MONDAY — 17-Apr
Q. Who
was the first American League pitcher to strike out more than three hundred
batters in a single season?
Hint: #1 His total the
next year still stands as the American League record for strikeouts in a season
by a southpaw.
Hint: #2
He threw the first recorded Immaculate Inning in the Modern Era.
- Ans. Had
302 K in 1903 for PHA.
- #1 K’ed 349 in 1904; Sam McDowell came
closest w/325 K in 1965.
- #2 On 01-Jul-1902, Waddell struck out 3
batters throwing exactly 9 pitches.
FCR - Kevin Epstein, San Antonio
Incorrect guesses: Lefty Grove, Herb Score, Randy Johnson,
Walter Johnson, Sam McDowell, Lefty Gomez, Billy Hoeft, Mickey Lolich, Bob
Feller, Vida Blue, Sandy Koufax, Ron Guidry
TUESDAY — 18-Apr
Q. Who has earned
the most Cy Young awards wearing a Toronto Blue Jays uniform?
Hint: #1 He became
the first American League pitcher since 1945 to lead the league in wins,
strikeouts and ERA
Hint: #2 His son is
now in his second major league season.
- Ans. CYA w/TOR in 1997 & 1998*. Pat Hentgen (1996), Roy Halladay (2003) &
Robby Ray (2021) each won but once as Blue Jays.
- #1 In 1997, he led the AL w/21 W, 2.05
ERA & 292 K.
- #2 Son Kody Clemens is a utility fielder
for PHI.
FCR - Chris Intihar, Dublin, Ohio
*Unanimous
Incorrect guesses: Roy
Halladay
WEDNESDAY — 19-Apr
Q. Which
pitcher led his league in Earned Run Average the final five seasons of his
career?
Hint: #1
He still holds the Modern Day record for strikeouts in a season by any
pitcher in his league.
Hint: #2
Every time he won the Cy Young award, he was the only one in major
league baseball receiving votes.
A. SANDY KOUFAX [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Led NL in ERA for LAD
1962-1966, twice leading the majors as well.
-
#1 He struck out 382
in 1965.*
-
#2 CYA in 1963, 1965
& 1966. Beginning in
1967 the CYA was awarded to recipients in each the NL & AL.
*Set all-time modern MLB record, since
surpassed.
FCR - Obrey Brown, Tallahassee
Incorrect guesses: Bob Feller, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson,
Nolan Ryan, Lefty Grove
MIDWEEK BONUS — 19-Apr
Q. Who
is tied with Otto Hess for most wild pitches thrown in a season?
Hint: #1
He once led the majors in strikeouts for three straight seasons.
Hint: #2
He was traded from his original team for a record-setting player later voted
into the Hall of
Fame plus Frank Duffy.
A. SAM McDOWELL [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. McDowell and Hess each threw 18 WP in a
year, he for the Indians in 1967, Hess for the Naps in 1905, tied for the most
in AL CLE history
-
#1 Led MLB in K 1968-1970.
-
#2 In November, 1971, McDowell
was traded by the CLE to the SFG for Gaylord Perry and Frank Duffy.
FCR - Tom Cleary, Macungie, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Frank Duffy, Steve
Carlton, Ice Box Chamberlain, Orval Overall, Christy
Mathewson, Phil Niekro
THURSDAY — 20-Apr
Q. Which
former Tiger pitcher owns the best franchise win-loss percentage for a season
in the one hundred and twenty-three-year-old history of the Detroit Tigers?
Hint: #1
He also owns three of the top
eighteen seasons for most strikeouts per
nine innings pitched among qualified pitchers.
Hint: #2
He joined a very select club whose other members include Pedro Martinez and
Randy Johnson.
A. MAX SCHERZER [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. In 2013 for DET, Scherzer’s
win-loss record was 21-3 which equates to a .875 percentage for a
single year, best in the AL since Randy Johnson’s .900 in 1995 for SEA. It has
since been passed. In college,
Scherzer pitched for the University of Missouri Tigers.
- #1 His top rate of 12.690 Ks per 9 innings pitched
is good for 7th all-time.
-
#2 The “club” of pitchers who
have won a Cy Young Award in each league.
The others who have done it are Gaylord Perry, Roger Clemens, Roy
Halladay and Scherzer.
FCR - Joe O’Neil, London, Ontario
Incorrect guesses: Hal Newhouser,
John Hiller, Justin Verlander, Mickey Lolich,
Denny McLain
THURSDAY FURTHER — 20-Apr
Q. Which
pitcher holds the career record for the fewest hits allowed per nine innings
pitched? (Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA,
500 games)
Hint: #1
He also walked more batters in his career than anyone else.
Hint: #2
He also has a firm grip on his ranking for the number of wild pitches
thrown in a Modern Era career.
A. NOLAN RYAN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Ryan’s rate of 6.5553 hits per
nine innings leads the field.
-
#1 Ryan’s career total of BB #2,795
is so far ahead that the pitcher in 2nd place on the list, Steve Carlton,
walked almost a thousand fewer, 1,833, in a similar number of innings pitched.
-
#2 He racked up 277 WPs. The leader among active pitchers, Zack
Greinke, has 99 after a career of 19+ seasons.
FCR - Nick Loret de Mola, Sacramento
Incorrect guesses:
FRIDAY — 21-Apr
Q. Whose
record for the highest percentage of Hall of Fame votes did Ken Griffey Jr.
break?
Hint: #1
He was the first player ever honored by Baseball
Digest magazine as its Player of the Year.
Hint: #2
He was the first player ever to win the Cy Young Award without having
won at least twenty games the year he won it.
A. TOM SEAVER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Seaver had the highest balloting percentage for many years
when he passed Ty Cobb with his 98.84% of the vote in 1992. Griffey passed him 24 years later with a vote
of 99.32%.
The only members
now ahead of Griffey are Mariano Rivera
at 100% and Derek Jeter at 99.74%.
-
#1 BDPOY in 1969.
-
#2 CYA in 1973 when his record was
19-10. He had won the award in 1969 and would win it again in 1975.
FCR - Eric Stone, Los Gatos, California
Incorrect guesses: Dean Chance, Jackie Robinson
T.G.I.F. SPECIAL — 21-Apr
Q. Which
former San Francisco Giants pitcher finished his career in Minnesota?
Hint: #1
His career record for balks is so far in front that the second place
holder would need twice as many just to tie him.
Hint: #2
He was the first National League pitcher to strike out more than
eighteen batters in a nine-inning game.
A. STEVE CARLTON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Played for SFG in 1986. Spend the last 13 of his career’s 751 games
with MIN in 1986-87.
-
#1 Carlton tallied 90 balks in
his 24-year career. It took Bob Welch 17
seasons just to get 45.
-
#2 K’d 19 on 15-Sep-1969,
but Ron Swoboda hit 2 two run homers
in that game to beat Carlton 4-3. In a loss to the Mets in St.
Louis.
FCR - Tom Cleary, Macungie, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Bert Blyleven, Gaylord Perry, Juan Marichal
SATURDAY — 22-Apr
Q. Which
Hall of Famer led the National League in strike outs a league record seven
consecutive years?
Hint: #1
In his Triple Crown year, he threw an Immaculate Inning.
Hint: #2
He had a habit of making absurd boasts about his marksmanship with a
pistol, then backing them up by slicing a card in two edgewise and by shooting
through the bottom of a bottle without breaking the neck of the bottle.
A. DAZZY VANCE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. From 1922 through 1928, Vance
led the NL in strike outs , five times leading the majors.
-
#1 On 14-Sep-1924, in the 3rd inning, Vance stuck out Sam Bohne,
Bubbles Hargrave and Eppa Rixey with 3 pitches each, all strikes. With 28 wins, a 2.16 ERA
& 262 Ks, Vance secured his Triple Crown.
-
#2 He was called "Dead
Shot" due to his prowess with a revolver.
FCR - Nick Loret de Mola, Sacramento
Incorrect guesses: Nolan Ryan, Bob Feller, Steve Carlton, Mordecai Brown
SUNDAY — 22-Apr
Q. Which
BRTL Hall of Fame pitcher was drafted by the Braves, but first played in the majors
with Montreal?
Hint: #1
He and a multiple time home run king were famous as teammates.
Hint: #2
He owns not one, but two Immaculate Innings.
A. RANDY JOHNSON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Johnson was drafted by the
Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft
from Livermore HS (CA). He decided on college
and attended USC. He was later drafted
by MON.
-
#1 Johnson & Mark McGwire both
played for USC under the (College) Hall of Fame tutelage of Rod Dedeaux.
-
#2 Johnson’s 1st Immaculate
Inning was the bottom of the 6th on 02-Sep-1998 versus HOU.
For good measure, Johnson did it
again 3 years later, 6th inning of the G on 23-Aug-2001 against PIT.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Pedro
Martinez
WEEK’S FINALE — 23-Apr
Q. Which qualified pitcher
allowed the lowest opponents' batting average in a full regular season?
Hint: #1 He struck out ten batters in seven
consecutive games twice in the same season.
Hint: #2 For four consecutive
seasons, he didn’t finish lower than second in the Cy Young Award voting.
A. PEDRO MARTINEZ [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Batters facing Martinez in 2000 batted a very
soft .167.
- #1 Pedro’s 1999 is acknowledged by many as one
of the best seasons any pitcher ever had.
In the 7 starts between 15-Apr & 18-May, he never stuck out fewer
than 10. Then in his 8 starts between
19‑Aug & 27-Sep, he did it again.
Only Nolan Ryan ever accomplished that even once.
- #2 For CYA voting from 1997 to 2000, our boy finished: 1st, 2nd, 1st *& 1st *.
*Unanimous
FCR - Doug Christy, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Bob
Gibson, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Sandy Koufax, Jacob deGrom, Fernando
Valenzuela
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers
with at least five career regular-season games where they struck out fifteen or
more batters
Career
totals
Pitcher # of 15K G Ks ERA WAR
Carlton...................... 5.............. 4,136........... 3.22............ 90.2
Clemens.................. 10.............. 4,672........... 3.12.......... 139.2
Johnson................... 29.............. 4,875........... 3.29.......... 101.1
Koufax...................... 8.............. 2,396........... 2.76............ 48.9
Martinez.................. 10.............. 3,154........... 2.93............ 83.9
McDowell................. 6.............. 2,453........... 3.17............ 41.8
Ryan....................... 26.............. 5,714........... 3.19............ 81.3
Scherzer.................... 6.............. 3,207........... 3.12............ 71.8
Seaver....................... 5.............. 3,640........... 2.86.......... 109.9
Vance........................ 5.............. 2,045........... 3.24............ 60.4
Waddell..................... 7.............. 2,316........... 2.16............ 58.4
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Joe Cohen, Holden, Massachusetts (after
Clemens)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tues - HOF
pitchers who recorded 300 strikeouts in an AL season
Wed - Most games
with 14 or more strikeouts
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