Q. What Hall of
Fame hurler led his league in bases-on-balls surrendered, a record eight times?
Hint: Three of the
first five batters he faced in his career are now Hall of Famers.
Hint: He led the
American League in strikeouts nine times, another of his records.
- He is also the leader
in career BB.
- Replaced Dick Selma
in the 6th on 11-Sep-1966
and faced Pat Jarvis, Felipe Alou & Eddie Mathews. In the 7th, his first 2 opponents
were Hank Aaron & Joe Torre.
- Led AL in K in
1972, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 89 & 90.
FCR - David Paulson,
Columbia, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Bob
Feller, Bert Blyleven, Randy Johnson
MONDAY BONUS
Q. Which Hall
of Famer was the last National League pitcher to post six consecutive twenty-win
seasons in the same six years he had twenty complete games?
Hint: He
surrendered home runs to all three Alou brothers.
Hint: Baseball is
not the only sport that he played professionally.
- 20+ W & CG 1967-72.
- HRs to the Alous...to Felipe: 25-Apr-1968; to Matty: 05-Sep-1971; to Jesus: 23‑Jul‑1967, 01-May-1973.
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Bob Gibson Warren Spahn, Robin Roberts, Steve
Carlton, Juan Marichal, Greg Maddux
TUESDAY
Q. Who was the first native of continental
Europe named to an All-Star team?
Hint: He was voted into the Hall after 13 years
on the “almost” list.
Hint: His yakker seriously yakked.
- His curveball was legendary.
FCR - Benjamin Chase, Huron, South Dakota
Incorrect guesses:
TUESDAY BONUS
Q. What pitcher converted multiple, regular-season,
save opportunities on the same day, but in different stadiums?
Hint: His cousin played nine seasons in the
majors.
Hint: He was abandoned by his teammates at a
critical time.
- In early July of 2000, NYM & NYY played a home-and-home double header. Rivera saved the wins for NYY in both G: 08-Jul-2000(1) & 08-Jul-2000(2). That fall, those same teams met in the WS.
- In the 2013 ASG in the Mets’ Citi Field, Rivera took the mound
replacing Steve Delabar to begin the bottom of the 8th inning. All 8 of his defensive AS teammates remained
in the dugout for several minutes so that he alone could receive the roaring adulation of the 45,186
fans in attendance.
FCR - Victor Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, New York
Incorrect
guesses:
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which one-time Mariner threw the second
of the only two perfect games ever thrown against the Dodgers franchise during
the regular season?
Hint: It was the 20th century’s last
perfect game thrown by a National Leaguer.
Hint: CC Sabathia (who is scheduled to pitch on
Saturday, July 6) is only two behind him on the all-time home runs surrendered
list.
- Martinez gave up 372 HR; Sabathia is holding
steady at 370.
FCR - Andy Milner, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Jamie Moyer, Phillip Humber, Randy Johnson
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Which modern day port-sider had over thirty
career plate appearances combined facing eight different Hall of Famers, never
striking out against any of them?
Hint: He led the majors in (throwing) strikeouts
in his rookie season.
Hint: He was the first player to be awarded $1M
through salary arbitration.
- 180 K in strike-shortened 1981
- Record-breaking arbitration year was 1983, $
awarded by LAD
FCR - Dennis Bartel, La Verne, California
Incorrect
guesses: Nolan Ryan, Catfish Hunter,
Mark Langston
THURSDAY
Q. After Nolan Ryan in 1974, who was the
next Angels’ pitcher to earn twenty wins in a season?
Hint: He threw the 20th century’s last
one-hitter.
Hint: He once had ten wins for teams in each
league in the same season.
Hint: He has played for eleven major league teams
and has hit a home run for all but ten of them.
FCR - David Krassin, Los Angeles
Incorrect
guesses: Frank Tanana, Andy Messersmith,
Mark Clear, Chuck Finley
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. What one-time Detroit Tiger threw a
no-hitter in Denver?
Hint: He was the author of the first no-hitter
ever thrown at OPACY.
Hint: This one-time Milwaukee Brewer is the only
pitcher to throw a no-hitter before and after he played for the New York Mets.
Hint: He led the majors in wild pitches as a
rookie.
- Only no-hitter ever thrown at the major league
level in Denver 17-Sep-1996.
Played for DET in 2000.
FCR - J.P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect
guesses:
FRIDAY
Q. Whose nickname was a Greek god?
Hint: That he was ambidextrous is unambiguous.
Hint: He has more career pitching wins than Hall
of Famers Red Ruffing, Burleigh Grimes, Mike Mussina, Jim Palmer, Ted
Lyons, Red Faber, Carl Hubbell or Bob Gibson, but he is not yet in the Hall.
- “Apollo of the Box”. He was also called “The Count”. He did NOT lack self-confidence.
- Many feel he’s been overlooked for Hall
enshrinement.
FCR - Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect guesses: Adonis Terry, Jim Kaat, Milt Pappas
FRIDAY BONUS
Q. Who surrendered more hits that any
pitcher in the history of the Federal League?
Hint: He got the only MVP votes of his 23-year career
in his 21st season.
Hint: He led his league in games finished in
seasons twenty years apart.
- Pitching for the Baltimore Terrapins 1914-15,
he gave up 624 hit to opposing batters.
- Received 6.0 voting points to tie w/Jumbo
Elliott for 17th in the 1931 NL MVP race, the season before the writers
began awarding he MVP as we know it today.
- Had 19 GF for NYY in 1911 to lead the AL as
did his 29 in 1931. His 32 in 1932 led
MLB.
FCR - Damian Begley, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Phil Niekro, Mordecai Brown
TGIF BONUS
Q. Who was the first Caribbean-born player
to receive Hall of Fame votes?
Hint: The year he won the most games of any
pitcher in the majors was the season immediately after he had lost more games
than any other pitcher in the majors.
Hint: He once surrendered home runs to Hall of
Fame brothers in the same inning.
- Got 1 HOF vote in 1937
- Won 27 in ’23 after losing 23 in ’22.
FCR - Bill Deane, Cooperstown
Incorrect guesses: Juan Marichal, Luis Tiant, Fergie Jenkins
SATURDAY
Q. Who surrendered the home run that broke
the record for most home runs in a season the last time it was broken?
Hint: He switched agents from Boras to Borris.
Hint: The season he had his best total of
pitching wins, he compiled the National League’s best mark of fewest hits per
nine innings.
Hint: He passed Hideo Nomo for most wins in an
increasingly large category.
- HR #71 to Barry Bonds, bottom of the 1st
on 05-Oct-2001, to break the record set by Mark McGwire
in 1998. He surrendered #72 to Bonds 2
innings later. The 73rd broke
the record of 72, and 72nd broke 71, but Park gets used here too
because the 71st broke McGwire's record.
Sorry, Dennis Springer, you don’t fit the theme.
- Scott Boras was his agent. It is now Jeff Borris.
- His victory win total is 124, one more than
Nomo’s for most by an Asian-born pitcher.
FCR - Kevin Mix, Chicago
Incorrect
guesses: Shayne Bennett, Al Downing,
Camilo Pascual, Kenta Maeda
SATURDAY BONUS
Q. Who holds the Oakland A’s record for
consecutive saves?
Hint: He is known to shout at himself while on
the mound and use “colourful language” to fire himself up.
Hint: Some have interpreted his dour demeanor on
the mound as his response to the universe having saddled him with a most
unfortunate last name for anyone in his particular profession.
Hint: He is the all-time leader in saves and
career strikeouts for a player born below the equator.
- 44 straight saves
- 84 sv & 571 K
- He swears in Australian (pronounced “strine”).
- Born in Glenwood, New South Wales, Australia
FCR - Lewis Rubman, Oakland
Incorrect
guesses: Mike Blowers, Sean Doolittle, Al
Hrabosky, Dennis Eckersley
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Which former Cubs pitcher played for a
record fourteen major league teams without ever pitching in the Federal League?
Hint: His birthplace is less than 10 minutes from
that of Albert Einstein.
Hint: He was the youngest player in the National
League in his first two seasons.
Hint: He was drafted as an outfielder, based much
on a throw to home plate that scouts saw him make.
- Now w/TOR, he has labored for LAD, TBD/TBR, DET, ARI, CHW, STL, WSN X2, CHC, ATL, MIA, SDP, BAL, & OAK. Has seen playoff action w/3 of them and WS w/TBR
in 2008
& STL in 2011
- Jackson's high school coach Brian McCall
remembers the throw: “It was close to the wall—close to 400 feet!” he said. “Edwin threw a dart to home plate. There was no bounce, no nothing. It was a straight line drive probably at 95
miles per hour. It was incredible.” Shortly after the game, the Jacksons received
a phone call from a major league scout saying they wanted to draft Jackson.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Mike Morgan, Terry Mulholland,
SUNDAY
Q. Who is the most recent player to be
ejected in a World Series game?
Hint: He pitched a game seven League Championship
Series shutout.
Hint: He got into the playoffs twice with one avian
team but got a ring with another.
- Ejection 25-10-1987,
G 6 of WS.
FCR - Evan Thompson, Mesa
Incorrect
guesses: Joaquin Andujar, John Tudor,
Roy Halladay, Chris Carpenter, Jimmy Key
THE
WEEK’S FINALE
Q. What starter turned reliever was
nicknamed “The Ebony Whip“?
Hint: He couldn’t get past the six-win hurdle his
first four years in the majors so was traded and didn’t get fewer than ten
wins in each of the next four seasons.
Hint: At twenty years old, he won his first World
Series ring his first season in the Bigs.
- Nickname was originally in Spanish: “El
Látigo de Ébano” because of his outstanding play in the Puerto Rican Winter
League. When the PCWL inducted its first
class Hall of Fame class in 1991, Pizarro was one of the 10 in that original group.
- Won 5, 6, 6 & 6 then won 14, 12, 16 &
19.
FCR - S.R. Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Ewell Blackwell
WEEKLY THEME – Pitching
leaders for every qualifying country, based on years of MLB service. Countries are not included if they had no
pitcher with at least ten seasons played.
(Please!—No lectures on whether Puerto Rico is a country. Even THEY do not now.)
Balfour................ Australia.............. 12
Blyleven.............. Netherlands........ 22
Colon.................. D. R..................... 21
Cox..................... UK....................... 11
Jackson.............. Germany............. 17
Jenkins............... Canada............... 19
Luque.................. Cuba................... 20
Martinez.............. Nicaragua........... 23
Mullane............... Ireland................. 13
Nomo.................. Japan.................. 12
Park.................... Korea.................. 17
Pizarro................ Puerto Rico......... 17
Quinn............... Slovakia*........... 23
Rivera................. Panama.............. 19
Ryan................... USA..................... 27
Valenzuela.......... Mexico................ 17
*Was called Austria-Hungary.at
the time of his birth.
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Tom Lee, Nashville (after Park [and
after many tries])
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Members
of 1969 Mets
- Questions
from the SABR 49 trivia contest
Tuesday - Hall of
Fame pitchers who pitched for the Texas Rangers
- Pitchers
who led their leagues in hrs allowed, yearly, or career.
- HOFers
who played for Rangers
- Hall
of Fame Texas Rangers pitchers of the 70s
- Career
strikeout leaders by country
- Pitchers
with over 3000 career K’s and over 500 in each league
- Pitchers
who have most career strikeouts from their country of birth
- Pitchers
who pitched on opening day for the Rangers
- Pitchers
with most base on balls from their country of origin
Wed. - Pitchers
from countries represented in the 2018 U-18 World Baseball Cup with the most
career strikeouts from their birthplace nation.
- Pitchers
with most career strikeouts from various countries.
- The
first pitcher from each country to something. Maybe involving strikeouts
- Season
leaders pitching strikeouts
- The
leading strikeout pitchers from every country to birth a major league pitcher
- The
most no-hitters by pitchers born in various countries
- The
most career bases on balls, or lowest hits/9 innings for pitchers from various
countries
Thurs - Nine
highest strikeout totals by pitchers from different nationalities
- Players
who pitched into their 40s and all had 200+ wins
Friday - The pitchers with the most career
strikeouts born in each nation that has birthed a major league pitcher.
Sat - Most career wild pitches by pitchers from
various countries.
Saturday - Theme must be winningest pitchers from various
countries.
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