MONDAY — 08-Apr
Q. Which pitcher broke
Babe Ruth’s record for the longest consecutive scoreless innings streak in
World Series play?
Hint: #1 As a
rookie, he earned a pitching win for each of his first nine career decisions.
Hint: #2 He won his
first Cy Young Award the same year he was voted World Series Most Valuable
Player.
A. WHITEY FORD [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Ruth’s record was 29⅔ without being scored on
in the WS of 1915 & 1918 was exceeded by Ford in the 1958 WS vs. MLN; the 1960
WS vs. PIT; & the 1961 WS vs. CIN, ending with a total of 33⅔ straight WS
innings with surrendering a run.
- #1 The only L in his 1950 season was his last
decision that year.
- #2 Ford’s only CYA was in 1961 & he was the 1961 WS MVP.
FCR - Richard Nicholson,
Richmond, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Don
Drysdale, Don Newcome, Orel Hershiser, Madison Bumgarner
TUESDAY — 09-Apr
Q. Who batted in the
first run in All-Star game history?
Hint: #1 He is the
only left-handed New York Yankee pitcher to win more than twenty-five games in
a season.
Hint: #2 His wind-up
motion presaged those of Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal.
Hint: #3 One of
baseball’s best quipsters, he authored, among many others, the
following:
- “Nobody knows how fast I am. The ball doesn't get to the mitt that often.”
- “The secret of my success was clean living and a fast
outfield.”
- “Jimmie Foxx could hit me at midnight with the lights
out.”
A. LEFTY GOMEZ [SABR Bio]
- Ans. On 06-Jul-1933
in Chicago, AL starting ASG pitcher Gomez batted in his position & singled
in CHW’s 3B Jimmy Dykes. The AL won the game
& Gomez was the pitcher of record.
- #1 Gomez was 26-5 in 1934, completing a
pitcher’s Triple Crown as he led the AL in K (158) & ERA (2.33)…
not to mention leading the AL that year in CG (25); W-L% (.839);
ShO (6); IP (281.2); ERA+ (176).
- #2 His leg-kick was extreme. Check it out here. Spahn’s. Marichal’s.
- #3 See additional Gomez quotes here.
FCR - Jake Rinloan, Chico,
California
Incorrect guesses: Carl
Hubbell, Herb Pennock, Babe Ruth, Lefty Grove
WEDNESDAY — 10-Apr
Q. Which one-time San
Diego Padre was the last twentieth century pitcher to earn a win in both games
of a double header?
Hint: #1 A future
teammate of theirs was the first pitcher to surrender home runs to both Cal
Ripken and Billy Ripken in the same inning.
Hint: #2 He earned his
one hundredth career pitching win in the same game that he picked up his one
thousandth strikeout.
A. DAVID WELLS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Wells was the winning pitcher on 17-Jul-1989(1) & 17-Jul-1989(2). Wells pitched for
SDP in 2004, 2006 & 2007.
- #1 Ripkens’ HRs = 15-Sep-1990, 5th
inning. Wells was their teammate on BAL in
1996.
- #2 100 W + 1,000 K = 19-Jul-1997. It was also his 2nd career
shutout.
FCR - Steve Riach, Southlake,
Texas
Incorrect guesses: Wilbur
Woods, Doyle Alexander, Randy Jones, Rollie Fingers, Paul Hartzell,
Craig Lefferts, Rich Gossage
THURSDAY — 11-Apr
Q. Which
one-time Yogi Berra teammate racked up more wins in his career that any other
left-handed pitcher in any era or in any league?
Hint: #1
He received a Most Valuable Player vote in fifteen separate seasons.
Hint: #2
Quoth he, “He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I
saw him. His first major league hit was
a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid
of [him] forever if I'd only struck him out.”
A. WARREN SPAHN [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Spahn’s 363 W tops all other southpaws. He & Berra
were on the 1965 NYM, and played in but 1 G together. Yogi is quoted as saying, “I don't know if
we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest.”
-
#1 Spahn’s career spanned 21
years. In only 6 of those did he not
receive MVP consideration.
-
#2 Spahn was responsible for the
1st of Willie Mays’s 660 HR. (…
and 17 additional ones)
FCR - Frank
Ittner, Silver Spring, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Willie Mays
FRIDAY —
12-Apr
Q. Who
was the National League player representative during the 1994-95 players'
strike?
Hint: #1
He is the only pitcher to win twenty of more games in a season three times
without ever tossing as many as five complete games in any of those seson.in
each of those seasons?
Hint: #2 He once broke a rib vomiting on a team flight.
A. TOM GLAVINE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. Starting in 1991, Tom
Glavine served as the Atlanta Braves team representative to the Major League
Baseball Players Association, succeeding former NL Most Valuable Player and
Braves icon Dale Murphy in the position.
-
#1 Glavine led MLB in W in 1993,
1998 & 2000 w/22, 20 & 21 yet
could only manage 4 CG in each of those years.
- #2 Egestion reported in Sports Illustrated,
(Air & Space), 20-Jun-2005
issue.
FCR - Dan
Greder, Ames, Iowa
Incorrect guesses: Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz
SATURDAY — 13-Apr
Q. Which
rangy moundsman finished in the Top Five of Cy Young Award recipients for six
consecutive seasons in the 2010s?
Hint: #1
He was the first American League pitcher to strike out three hundred
batters in a season this century.
Hint: #2
Not all uniform styles are popular with players lately. He had a unique method of expressing that.
A. CHRIS SALE [B-R Bio]
-
Ans. In 2013-2018, Sale finished 5th, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2nd,
& 4th
in AL CYA voting. He had finished 6th
in 2012.
-
#1 Sale = 308 K in 2017.
-
#2 He once cut up his and his
teammates’ uniforms in protest. [Story
to follow.]
FCR - Laura
Peebles, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Randy Johnson, Gerrit Cole,
Justin Verlander
SUNDAY — 14-Apr
Not part of this week’s theme
Q. Who
is the only player in baseball history to hit an inside-the-park, walk-off
grand slam?
Hint: #1
In the 1960s, he accumulated more hits than any other major leaguer.
Hint: #2
He had a hit in every World Series game he played in [14].
A. ROBERTO CLEMENTE [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. On 25-Jul-1956, Clemente
cleared the bases to win the G for PIT.
Read the story here.
-
#1 From 1960 through 1969,
Clemente totaled 1,877 H.
-
#2 Played in the WS in 1960 &
the 1971 WS. Both lasted 7 G each. Clemente had at lest one H in each G. PIT won both Series.
FCR - Lincoln
Mitchell, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Carl Yastrzemski, Pete Rose, Frank Taveras
WEEK’S THEME – Left-handed
pitchers who started an All-Star game and a World Series (G#1) in the same
season
ASG Name WS WAR
1937... Gomez................. NYY............ 38.7
1958... Spahn.................. MLN......... 100.1
1961(a) Ford..................... NYY............ 57.1
1992... Glavine................ ATL............ 80.7
1998... Wells.................... NYY............ 53.5
2018... Sale...................... BOS........... 47.3
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Players
named Whitey
- Hall
of Fame pitchers under 6' tall
- Players
with a color as part of their nickname
- Pitchers
with the highest winning percentage of all time
Tues - Highest
WAR by a Yankee left-handed pitcher
-
Yankee lefties who excelled in the World Series
-
Hall of Famer Lefthanders
Wed - LH
Pitchers who have won 20 in a season and/or have pitched for over 10 years
-
Top left-handed pitchers in the Hall of Fame
Thur - LHP
to start most All-Star Games
-
LH who never led the league in K but won over 150 games
Fri - Lefties
who pitched shut outs in the deciding game of the World Series
Sat - Left-handed
starting pitchers who pitched in relief in the Worlds Series
Sun - Left
handers with more than 100 career wins and who played for multiple teams
-
World Champion All-Star left-handers
-
Portsiders with a ring
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