MONDAY —25-Apr
Q. What
former White Sox rookie led the American League in intentional walks the season
that Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record?
Hint: #1
One day, several years later, he fouled out three times by popping up to
the catcher.
Hint: #2
He was the last out, clinching Nolan Ryan’s second no-hitter.
- Ans. Cash
had 19 IBB in 1961 to lead the AL.
(3 NL players had more). Maris
had exactly -0- IBBs that season.
- #1 Popped out 3 X to CLE’s Joe Azcue on 24-May-1966(2).
- #2 No-hitter
= 15-Jul-1973.
FCR - Tom
Cleary, Macungie, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Floyd Robinson, Luis Aparicio, Sherm Lollar, Ron
Hansen, Roy Sievers, Pete Ward, J.C. Martin, Minnie Minoso
TUESDAY —26-Apr
Q. Which one-time
Los Angeles Dodger pinch-hitter holds the record for the most home runs hit in
a season by an American League Baltimore Orioles left fielder?
Hint: #1 He was the
American League Most Valuable Player, but not that year.
Hint: #2 He is one
of the few players who have finished third, second and first in league Most
Valuable Player voting.
Hint: #3 He is
unfortunately too often remembered for how abundantly he filled out an all-red
Cleveland Indians uniform.
- Ans. Powell hit 39 HR in 1964, his last season as
a full-time outfielder. All 39 were hit playing
LF. Powell moved to 1st base
as Curt Blefary took over in LF. In his
final MLB season, playing 50 G for LAD, in only 4 G did he grab a glove and
take to the field.
- #1 AL MVP in 1970.
- #2 Finished 3rd for AL MVP in 1966 behind 2 teammates;
finished 2nd in 1969 behind the Twins’
Harmon Killebrew and finally won the award in 1970.
- #3 Take a look.
FCR - Sam Gazdziak, Johns
Creek, Georgia
Incorrect guesses: Frank
Robinson, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Belle, Manny Ramirez, Jim Gentile,
Don Baylor
WEDNESDAY —27-Apr
Q. Who
was the winning pitcher in the first major league game played at Oriole Park at
Camden Yards?
Hint: #1
He surrendered Carl Yastrzemski's 452nd and final career home
run.
Hint: #2
His .941 win/loss percentage one year is the best since the deadball era,
and it wasn’t even the same season he led the league in pitching victories.
A. RICK SUTCLIFFE [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. OPACY debut = 06-Apr-1992
-
#1 Yaz’s last HR = 10-Sep-1983
-
#2 His CYA was in the NL in 1984. In 1987, he led the NL in Ws w/1987.
FCR - David
Skelton, Woodway, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Scott Erickson, Orel Hershiser, Ron Guidry, Jim
Palmer
THURSDAY —28-Apr
Q. Who was
first Kansas City Royals pitcher to win the Cy Young Award?
Hint: #1
He led the majors in WAR a few seasons later.
Hint: #2
He once pitched to Nebraska.
A. BRET SABERHAGEN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Won his 1st CYA
in 1985 at age 21. He won it again in 1989.
-
#1 His 9.7 WAR in 1989 was the best in MLB,
including all position players.
-
#2 Appearing a himself in the
1994 Hollywood movie “The Scout”, he pitched to the
fictional Steve Nebraska played by Brendan Fraser.
FCR - Richard
Masson, Lexington, Kentucky
Incorrect guesses: Zack Greinke, Steve Busby, David Cone, Dennis
Leonard
FRIDAY —29-Apr
Q. Who was
behind the plate for the more postseason shutouts in his career than any other
major league catcher?
Hint: #1
The year he led the majors in OPS+, he won his first Silver Slugger
Award.
Hint: #2
At the D-1 college he played for, he once hit a grand slam in the same
game where he played all nine positions.
A. BUTER POSEY [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. Had 14 postseason shutouts, an
MLB record that seems safe for a while. No.
2 on the same list is STL’s Yadier Molina w/8.
-
#1 In 2012, he had an OPS+ of 171. [An average major league player has an OPS+
of 100.] He won the 1st of his 4 SS awards.
-
#2 Attended school at Florida State University. On 12-May-2008, Posey played all 9 positions in a game where he batted 1 for 3
with 2 walks & 4 RBI. He started at C,
manned the infield spots innings 2—5 then played LF, CF & RF & K’ed 2
when he pitched. The GS came on the 1st pitch he
saw as a batter, bottom of the 2nd.
FCR - Phil
Hertz, Kamuela, Hawaii
Incorrect guesses: Yogi Berra, Jason Varitek, Yadier Molina, A.J.
Pierzynski, Javy Lopez, Jorge Posada, Bill Dickey, Mike Piazza, Brian
McCann
SATURDAY —30-Apr
Q. Who
was the first pitcher this century to throw three shutouts at home in
consecutive seasons?
Hint: #1
He committed to the Bluejays before being drafted by the Blue Jays.
Hint: #2
Three times in his career he received votes for the Cy Young Award,
finishing third, second and first.
A. CHRIS CARPENTER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Shutouts on 14-Jun-; 25-Jun-; & 17-Jul-2005. Then on 14-Jul-; 15-Aug-; & 11-Sep-2006.
-
#1 He committed to play baseball
for Creighton University whose mascot is the
Bluejay. He was then drafted by WS
champs TOR in the 1st round and decided to go pro.
-
#2 3rd in CYA voting
in 2006; 2nd in 2009*; & captured the honor in 2005.
*Would very likely have won had his
teammate Adam Wainwright not also ranked high in the voting.
FCR - Barry
Nelson, Guilderland, New York
Incorrect guesses: Roy Halladay, Dave Stieb, Robbie Ray, Hyun Jin
Ryu, Sal Butera
SUNDAY —01-May
Q. Which one-time
Texas Ranger was the first player to collect 150 RBI the season he also struck
out 150 times?
Hint: #1 Without a
season off for injury, certainly would have passed Kaline.
Hint: #2 He belong
to a special baseball “club” whose only other members are Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez,
Reggie Jackson, Jim Thome and Adam Dunn.
A. ANDRES GALARRAGA [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In 1996 w/COL, he struck out exactly 150
times with his exactly 150 RBI. Sammy
Sosa later exceeded these totals twice. Galarraga
played for TEX in 2001.
- #1 Al Kaline & Galarraga both finished their
MLB career w/399 HR. The Big Cat missed
all of the 1999 season in the middle of his career to fight cancer. He missed some of the year in again in 2004,
his final year in the Bigs.
- #2 That “club” is comprised of player with 2,000 career MLB Ks. Galarraga is barely over the line w/2,003.
FCR - Joseph Cohen, Holden,
Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Juan
Gonzalez, Richie Zisk, Josh Hamilton, Carlos Beltran, Sammy Sosa,
Jose Canseco, Cecil Fielder, Rafael Palmeiro
Q. Which pitcher stuck out more minor leaguers
than any other pitcher on his way to winning the International League Rookie of
the Year Award?
Hint: #1 His MLB All-Star appearance was the result of
an injury replacement.
Hint: #2 All the players who finished ahead of him in
Rookie-of-the-Year voting had multiple All-Star appearances.
A. FRANCISCO
LIRIANO [B-R
Bio]
- Ans.
Had 204 Ks throwing for the 2005
Rochester
Red
Wings.
- #1 AL ASG
manager Ozzie
Guillen gave Liriano his only All-Star game slot to replace fatigued
starting pitcher Jose Contreras in 2006.
Liriano did not see action in the G.
- #2 Liriano
finished 3rd in the 2006
AL ROY voting behind Justin Verlander & Jonathan Papelbon.
FCR - Brad Clark, Madison, Wisconsin
Incorrect guesses: Clayton Kershaw, Jason Isringhausen
WEEKLY THEME – Players
who have twice been voted Comeback Player of the Year.
Player Came back WAR
Carpenter......................... 2004, 2009............... 34.2
Cash................................. 1965,
1971............... 52.0
Galarraga......................... 1993, 2000............... 31.7
Liriano......................... 2010, 2013............... 18.1
Posey............................... 2012,
2021............... 44.9
Powell.............................. 1966, 1975............... 39.1
Saberhagen..................... 1987, 1998............... 58.9
Sutcliffe............................ 1987, 1992............... 33.9
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
(after Sutcliffe)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - The
11 players with a 4 letter last name who hit 40 or more home runs in a season
Tue - First
basemen at the start of the expansion era who are closely associated with
one team but played briefly elsewhere
Wed - Players
with over 30 career Wins Above Replacement without a Top 10 finish in BBWAA
hall of fame voting
Thur - Comeback
player of the year award winners
- Comeback
player of the year winners who appeared in a World Series
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