MONDAY —03-May
Q. Who was the MVP of
the World Series where Joe Carter hit the home run of a lifetime?
Hint: #1 He set
the record by getting five hits in a single World Series game.
Hint: #2 He only
had to go fer a handful of minor league games for the Bees before being called
up to the majors, but only played two games for the Buzz.
A. PAUL MOLITOR [SABR Bio]
Ans. 1993 WS. Molitor was the 6th
G’s winning run. He
was on 1st when Carter homered.
- #1 5 H - 1982 WS, G 1, w/MIL. Since tied by Albert Pujols.
- #2 After playing for the University of
Minnesota Golden Gophers, he was assigned to the
A level Burlington
Bees of the Midwest League.
His final two minor-league games of his professional career were for the
AAA Salt Lake
City Buzz (Formerly the Bees) in the Pacific Coast League. Molitor played two rehab games for the Buzz
on July 13 & 14, 1998, getting 5 hits in 10 ABs before returning to The
Bigs.
FCR - Eric Savage,
Short Hills, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Dave
Winfield, Pat Borders, Roberto Alomar
TUESDAY —04-May
Q. Which former
Trojan was the first New York Yankee to win a Cy Young Award?
Hint: #1 Of
his twenty-one victories that season, nineteen were complete games.
Hint: #2 He
is the only 20th century pitcher to issue more bases-on-balls than
he allowed hits per season in consecutive years for different teams (minimum
100 IP/yr).
Hint: #3 Only
he and Matt Kilroy have led the league in strikeouts pitching a season for the
Baltimore Orioles.
A. BOB TURLEY [SABR Bio]
- Born in Troy, Illinois. Won the 1958 CYA, the 3rd one ever awarded.
- #1 21-7
in 1958
- #2 In 247⅓
IP for BAL in 1954, Turley walked 181 and
gave up 178 H. In 246⅔ IP for NYY in 1955, he walked 177, giving up 168
H.
- #3 Kilroy had 513 K in 68 G for the Orioles in 1886 in the AA. Turley led the AL
in 1954 pitching for BAL of the AL w/185 K in 35 G. Sadie McMahon’s 291 K led the AA in 1890. However, only 66 of them were while playing
for BAL.
FCR - Steve Krevisky, Middletown, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: CC Sabathia, Allie Reynolds, Mike Mussina,
Ron Guidry
WEDNESDAY —05-May
Q. Which one-time Trojan and 300-game winner
completed more than 95% of his career starts in the majors?
Hint: #1 He once struck out the first nine batters in
a game.
Hint: #2 After his playing days, he owned a saloon even
though he did not drink hard liquor himself.
A. MICKEY WELCH [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Started
549 G, completed 525 = 95.6%. First 3
seasons in the majors 1880-82 were with the NL’s Troy Trojans.
- #1 On 28-Aug-1884,
the first 9 Cleveland Blues went down on strikes. Perhaps
because the 7th CLV strikeout victim reached first base on a
passed ball, the Welch record went unrecognized until after his death
in 1941.
- #2 He
did like beer, however, and was even known to write odes to it.
FCR - Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
Incorrect
guesses: Tom Seaver, Christy Mathewson,
Pud Galvin, Randy Johnson, G.C. Alexander, Tim Keefe
MIDWEEK BONUS —05-May
Q. Which Red Sox hurler won his only Gold Glove
in his eleventh season in the American League?
Hint: #1 In the only one of his fourteen years in the
majors where he received Cy Young Award votes, he led the majors in pitching
victories and led the American League in ERA.
Hint: #2 He went to high school in Norway.
A. MIKE BODDICKER [SABR Bio]
- #1 IN
1984 his record was 20-11, his ERA 2.79. His CYA finish was 4th.
- #2 Attended
Norway High School in Norway, Iowa.
FCR - Shawn O'Hare, Clear Lake, Iowa
Incorrect
guesses: Jim Lonborg, Gary Peters, Mel
Parnell, Tim Wakefield
THURSDAY —06-May
Q. Whose record for most saves in a season did Edwin
Diaz tie in 2018?
Hint: #1 No less than three of his college teammates
went on to MLB careers. Their combined major
league service came to fifty-eight seasons!
Hint: #2 He threw the last pitch in Exhibition
Stadium.
Hint: #3 The strike coincided with the end of his
career.
A. BOBBY THIGPEN [B-R Bio]
- Ans. The
single-season record of 57, set by Thigpen in 1990 and tied by Diaz in 2018.
However, it had previously been shattered in 2008 by Francisco Rodriguez w/62.
- #1 Thigpen
played for Mississippi State at the same time as Rafael Palmeiro, Will Clark & Jeff Brantley. MLB years = 9, 20, 15, 14.
- #2 Toronto’s
Exhibition Stadium closed for good to baseball 28-May-1989.
- #3 1994
was his last season. Play stopped after
10-Aug-1994 although Thigpen’s last G was 27-Apr.
FCR - Elliott Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Francisco Rodriguez, Brad Lidge,
Al Hrabosky, Mike Marshall, Eric Gagne, Doug Fister
IN MEMORIAM
—07-May
Q. Which Ontario native caught no-hitters from
three different Milwaukee Braves teammates?
Hint: #1 He attended the same high school as Hall of
Famers Walter Johnson and Arky Vaughan.
Hint: #2 He was the catcher for all 15⅓ innings of
the famous pitching duel on 02-Jul-1963.
Hint: #3 He was a teammate of and a manager of Hank
Aaron in the same city.
Hint: #4 He won every single National League Gold
Glove Award for catchers in the 1950s.
Hint: #5 After he’d played two months in the majors,
he parents flew across the country to see him play, but he was ejected before
the first half inning was over.
A. DEL CRANDALL [SABR Bio] An 11-time All-Star, Crandall
was the last living player to appear in a game for the Boston Braves.
- Ans. No-hitters
on 12-Jun-1954 by Jim Wilson; on 18-Aug-1960 by Lew Burdette; and on 16-Sep-1960 by Warren Spahn. Born
in the city of Ontario, California.
- #1 All
are alumni of Fullerton
Union HS,
Fullerton, California.
- #2 On
that date, starters Juan Marichal & Warren Spahn
each went the distance. So did their
catchers, Crandall and Ed Bailey.
- #3 Played
with Aaron on MLN 1954-63. Managed Aaron on MIL in 1975.
- #4 Rawlings began the awards in 1957 and
started naming individual winners for each league the following year. Crandall was honored with the NL GGs in 1958
and 1959. He added two more in 1960 and
1962
- #5 On 27-Aug-1949, Hall of Fame umpire Jocko Conlan tossed Crandall for arguing balls &
strikes on the very 2nd batter of the G.
FCR - Mark Pattison, Washington, DC
Incorrect
guesses: Bobby Bragan, Jim Edmonds, Wally
Joyner, Johnny Ray, Jason Thompson
FRIDAY —07-May
Q. Which one-time Pirate was the first Angels
player to hit for the cycle?
Hint: #1 Even though he had represented the Angels
six times as an All-Star and had amassed a WAR of 46.1, they traded him to another
expansion team for an unproven pitcher and three throw-ins whose total,
collective career WAR for all four players at that point was 2.8.
Hint: #2 In high school (the same high school attended
by Barry Bonds and Tom Brady) he was a star quarterback and set a California
state record in the long jump.
A. JIM FREGOSI [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Cycle
= 28-Jul-1964. Played
for PIT in 1977-78, his last years as a player in MLB.
- #1 Following
the 1971 season, CAL traded him to NYM for Nolan Ryan. The 3 other players that the Mets sent west
were Frank Estrada, Don Rose & Leroy Stanton.
- #2 An
alum of Junipero
Serra High School
in San Mateo, Fregosi’s 1959 long jump mark was 23' 8".
FCR - Tom Cleary Macungie, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
guesses: Leon Wagner
SATURDAY —08-May
Q. Who was the first player to win BBWAA MVP
playing for a team without a winning record?
Hint: #1 Eight players had a higher WAR rating than
he did that year, just in his league, including a teammate.
Hint: #2 He was the first player to hit 30 home runs
in a season where he was traded.
A. HANK SAUER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. MVP 1952 for CHC who were 77-77 that
year, 5th of 8.
- #1 Rank Name Team Pts Share WAR
2 Robin Roberts PHI 211 63% 8.6
7 Jackie Robinson BRO 31 9% 8.4
5 Stan Musial STL 127 38% 7.5
23 Warren Spahn BSN 8 2% 6.9
31 Solly Hemus STL 5 1% 6.8
12 Al Dark NYG 24 7% 5.8
23 Warren Hacker CHC 8 2% 5.8
23 Ken Raffensberger CIN 8 2% 5.8
1 Hank Sauer CHC 226 67% 5.6
- #2 Hit
31 HR in 1949 4 for CIN then 27 for CHC. Traded
15-Jun by CIN w/Frank Baumholtz to CHC for Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker.
FCR - Alan Lefkowitz, Washington, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Andre Dawson, Roy Sievers,
Giancarlo Stanton, Ralph Kiner, Ernie Banks, Bob Elliott, Gus Zernial, Minnie Minoso,
Jake Daubert
WEEKEND BONUS —08-May
Q. Who overcame testicular cancer then had a cup
of coffee with the A’s before they moved to Oakland?
Hint: #1 He was a member of the Birmingham Barons’
first integrated team.
Hint: #2 He was a key member of the last Dixie Series
champions.
Hint: #3 He went to the same university attended by Hall
of Famer George Kell.
Hint: #4 Only Ken Staples managed the Class A Wisconsin Rapids Twins to a lower season
finish in the Midwest League standings than he had.
A. WELDON BOWLIN [Obit Bio]
- Ans. The
26-year-old rookie’s only MLB H came in his debut. The G the next day was his last.
- #1 The
second baseman with the 1964 Barons Southern League franchise (then a Kansas City AA affiliate), Bowlin was teammates with fellow future major leaguers Tommie
Reynolds, Johnny “Blue Moon” Odom, Joe Grzenda, Ken Sanders & Ron Tompkins
- #2 After
nearly a 40-year run (1920-1958), the popular Dixie Series was resurrected one
last time in 1967. Bowlin and his
Birmingham A’s teammates (which included Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and
Rollie Fingers) prevailed over the Charlie Hough-led Albuquerque Dodgers.
- #3 Both had gone to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.
- #4 He
managed the WR Twins to a 10th-place finish in 1971 as their pitcher/player/manager. Staples led them to an 11th place
finish in 1982.
FCR - Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Andres Galarraga, Tony La Russa,
Ed McGhee, Vada Pinson
SUNDAY
—09-May
Q. Who was the first Hawaiian-born player to win
a World Series for teams on each coast,
Atlantic and Pacific?
Hint: #1 Ironically, for both championship rings, the
winning games were held in the heartland.
Hint: #2 Among active players, only Yadier Molina has
played more games at catcher.
A. KURT
SUZUKI [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Cal State Fullerton, with Suzuki at catcher, won the NCAA D-1 tournament in 2004. He was one of the principal catchers for the Washington Nationals when they won the World Series in 2019.
- #1 CSF
won the college title in Omaha. The Nats
won on the road in Houston.
- #2 Molina
has 2,007 G under his belt. Suzuki has
1,444 as of Saturday night.
FCR - Benjamin Chase, Huron, South Dakota
Incorrect
guesses: Ivan Rodriquez, Jorge Posada
WEEKLY THEME – Players
whose last names match up, initially, with the day their questions were posted.
Paul MOlitor................ = MOnday
Bob TUrley................. = TUesday
Mickey
WElch............ = WEdnesday
MIke BOddicker......... = MIdweek BOnus
Bobby THigpen.......... = THursday
Jim FRegosi............... = FRiday
Hank
SAuer............... = SAturday
WEldon
BOwlin.......... = WEekend BOnus
Kurt SUzuki................ = SUnday
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – No one!
(I lost $5.)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Hall
of Famers who managed a team they played for
- Ex-managers
who are in the hall of fame as players
- Eight
men who have had uniform no. 4 retired
- Hall
of Famers who played for their hometown team
Tuesday - Players
who won the WS MVP the same year they were 2nd in the regular season
MVP voting
- Something
with Series MVPs
- Regular
MVP/Cy and World Series MVP
- Something
to do with the WS MVP
Sunday - Members
of the Birmingham Barons
- Players
who wore #29
- All
became coaches/managers after they stopped playing
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