MONDAY — 18-Dec
Q. Who
was the first player to reach base in an All-Star game?
Hint: #1
He became, shortly thereafter, the first player to steal a base in an
All-Star game.
Hint: #2
His first manager in the majors was Ty Cobb.
A. CHARLIE GEHRINGER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
the first AL/NL All-Star game 06-Jul-1933, Gehringer was walked
by NL starter Bill Hallahan in the 1st inning with 1 out.
- #1 The
next batter was Babe Ruth who struck out while Gehringer stole second.
- #2 Cobb
managed DET 1921-1926. Gehringer broke in with DET in 1924.
FCR - Tom
Veal, Spanaway, Washington
Incorrect guesses: Al Simmons, Chick Hafey, Harry Heilmann
TUESDAY — 19-Dec
Q. Which batter did
Sandy Koufax strike out than any other?
Hint: #1 He is the
first player in the majors to have played Babe Ruth League baseball.
Hint: #2Three other players from his high school became
All-Stars in the majors.
Hint: #3 This Double-Unique
Gold Glove winner and four-time All-Star had two hundred or more hits in a
season four times. Ten times his hit
total exceeded one hundred fifty.
A. VADA PINSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Pinson had 34 K vs. Koufax. The others who went down 30 or more times
against Koufax are Wally Post (32) & Ernie Banks (31).
- #1 The Babe Ruth League Official Magazine of 1965
lists him as an alum.
- #2 Ernie Lombardi, Frank Robinson and Curt Flood
also attended McClymonds HS
in Oakland, California.
- #3 Pinson stats here.
FCR - Thomas Nester,
Ft. Myers, Florida
Incorrect guesses: Wally
Post
WEDNESDAY — 20-Dec
Q. Who hit twenty-five
home runs before the All-Star Game one year, all left-handed, then hit
his first right-handed homer of the season in that Game?
Hint: #1 He is a
winner of the Dick Howser Trophy.
Hint: #2 No other batter in major league history has
hit home runs from each side of the plate in the same game more times than he
has.
A. MARK TEIXEIRA [B-R Bio]
- Ans. In the 2005 season, Teixeira hit 25 HR off 22
different right-handed pitchers (Only 9 of which ever were All-Stars), the 25th
coming 2 days before the 2005 ASG. In that G, he homered off lefty Dontrell Willis
in the 6th inning. The big 1st baseman hit another 18 the
rest of the season. His 43 was 4th
in the AL that year.
- #1 Teixeira won the Dick
Howser Trophy in 2000 as the National
Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year playing for Georgia Tech 1997-2000.
- #2 Teixeira homered from each side of the plate
in a major league game 14 times, the 14th coming on 31-Jul-2015. His record was equaled 3 weeks later by
former teammate Nick Swisher on 22‑Aug‑2015.
FCR - Jeff Fink,
Howell, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Ken
Caminiti, Eddie Murray, Chipper Jones, Robin Ventura, Jason Varitek,
Mickey Mantle
THURSDAY — 21-Dec
Q. Who
led the American League and the majors in stolen bases in back-to-back seasons
at the height of Ty Cobb’s career, setting the all-time single season record
for steals in the Modern Era?
Hint: #1
He was the runner on third base when teammate Germany Schaefer, who had
safely reached second base, broke from second for… um… first!
Hint: #2
He played for sixteen years and then coached for seventeen years for the
same team.
A. CLYDE MILAN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Milan would lead MLB in SB
in 1912 (88) & 1913 (75). Cobb led 2 of the season before & 3 of
the 4 seasons after Milan’s peak.
Milan’s 88) only stood until Cobb broke it in 1915 with 96. That record lasted until 1962 & Maury
Wills.
-
#1 In a G on 04-Aug-1911(1), in the bottom of the 9th of a scoreless tie, Schaefer
stole 2nd, hoping to draw a throw from CHW C Fred Payne, allowing—in
theory—teammate Milan, who was on 3rd with the potential winning
run, to steal home. When that didn’t
happen, Schaefer ran back to 1st without a throw. Read details here. [In 1991 in an interview for “The Glory of
Their Times”, a retired Davy Jones refers to an earlier
instance where Schaefer pulled the same stunt with Jones on third. Jones was unable, however, to provide
documentation, or even a date.]
-
#2 Milan played for and coached
the Washington Senators.
FCR - Joe
Haardt, McLean, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Eddie Collins, Nellie Fox, Max Carey, Davey
Jones, Sam Crawford
FRIDAY — 22-Dec
Q. What pinch-hitter
made the last out in the inaugural All-Star game?
Hint: #1
In his last year as a player, he lost the closest race in history for
the American League batting average title.
Hint: #2
As a player in fifteen seasons, more than seventeen hundred games and
almost seven thousand plates appearances, he was tossed out of a game exactly
once. It was for arguing a call on balls
and strikes.
Hint: #3
In twenty-one years as a major league coach, he was ejected exactly
once, and that was for a catch/trap call.
A. TONY CUCCINELLO [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In 1933 at the first (of
what would become annual) MLB All-Star game, Cuccinello was inserted to replace
pitcher Carl Hubbell. Cuccinello fanned against Lefty Grove, who
picked up the retroactively-awarded first save in ASG history.
-
#1 Cuccinello lost the batting
title to NYY’s Snuffy Stirnweiss by 0.000086 or 0.308544 to 0.308458. Both were among the smallest men in the game: Cuccinello was 5’7” to Stirnweiss’ 5’8”; 160 to
175 lbs. Read more in the bio above.
-
#2 With an unheard of low level
of on-field disagreement, Cuccinello must have had true baseball equanimity. Voice of Tony Cuccinello here.
- #3 Umpire
& former teammate Lon Warneke was
responsible for the 1st ejection
The 2nd & final ejection was at the hands of Beans Reardon.
FCR - Dave
Williams, Glastonbury, Connecticut
Incorrect guesses: Joe DiMaggio, Earl Averill, Pie Traynor
SATURDAY — 23-Dec
Q. Which
former Chicago Cub had at least a hundred runs batted in per season in ten out
of twelve consecutive seasons?
Hint: #1
No American League batter has hit more career three-home run games.
Hint: #2
He emphasized orange and black on his way out.
A. JOE CARTER [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. From his 121 in 1986 w/CLE
to his 102 in 1997 w/TOR, he only missed twice.
Carter played for CHC in 1983, but only had 1 RBI for them.
-
#1 Carter hit 4 for CLE & 1
for TOR. He is tied at 5 G by ALers Mookie
Betts, Carlos Delgado & Alex Rodriguez
-
#2 His last two stops in the
majors were BAL for 85 G and SFO for 41 G, both in 1998.
FCR - Tom
McLaughlin, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Carlos Delgado, Jimmie Foxx, Rafael Palmeiro,
Sammy Sosa
SUNDAY — 24-Dec
Q. Who
was the first twentieth-century major leaguer to steal at least seventy bases
in three consecutive seasons?
Hint: #1
He partially overlapped that stretch by leading the league three
straight seasons in caught stealing.
Hint: #2
He still holds the all-time mark for number of outs made in a single
season.
A. OMAR MORENO [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. In 1978-80, Moreno safely
stole 71, 77 & 96* bases respectively.
-
#1 In 1980-82, he was caught 33,
13 & 36 X.
-
#2 For PIT in 1980, Moreno made
560 outs, breaking the record of
545 set just the year before b erstwhile teammate Frank Taveras. [Note how many leaders for this stat are
BB.]
* MON’s Ron LeFlore stole 97 that year for the
NL lead. The redoubtable Rickey
Henderson stole 100 for OAK to lead MLB.
FCR - Warren
Kent, Whitehall, Ohio
Incorrect guesses: Clyde Milan, Vince Coleman, Germany Schaefer,
Maury Wills, Max Carey, Lou Brock
WEEK’S THEME – Consecutive
games played streaks 500-512.
Gs Player From To WAR
511..... Gehringer................... 03-Sep-1927..... thru..... 07-May-1931... 84.8
504..... Gehringer................... 05-Jun-1932...... thru..... 11-Aug-1935... 84.8
508..... Pinson........................ 26-Sep-1958..... thru..... 30-May-1962... 54.1
507..... Teixeira...................... 21-May-2004..... thru..... 08-Jun-2007... 50.6
511..... Milan.......................... 12-Aug-1910..... thru..... 03-Oct-1913... 40.0
504..... Cuccinello.................. 9-Jul-1930......... thru..... 24-Aug-1933... 33.8
507..... Carter......................... 13-Sep-1988..... thru..... 08-Apr-1992... 19.5
503..... Moreno....................... 19-Jun-1979...... thru..... 04-Sep-982..... 9.6
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tues - HOFers
who bat Left and throw Right
Wed - Players born on the 11th of a specific
month: Gehringer May 11, Pinson Aug. 11,
Teixeira April 11
Fri - Players who had a consecutive
game streak of more than 500 and less than 510
Sun - 511 or less consecutive
games played
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