MONDAY IN MEMORIAM — 13-Mar
Q. Which
former Yankee star was the first documented player to bring a hair dryer into
the clubhouse?
Hint: #1
He was the first player in the Expansion Era to homer twice in an
inning.
Hint: #3 In one game, forgetting that the steal sign
was a wink, he blew his third base coach a kiss when the coach repeatedly
winked at him.
Hint: #4 His trio of players to hit
back-to-back-to-back home runs in a game, was one of the earliest in the
Expansion Era.
Hint: #5 The bases were loaded for the only postseason
home on his résumé.
- Ans. Shown
here holding the breakthrough
engineering.
- #1 In
the 8th inning of a game on 23-May-1962, Pepitone’s rookie season,
he hit 1 off Dan Pfister, w/0 on, 0 outs to RF + 1 off John Wyatt w/2 on, 1 out
to RF. “Expansion Era” = 1961 forward.
-
#2 GS rained out 20-Jun-1969. Replayed 21-Jun-1969(1). (Pepitone was 0
for 6.)
- #3 Cubs’ base coach Joey Amalfitano confirmed
this story in the August 1973 issue of “Baseball Digest”.
- #4 On 29-Jun-1966
in Minnesota, after Bobby Richardson and Mickey Mantle had opened the third
with a solo HR apiece, The Twins brought in Lee Stange to relieve them. Pepitone was the 1st batter he
faced & Pepitone promptly hit the
inning’s 3rd consecutive HR.
- #5 On 14-Oct-1964, in the 8th inning
of the 6th WS G, Pepitone was the 1st batter against new P
Gordie Richardson. Pepitone saw teammates
Mantle, Howard & Tresh on base and brought them all home with his clout.
FCR - Jim
Gallanis, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Incorrect guesses:
TUESDAY — 14-Mar
Q. Who is the only
player to pass Babe Ruth for the most career home runs hit in World Series
play?
Hint: #1 He was the first
switch-hitter in American League history to capture a league batting title.
Hint: #2 No other
batter had more All-Star game strikeouts in his career.
A. MICKEY MANTLE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Ruth’s last WS
HR is, to this day, a
matter of controversy. It was his 15th. Mantle went into the 1964 WS tied w/Ruth, but
hit 3 more in that Fall Classic.
- #1 In 1956 and for the only time in his 18-year
MLB career, Mantle led the AL & in fact, led the majors, with a .353
batting average, nicely rounding out his Triple Crown season.
- #2 Mantle struck out 17 X in A-S Gs played 1953-62,
1964, 1967-68 (16 Gs total).
FCR - Michael Cole,
Liverpool, New York
Incorrect guesses: Reggie
Jackson, Bernie Williams,
WEDNESDAY — 15-Mar
Q. Who was Reggie
Jackson’s first hitting coach in Oakland?
Hint: #1 He trails
only Yogi Berra in the number of World Series championship teams he played on.
Hint: #2 He was the
last pre-expansion right-handed batter to have a qualifying batting average of more
than .380 in a season in the American League.
- Ans. DiMaggio’s last seasons in uniform as a major
leaguer were as the Oakland A’s hitting coach 1968 & 1969, the team’s first 2
years on the West Coast. Oakland sits
less than 30 miles from the city of Martinez where DiMaggio was
born.
- #1 On WS winner 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941,
1947, 1949, 1950 & 1951.
- #2 In 1939, DiMaggio won the first of his 2
batting titles, leading the AL with .381.
FCR - David Wise, Hyde
Park, New York
Incorrect guesses: Luke
Appling, Bob Meusel
THURSDAY— 16-Mar
Q. Who
is the only New York Yankee outfielder to hit four doubles in a single game?
Hint: #1
The last time the Yankees hit back-to-back-to-back home runs before
Casey Stengel took over as manager, his homer was the third of the skein.
Hint: #2
He had a ten-year span between pitching victories.
A. JOHNNY LINDELL [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. On 17-Aug-1944,
Lindell came to the plate 5 X and got a hit each time. In only 1 of those did he not hit a double. 30 years later, NYY IF Jim Mason had a similar G.
-
#1 In the 6th inning
on 13-May-1947,
Charlie Keller & Joe DiMaggio had gone deep ahead of Lindell
-
#2 Lindell beat CHW in relief on 18-Jul-1942. He would have 7 more appearances on the mound
that year. Then on 03-May-1953, pitching
for the eventual last-place PIT, Lindell turned in a
complete-G W over STL. He toed the
rubber 32 X in 1953, with 15 of those
outings lasting 8 innings or more.
FCR - Howard
Johnson, Norman, OK
Incorrect guesses: Babe Ruth, Rocky Colavito
FRIDAY —
17-Mar
Q. Who
is the only major league player to hit a double, triple and single in one inning?
Hint: #1
He was the last American League player in the twentieth century hit two
triples in a single game.
Hint: #2
Three days later he had a game where he went five-for-five with two runs
and two runs batted in.
A. JOHNNY DAMON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. On 27-Jun-2003, BOS exploded in the very 1st
inning at Fenway against FLA. Damon
opened with a 2B then hit a 3B still before the 1st out had been
recorded. His line-drive single preceded the last out of the inning just before a
teammate was thrown out trying to score.
-
#1 3B X 2 = 08-Sep-2000.
-
#2 5 H = 11-Sep-2000.
FCR - Doug
Christy, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Derek Jeter, Willie Wilson, Lance Johnson, Gene
Stephens, Toby Harrah, Chuck Knoblauch
SATURDAY — 18-Mr
Q. Which
player did the Yankees obtain from the Red Sox in part because he both pitched
and played the outfield?
Hint: #1
His best work in New York, though, was mostly on offense.
Hint #2
His doubled his career home run output during his first year playing in
the Bronx.
Hint: #3
He finished his major league career with one final season playing for a
losing team in the National League.
A. HARRY WOLTER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Wolter was a handy two-way
player for the 1909 Red Sox,
appearing in 11 games on the mound, 18 more at 1B & another 9 in the OF. On 12-Jan-1910, he was selected off waivers
by NYY [Highlanders] from BOS for $1,500.
-
#1 Wolter became a regular in New
York & posted the best 4-year stretch of his career with a strong Dead Ball
Era composite OPS+ of 121.
-
#2 Wolter doubled his career-best
in HRs in 1910, bashing four (4!) & finishing with the 6th highest
HR total in the AL. Of his 12 career
HRs, 10 were inside-the-park & the 11th was of the “bounce” variety allowed at the time. His only outside-the-park HR was hit to RF at
the Polo Grounds where the distance to the bleachers was a mere 258’ down
the line.
- #3 Spent his final year playing for the 1917, 74-80, 5th place Cubs.
FCR -
Incorrect guesses: Babe Ruth, Red Ruffing
SUNDAY — 19-Mar
Q. What
connects John Burkett, Mookie Betts and Yogi Berra?
A. Betts &
Burkett are professional-level bowlers & Berra used to own, jointly with
Phil Rizzuto, a bowling alley.
FCR - Thomas
Howell, Reno
Incorrect guesses:
WEEK’S THEME – Yankees
who played center field for 100+ games in a season plus at least one game at
first base somewhere in their careers.
Player 100 G NYY CF G @ 1B/NYY Career WAR
Pepitone.......................... 1967......................... 1962-1969.................................... 9.8
Mantle................... 1952-1961, 1964............... 1967, 1968.................................. 110.2
DiMaggio.......... 1937-1948, 1950-1951................ 1950....................................... 79.2
Lindell.............................. 1944......................... 1946, 1953.................................. 15.1
Damon............................ 2006......................... 2006-2008.................................. 56.3
Wolter.............................. 1913......................... 1910, 1911.................................... 8.1
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme –
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tues - Players
with 500 or more home runs with more HRs on the road than at home
Thur - Leaders in triples who played for the Yankees
Sat - Redox\Yankees
players
Sun - Questions to which the answer seems to
be 'Babe Ruth' but isn't
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