MONDAY – 17-Aug-2026
Q. Who won Gold Glove Awards in each of his
final twelve seasons?
Hint: #1 His first five years in the major leagues, he
batted over .300 only once and averaged .281.
The next 13 years, he averaged .329, batting under .300 only once.
Hint: #2 He hit .310 and .414 in his two World Series.
A. ROBERTO
CLEMENTE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Won
GGs 1961
– 1972.
- #1 He averaged
250 total
bases every year of his career.
- #2 Played
in the WS
in 1960
& 1971..
FCR - Dan McLaughlin
Incorrect guesses: Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith, Ivan Rodriguez, George
Brett, Brooks Robinson, Wade Boggs, Mike Schmidt
TUESDAY – 18-Aug-2026
Q. Who was the first Cubs player to have
his uniform number retired?
Hint: #1 One season, he led the National League in
errors at shortstop. The next year, he
set a new league record for fewest errors at shortstop.
Hint: #2 How many shall we play today?
A. ERNIE
BANKS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. No.
14 retired at Wrigley before the game on 22-Aug-1982.
- #1 Most
SS errors: 32 in 1958;
Fewest: 12 in 1959.
- #2 Two. “Let’s play two!”
FCR - Dan McLaughlin, Floral Park, New York
Incorrect guesses:
WEDNESDAY – 19-Aug-2026
Q. Who is still considered by many to be the
most graceful center fielder ever to play the game?
Hint: #1 Only Yogi Berra has more World Series rings.
Hint: #2 Only Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig batted in more
runs in a season as a Yankee.
A. JOE
DiMAGGIO
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. Ted
Williams: “Joe was simply the greatest player I ever saw, as well as the most
graceful.”
Yogi Berra:
“I’d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch.”
Bob Elliott:
“Joe DiMaggio seems to be drifting not running.”
DiMaggio himself discussed his reputation with writer
Tom Boswell: “People say I was graceful.
I was not aware of it—I practiced hard.”
- #1 DiMaggio
was an essential part of Yankee World Series championships in:
Year Opp W/L
1936 NYG W
(4-2)
1937 NYG W
(4-1)
1938 CHC W
(4-0)
1939 CIN W
(4-0)
1941 BRO W
(4-1)
1947 BRO W
(4-3)
1949 BRO W
(4-1)
1950 PHI W
(4-0)
1951 NYG W
(4-2)
- #2 DiMaggio
had 167 RBI in 1937. Ironically, he led
the majors with 2 lower totals: in 1941 (125)
tied w/Charlie Keller & 1948 (155).
FCR - Tom Hablitzel, Hudson, Ohio
Incorrect guesses: Mickey Mantle
MIDWEEK BONUS – 20-Aug-2026
Q. Who won two qualified league batting titles
by eighty-six points and thirty-three points?
Hint: #1 He once missed over a month of the season
when he broke the thumb on his throwing hand by throwing a punch at a future
Hall of Fame teammate.
Hint: #2 He was once photographed holding two lion
cubs.
A.
NAP
LAJOIE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
1901, Lajoie led the new American Legue hitting .426 for the Philadelphia A’s. That same year, the Orioles’ Mike Donliin hit
.340, highest on his team by 12 points.
In 1904., Lajoie hit .376 for CLE. Willie Keeler of the Hill Toppers
(Highlanders) hit .343.
- #1 Consensus
is that he hit the wall, missing Elmer Flick’s player’s jaw. They had bickered for a year over on-field
duties & ownership of a specific bat.
- #2 Not
sure why, but here’s the photo,
taken in Macon, Georgia in Spring Training in 1906. Photographer Louis Van Oeyen, Cleveland
sports photographer, is credited with the image.
FCR - Rick Tharp, Plattsburgh, New York
Incorrect guesses: Ty Cobb, George Brett, Rogers Hornsby, Al
Kaline
THURSDAY – 20-Aug-2026
Q. Who, in first four career at-bats in the
National League, struck out looking, grounded out, flied out and lined out,
ending the inning each time?
Hint: #1 In his fifth at bat, he reached first base on
an error.
Hint: #2 If not for the error, his at-bat would have resulted
in another inning-ending out.
Hint: #3 In his next complete season he made the
All-Star team.
A. WILLIE
MAYS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
his MLB debut, having turned 20 just 3 weeks prior, facing the Phillies’ Bubba Church
on 25-May-1951,
Mays struck out, grounded out, flied out & lined out, making the last outs
of the 1st, 3rd, 5th
& 7th innings. Then, facing
reigning MVP Jim Konstanty in the 8th, Mays reached on an error
when SS Granny Hamner mis-handled his grounder.
- #1 & #2
(See Ans.) This inauspicious
debut did not prevent him from being the 1951 NL ROY
in an overwhelming vote.
- #3 In
1954, Mays not only made the 1st of is 24 All-Star appearances, he
edged out a player who led the majors with 49 HR & 141
RBI, to be voted MVP.
FCR - Randall Chandler, Germantown, Tennessee
Incorrect guesses: Wes Covington
FRIDAY – 21-Aug-2026
Q. Who played every inning of all six of his All-Star
games?
Hint: #1 No other player at his position has ever hit
more doubles in a season.
Hint: #2 He was the first player in the Modern Era to
hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in the same game.
A. CHARLIE
GEHRINGER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Gehringer
went 10 for 20 in MLB’s first 6 ASGs, 1933-1938.
- #1 He
hit a personal best 60 doubles in 1936, leading the AL. No other second baseman has ever topped that.
- #2 In
the game on 04-Aug-1930,
Gehringer hit both HRs off future Hall of Famer Ted Lyons. However, on 04-Jul-1923,
SS Everett Scott of the Yankees accomplished the feat before Gehringer.
FCR - Ken Edwards, Ferrisburgh, Vermont
Incorrect guesses: Lou Gehrig, Mookie Betts, Joe Medwick, Roger
Maris, Joe Cronin, Pete Rose
SATURDAY — 22-Aug-2026
Q. Who won a batting title with an average below
.310 while the qualifying titlist in the other league had an average of more
than .375?
Hint:
#1 He also led in slugging, triples, OPS
and OPS+, yet received not a single Most Valuable Player vote.
Hint:
#2 He was the object of Nap Lajoie’s
affection, mentioned in Hint #1 of the Midweek Bonus above.
Hint
#3 He was the oldest living inductee in
Hall of Fame history.
A. ELMER
FLICK
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
1905, Flick hit .308 for CLE to lead the AL. It was only the 5th best season batting
average of his career & 5 points lower than his career .313. That season in the NL, Cy Seymour
of the Reds hit .377, his career high by 35 points.
- #1 Flick
slugged .462, had an OPS of .845 and OPS+ of 164. However, 1911 was the first year that an award
like MVP was ever given out.
- #2 Flick
was known s a competitor, but Lajoie was more likely to invite fisticuffs.
- #3 At
87 years old, Flick, he got the call from Branch Rickey about his HOF
selection, Flick did not believe it. He
said that he did not even realize that he was being considered for election at
the time. Flick's family had to convince him that the
call was real.
FCR - John Wilson, Mesa, Arizona
Incorrect
guesses: Joe Mauer, Snuffy Stirnweiss
SUNDAY – 23-Aug-2026
Q. Who was his team’s leadoff hitter for the
final eleven seasons of his twelve-season major league career?
Hint:
#1 He had forty-three put-outs and never
made an error in sixteen World Series games over four Fall Classics.
Hint: #2 After suffering a near fatal collision in
center field, he returned to play the next year.
A. EARLE
COMBS
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. Yankees’
manager Miller Huggins installed Combs as their regular leadoff hitter in 1925. He remained identified with that role through
his final season, 1935.
- #1 The
Yankees, won the AL pennant in 1926
& the WS in 1927,
1928 &
1932.
- #2 That
year, he had another serious
collision and he ended his career saying, “I’m getting out of this game
before it kills me.”
FCR - Mark DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: Jimmy Slagle
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of
Famers who hit three triples in one game.
Mays.............. 15-Sep-1960........................ 156.2
Lajoie............. 13-Jul-1904.......................... 108.7
Clemente....... 08-Sep-1958.......................... 95.0
Gehringer...... 05-Aug-1929.......................... 84.6
DiMaggio....... 27-Aug-1938(1)...................... 78.9
Banks............ 11-Jun-1966........................... 67.8
Flick............... 06-Jul-1902 &
20-Jun-1898....... 53.4
Combs............ 22-Sep-1927.......................... 44.9
Would also
qualify for this week’s theme:
Miller Huggins 08-Oct-1904(2)................. 36.0
Jim Bottomley 15-May-1923.................... 35.9
Ross Youngs 11-May-1920.................... 32.4
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theme guesses:
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