MONDAY —11-Apr
Q. Who
ascribed his success at the plate to “…hitting them (batted balls) where they
(opposition fielders) ain’t”?
Hint: #1
He had the highest career batting average for games all played in the
nineteenth century.
Hint: #2
He once started a forty-four game hitting streak beginning on Opening
Day.
Hint: #3
That same season, he had a streak of two or more hits in eleven
consecutive games.
- Ans. One
of baseball’s most famous quotes, it still holds true today.
- #1 Keeler
batted .381 from 1892 through 1900.
- #2 44
G w/a H = 1897
FCR - Michael
Schneider, Wilmington, Delaware
Incorrect guesses:
TUESDAY —12-Apr
Q. Which teammate of
Lou Gehrig’s moved into third place on the consecutive-games-played list while
Gehrig was setting the all-time record?
Hint: #1 No one in
the history of the game put bat on ball better than he did.
Hint: #2 In one of
his best seasons he led the majors in doubles.
A. JOE SEWELL [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Sewell’s streak was 1,103 G, but he never passed
Everett Scott,
another Gehrig teammate whose 1,307 G stood as the standard until surpassed by The Iron Horse.
- #1 Sewell struck out 114 X in his 14-year MLB
career, coming to bat 8,333 X. In 9
seasons of 100+ G, his K total was in single digits. (No, really!)
- #2 Hit 45 2b in 1924 for CLE,
tying w/Harry Heilmann of DET.
FCR - Ed Smith, Gouverneur,
New York
Incorrect guesses: Joe
DiMaggio, Everett Scott, Bob Meusel, Earle Coombs, Tony Lazzeri, Red Rolfe, Frank
Crosetti
WEDNESDAY —13-Apr
Q. Which Yankee
broadcaster was known to mark certain plays in his scorebook with “WW”?
Hint: #1 As a
player, he md history by being the first American League player to wear a
batting helmet in a regular-season game.
Hint: #2 He
partnered with Yogi Berra to open a bowling alley.
A. PHIL RIZZUTO [SABR Bio]
- Ans. The uber-honest Scooter used the WW notation to
admit that he “Wasn’t Watching”.
- #1 Became a safety-conscious leader in 1953. Ralph Kiner was the contemporary leader in
the NL.
- #2 It was an enormous 40-lane bowling alley
in Clifton, New Jersey. They didn’t work
too hard on the name.
FCR - Elliott
Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Joe
Garagiola
WEDNESDAY AGAINSDAY —13-Apr
Q. Which
Hall of Fame player/manager’s teams only began really winning once he pulled
himself off the field?
Hint: #1
He earned a law degree, but his very famous law professor advised that
baseball was really where his talent lay.
Hint: #2
One of his nicknames was “Rabbit”.
Hint: #3
He took his Double Unique status to the grave.
A. MILLER HUGGINS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Huggins managed STL 1913-1917,
only once with a winning season and all but the last season as player/manager. He then managed NYY for 12 years, 1918-1929,
lodging a record under .500 only twice, winning 6 AL pennants and 3 WS.
-
#1 He got a degree and career
advice from future U.S. president William Howard Taft at the University of
Cincinnati.
-
#2 His speed was well-known by
the time he reached the majors.
-
#3 Huggins died of blood poisoning toward the end of the 1929 season, still managing NYY. His D-U status seems secure
for years to come.
FCR - Warren
Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
Incorrect guesses: Walter Maranville, Hughie Jennings, Frankie
Frisch, Connie Mack, Rogers Hornsby, Leo Durocher
MIDWEEK BONUS —13-Apr
Q. Which
outfielder, who broke in with Kansas City, stole at least one hundred bases in
each of four seasons in his major league career?
Hint: #1
Only Ted Williams, Babe Ruth and John McGraw have a higher career
on-base percentage.
Hint: #2
Over his fourteen-year career that straddled two centuries, he scored
more times than the number of games he played in.
A. BILLY HAMILTON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. His first team was the 1888 Kansas City Cowboys of
the American Association. Hamilton stole
111, 102, 111 & 100 bases in 1889, 1990, 1991 & 1894 respectively,
leading the majors in each case.
-
#1 His .455 rank 4th
all-time.
-
#2 1,594 G & 1,697 R, an
average of 1.06 per G 1888-1901.
FCR - Elliott
Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Rickie Henderson, Willie Wilson, Otis Nixon, Cool
Papa Bell
THURSDAY —14-Apr
Q. Who
was Ted Williams’ last minor league manager?
Hint: #1
He led the league in bases-on-balls in five of the first six full seasons
in the Bigs.
Hint: #2
The Yankees offered him their manager position after the death of Miller
Huggins.
A. DONIE BUSH [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Bush managed Williams on the Minneapolis
Millers in 1938.
-
#1 Led in BB 1909-1912, 1914.
-
#2 Bush turned down NYY because
he had committed to manage for Comiskey in Chicago.
FCR - David
Skelton, Woodway, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Frank Shellenback, Art Fletcher, Eddie Yost, Hughie
Jennings, Lefty O’Doul, Joe McCarthy
THURSDAY ONCE MORE —14-Apr
Q. Who
is the only player to make more than 5,000 career putouts as a shortstop?
Hint: #1
“He is the greatest player to enter baseball since Ty Cobb arrived,”
said Boston Braves manager George Stallings.
Hint: #2
On the page that lists the players with the most games played at
shortstop in baseball‑reference,
his photo is the first one in black & white.
A. RABBIT MARANVILLE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Has 5,139 PO @ SS. Bill Dahlen is considerably far back in 2nd
place w/4,856.
-
#1 Stallings’ Braves won the 1914 WS. It was their only modern championship before
they moved to Milwaukee.
- #2 Look here.
FCR - Evan
Thompson, Mesa
Incorrect guesses: Honus Wagner, Lou Boudreau, Joe Tinker,
FRIDAY —15-Apr
Q. Which
one-time teammate of Zip Zabel was the first player to lead his league in home
runs and triples in the same modern era season?
Hint: #1
No one else has ever hit more triples in a single postseason.
Hint: #2
No other National League player hit more career inside-the-park home
runs.
A. TOMMY LEACH [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In 1902, Leach tied CIN’s
Sam Crawford for the major league lead in triples w/22. Leach led the NL w/6 HR the same year
although there were no fewer than 9 AL batters who had more and 6 who had as
many. Leach and Zabel were teammates on
CHC 1912-14.
-
#1 Leach’s 4 3b in the 8-G 1903
WS has never been equaled. He hit 2 in
G1, 1 in G4 & 1 in G5. 4 3b was
the total 3b output of BOS, PIT’s opponent that year
and they didn’t get their 4th until G8.
-
#2 He hit 48 IPHR, all as an NL
player.
FCR - Ed
Smith, Gouverneur, New York
Incorrect guesses: Frank Schulte, Vic Saier, Harry Lumley, Jesse
Burkett, Sam Crawford, Joe Tinker
T.G.I.F.SPECIAL —15-Apr
Q. Who
was the first player to throw out three players at home plate in one game?
Hint: #1
He led the National League in stolen bases as a rookie then led the
majors in walks three years later.
Hint: #2
When he retired, he ranked behind only Billy Hamilton in career bases on
balls.
-
Ans. 19-Jun-1889 for WHS
-
#1 82 SB in 1988, 117
BB in 1891, bot j w/WHS
-
#2 Retd. in 1902 w/1,006 BB. (Hamilton had 1,189)
FCR - Mark
DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Harry Hooper, Charlie Gehringer, Roy Thomas, Richie
Ashburn, Barry Bonds
SATURDAY —16-Apr
Q. Which Angels’
shortstop hit three home runs in a game?
Hint: #1 After
switching leagues, he hit for the cycle in the first week with his new team and
led his new league in triples that year.
Hint: #2 He also finished
in the Top 10 in MVP voting and never received another MVP vote in his fourteen-year
major league career.
A. FREDDIE PATEK [SABR Bio]
- Ans. 3 HR = 20-Jun-1980
- #1 For 1971 KCR, Patek hit for the
cycle on = 09-Jul & finished the
year w/11 3b which led the majors.
- #2 He finished 6th in 1971 AL MVP voting.
FCR - James Cook, Warrensburg,
Missouri
Incorrect guesses: Adam
Kennedy, David Eckstein, Jim Fregosi, Dickie Thon, Gary DiSarcina
SUNDAY —17-Apr
Q. Which shortstop
became a close friend of baseball’s all-time shortstop?
Hint: #1 He was one
of the players responsible for the demise of a major league team.
Hint: #2 He played
in the first modern World Series.
A. CLAUDE RITCHEY [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Ritchey was a teammate of the great Honus Wager
twice. They were involved in enough
infield assignment changes that they often played in the same game. Ritchey played mostly at 2nd and
Wagner became iconic at SS.
- #1 Ritchey, Wagner, Fred Clarke and others were
“transferred” from the NL Louisville club to Pittsburgh. It is well-described here.
- #2 Played for PIT in 1903.
FCR - Joe Cohen, Holden,
Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Freddy
Parent, Jimmy Collins, Bones Ely, Otto Kruger
THIS WEEK’S FINAL QUESTION
—17-Apr
Q. Who was the first
American League player to lead the league in at-bats four times?
Hint: #1 Two thirds
of his career home runs were inside the park.
Hint: #2 He married
the nurse who cared for him when he was hospitalized with typhoid fever.
A. EDDIE FOSTER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Playing for WSH, Foster led the AL 4 X in AB = 1912, 1914, 1915, 1918 w/616,
618, 616 & 519 respectively. In none of those seasons did he lead in G played. The 1918 season was shortened because of WWI.
- #1 4 of his 6 career HR were the type where you
really have to hurry.
- #2 Contracted typhoid fever in April 1913 and a
nurse named Mary Chrismond in
FCR - Joe Cohen, Holden,
Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Jesse
Burkett, Rabbit Maranville, Sam Crawford, Doc Cramer
WEEKLY THEME – Players
who measured 5'6" or less, who appeared in 1,500 or more games:
Player Height MLB G WAR
Maranville................ 5'5".................... 2,670...................... 43.9
Leach...................... 5'6".................... 2,156...................... 47.1
Keeler...................... 5'4".................... 2,123...................... 54.2
Bush........................ 5'6".................... 1,946...................... 39.3
Sewell..................... 5'6".................... 1,903...................... 54.7
Hoy.......................... 5'6".................... 1,797...................... 32.5
Ritchey.................... 5'6".................... 1,672...................... 34.7
Rizzuto.................... 5'6".................... 1,661...................... 42.2
Patek....................... 5'5".................... 1,650...................... 24.1
Hamilton.................. 5'6".................... 1,594...................... 63.2
Huggins................... 5'6".................... 1,586...................... 35.4
Foster...................... 5'6".................... 1,500...................... 24.1
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Mark Warren, Hydes, Maryland (after
Rizzuto)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Players
with 600 or more hits in their first three seasons
Tues - Hall
of Fame batters with lowest career strikeout rates
- Players
with long hitting streaks and consecutive games streaks
- Most
consecutive games without a strikeout.
- Lowest
strikeout rates among Hall of Famers
- Players
with the lowest Strikeout/AB in his career
- Ballplayers
with lowest career strikeout percentage
Wed - Hall
of Fame shortstops who played for the Yankees
- Hall
of Famers who wore a uniform for the Yankees and have double letters in their
surnames.
- Double
letters in one of their given names, and their surname
- Shortest
Hall of Famer by position
- 5'6"
or shorter and under 160 lbs.
- Shortest
members of the Hall of Fame to wear a Yankees/Highlanders uniform
- Shortest
members of the Hall of Fame to wear a Yankees/Highlanders uniform
- Shortest
non-pitcher members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Hall
of Fame position players with the fewest career home runs
- New
York Yankee Hall of Famers who were 5'6" or shorter
- Hall
of Famers who are 5' 6" or shorter
- Hall
of Famers who were 5’7” or shorter
- Hall
of Fame position players with the fewest career home runs
Thu - HOFers
5’6” or shorter
- HOF
shortest infielders
- Short
players (5'6" or less) with at least 3000 putouts
- Shortest
players that played the most seasons in MLB
- Players
called Rabbit sometime during careers
Fri - Shortest
players that spent the most "years" actively involved in baseball
- Shortest
players that spent the most "years" actively involved in baseball who
all continued active in baseball after they retired, coach, manager, scout or broadcaster
Sat - 5'6"
or shorter to have more than 500 career walks
- Players
5' 6" or shorter who led majors (or league) in some offensive category
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