MONDAY — 23-Aug-2026
Q. Who
had more hits in the 1950s that any other player?
Hint: #1
The time he led the majors in batting average, he could only manage
thirty-three runs batted in.
Hint: #2
He twice led the majors in triples.
A. RICHIE ASHBURN [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. From 1950-1959 Ashburn
reached base with a hit 1,875 times. The
AL leader over that time was Nellie Fox with 1,837.
-
#1 Ashburn hit .350 in
1958. His RBI total?...33.
-
#2 He tripled 14
times in 1950, leading his team to the World Series. He hit 13 triples in 1958.
FCR - Ed
Yoder, Port Matilda, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Eddy Mathews, Nellie Fox, Mickey Mantle
TUESDAY — 24-Aug-2026
Q. Who won the first Cy Young Award for a major
league team domiciled on the West Coast?
Hint: #1 A
better-than-average-hitting pitcher, he is the only pitcher to homer in two Opening Day
games.
Hint: #2 Three Hall of Fame batters hit career
double-figure home runs off him.
A. DON DRYSDALE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Drysdale
was the 1962 MLB CYA winner. The award
would stay on the West Coast for the next 5 seasons…
MLB: Sandy Koufax – 1963, 1965, 1966*; Dean Chance 1964.
NL: Mike McCormick 1967.
- #1 OD
HRs: At Wrigley on 11-Apr-1959 off the Cubs’ Bob
Anderson. It was the Dodgers’ only run in
a 1-6 loss. True to his already-established
reputation, Drysdale hit a batter and threw a wild pitch. Then he hit a home run in Shea Stadium on OD
on 12-Apr-1965 off the Mets’ Al Jackson. Both Opening Days were the 1st games
of Dodgers WS championship seasons.
- #2 Most
career home runs surrendered to a player by
Drysdale:
17 – Hank Aaron
13 – Willie McCovey
12 – Willie Mays
*All 3 were
unanimous votes
FCR - Mike Webb, Burlington, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Vida Blue, Don Newcombe, Dean
Chance, Sandy Koufax
WEDNESDAY
— 26-Aug-2026
Q. Who was the first pitcher to win more than ten
career post-season games?
Hint:
#1 No Brave has won more games in a season
since they won their first Modern Era World Series.
Hint:
#2 He broke his 262-game errorless
streak in the same game his teammates tied their franchise record of hitting
eight home runs in a game while surrendering none.
A. JOHN SMOLTZ [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Won
his 11th such on 30-Sep-1998, winning the 1st
game of the NLDS, breaking the record of 10 shared by Whitey Ford & Dave
Stewart.
- #1 Smoltz
won 24 in 1996 to lead the NL & tying Tony Cloniger’s 1965 win total in
Milwaukee. The Braves first World Series championship was in 1914. That same year, teammates Bill James & Dick Rudolph won 26 each.
- #2 On 28-May-2006, the Braves beat the
Cubs 13-12. ATL had 8 HR; CHC had
0. Smoltz bobbled the ball hit by Neifi
Perez.& threw wildly to first. His
errorless game streak had begun 18-Sep-2001 at Veterans Stadium. He fielded 163 errorless chances during the 262-game
run.
FCR - Steve Riach, Southlake, Texas
Incorrect
guesses: Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Christy
Mathewson, Warren Spahn, Pedro Martinez, Catfish Hunter
MIDWEEK
BONUS 27-Aug-2026
Q. Whose brother and he were #1 and #2 on the pitching
staff of a World Series Championship team?
Hint:
#1 He lectured at SMU regarding his changed
profession.
Hint:
#2 He finished in the Top Two in MVP
voting for three consecutive seasons.
A. DIZZY DEAN
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. The
1934 WS champion St. Louis Cardinals featured Dizzy Dean & Daffy (Paul)
Dean at the top of their pitching
rotation. Dizzy’s record that year was 30-7;
Paul (Daffy) had 19-11.
- #1 He
made an erudite presentation at Southern Methodist University entitled, “Radio
Announcing I Have Did”.
- #2 MVP
voting: 1934 - 1st; 1935 - 2nd; 1936 - 2nd.
FCR - Rick Fink, Edison, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Greg Maddux, Phil Niekro, Paul Waner
THURSDAY
— 27-Aug-2026
Q. Who is the only Pittsburgh Pirate to lead the
National League in home runs in consecutive seasons?
Hint:
#1 Only one player in National League history
(since 1876) had a season’s home run total higher than his best year.
Hint:
#2 The town where he was born bears an
eerie similarity to the town where another National League home run champion
was born.
A. RALPH KINER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Kiner
led or tied for the NL lead in home runs every year from 1946, his rookie
season, through 1952.
- #1 Only
Hack Wilson’s 56 in 1930 was more than Kiner’s 54 in 1949 (tied with Johnny
Mize). Since then, 8 NL sluggers have
topped that season mark with Mark McGuire & Shohei Ohtani doing
it in consecutive seasons, 1998-1999 & 2024-2025 respectively.
- #2 Santa
Rita, New Mexico no longer exists. It
was home to employees who worked in the nearby cooper mine. When the mine was no longer productive, it
closed & the town with it.
Willie Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama a town which also was “ghosted” when employment
opportunities dried up.
FCR - Rich Lerner, Silver Spring, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Barry Bonds, Willie Stargell
FRIDAY — 28-Aug-2026
Q. Which Lone Star state native set a record for
career bases-of-balls by a National Leaguer did Barry Bonds break?
Hint:
#1 His best season amassing walks was
the same year he won the MVP and he aided his team win the World Series..
Hint:
#2 His Hall of Fame manager proclaimed
him “… the greatest offensive player I ever managed.”
A. JOE MORGAN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Morgan
ended with 1,799 NL BB when he retired in 1984. Bonds’s final total was an otherworldly 2,558 of which 688 were intentional
passes. (Both numbers the all-time records.)
Morgan was born in Bonham, Texas.
- #1 In
1975, Morgan was the NL MVP. His team, the
red-hot Big Red Machine Cincinnati Reds won the NL Pennant &
an exciting WS over BOS.
- #2 The
quote is attributed to Reds Manager Sparky Anderson who didn’t even mention
Morgan’s 5 Gold Glove Awards.
FCR - Jim Cochran, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Incorrect
guesses: Don Baylor, Rogers Hornsby, Rickey
Henderson
SATURDAY
— 29-Aug-2026
Q. Who is the last Hall of Fame pitcher to lead
the majors in shutouts with more than nine that season?
Hint:
#1 He is the only Hall of Fame pitcher
to homer in the majors as a teenager.
Hint:
#2 He is the only pitcher to surrender
more than one postseason home run to Reggie Jackson.
A. JIM PALMER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Palmer
led the majors with 10 shutouts in 1975, the same year he led everyone
in pitching WAR (8.4), wins (23), ERA (2.09)
& ERA+ (169). John
Tudor had 10 shutouts in 1985, but finished behind Dwight Gooden
in Cy Young voting that year. No one has
hit double digits since.
- #1 Palmer’s
1st HR (of the 3 in his career) was off NYY’s Jim Bouton on 16-May-1965. Palmer was 19 years, 7 months, 1 day old that
day. Surprisingly, pitcher Babe Ruth’s 1st
major league HR didn’t happen until he was 20 (06-May-1915).
- #2 Jackson
hit 2 HRs off Palmer in the 3rd game of the 1971 ALCS, both
solos, one in the 3rd inning & one in the 8th.
FCR - Alan Makovsky, Washington, DC
Incorrect
guesses: Babe Ruth, Bob Gibson, Fernando
Valenzuela, Bert Blyleven, Don Drysdale, Don Sutton, Steve Carlton, Gary
Nolan, Randy Johnson
SUNDAY — 30-Aug--2026
Q. Who is the only Hall of Famer to play in a losing
World Series six (6!) times?
Hint:
#1 His nickname is from the first professional
team he played on.
Hint:
#2 He was traded by the Red Sox to the
Dodgers.
A. PEE WEE REESE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Reese
was on the Dodgers championship team in 1955, but prior to that, he
couldn’t prevent BRO from losing in the WS in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953 & 1956.
- #1 Reese
was recruited to play for the minor league Louisville Colonels & as the
smallest member of the team, was called the ”little Colonel”. His other nickname, the one he became known
by, “Pee Wee” is said to derive from his time as a young marbles champ. Given his diminutive stature bearing, it’s
not impossible to believe that the marble
- #2 On
18-Jul-1939, Reese was dealt to BRO before playing in the majors. It was a fairly elaborate exchange. Traded by BOS to BRO in exchange for $35000
and 3 players & 2 players to be named later. They turned out to be Red Evans & Art Parks neither of whom played
in the majors again.
FCR - Frank Larkin, Brattleboro, Vermont
Incorrect
guesses: Duke Snider
THEME: Hall oi Fame players who became announcers after their playing days
Name On
Air WAR
Morgan.............. ESPN TV.............................................. 100.6
Smoltz............... Fox, MLB 2014-...................................... 69.0
Palmer............... Orioles radio, TV..................................... 68.5
Reese................ GOTW, WS Radio.................................. 68.4
Drysdale............ LAD ........................................................ 67.1
Ashburn............. PHI analyst 1963-1976........................... 64.3
Kiner.................. Mets radio, Kinser’s Corner.................... 48.1
Dean................. Cardinals radio....................................... 46.2
There
are others who qualify:
Phil
Rizzuto
George
Kell
Et
al.
Et
al.
Et
al…
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Steve Riach, Southlake, Texas
(after Kiner)
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Tues - MLB
players-turned-broadcasters who died while still broadcasting
Thur - HoF
inductees that have announced a WS game
-
Hall
of Famers who became broadcasters for a different team
-
HoF
inductees that have announced a WS game
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