This week’s theme and questions are thanks to the good offices of multiple-time SABR National Trivia champion, Michael Caragliano.
MONDAY —24-Jan
Q. Which player has
won the Most Valuable Player awards as a San Francisco Giant?
Hint: #1 He’s the
all-time leader in walks as well as in walks of the intentional variety.
Hint: #2 …and he has
the most career home runs too.
A. BARRY BONDS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Has 5 SFG MVPs: 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 + 2 more as a Pirate.
- #1 2,558 & 688 BB & IBB,
respectively
- #2 762 HR
FCR - Doug Christy,
Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Willie
Mays, Hank Aaron
TUESDAY —25-Jan
Q. Who was the first
American League player to collect 3,000 hits and 400 home runs?
Hint: #1 It probably
helped that he also racked up the most at-bats in American League history.
Hint: #2 Despite his
power, he needed 2,294 games finally to clout three home runs in one game. His grandson, however, only needed 70 games
to accomplish that.
A. CARL YASTRZEMSKI [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Has 3,319 H and 453 HR (since joined by Cal
Ripken and Alex Rodriguez).
- #1 Has 11,988 career ABs.
- #2 Yaz’s 1st 3-HR game = 19-May-1976;
Mike Yastrzemski’s 1st 3-HR G = 16-Aug-2019.
FCR - Eric Savage,
Short Hills, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Ted
Williams, Al Kaline, Al Simmons
WEDNESDAY —26-Jan
Q. Who is the most
recent National League player to reach the 30-30 club?
Hint: #1 He is the
only player to collect two cycles against the same team in one season.
Hint: #2 He was the
last batter to ever face Roy Halladay.
A. CHRISTIAN YELICH [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Hit 44 HR and had 30 SB in 2019, joining the
30-30 club two weeks after Ronald Acuna did.
- #1 Hit for the cycle 29-Aug-2018
and 17-Sep-2018,
both against CIN.
- #2 Halladay walked Yelich 23-Sep-2013,
then walked off the mound with an arm injury.
FCR - David Skelton,
Woodway, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Freddie Freeman, Trea Turner, Ronald Acuna, Cedric
Mullins, Fernando Tatis, Ozzie Albies
MIDWEEK BONUS —26-Jan
Q. Who was the first
National League rookie to hit two home runs in a World Series game?
Hint: #1
He was once traded straight-up for a pitcher who never appeared in another
major league game.
Hint: #2
He hit for the cycle in the “Ryne Sandberg Game”.
A. WILLIE McGEE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. WS HR X 2 = 15-Oct-1982
-
#1 McGee was traded by NYY to STL
for Bob Sykes 21-Oct-1981.
- #2 “The Sandberg Game”
= 23-Jun-1984.
FCR - Andrew Milner,
Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect guesses: Andruw
Jones
THURSDAY —27-Jan
Q. Whose
double was Tim McCarver dissecting when the World Series was abruptly
disrupted?
Hint: #1
He was credited with his first major league hit three months before his
major league debut.
Hint: #2
His six blasts were enough to win the first All-Star Home Run Derby.
Hint #3
Even though he led National League right fielders in errors seven times
he is probably best remembered for two throws he made in one game.
A. DAVE PARKER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. On 17-Oct-1989, as McCarver
was breaking down tape of Parker’s
G 2 double off Rick Reuschel
during ABC’S pre-game show for G 3, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck.
-
#1 Parker’s major league debut
came on 12-Jul-1973. He appeared as a pinch hitter and singled in
a G at Wrigley Field that had been suspended on April 21st and
resumed on July 26th, 2 weeks after his debut.
-
#2 1985 ASG HRD in Minneapolis
- #3 Gunned
down Jim Rice and Brian Downing in the 1979 ASG.
FCR - Mark Kanter,
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect guesses: Frank
Thomas, Jose Canseco, Willie McGee
FRIDAY —28-Jan
Q. Which
one-time Chicago White Sox player is credited with the highest lifetime pinch-hitting
average?
Hint: #1
In his lone season playing for the team that replaced his hometown team,
he led them in Triple Crown stats.
Hint: #2
He was the only player who got to watch Jim Bouton taking notes in
Seattle and Houston.
Hint:
#3 He once had a season so
outstanding that he finished third in the Most Valuable Player voting, with
more votes than ten players now enshrined in Cooperstown.
A. TOMMY DAVIS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Finished w/ a .320 career BA
as a pinch hitter. Played 132 G for CWH in 1968, leading them
in RBI.
-
#1 The Brooklyn native hit .302
with 16 home runs and 73 RBI for NYM in 1967.
- #2 Davis played with Bouton for both the Seattle Pilots
and Houston Astros
in 1969, the season he was immortalized by Bouton in “Ball Four”.
-
#3 Was 3rd w/3 MVP votes in 1962 behind
teammate Maury Wills and SFG Willie Mays, but ahead of Frank Robinson, Don
Drysdale, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Orland Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Ernie
Banks Juan Marichal, Sandy Koufax & Eddie Mathews. Davis’ 153 RBI total that season was higher
than every other player’s between 1950 and the PED era.
FCR - Rich Klein,
Plano, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Tommy Harper, Lenny Harris, Manny Mota, Smokey
Burgess, Minnie Minoso, Don Mincher
T.G.I.F.
SPECIAL —28-Jan
Q. Who was the first Philadelphia A’s player to
score a run for a manager other than Connie Mack?
Hint:
#1 He had a .400 OBP every season in his career
except one… when it was .399
Hint:
#2 He was the first baseman in a
history-making quartet of All-Star infielders.
A. FERRIS FAIN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In the 9th inning
on 17-Apr-1951, Fain
scored for new A’s skipper Jimmy Dykes (their 2nd!).
-
#1 1954, the only sub-.400 OBP in
his 9-year career
-
#2 Fain, Nellie Fox, Chico
Carrasquel & George Kell were AS infielders on CHW in 1954.
It was the first time 4 infielders from the same team were named to an All-Star Game.
FCR
- Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect guesses: Mickey Vernon, Stuffy McInnis, George Kell, Jimmie
Foxx, Bill White, Chuck Klein, Ernie Banks
SATURDAY —29-Jan
Q. Who participated in the most career double
plays at first base?
Hint: #1
Only a certain Chicago shortstop appeared in more games in the
pre-expansion era without appearing in a World Series game.
Hint: #2
He got his only World Series ring just days after his final career game
as a player.
A. MICKEY VERNON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. 2,044 DPs
-
#1 Only Luke Appling
appeared in more pre-expansion games with nary a World Series game among them
(2,422 to 2,409 for Vernon)
-
#2 Vernon was the first base
coach for PIT in 1960 after playing 9 G for them. He had also coached for them during that
season.
FCR
- Elliott Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Stuffy McInnis, Frank Chance, Don Mattingly, Mark
Grace, Billy Williams, Frank Thomas, Phil Cavarretta, Fred McGriff
SUNDAY —30-Jan
Q. Who once led American
League second basemen in fielding percentage, then led league first basemen in
fielding percentage the following season?
Hint: #1 He is the
only American League player to bat in fewer than forty teammates the season he
won the league batting title.
Hint: #2 During his
only major league managerial experience, he replaced a Hall of Famer and was,
in turn, replaced by a Hall of Famer.
A. PETE RUNNELS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Had .986 at 2B in 1960; .995 at 1B in 1961.
- #1 Hit .320 in 1960 w/ only 35 RBI.
- #2 Named BOS manager for the final 16 G in 1966,
replacing Billy Herman. Even though
Runnels had a .500 managing record, he was replaced by Dick Williams when the
season ended,.
FCR - Jason Winston,
Riverside, California
Incorrect guesses: Joe
Gordon, Carney Lansford, Rod Carew, Lou Boudreau, Nap Lajoie, Billy Goodman,
Harvey Kuenn, DJ LeMahieu
WEEKLY THEME – Players
who won multiple batting titles, but hit below .300 for their careers
Player Titles Career BA WAR
Bonds.................... 2002, 2004................ .298.................... 162.7
Davis..................... 1962, 1963................ .294..................... 20.5
Fain....................... 1951, 1952................ .290..................... 27.3
McGee.................. 1985, 1990................ .295..................... 34.2
Parker................... 1977, 1978................ .290..................... 40.1
Runnels................. 1960, 1962................ .291..................... 29.8
Vernon.................. 1946, 1953................ .286..................... 35.5
Yastrzemski........... 1963, 1967, 1968....... .285..................... 96.5
Yelich ................... 2018,
2019................ .292..................... 33.4
Note: Keep an eye on DJ LeMahieu (2016, 2020). He enters 2022 with a .300 lifetime average.
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, White Hall, Michigan
(after Fain)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Guys
we all knew did 'roids but never failed a test
- Imminent
Hall of Fame vote announcement
- Guys
who will drop off the HOF ballot after this year
- Most
successful MLB families
- Biggest
cap sizes in MLB history
- Players
who finished one vote shy of being unanimous MVP selections.
Tuesday - 400
home run club without winning a WS
-
Players who have never won a World Series
- Most
regular-season games played in a career without winning a World Series
Wed - All-Star
LF Who have had a three home run game
- MVP
winners who were one vote short of being unanimous
- MVP
winning lefty hitting leftfielders
- Left
fielders to win MVP
- Players
who won a batting title and MVP in the same year
- Players
who won the MVP and hit a home run in the World Series the same season
- Players
who won the MVP and hit more than one home run in the postseason the same
season
Thurs - Outfielders
that won an MVP and batting title in the same year
- Outfielders
who won an MVP and have two or more batting titles
Friday - Two-time
batting champs
- Left
fielders with more than one batting title
Sat - Players
who wished they had played on better teams
- Players
who have won multiple batting titles and have multiple All Star appearances who
were high school basketball standouts
- Batting
champions with no postseason appearances
- Guys
who won exactly two batting titles
Sunday - 1B
batting champs with few HR’s
- 2-time
batting champs who aren’t in the HOF
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