MONDAY — 11-Sep
Q. Who
is tied with Willie McCovey and Frank Thomas on the career home run list?
Hint: #1
He holds the records for most runs batted in and most bases on balls in
All-Star competition.
Hint: #2
In the game where he hit his 52nd career home run, the next
batter up hit his 500th career home run. The next batter also a Hall of Famer, also
homered.
- Ans. All
3 have 521 HR. Williams is the only AL
player to hit 500 HR with fewer than 1,000 K.
- #1 Career
in ASG, Williams totaled 12 RBI & 11 BB
- #2 In
a game for the ages, 24-Sep-1940(1), BOS doubled PHA 16-8
in Philadelphia. In the 6th
inning Dom DiMaggio opened with a 3B & then scored on a sac fly by Doc Cramer. Next up Williams (who had already homered in
the 4th): HR. Next up Jimmie Foxx: HR. Next up Joe Cronin: HR.
Next up: Bobby Doerr 3B. Next up Jim Tabor HR. Embattled pitcher George Caster is relieved
by Les McCrabb who surrenders a single to Johnny Peacock who advanced to second on a sac bunt by pitcher Joe
Heving. Up again was Dom DiMaggio who
drove in Peacock with a double before the 3rd out was finally recorded.
FCR - John Gidley, Maple Glen, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott
TUESDAY — 12-Sep
Q. Who took the
title of all-time, career strikeout king away from Mickey Mantle?
Hint: #1 He founded
the Black Athletes Foundation, an organization aimed at finding the cause of
Sickle Cell Anemia in young black children.
Hint: #2 He hit the first
home run Shea Stadium.
A. WILLIE STARGELL [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Mantle retired with 1,710 K, having passed
Babe Ruth’s record of 1,330 in 1964. Stargell
struck out for the 1,711th time in a G on 06-Aug-1978(1) & retired after the 1982 season with a total of 1,936.
Reggie Jackson passed Stargell in 1982
&hasn’t been caught since, ending with 2,597. Stargell also hit his 417th HR in
the G.
- #1 Stargell was in involved in many good causes,
but he was the president of the B.A.F.
- #2 Shea’s 1st HR = 17-Apr-1964.
FCR – Barry Lipinski, Somerset, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Reggie
Jackson, Hank Aaron, Jim Edmonds, Willie McCovey, Feank Robinson
WEDNESDAY —— 12-Sep
Q. Who hit more home
runs for the Cleveland Indians that any other player?
Hint: #1 He owns the
top five seasons for drawing bases on balls for the American League Cleveland
franchise.
Hint: #2 White Sox
chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has said of him, "He can be a batting coach. He'd be a great batting coach, but someday
he'll be a manager."
- Ans. Thome’s 337 HR for CLE may stand for a
while. In 2nd place, there is
Albert Belle with 242.
- #1 Thome led his team in walks in 1996 (123);
1997 (120); 1999 (127); 2000 (118); & 2002 122). His 111 BB in 2001 is tied for 7th
on the same list.
- #2 Thome has stated that he would like to manage
a major league team.
FCR - Larry Lamb, Oakwood,
Ohio
Incorrect guesses: Andre
Thornton, Larry Doby, Albert Belle, Luke Easter, Ryan Thompson
MDWEEK BONUS
— 13-Sep
Q. Whom
did Kyle Schwarber pass last year for most strikeouts in a season by a Phillies
batter?
Hint: #1
He once hit a game-tying home run, then stayed in the game and hit a
game-winning 12th -inning home run on Mothers' Day just hours after
going to the emergency room with a stomach ailment.
Hint: #2
He homered off future Hall of Famer Mike Mussina in each of the first
two times he came to bat against him.
A. RYAN HOWARD [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Schwarber’s 200 K in 2022 outdid
Howard’s 199 in 2007 & 2008. Howard
is also in 4th, 6th & 9th place on that
same list. Schwarber, at 190, is on
schedule to move everyone down a notch by the end of the 2023 regular season.
-
#1 In the G on 14-May-2006, Howard
was intentionally walked in an AB between the two HRs.
-
#2 HRs off Mussina in same G, the only time they
ever faced each other.
FCR - Rich
Lerner, Silver Spring, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Roy Halladay, Greg Luzinski, Pete Incaviglia, Ryne Sandberg
THURSDAY— 14-Sep
Q. Who
was Rookie of the Month for his first month in the majors after hitting home
runs in each of his first four games as a major leaguer?
Hint: #1
Despite a career at shortstop that included being twice an All-Star, he
moved to second base for the sake of the team.
Hint: #2
This American League second baseman gives credit to a National League
Platinum Glove winner for his early development.
A. TREVOR STORY [B-R Story]
-
Ans. Story hit a total of 6 HR in
his first 4 G and added a 7th after going 1-5 with 3 K in his 5th
G against the SDP pitching staff.
-
#1 Recognizing that Xander
Bogaerts was solid at SS for BOS, and that Bogaerts himself wanted Story to
sign with the SOX, Story made the jump and has been more than satisfactory.
-
#2 “He (Nolan Arenado) was a mentor to me my first few years, and
we still talk the game a lot.“
FCR - Jeff
Epstein, Dallas
Incorrect guesses: Lou Whitaker
FRIDAY —
14-Sep
Q. Whose
record for most home runs in a month by a National League rookie did Aristides
Aquino break?
Hint: #1
The inexplicable consistency of his power output during one stretch of
his career would be difficult to believe had it not been recorded by professionals.
Hint: #2
He is tied with Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey Jr for a
record that cannot be achieved quickly.
-
Ans. Dunn had 12 HR in August of
2001. Aquino hit 14 in August of 2019. However, LAD’s Cody Bellinger also hit 13 HR in a month (July
2017) in his rookie year & should have been the lead in the question.
-
#1 In 2005 through 2008 Dunn hit
exactly 40 HR each year. Almost looks
like a typo.
-
#2 Robinson, Griffey & Dunn
have all hit 8 career home runs in Opening Day games. Dunn went deep twice on opening day games: 2005 & 2007.
FCR - Tim
Luca, San Mateo, California
Incorrect guesses: Cody Bellinger, Yordan Alvarez, Juan Soto,
Sammy Sosa, Albert Belle
SATURDAY — 15-Sep
Q. Whose
record for most home runs in a final American League season did David Ortiz break
when he hit thirty-eight in 2016?
Hint: #1
He was the first player to have a thirty-five home run season as a designated
hitter.
Hint: #2
It is estimated that he burned the most bridges as he moved from team to
team.
A. DAVE KINGMAN [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. He hit 35 HR for Oakland in
1986. He retired after that season.
-
#1 Playing at DH for OAK in 1984,
Kingman hit 35 HR.
-
#2 Kingman played for 7 teams in
the majors, one of them twice. He was in
such frequent demand because of his power at the plate, but he never progressed
at establishing relationships.
FCR - Dave
Alfano, Redlands, California
Incorrect guesses: Ralph Kiner, Dave Winfield, ,Bobby Bonds,
Rafael Palmeiro, Cliff Johnson
SATURDAY
NIGHT —
16-Sep
Q. Which
former Yankee and two-time All-Star is the tallest player ever to hit
forty-five home runs in a season while playing for a National League team?
Hint:
#1 A historic major league first was
when he and a teammate both homered thrice in the same game.
Hint:
#2 This year he was the manager of an
independent, minor-league team.
A. RICHIE SEXSON [B-R Bio]
- Ans. At
6'7", Sexson homered for
the NL Brewers with 45 in 2001 & for good measure, hit 45 again in 2003. He played for NYY in 2008 & was an NL AS for
MIL in 2002 & 2003.
- #1 HR
X 3 + X 3 = 25-Sep-2001 when ARI pitchers were
simply overmatched. In the 4th
and 6th innings Sexson’s and teammate Jeromy Burnitz’ HR went
back-to-back. No other Brewer went deep
that day. MIL won 9-4.
- #2 No
word on whether he’s been signed on for another season as manager of the Crestwood,
Illinois Windy City ThunderBolts of the independent Frontier League.
FCR - Bill Deane, Cooperstown
Incorrect
guesses: Dave Winfield, Pete Incaviglia,
Dave Kingman, Adam Dunn, Daryl Strawberry, Nelson Cruz, Giancarlo Stanton
SUNDAY — 16-Sep
Q. Which quarterback had the longest run from
scrimmage for the Stanford University football team in 1998?
Hint:
#1 He also played for the Cardinal
baseball team.
Hint:
#2 His major league signing bonus was,
at the time, the highest ever given to a player for a minor league contract.
A. JOE BORCHARD [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Instrumental in helping Stanford to a 37-34 football win over
North Carolina, Borchard entered the game with less than a minute to play in
the 4rth quarter after starting QB Todd Husak was injured. Borchard scrambled 41 yards to the UNC 4yard
line to set up the winning FG. The
41-yard rush was the longest by a Stanford player in the 1998 season. Borchard also played baseball as an outfielder
& was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.
- #1 Stanford’s
mascot is neither a bird nor a religious title, nor even an actual mascot, but
a color. Stanford U has a long and often
confusing history of its athletic teams’
nicknames.
- #2 His
$5.3 million signing bonus from
CHW in 2000 was the highest until Justin Upton received $6.1 million to sign
with ARI in 2005.
FCR - Keith
Sims, Bloomington, Indiana
Incorrect
guesses: John Elway, Rick Ankiel
WEEK’S
THEME – Longest home run in each active ballpark in an MLB game if it exceeded
500’.
Stadium Distance (' ) Date Batter Pitcher
Grt Amer Ball Park........ 535.......... 10-Aug-2004........... Dunn........................ Jose Lima
Wrigley
Field................. 530.......... 14-Apr-1976............ Kingman....................Tom Dettore
Progressive
Field.......... 511.......... 03-Jul-1999(2).......... Thome....................... Don Wengert
Dodger
Stadium............ 507.......... 05-Aug-1969........... Stargell1....................Alan Foster
Citizens
Bank Park....... 505.......... 27-Jun-2007............ Howard2.................. .Aaron Harang
Coors Field................... 505.......... 05-Sep-2018........... Story......................... Andrew Suarez
G’teed Rate
Field.......... 504.......... 30-Aug-2004........... Borchard............. .. Brett Myers
Chase Field................... 503.......... 26-Apr-2004............ Sexson................... Francis Beltran
Fenway Park3............... 502.......... 09-Jun-1946(2)......... Williams................. Fred Hutchinson
1 Ball hit a bus in the parking lot on the fly.
2 100th career HR in
a record 325th (fewest) Game.
3 Memorialized with a red seat in the right-field bleachers.
Others who
hold the record for the longest HR in additional venue, but shy of 500'.
Stadium Distance (' ) Date Batter Pitcher
Target
Field 496 17-Sep-2019 Miguel Sano Ross
Detwiler
Yankee
Stadium 496 30-Sep-2017 Aaron
Judge Marcus Stroman
Truist Park 495 25-Sep-2020 Ronald
Acuna Chris Mazza
Rogers
Centre 491 03-Jun-2001 Manny Ramirez Chris
Carpenter
Angels Stadium 484 03-Jul-2012 Nelson Cruz Bobby Cassevah
PNC Park 484 12-Apr-2002 Sammy
Sosa David Williams
Amer. Family Field 480 27-Jul-1004 Russell Branyan Greg Maddox
Ring
Central Col. 480 15-Sep-2016 Ryon Healy Edinson
Volquez
loanDepot
Park 479 23-Jun-2015 Giancarlo
Stanton Carlos Martinez
Petco Park 479 05-Hun-2018 Franmil
Reyes Luke Jackson
Tropicana
Field 478 04-Apr-2001 Vinny
Castilla Joey Hamilton
Oracle Park 477* 15-Aug-2015 Ian
Desmond Jake
Peavy
Kauffman
Stadium 475 14-Sep-1986 Bo
Jackson Mike Moore
Nationals
Park 473 04-May-2018 Bryce
Harper Nick Pivetta
Busch Stadium 470 26-Jun-2021 Paul Goldschmidt J.T.
Brubaker
T-Mobile
Park 470 29-Jun-2018 Mike
Zunino Ian Kennedy
Citi Field 469 29-Sep-2021 Michael Conforto Elieser
Hernandez
Minute Maid
Park 469 18-Jun-2017 Jake
Marisnick David Price
Comerica
Park 467 21-Jun-2015 J.D.
Martinez Taijuan Walker
OPACY 465 02-Jun-2017 Manny
Machado Rick Porcello
Globe Life
Field 462 07-Jul-2021 Joey
Gallo Casey Mize
*HR hit by Barry
Bonds traveled 499' into McCovey Cove. Date and other details unavailable.
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan (after
Story)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Mon - HOF'ers who disliked sports writers
Tues - MLB players who have had stadium seats commemorated in their honor
- Players
who have statues at stadiums
- HOF Left-handed batters with career Slugging Averages >.500 since 1960
Thurs - Longest
home runs by LH batters at select MLB stadiums
- Since 1960, retired left handed hitting players with Slugging Avg >.500 and fewer than 20 stolen bases
Fri - People
who have had hitting records broke
- Players
of note who have hit 2 home runs in one game prior to reaching 30 career home
runs
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