papers the same
day he pitched the game of his life?
Hint: He is the only pitcher to suffer 20 losses
in a season for the Baltimore Orioles.
Hint: He came one out (one pitch, really) from
winning his third World Series ring.
FCR - Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect
guesses:
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. Who is the only Bahamian to play a
decade in The Bigs?
Hint: He recorded the last putout at the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Hint: He replaced Ernie Banks at shortstop.
FCR - Lawrence Creeden, Boulder City, Nevada
Incorrect
guesses: Don Kessinger, Jerry Kendall
FRIDAY
Q. Who was six feet tall at age eleven and
wisely carried his birth certificate with him so skeptical coaches would accept
his age eligibility?
Hint: In spite of his baseball prowess at an
early age, his Norse father constantly harped on him, saying, “In Norway young
men worked hard learning to be shipbuilders or fishermen or engineers and
didn’t waste time fooling with bats and balls.”
Hint: In his first game in his first season with
the team where he won three rings, his teammate threw a perfect game.
Hint: He had Hall of Fame teammates on every team
he played for in his sixteen-year major league career.
- His father got converted to the game when one
of Joe’s minor league stops was his own hometown (Modesto, CA) and Dad got to see Joe play.
- HOF teammates included Reggie Jackson, Catfish
Hunter, Nolan Ryan, Luke Appling (Mgr.), Rod Carew, Jim Rice, Dennis
Eckersley, Dick Williams (Mgr) & Rickey Henderson.
FCR - Kevin Mix, Chicago
Incorrect
guesses: Jimmy Wiggs, Dave Kingman,
David Wells, Frank Howard, Irv Noren, Matty McIntyre
SABR 49 BONUS
Q. What USC alumnus got a law degree, but
eventually went on to a prosperous career in pharmacology.
Hint: He once even bounced a knife-wielding
would-be robber from his pharmacy.
Hint: His last name is the same as the most
famous person’s who is native to his parents’ home country.
Hint: He was the leadoff hitter for the Tigers
the first time they won the American League pennant.
Hint: He caught the last fly ball out before the
start of World War I.
Hint: He doesn’t really have a famous locker and
was never in the original synthetic boy band.
- Of Welch descent with the name Jones, it’s not
hard to bring to mind native of Wales, heartthrob Tom
Jones
with his powerful
vocals.
- After a 3-year hiatus, he returned for one game w/DET at the end of the 1918
season, shortened because of the onset of the U.S.’s entry into the war in
Europe.
- “Davy Jones’s Locker” is a metaphor used by
sailors to represent the bottom of the sea, a place where career sea men should
never be.
FCR - Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect
guesses: Scott Brosius
SATURDAY
Q. What former Padre was Chicken?
Hint: He was the last-active member of an
ill-fated expansion team.
Hint: He stole the very last base ever for that
expansion club.
- Nickname was “Chicken”; played for SDP in 1972.
Unfortunate to be around friars if you’re a pullet, eh?
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Wade Boggs, George Theodore
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. What player, who played for the Senators
and Mariners, did Gary Carter throw out three times on what would become Jackie
Robinson Day?
Hint: He successfully attacked his manager for replacing
him in the line-up, meaning the attack was successful, not the lineup change.
Hint: His replacement played 157 games at his
position that same year.
Hint: That attack really blew his chance to be
remembered for anything else in his twelve-year major league career. [Or did it?]
- Randle attacked his TEX Manager Frank Lucchesi
in the last of spring training, 28-Mar-1977, in Orlando. Lucchesi was hospitalized and later sued
Randle for $200,000. The case was
settled out of court.
- His replacement on TEX was Bump Wills, son of
Maury, who finished 3rd in ROY voting for the 1977
season.
- On 27-May-1981, playing 3B, Mariner Randle dropped to
his hands and knees seeing that an Amos Otis tapper was going to roll fair, and
BLEW the ball foul before it reached 3B.
[No. It’s not allowed.]
FCR - J.P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Gary Templeton, Oscar Gamble, Jeff
Burroughs, Tommy Harper, Bump Wills, Bryce Harper
SUNDAY
Q. Which Georgetown alum was the last
Canadian born major leaguer to play for both Montreal and Toronto during his
career?
Hint: He was drafted by and played for the Padres.
Hint: Though difficult to achieve so precisely,
his seven years in the majors produced a WAR of exactly 0.0.
Hint: He was on the Canadian national baseball
team in the 2004 Olympics.
Hint: On 09-Apr-2007, the Washington Post
reported, “…there's no question (he) has been the Washington Nationals’ best
starting pitcher.”
- Attended Georgetown
District HS (Georgetown, Ontario); Played for MON in 2004; Played
for TOR 2010,
2012.
- Although drafted by SDP in the 33rd
round of the 1999 amateur draft, he did not sign, but started 3 G for them 2009 after
signing on with them as a free agent.
- [Career
record]
- The Canadian team finished 4th,
just out of the medals at the 2004 Olympics.
- Post article
FCR - Dennis Bartel, La Verne, California
Incorrect
guesses: Dave Tomlin
WEEKLY THEME – Select 20th
century players who debuted with a team in the last season before it
moved to another city. Thanks to Rick
Tharp of Gaithersburg, Maryland for this theme idea.
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Steve Klitzner, North Miami Beach (After
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Batter
whose HR was followed by 3 consecutive HRs by teammates—so that there were a
total of 4 HR in a row. Matthews did it
with Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and the first Frank Thomas circa 1961
Tuesday - Players
who were active the longest after their team moved to another city
Thurs - Players
who played in at least 4 cities, first two of which were for the same franchise
that moved.
Friday - Last
active members of the last teams to change cities before 1961 expansion
- Finished
their careers in cities unrelated to their franchise's move
Sunday - Played
for team in LAST year in a particular city before moving.
- Played
for at least one expansion team
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