28-Oct
through 10-Nov-2019
NOTE: What follows is a two-week theme. Finals answers and theme will be posted at
the end of the day on November 10.
Q. Who was the
only Rookie of the Year Award winner for the Redlegs?
Hint: He was the
first native of Texas to win a Gold Glove in the outfield.
Hint: He went to
college, but not to play baseball.
- His only GG in
1958. B. in Beaumont, Texas. Roy McMillan from
Texas had also won the year before, but at shortstop.
FCR - Steve Newton,
Newcastle, Delaware
Incorrect guesses: Vada
Pinson, Fred Lynn, Eric Davis, Chris Sabo, Tommy Helms
TUESDAY
Q. Which
All-Star pitcher lost no-hitters with two outs in the 9th inning THREE
times in a 12-month span?
Hint: He did,
however, win each game.
Hint: He added a
no-hitter to his resume the same year that Fernando Valenzuela did.
Hint: He was
briefly teammates with Mike Boddicker, Tuffy Rhodes and Bob Hamelin.
- Pitched a no-no 02-Sep-1990.
His was one of seven (7!) no-hitters pitched that season, including 2 on the same day!
- He then signed w/KCR 14-Jun-1993 but was
released 31-Jul-1993 and played for KCR’s AAA Omaha Royals before being released. His teammates there included Boddicker,
Rhodes & Hamelin.
FCR - Samuel Gazdziak, Johns Creek, Georgia
Incorrect guesses: Dave Stewart, David Cone, Mark Langston,
Dennis Martinez, Tom Seaver, Terry Mulholland, Steve Busby, Nolan Ryan,
Jim Palmer
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which player hit at least one home run
every year from 1963-85?
Hint: He was the first full-time designated
hitter to record 100 RBI in a season.
Hint: He was an early advocate of wearing batting
gloves.
- Never played a season without hitting a home
run.
- Some believe that success he had at bat is the
reason batting gloves are in such wide use today
FCR - Eric Savage, New York City
Incorrect
guesses: Tony Perez, Ron Fairly, Darrell
Evans, Pete Rose, Willie Stargell, Harmon Killebrew, Dick Stuart, Carl
Yastrzemski, Orlando Cepeda, Tommy Davis, Harold Baines, Joe Morgan Edgar
Martinez, Willie McCovey
THURSDAY
Q. Who managed the team that drew the
highest single-season attendance in major league history?
Hint: He was also the first player to get a hit
in the first game Ken Kaiser ever umpired.
Hint: He was the first American League player to
appear as designated hitter in the World Series for different teams.
- Hit a double in the top of the 1st 06-Apr-1977.
Kaiser was the 3rd base ump.
It was also the first major league game ever played in Seattle’s Kingdome.
- WS DH for 1986 BOS & 1987 MIN.
FCR - David Krassin, Los Angeles
Incorrect
guesses: Walt Alston, Cito Gaston, Clint
Hurdle, Hank Bauer, Tommy Lasorda, Hal McRae, Paul Molitor
FRIDAY
Q. Who did the Cardinals package with Garry
Templeton in order to acquire Ozzie Smith from the Padres?
Hint: He was the first Brewer to hit a grand slam
on Opening Day.
Hint: He was the first Brewer to hit two grand
slams on Opening Days.
Hint: He is the first player to win the Gold
Glove in the outfield for the Brewers.
- 10-Dec-1981:
Lezcano was traded by STL with a PTBNL and Templeton to SDP for a different PTBNL, Steve Mura and Ozzie Smith. The Pads sent Al Olmsted (19-Feb-1982) to STL to complete the trade. The Cards sent Luis DeLeon (19-Feb-1982) to SDP to complete the trade. Got that?
- 1979 GG
FCR - Rich Ottone, Sykesville, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Ben Oglivie, Larry Hisle, Rick
Manning
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who was the first player after Stan Musial
to play 1,000 games in the outfield and 1,000 games in the infield?
Hint: His only times as an All-Star were in his
16th and 20th seasons.
Hint: He has the most career home runs while
never hitting 20 in a season.
Hint: He had the last plate appearance, at-bat,
hit and RBI in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Hint: He played for both major league teams in
Canada.
Hint: He played for twelve seasons under manager
Walt Alston, but never played in Brooklyn.
Hint: He is the only player to hit his first and
last major league home run on the same date, twenty years apart.
- 1,037 G = LF +CF + RF; 1,218 G @ 1b. Since accomplished by Peter Rose and Robin
Yount.
- Highest HR years was 19 in 1977, but he never
had a year with 0 in 21 seasons.
- Played in MON 1969-74 and TOR in 1977. In each case it was the first season for each
expansion team.
- Began his MLB career with LAD in 1958.
FCR - S R Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Bill Russell
SATURDAY
Q. What Houston-born outfielder graduated
from the same Oakland, California high school as Grammy-winning rap star MC
Hammer?
Hint: He once said, "I am pleased that God
made my skin black, but I wish he had made it thicker."
Hint: He quit the Senators and retired the same
day Hank Aaron hit his 600th career home run.
- McClymonds
High School
in Oakland has a long list of famous alumni, including, but not limited to,
Frank Robinson and Vada Pinson.
FCR - Bob Flynn, Chandler, Arizona
Incorrect
guesses: Vada Pinson, Lenny Randle,
Granny Hamner, Frank Robinson
SUNDAY
Q. What Memphis-born outfielder attended
the same Oakland, California high school as did Hall of Famer Ernie Lombardi?
Hint: He led the majors in doubles in his first
TWO full seasons.
Hint: Those were his only All-Star seasons in a
lengthy career, but he made four All-Star squads.
Hint: A one-time St. Louis Cardinal, no one else
struck out more against Sandy Koufax than he did.
Hint: He was teammates with Don Newcombe and
George Brett.
- McClymonds
High School
in Oakland has a long list of famous alumni, including, but not limited to, Lee
Lacy and Willie Tasby.
- Hit 47 2Bs in 1959 & 37
in 1960.
- AS in 1959 & 1960, both games each year.
- Played for STL in 1969, well after Koufax had retired, but the damage
had been done. 34 career K against K.
- Played with Newk on 1958-60 CIN and with Brett
1974-75 KCR. Also shared a major league
bench with Johnny Bench, Joe Torre, Steve Carlton, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan,
Tony Perez, Bob Gibson & Lou Brock.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Cookie Rojas, Tommy Davis
MONDAY
Q. Who is the only second baseman since Nap
Lajoie in 1901 to win an American League home run title?
Hint: A Michigan-born infielder, he attended the
same California high school as Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon.
Hint: He won four consecutive Gold Gloves but
didn’t win his first Silver Slugger Award until eight years after his first
Gold Glove.
- Tied for the 1981 AL HR title with Tony Armas,
Dwight Evans, Eddie Murray in the strike-shortened season of 1981 w/22 each.
- GG 1973-76; Silver Slugger 1981
FCR - Mike Eisenbath, St. Charles, Missouri
Incorrect
guesses: Jeff Kent, Dave Johnson, Dick
McAuliffe, Lou Whitaker, Joe Gordon, Brian Dozier, Robinson Cano
TUESDAY
Q. Who is the only player to lead the
majors in stolen bases for an expansion franchise in its first year of
existence?
Hint: He was the first infielder to join the
thirty/thirty club.
Hint: He was the first Red Sox player since Tris
Speaker in 1912 to steal fifty bases in a season.
FCR - J.P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Tony Conigliaro, Howard Johnson,
Edgar Renteria
WEDNESDAY
Q. What one-time L.A. Dodger is the last
player to hit two home runs in an All-Star game?
Hint: The year he led the league in runs batted
in, he won the third of his five Silver Slugger Awards.
Hint: He once spoiled a perfect game, not by
getting a hit but by getting hit.
- Carter’s HBP blemished in Bob Forsch’s
no-hitter 26-Sep-1983.
(The very next batter reached via error, further, you know… blemishing.)
FCR - James Higgins, Bethesda, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Jim Thome, Steve Garvey
THURSDAY
Q. Who is the only catcher in MLB history
to walk 120 times in a single season? (Min
85% of games at catcher.)
Hint: He never struck out in ALCS competition in
spite of racking up almost forty at-bats.
Hint: He and a Texas Ranger teammate once hit back-to-back
9th-inning pinch-hit home runs.
- On 01-Sep-1986 Oddibe McDowell & Porter hit consecutive
HR pinch-hitting for Steve Buechele & Toby Harrah respectively. Wasn’t enough.
FCR - Dr. Charles Fouche, Dalton, Georgia
Incorrect
guesses: Gene Tenace, Mickey Tettleton,
Ivan Rodriguez, Darrell Evans, Mike Napoli, Mike Stanley
FRIDAY
Q. Who has a last name that is a minor
holiday but matches exactly that of his last manager in the majors?
Hint: He founded a drug rehab center in
California after his retirement.
Hint: He and Darryl Strawberry attended the same
high school.
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Luke Easter, Bobby Valentine,
Fred Valentine
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first player to hit a double
and home run in the same inning TWICE during his career?
Hint: His first career home run was off a
first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Hint: He was the first player to hit thirty home
runs in a season for the Seattle Mariners.
- Homered off Jim Palmer 15-Apr-1973
FCR - Joe O’Neill, London, Ontario
Incorrect
guesses: Ken Griffey, Jr., Jay Buhner, Rupert
Jones, Alvin Davis, Edgar Martinez
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. What lefty was drafted by major league
teams three times in the FIRST rounds of drafts?
Hint: He was the last position player to go seven
years and 208 days between hits in the majors.
Hint: One of his managers was the all-time home
run champion.
FCR - Jeff Frost, Gilbertville, Iowa
Incorrect
guesses: Dave Winfield, Rick Ankiel
SUNDAY
Q. What one-time Yankee hit fifteen home
runs the same year that his overall hit total was fewer than fifty?
Hint: His brother and his son played in the
majors, his brother also being a successful major league manager.
Hint: He was once ejected from the game after
being hit by a pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded,
apparently ending the game, only to have the umpire rule that he hadn’t attempted
to avoid the pitch.
- Brother Ron was an outfielder for 6 teams in 8 seasons
then managed MIL 2011-15. His
son Josh pitched for 4 teams over 6 seasons.
- Non-HBP G = 12-Sep-1987 for ATL. He was pinch-hitting for Rick Mahler but
ended up striking out. Ken Griffey won the G for ATL w/2B in the 10th.
FCR
- Steve Berman, Bergenfield, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Clete Boyer, David Bell, Shelley
Duncan, Ray Boone, Aaron Boone, Bob Boone, Frank Torre
Player Original Signing Team
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Dan Massey, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
(After Staub ! )
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - MLB All
Stars who attended the same high school as different MLB All Stars
Thur - Players
born in one state, but graduated high school from a different state.... Maybe
with more than one All-Star appearance
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