MONDAY — 06-Nov
Q. Who broke
Babe Ruth’s record for the most bases on balls in one season?
Hint: #1
He hit at least thirty home runs a season for thirteen consecutive years.
Hint: #2
He was an All-Star, an MVP, a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner all in
the same season three times.
A. BARRY BONDS [SABR Bio]
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Ans. Bonds actually now owns the
top 3 spots. In 2001, Bonds broke Ruth’s
78-year-old record of 170 when he was walked 177
times in 2001. He then extended it with 198
BB in 2002 and finally, in 2004, set the bar so high at 232 that many
historians mention it with other Modern Era single-season records considered
“unbreakable”. [For example, pitcher Jack
Chesbro’s 41 wins in 1904; Ichiro Suzuki’s 262 hits in 2004; Owen Wilson’s 36 triples
in 1912; or Joe Sewell’s miniscule 3 strikeouts in a season by a batter who
qualified for the batting title, in 1930 and 1932.]
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#1 Hit 30+ HR from 1992 through 2004,
exclusive of the 33 HR he hit in 1990, 2 years before the streak began. In 8 of the years during that same span, his
HR total was 40+.
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#2 Bonds took all 4 honors in
1990 & 1992 w/PIT & 1993 w/SFG.
FCR - Mark
Pattison, Washington, District of Columbia
Incorrect guesses: Mike Schmidt, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Mel
Ott
TUESDAY — 07-Nov
Q. Who
holds the Cleveland American League franchise's single-season record for runs
batted in?
Hint: #1
He and Atlanta’s Chipper Jones are tied for most career postseason bases
on balls.
Hint: #2
His made-to-measure mufti raiment sports a bespoke escutcheon basted
into it.
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Ans. His 165 RBI in 1999. It’s the most RBI in 1 year that any player
has had since Jimmie Foxx’s 175 in 1938. Ramirez’ 145 RBI the previous season was an impressive
output as well.
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#1 Ramirez ended his postseason
career in 2009 w/LAD with a total of 72 BB.
Jones finished in 2012 without a walk in his final series.
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#2 Because of his reputation for
uniqueness, unexpected statements or actions were often explained (by him or others) as just “Manny
being Manny’’ sort of a weapons-grade version of “boys will be boys”. Sewn inside some of Ramirez’ civilian clothes are
labels reading “MBM”.
FCR - Thomas
Howell, Reno
Incorrect guesses: Al Rosen, Albert Bell, Earl Averill, Jim
Thome
WEDNESDAY —— 08-Nov
Q. Which
fleet-footed outfielder was known to use a clipboard to document pitches and
pitcher tendencies while in the dugout long before it was a common practice?
Hint: #1 At the time
of his retirement, only he and Willie Mays claimed membership in the
400/300 Club.
Hint: #2 When he was
a young boy, his favorite player was Dusty Baker.
A. ANDRE DAWSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Dawson would surely have been an early
adopter of in-game computer usage.
- #1 Each had at least 400 HR and 300 SB career. Joining them since then are these guys.
- #2 Baker recently retired after 19 years as a
major league player, 5 years as a major league coach & 26 seasons as a
major league manager. It is easily
imagined that he will join Dawson in the Hall of Fame.
FCR - Michael
Schneider, Wilmington, Delaware
Incorrect guesses: Barry
Bonds, Eric Davis, Bobby Bonds, Rickey Henderson, Curt Flood
MIDWEEK BONUS — 08-Nov
Q. Who
was the last player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in the
same game?
Hint: #1
The double and triple he also hit in that game almost went ignored.
Hint: #2
The Hall of Fame teammate positioned closest to him for five
seasons raved about his all-around game.
Hint: #3
He and two non-baseball Hall of Famers were born in the same small
hometown.
Hint: #4
Teammates who could have commented on his baseball talent include
Mickey Mantle Orlando Cepeda, Minnie Minoso and Dick Williams.
A. ROGER MARIS [SABR Bio]
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Ans. In the 3rd inning
on 03-Aug-1958(1), Maris hit a IPHR off WSH’s Russ Kemmerer. Maris hit Kemmerer’s last pitch that day out
of the park with 3 men on in the 6th. (Data originally provided by David Vincent.)
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#1 Can’t believe he couldn’t even
manage a single. Maris’ feat of 4 extra-base hits in 1 G for KCA was
matched only by Gino Cimoli & Elmer Valo.
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#2 Maris was the Yankees’ primary
right-fielder between 1960-1964. His teammate and CF Mickey Mantle lauded
Maris by claiming, "Roger Maris was the best all-around baseball player I
ever saw. He was a Golden Glove right
fielder with a howitzer arm and was an extremely fast runner.” Cardinal teammate Orlando Cepeda had similar
comments about Maris.
- #3 Maris is a native of Hibbing, Minnesota with
just fewer than 16,000 souls when he was born.
Bob Dylan (Rock
and Roll HOF) & Kevin McHale (Basketball HOF) were
also born there.
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#4 Maris played for (not in thus
order) NYY, STL, CLEL & KCA.
FCR - David Girdany, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Sam Crawford, Vic Power, Bo Jackson, Robin
Yount, Roberto Clemente,
Bobby Murcer
THURSDAY — 09-Nov
Q. Who
was the first American League player to hit at least twenty doubles, twenty
triples and twenty home runs in a single season?
Hint: #1
His major league debut was the game where Bob Feller set an American
League record by striking out seventeen.
Hint: #2
When he broke his ankle, a famous amputee offered his own as a
replacement.
A. JEFF HEATH [SABR Bio]
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Ans. In 1941, playing for CLE,
Heath had 32 2B, 20 3B & 24 HR. The
only other ALers to also do this?... George Brett & Curtis Granderson.
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#1 Debut = 13-Sep-1936(1), in
teammate Bob Feller’s 3rd month of professional baseball.
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#2 Bert Shepard lost his right leg during combat in WWII
and yet made it back to the majors.. His
offer added some lightheartedness to an often lugubrious situation when Heath went
down with a leg injury. Shepard remains the only player to have
ever played in the major leagues on an artificial leg.
FCR - Adam
Balutis, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Earl Averill, Rudy York, Minnie Minoso, Frank
Schulte, Harry Hooper
FRIDAY —
10-Nov
Q. Who
was the first player to hit more than one home run in his first World Series game?
Hint: #1
He was the last player to lead the league in home runs while having
fewer strikeouts than home runs?
Hint: #2
In spite of also leading the Bigs in runs batted in and hitting more
than .325 that same season, he only
managed to get second place in league MVP voting.
A. TED KLUSZUSKI [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In G 1 in the 1959 WS, Kluszewski homered in
the 3rd & 4th innings as CHW smothered LAD 11-0.
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#1 In 1954, playing for CIN, he
led the majors w/49 HR but K’d only 35 X. His 141 RBI also led MLB that
season.
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#2 He finished a distant 2nd
to Willie Mays in Mays’s breakout year.
Mays led baseball in BA (.345), SLG (.667), &
WAR (10.4)
FCR - Andrew Milner, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Andruw Jones, Jo DiMaggio, Home Run Baker,
Gene Tenace, Willie Aikens, Jimmie Foxx, Patsy Dougherty
SATURDAY — 11-Nov
Q. Which
speedster is the only player to lead the National League in triples for three
straight seasons?
Hint: #1
He is the only player to have a season with two hundred hits and fewer
than twenty walks and do it again two years later.
Hint: #2
He was Ferguson Jenkins' three thousandth career strikeout victim.
A. GARRY TEMPLETON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Led in 3B for STL
in 1977 (18), 1978 (13) & 1979 (19).
- #1 In 1977 Templeton
had 200 H & 13 BB. In 1979, he had 211 H & 18 BB. Only 4 other players have done it even once.
- #2 On 25-May-1982, 3rd inning = Ferguson’s 3,000th career K. Ferguson
retired the following season w/3,192 K.
FCR - Greg Gits, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Tim Raines, Vince Coleman, Willie McGee,
Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock, Omar Moreno, Juan Samuel
SUNDAY — 13-Nov
Q. Who is the only player left fitting this
week’s theme?
Hint:
#1 In his seven years in the majors, he
played a position other than his principal for only three innings of one game.
Hint:
#2 Ziggy Sears gave his only ejection in
his seven-year career as a player. It came
on a disputed ball-and-strike call.
A. BILL BAKER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. See
theme below…
- #1 He
deftly handled both his chances at the cold corner.
- #2 Ejected
from a G on 06-Jun-1943(1) for disputing
ball/strike call. Later an umpire
himself in the majors, he handed out 10 ejections in his only season wearing the blue—1957.
FCR - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WEEK’S THEME – Players
who received at least four intentional bases-on-balls in a single game:
https://stathead.com/tiny/XsqAF
Player Date Pitcher(s) of Team Mgr w/l*
Baker............. 28-Sep-1943(2)..... Davis, Webber..... BRO............................ Durocher.......... W
Bonds.............. 23-Apr-2004....... Gagne, Dreifort.... LAD.............................. Tracey............ L
..................................................... Perez,
Mota
......................... 01-May-2004...... Pavano, Benitez. FLA............................ McKeon.......... W
....................... 12-Jun-2004(2)..... Parish................... BAL............................. Mazzilli........... L
..................................................... Bedard
, DeJean
......................... 22-Sep-2004....... Micelli................... HOU............................ Williams.......... W
..................................................... Oswalt,
Gallo
Dawson........... 22-May-1990...... Browning.............. CIN............................. Piniella........... W
..................................................... Scudder,
Birtsas
Heath............... 14-Jul-1941........ Wilson, Potter...... BOS.............................. Cronin............ W
Klu................... 07-Sep-1951....... Rush, Leonard..... CHC........................... Cavarretta......... W
Maris............... 22-May-1962...... Morgan................. LAA............................. Rigney........... W
..................................................... Spring,
Duren, Chance
Ramírez........... 05-Jun-2001....... Anderson.............. DET.............................. Garner........... W
..................................................... Borkowski,
Nitkowski
Templeton....... 04-Jul-1985........ Candelaria............ PIT............................. Tanner........... L
..................................................... Tunnell,
Reuschel
*Batter’s
team
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
(after Dawson)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Over 100 career WAR but not in the hof
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