MONDAY — 16-Oct
Q. Who
was the last player on the Giants to lead the National League in hitting before
Barry Bonds did it in 2002?
Hint: #1
He (not Bonds) is one of the rare players who, at various times in his
career, led the majors in each of the following categories at least once: hits, triples, home runs, stolen bases, slugging,
OPS+ and TB.
Hint: #2
Eleven times did he play every inning of an All-Star game.
- Ans. Mays
hit .345 in 1954 to lead MLB.
It was his only batting title.
- #1 Look
for the bolded & italicized type here …and here: Hits (190 in 1960); 3B (20
in 1957); SB (40, 38, 31 in 1956,
’57, ’58); SLG (.667, .659, .607, .645
in 1954, 55, 64, 65); & OPS+ (185 in 1965).
- #2 Complete
ASG: 1957, 1958, 1959(1) ,1959(2), 1961(1), 1961(2), 1962(1), 1964, 1965, 1966 & 1968.
FCR - Obrey
Brown, Tallahassee
Incorrect guesses: Bobby Bonds
TUESDAY —— 17-Oct
Q. Who sits atop the
career extra-base hits totem pole?
Hint: #1 His RBI and
TB are in gold facsimile in B-R.
Hint: #2 He and a teammate
were the first-ever Gold Glove winners for their franchise.
A.
HANK AARON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Aaron chalked up 1,477 XBH during his 23 seasons in the
majors. Barry Bonds (1,440) & Albert
Pujols (1,405) are the only other players whose totals are more than 1,400.
- #1 Aaron is the all-time leader in RBI produced
with 2,297
& in total bases with 6,856. The gold
in Baseball-Reference indicates the all-time, career leader in a category.
- #2 In 1958, the 2nd year the GG was
awarded, Aaron was 1 of the 3 NL outfield winners & backstop Del Crandall won
for NL catcher. Catcher Joe Torre was
the only other winner (1965) while the team was still in Milwaukee.
FCR - Obrey Brown,
Tallahassee
Incorrect guesses: Dave
Winfield, Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds
WEDNESDAY —— 18-Oct
Q. Who is the only National
League player to win batting titles in three separate decades?
Hint: #1 Of the twenty-five
natives of the state of Pennsylvania who are in the Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, he was the first one in.
Hint: #2 He was the
first player in the Modern Era to steal home twice in a single game.
A. HONUS WAGNER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Wagner hit .381 in 1900; .355
in 1903 & .334 in 1911, playing for PIT. He won 5 additional times. [At Horsehide
Trivia, we define a decade as suits us at the moment.
- #1 Wager was in the very 1st class of
players elected to the Hall. Fellow
inductee, Pennsylvania native Christy Mathewson was also elected to the Hall’s as
a member of its hallowed first class, Wagner did get more votes than Matty 215
to 205. Chronologically, perhaps not ahead
of Mathewson, but just as Cobb got more votes than Ruth on the same ballot &
is frequently viewed as the 1st in the Hall, for purposes of this
question, we are going to equate ballot count with order of Hall acceptance.
- #2 On 20-Jun-1901,
Wager stole home. An additional 10 players have joined him since
then, the most recent being Vic Power in 1958.
FCR - Harvey Hurwitz, Huntington Woods, Michigan
Incorrect guesses: Stan
Musial, George Brett
THURSDAY —— 19-Oct
Q. Who is the only
player to finish in the Top Ten in both batting average and home runs in the
same season and do it twelve times during his career?
Hint: #1 His career
extra-base hits were the most ever by a left-handed batter until he was passed
by Barry Bonds
Hint: #2 Mickey
Mantle once said of him, “He was a better player than me because he was a
better man than me.”
A. STAN MUSIAL [SABR Bio]
- Ans. A thorough statistic record of his career available
here. He
strung together ten of these seasons in a row from 1946 and 1955.
- #1 Musial’s XBH total = 1,377. Bonds had a few more.
- #2 Mantle as quoted by Bob Costas at Musial’s
funeral services Saturday, 26-Jan-2013, at the New Cathedral in St. Louis.
FCR - Robert Osman, Great
Neck, New York
Incorrect guesses: Lou
Gehrig, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth
FRIDAY —
20-Oct
Q. Who
was the last player to lead his league in home runs in more than five seasons?
Hint: #1
He led his team to the NCAA college Worlds Series.
Hint: #2
The major league scout who signed him had followed his baseball career
since Little League.
A. MIKE SCHMIDT [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Schmidt let the NL in HR 8
X: 1974 (36), 1975 (38), 1976 (38), 1980
(48), 1981 (31), 1983 (40), 1984 (36*) & 1986 (37). No one else has led the NL in HR that many
times.
-
#1 As a player for Ohio
University, Schmidt was a standout as the team reached the college WS in 1970.
- #2 Schmidt
was drafted 30th overall in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB
June Amateur Draft, was signed by
Phillies scout Tony
Lucadello.
*Tied w/Dale Murphy
FCR - Joe
Haardt, McLean, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez
T.G.I.F. BONUS — 19-Oct
Q. Who
had debilitating back pain throughout his Hall of Famer career due to a car
accident the year before he broke into the majors?
Hint: #1
Scouts from ten major league teams were present at his high school
graduation.
Hint: #2
He was born in one of the Carolinas.
A. ROBERTO CLEMENTE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Clemente said he would not
have been able to play without quality, professional chiropractic. He even got very conversant in it
himself. Experience in chiropractic here, starting at 1:12.
-
#1 There are now more than 40
schools named in his honor, in locations from Puerto Rico to Germany.
-
#2 Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, a suburb
of San Juan.
FCR - Dan
Greder, Ames, Iowa
Incorrect guesses: Don Mattingly, Jim Thome, Stan Musial, Al
Rosen
SATURDAY — 21-Oct
Q. Who
had the most hitting streaks of twenty games or more in the Modern Era?
Hint: #1
He was the last batter ever to face Denny McLain in a major league game.
Hint: #2
His wedding reception served champagne and 500 pizzas.
-
Ans. Rose had 8 hitting streaks
of 20+, 5 w/CIN, 3 w/PHI; 20+ Game Hit Streaks
Games Year
44 1978
25 1967
23 1979
22 1968
22 1975-76
21 1982
20 1977
20 1977
It
should be noted that Willie Keeler also had 8 such streaks 1892-1910.
-
#1 McLain’s final G= 12-Sep-1972
-
#2 Wedding event info source:
Trivial Pursuit card
FCR - Dave
Williams, Glastonbury, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: Carl Yastrzemski, George Brett, Rod Carew,
Mickey Mantle, Joe Pepitone, Steve Garvey, Willie McCovey
SUNDAY —
22-Oct
Q. Who
is the only first baseman since 1938 to hit three triples in one nine-inning
game?
Hint: #1
In the Rookie of the Year voting, he finished above a player who would
be a first ballot Hall of Famer.
Hint: #2
He was the first National League First Baseman to record twenty-two
putouts in a game?
A. ERNIE BANKS [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. 3B X 3 = 11-Jun-1966. More here. Interestingly, the only position besides 1B that
Banks played that year was 8 G at 3B.
-
#1 In 1954 NL ROY voting, Wally
Moon won the honor with Banks right
behind. Gene Conley was 3rd
followed by Henry Aaron.
-
#2 22 PO = 09-May-1963
FCR - Art
Mugalian, Minneapolis
Incorrect guesses: Steve Garvey, Willie McCovey, Will
Clark, Bill White, Joe Torre, Vic Power, Stan Musial, Keith Hernandez, Wes
Parker
WEEK’S FINALE — 22-Oct
Q. Which
outfielder benefited from a fan’s reaching over the rail to catch a ball in center
field, then being awarded a home run by the umpire, the second of only five of the
player’s home runs that season?
Hint: #1
He was released by the team he had represented well for eighteen years on
the same day the team announced plans for a new 30,000-seat stadium.
Hint: #2
He led the league in slugging and total bases two years before he won
his only batting title.
A. ZACK WHEAT [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. HR G = 24-Jul-1926(2),. Wheat would hit
only 4 more HR in his 19-year MLB career.
-
#1 Release & announcement of
Ebbets Field on 01-Jan-1927.
-
#2 In 1916, he helped his team
reach the World Series, slugging .461 w/262 TB. In 1918, his .335 batting average led
the NL.
FCR - Obrey
Brown, Tallahassee
Incorrect guesses: Derek Jeter, Ivan Rodriguez
WEEK’S THEME – Most
games played per original eight National League teams, as listed in “Leaders”
for each of these 8 franchises in Baseball-Reference.com.
Player Team #
Games WAR
Aaron ......... ATL......... 3,076.............. 143.0
Banks ........ CHC........ 2,528................ 67.7
Clemente ... PIT.......... 2,433*............... 94.8
Mays .......... SFG......... 2,957.............. 156.1
Musial ........ STL......... 3,026.............. 128.6
Rose .......... CIN.......... 2,722................ 79.6
Schmidt ..... PHI.......... 2,404.............. 106.8
Wagner ...... PIT.......... 2,433*............. 131.0
Wheat ........ LAD......... 2,322................ 60.4
*Tied
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan (After
Banks)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tues - Hall
of Famers born in Alabama who played in the Negro Leagues
Thurs - Players who have scored 1700 runs in the National League
-
They all hold team record for most career runs
and PA
-
They all lead a team in career WAR
-
Players with 10,000+ AB's for their original
team
-
Call to the Pen's "The all-time National League All-Star
team"
-
National League lineup for The Greatest Baseball Game Never Played
Fri - Players
with the most NL RBI
-
Players with career WAR > 100 in the
National League
-
National League non-pitchers who received 90+% Hall of Fame votes
on the first ballot
Sat - Players
who reached 10,000 Plate Appearances with one team in the National
League
Sun - National League players whose number has been retired by a
team for whom they had 10,000 Plate Appearances
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