This week’s quiz
submitted by Lexington, Kentucky’s own Dr. Robert Tannenbaum.
Q. What player,
over a 22-year career, led the league in strikeouts five times?
Hint: He said, “Never
let the fear of striking out get in your way.”
Hint: He was MVP
once and an all-star twice.
- K leader = 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927,
1928
- MVP 1923; AS 1933, 1934
FCR - Jeff Cohen, Wantagh,
New York
Incorrect guesses: Reggie
Jackson
TUESDAY
Q. What White
Sox pitcher’s career was cut short by a shotgun-inflicted wound in his leg?
Hint: There is
some controversy regarding his birthplace, but it seems certain that it was
somewhere in Texas.
Hint: He attempted
a come-back with an artificial leg; but, though he pitched in the minors, he
did not make it back to the majors.
- Hunting
accident in 1938. He, quite by accident,
shot himself in the leg, which later had to be amputated.
- He was
born in 1912 in Palacios, TX, although some sources claim it was Wagner, TX.
- He
played for several minor league teams in 1946-53, never rising above class B.
FCR - David Holtz, Northridge, California
Incorrect guesses: Lou Brissie, LaMarr Hoyt
WEDNESDAY
Q. What Texas-born pitcher didn’t make it
to the majors until he was 35 years old, having been out of organized baseball
for approximately a decade due to recurring arm troubles.
Hint: He had been drafted previously by the
Yankees and the Brewers and had once signed a contract with the White Sox.
Hint: He struck out the first batter he faced in
the majors but he walked the last batter he faced in the majors.
- Taught
high school science and coached baseball in Big Lake, TX, 1989-99
- Draft: Drafted by NYY in the 18th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brownwood HS (TX) and MIL in the 1st round (4th) of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Secondary
Phase from Ranger College (TX).
- K’d
Royce Clayton of TEX, on four pitches 18-Sep-1999. BB to Paul O’Neill of
NYY, forcing in the winning run in the 10th inning of the game 09-May-2000. In each instance it was
the last batter his team faced and the only batter he pitched in each G.
FCR - Adam Foldes, Arlington, Virginia
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What popular right-hander graced the
cover of Time magazine after a 30-win season?
Hint:
He is the last NL pitcher to win the league MVP in a season where he won 30
games.
Hint:
He is known by two different first names and two different second names.
- Jay Hanna, and Jerome Herman
FCR - R. D.
Lerner, Silver Spring, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Denny McClain, Lefty Grove,
Grover Cleveland Alexander
THURSDAY
Q. What Hall of Fame pitcher had more saves
than losses, but more losses than wins in the major leagues?
Hint: He played professional baseball in five
decades.
Hint: He played Sgt. Tobe Sutton in Hollywood movie,
a movie that today rates a 6.2 on IMDB, but only 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 5 decades = 1920s,
‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, and ‘60s.
- Played Sgt. Sutton in the 1959 western movie "The Wonderful Country". You can watch the entire film right here on YouTube.
FCR - Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect
guesses: Dennis Eckersley, Minnie Minoso,
Hoy Wilhelm, Lee Smith, Trevor Hoffman
FRIDAY – Jan 31
Q. What pitcher, in his 20+year career, had
six seasons with 27 or more wins leading the league in wins each time?
Hint: He won more than 25 games in his rookie
season and finished third in the MVP vote.
Hint: He also led the league in ERA five times.
- 1911:
28 W; 1914: 27 W; 1915: 31 W; 1916: 33 W; 1917: 30 W; 1920: 27 W
- NL ERA leader
yrs: 1915: 1.22*; 1916: 1.55*; 1917:
1.83; 1919: 1.72*; 1920: 1.91*
*Also led majors
FCR - Dan Schoenholz, Walnut Creek, California
Incorrect
guesses: Walter Johnson, Christy
Mathewson, Lefty Grove
SATURDAY – Feb 1
Q. What California native has a nickname in
common with John Glenn?
Hint: He was a member of a College World Series
championship team.
Hint: He holds the record for the most games
pitched by a southpaw for a franchise.
- He was
known as “Spaceman” for his antics and behavior. Born in Burbank, CA.
- 321 G
for BOS (9th overall)
FCR - Mark Yecies, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Bud Norris, Randy Flores, Craig
Lefferts
SUNDAY – Feb 2
Q. Which batter had the most at-bats
against Nolan Ryan and never struck out, but never won a batting title?
Hint: He was the first player to be awarded $1M
through salary arbitration?
Hint: He won a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove
award.
A. FERNANDO
VALENZUELA
HOWEVER! Further research reveals that
Julian Javier exceeded Valenzuela’s number with 16 ABs w/o a K and so is the
correct answer to the question. Fernando
still satisfies the hints and fits the week’s theme. [N.B. I, not Robert Tannenbaum, wrote that
question in a spasm of over-editing.)
- 12 Abs
vs. Ryan. He hit .304 for LAD in 1990.
- Granted
$1 million 20-Feb-1983 represented by agent Dick Moss.
- SS =
1981 and again in 1983; GG = 1986
FCR - Willis Kern, Bloomington, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Wade Boggs, Tim Raines, Rickey
Henderson, Mike Schmidt
WEEKLY THEME: Pitchers about whom at least one biographical
movie has been made.
Ruth: Headin' Home 1920 [Headin’ Home is completely fictionalized and bears no
relationship whatsoever to Ruth’s actual biography]; The Babe Ruth
Story 1948; The Babe 1992
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Michael Caragliano, Flushing, New
York (after Stratton)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Ball
players who’ve had movies made of them
- All-Stars
with movies made about them
- Ball
players who are title characters in movies
- Players
who have starred in black and white movies
- Actors
that portrayed the athlete either won a screen actors Guild award or an Oscar
- Ballplayers
the subject of movies who had their name and the word Story in the title and
featured other real ballplayers in the supporting cast.
Wed - Players
who have had movies made about them. Long shot, but they were the subject of
movies where they were played by actors but their teammates were real baseball
players playing themselves
- Pitchers
portrayed on film by actors that have won Oscars
- Baseball
movies
- Each
film about the given player has had cameos by real players,
Tuesday - Players
who in addition to being portrayed in movies, appeared in movies.
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