Q. What Orioles
part-time reliever threw a nine-inning no-hitter against the American League
champion Yankees?
Hint: He had been
an Orioles for less than a month.
Hint: He struck
out a Hall of Famer as an added bonus.
FCR - John Gottko,
Corvallis
Incorrect guesses: Tippy
Martinez
TUESDAY
Q. What future
Manager of the Year had led the majors in wild pitches during the “Year of the
Pitcher”?
Hint: That didn’t
stop him from making the NL All-Star Team and getting MVP voting points the
following season. (Must have helped that
his wild pitches were more than cut in half.)
Hint: One of the
most successful SABR chapters bears his name.
- 20 WP in 1968
- 1969 ASG; 9 WP; Got more MVP voting points, 6.0, than
did Bob Gibson (previous year’s MVP) and as many as Juan Marichal, Joe Torre
and Billy Williams received.
- The eponymous Larry Dierker Chapter of SABR of the Houston area also claims him
as an active member!
FCR - Jerry Miller, Liberty Hill, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Lefty O’Doul, Fred Hutchinson, Roger Craig
WEDNESDAY
Q. What left-handed Jewish pitcher was the
first player to collect more than one hit in the World Series after having gone
hitless during that regular season?
Hint: After Sad Sam Jones in 1923, he was the
next to toss a no-hitter without recording a single strikeout.
Hint: His Hall of Fame manager had faith in him
at a young age.
- Got a H in G1 & G7 in the 1973 WS. Did not have an at-bat during the regular
1973 season and drew a walk during his only plate appearance 24-Sep.
- Holtzman credits his much of his success to
the faith Cubs manager Leo Durocher had in him to make him a starter at age
20 in 1966.
FCR - Jeff Orner, York, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
guesses: Sandy Koufax, Herb Score, Steve
Stone, Larry Sherry
THURSDAY
Q. Who was the first Venezuelan pitcher to
be named to a major league All-Star team?
Hint: He was the first player born in the 1970s
to appear in a major league game.
Hint: He was once forced to change gloves during
a game when the opposing manager Mike Hargrove complained that the color of his
mitt was confusing hitters.
- While pitching with his gray-colored mitt for TBD
on 17-Aug-1998, CLE mgr. Mike Hargrove succeeded in
convincing home plate umpire Tim McClelland to have Alvarez change
his fielding equipment.
FCR - Frank Harris, Sacramento
Incorrect
guesses: Pedro Martinez, Rafael Soriano,
Felix Hernandez, Carlos Zambrano, Mike Cuellar, Johan Santana, Fernando
Valenzuela, Dennis Martinez
FRIDAY
Q. Who threw the 20th century’s
earliest-in-the-calendar no-hitter?
Hint: He threw the only no-hitter in history that
was preceded by then followed by a no-hitter thrown by his brother.
Hint: Larry Bowa was a teammate on his college team.
- No-no on 07-Apr-1979.
Bob Feller’s no-hitter, while thrown on Opening Day, was 16‑Apr‑1940.
Hideo Nomo holds the record now—thrown 04-Apr-2001.
- Ken’s no-hitter was 07-Apr-1979.
Younger brother Bob threw one on 16-Apr-1978 and then again on 26-Sep-1983.
FCR - Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect
guesses: Bob Forsch, Hideo Nomo, Jim
Perry, Gaylord Perry
TGIF BONUS
Q. Who was the first pitcher to win twenty
games in a season for two different West Coast teams?
Hint: He threw the first major league pitch ever
thrown by a Toronto Blue Jay.
Hint: He was credited with the first official
save.
- TOR’s first G 07-Apr-1977.
It snowed, but they played.
Singer started but teammate Jerry Johnson was credited with the
win.
FCR - Dan Greder, Ames, Iowa
Incorrect guesses: Ken Brett, Tommy John
SATURDAY
Q. What Cal alum is the only pitcher to
throw more than ten hitless innings in two different games in the same season?
Hint: In one of those, he gave up ten bases on
balls.
Hint: He surrendered the famous 3,630th
and final career hit.
- He threw the 1st 10 IP of an
11-inning G 14-Jun-1965 where Mets outfielder Johnny Lewis hit
a solo home run to win the G 1-0. It was
the 10th of Lewis’ 22 career HR.
Then in the 1st G of a double-header at Wrigley Field on 19-Aug-1965, Maloney no-hit the Cubs 1-0 in 10
innings. The Cubs’ pitcher that day was Larry Jackson.
He also lasted all 10 innings, scattering 9 H, giving up only a solo HR
to Leo Cardenas in the 10th. Attended the University of California at Berkeley.
- Maloney walked 10 in the Cubs’ G.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Ed Roebuck
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who was on the mound when Reggie Jackson
stole his first base?
Hint: He is the last American League pitcher to
hit two home runs in one game.
Hint: He is the winning pitcher in the
second-longest game in National League history (by innings).
- Jackson’s SB 10-Jun-1967, the only base he stole in his rookie
year. Jackson scored on a Rick Monday single.
- He briefly considered a basketball career. It was his favorite sport and the Hawks were
his hometown team.
FCR - Dr. John Rickert, Terre Haute
Incorrect
guesses: Ron Reed, Dick Radatz, Gaylord
Perry, Dave DeBusschere, Jim Bibby, Earl Wilson
SUNDAY
Q. Who gave up the first of Rafael Palmeiro’s
569 career home runs?
Hint: He was caught pitching with sandpaper in
his glove, was suspended, but was nevertheless selected to the All-Star team
the following season.
Hint: In an unusual feat, he and the opposing
pitcher homered off each other in the same inning.
- On 14-May-1990 while pitching for MON in Dodger Stadium, Gross homered in the top of
the 3rd off Fernando Valenzuela who promptly led off
the bottom of the 3rd with a dinger of his own. Amazingly, it was the only HR either pitcher hit the entire season!
FCR - Brett Moore, Studio City, California
Incorrect
guesses: Joe Niekro, Rick Honeycutt,
Atlee Hammaker, Gaylord Perry
WEEKLY THEME – All-Stars,
no-hit pitchers who never got even a single Cy Young Award vote during their entire careers (Limited
to All-Stars and who threw a 20th century no-hitter and played at
least 10 years in the Cy Young Award era).
Pitcher No-Hitter Vs. ASG
N.B.: Jack Kralick and
Steve Busby just missed qualifying because of not enough years of service.
Kralick........ 26-Aug-1962........KCA.............64
Busby..........27-Apr-1973.........DET..........74,
75
''..............19-Jun-1974.........MIL...............''
First Correct Respondent to identify Theme [TFCR]:
Steve Berman, Bergenfield, New Jersey (After, you know, ... nobody else could.)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Pitchers
who homered in their first at bat
- Players
who fought in Battle of the Bulge
- Players
who hit a HR in 1st ML at bat.
Wed - Players
who played for Leo Durocher in the final year of Leo's tenure with the club
- Pitchers
whose first manager was Durocher and pitched a no-hitter
Friday - Pitchers
who threw no-hitters against pitchers who also threw no-hitters
Sat - No
hit pitchers who shared a record with another pitcher
- Last
pitcher to throw a no-hitter against teams that haven't been no-hit in the 21st
century
Sunday - …and
are not in the Hall of Fame
- … and played
for at least three teams
- …
and had 1,000 strikeouts
- …and
gave up 1st HR to a 500 HR club
member
- …and
didn't get a Hall of Fame vote
- …and pitched in both leagues
- …and
named on < 1% of HOF ballots
- …and
all had 100 plus major league victories
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