MONDAY —14-Mar
Q. Which
Hall of Famer was the only pitcher to win 300 games between the two World Wars?
Hint: #1
He was the first pitcher to lead the American League in walks and strikeouts
in the same season.
Hint: #2
He won more league ERA titles than anyone else in the history of that
statistic.
- Ans. All
of Grove’s Ws came between 1925 & 1941
- #1 In 1925, Grove’s rookie season, he led the
majors in BB w/131 & led the AL in Ks w/116.
- #2 Won
9 ERA titles in the AL between 1926 & 1939, once leading the majors.
FCR - Ronn
Tarter, Cary North Carolina
Incorrect guesses: Walter Johnson, Early Wynn, Christie
Mathewson, Pete Alexander
TUESDAY —15-Mar
Q. Which Hall of Famer's
forty-five consecutive scoreless innings is a record for lefties?
Hint: #1 He holds a much
more famous All-Star record, but he also once surrendered three runs in one
All-Star inning.
Hint: #2 He is the
only National League pitcher to win the BBWAA Most Valuable Player award twice.
A. CARL HUBBELL [SABR
Bio]
- Ans. “The Meal Ticket” threw 45⅓ scoreless innings between the 7th
inning of 13-Jul- & the 6th
inning of 01-Aug-1933.
- #1 Hubbell famously struck out 5 consecutive
Hall of Fame batters in the 1st & 2nd innings of the
1934 ASG, but in the 1937 mid-summer Classic,
Hubbell replaced Dizzy Dean to start the bottom of the 7th then only
got 2 outs before being replaced, 3 earned runs later.
- #2 Hubbell was NL MVP in 1933, amazingly out-voting Chuck Klein’s
Triple Crown
year. Hubbell won again in 1936, this time
unanimously.
FCR - Stephen Krevisky, Middletown , Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: Christy
Mathewson, Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlton, Whitey Ford
WEDNESDAY —16-Mar
Q. Which
Hall of Famer was the first pitcher to homer for the Hilltoppers?
Hint: #1
He persuaded two U.S. presidents to take actions that we are grateful for
still today.
Hint: #2
Toward the end of his career as a player/manager, toward the end of a
season, he saw fit to insert himself into a game to pitch to the only batter he
would face all season. That batter hit a
home run.
A. CLARK GRIFFITH [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. HR = 14-Jul-1903
at Hilltop Park. The team, also then known
as the Highlanders, became the Yankees a decade on. Other early nicknames included “Invaders” & “Porchclimbers”. It was the 8th & final HR of Griffith’s 20-year career as a player in the majors.
-
#1 While he was managing the
Washington Senators, Griffith persuaded President Taft to begin the custom of
the Presidential First Pitch. It was
also Griffith who helped convince President Franklin Roosevelt to allow major
league baseball to continue during World War II.
-
#2 On 05-Oct-1912,
Griffith entered the G to relieve Nick Altrock in the 8th inning to
face the batter Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase who hit an
inside-the-park HR. Of note, Yankee RF
Jack Lelivelt hit the only 2 home runs of
his 6-year career in that same game.
FCR - George
Alfano, Redlands, California
Incorrect guesses: Jack Chesbro
THURSDAY —17-Mar
Q. Who
was the first Hall of Famer to homer in his final at-bat in the majors?
Hint: #1
In the history of his franchise, he is the only player to hit for the
cycle twice.
Hint: #2
His first major league franchise purchased an entire AA minor league
team to secure rights to him.
A. MICKEY COCHRANE [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. On 25-May-1937, Cochrane
was at catcher for the Detroit Tigers, 2.5 G behind NYY in an AL pennant race
they would eventually win, with Cochrane as their manager as well. In his 2nd AB in the 3rd
inning, Black Mike homered to deep RF off Yankee’s starter Bump Hadley with his
119th & final career HR.
In his next plate appearance, Cochrane was hit in his right temple by a
Hadley 3-1 inside fastball. Cochrane did
not finish the AB and would never play again.
-
#1 While playing for the A’s,
then of Philadelphia, Cochrane managed cycles on 22-Jul-1932 &
02‑Aug-1933. No other A’s player, based in Philly, KC or Oakland,
has cycled more than once.
-
#2 The A’s purchased the Portland Beavers
of the PCL in 1924. They also received
the services of 19 additional players who would eventually play in the majors. Cochrane was in the starting lineup on Opening Day
of the parent club the very next season.
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, George Sisler,
Jimmie Foxx, Babe Herman, Pee Wee Reese
IN MEMORIAM —18-Mar
Q. Who was
on the mound when the Yankees won their last World Series before beginning a
drought of fourteen years, one of the longest such stretches since they changed
their name to Yankees?
Hint: #1
Two season previous, he was also on the mound when the World Series
ended, becoming the first American League pitcher to throw the final pitch in
two World Series Game Sevens.
Hint: #2
His won/loss record was 23-12 for a pennant-winning team just 6 years
after going 4-11 for a seventh place team.
Hint: #3
He was born just a half hour drive from the hometown of his most famous Hall
of Fame teammate.
Hint: #4
He is a member of three regional sports Halls of Fame.
Hint: #5
He became a professional golfer after his days in the major leagues.
Hint: #6
Further exercising his athletic ability, he also won a state-wide
bowling title.
A. RALPH TERRY [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Terry had just pitched a 1-0
complete 7th G
of the 1962 WS over SFG.
-
#1 In 1957 for KCA, his record
was 4-11. His record pitching for NYY
was 23-12. (It is, however, noteworthy
that his ERA in ’57 for the A’s was 3.38 and in ’62 it was 3.19
in a year where he didn’t have to face the Yankees!)
-
#2 He was the pitcher who had surrendered
the WS-winning HR to the Pirates’ Bill Mazeroski in the 7th G
of the 1960 Fall Classic.
- #3 Terry was born in Big Cabin, Oklahoma and Mickey
Mantle in Spavinaw. It’s a quick drive between
them.
- #4 Is a member of the Kansas Sports Hall of
Fame, the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma
Sports Hall of Fame.
- #5 After baseball, Terry became a professional
golfer. He won the 1980 Midwest PGA
Championship, then, based on his
status as a PGA of America sectional
champion, he qualified for and played in four PGA Tour events in 1981
and 1982. In 1986, he started playing on the Senior PGA Tour. His best finish was a tie for 10th
at the 1989 Showdown Classic.
-
#6 Ralph teamed with Gary Meserve
of Larned, KS to win the 1979
Kansas State Doubles Bowling title.
FCR - Michael
Schneider, Wilmington, Delaware
Incorrect guesses: Mariano Rivera, Catfish Hunter, Rick Rhoden
FRIDAY —18-Mar
Q. Which Hall of Famer played in eight World
Series without hitting a home run but homered from both sides of the plate in
All-Star competition?
Hint: #1
No one has come close to equaling the record he set for most chance and
assist in a single season.
Hint: #2
As a manager, he was a legendary umpire baiter.
A. FRANKIE FRISCH [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Frisch batted in WS play in 1921,
22, 23, 24 for NYG & in 28, 30, 31, 34 for STL w/58 hits not one of which
was a HR.. Then he hit HRs off righty
General Crowder in 1933 ASG and off Lefty Gomez in the 1934 game.
-
#1 In 1927, his 1st
year w/STL he accepted 1,059 chances and was in on 641 assists .
-
#2 Here’s one example: Manager Frisch was once confronted by Bill
Klem, the authoritarian dean of umpires, who often drew a line in the dirt with
his spikes and said, “Don't you dare cross that line.” Frisch kept circling Klem while the umpire
kept drawing lines until Frisch chortled: “Hey, Bill, you're all fenced in.”
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect guesses: Roy Smalley, Billy Martin, Larry Bowa
SATURDAY —19-Mar
Q. Whose
major league record for the most hits in one season did Ty Cobb break?
Hint: #1
His nickname was Crab.
Hint: #2
He began his major league career as a starting pitcher.
A. JESSE BURKETT [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Burkett had broken the record
held by Hugh Duffy (237) since 1894 when he banged out a remarkable 240 H in
the 1896 season, playing for the NL Spiders of Cleveland. That mark lasted until Cobb’s MVP year of 1911. The record today stands at 262, set by Ichiro Suzuki in 2004.
-
#1 He acquired the sobriquet Crab
due to his serious disposition no to mention is willingness to argue, fight &
insult sportswriters, umpires, opposing players, rookies et al.
-
#2 Only 11 of his 2,000+ G were
on the mound.
FCR - Kyle Sammin, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Wee Willie Keeler, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker, Nap
Lajoie, Jesse Haines
SUNDAY —20-Mar
Q. Who hit an inside-the-park
home run off Christy Mathewson that is barely talked about today?
Hint: #1 He is one of
a few major leaguers with a twin.
Hint: #2 He went across
town after more than a decade.
Hint: #3 An enormous metal baseball has been erected
in his honor in his hometown.
A. JOE TINKER [SABR
Bio]
- Ans. In the game with the mental error that’s come to be known as Merkle's
Boner, Tinker hit a game-tying HR against NYG’s Mathewson just prior
to Fred Merkle's baserunning gaff.
- #1 Tinker’s twin sister died at a very young age. Famous major leaguers with twins: Jose Canseco, Richie Ashburn.
- #2 After 12 very successful seasons with the
Cubs, (1902-1913), Tinker joined the Federal League as a player/manager with
the Chicago Chi-Feds. They changed their
name to the Whales for the 1916 season & won the league’s pennant. He returned briefly (very) to CHC after the Federal
League folded.
- #3 Muscotah, Kansas now houses this giant curiosity.
FCR - Warren Kent,
Whitehall, Michigan
Incorrect guesses: Home
Run Baker, Johnny Evers, Jesse Tannehill, Tommy Leach
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of Fame
inductees who did not show up for their induction ceremony in 1947. Some were elected earlier, but 1947 was the
time for their induction.
Our thanks goes out to reader
Peter Henrici of Cooperstown, NY for suggesting this week’s theme and
supplying the names.
HOFer Lived
until (career)WAR
Burkett.................. 1953.................. 59.7
Cochrane............... 1962.................. 49.9
Frisch.................... 1973.................. 71.8
Griffith................... 1955.................. 63.7
Grove.................... 1975................ 106.8
Hubbell.................. 1988.................. 68.5
Tinker.................... 1948.................. 53.2
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – A few people came close, but…
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Pitchers
who tossed more than one immaculate inning
Tues - Lefties
from Missouri
- Pitchers
with the most consecutive wins in a season
Wed - Winningest
lefties in modern era
Thur - Top
vote-getters for the 1946 HoF election
Fri - Players
in top 10 from 1946 HoF election who were inducted in 1947
Sat - Top
vote getters in the 1946 HOF nominations
- Players
who were multi-sports stars in college
- Players
present for their induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction
on July 21, 1947.
- Players
inducted into the hall of fame in 1947 who were still alive at the time of
their election
Sun - Players
that were still alive when inducted into the hall of fame in 1947
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