Q. Who is the
all-time career leader in fewest hits allowed per nine innings pitched?
Hint: He received
a highest Hall of Fame voting percentage in the twentieth century except for
that of an old teammate.
Hint: He was the
first player to suit up for all four of the original expansion franchises.
Hint: In fact,
those were the only ones he suited up for.
A. NOLAN RYAN [SABR
Bio]
- H/9 IP = 6.5553. He is also the all-time single-season leader
in the same category when in 1972 his H/9 was 5.2606.
- Elected to the Hall
in 1999 w/98.79% HOF vote. At the time,
only Tom Seaver’s 98.84% was higher. They had been teammates on the Mets 1968-71.
- Played for:
NYM... 1966, 1968-71...... (NL expansion 1962),
CAL.... 1972-79
............... (AL expansion 1961
as the Los Angeles Angels),
HOU... 1980-88................ (NL expansion 1962 as
the Colt .45s) &
TEX.... 1989-93................ (AL expansion 1961 as
the Washington Senators II)..
FCR - Lincoln
Mitchell, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Addie Joss, Randy Johnson, Gaylord Perry
MONDAY’S BONUS
Q. What former
Bluejay holds the record for the lowest ERA for a season in the expansion era?
Hint: Not at all bad
with a bat, he hit a couple dozen home runs in the majors.
Hint: He was
briefly professional in another sport.
A. BOB GIBSON [SABR
Bio]
- Attended Creighton
University with other Bluejays. Threw a nifty 1.12 ERA in 1968.
- Had 24 career HR.
- Played basketball
for the Harlem Globetrotters.
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee's
Summit, Missouri
Incorrect guesses: Dave
Stieb, Tom Glavine, Mark Hendrickson, David Wells, Mark Eichorn
TUESDAY
Q. Which Hall
of Fame pitcher pitched in more than twenty seasons in the majors and won ERA
crowns only in the two seasons he qualified?
Hint: Although
each of those ERA titles was won in a different league, he wore the same
uniform colors.
Hint: At the plate
he collected five extra-base in his entire career, eighty percent of them in
his first two campaigns.
Hint: He was the only
future Hall of Famer to go an entire season (min 20 AB ) in the American League
without collecting a hit.
A. HOYT WILHELM [SABR
Bio]
- ERA champ in 1952* for NYG and 1959 for BAL, wearing the black and orange of each franchise. *Rookie season.
- HR in his 1st year (1st
AB) then 2 2B & a 3B in his sophomore season.
- In 1965 w/CHW Wilhelm went to the plate with a
bat in his hands 22 X. He only got on 4 X,
twice via walks and twice on errors. Meanwhile,
over in the senior circuit, in 1957, Sandy Koufax had gone hitless for a season
in which he had over 20 ABs. He went
0-26, reaching base only once on an error.
FCR - Jerry Miller, Liberty Hill, Texas
Incorrect guesses:
TUESDAY’S BONUS
Q. Who was the last pitcher to win an
Opening Day game for the St. Louis Browns?
Hint: He twice led the league in shutouts, but
with a different team each time.
Hint: One year he pitched two no-hitters in
addition to a one-hitter and still ended that season fourteen games under .500.
A. VIRGIL TRUCKS [SABR Bio]
- Won on O.D. in 1953, the Browns’ last season
in St Louis, on 14-Apr, shutting out DET.
- Threw 6 ShO w/DET in 1949 and 5 ShO w/CHW in
1954. In ’49 he also led the majors.
- Record was 5-19 in 1952 with the last-place
Tigers.
FCR - John Haeussler, Hancock, Michigan
Incorrect guesses: Ned Garver, Bob Turley, Bobo Newsome
WEDNESDAY - 10-Jun
Q. Who was the first major league pitcher
to throw a second no-hitter?
Hint: He was also the first to throw a third
no-hitter.
Hint: He once pitched ambidextrously in a game,
throwing with either hand.
Hint: Early in his career, he was called back
from monitoring the gate receipts to pitch nine innings in relief of an injured
teammate.
A. LARRY CORCORAN [BR Bio]
- No-hitters:
19-Aug-1880 vs. the Boston Red Stockings (now the Atlanta Braves), then 20-Sep-1882 vs. the Worcester Ruby Legs and finally vs. the Providence Grays on 27-Jun-1884. His 3rd no-no broke the opposition
team’s 10-G winning streak.
- Ambo G = 10-Jun-1884 in a game between Chicago White Stockings and the Bisons of Buffalo. He alternated arms, pitching for 4 innings
before switching to SS.
- Tossed 9 in relief of Fred Goldsmith on
23-Aug-1881.
FCR - Len Levin, Providence
Incorrect guesses: Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Tony Mullane, John Montgomery
Ward, Bob Feller, Carl Erskine
WEDNESDAY’S BONUS
Q. Who was the third fourth pitcher
to throw a second no-hitter?
Hint: He held the record for most strikeouts by a
Dodger rookie pitcher for more than eleven decades.
Hint: His major league umpiring career began
while he was still a player.
A. ADONIS TERRY [BR Bio]
- No-hitters hurled on 24-July-1886 vs. the St. Louis Browns (Cardinals now) and then 27-May-1888 vs.
the Louisville Colonels (franchise dismantled after 1899). Hall of Famer Pud Galvin had been the second with a brace of
no-no’s in 1880 & 84. Third was Al
Atkinson 24-May-1884 & 01-May-1886.
- K’d 230 in 1884, a Dodger rookie record that stood
until the inestimable Hideo Nomo amassed 235 in 1995.
- He umpired a total of 51 G in parts of 7 years
between 1884-1901. Terry umped 10 times while he was still an active player.
FCR - David Serota, Kalamazoo
Incorrect
guesses: Pud Galvin, Nap Rucker, Dutch
Leonard, Rube Waddell, Burt Hooton, Dazzy Vance
WEDNESDAY’S BONUS
WAGNER
Q. Who is the only native of Wyoming ever to
receive a Hall of Fame vote?
Hint: He is still the only rookie pitcher for his
franchise to win twenty games in the modern era.
Hint: He started more than thirty games for seven
consecutive seasons, twice leading the majors in games started.
Hint: He probably never said, “How shall I pitch
thee?”
A. TOM BROWNING [SABR Bio]
- Got 1 HOF vote in 2001
- In 1985, his record was 20-9 and he finished 2nd
to Vince Coleman in ROY voting.
- 30+ GS 1985-91. Led MLB in 1986 & 1989.
- Then again, Elizabeth Barrett probably never
came to bat.
FCR - Bob Flynn, Chandler, Arizona
Incorrect
guesses: Dick Ellsworth, Bret Saberhagen,
John Montefusco, Bob Grim
THURSDAY - 11-Jun
Q. Bert Blyleven was the second pitcher to
throw a no-hitter for the Texas Rangers and Nolan Ryan was the third (and
fourth). Who was the first?
Hint: He could hold eight baseballs in one hand,
palm down.
Hint: While he was still in the minors, his
advancement towards the majors was interrupted when he was drafted into the
U.S. Army.
Hint: Sports Illustrated called his younger
brother, “…as unlikely a nine-year NBA man as there has ever been.”
- No-no on 30-Jul-1973 w/13 K.
His opposite number, Vida Blue, also went the full 9.
- Bibby’s hands were enormous. (Click here for photo.)
- He served two years in Viet Nam as a truck
driver, particularly dangerous duty during wartime.
- Brother Henry Bibby played 9 years in the NBA after being on 3 NCAA championship teams at UCLA. Henry’s son Mike played even longer in The Association. The quote is from Rick Telander in a 1981 article.
FCR - Steven Cramer,
Philadelphia
Incorrect
guesses: Kenny Rogers, Ferguson Jenkins,
Gaylord Perry
THURSDAY’S BONUS
Q. What three-sport Horned Frog had sixteen
Hall of Fame teammates in his eight-season major league career?
Hint: He had double figures in pitching wins for
his first seven years in the majors.
Hint: He led the National League in wild pitches
just two years after he had tied for the lead in shutouts.
Hint: He once went toe-to-toe with the Giants’
Carl Hubbell for sixteen straight scoreless innings.
A. TEX CARLETON [SABR Bio]
- Attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth where he played football, basketball &
baseball for them. Played with Jim
Bottomley, Kiki Cuyler, Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Frankie Frisch,
Burleigh Grimes, Jesse Haines, Gabby Hartnett,
Billy Herman, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein, Tony Lazzeri, Freddie Lindstrom,
Joe Medwick, Pee Wee Reese & Dazzy Vance.
- 10+ W 1932-38
- His 12 WP in 1938 also led the majors. His 4 SHO
in 1936 was good for a seven-way tie for that category’s NL best.
- He was relieved in the 17th inning
on 02-Jul-1933 by future Hall of Famer Jesse Haines who allowed
the winning in in the bottom of the 18th.
FCR - Elliott Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Paul Dean, Lee Grissom, Pete
Donohue, Bill Hallahan
FRIDAY - 12-Jun
Q. Who once pitched a no-hitter in the
second game of a double header after throwing the last two innings of the
opener?
Hint: They were equally hitless and earned him a
save (even though saves didn’t officially exist for more than a half century in
the future).
Hint: No pitcher in American League history has
lost more games in a single season.
Hint: He received a nice salary increase when he
went to the Highlanders.
- No-no 06-May-1917 (2), 1st G = 06-May-1917 (1)
- “Save” became defined and official as of the
1969 season.
- He tied Happy Townsend’s 1904 mark when he
went down to defeat 26 times in 1909.
- In both 1905 and 1906 he pitcher for the
Springfield (Missouri) Highlanders for $150 per month. This unexpected 250% raise over his previous
salary of $60 per month came despite his posting a 8-26 record in 1904 in the
Missouri Valley League.
FCR - Caleb Oser, Madison, Wisconsin
Incorrect
guesses: Joe McGinnity, Cy Young, Fred
Glade, Jack Chesbro, Bullet Joe Bush, Bill Dinneen, Double Duty Radcliffe,
Jack Quinn, Vic Willis
SATURDAY - 13-Jun
Q. Who was the last qualifying pitcher to
lead the American League in earned run average for a team based in Washington,
DC?
Hint: He once missed having a perfect game, the
only flaw was his own error on a throw to first, allowing his opponents their
sole base runner.
Hint: On another occasion he became the fourth of
the five pitchers to have their no-hitters broken up by a lone Cesar Tovar hit.
A. DICK BOSMAN [SABR Bio]
- Bosman’s career-best 2.19 for the Ted
Williams-managed WSA was the best in the league. He was the only Junior Circuit hurler to place
among the top five ERAs in the majors that year. The NL’ers in that 5 were all headed to the
Hall of Fame: Juan Marichal/SFG (2.10), Steve Carlton/STL (2.17), Bob
Gibson/STL (2.18) and Tom Seaver/NYM (2.21).
- After 11 straight outs to open the game on 19-Jul-1974, Bosman cleanly fielded a checked-swing roller
between the mound and 3B. He turned and
threw quickly to 1B, but his throw skipped off the end of 1st baseman Tom
McCraw’s glove and the runner ended up at second. Bosman was charged with an error. He later said, “I had enough time, but since I’d
had to go a long way to get the ball, I thought I had to hurry. My throw just sailed away from McCraw.” Then 16 straight outs followed for the
no-hitter, making Bosman the only pitcher in MLB history to miss a perfect game
due solely to his own fielding error. (On
20-July-1970, Bill Singer/LAD pitched a no-hitter that was
marred only by his own two fielding miscues and two hit batsmen.)
- In an utterly unimaginable defying of the
odds, Venezuela’s uniquely versatile and ultra-durable Cesar Tovar had the lone hit five different times,
ruining no-hitters for Barry Moore on 30-Apr-1967, Dave McNally on 15-May-1969, Mike Cuellar on 10-Aug-1969, Bosman on 14-Aug-1970 and finally Catfish Hunter on 31-May-1975.
Somebody above my pay grade would have to calculate the odds of that
happening.
FCR - Mark Pattison, Washington, DC
Incorrect
guesses: Dick Donovan, Camilo Pascual, Joe
Coleman
FLAG DAY BONUS
Q. What BRTL hurler with South Pacific
heritage, for the first complete game of his career, no-hit a team that hadn’t
been no-hit in 25 years?
Hint: He was once traded for a future World
Series MVP.
Hint: He shares an alma mater with Larry Bird.
Hint: He was born in Valparaiso but says he has
never been to Chile.
A. SEAN
MANAEA [BR Bio]
- No-hit BOS on 21-Apr-2018. Sawks
had been last no-hit on 22-Apr-1993 by SEA’s Chris Bosio. Missed 25 years by one day! Manaea’s father was born in American
Samoa then moved to Hawaii. Following a stint in Viet Nam, he moved to
Indiana where Sean was born.
- Traded w/Aaron Brooks by KCR to OAK for Ben
Zobrist 28-Jul-2015
- Attended
Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
- Born in the city of Valparaiso, Indiana pop. 25,000 (Valparaiso, Chile pop. 300,000)
FCR - Caleb Oser, Madison, Wisconsin
Incorrect
guesses: Kevin Brown, Sid
Fernandez
SUNDAY - 14-Jun
Q. Whose wild pitch in the ninth inning of
the deciding game of a league championship series gave the pennant to his
opponents?
Hint: Three years after paying to watch an opener,
he was getting paid to watch an opener in the same stadium.
Hint: In the 61-year history of Forbes Field, a
no-hitter was never recorded there. He
came the closest on Flag Day one year.
- WP to Hal McRae in G 5 of the 1972 NLCS allowed George Foster to
score putting CIN into the WS and dethroning his own team from
the status won the previous fall.
- Moose, who had grown up just a half-hour’s
drive from Forbes Field, completed a promise he made a friend while watching PIT’s Opening Day game in 1965. Moose explained, “Our high school principal
said anybody could be excused from classes if we had tickets for the PIT
opener. I quickly bought two and treated
my best friend.” Moose told his buddy
that afternoon that one day he’d be wearing a Pirates uniform — which he did as
a late September call-up in 1967 and as a member of PIT’s Opening Day bullpen
in 1968.
- On 14-June-1968, 20-year old rookie
Moose went 7⅔ innings for PIT before surrendering a hit to HOU’s Julio Gotay.
FCR - John Martick, Knoxville
Incorrect
guesses: Mitch Williams, Steve Blass, Harvey
Haddix
WEEK’S FINALE
Q. Who walked the most times in a season where
he did not get a hit?
Hint: From wee Keeler.
Hint: Rumors that his reading material is
backwards are specious and unfounded.
A. ERNIE
KOOB
[SABR Bio]
- 0-41, 15 BB in 1916
- Born in Keeler Township, Michigan pop. +-
1,000 at the time
- You know.. “=> koob”
FCR - Elliott Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses:
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers
who no-hit the World Series Champions of that same season
Pitcher No-Hitter
Date WS Champs Story
Ryan..................... 26-Sep-1981................ Los
Angeles Dodgers................ 83.6
Gibson.................. 14-Aug-1971............... Pittsburgh
Pirates....................... 81.7
Wilhelm................ 02-Sep-1958................ New
York Yankees..................... 49.7
Trucks................... 25-Aug-1952............... New
York Yankees...................... 42.3
Terry..................... 24-Jul-1886................ St.
Louis Browns........................... 29.6
Corcoran............... 27-Jun-1884............... Providence
Grays. .......................27.4
Browning.............. 16-Sep-1988................. Los
Angeles Dodgers................. 19.5
Bibby.................... 30-Jul-1973................... Oakland
Athletics....................... 18.6
Carleton................ 30-Apr-1940................ Cincinnati
Reds........................... 15.5
Groom................... 06-May-1917............... Chicago
White Sox..................... 15.3
Bosman................. 19-Jul-1974................. Oakland Athletics ........................11.4
Manaea................. 21-Apr-2018................ Boston
Red Sox............................ 8.5
Moose................... 20-Sep-1969................ New York Mets.............................. 7.5
Koob..................... 05-May-1917............... Chicago
White Sox......................... 3.6
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Dan Massey, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
(after Trucks)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Pitchers
with either over 5,000 strikeouts or under 5
- Bad
ass men who pitched in WS in 60s
- Hall
of Fame righthanders
- Members
of the 3,000 strikeout club
- Hall
of Fame righthanders who have led the league in H/9
Tuesday - Right-handed
Hall of Fame starting pitchers with over 85.5% of the vote
- HOF
righthanders who (at one time or another) wore uniforms numbered in the 30s
- For
the week’s theme: Pitchers who won a 1-0 no-hitter where the only run came on a
home run.
- Pitchers
who won a 1-0 no-hitter
- Pitchers
who won no-hitters where all the runs came on home runs.
- Oldest
pitchers to pitch a no hitter
- Pitchers
who have pitched No Hitters against teams that will win the pennant that season
Wed Threw late season no-hitter” since
these guys all tossed a no-no in Aug or Sept
- Pitchers
who lost a no hitter
- Pitchers
who threw two or more no-hitters
Thursday- Pitchers who had losing records in seasons in
which they threw a no-hitter.
- Theme
is pitchers who threw no-hitters and pitched for one of the expansion teams.
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