MONDAY — 20-Nov
Q. Who
is the only third baseman who had to share his postseason most valuable player
trophy with teammates?
Hint: #1 He once set the major league record for the
most runs batted in in any month of April.
Hint: #2
He’s often recognized by his avian gait.
- Ans. In
a 3-way tie, Cey, OF Pedro Guerrero & C Steve Yeager shared the World
Series MVP for 1981. (They each received
a trophy.)
- #1 He
had 29 RBI in April 1977. The current
record is 35 RBI by Juan Gonzalez in 1998.
#2 It
is said he resembles a penguin walking.
His nickname is “Penguin”.
FCR -
Brett Moore, Studio City, California
Incorrect guesses: Greg Nettles, Joe Medwick
TUESDAY — 21-Nov
Q. Who is the only
Cincinnati Reds third baseman to win the Rookie of the Year Award?
Hint: #1 He had
considerable promise as a hockey player, but chose college baseball instead.
Hint: #2 In the
majors, he had one of the best performances ever.
A. CHRIS SABO [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Sabo was voted NL ROY in 1988, finishing ahead some future stars: e.g., Mark Grace, Ron Gant, Roberto
Alomar & Gregg Jefferies.
- #1 Sabo was a key component on a strong U. of Michigan
team that finished 3rd in the College World Series in 1983. Sabo was joined as a starting infielder by
future CIN teammate Barry Larkin. That
season, Sabo earned first-team All-American honors from The Sporting News and
Baseball America. As a high-school
goalie, Sabo played hockey on two national championship age-17-and-under team
- #2 CIN upset & swept the 1990 OAK team in
the WS. Sabo had a tremendous WS, batting .563 (9th all-time) with 9 H in 16 AB,
including 2 HR & 5 RBI & 2 BB.
FCR - Dave Williams,
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: Scott
Rolen, Jonathan India, Pete Rose, Steve Yeager, Tommy Helms
WEDNESDAY — 22-Nov
Q. Who hit into the
only National League game-ending unassisted triple play in the Modern Era?
Hint: #1 He was inducted with the first-ever class of the
Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame.
Hint: #2 He is the lead television analyst for
the team he played for the most.
Hint: #3 In his
twelve seasons in the majors, he played for eight teams and played and either
with or for…Eight Hall of Famers, thirteen MVPs and seven Cy Young Award
winners.
A. JEFF FRANCOEUR [B-R Bio]
- Ans. On 23-Aug-2009,
playing for NYM, Francoeur lined out to PHI 2nd baseman Eric
Bruntlett who then stepped on 2nd base, getting the runner who left
too early & tagged out the runner coming from 1st, also too
early. Watch the whole thing here.
- #1 GA HS FHOF in 2022.
- #2
Behind the TV mic for ATL for
whom he played 2005-09.
- #3 Check here for complete list.
FCR - Dan
Schoenholz, Walnut Creek, California
Incorrect guesses: Jason
Varitek, Josh Reddick
THURSDAY — 23-Nov
Q. Who
tied Cy Williams for most career pinch-hit home runs?
Hint: #1
Not a pitcher, but he grew up on The Hill.
Hint: #2
He has a Similarity Score of 948.5 with 2023 American League Rookie of
the Year Gunnar Henderson.
-
Ans. The MLB career mark for
pinch hit HR was 9 and Hofman reached it on 27-May-1955
with his 3rd PH HR of the year, this one off BRO’s Carl Erskine. The current career record holder is New Brunswick’s
own Matt Stairs with his 23 PH long balls.
-
#1 “The Hill” is a neighborhood
of St. Louis where Hofman grew up playing baseball with boyhood friends Joe
Garagiola and Yogi Berra.
-
#2 See similarity scores here (scroll down)
FCR - Rick Tharp, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Yogi Berra, Smokey Burgess, Babe Ruth, Willie
McCovey, Matt Stairs, Joe Garagiola
FRIDAY — 24-Nov
Q. Who
was the Cardinals’ reliable, multiple-position pinch hitter as they won three National
League pennants?
Hint: #1
His brother had a tiny sip of coffee in the majors.
Hint: #2
A famous teammate of his (not the brother’s) on St. Louis, had also been
a teammate of his on their high school baseball team.
A. PHIL GAGLIANO [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Galgliano help STL to win NL
pennants in 1964, 1967 & 1968.
-
#1 Brother Ralph Gagliano’s
entire MLB career on 21-Sep-1965, was
being placed on 1st base as a 9th‑inning pinch runner &
then being put out before he reached 2nd when the next batter, a
pinch hitter, grounded into a fielder’s choice out.
-
#2 Tim McCarver had attended and
played for Christian Brothers High School & American Legion baseball in Memphis
at the same time as did Gagliano.
FCR - Bill
Carle, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Incorrect guesses: Dick
Schofield, Dane Iorg, Vada Pinson, Garth Iorg, Matt Carpenter
IN MEMORIAM — 25-Nov
Q. Who
is the only player to win a Most Valuable Player honor and a Cy Young Award in
the same season coupled with receiving no votes at all for either award at any
other time in his thirteen-season major league career?
Hint: #1
Four other players who go by the first name have been league MVPs.
Hint: #2
He was a true workhorse of his league that season, leading not only his
league but heading up the majors in appearances and games finished.
Hint: #3
He had thrown four scoreless hitless World Series innings just the year
before for a team in the other league.
Hint: #4 He earned the saves at home in each game that
clinched the division, pennant and the World Series in one year.
Hint: #5
He appeared in relief of Ferguson Jenkins in the game where Jenkins
secured his three thousandth career strikeout.
A. WILLIE HERNANDEZ [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Hernandez was the AL’s MVP & CYA in 1984, pitching in
relief for the dominant Detroit Tigers. Hernandez is one of just
eleven pitchers to complete this major award parlay.
-
#1 MVP Willies = Mays (1954, 65); McCovey (1969); Stargell (1979); & McGee (1985).
-
#2 In 1984, he had 80
pitching appearances 68 G finished.
- #3 Pitched in 3 G for a total of 4.0 innings in
the 1983 WS for PHI.
- #4 His clinching saves were on 18-Sep (AL West); 05-Oct (ALCS) & 14-Oct (WS).
-
#5 CHC’s Jenkins struck out Garry
Templeton in the 3rd on 25-May-1982
for his 3,000th K. Jenkins had 3 more K before being relieved in the
8th by Hernandez.
FCR - Sean
Moore, Hollis, New Hampshire
Incorrect guesses: Jim Konstanty, Rollie Fingers, Denny McLain
SUNDAY — 26-Nov
Q. Which
future manager, while a player, was ejected from a game he wasn’t even playing
in, based on a sartorially moistened request?
Hint: #1
During his eleven-year major league career, he played for seven of the
eight National League clubs.
Hint: #2
His unusual death while on a scouting trip was well-known in baseball
circles.
Hint: #3
Two cousins and a son of his played a total of twenty-four seasons in
the majors.
A. JOE SCHULTZ [B-R Bio]
- Ans. On 16-Jun-1925
in 90°F heat in St. Louis, Shultz
pled from the bench to home plate ump Cy Pfirman to let PHI starting P,
Jimmy Ring, have enough time to switch his sweat-drenched undershirt for a dry
one. [Read details here. (6th
inning)]. Pfirman couldn’t find any such
thing in the rule book; Deemed Schultz’s earnest entreaties on behalf of Ring to
be wholly unwanted; & threw Schultz out of the G he wasn’t in. It was the only ejection in Schultz’s entire
MLB playing career.
#1 Schultz
played for all NL teams but NYG. Following his playing days, he
managed & scouted in the minors, eventually becoming the PIT farm
director in 1939.
#2 In
April 1941, en route to visit one of the PIT farm clubs in Moultrie, GA,
Schultz was stricken with acute toxic hepatitis, caused by ptomaine poisoning. He died in Columbia, SC at age 47. His son, Joe Jr., a backup C for PIT, took the
field in an exhibition match shortly before his father's death.
- #3 Son Joe, Jr. played 9 years; cousin Hans Lobert put
in 14 quality seasons;
and cousin Frank Lobert had a cup of coffee
in the Federal League.
FCR -
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Incorrect guesses: Jim Bottomley
WEEK’S THEME – Hit into
a triple play that ended the game.
Batter Date Team Opp Play
Cey...................... 12-Apr-1978......... LAD................ HOU............................. 3-6-3
Francoeur........... 23-Aug-2009........ NYM............... PHI............................. 4-4-4
Hofman................ 25-Sep-1955(2)..... NYG............... PHI............................. 6-4-3
Gagliano.............. 30-May-1967........ STL................ CIN............................. 6-4-3
Sabo.................... 08-Sept-1991....... CIN................. MON............................. 6-4-3
Schultz................ 06-Sept-1924(2).... PHI................. NYG............................. 2-2-1
*Unassisted
TP
by 2nd baseman Eric Bruntlett
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