MONDAY — 25-Jan
Q. Who are all the
players who can claim a season with 180 RBI?
A. Hack Wilson (191 in 1930), Lou Gehrig 185 in 1931), Hank Greenberg (184 in 1937)
FCR - Phillip Ross, Denver
Incorrect guesses: Charlie
Gehringer, Joe DiMaggio, Josh Gibson, Barry Bonds, Tony Lazzeri, Jimmy Foxx,
Chuck Klein
TUESDAY — 26-Jan
Q. Name the original New York Mets who were
also with the team in its first championship season of 1969.
A. Ed Kranepool, Al Jackson, Gil Hodges, Joe Pignatano (Reader Phil Hertz in Hawaii pointed out
that announcers Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson were also with the
team during that whole stretch. Casey Stengel and Joan Payson might even fit
if we really want to stretch the parameters.) Bob L. Miller pitched for NYM in '62, but not
in '69. Bob G. Miller was a Met for
their first year, but that was his last year in the majors.
FCR - Larry Hayes, San Francisco
Incorrect guesses: Marv Throneberry, Ron Swoboda, Ed Charles,
Tommie Agee, Ron Taylor, Bud Harrelson, Rube Walker, Jerry Grote
TUESDAY #2 — 26-Jan
Q. Which players played 3,000 games for a major
league franchise?
A. Carl Yastrzemski (3,308 for BOS); Hank Aaron (3,076 for MLN + ATL); Stan Musial (3,026 for STL); and Cal Ripken (3,001 for BAL)
FCR - Tony Hughes, Woodbridge, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Ty Cobb, Pete Rose, Eddie Murray, Ricky
Henderson, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Paul Waner, Robin Yount, Willie
Mays, Cap Anson, Lou Brock, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner
TUESDAY #3 — 26-Jan
Q. The California Angels franchise and the
Los Angeles Dodgers have each had exactly one player each win a batting title. Who were they?
A. Tommy Davis for the LAD (.346 in 1962 & .326 in 1963); Alex Johnson (.329 in 1970)
for CAL.
FCR - Jeff Kallman, Las Vegas
Incorrect guesses: Rod Carew, Mike Piazza, Mike Trout, Reggie
Smith, Fred Lynn, Eddie Murray, Carl Furillo, Ralph Garr, Bill Buckner,
Carl Yastrzemski
WEDNESDAY — 27-Jan
Q. Which was the first team in the Modern
Era to win 100 games but have no postseason?
A. 1904 Giants had no postseason
because their manager, John McGraw, after winning 106 G, declared the American
League an inferior opponent and so refused to play in any postseason
competition. The AL pennant winner, BOS,
might have given them a serious run for their money.
FCR - Tom Byrne, Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: 1904 Red Sox, 1993 Giants, 1954 Yankees, 1961
Tigers, 1962 Dodgers, 1980 Orioles, 1909 Cubs, 1992 Giants
WEDNESDAY #2 —
27-Jan
Q. Who were the only batters with 200 hits
in the year of the pitcher, 1968?
A. Felipe Alou and Pete Rose each had 210
H.
FCR - Lee Dembart, Hollywood, California
Incorrect guesses: Matty Alou, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto
Clemente, Lou Brock
WEDNESDAY #3 —
27-Jan
Q. Which two Hall of Famers scored ahead of
Joe Carter in Carter’s last at-bat of the 1993 season?
A. Rickey Henderson, who had drawn a walk,
and Paul Molitor who singled for his 12th
H of the Series. (He was WS MVP.) They both
scampered home while Carter rounded the bases seeming to touch the ground only
infrequently.
FCR - Madison McEntire, Bryant, Arkansas
Incorrect guesses: Roberto Alomar, Dave Winfield, Devon White, Andre
Dawson, Sandy Alomar, Joe Carter
WEDNESDAY #4 —
27-Jan
Q. What former Dodger was the baseball advisor to and bit
part actor in the “Major League” movie franchise?
A. Steve Yeager in the role of Coach Duke Temple.
FCR - Jim Nelson, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Incorrect
guesses: Pete Vukovich, Tommy Lasorda, Rick
Monday, Chuck Connors
MIDWEEK BONUS —
27-Jan
Q. Who are the three Browns in the Hall of
Fame?
A. “Brown” Hall of Famers: Mordecai “Three Finger” (1949), Ray (2006) & Willard (2006). It’s the 4th-most common last name
in the United States—2nd-most common in Canada.
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Pete Gray, Bobo Newsom, Cuddles
Marshall, Bill Veeck, Ken Williams, Marty Marion
[NOTE: All of these Hall of Famers were at one time
St. Louis Browns:
Jim Bottomley
Jesse Burkett
Charlie Comiskey
Roger Conner
Dizzy Dean
Rick Ferrell
Pud Galvin
Goose Goslin
Clark Griffith
Rogers Hornsby
Heinie Manush
Tommy McCarthy
Satchel Paige
Eddie Plank
Branch Rickey
George Sisler
Rube Waddell … and
Bobby Wallace
Obviously more than 3, ergo, the
name’s the thing.
MIDWEEK BONUS — 28-Jan
Q. Which pitcher, on the last day of the
season, broke Hall of Famer Eddie Plank’s record for most career wins by a
left-handed pitcher?
A. Warren Spahn, with his 327th
W on 29-Sep-1962, broke Plank’s mark of 326.
Spahn won 36 more G before retiring after his 1965 season.
FCR - David Skelton, Woodway, Texas
Incorrect
guesses: Lefty Grove, Clayton Kershaw, Jimmy
Key
THURSDAY — 28-Jan
Q. Who is the only player to twice hit four
home runs in a World Series?
A. Duke Snider, 1952 & 1955
FCR - John Romps, Dover, New Hampshire
Incorrect
guesses: Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth, Gene
Tenace, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle
THURSDAY #2 — 28-Jan
Q. The oldest Hall of Famer at the time of
his death in 2005, who was the last-living player to have appeared in a Major
League game in the 1920s?
A. Al Lopez, debuted 27-Sep-1928,
died 30-Oct-2005 (97 yrs, 71 days old)
FCR - Rich Klein, Plano, Texas
Incorrect
guesses: Mark Koenig, Willie Mays, Bob Feller,
Satchel Paige, Joe Dugan
THURSDAY #3 — 28-Jan
Q. Who holds the record for most hits in a
season by a right-handed batter?
A. Al Simmons, 253 H
in 1925, his 2nd of 20 seasons in the majors.
FCR - Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
guesses: Ichiro Suzuki, George Sisler,
Rogers Hornsby, Lefty O’Doul, Tommy Davis, Hugh Duffy
THURSDAY #4 — 28-Jan
Q. Name all the listings of “Pudge” that
appear in Baseball-Reference.
A. Carlton Fisk, Sid Gautreaux, Fred Haney, Ivan Rodriguez
FCR - Steven Harmon, Sacto
Incorrect guesses:
FRIDAY — 29-Jan
Q. Who is the only pitcher to rack up more
than twenty strikeouts in a single major league game?
A. Tom Cheney, 21 K in 16 IP = 12-Sep-1962. Hall
of Famers Brooks Robinson and Dick Williams were among those who struck out
that evening. Williams was the 21st
K & last out of the G. Cheney’s K
total for that 1 G exceeded his K total for entire previous season, pitching
for 2 teams. 1961 K = 20.
FCR - Kevin Decker, Hillsborough, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Lon Chaney, Max Scherzer, Bert Blyleven,
Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens
FRIDAY #2 — 29-Jan
Q. Which pitcher led the National League in
strikeouts with more than the total of the second- and third-place finishers
combined?
A. Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance, 262 K
in 1924 (Burleigh Grimes [135] & Dolf Luque [86])
FCR - J. P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect guesses: Amos Rusie, Sandy Koufax, Rube Waddell,
Walter Johnson, Randy Johnson, Bob Feller, Warren Spahn
FRIDAY #3 — 29-Jan
Q. Who, after setting the career record for
hits, continued to extend his record for the next seventeen seasons?
A. Cap Anson (With his 870th
H in 1880, he passed Cal McVey. From H
#871 to #3,435 took Anson until 1897. Anson’s
record wasn’t broken until Ty Cobb passed it in 1923 and held on until Pete
Rose in 1985.)
FCR - Abbey Garber, Dallas
Incorrect guesses: Ty Cobb, Minnie Minoso, Ichiro Suzuki, Pete
Rose
T.G.I.F. —
29-Jan
Q. Which pitcher and catcher made up the
tallest battery in major league history?
A. Joe Mauer at 6’5” catching Jon Rauch at 6’11”. Their first time as a battery in a game came
in the top of the 8th on 30-Aug-2009 (Mauer’s MVP season).
Hold
the presses! Reader Dr. John
Rickert in Indiana found an equally tall battery who played more than 7 years
earlier: Rauch still, but this time
paired with Sandy Alomar, Jr. Take a
look: 02-Apr-2002, B7 Rauch enters in relief. Sorry.
No photo available.
FCR - Kyle Sammin, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Chris Snyder/Randy Johnson, Drew VerHagen/Greyson
Greiner, Kyle Gibson, Chris Young/Mark Wohlers, Dan Wilson, Jim Johnson/Tyler
Flowers, Javy Lopez, Carlton Fisk, Greg Swindell/Sandy Alomar, Wilson
Ramos, Gene Conley, Sammy White
T.G.I.F. #2 —
29-Jan
Q. Which major league stadium had the
highest outfield wall?
A. Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, 60 feet high.
FCR - Michael Fichman, Philadelphia
Incorrect guesses: Fenway Park, PNC Park, AT&T Park, Connie
Mack Stadium The Polo Grounds, League Park, L.A. Coliseum, Shibe
Park, Griffith Stadium, Metrodome, Forbes Field
SATURDAY — 30-Jan
Q. Which pitcher was lifted by Manager Art
Howe after throwing six no-hit innings in his first MLB start and finally
throwing a no-hitter two years later?
A. Darryl Kile 1st Start =
24-Apr-1991; No-hitter 08-Sep-1993.
FCR - Willis Kern, Bloomington, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Mark Mulder, Dallas Braden, Mike Scott, Vern
Ruhle
SATURDAY #2 — 30-Jan
Q. Which first baseman captained the Reds team
that defeated the Chicago White (Black) Sox in the 1919 World Series?
A. Jake
Daubert
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Chick Gandil, Edd Roush, Frank Chance
SATURDAY #3 — 30-Jan
Q. Which of his teammates finished second
to Rod Carew for the 1977 American League batting title?
A. Lyman
Bostock
(.336 to Carew’s .388)
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Kent Hrbek, Larry Hisle, Glenn Adams, Tony
Oliva, Steve Brye, Bobby Grich
WEEKEND SPECIAL — 31-Jan
Q. Which three major leaguers are mentioned
by name in Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”?
A. Joe
DiMaggio,
Roy
Campanella,
Mickey
Mantle. Additional baseball references are, “Brooklyn’s
got a winning team.” And “California baseball”.
Notice the cover
of Life magazine in the video version of the song.
FCR - Brett Moore, Studio City, California
Incorrect guesses: Fidel Castro. Willie Mays, Sam Crawford
SUNDAY — 31-Jan
Q. Which Hall of Famer retired just
thirteen hits shy of 3,000?
A. Sam
Rice
(2,987 H)
FCR - Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Lou Brock, Hank Aaron, Sam Crawford, Elmer
Flick, Al Kaline, Jim Rice, , Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken
SUNDAY #2 — 31-Jan
Q. Who came to the plate 31 times against
Nolan Ryan and never got a hit?
A. Gates
Brown (0 for 24 AB)
FCR - Tom Lee, Nashville
Incorrect guesses: Hank Aaron, Rickey Henderson
SUNDAY #3 — 31-Jan
Q. Which team’s batting and pitching
strikeouts leaders both had 223 strikeouts in 2009? Who were the players involved?
A. 2009 Arizona
Diamondbacks
– P Dan
Haren and K-King Mark
Reynolds
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect guesses:
WEEK’S FINALE — 31-Jan
Q. In which modern-day major league World
Series were both managers former St. Paul Saints?
A. 1928 WS; Miller Huggins (1901-03 Saints)
& Bill
McKechnie
(1912-13 Saints)
FCR - Karen Hermele, Denver
Incorrect guesses: 1959 (Walter Alston, Al Lopez); 1927
(Bush/Huggins); 1966 (Walter Alston/Hank Bauer)
WEEKLY THEME – Questions
from the final rounds of the Trivia
Contest at the SABR 42 Convention in Minneapolis in 2012. Here’s champ Mike Caragliano’s trophy plaque.
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Bill Carle, Lee's Summit, Missouri
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Each
day multiple people will share the same letter that begins each of their first
names.
- Theme
is Major League Baseball Players who were overshadowed by other teammates.
Tues - Players
who played on, or against, a team coached by Rogers Hornsby
- The
groups of players have nothing in common.
Wed - A
list of favorite trivia questions
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