MONDAY — 12-Jan-2026
Q. Which
native Buffalo southpaw won more pitching victories in his career than any
other lefty in any major league?
Hint: #1
No National League pitcher ever hit more home runs.
Hint: #2
He won the second ever Cy Young Award and did it at age thirty-six.
A. WARREN SPAHN [SABR
Doc]
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Ans. You could say he “buffaloed”
opponents 363 times and got the win for 6th place all-time. The next lefty in that list is Steve Carlton with 329.
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#1 Spahn’s 21-year career was only
with NL teams, the Braves, the Mets & the Giants, but all 35 of his career
homers were hit as a Brave. He hit 7 HR as
a Boston Brave & 28 as a Milwaukee Brave.
He left the Braves just 2 seasons before they relocated to Atlanta.
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#2 He was the first left-handed
Cy Young Award winner when he won in 1957, 1 vote from being unanimous.
FCR - Eric
Morrison, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses:
TUESDAY — 13-Jan-2026
Q. Which
one-time Colorado Rockies pitcher holds the record for most major league home
runs surrendered?
Hint: #1
Only four players can claim more seasons of major league service.
Hint: #2
In the same game last century, he got his one thousandth strikeout and
one hundredth win.
A. JAMIE MOYER [SABR
Bio]
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Ans. Moyer gave up 522 pitches to batters
who scored before he next pitch was thrown.
He pitched for COL in 2012.
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#1 He was on one of 8 major league
teams for a total of 25 years of service.
The only players with more are Nolan Ryan & Cap Anson (27); Tied for
3rd are Deacon McGuire & Tommy John (26); Then Rickey Henderson,
Eddie Collins, Bobby Wallace, Charlie Hough & Moyer each played 25 years.
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#2 Pitching for SEA in Cleveland
on 27-Apr-1988, Moyer pitched six innings, struck out David Bell in the 6th
and got the win for his 100th.
He got 169 more wins before retiring.
FCR - Warren
Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
Incorrect guesses: Phil Niekro, Bert Blyleven, Charlie Hough
WEDNESDAY — 14-Jan-2026
Q. Which
one-time Orioles pitcher had led the majors in wins for the Yankees in his
second seasons with them?
Hint: #1
Seven years earlier, he led the majors in ERA and ERA+.
Hint: #2
In each of those seasons, he finished second in Cy Young Award voting.
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Ans. Key joined NYY10-Dec-1992
via free agency. He led MLB with 17
W in strike-shortened 1994. He finished
with BAL 1997 & 1998.
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#1 With TOR in 1987, Key’s 2.76
ERA & 164 ERA+ both led MLB.
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#2 In 1987, Key finished behind Roger
Clemens for AL CYA. In 1994, it was former teammate David Cone who won.
FCR - Shaun
Montana, Medway, Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Mike Mussina, Scott McGregor, David Cone,
David Wells, Mike Torrez
THURSDAY — 15-Jan-2026
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to pick off Rickey Henderson?
Hint: #1
He still leads all Kansas City Royals pitchers in games started, career
wins, innings pitched and batters faced.
Hint: #2
In spite of his reliable workmanlike efforts over fifteen seasons, he
was never selected to All-Star team.
A. PAUL SPLITTORF [SABR
Bio]
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Ans. In Henderson’s 3rd
MLB game on 26-Jun-1979, he drew a walk as the leadoff batter of the 3rd
inning. On the next pitch, he broke for
second, but Splittorf threw to 1st base and he was caught in a P-1B-SS-1B
rundown, George Scott & Freddie Patek being the infielders involved.
- #1 Splittorf finished with 392 GS, 166 W, 2,554⅔
IP & 10,829 BF.
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#2 He did received CYA votes in 1978.
FCR – Mark Pattison, Washington, DC
Incorrect guesses: Dennis Leonard, Bret Saberhagen, Mark Gubicza,
Larry Gura
FRIDAY — 16-Jan-2026
Q. Who
was the first pitcher born outside the United States to throw a regular-season
perfect game for a team domiciled outside the United States?
Hint: #1
His perfecto didn’t come until the sixteenth of his twenty-three seasons
in the majors.
Hint: #2
He enjoyed the company of many of the game’s best players, including Hall
o Famers such as Reggie Jackson, Randy Johnson and Jim Thome.
Hint: #3
He is the only native of his country to lead the majors in pitching
victories for a season.
A. DENNIS MARTINEZ [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Martinez is famously a native
of Nicaragua & while employed by the Montreal Expos, threw a perfect game
against LAD in LA on 28-Jul-1991.
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#1 He debuted with BAL in 1976 and finished in 1998 with ATL. He played with
MON, CLE & SEA between those 2.
- #2 Hall of Fame teammates included Jackson, Jim
Palmer, Eddie Murray (a future perfect game victim), Cal Ripken, Tim Raines, Andre
Dawson, Johnson, Thome, Ken Griffey Jr, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez (no
relation), Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz & possibly… Andruw Jones
(?).
- #3 In the shortened season of 1981, Martinez led
with 14 W for BAL. His Ws
tied with those of Steve McCatty, Pete Vuckovich & Hall of Famers Tom
Seaver & Jack Morris, all 4 natives of the USA.
FCR - Jake
Bell, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Incorrect guesses: Pascual Perez
SATURDAY — 17-Jan-2026
Q. Which
onetime St. Louis Cardinal player was the first Los Angeles Dodger pitcher to
win the Rookie of the Year Award?
Hint: #1
He only won the Cy Young Award once, but he won it unanimously.
Hint: #2
He hit his first career home run off Tom Seaver.
A. RICK SUTCLIFFE [SABR
Bio]
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Ans. In 1979, Sutcliffe was LAD’s
1st pitcher to be ROY. (There had been 2
in Brooklyn.) He ended his playing career
with STL in 1994.
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#1 In 1984, he was the NL CYA and took all the first-place votes
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#2 HR off Seaver = 25-May-1979, the 1st of his 4 HR in MOB.
FCR - Scott
Morissey, Hamilton, Ontario
Incorrect guesses: Fernando Valenzuela, Dennis Martinez, Hoyt
Wilhelm
SATURDAY
BONUS — 08-Mar-2025
Q. Who
was the team’s pitching coach when his star reliever gave up the most famous home
run ever hit in Toronto?
Hint:
#1 There’s a statue of him in
Cooperstown commemorating his most famous accomplishment.
Hint:
#2 He taught Cy Young Award-winning Fran
k Viola a career-changing changeup.
A.
JOHNNY PODRES [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Podres
was the Phillies’ pitching coach 1991-1996.
Here is the HR in question.
- #1 Click
here for the Hall of Fame statue.
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#2 Viola was 11-25 in his first 2
seasons, then had 6 straight years over .500 including the 1988 AL CYA.
FCR
- Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses: Mel Stottlemyre, Jim Kaat, Jesse
Orosco, Don Drysdale, Tom House
SUNDAY — 18-Jan-2026
Q. Who spent his whole career in the Cy Young
Award Era, threw a no-hitter and a perfect game, yet received only a single CYA
vote in his whole career?
Hint:
#1 He is the only pitcher who
surrendered an inside-the-park home run to Hank Aaron.
Hint:
#2 He played for both leagues and served
in both chambers.
A. JIM BUNNING [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Bunning
threw a no-hitter for DET 20-Jul-1958(1), a perfect game for PHI on 21-Jun
-1964(1). Then in 1967, he received one (1) vote for
the NL
CYA that SFG’s Mike McCormick won that year.
- #1 On 10-May-1967(1), Aaron’s only hit of the game was a 2-run
IPHR With Bunning on the mound.
- #2 Bunning
played 9 years in the AL & 8 years in the NL. He represented
Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives for four 2-year terms &
in the U.S. Senate for two six-year terms.
FCR - Jim Lovelace, Kent, Ohio
Incorrect
guesses: Jim Bouton
Weekly
theme: Select first-day starting
pitchers in their team’s new stadium, those built since WWII, sorted by career WAR.
County
Stadium.............. MLN... 14-Apr-1953.. W........... Spahn... 100.1
Veterans
Stadium........... PHI..... 10-Apr-1971.. W........... Bunning.. 59.4
Safeco
Field................... SEA.... 15-Jul-1999... L............ Moyer..... 49.8
SkyDome........................ TOR... 05-Jun-1989. L............ Key......... 48.9
Jacobs
Field................... CLE.... 04-Apr-1994.. W........... Martinez. 48.7
OPCY............................. BAL.... 06-Apr-1992.. W........... Sutcliffe... 33.9
Dodger
Stadium............. LAD.... 10-Apr-1962.. L............ Podres... 29.8
Veterans
Stadium........... PHI..... 10-Apr-1971.. W........... Bunning.. 59.4
Kauffman
Stadium.......... KCR... 04-Apr-1973.. W........... Splittorf... 23.0
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Nobody
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Mon - Oldest
LHP to throw a shutout
Tues - Oldest
players to record an RBI
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