TUESDAY —01-Mar
Q. Who
was the first player to have 200-hit seasons in both the National League and the
American League?
Hint: #1
His Hall of Fame coach thought him a-maize-ing in college.
Hint: #2
He was the first professional baseball player to grace the cover of Time
magazine.
- Ans. Playing
for the AL’s Saint Louis Browns (SLB) Sisler passed the 200-H mark in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925 & 1927 with totals of 257,
216, 246, 224 & 201 respectively.
Then, toward the end of his playing career with the NL’s Boston Braves
in 1929 at age 36, Sisler led
his dismal team w/205 H.
- #1 Sisler starred for Coach Branch Rickey at the
University of Michigan (colors: Maize &
Blue).
- #2 On
the cover of Time in the March 30, 1925
before the magazine itself was even 2 years old.
FCR - Edward
Veal, Spanaway, Washington
Incorrect guesses: Frank Frisch, Mel Ott, Rogers Hornsby, Nap
Lajoie, Frank Robinson
WEDNESDAY —02-Mar
Q. Which
BBTR pitcher won the Cy Young Award only once in his twenty-three-year career
in his nineteenth season? It was the
only time he ever got even a single vote for the award.
Hint: #1
He was nine times an All-Star and received MVP votes eight times.
Hint: #2
He was the first pitcher to face the expansion Washington Senators.
A. EARLY WYNN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Played 1939, 1941-44, 46-63. CYA in 1959, leading his CHW to the WS.
- #1 Playing history.
- #2 1st G for WSA 10-Apr-1961.
FCR - Evan
Thompson, Mesa
Incorrect guesses: Luis Tiant
MIDWEEK BONUS —03-Mar
Q. Who
was the last Brooklyn Dodgers player to win the National League Most Valuable
Player Award?
Hint: #1
Players who finished second, fifth, eighth, eleventh and sixteenth in
that same MVP vote that year, were teammates of his.
Hint: #2
He ended his professional playing career in Japan.
A. DON NEWCOMBE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. NL MVP in 1956
- #1 1956 NL MVP vote: 2nd Sal Maglie, 5th
Junior Gilliam, 8th Pee Wee Reese, 10th Duke Snider &
16th Jackie Robinson.
-
#2 Played the 1962 season for the Chunichi
Dragons.
FCR - Tim Luca, San Mateo, California
Incorrect guesses: Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo
THURSDAY —03-Mar
Q. Who
was the catcher on Baseball America's All-Time College All-Star team?
Hint: #1
No other catcher has caught more no-hitters.
Hint: #2
He has played in more postseason games than anyone else in the history
of his franchise.
A. JASON VARITEK [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Tek had played at Tech [Varitek
at Georgia Tech].
1994 CBBAAT
-
#1 In a tie with Carlos Ruiz,
Varitek has caught 4 no-hitters… On 04-Apr-2001—Hideo Nomo; on 27‑Apr‑2002—Derek Lowe; on 01-Sep-2007—Clay Buchholz; &
on 19-May-2008—Jon Lester.
-
#2 Played in 63 postseason G for
BOS. However, that mark has been left
behind by the 85 G of David Ortiz.
FCR - Philip
Guiliano, Chester, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Ray Schalk, Buster Posey, ,Johnny Bench,
Jorge Posada, Jeff Torborg, Ron Hassey, John Roseboro
THURSDAY TWICE —03-Ma
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to earn a save in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum?
Hint: #1
He won World Series rings in consecutive seasons, but with different
teams.
Hint: #2
He finished his career with an even more distinguished team.
A. CLEM LABINE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. 1st S = 18-Apr-1958
-
#1 Was on LAD for the 1959 WS and on PIT for the 1960 Fall
Classic.
-
#2 Pitched for Casey Stengel on
the expansion 1962 New York
Mets. It was a mere 4
innings, but he was there.
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect guesses: Phil Regan, Larry Sherry, Bob Miller, Lindy
McDaniel
THURSDAY THRICE —03-Mar
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to strike out the first five batters in a World Series
game?
Hint: #1
He was the losing pitcher in consecutive All-Star games.
Hint: #2
He was the second St. Louis Cardinals pitcher to win a National League
Most Valuable Player award.
A. MORT COOPER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In G 5 in 1943, Cooper set down the 1st
5 on strikes. Sandy Koufax matched the
feat in 1963.
-
#1 Took the AS L in 1942 & 43.
-
#2 MVP in 1942. Dizzy Dean had won it in 1932.
FCR – Tony Hughes, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson, Don Larsen, Joaquin
Andujar, Steve Carlton
FRIDAY —04-Mar
Q. Who
served as a backup catcher for both Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra and did it well
enough to be selected to the American League All-Star team?
Hint: #1
He played in exactly one (1) major league game before joining the U.S.
Coast Guard.
Hint: #2
He was traded for a player who became one of the best pitchers of his
era.
A. AARON ROBINSON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Played for NYY 1945-47
essentially as a bridge between the two great
Hall of Fame careers.
-
#1 He appeared as a pinch-hitter
for NYY on 06-May-1943 and struck out. He didn’t even need his glove that day.
-
#2 He was dealt by CHW to DET for
Billy Pierce plus $10,000 on
10-Nov-1948.
FCR - Kevin
Johnson, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Charlie Silvera, Clint Courtney, Ken
Silvestri, Jim Hegan, Sherm Lollar, Gus Triandos, Rollie Hemsley, Johnny, Elston
Howard Blanchard, Ralph Houk
T.G.I.F.SPECIAL —04-Mar
Q. Whose
twenty-five home runs trailed only Rob Deer’s total on the 1987 Milwaukee
Brewers, a team that won its first thirteen games and seventeen of its first
eighteen?
Hint: #1
A one-time Philly, he later coached three teams in the majors.
Hint: #2
His cousin once led the majors in doubles.
A. DALE SVEUM [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Deer hit 28 HR that year.
-
#1 Coached BOS 2004-05; MIL
2006-2011; KCR 2014-19. Played for PHI
in
-
#2 His cousin, John Olerud, hit 54
doubles in 1993 for TOR.
FCR - Jesse
Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Gorman Thomas, Ben Oglivie, Del Ennis
SATURDAY —05-Mar
Q. Which
thirty-year-old catcher had an offensive game to remember when he got two hits
in an inning twice in the same game?
Hint: #1
His defensive prowess, considered a liability early in his career, rose
to Gold Glove level under the tutelage of Paul Richards.
Hint: #2
It was he for whom was Yogi pinch-hitting when Yogi hit the first
pinch-hit home run in World Series history.
A. SHERM LOLLAR [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. On 23-Apr-1955, playing for CHW
against KCA, Lollar had a HR & single in the 2nd inning then 2
singles in the 6th, as the White Sox won a laugher over the A’s
29-6. Lollar is tied with 2 other major
leaguers in this regard.
-
#1 Richards, a former catcher himself, was Lollar’s manager
in Chicago 1952-54.
-
#2 Berra HR = 02-Oct-1947, G 3, 1947 WS. Lollar had been on twice and had scored
twice.
FCR - Gerald
Price, Lancaster, California
Incorrect guesses: Elston Howard, Bill Dickey, Clint Courtney, Gus
Triandos, Cliff Mapes
SUNDAY —06-Mar
Q. Which Tigers
pitcher’s image was used on a recruiting poster for the U.S. Marines during World War II?
Hint: #1 In his
first start in the majors, he defeated Lefty Grove and the Red Sox.
Hint: #2 The
subtitle of his biography is “Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser”.
A. BOOTS POFFENBERGER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Click here for poster. He did serve in the Marines during the war.
- #1 Finished the G on 11-Jun-1937 w/6⅔ innings of relief.
- #2 Book was written by Austin Gisriel.
FCR - Jim Lubell, Hillsboro,
Oregon
Incorrect guesses: Schoolboy
Rowe, Hal Newhouser
WEEKEND BONUS —05-Mar
Q. Which pitcher
nicknamed “Mudcat” surrendered Babe Ruth’ final home runs in the majors?
Hint: #1 He managed
the Battle Creek Belles of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Hint: #2 In his
second win one year, he pitched a complete game eighteen inning win over the Braves.
- Ans. Ruth’s #713 & 714 on 25-May-1935 in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. Because of Bush’s roots, he was dubbed “The
Mississippi Mudcat”.
- #1 Managed the Belles in parts of 1951–52.
- #2 18-inning gem was on 14-May-1927.
FCR - Lee Dembart, Hollywood,
California
Incorrect guesses: George
Metkovich
SUNDAY SPECIAL —06-Mar
Q. Who has thrown multiple
interleague no-hitters?
Hint: #1 In his
eleven seasons in the majors, he never had a single vote for the Cy Young Award,
Most Valuable Player or made an All-Star team.
Hint: #2 Sure, he has
blown games, but he’s better known for blowing something else.
A. MIKE FIERS [B-R Bio]
- Ans. On 21-Aug-2015, playing for HOU, he no-hit LAD. On 07-May-2019, playing for OAK, he no-hit CIN.
- #1 He never got a single vote for Rookie of the
Year in 2012 either.
- #2 He is also known for being the whistleblower
in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.
FCR - Adam Foldes,
New York City
Incorrect guesses: Homer
Bailey, Joe Smith, David Cone, Justin Verlander, Dave Stewart, Jim Bunning
WEEK’S FINALE —06-Mar
Q. Which Cubs outfielder
was hesitant to approach the outfield walls in Wrigley Field, believing they
were poison ivy?
Hint: #1 “I ain’t
mad at nobody”, he once said.
Hint: #2 His parents
were fifteen and fourteen years old when they married.
A. LOU NOVIKOFF [SABR Bio]
- Ans. This very likely diminished his practical
usefulness as an outfielder in home games, but he played only in the outfield
his entire time in the majors, 1941-46.
- #1 A softball promoter had given him the nickname
“The Mad Russian”, but he was just the opposite, jovial, happy-go-lucky, amusingly
eccentric—a genuine madcap guy with a big smile. Lou was an accomplished softball player in
addition to his obvious talent in baseball.
Ted Williams called him “a great natural hitter."
- #2 About 1900, these 2 Russian teens, Alex
Novikoff, 15 & his bride Julia 14, were looking for economic opportunity
& freedom from religious persecution. Alex, Julia & their sons migrated
with hundreds of their community to Los Angeles, 1905-06.
FCR - Joe O’Neill,
London, Ontario
Incorrect guesses: Leon
Durham, Bobby Murcer, Keith Moreland, Jerry Morales
WEEKLY THEME – Players born in cities with identical
names of more famous cities in other states
Player.............................................. Born
In.............................................. Not
in…
Bush.................................................. Aberdeen,
Mississippi............................... Maryland
Cooper................................................ Atherton,
Missouri.................................... California
Fiers.................................................. Hollywood,
Florida..................................... California
Labine................................................ Lincoln,
Rhode Island.............................. Nebraska
Lollar................................................. Durham,
Arkansas.................................... North
Carolina
Newcombe.......................................... Madison,
New Jersey.............................. Wisconsin
Novikoff............................................. Glendale,
Arizona..................................... California
Poffenberger..................................... Williamsport,
Maryland.............................. Pennsylvania
Robinson............................................ Lancaster,
South Carolina........................ Pennsylvania
Sisler.................................................. Manchester,
Ohio...................................... New
Hampshire
Sveum................................................. Richmond,
California............................... Virginia
Varitek............................................... Rochester,
Michigan.................................. New
York
Wynn.................................................. Hartford,
Alabama..................................... Connecticut
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Ken Kirk, Corning, New York (after Labine)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Wed - Players
who got into the Hall of Fame on the fourth try
- Hall
of Famers who never won a World Series
Fri - Players
born in cities/towns whose name contains the name of a President's first or last
name
- Players
whose birthplace is the name of city who has a professional soccer (UK
football) club
- Railway
lines used for baseball travel before airplane travel
- Players
whose birthplaces now have Minor League baseball teams
Sat - Players
that were born in a city that is also the name of a city in California
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