MONDAY — 24-Jun
Q. Who was the first
pitcher to strike out three hundred batters in a season in each league?
Hint: #1 He threw
the last pitch before the 1994 ML players' strike.
Hint: #2 He was the first
Yankee pitcher this century to surrender four home runs in an inning.
A. RANDY JOHNSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Johnson K’d 300+ for SEA once & 4 X for
ARI.
- #1 He K'ed Ernie Young on 11-Aug-1994.
- #2 Check out the 4th inning! - 21-Aug-2005.
FCR - Tom Howell,
Reno
Incorrect guesses: Roger
Clemens, Gaylord Perry
TUESDAY — 25-Jun
Q. Which one-time
St. Louis Cardinal outfielder was the first qualifying batter since World War
II to hit at least .360 for three straight seasons?
Hint: #1 His
excellent fielding won him a Gold Glove in each of those seasons.
Hint: #2 He once
stole a base in the same game where he hit three home runs.
A. LARRY WALKER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Walker’s averages with COL in 1998, 1999
& 2000 were .366. .363, & .379. Walker’s final seasons in MLB (2004, 2005) were with STL.
- #1 GG in 1998, 1999 & 2000.
- #2 SB + 3 HR = 05-Apr-1997
FCR - Anthony Zydlewski,
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Stan
Musial, Curt Flood
WEDNESDAY — 26-Jun
Q. Which former
Rookie of the Year had his career shortened by a line drive hit by another
former Rookie of the Year?
Hint: #1 He broke Grover
Cleveland Alexander's major league record for strikeouts by a rookie.
Hint: #2 He helped
his team for more than three decades after his playing days.
A. HERB SCORE [SABR
Bio]
- Ans. On 07-May-1957, Score started the home
G vs. NYY. The G’s 2nd batter,
SS Gil McDougald, hit a 2-2 fastball that
caught Score in the eye. Read the
details here. Hall-of-Famer-to-be Bob Lemon finished the G and got
the W for CLE.
- #1 Alexander had 227 Ks for PHI in 1911. Score had 245 in 1955, leading
the majors. Dwight Gooden, the
current record holder, had 276 for NYM in 1984.
- #2 Score broadcast Indians games for 34 years,
1964 through 97, the last 30 as the Indians' play-by-play voice.
FCR - Steve Hild, Oswego,
Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Joe
Nuxhall, Dwight Gooden, Bob Feller
MIDWEEK BONUS — 26-Jun
Q. Who
hit more home runs in the 1960s than any other player in the majors?
Hint: #1
No one else born in his state has even twenty per cent of his career
home runs.
Hint: #2
Six times he was in the Top Five of MVP voting.
A. HARMON KILLEBREW [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. From 1960 through 1969, Killebrew
homered 393 X. Hank Aaron had 375 &
Willie Mays 350. Top 11.
-
#1 Among natives of the state of
Idaho, Killebrew’s 573 HRs dwarf the 71 hit by Vance Law and Law has 2 X as
many as the 3rd place total.
-
#2 He was 3rd in 1962, 4th in 1963, 4th in 1966, 2nd in 1967, 3rd in 1970, but in 1969 he was the AL MVP !
FCR - Chris
Betsch, New Albany, Indiana
Incorrect guesses: Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Henry Aaron,
Willie Mays, Willie McCovey
THURSDAY — 27-Jun
Q. Who
is the only manager in major league history to win two thousand games without
ever playing in even one game in the majors himself?
Hint: #1
Teams he managed won one hundred or more games on a 154-game season schedule
an amazing six times. In another five
times he, won ninety-five or more as well.
Hint: #2
He managed Grover Cleveland Alexander, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and
Rogers Hornsby, to name just four of the Hall of Famers under his charge at one
time or another in the majors.
A. JOE McCARTHY [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. McCarthy managed for 24
major league seasons, guiding CHC, NYY & BOS to a total of 3,847 G & he
won 2,125 of them, 10th
all-time, ahead of Walter Alston, Casey Stengel for example. McCarthy was a player, though, a middle
infielder who spent 15 years in the minors.
-
#1 See his managerial record here.
-
#2 He managed G.C. Alexander,
Earle Combs,
Kiki Cuyler,
Bill Dickey,
Joe DiMaggio,
Bobby Doerr,
Gabby Hartnett,
Lou Gehrig,
Lefty Gomez,
Joe Gordon,
Burleigh Grimes,
Rogers Hornsby,
George Kelly,
Tony Lazzeri,
Herb Pennock,
Phil Rizzuto,
Red Ruffing,
Babe Ruth,
Joe Sewell,
Paul Waner,
Ted Williams &
Hack Wilson 22 in all.
McCarthy himself is also in the Hall.
FCR - Obrey
Brown, Tallahassee
Incorrect guesses: Walt Alston, Connie Mack
FRIDAY —
28-Jun
Q. Which
BBTL pitcher was the first in the Modern Era to win twenty consecutive
decisions?
Hint: #1
His last minor league game was a no-hitter.
Hint: #2
Even before he reached the majors and signed his first professional
baseball contract, his father carried out previous threats and disowned him.
A. RUBE MARQUARD [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. After shutting out the Cubs
for his final
decision for NYG in 1911, Marquard made history by winning his 1st
19 starts of 1912—still a record for the most wins without a loss to begin a
season.
-
#1 Marquard had signed a huge
bonus to play for NYG, but no-hit the Columbus Senators before reporting to
John McGraw in New York City.
-
#2 When he was signed to a
$200-a-month contract with Indianapolis, Marquard’s father was not pleased. “ The chief engineer for the City of Cleveland,
Fred Marquard, is quoted as saying to his son, said, “Now listen, I’ve told you
time and time again that I don’t want you to be a professional ballplayer. But you’ve got your mind made up. Now I’m going to tell you something: When you
cross that threshold, don’t come back. I
don’t ever want to see you again.”
FCR - Gabe,
Kinstlinger, Reisterstown, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Fred Toney, Vida Blue, Carl Hubbell
IN MEMORIAM — 29-Jun [No connection with the week's theme.]
Q. Who was
the second player ever unanimously elected Rookie of the Year and Most
Valuable Player during his career?
Hint: #1
He spent his rookie signing bonus on his father's funeral.
Hint: #2
He was the first position player to be voted National League Most
Valuable Player unanimously.
Hint: #3
He was an All-Star eleven times over his career, seven times as a
starter.
Hint: #4
He was named an All-Star in all eight All-Star games 1959-1962, one of only
five who did it.
Hint: #5
The season before his MVP, he had been named the “Comeback Player of the
Year”.
Hint: #6
He was only one inning removed from becoming history’s first designated
hitter.
Hint: #7
During his career in the majors, he was traded for a Hall of Famer and a
30+ winner.
Hint: #8
He finished his career as a teammate of Vada Pinson and George Brett.
A. ORLANDO CEPEDA [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. ROY 1958, MVP 1967. Frank Robinson was the 1st: 1956 & 1966. [Only Robinson received more NL MVP votes
than Cepeda in 1961.]
-
#1 Cepeda’s father was a huge
baseball star in Puerto Rico.
-
#2 Only NL pitcher Carl Hubbell
in 1936 had been a unanimous
NL MVP earlier. Seven others have done
it since.
- #3 Cepeda was an All-Star in 1959(1)*, 1959(2), 1960(1), 1960(2), 1961(1)*, 1961(2)*, 1962(1)*, 1962(2)*, 1963, 1964* & 1967*. *Starter
-
#4 The additional players who can
make that claim are Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle & Hank Aaron.
- #5 CPY in 1966.
He had a serious knee injury in 1965 and was traded to STL 08-May-1966,
just as he was healing. His 2nd-half
performance with the Cards secured the award for him.
- #6 In the G on 06-Apr-1973, Cepeda came to bat in
the 2nd inning as DH for BOS, but NYY’s DH, Ron Blomberg was up in
the 1st inning & got a run-scoring BB.
- #7 In 1969 before the season got underway, he
was traded from STL to ATL for future MVP & HOF Joe Torre. In midseason in 1972, he was traded from ATL
to OAK for 2 X CYA, 30-G winner, Denny McLain.
- #8 Cepeda’s last team was the 1975 Royals.
FCR - Joel Gross, Dinwoody, Georgia
SATURDAY — 29-Jun
Q. Who
was the first native of Florida to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown?
Hint: #1
At fifteen years old he was paid $45 a week to catch batting practice in
spring training for the American League team then based in Washington, DC.
Hint: #2
His more steady employment a young man was working in his parents’ cigar
factory.
-
Ans. HOF
1977. Many others would
follow.
-
#1 Lopez lived in Tampa, not too
far from the Senators’ spring training venue and worked for them in 1925 when they
were the reigning World Series champions.
-
#2 Harvesting sponges & tobacco
were 2 prominent employment opportunities on Florida’s west coast then. Tino Martinez tells similar stories.
FCR - Vince
Guerrieri, Elyria, Ohio
Incorrect guesses: Alex Pompez, Pop Lloyd
SUNDAY — 30-Jun
Q. Who holds the record for longest time between
major league starts for a pitcher with no starts in between?
Hint: #1 He pitched for three teams in the American
League, one in the National, seven different ones in AAA and for teams in Canada,
the Dominican Republic, Finland, Korea, Mexico & Venezuela and at every
level from A- to MLB. Amazingly he never
pitched in Japan. And, oh yeah… he
pitched for the Owls in college.
Hint: #2 He is the first major leaguer whose parents
were born in Finland.
A. TIM HARIKKALA [Wiki Bio]
- Ans. First
start = 19-Jun-1996. Next
start = 12-Aug-2007 for COL.
So… 4,021 days passed between the
only 2 pitching starts of his MLB career.
- #1 All
his teams are listed here. Played
in College for Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL
- #2 The
double K in his last name is probably a give-away.
FCR - Mischa Gelman, Pittsburgh
Incorrect guesses: Dave Aardsma, Socks Siebold, Aaron Brooks
WEEK’S THEME – Notable
one-time Indianapolis Indians.
Name Yrs in Indy Etc. .
Harikkala............. 2000, 01, 02.......... Pitched on teams in 6 countries
Johnson................ 1998, 89................ HOF, 6 X CYA, WS MVP,
303 W
Killebrew.............. 1958...................... HOF,
MVP, 13 X AS
Lopez................... 1948 — 50............ HOF, 2 X AS, managed 2
pennant winners
Marquard............. 1908...................... HOF,
2 X received MVP votes
McCarthy............. 1911...................... Won
8 MLB pennants, 6 WS
Score.................... 1952, 1954............ ROY, 2 X AS,
Walker................. 1989...................... HOF, MVP,
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Sarah Grynpas, Philadelphia (after
Score)
Incorrect theme
guess:
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