MONDAY —28-Jun
Q. Which speedster
got a head start when he was born in the back seat of his father’s Oldsmobile
on the way to the hospital in Chicago?
Hint: #1 He
is the only player who scored more major league runs than Ty Cobb.
Hint: #2 He
is the only player to collect three stolen bases in each of three consecutive
games.
A. RICKEY HENDERSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. B.
25-Dec-1958 in Chicago.
- #1 Scored
2,295 R vs. Cobb’s 2,245.
- #2 3+
SB on 03-Jul, 04-Jul & 08-Jul-1983.
FCR - Ted Rosenholm, Granby,
Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Pete
Rose, Lou Brock
TUESDAY —29-Jun
Q. Whose record for
consecutive strikeouts did Aaron Nola tie on Friday last?
Hint: #1 He
was the first Rookie of the Year to garner multiple Cy Young Awards.
Hint: #2 The
year he was elected to the Hall of Fame, only five voters left him off their
ballots.
A. TOM SEAVER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Phillie Nola (No lie!) struck out 10 of his 12 strikeouts
of Mets batters in
succession, tying the record set by Mets pitcher Tom Seaver 22-Apr-1970. Seaver’s were the last 10 Padres of the G.
- #1 ROY in 1967; CYA in 1969, 1973 & 1975.
- #2 Of the 430 HOF ballots voting, 425 or 98.84%
had Seaver’s name on them.
FCR - David Krassin,
L.A.
Incorrect guesses: Nolan
Ryan
TUESDAY TWICE —29-Jun
Q. Who led the National league in home runs while
Roger Maris was hitting sixty-one in the junior circuit?
Hint: #1 He was the first player to lead the majors
in RBI in a season playing for a team on the West Coast.
Hint: #2 He is one of only four players to win a
Rookie of the Year Award unanimously and then win a league Most Valuable Player
Award unanimously.
A. ORLANDO CEPEDA [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Hit
46 HR for SFG in 1961.
- #1 142
RBI in 1961
- #2 Unanimous
ROY 1958, unanimous MVP 1967. The
other 3 are Frank Robinson (1956, 1966); Albert Pujols (2001, 2009); Mike Trout
(2012, 2014)
FCR - Dave Jackson, Irving, Texas
Incorrect
guesses: Willie McCovey, Frank Robinson,
Willie Mays, Steve Carlton
WEDNESDAY —30-Jun
Q. Who is the only pitcher to hold his team's
single-season wins record as well as their single-season saves record?
Hint: #1 He has more postseason stolen bases than any
other major league pitcher.
Hint: #2 He broke his own 262-game errorless streak
during the same game his teammates tied a major league record by hitting eight
home runs while giving up none.
A. JOHN SMOLTZ [SABR Bio]
- Ans. For
the Atlanta Braves, Smoltz had 24 W in 1996 and had 55 S
in 2002. [Note: The
Braves’ franchise record for pitching wins in a season is
owned by John
Clarkson who had 49
in 1889.]
- #1 All
other pitchers in MLB history combined have 3 postseason stolen bases. Yes, you read that right. If you watched the videos, (seriously, watch the videos), you have
watched half of all pitcher stolen bases in postseason history.
- #2 8
HR G = 22-May-2006.
FCR - Roy Glasser, Valrico, Florida
Incorrect guesses: Bob Gibson, Mike Marshall
THURSDAY —01-Jul
Q. Who is the youngest Hall of Famer born in
Mobile, Alabama?
Hint: #1 He and another Hall of Famer were high
school teammates.
Hint: #2 Those two players managed one hundred hits
each during both of the strike years of 1981 and 1994.
Hint: #3 He the only shortstop ever voted Most
Valuable Player of a League Championship Series in the 20th century.
A. OZZIE SMITH [SABR Bio]
- Ans. B.
26-Dec-1954. The older ones are Satchel
Paige, Henry Aaron & Willie McCovey.
- #1 Smith and Eddie Murray attended Locke HS in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
- #2 Smith: 100 H in 1981, 100 H in 1994. Murray:
111 H in 1981, 110 H in 1994.
- #3 MVP
of the 1985 NLCS. The
award, begun in 1977, finally had its most recent SS LCS MVP in 2020 when Corey
Seager earned the honor.
FCR - John Kleeb, Reston, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Willie Mays
FRIDAY —02-Jul
Q. Who was the first Hall of
Fame catcher to play in at least 150 games in a
season but allow fewer than five passed balls?
Hint: #1 He homered every year for twenty-three
consecutive seasons.
Hint: #2 He was an owl in college.
A. CARLTON FISK [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Had
4 PB in 151 G in 1977
- #1 Had
at least 1 HR each year from 1971-1993.
- #2 Attended
Keene State U. in Keene, New Hampshire.
FCR - Richard Lerner, Silver Spring Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Gary Carter, Gabby Hartnett,
Ivan Rodriguez, Bill Dickey
T.G.I.F. BONUS —02-Jul
Q. Which pitcher holds the record for finishing
the most All-Star Games?
Hint: #1 He is one of only four Hall of Famers born
in the Mountain Time Zone.
Hint: #2 No other major leaguer has won more games
that he didn’t start in the expansion era.
A. RICH GOSSAGE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Finished
6 ASG: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984 & 1985.
- #1 He
was born in Colorado as was Roy Halladay.
Ralph Kiner was born in New Mexico and Harmon Killebrew was born in
Idaho.
- #2 Won
115 G 1972-94 in relief & won 9 more that he did start, all 9 of those
coming in 1976.
FCR - Randall Chandler, Germantown, Tennessee
Incorrect
guesses: Mariano Rivera, Bruce Sutter,
Trevor Hoffman, Bruce Sutter, Goose (Gossage has chosen not to go by this name,
thus freeing up Goose Goslin for double-unique status.)
SATURDAY —03-Jul
Q. What pitcher threw 28⅔ innings at the outset
of his major league career before surrendering an earned run?
Hint: #1 He pitched in All-Star games in each of
three decades.
Hint: #2 He was the last American Leaguer over 35
years old to win a Most Valuable Player Award.
A. DENNIS ECKERSLEY [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Debut
= 12-Apr-1975; 1st ER against = 5th
inning 31-May-1975, a rookie record that still stands.
- #1 Pitched
in ASG in 1977, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1991 & 1992.
- #2 AL
MVP in 1992 @ age 37.
FCR - Tom Cleary, Macungie, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
guesses: Gaylord Perry, Rollie Fingers, Roger
Clemens, Virgil Trucks
WEEKEND BONUS —03-Jul
Q. Who hit a qualified .350 or better for four
out of five straight seasons since Tony Gwynn did it?
Hint: #1 He is a member of two very select MLB
“clubs”. One has three members. The other has only two!
Hint: #2 He is the only player in MLB history who can
claim 350 home runs, 200 steals, a .300 batting average and a .400 OBP.
A. LARRY WALKER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. He
hit .366 .363, .379, .309 & .350
1997-2001.
- #1 He
is one of only 3 Canadian who have won MVPs:
Walker in 1997, Justin Morneau in 2006 & Joey Votto in 2010. He is
one of only 2 Canadians in the Hall of Fame.
The other is Fergie Jenkins.
Those are his Canadian Clubs.
- #2 Walker
left a career legacy of 383 HR, 230 SB, .313 BA & .400 OBP.
FCR - Rick Sagriff, Kingston, Ontario
Incorrect
guesses: Ichiro Suzuki, Barry Bonds, George
Brett, Miguel Cabrera
SUNDAY —04-Jul
Q. Who is the only batter to homer in the
twenty-fifth inning of a major league game?
Hint: #1 He hit more than three hundred home runs in
his career but the most he ever hit in a single season was twenty-nine.
Hint: #2 He was drafted #1 overall in the June draft
because a franchise owner watched him play in Little League and followed his
career until he was eligible to be drafted.
Hint: #3 He received a personal apology from the
president.
A. HAROLD
BAINES [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
the G that began on 08-May-1984 between MIL & CHW, Baines homered off Chuck Porter
on the 753rd pitch of the G to secure the W for the ChiSox.
- #1 Hit
384 career HR and had seasons of 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 & 29, but never more.
- #2 White
Sox owner Bill Veeck kept an eye on young Harold’s career then had his people
take him as the initial player chosen in 1st Round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft.
- #3 During
his 2000 campaign for president, George W. Bush claimed tongue-in-cheek that
the worst mistake he made in his career was trading away Sammy Sosa (who was at
that time in the midst of his HR record-setting run) for Baines. Baines was the Bench Coach for Mgr. Ozzie
Guillen on the 2005 WS Champion CHW.
Then when CHW were invited to visit the White House, Baines went with
team after first balking. During the
visit, President Bush apologized to Baines for his campaign remarks and sent him a written duplicate.
FCR - Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect guesses: Al Kaline, Pete Incaviglia, Leon Durham, Robin Ventura
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTION —05/06-Jul
Q. Who was the first batter in major league
history to rack up 100 home runs for each of three different clubs?
Hint: #1 He was privileged to play in two perfect
games.
Hint: #2 He once hit a home run in a major league
game that would have traveled 650 feet had it been able to be measured.
A. REGGIE
JACKSON [SABR
Bio]
- Ans. OAK = 269 HR; NYY = 123 HR; CAL =
144 HR
- #1 Perfect
games: Jim Hunter’s = 08-May-1968
& Mike Witt’s = 30-Sep-1984
- #2 in
the 1971
ASG, 25-year-old Jackson’s 2-R HR off Dock Ellis in the 3rd
inning hit a light tower above the stands in Tiger Stadium. A team of local Wayne State University physics
professors did the math and agreed that the ball would have traveled around 650
feet from home plate. Very few people doubt
the accuracy of their calculation. MLB's
longest verified HR distance is circa 575' by Babe Ruth on 18-Jul-1921,
to straightaway CF at Navin Field, Detroit, which landed nearly across the
intersection of Trumbull & Cherry Streets.
Consensus on Mickey Mantle’s 1st
HR of 1953, off WSH’s Chuck Stobbs at an unscientifically-reported 656', is
that the “measured” distance was more marketing hype that documented fact.
FCR - David
Holtz, Northridge, California
Incorrect guesses: Dave Kingman, Darrell Evans
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of
Famers who played or coached for Tony La Russa
Player La Russa tm / Years Pos
Baines............ CHW//
1980-86............ OF
" OAK / 1990-92.............DH
Cepeda............ CHW// 1980...............Coach
Eckersley......... OAK / 1987-95............ RP
" STL / 1996-97..............RP
Fisk.................. CHW// 1981-86............C
Gossage....... OAK / 1993..................... SP
Henderson....... OAK / 1989-93............. OF
" OAK / 1994-95.............OF
Jackson............. OAK /
1987...................OF
Seaver............. CHW// 1984-86............SP
Smith............... STL / 1996..................SS
Smoltz............... STL / 2009................SP
Walker............. STL / 2004-05.............OF
This list, although fairly lengthy already,
will no doubt grow in the future. It
will be, however, at least a full generation before we know the final total.
First Correct
Respondent to Identify Theme – Philip Trostler, Norwich, Connecticut
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Hall
of Famers who played in four decades
- Hall
of Famers who played for 8 or more teams
- Players
who refer to themselves in the 3rd person
Tuesday - Players
with highest % of HOF vote
- Future
Hall of Famers who were traded in their primes
- HOFers
who had multiple stints with the Mets
- HOF’s
with more than 95% voted in
- Players
traded by the teams they'd eventually be in the HoF for
- Hall
of Famers who were traded away but wear the original team's cap on their
HOF plaques
- Hall
of Famers who played one season with the Boston Red Sox
- Players
to get 94.8% of the HOF vote in their first year on the ballot
- Hall
of Famers who played for the Red Sox
- Hall
of Famers who played for the Red Sox late in their career?
Wed - Hall
of Famers who changed teams during a season
- HOF
members who were traded in their career
Sunday - Hall of Famers traded in their
final season
- Hall
of Famers who were post-season MVPs in years their team did not win the WS
- All
Stars gamers who represented different teams in different decades
- Guys in
Cooperstown or about to enter the Hall who played in at least three different
decades
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