Q. Who is the only
member of The Big Red Machine to twice lead the majors in batting average?
Hint: His final
Hall of Fame vote yielded less than 5%.
Hint: Nobody ever had
more career plate appearances than he did.
- Hit .335 in 1968
(The Year of the Pitcher?) and .348 in 1969.
He also led the NL in 1973 w/.338.
- Received 4.2% of HOF
votes in 1994.
- Holds the all-time
record for career PAs @ 15,890 (The next closest player had almost 2,000
fewer!)
FCR - Lincoln Mitchel,
New York City
Incorrect guesses: Dave
Concepcion
TUESDAY
Q. Whose record of most
home runs hit by a pitcher on Opening Day did Madison Bumgarner tie?
Hint: One season,
he (not MadBum) homered in five of his pitching victories.
Hint: He had a
canine nickname.
A. DON
DRYSDALE [SABR
Bio]
- 2 OD HRs on 11-Apr-1959 & 12-Apr-1965. MadBum hit 2 in the same OD G 02-Apr-2017.
- Nickname was “Airedale”. Handsome Airedale terriers were originally bred to serve as
versatile hunting and working farm dogs.
In Britain they have also been used as a war dogs, guide dogs and police
dogs.
*Hit off Hall of Famer Warren Spahn.
FCR - Ken Kirk, Corning, New York
Incorrect guesses: Don Newcombe, Wes Ferrell, Greg Maddux, Tony
Cloninger, Wes Ferrell, Red Ruffing, Orel Hershiser, Jim Tobin
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who was the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy,
the Golden Spikes Award, was named the Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year,
the Sporting News Player of the Year was a consensus All-American and
named his college conference Player of the Year in the same year?
Hint: He and his brother were both drafted in the
first round the same year.
Hint: He was the MVP of the only major league
All-Star game he ever played in.
A. J.D. DREW
- Won the 1997 Dick Howser Trophy and the 1997 Golden Spikes Award, was named the 1997
Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, the 1997 Sporting News Player of the Year, was a consensus
All-American (1997) and was named the 1997 ACC Player of the Year.
- In the 1997 June Amateur Draft, he was taken 2nd
overall by PHI. His
brother Tim was taken 28th by CLE. A
third brother, Stephen, had a 12-year MLB career.
- ASG MVP 2008.
FCR - J. D. Higgins, Bethesda
Incorrect
guesses: Bo Jackson, Andy Benes, Pete
Incaviglia, Buddy Bell, Buster Posey, Justin Upton, Jered Weaver, Melvin
Upton, Jeff Conine
THURSDAY
Q. What Texan’s nickname is the major league team
he played for?
Hint: He was the first player to hit three
triples in a nine-inning game for his franchise since Gabby Harnett was a rookie.
Hint: Before
he turned 25 years of age, he became the first major league player to hit five
grand slams in one season.
A. ERNIE BANKS [SABR Bio]
- “Mr. Cub”—only team he played for in MLB.
- 3 X 3b = 11-Jun-1966—at age 35 no less! Charlie Hollocher hit 3 3B for CHC on 13-Aug-1922.
- 5 Grand Slams in 1955 = 11-May; 29-May; 17-Jul (1); 02-Aug; and 19-Sep. These
were the 1st 5 he hit. He hit
7 more during the remaining 16 years of his career.
FCR - Tom Hablitzel, Hudson, Ohio
Incorrect
guesses: Larry Parrish, Ken Landreaux,
Dave Philley
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. Who played on a major league team with his son
in four games at the turn of the century?
Hint: His drug issue almost derailed a Hall of
Fame career.
Hint: He was given a lithological nickname.
A. TIM RAINES [SABR Bio]
- Hooked on cocaine, he entered and successfully
completed a drug rehab program after the 1982 season. Expo teammate Andre Dawson
was instrumental in keeping him on the straight and narrow.
FCR - David Krassin, Los Angeles
Incorrect
guesses: Ken Griffey, Jim O’Rourke,
"Kenesaw Mountain" Landis, Latty Berra, Connie Mack, Roger Clemens
THURSDAY THRICE
Q. Who is the only forty-year-old player to steal
forty bases in a season?
Hint: He once joined an exclusive club by
stealing five bases in a single game.
Hint: He managed for a little more than two
seasons in the National League but was never over .500.
Hint: He taught a famous base-stealing Hall of
Fame teammate how to tie a necktie.
A. DAVEY LOPES
- Stole 47 bases in 1985, 42 of which were after
his May 3 birthday.
- 5 SB = 24-Aug-1974
- Managed MIL 2000-2002 and went 144-195 (.425)
- Taught Rickey Henderson how to tie a necktie
when they played together on OAK 1982-84.
FCR - Mark Mapes, Madison, Wisconsin
Incorrect
guesses: Alvin Dark, Max Carey, Burt
Shotton, Rickey Henderson, Maury Wills, Lou Brock, Jim Thome
FRIDAY
Q. What Cleveland Indian homered only to have
three consecutive teammates homer behind him?
Hint: After striking out once, he threw his batting
helmet in frustration and hit his Hall of Fame manager.
Hint: On the occasion of his franchise’s
centennial, he was named one of their top 100 players.
Hint: He played for a World Series winning team
but did not see any postseason action—then or any year.
A. WOODY HELD [SABR Bio]
- HR X 4 = 6th inning, 31-Jul-1963. W/2
out, #8 hitter Held hit a bomb to left field. He was followed by pitcher Pedro Ramos, who hit his 2nd of the game (had only
3 all year). The parade continued with
leadoff hitter Tito Francona.
Finally… SS Larry Brown, just cleared the left field fence w/the 1st
HR of his career. This
was the 2nd such occurrence in MLB history and the
1st in the AL. Angels’
pitcher Paul Foytack could only laugh. “What else is there to do but laugh?” he
said. “I was glad to get out of there
alive. It’s the first time I ever was
cheered by the fans after leaving the mound on being knocked out.”
- After striking out in a 1959 game, Held threw
his helmet in the dugout. It bounced and
struck manager Joe Gordon in the leg.
Gordon chastised Held who responded by cursing. It cost Held $200 and a public apology. Both reconciled soon thereafter.
- Top 100 Greatest Indians: Released in 2001 and updated regularly.
- He played for WS champs BAL in 1966.
He also appeared in a single G for AL champs NYY in 1957, but was not
named to their post-season roster.
FCR - Joe O’Neill, London, Ontario
Incorrect
guesses: Albert Belle, Jim Thome, Rocky
Colavito
TGIF BONUS
Q. Who, as a scout with the Baltimore Orioles, is
credited with discovering Jim Palmer and Dave McNally?
Hint: No player had more teammates later elected
to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: He was once traded for the National
League’s recently-crowned all-time single-season home run king.
A. BURLEIGH GRIMES [SABR Bio]
- Scouting info gleaned from Grimes’s Wikipedia
page.
- Grimes’s HOF teammates—36 total plus 3
non-playing HOF managers; tied with Waite Hoyt, who was, by symmetrical coincidence, also a
teammate of his. Jason Stark of ESPN
claims that Hoyt is the real winner because Leo Durocher only made the Hall as
a manager.
(3) - PIT
1916-17: 1 Max Carey, 2 Honus Wagner, 3 High Pockets Kelly
(4) - BRO 1918-26: [Mgr. Wilbert
Robinson], 4 Zack Wheat, 5 Rube Marquard, 6 Dazzy Vance, 7 Rabbit Maranville
(3) - PIT 1928-29: 12 Pie Traynor, 13 Paul Waner, 14 Lloyd Waner
(1) - BSN 1930: [Mgr.
Bill McKechnie], 15 George Sisler
(5) - STL 1930-31: 16 Dizzy Dean, 17 Frankie Frisch, 18 Jesse Haines, 19 Jim Bottomley, 20 Chick Hafey
(3) - CHC 1932-33: 21 Gabby Hartnett, 22 Kiki Cuyler, 23 Billy Herman
(2) - STL 1933-34: 24 Leo Durocher, 25 Joe Medwick, 26 Rogers Hornsby
(7) - NYY 1934: [Mgr.
Joe McCarthy], 27 Babe Ruth, 28 Lou Gehrig, 29 Bill Dickey, 30 Lefty Gomez, 31 Tony Lazzeri, 32 Red Ruffing, 33 Earle Combs
(3) - PIT 1934: 34 Arky Vaughan, 35 Freddie Lindstrom, 36 Waite Hoyt
- On 11-Dec-1931 he was traded by the STL to CHC
for Bud Teachout and Hack Wilson. Wilson
had set the NL HR record w/56 the prior season, 1930, breaking Chuck Klein’s
1929 total of 43, a 30% jump.
FCR - Phillip Ross, Denver
Incorrect
guesses: Hank Bauer, Jim Russo, Harry
Dalton, Jim Wilson, Earl Webb
SATURDAY
Q. The third unassisted triple play ever
was turned by a first baseman. Name him.
Hint: He was the first player to hit 60 doubles
in a season.
Hint: He got the first hit in Yankee Stadium.
A. GEORGE BURNS [SABR Bio]
- TP = 14-Sep-1923
- 64 2B in 1926, at the time the most ever by 5. The record would be broken five years later
but still stands as the second-most ever hit in a season.
- 1st H in Yankee Stadium = 18-Apr-1923.
However, he had an E and was CS in the same G.
FCR - Michael Caragliano, Flushing, New York
Incorrect
guesses: George Sisler, Jeff Bagwell, John
Valentin, Bill Terry, Johnny Neun
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. What former Gamecock was MVP of the Cape Cod
League?
Hint: Although best known for his play for a Canadian
team, he represented the United States in three different international tournaments,
including being named MVP in one.
Hint: His high school teammate has been a cover
story for Sports Illustrated.
A. JUSTIN SMOAK
- Played for University of South Carolina after
being drafted by OAK in the 16th round in 2005. In 2006, he played for the Cotuit Kettleers of the wood bat Cape Cod
Baseball League
where he hit 11 HR, 21 XBH & had a .565 slugging percentage.
- Played for TOR 2015-19 hitting 117 HR.
Played for USA in the 2007 Pan American Games, the 2007 World Port
Tournament and 2009 World Baseball Cup where he was named
MVP.
- At Stratford High School in South Carolina his
friend and teammate was Matt Wieters. SI covers story 15-Mar-2010.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Marcus Stroman, Mookie Wilson
SUNDAY
Q. What one-time Phillie BRTL pitcher holds the 20th-century
record for most pitching win without a loss?
Hint: He debuted in the majors before he turned
21 years old.
Hint: Attended the same small formerly Quaker school
as Wes Ferrell.
Hint: He suffered a life-threatening episode of
tuberculosis and missed four full seasons in the middle of his career.
A. BEN
SHIELDS [SABR Bio]
- Career pitching record 4-0. Nine pitchers in this century have tied or passed
his record. The current mark is 8-0 held by Clay Rapada who played from 2007 to 2013 for six MLB
teams.
- Attended North Carolina’s Oak Ridge Institute
(now Oak Ridge Military Institute)
- Debuted 17-Apr-1924 at age 20 years, 305 days.
- Missed all of seasons 1926-29 battling TB.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Curt Simmons, Tom Zachary, Rick
Ferrell
WEEKLY THEME – Players
whose names form complete sentences.
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme –
Steve Berman, Bergenfield, New Jersey
(After Drew)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Number
retired but not in the Hall
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