MONDAY —04-Apr
Q. Which
pitcher threw seven (7!) Opening-Day shutouts?
Hint: #1
He led his league in strikeouts twelve times, eight of them in a row.
Hint: #2
He was the first native of Kansas to receive a Hall of Fame vote.
- Ans. OD
ShO = 1910, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1919*, 1924 & 1926
- #1 Led the AL in Ks 1910, 1912-19, 1921,
1924, 1924
- #2 B. 06-Nov-1887,
Humboldt, KS. Schooled in California. “Discovered” in Idaho.
* 13 innings
FCR - Cappy
Gagnon, South Bend, Indiana
Incorrect guesses: Bob Feller, Lefty Grove, Steve Carlton, Cy
Young, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tom Seaver
TUESDAY —05-Apr
Q. Who was the first
American League shortstop to have a season with thirty home runs, a batting
average of .300 or better and at least one hundred runs batted in?
Hint: #1 He is the
only Most Valuable Player to claim that honor for a team that lost ninety-five
games the same season.
Hint: #2 He once
played ninety consecutive games without making an error.
A. CAL RIPKEN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In 1991, Ripken won his 2nd MVP w/34
HR, BA of .323 & 114 RBI.
Coincidentally, he didn’t miss a single game that year.
- #1 In 1991, BAL’s record was 67-95. (Painful to imagine their record without
him!)
- #2 90 errorless G = 14-Apr- through 27-Jul-1990.
FCR - Jerry Kahn,
New York City
Incorrect guesses: Alex
Rodriguez, Ernie Banks, Luke Appling, Jackie Jensen, Rico Petrocelli,
Vern Stephens, Nomar Garciaparra
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who
was the most recent Dodger to win a batting title?
Hint: #1
His career pinch-hitting batting average is the highest in major league
history.
Hint: #2
A phone call from his hero convinced him where to begin his career.
Hint: #3
He chose the wrong season to have the best year of his career.
Hint: #4
Only Sammy Sosa has had more National League RBI in a year since then.
Hint: #5
He hit home runs for nine teams.
Hint: #6
His career batting average is higher than those of Hall of Fame sluggers
Billy Williams, Lou Brock, Harmon Killebrew, Tim Raines, Ton Lazzeri,
Larry Doby, Eddie Murray and Carl Yastrzemski, to name a few.
A. TOMMY DAVIS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Won NL BA titles in 1962 (.346)
and 1963 (.326), both times also leading the majors. Trea Turner won the NL batting title in 2021,
but played ⅔ of his games that year as a Washington National.
-
#1 With 63 H in 197
;pinch-hitting ABs, Davis ended at .320.
-
#2 Jackie Robinson phoned the
Brooklyn born and raised Davis and persuaded him to look past offers from the
Phillies & Yankees and become a Dodger.
- #3 In 1962, Davis led all MLB in H (230),
RBI (153) & BA, but it was the same year that his teammate
Maury Wills broke Ty Cobb’s once untouchable record of 96 stolen bases in a
year, finishing with 104.
It was the same year that Willie Mays led the world with a 10.5
WAR not to mention 49 HR.
Davis finished a strong 3rd in the NL MVP voting.
- #4 Sosa’s RBI totals in 1998 (158)
& 2001 (160) have exceeded Davis’ 1962 number.
- #5 Davis played for 10 teams in his 18-year career
and homered for them all but the Royals, his last stop, where he only came to
the plate 20 times.
- #6 Davis hit .294, amassing 2,121 H.
FCR - Barry
Zamoff, Washington, DC
Incorrect guesses: Tommy Smith, Trea Turner, Matt Kemp
WEDNESDAY —06-Apr
Q. Which
player struck out four times in the All-Star game the same year he led the
majors in batting?
Hint: #1
Familiar with back pain himself, he practiced chiropractic on some of
his teammates.
Hint: #2
He had the most hits in the majors from 1960 through 1969
A. ROBERTO CLEMENTE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. K’d 4 X in the 15-inning 1967 ASG, vs, 4 different
pitchers: Dean Chance, Gary Peters,
Al Downing & Catfish Hunter. No
one else has ever struck out 4 X in an All-Star game.
-
#1 A car crash in 1954 was the
initial cause of his back pain and he found that a good chiropractor could ease
the pain. Eventually, he became somewhat
adept as an amateur practitioner with what was called “natural skills.”
-
#2 1960-69 = 1,877 H.
FCR - Ken
DiVincenzo, Mayfield Heights, Ohio
Incorrect guesses: Orlando Cepeda, Carl Yastrzemski, Willie Mays
MIDWEEK BONUS —06-Apr
Q. Who
was the youngest to rack up 450 career home runs?
Hint: #1
Even though he was allergic to chocolate, there was a candy bar bearing
his name and likeness.
Hint: #2
He was all for pepper, at least in public.
A. KEN GRIFFEY, Jr. [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Hit his 450th on 09-Aug-2001 @
31 years, 261 days. His record was
actually eclipsed by his former teammate Alex Rodriguez who tallied his
450th HR w/his 2,000th career H at 30 years 356 days on 21-Jul-2006. So, for a time, as the question implies,
Griffey, WAS the youngest.
-
#1 The Ken Griffey Jr. Milk Chocolate Bar
debuted in 1989 and was limited to the Seattle market.
-
#2 Griffey ran for president in
1996 on a staunch pro-pepper (the game, not the condiment) platform.* His campaign ad included appearances from
politicos James Carville and Steve Forbes, along with several other MLB stars
of the day. “If you outlaw pepper, only
outlaws will play pepper,” Griffey stated boldly in the ad.
*This actually happened—for a Nike
commercial.
FCR - Evan
Wologodzew, New Milford, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, Mel Ott, Hank
Aaron, Babe Ruth, Henry Rodriguez, Albert Belle, Jimmie Foxx
THURSDAY —07-Apr
Q. Who
was the first batter to win home run titles in each league in the modern era?
Hint: #1
At age thirty-five, he led his league in triples.
Hint: #2
He holds the record for the most inside-the-park home runs in a season.
A. SAM CRAWFORD [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. He hit 16 HR
for CIN in 1901 & 7 for DET in 1908.
-
#1 Had 19 3b in 1915 to
lead the AL. It was the 6th time
he had led in that category.
-
#2 In 1901 w/CIN, 12 of his 19 HR
were of the IPHR variety.
FCR - Robert
Osman, Great Neck, New York
Incorrect guesses: Frank Robinson, Home Run Baker, Nap Lajoie, Harry
Stovey, Fred McGriff
FRIDAY —08-Apr
Q. Who
is the only player to triple twice in an All-Star game?
Hint: #1
He once won a batting title in a season where he had only twenty-seven
extra-base hits.
Hint: #2
Only Ty Cobb has won more American League batting titles.
-
Ans. 3b X 2 in 1978 ASG, both off Vida Blue,
once to lead off the G and once to lead off the 3rd.
-
#1 Carew hit .318 in 1972 w/21
2B, 6 3B + 0 HR.
-
#2 Carew won 7 AL BA titles in
1969; 1972-73-74-75; 1977-78, all w/MIN.
(Cobb won 12.)
FCR - Elliott
Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Wade Boggs, Ichiro Suzuki, Carl Yastrzemski, Willie
Mays
SATURDAY —09-Apr
Q. Who
was the only Dodger to take Don Larsen to a full count during Larsen’s perfect
World Series game in 1956?
Hint: #1
His ratio of rings to total World Series played is the lowest ever.
Hint: #2
Before going pro, he worked as a cable splicer for the phone company.
A. PEE WEE REESE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Before taking a backwards K
in the 1st inning, Reese had worked the count full, the only time
that day any Dodger batter had 3 balls in a count. Who knew that would be the Dodgers’ highlight
on offense that day?
-
#1 WS success rate = 14.29%. Played on the losing side of the WS in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953 & 1956. He was on the championship side in 1955. 1 out of 7.
-
#2 In high school, Reese worked
for the phone company in Louisville, only playing amateur baseball in a church
league.
FCR - Kyle
Sammin, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Gil Hodges, Dale Mitchell, Sal Maglie, Roy
Campanella, Don Mueller, Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson
SUNDAY —10-Apr
Q. Who was history’s
second-ever designated hitter?
Hint: #1 His team of
eight seasons traded him away to strengthen their pitching, but all he did was
win Comeback Player of the Year that year and then league Most Valuable Player
the next.
Hint: #2 One source
claims that he is the only first baseman to pull off and be tricked by the
hidden ball trick.
A. ORLANDO CEPEDA [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Ron Blomberg was first, coming up 6th in
the 1st inning against Luis Tiant.
The first batter up for BOS in the top of the 2nd of the same
G was Cepeda.
- #1 On 08-May-1966, Cepeda was traded by SFG to
STL for Ray Sadecki. Cepeda was the NL
MVP in 1976, becoming only the 2nd player to win ROY & MVP unanimously. (F. Robinson)
- #2 Historian Bill Deane has clarified that the other
first basemen to be both hidden-ball trickster and trickee are Frank Chance and
Fred Merkle.
FCR - Elliott
Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Willie
McCovey, Terry Crowley, Don Baylor, Dick Allen
WEEKLY THEME – The First
Triple hit at various stadiums, specifically, those hit by a Hall of Famer in the modern era
League Park IV...................... Crawford................................
22-Apr-1910
Fenway Park.......................... Johnson................................. 24-Apr-1912
Federal League Park............. Joe
Tinker*.............................
06-May-1914
Seals Stadium........................ Pee Wee Reese.....................
17-Apr-1958
Candlestick Park.................... Cepeda.................................. 12-Apr-1960
Shea Stadium........................ Clemente................................
18-Apr-1964
Three River Stadium.............. Clemente................................
17-Jul-1970**
Kingdome............................... Carew..................................... 11-Apr-1977
Camden Yards....................... Ripken.................................... 17-Apr-1992
Jacobs Field........................... Griffey.................................... 07-Apr-1994
*No question for him
this week due to the recent surfeit of Tinker questions.
**A
double shy of a cycle
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Nary a soul
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Most
innings pitched in a season without allowing a home run
Tue - Players
who spent their whole careers with one team
- Most
years before first and last MVP
- Hall
of Famers who were on the winning team in exactly one World Series
- Won
the MVP and World Series in the same year
- Holders
of career records
Thur - Hall
of Famers who were either a "Junior" or fathered a "Junior"
Post-hints
guesses:
- HOFers
who hit for the cycle
- hitting
for the cycle
- Hall
of Famers with inside the park home runs
- Hall
of Famers to get a hit in their first postseason at bat
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