MONDAY — 09-Oct
Q. Who
is the only pitcher to strike out twenty batters in a nine-inning game twice?
Hint: #1
It would appear that he has passed on some of his baseball DNA.
Hint: #2
He once slung a broken bat piece at Mike Piazza’s legs.
- Ans. Clemens
struck out 20 vs. SEA on 29-Apr-1986 & 20 K again vs.
DET on 18-Sep-1996, a double unmatched in
MLB history, a double feat unmatched
in MLB history and once considered unattainable.
- #1 Clemens’
son Kody has made it to the majors, but does not seem
likely to match his father’s mastery. Kody
is ostensibly an infielder, but has been called on in relief eleven times in
his MLB career, never entering a game earlier than the 8th inning &
only in games where his team were down by at least 7 runs.
- #2 In G 2 of the 2000 WS, Clemens had a
fielding error misplaying the bat! His explanation raised eyebrows. Details here.
FCR - Jeremy
Frank, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Kerry Wood, Tom Cheney
MONDAY TWICE
— 09-Oct
Q. Who
is the only native of Alaska with more than ten years of major league
experience?
Hint: #1
He did not, however, have a twenty-win season until his fourteenth.
Hint: #2 One season his record of 22-6
matched with 35 GS, 256⅔ IP, 1,021 BF
though stellar, was not enough to win the Cy Young Award.
Hint: #3
He holds the record for most strikeouts in a twentieth-century season by
a National League right hander.
- Ans. From 1988 through 2007, Schilling was a major
leaguer for 20 years.
- #1 In 2001, his record for ARI was 22-6.
- #2 In
2001, he was edged by his teammate for the Cy Young Award. In that & 2 other seasons, Schilling
thrice finished 2nd in the CYA voting. Fellow Diamondback Randy Johnson won the award
in 2001 & 2002. MIN’s Johan Santana won in 2004.
- #3 Schilling racked up 319 K for PHI in 1997, 1 of
the 3 X he passed the 300K/season threshold.
FCR - Tom
McLaughlin, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Kerrey Wood, Steve Stone
TUESDAY —— 10-Oct
Q. Which qualified
pitcher’s single season ERA is the lowest for any full year this century?
Hint: #1 The year he
captured his Cy Young Award, he led the majors in WAR.
Hint: #2 He was the first
post-DH pitcher to hit a home run for the Royals.
A. ZACK GREINKE [SABR
Bio]
- Ans. Greinke’s ERA in 2015 was a sterling 1.66; Only non-qualifiers had better figures.
- #1 In 2009, he won the AL CYA had a killer WAR of
10.4, the highest showing between Barry Bonds’s 10.6
in 2004 & Mike Trout’s 10.5 on 2012.
- #2 His HR = 10-Jun-2005 vs. ARI in their NL
ballpark. He hit 8 more HR in his
career, the final 1 off Clayton
Kershaw. Greinke had hit 31 home runs in
his high school career, with a batting average over .400.
FCR - Tony Hughes, Woodbridge,
Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Bob
Gibson, Shohei Ohtani, Jacob deGrom, Steve Busby
TUESDAY TWICE ——
10-Oct
Q. Which one-time
Baltimore Orioles pitcher was the first player (at any position) to sign a
contract worth more than $100,00,000?
Hint: #1 He was the
last pitcher in the twentieth century to toss a no-hitter and one-hitter in the
same season.
Hint: #2 He once
personally thwarted the escape of two thieves.
A. KEVIN BROWN [B-R
Bio]
- Ans. Following the 1998 season, Brown as a free
agent, signed contract with LAD for 7 years/$105m. Brown played for BAL in 1995.
- #1 In 1997, pitching for FL, Brown no-hit SFG on
10-Jun. Five weeks later, on 16-Jul, he 1-hit LAD. In that G, Raul Mondesi singled and scored
their only run.
- #2 Vigilante details here.
FCR - Rick Fink,
Edison, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Mike
Mussina, Jim Palmer Babe Ruth, Wayne Garland, Steve Barber, Dave McNally,
WEDNESDAY —— 11-Oct
Q. Who is the only pitcher
with a perfect game in regular-season interleague play?
Hint: #1 He led the
majors in innings pitched the year after his Cy Young Award.
Hint: #2 He was the
first Yankee right-handed pitcher to win twenty games in a season since Ed Figueroa
did it.
A. DAVID CONE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Cone’s perfecto was vs. MON on 18-Jul-1999 in Yankee Stadium.
- #1 CYA in strike-shortened 1994. Threw 229⅓ innings in
strike-dented 1995.
- #2 Cone’s only 20+ AL W season was 1998 when he
was 20-4 for NYY. Hadn’t been done in
pinstripes since Figueroa’s 20-9 in 1978.
FCR - Rich Lerner,
Silver Spring, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Mike
Mussina, David Wells, CC Sabathia
WEDNESDAY TWICE —— 11-Oct
Q. Which one-time
Oakland A’s hurler won baseball’s most significant Comeback Player of The Year
Award?
Hint: #1 He
surrendered Anaheim Stadium’s first ever home run.
Hint: #2 He set an
improbable record with three (3!) errors on a single play.
A. TOMMY JOHN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. CPY in 1976, following the procedure, properly called collateral
ligament reconstruction, that now bears his name. Pitched 48 innings for OAK in 1985.
- #1 Anaheim HR = 19-Apr-1966, hit by Rick Reichart.
- #2 3 E = 27-Jul-1988 at age 45. Over his 26-year career, John committed a
very stingy 49 errors, with these three coming in a span of 12 seconds during
this farcical
lapse vs. MIL.
FCR - Michael Green,
Las Vegas
Incorrect guesses: Mudcat
Grant, Ken Holtzman, Dennis
Eckersley, Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom
THURSDAY — 12-Oct
Q. Which
one-time Reds pitcher was the first Blue Jay to earn fifteen wins before the
All-Star break in a year, before he played for the White Sox?
Hint: #1
He was the starting pitcher of that All-Star game.
Hint: #2
He earned both the 900th and 1,100th wins in Blue
Jays franchise history and took the loss in the team's 1,400th in
addition to being the winning pitcher in Joe Torre’s 1,000th
managerial win.
A. DAVID WELLS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In 2000, in his 2nd
stint with TOR, Wells’s 15th W came on 08-Jul. Wells won 6 X for CIN in 1995, helping them win the NL Central. He pitched 16 X for CHW in 2001.
-
#1 ASG 2000 was won by the AL. Wells started and gave up no R. He was the only AL pitcher that day to pitch
more than 1 inning or to strike out more than 1 batter.
-
#2 TOR’s 900th = 16-Apr-1989;
TOR’s 1,110th =
26-Jun -1991;
TOR’s 1,400th =
05-Aug-1994 w/Wells pitching for DET; &
TORre’s 1,000th
= 30-Apr-1997. Torre finished in 2010 w/2,326 W, which is 5th
all-time.
FCR - Jon
Symons, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Incorrect guesses: Dave Stieb, Jimmy Key, LaMar Hoyt, Tom Seaver
THURSDAY TWICE — 12-Oct
Q. Who
was the only pitcher with fifteen or more wins for a major league team that
finished no higher than 4th in its division in 2023?
Hint: #1
He is the single season strikeout record holder for two major different
major league franchises.
Hint: #2
Although he has never won a Cy Young Award, he has twice been honored as
The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year.
Hint: #3
He is a college grad, which although that delayed his debut in the
majors, he felt was a better choice in the long run. It turned out to be a wise choice.
A. GERRIT COLE [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Cole’s record was 15-4 for
the 82-80 4th-place NYY in 2023.
-
#1 K for a season records = HOU (326
in 2019) & NYY (257 in 2022).
The only other pitchers to hold the single-season K records for 2
different franchises are Pedro Martinez (305 for MON in 1997; 313 for
BOS in 1999) & Randy Johnson (308 for SEA in 1993; 372
for ARI in 2001).
-
#2 TSN Pitcher of the Year in
2019 & 2021. He is the heavy
favorite for the AL CYA for 2023.
-
#3 Even through drafted by NYY
out of high school in the 1st
round in 2008, he accepted instead a scholarship to attend and
play for UCLA. PIT selected Cole with the 1st overall
selection in 2011. He signed a minor league contract with an $8
million signing bonus, the highest signing bonus ever offered to a rookie, and
did it 15 minutes before the signing deadline on 15‑Aug‑2011.
FCR - Michael Ortman, Clermont, Florida
Incorrect guesses: Chris Sale
FRIDAY —
13-Oct
Q. Which
pitcher’s only save as a rookie sent his franchise to their first World Series?
Hint: #1
He was the Comeback Player of the Year six years after he had been The
Sporting News Pitcher of the Year.
Hint: #2
He was greeted enthusiastically when he strolled the streets of
Montreal.
A. DAVID PRICE [B-R
Bio]
- Ans. Price
got the save in G 7 of the 2008 ALCS which
guaranteed sending Tampa Bay to their first Fall Classic.
-
#1 Price was TSN Comeback Player
of the Year in 2018 w/BOS. In 2012, he had
his 1st (only) 20-win season, also won the AL CYA & for the 1st
time, received MVP votes.
-
#2 After his season with TOR in
2015, the 1st 21 G of which were spent with DET, Price, now with BOS
in 2016, led the AL with his 2.45 ERA.
His service in Canada was not forgotten, was not unappreciated, and some
friendly
citizens of the largest francophone city in the Western Hemisphere,
just wanted him to know that.
FCR - David
Skelton, Woodway, Texas
Incorrect guesses: Madison Bumgarner, Mudcat Grant, Eric Gagne,
Chris Carpenter
FRIDAY TWICE— 13-Oct
Q. Which
pitcher took home a World Series championship ring, having started and won the
World Series Game Seven his rookie season in the majors?
Hint: #1
He had played for the Hawks before coming to the Bigs.
Hint: #2
He peaked in his sixth season, winning the league ERA title, ERA+ title,
tied for the lead in shutouts and he received votes for the Cy Young Award.
A. JOHN LACKEY [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. Lackey was the caboose of the
five-man rotation in manager Mike Scioscia’s 99‑win, WS champion 2002 Angels. During his appearances, Lackey stuck out
former MVP Jeff Kent 3 times.
-
#1 Played for Boise Hawks in the Short Season Class A
Northwest League in 1999.
-
#2 Big year = 2007 when he had an
ERA of 3.01, an ERA+ of 150, 2 ShO & was 3rd in CYA voting.
FCR - Adrian
Fung, Toronto
Incorrect guesses: Jim Palmer, Bret Saberhagen, Steve Blass
SATURDAY — 14-Oct
Q. Who
was the first National League pitcher to earn two wins in both he League
Championship Series and the World Series in the same season?
Hint: #1
Pitching for two different expansion teams in successive seasons, he led
the majors in innings pitched and made the All-Star team both years.
Hint: #2 As a batter one year, he had twenty-four hits
and only struck out four times.
A. LIVAN HERNANDEZ [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. Won 2 X in the 1997 NLCS W over ATL, G #3 &
#5. He won 2 again in that year’s WS, G 1 & #5. He took home the MVP for each series.
-
#1 In 2004 for MON (255.0) and
2005 for WSA (246); 2004, 2005 ASG.
-
#2 In 2001, playing for SFG, Hernandez
had 24 H, 4K & hit .296.
FCR - Tom
Willoughby, Elkridge, Maryland
-
Incorrect
guesses: Josh Beckett, Madison Bumgarner,
Dontrelle Willis, Mike Hampton, Edwin Jackson,
Mario Soto, Jose Rijo
SUNDAY —
15-Oct
Q. Which
one-time Padre tied Orel Hershiser for most complete games in the majors the
year of Hershiser’s Cy Young Award?
Hint: #1
Only Hershiser finished ahead of him in National League Cy Young voting
that year even though they had identical win/loss records.
Hint: #2
Since 1939, no Cincinnati Reds pitcher has won more games in a season
that he did in his best year.
A. DANNY JACKSON [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. Jackson & Hershiser led
MLB w/15 CG in 1988.
Jackson pitched for SDP the last 13 G of his career in 1997.
-
#1 Hershiser’s vote for NL CYA in
1988 was unanimous, but Jackson had 54.0 voting points for the
silver medal (if they gave those out).
-
#2 Jackson’s total of 23
victories in 1988 was thrice tied in that interim, with only Bucky Walters (27)
& Paul Derringer (25) in 1939 posting more 1-year wins for CIN.
FCR - Jason
Winston, Riverside, California
Incorrect guesses: Mat Latos,
SUNDAY (Just the once) — 15-Oct
Q. Which
BLTR pitcher, nicknamed “Mad Dog”, trailed only Mariano Rivera in postseason
appearances at the time of his retirement?
Hint: #1
He tied the major league record for most wild pitches in a single
inning.
Hint: #2
He became an important component of a noted “bridge”.
Hint: #3
His uncle played with two American League teams in the 1970s.
A. RYAN MADSON [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. Madson racked up 57
postseason appearances, but seriously trails Rivera’s 96. Kenley Jansen moved ahead of Madson with his 2
G in 2022.
- #1 On 25-Jul-2006, in the 3rd
inning vs. ARI, Madson uncorked 4 WP. He
shares this record with some impressive company: Walter Johnson, Phil Niekro, R. A. Dickey,
Kevin Gregg & Brooks Kriske.
-
#2 PHI was getting steady,
consistent performance from their starting pitchers leading up the their WS
Championship in 2008, but only 4 CG. The
goal was to have every possible G finished by closer Brad Lidge. Lidge appeared in 72 G that year and never
pitched more than a full inning during the regular season. So the goal was to keep the opposition in
check after the starters left and Lidge, ergo, a “Bridge to Lidge” of which Madson
was a key contributor.
- #3 His uncle is lefty P Steve Barr who had brief
appearances with BOS & TEX.
FCR - Max
Gallner, Fort Lauderdale
Incorrect guesses: Madison Bumgarner, Tom Browning, Mitch
Williams, Greg Maddux, Al Hrabosky
WEEK’S THEME – Pitchers who won a postseason game with each of three different
teams
Pitcher Had postseason Ws with Career WAR
Brown.................. FLA............. SDP............ NYY............ 67.8
Clemens................ BOS............ NYY............ HOU......... 139.2
Cole...................... PIT.............. HU............... NYY............ 41.2
Cone..................... NYM............ TOR............ NYY............ 62.3
Greinke................ MIL.............. LAD............. HOU........... 77.5
Hernandez............ FLA............. SFG............. ARI............. 30.0
Jackson................ KCR............ CIN.............. PHI............ 17.2
John..................... LAD............. NYY............ CAL............ 61.6
Lackey................. ANA/LAA.... BOS............ STL............ 37.3
Madson................ PHI.............. KCR............ LAD............ 13.5
Price..................... TBR............. TOR............ BOS........... 40.3
Schilling................ PHI.............. ARI.............. BOS........... 79.5
Wells.................... CIN.............. BAL............. NYY............ 53.4
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Dan Massey,
Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tues - Pitchers
who have struck out the most different hitters
- Career
All Star Game pitching strikeout leaders since 1986
- Pitchers not in the Hall of Fame, sorted by most WAR
Wed - Right handed pitchers of the Modern Era with
WAR > 60 and not in the Hall of Fame
- RH
pitchers not in the HOF with the most career strike outs
- Modern
Era pitchers with highest WAR who are not in the Hall of Fame
Fri - In
the last 50 years, Non Hall of Fame pitchers of note who have won the final
game of a postseason series
Thurs - Pitchers
not in the HOF with the most career strikeouts
Sat - Pitchers who
have earned wins in a League Championship series and the World Series in the
same season
-
The winner of WS clincher
Sun - They’ve
all won the Babe Ruth Award
-
Pitchers with LCS wins in both leagues
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