December 24-30, 2012 Pitchers with an average minimum of One Strikeout Per Inning in 2012

MONDAY

Q.         What former Monarch has thrown the most no hitters in the majors?

Hint:     Yes.  It’s a trick question.

Hint:     He received Cy Young Award votes six of his eight years in the majors.

Twint:    The Panda was unimpressed.

A.         Justin Verlander (Alum of Old Dominion University, the Monarchs, 2 No-nos:  12‑Jun‑2007 & 05‑Jul‑2011; Pablo Sandoval hit 2 HRs the first 2 times he faced him in the postseason 24-Oct-2012 & a 3b in the AS G 10-Jul-2012.)

FCR -    Derek Norin, Arlington, VA

TUESDAY

Q.         What two-time Cy Young Award winner was drafted in the 48^th round by the Cubs?

Hint:     His ERA in three stops in the minors was a combined 1.01.

Hint:     He was named the PAC-10's Freshman of the Year and Pitcher of the Year.

Twint:    The Panda was more impressed.

A.         Tim Lincecum (CYA 2008, 09; Minors; FOY/POY 2004; Teammate Pablo Sandoval admired his 4.2 IP/0.00 ERA performance in the 2012 WS.)

FCR -    Bob Wilber, Spokane, WA

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Who is the only National League pitcher to win the pitching Triple Crown and Gold Glove in the same season?

Hint:     His work with his wife in Zambia earned him the Roberto Clemente Award.

Twint:    He’s finished in the top two of Cy Young Award voting in his league the past two seasons.

A.         Clayton Kershaw (TC/GG 2011; RCA 2012; 2011 CYA, #2 in 2012)

FCR -    J.J. McCoy, Washington, DC

BOXING DAY BONUS

Q.         What pitcher hit his first career home run off Matt Cain?

Hint:     It’s the only home run of his seven-year National League career.

Hint:     Cain responded by homering off him in the bottom of the same inning.

Twint:    He showed no remorse in plunking Harper.

Twint:    This action was also reciprocated by the opposing pitcher.

A.         Cole Hamels (HR 21-Jul-2012; HBP 06-May-2012; Hit Bryce Harper hit by Jordan Zimmerman)

FCR -    Leanne Rohrbach, Minnapolis, MN

THURSDAY

Q.         Who won the Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year Award the year after Stephen Strasburg won it?

Hint:     Although many speculated that he would start the All-Star game, he claimed that he was happy just to be selected to represent his league.

Hint:     He was born in and attended high school and college in Florida, but has only pitched in a single regular-season game in that state as a professional.

Twint:    His ERA in 2012 was the worst of his career and yet the season overall was by far the best of his career.

A.         Chris Sale (CBPOY 2010; ASG 2012; b. Lakeland, Lakeland Sr. HS, Florida Gulf Coast University, only FL G 20-Apr-2011; 3.05 ERA compared to 1.93 & 2.79 in his first two seasons)

FCR -    Mitchell Below, Oakland, CA

THURSDAY, THURSDAY

Q.         What pitcher, who has been an All-Star in both leagues, created the foundation he called Giving Individuals Opportunities?

Hint:     Its mission is to serve children in need of medical assistance.

Twint:    He had the best record on the team with the major’s best record in 2012.

A.         Gio Gonzalez (GIO Foundation; 21-8 on the 98-64 Washington Nationals;

FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO

FRIDAY

Q.         Who became a Tiger because he was drafted so low by the Cardinals?

Hint:     1,291^st overall, to be exact.

Hint:     When the Diamondback had the decency to draft him 1,280 places higher, he signed with them.

Twint:    He set the record for the number of consecutive batters retired (13) for a pitcher making his MLB debut as a reliever.

A.         Max Scherzer (Played for the University of Missouri Tigers; debut 29-Apr-2008)

FCR -    Rick Brody, Austin, TX

END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS

Q.         Who is the only right-handed pitcher born in Mexico to win a Silver Slugger Award?

Hint:     No other National League pitcher started more games in 2012.

Twint:    He is the only pitcher ever to homer off Randy Johnson.

A.         Yovani Gallardo (SSA 2010; 33 GS 2010 [tied with 11 others]; HR 08-Apr-2009)

FCR -    Steven Elsberry, Windsor Heights, IA

SATURDAY

Q.         Who was the losing pitcher of the first-ever ALWC?

Hint:     His father was on the Iranian national soccer team.

Twint:    He threw a no-hitter in the first round of the high school national championship tournament in Japan.

A.         Yu Darvish (American League Wild Card 05-Oct-2012; Father Farzad Darvishsefad; No-no 26-Mar-2004)

FCR -    Jeff Korell, Van Nuys, CA

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         What pitcher holds the University of Mississippi school single season (146) and career (332) strikeout records?

Hint:     In high school, paired with teammate Drew Storen, his team went 33-0 and captured the state championship.

Twint:    In the minors, he broke the Memphis Redbirds franchise strikeout record, fanning 16 against the Oklahoma City RedHawks.

A.         Lance Lynn (Ole Miss; Storen; Redbirds)

FCR -    Derek Norin, Arlington, VA

SUNDAY

Q.         What Hoosier and former All-American wide receiver is now known more for throwing than receiving?

Hint:     He and his sports agent brother have made the largest contribution ever to the Serbian Baseball Development Association.

Twint:    He is of Serbian and Amerind ancestry.

Twint:    He tied for the lead in victories for the 2012 Cubs.

A.         Jeff Samardzija (Born and raised in Indiana, All-American on the Notre Dame football team; Brother Sam Samardzija, Jr.; 13 W, tied with Travis Wood)

FCR -    Derek Norin, Arlington, VA

WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers with an average minimum of One Strikeout Per Inning in 2012

Pitcher            K/Inn

Darvish         10.3955

Gallardo          9.0000

Gonzalez         9.3462

Hamels           9.0279

Kershaw          9.0527

Lincecum        9.1935

Lynn               9.2045

Sale                9.0000

Samardzija      9.2748

Scherzer        11.0782

Verlander        9.0252

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Gregg Gaylord, Chicago, IL

Horsehide Trivia blog has the questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks:  http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/

Horsehide Trivia home page:  https://sites.google.com/site/tnfotobbpics/home/horsehide-trivia

December 17-23, 2012 Players with the same names as Supreme Court Chief Justices

MONDAY

Q.         Who was the first Orioles pitcher to win 25 games in a season?

Hint:     No pitcher had more wins in a season in the 1980s.

Twint:    He was a Cubs broadcaster for 20 years.

A.         Steve Stone (25-7 in 1980; At the mike for the WGN TV 1983-2000, 03-04)

FCR -    Andrew Milner   Bryn Mawr         PA

TUESDAY

Q.         Who was the first major league player who had also played in the Little League World Series?

Hint:     He got his fourth major league win by inducing Stan Musial to pop out with a pitch he had never thrown before at that level.

Hint:     …even though it was his fifth season in the majors.

Twint:    He was the next Reds pitcher to earn twenty victories in a season since Ewell Blackwell did it in 1947.

A.         Joey Jay (LL in Middletown, CT 1948; 1^st W 13-Jun-1958, change-up called by C Del Crandall;

FCR -    Larry Creeden, Boulder City, NV

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Who is the only reliever in major league history to accumulate 200 innings in relief in a season?

Hint:     He made his debut with the Dodgers in the game where Hank Aaron hit his 715^th career home run.

Twint:    He was the first Expo to lead the National League in saves.

A.         Mike Marshall (208.1 IP in 1974, all in relief; LAD debut 08-Apr-1974; 31 Saves in 1973)

FCR -    Quentin Wittrock, Minneapolis, MN

THURSDAY

Q.         Who was the first New York Yankee to hit three triples in a game?

Hint:     He led his league in errors at his position several times, but was considered by contemporary observers to have the best glove ever at his position.

Twint:    In spite of this high regard, he has as much chance of being elected to the Hall of Fame as does Joe Jackson.  Perhaps less.

A.         Hal Chase (30-Aug-1906 [They were called the Highlanders in 1906.]; Led in E 1905, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17; He was banned from baseball for chronic bribery.)

FCR -    Bob Chan, Oakland, CA

EVE OF DESTRUCTION BONUS

Q.         Who holds the record for doubles in a season by a switch-hitter?

Hint:     The only time in his entire twelve-year major league career that his team went to the postseason, he was on the DL.

Hint:     In college, he went both north and south.

Twint:    He was paid $10,000,000 salary in 2012 even though he played only seventeen games.

A.         Brian Roberts (56 2b in 2009; 2012 Orioles; Attended the University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina)

FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO

FRIDAY

Q.         Who was the first player to play twenty seasons in the major leagues, tying Cap Anson for the honor?

Hint:     He is still the player with the most career World Series at-bats without striking out.

Twint:    He believed the earth was flat and convinced at least one of his teammates of that "fact".

A.         Deacon White (1871-1890; 58 AB in 1887 WS, his only postseason year)

FCR -    Blake Sherry, Dublin, OH

SATURDAY

Q.         Who was the only Wyoming native to collect 100 career pitching victories at the time this question was entered into the Horsehide Trivia database?

Hint:     He is the only lefty to suffer twenty losses in a season for the Cubs.

Twint:    He was the last pitcher to give up a home run at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Twint:    He was the first post-WWII Cubs pitcher to earn twenty wins in a season.

A.         Dick Ellsworth (b. 22-Mar-1940 in Lusk, WY, Tom Browning, born in Casper since compiled 123 W; 9-20 in 1962, 8-22 in 1966; 22-10 in 1963)

FCR -    Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Who is the director of the Baseball Heritage Museum?

Hint:     He is a member of Cleveland Blues Vintage Base Ball Club.

Hint:     The year he hit .242 for the Indians, it was twelve points higher than the American League average.

Twint:    Although he remained slender throughout his career, he was known as a food connoisseur.

A.         Vern Fuller (BHM; CBVBBC; 1968 AL BA:  .230)

FCR -    John Michael Pierobon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

SUNDAY

Q.         Whose first career hit was a double off Cliff Lee in 2012?

Hint:     He will likely not be rooting for Notre Dame on January 6.

Twint:    He became the second freshman to lead the University of Alabama baseball team in average.

A.         Josh Rutledge (2b off Lee 13-Jul-2012; 1^st Alabaman: Dave Magadan [1981])

FCR -    Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX

WEEKLY THEME – Players with the same names as Supreme Court Chief Justices

Chase               Salmon P. Chase

Fuller                Melville Fuller

Ellsworth           Oliver Ellsworth

Jay                   John Jay

Marshall            John Marshall

Roberts            John G. Roberts, Jr.

Rutledge           John Rutledge

Stone               Harlan F. Stone

White                Edward Douglas White

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Joel Lipman, Wilmington, DE

Horsehide Trivia blog has the questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks:  http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/

Horsehide Trivia home page:  https://sites.google.com/site/tnfotobbpics/home/horsehide-trivia

December 10-16, 2012 Hall of Fame pitchers with ERAs over 6.00 in their final seasons

This week’s quiz was authored Barry Sparks of York, PA.

MONDAY

Q.         Who tossed seven shutouts his rookie season?

Hint:     He led the National League in ERA five times in a six-year span.

Hint:     He won the National League Triple Crown for pitchers three times.

Hint:     Named for one president, he was played by another.

Twint:    His record of sixteen shutouts in a season seems safe for now.

A.         Pete Alexander (ERA titles 1911; 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919 & 1920; TC 1915, 1916 and 1920; Named for Grover Cleveland Alexander, but Ronald Reagan played him in a 1952 bio-pic The Winning Team; 16 ShO 1916)

FCR -    Gene Schwartz, New York, NY

STILL MONDAY

Q.         Who has the most career pickoffs since 1957 when MLB started keeping the stat?

Hint:     He's the only pitcher to toss a complete game shutout and hit a homer in the same game in three different decades.

Hint:     Although he was a perfectionist known for his intense concentration, he never tossed a perfect game or even a no-hitter.

Twint:    He holds the record for most career starts by a left-handed pitcher.

A.         Steve Carlton (145 pickoffs; HR/ShO 27-Jul-1968, 09-Aug-1972, 13-Sep-1982; 709 GS)

FCR -    Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX

TUESDAY

Q.         Who threw the first pitch in the first game for the New York American League team, just after they moved from Baltimore?

Hint:     He received a total of only nine votes for the Hall of Fame from 1936 through 1945, yet was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946?

Hint:     Joe Tinker say was "one of the six toughest pitchers I've faced.”

Twint:    His spitball once helped him win fourteen consecutive games.  Who wouldn’t be happy with that?

A.         Jack Chesbro (NY Hilltoppers [Highlanders] 22-Apr-1903; W streak in 1904, Nickname “Happy Jack”)

FCR -    Dave Serota, Kalamazoo, MI

TUESDAY WELD

Q.         What spitballer won two World Series games at age 38?

Hint:     He led the National League in victories twice, once with the Dodgers and once with the Pirates.

Hint:     Shortstop Dick Bartell described him as "the meanest, toughest hard-boiled pitcher I ever faced."

Twint:    He succeeded Casey Stengel as the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

A.         Burleigh Grimes (2-0 in 1931 World Series; 22 W in 1922, 25 W in 1928; managed Dodgers in 1937-38)

FCR -    Paul Sekula, Arlington, VA

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Who was the first Hall of Famer to give part of his acceptance speech in a language other than English?

Hint:     About him, Branch Rickey said, "No pitcher has made such magnificent use of his God-given equipment."

Hint:     He appeared on the cover of Time magazine.

Twint:    He pitched six complete games and earned six victories in 10 Opening Day starts.

A.         Juan Marichal (HOF 1983, Time 10-Jun-1966)

FCR -    Frank Workman, Lake Forest Park, WA

ODIN’S DAY

Q.         Who was the youngest pitcher to win 300 games?

Hint:     He averaged 27.3 wins per season for his first ten seasons.

Hint:     He was inducted into the Hall of Fame 43 years after his final season.

Twint:    He once pitched two complete games in the same day against the Cincinnati Reds.

A.         Kid Nichols (30 yrs and 9 mos old; 1904; HOF 1949 2 W 1905)

FCR -    Gene Schwartz, Weston, CT

THURSDAY

Q.         Who has pitched the most career innings of any post-1920s pitcher?

Hint:     He surrendered more career home runs than Stan Musial hit, but none of them to Musial.

Hint:     He won the Gold Glove for pitchers five different times.

Twint:    He tossed a complete game shutout for his 300^th win, beating his future team at Exhibition Stadium.

A.         Phil Niekro (5,404 innings; 482 HR to Stan Musial's 475; 300^th W 06-Oct-1985)

FCR -    John Wilson, Mesa, AZ

FRIDAY

Q.         Who said, "Most pitchers are too smart to manage."?

Hint:     He hit one of his three career homers the same day he notched his first major league victory.

Hint:     He was unprotected in the expansion draft, passed on by the Royals and Seattle Pilots (not the Mariners), but went on to earn a spot in the Hall of Fame.

Twint:    He surrendered 303 career home runs, but never back-to-back homers.

A.         Jim Palmer (HR 16-May-1965 vs. Jim Bouton)

FCR -    Paul Greenwell, Fort Worth, TX

SATURDAY

Q.         Which Hall of Fame pitcher started his career with a 39-96 won-loss record?

Hint:     He ended his career with 48 more wins than losses.

Twint:    He was the pitching coach for the 1962 New York Mets.

Twint:    He posted a 7-2 World Series record.

A.         Red Ruffing (Career record 273-225)

FCR -    Art Springsteen, Sunapee, NH

JEFF SATURDAY

Q.         Who holds the all-time record for issuing most walks in a season?

Hint:     He was known as the fastest pitcher of his day.

Hint:     His beaning of a future Hall of Famer led to the pitching mound distance being moved from 50 feet to 60 feet, 6 inches.

Twint:    He was inducted into the Hall of Fame 76 years after his final season.

A.         Amos Rusie (289 BB in 1890; Hughie Jennings, HOF 1977)

FCR -    Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR

SUNDAY

Q.         Who had the second shortest career of any 300-game winner?

Hint:     He was only the third pitcher to win 300 games and did it in only 11 seasons.

Hint:     He was the first pinch-hitter in major league history, according to the Hall of Fame.

Twint:    He was inducted into the Hall of Fame 81 years after his final season.

A.         Mickey Welch (13 seasons, 1880-92, pinch-hit for Hank O’Day on Aug. 10, 1889; HOF 1973)

FCR -    Rick Fink, Edison, NJ

WEEKLY THEME – Hall of Fame pitchers with ERAs over 6.00 in their final seasons

Pitcher          Year         W-L         Inn            H           BB          K           ERA

Alexander   1930        0-3       21.2       40         6          6         9.14

Carlton        1988        0-1         9.2       20         5          5       16.76

Chesbro      1909        0-5       55.2       77       17         20         6.14

Grimes        1934        4-5       53.0       63       26         15         6.11

Marichal      1975        0-1         6.0       11         5          1       13.50

Nichols       1906        0-1       11.0       17       13          1         9.82

Niekro         1987        7-13    138.2      163       66         64         6.30

Palmer        1984        0-3       17.2       22       17          4         9.17

Ruffing       1947        3-5       53.0       63       16         11         6.11

Rusie          1901        0-1       22.0       43         3          6         8.59

Welch         1892        0-0         5.0       11         5          1       14.40

N.B.  If by some miracle, Roberto Hernandez and Jose Mesa make it to the Hall this year, they would also qualify.

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – No one

Horsehide Trivia blog has the questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks:  http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/

Horsehide Trivia home page:  https://sites.google.com/site/tnfotobbpics/home/horsehide-trivia

November 26-December 2, 2012 League leaders from expansion teams

MONDAY

Q.         Who was the oldest pitcher to toss a perfect game?

Hint:     He is the all-time leader in innings pitched.

Hint:     He is the all-time leader in batters faced.

Hint:     He is the all-time leader in complete games.

Hint:     He is the all-time leader in game started.

Hint:     It’s True that no one is close to him in any of these categories.

Twint:    Oh, yeah.  He is also the all-time leader in pitching victories.

A.         Cy Young (He WAS the oldest at 37 years, 7 months, 1 day old on 05‑May‑1904.  He was trumped, however, one century later on 18‑May‑2004 when Randy Johnson threw his own perfecto.] ; 7,356 IP; 29,565 BF; 749 CG; 815 GS; Full name Denton True Young; 511 W)

FCR -    Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, MD

MONDAY MORE

Q.         Who was the American League’s first Triple Crown winner?

Hint:     He won the batting title by an astounding 75 points.

Hint:     Craig Biggio broke his record for career doubles by a right-handed hitter.

Twint:    Once, protesting a dirty game ball, he threw the ball out of the stadium, causing the umpire to forfeit the game.

A.         Napoleon Lajoie (TC 1901 [Young also won the TC that same year, but for pitchers.]; Batting AVG .426, besting the Orioles’ Mike Donlin at .340; 657 2b to Biggio’s 668)

FCR -    Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO

TUESDAY

Q.         Who was the first player since Carl Yastrzemski to lead his league in all three legs of the Triple Crown?

Hint:     He won the Comeback Player of the Year Award two times.

Hint:     Adam Dunn passed him in 2012 for career strikeouts.

Twint:    He won two Gold Glove Awards playing for the Expos.

Twint:    He was the first player to collect thirty runs-batted-in in April.

A.         Andres Galarraga (Won RBI, HR in 1996, AVG in ’94; CPOY 1993, 2000; 2,003 K, Dunn now has 2,031; GG 1989, 90; 30 RBI Apr 1994)

FCR -    Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX

IN MEMORIAM

Q.         According to Red Barber, who, “…along with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, is one of the two or three most important men in baseball history.”?

Hint:     Tom Seaver observed, “[his] exclusion from the Hall of Fame is a national disgrace.”

Hint:     Joe Morgan added, “They should vote him in and then apologize for making him wait so long.”

Hint:     Bob Costas stated, “There is no non-player more deserving of the Hall of Fame.”

Hint:     He himself observed, “It is an amusing anomaly that the Hall of Fame has made me famous by keeping me out.”

Hint:     He negotiated Major League Baseball Players Association’s first collective bargaining agreement with the owners in 1968, earning the players their first minimum salary increase in two decades.

Hint:     Two years later he got arbitration included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, in his own estimation his greatest achievement in the first two decades of the MLBPA.

Hint:     He later used arbitration to open the door to free agency.

Twint:    He led the MLBPA through three strikes and two lockouts.

Twint:    He was honored by the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2000 and inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Twint:    In 1997 the MLBPA created an award in his honor.

A.         Marvin Miller (minimum salary increase from $6K to $10K; 1972, 80, 81 strikes, 1973, 76 lockouts; used arbitration to argue 1974 Catfish Hunter case, which weakened the reserve clause and led the way to free agency; Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award given to “the player in either league whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement.”)

FCR -    Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA

WEDNESDAY

Q.         Who was the first player to win a batting title in different major leagues?

Hint:     Illness shortened his dominant career.

Twint:    He is often called the best player of baseball’s first major league, the National Association.

Twint:    Only Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby and he have three seasons with batting averages over .400.

A.         Ross Barnes (Batting champ in the National Association and NL; Owns the career NA records in runs (459), hits (530), doubles (99), walks (55), stolen bases (73), total bases (695), times on base (585), runs produced (694), batting average (.390), on-base percentage (.413), and slugging percentage (.511).

FCR -    Art Springsteen, Sunapee, NH

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q.         What former Gator was the first infielder to join the 30-30 club?

Hint:     His rookie stats were nearly as good as a teammates’, but that teammate was the runaway Rookie of the Year Award winner.

Hint:     He didn’t get a single vote.

Twint:    He has served as an instructor or coach for the Yankees, Expos and Red Sox.

A.         Tommy Harper (San Francisco State U. Gators, 3b 1970 31 HR, 38 SB; 1963 ROY Pete Rose)

FCR -    John Michael Pierobon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

THURSDAY

Q.         In 1876, the Louisville Grays won only 30 games.  Who was their winning pitcher?

Hint:     He only gave up only one over-the-wall home run in a career that totaled 1,405 innings and had a career ERA of 1.90.

Hint:     His major league career ended with him on his knees begging a future Hall of Famer for reinstatement.

Hint:     That action gained him a personal gift of $50, but he never played another game in the majors.

Twint:    He admitted to wrongdoing, taking money to lose games.

Twint:    He became a policeman in his hometown of Philadelphia, but fell prey to alcohol and gambling and died at age 34.

A.         Jim Devlin (Won all 30 G and took all but 1 of their 36 losses; Early NL star Lip Pike hit the HR in question;  Jim Clinton was 0-1, losing the season’s final game; NL President William Hulbert was the generous but steadfast league president.)

FCR -    John Rickert, Terre Haute, IN

FRIDAY

Q.         Who boasted, "I'll make them all forget that a guy named Ty Cobb ever pulled on a baseball shoe," even though he had twice before played for New York teams?

Hint:     Almost understandable, since he had led his former league in runs, hits, stolen bases and slugging, to name but a few categories.

Twint:    Ben, he… (cough)

A.         Benny Kauff (Led in stats in the Federal League.  I, for one, still remember Cobb.)

FCR -    Kevin Johnson, Broken Arrow, OK

END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS

Q.         Who is the only player to win two World Series championships with the Florida Marlins?

Hint:     He was traded for a total of nine players during his seventeen-year career, but for players whose time in the majors amounted to only 181 games.

Hint:     With his wife, he finished third in the 1993 U.S. doubles racquetball championship.

Twint:    His sister-in-law was a producer on the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

A.         Jeff Conine (WS wins 1997 & 2003; Traded for Chris Fussell [40 G], Denny Bautista [131 G], Angel Chavez [10 G])

FCR -    Mark Lewers, Blacksburg, VA

BEGINNING-OF-THE-WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Who is the only major league pitcher to lose a nine-inning complete game no-hitter?

Hint:     It was an error by a future Hall of Famer that cost him the victory.

Hint:     The only postseason experience in his thirteen-year career was 2/3 of a perfect inning against the Yankees in the World Series.

Hint:     If the other seven pitchers on his team that day had pitched as well, the game might not have been the last of the Series.

Twint:    For each of five consecutive seasons, he worked in excess in exceed of 200 innings.

Twint:    He is sometimes confused with the player of the same name who debuted eleven years earlier.

A.         Ken Johnson (No-no 23-Apr-1964; HOF Nellie Fox booted a grounder by Vada Pinson, allowing the game’s only run; WS G 09-Oct-1961; 200+ IP 1963-67; Other Ken Johnson)

FCR -    Tom Kennedy, Houston, TX

SATURDAY

Q.         Whose solitary vote prevented Warren Spahn from becoming the first unanimous Cy Young Award winner?

Hint:     He was a former teammate of Spahns’.

Hint:     He was the last Indians pitcher in the 20^th century to collect a pinch hit.

Twint:    He was the last Boston native to play for the Boston Braves.

A.         Dick Donovan (1957 CYA voting; W/Spahn 1950, 51 & 52 Braves; PH 28-Jul-1963; b. 07‑Dec‑1927)

FCR -    David Stinson, Silver Spring, MD

WEEKEND BONUS

Q.         Whose autobiography was entitled “My Time at Bat: A Story of Perseverance”?

Hint:     After retiring from the majors, he coached baseball at Howard University for 28 years.

Hint:     His Minor League career highlights include Rookie of the Year Award, back-to-back league batting titles and a league Most Valuable Player Award.

Twint:    He played every position on the diamond except pitcher during his eleven-year career in the majors.

A.         Chuck Hinton (Book)

FCR -    Matt Gibson, Barboursville, WV

SUNDAY

Q.         Who led the National League in triples in his rookie season, but then in the rest of his thirteen-year career only ever led his team once.

Hint:     …and that was a three-way tie.

Hint:     Hit his 100^th career home run off Matt Garza.

Twint:    He founded the "Catch 22 for Blue Foundation" to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

A.         David Dellucci (12 3b 1998; HR 04-Aug-2008; Foundation)

FCR -    Damian Begley, New York, NY

WEEKLY THEME – League leaders from expansion teams

Name        Year Team                   LG Category              Quant.

Barnes      1876 White Stockings  NL *OBP                       1.052

Conine      1993 Marlins                NL Games played      162

Dellucci     1998 Diamondbacks    NL Triples                   12

Devlin       1876 Grays                  NL *Complete games   66

Donovan   1961 Senators             AL ERA                        2.40

Galarraga  1993 Rockies               NL Batting AVG              .370

Harper       1969 Pilots                  AL Stolen bases          73

Hinton       1961 Senators             AL SB%                      81.48

Johnson    1962 Colt 45’s              NL K/BB ratio                3.870

Kauff        1914 Hoosiers             FL *Hits                     211

Lajoie        1901 Athletics              AL *Batting AVG             .426

Young       1901 Americans           AL *ERA+                 219

*Led in many other categories as well

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO

Horsehide Trivia blog has the questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks:  http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/

Horsehide Trivia home page:  https://sites.google.com/site/tnfotobbpics/home/horsehide-trivia