Q. Who
is the only pitcher to start two All-Star games in one season?
Hint: #1 He died in a different country than the one
he was born in.
Hint: #2 He has struck out more batters in All-Star
play than any other pitcher.
- Ans. The
first year that 2 ASG were held in one season, 1959, Drysdale started both
games (07-Jul-
& 03-Aug-)
for the NL.
- #1 Born
in Van Nuys, California, U.S.A. 23-Jul-1936. Died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada 03-Jul-1993.
- #2 In
9 ASG between 1958 & 1968, Drysdale K’d a total of 19 batters.
FCR - Gerald Price, Lancaster, California
Incorrect guesses: Whitey Ford, Herb Score, Juan
Marichal
TUESDAY —09-May
Q. Who
holds the record for being the manager of the most All-Star Game victories?
Hint: #1
He was signed when he graduated from Miami University by a Hall of Fame
general Manager’s brother.
Hint: #2
He ended his playing career with a 50% fielding average.
A. WALTER ALSTON [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Alston managed the NL AS
team to wins in 1956, 1960(1),
1960(2),
1964, 1966, 1967 & 1975, 7 in all.
Almost a perfect record, but he was also at the helm for losses to the
AL squad in 1954 & 1957.
-
#1 Signed to play for STL by Branch Rickey’s brother, Frank W. Rickey, on the very day Alston
graduated from Miami of Ohio.
-
#2 He replaced Johnny Mize at 1B in
the top of the 8th on 27-Sep-1936 & dropped the 1st throw made
to him.
FCR -
Chris Betsch, New Albany,
Indiana
Incorrect guesses: Casey Stengel, Sparky Anderson
WEDNESDAY — 10-May
Q. Ted
Williams once said that Babe Ruth, Kennesaw Mountain Landis and who were the
three most important people in the history of baseball?
Hint: #1
Describing three of the player from the last team he managed he held
forth with this nugget, “I got one who can throw but can't catch, one who that
can catch but can't throw and one who can hit but can't do either.”
Hint: #2
With this one-time Pittsburgh Pirate, the Yankees won a lot of World
Series games. But for him, however,
they’d have won even more.
-
Ans. Stengel’s Yankees faced Williams’
Red Sox many times, most of them successfully. Stengel’s Yankees faced BOS’s Williams
many times, most of them successfully.
-
#1 He was likely referring to catchers
Chris Cannizzaro, Choo Choo Coleman
& Sammy Taylor for the 1962 NYM. However, it just as easily could have been 3 of
the other 4 catchers they used that year: Joe Pignatano, Harry Chiti, Joe
Ginsberg or Hobie Landrith.
-
#2 He won 37 WS G w/NYY as their
manager 1949-1960. However, as a player
with NYG, Stengel beat NYY with game-winning home runs twice: With a 9th-inning game-winning
inside-the-park HR in G 1 of the 1923 WS. (1st ever postseason
HR in Yankee Stadium.)
FCR -
Len Levin, Providence
Incorrect guesses: Connie Mack, Honus Wagner, Curt Flood, Branch
Rickey, John
McGraw
THURSDAY — 11-May
Q. Who was the first twentieth-century
senior circuit rookie to receive one hundred bases on balls in his first full National
League season?
Hint: #1 He was part of the majors’ first
all-switch-hitting infield.
Hint: #2 He was the first twentieth century second
baseman to have twelve assists in a single game.
A. JIM GILLIAM [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Had
exactly 100 BB in 1953. He never had 100
again in his 14-year major league career, coming closest in 1959 (59)
& 1960 (59). No other player has
drawn 100 BB in his rookie season.
- #1 SWIF: 1965 LAD, w/Wes Parker (1B), Jim Lefebvre (2B) & Maury Wills (SS).
- #2 On 21Jul-1956, Gilliam assisted on 12 outs.
FCR - Bob Trostler, Norwich, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: Jim
Lefebvre, Davy Lopes, Frankie Frisch, Steve Sax, Pete Rose
FRIDAY — 12-May
Q. Whose record for career World Series ERA did
Madison Bumgarner break? (35 IP)
Hint: #1 This former Bearcat holds the record for
leading his league in ERA for 5 consecutive seasons.
Hint: #2 As a batter, he struck out in twelve
consecutive plate appearances one season.
A. SANDY KOUFAX [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Koufax
ended his WS career with an ERA of 0.95 in 57 IP. Bumgarner’s # is 0.25.
- #1 Led
the NL in ERA his final 5 seasons: 1962-1966 (2.54, 1.88, 1.74,
2.04, 1.73 respectively). Is an alum of the University of Cincinnati.
- #2 In
his first season, 1955, Koufax had 12 PA & 12 K & an OPS+ of -100. That’s
the lowest possible, meaning that he was worse batting than 100% of all other
hitters. He also posted another -100 OPS
in 1957 when he went 0-26 with 18 strikeouts.
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown
Incorrect guesses: Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Jack Billingham, Waite Hoyt, Tom Glavine, Christy Mathewson, Greg Maddux
SATURDAY — 13-May
Q. Which judo expert served as a chief fitness
instructor in the Navy from 1942 to 1946 at United States Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Maryland and Staten Island during World War II?
Hint: #1 During the course of his twenty-four-year
umpiring career in the American League he ejected, among others, Bob Allison
Ray Boone
Rocky Colavito
Nellie Fox
Ron Hansen
Reggie Jackson
Mickey Mantle
Minnie Minoso
Bob Nieman
Jim Piersall and…
Reggie Smith, and that’s just on
called third strikes.
Hint: #2 He ejected (including his 1st
ever) manager Paul Richards 9 times for infractions various & sundry.
A. LARRY NAPP [Italo- Bio]
- Ans. I
can’t help but wonder if he had fewer arguments about calls since most people
knew of his judo acumen?
- #1 …and
of course many lesser-known folks.
- #2 He
didn’t eject any other person more than 3 times (Earl Weaver, e.g.).
FCR - Dave
Mitchner, Webster, Kentucky
Incorrect guesses: Nestor Chylak, Johnny Stevens, Bill Kunkel,
Don Denkinger, Ed Runge, Gene Tunney, Nestor Chylak, Ron Luciano, Bill
Kunkel, Jocko Conlon, Jim Honochick
WEEKEND BONUS — 14-May
Q. Who was the last winning pitcher for the
Brooklyn Dodgers?
Hint: #1 He caused dismay among Houston officials when
he struck the roof of the Astrodome with a ball while hitting fungoes.
Hint: #2 A fine imposed on him by his manager for hitting a fungo completely out
of the colonnaded end of Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum was re-paid to
him by the team owner who felt it had been unjust.
A. ED ROEBUCK [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Last
W for BRO = 28-Sep-1957
at Connie Mack Stadium/
- #1 He
was so well-known for his skill with a fungo bat that he was consulted by the
builders of the Astrodome on how high the interior roof should be. In
1974, Mike Schmidt did become the first player to hit a speaker hanging from its roof in fair territory, but
it took another 23 seasons before Jeff Bagwell finally hit the top roof structure.
- #2 Dodger owner Walter O’Malley, inquired how much Roebuck had been fined by Alston for his
Coliseum stunt. Weeks
later, a batboy made a delivery to Roebuck on behalf of O’Malley—a bag filled
with $75 in quarters.
FCR - Stephen Wright, Naperville, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Don Drysdale, Joe Hoerner, Johnny Podres, Clem Labine
WEEK’S FINALE — 14-May
Q. Who led his league in batting
for pitchers the same season he pitched a complete-game victory in ethe World
Series?
Hint: #1 The next season he led
the majors in win/loss percentage.
Hint: #2 He was set to pitch for
the Senators when they became the Twins only to stay in the nation’s capital
because he was traded to the new Senators.
A. TOM STURDIVANT
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. He
batted .313 in 1956 & pitched all 9 innings in G 4 of
the Series. He
might even have received consideration for the WS MVP except for what happened
in G 5.
- #1 Sturdivant’s record in 1957 was 16-6 which
equates to .717.
- #2 He never actually pitched for the Twins or
old Senators.
FCR - Keith Sims, Bloomington, Indiana
Incorrect guesses: Claude Osteen,
Camilo Pascual,
WEEK’S THEME – People
present and in uniform for a perfect game in the postseason and at least one in
the regular season.
ALL were there for Don Larsen's game on 08-Oct-1956, Yankees over the Dodgers
2-0.
AND…
- Alston, Drysdale, Gilliam &
Koufax were present on the Dodgers for Sandy Koufax's perfect game
against the Cubs on 09-Sep-1965.
- Roebuck, Stengel & Sturdivant were present for the Phillies' Fathers' Day perfecto by Jim Bunning
against the Mets on Fathers’ Day 21-Jun-1964(1).
- Napp, who worked 3rd base in Larsen’s WS G, was the 1st base umpire for Catfish Hunter’s perfecto on 08-May-1968.
First Correct Respondent identifying theme – Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Pitchers with the longest scoreless-inning
streaks
Tues - Numbers
retired by the Dodgers
- Hall of Famers who had only one manager for
their entire career
- People who hold All-Star records
- Dodgers with the most All-Star game experience
- Future hall of famers on the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
Wed - Hall of Famers in the 1956 World Series
- Managers who have won both minor league and
Major League Championships
Thur - Participants in the 1956 World Series
Fri - Participated in 1956 World Series and played
basketball in high school
Sat - All these people were on the field for Don Larsen's
World Series perfect game
- Players, managers and coaches who were present
when Don Larsen threw his perfect game
- People born
under different names than the ones they had when they were in the majors
- Participants in the 1956 World Series who also
played themselves in a film
Post
hint - People
who struck out during DL's perfect game
- All alive
- Each of these men managed, umpired, or played
for the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series
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