Horsehide Trivia

Sunday, December 8, 2013

December 2-8, 2013 The James Gang

This week’s theme and questions have been authored by Narragansett’s own Rev. Gerry Beirne.

MONDAY

Q. What fan favorite won two batting titles with the Red Sox but finished his fourteen-year major league career under .300?

Hint: He lost a third title on the last day of the season to a future Hall of Fame teammate.

Hint: He was once traded for an ordained minister and a Roman.

Addint: His career was split among 644 games at first base, 642 at third base and 463 at shortstop.

Addint: He even played one game in the outfield.

Addint: He was 45 in 63.

A. Pete Runnels (Final career avg .291; Beaten by Ted Williams .329 to .322 in 1958; Traded for Albie Pearson 23‑Jan‑1958 and for Roman Mejias 26‑Nov‑1962; Played for the Houston Colt 45’s in 1963 and ’64.)

FCR - Jan Finkel, Swanton, MD

Most common incorrect answers: Fred Lynn, Nomar Garciaparra, Carl Yastrzemski, Dwight Evans, Billy Goodman, Mickey Vernon, Jackie Jensen

TUESDAY

Q. Who threw the first pitch in the brand new Yankee Stadium in 1923?

Hint: He also scored the first run ever there.

Hint: He also then threw out the first ball in 1976 at the refurbished Yankee Stadium.

Hint: He won twenty games four times but lost Game Four to the Miracle Braves.

Addint: He was a pall bearer at Miller Huggins’ funeral.

Addint: This Slippery Rock grad is the only Yankee manager to have played for the A’s and Red Sox?

A. Bob Shawkey (18‑Apr‑1923; 15‑Apr‑1976; 1914 WS L 13‑Oct‑1949;

FCR - Robert Pfuhler, Staten Island, NY

Most common incorrect answers: Herb Pennock, Waite Hoyt, Joe Bush

TUESDAY, TUESDAY

Q. Who was the first A's pitcher to start five Opening Day games?

Hint: In one stretch, he hurled twenty consecutive complete games.

Hint: No pitcher in either league has had more complete games in a season than he had that year.

Hint: He once led the American League with nineteen losses.

Addint: He spurned draft picks by both the Indians and the Cards to attend Florida State.

Addint: He twice coached for the Blue Jays in the majors.

A. Rick Langford (Open Day starts: 1978, 79, 80, 82 & 83; 20-CG streak 1980, 28 CG; 19 L 1977; Drafted by STL 1971, 11^th round & by CLE in 1972, 36^th round; Coached for Jays in 2000 & 2010)

FCR - Steve Bonfield, Calgary, AB

Most common incorrect answers: Eddie Plank, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Lefty Grove, Dave Stewart, Rube Waddell, Mike Norris, Chief Bender

TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY

Q. After skipping minor league ball, who hit his first home run in his first game off a Hall of Fame pitcher?

Hint: In Japanese ball, he was given uniform #50 because that is how many homers he was expected to clout.

Hint: He was in the inaugural class of players inducted to the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Addint: His four home runs in a single major league game is still a record that hasn’t been broken.

A. Bob Horner (1^st HR off Bert Blyleven 16‑Jun‑1978; Played for the 1987 Yakult Swallows; 4-HR G 06‑Jul‑1986; CBHOF)

FCR - Dayton Headlee, Omaha NE

Most common incorrect answer: Pete Incaviglia, Cecil Fielder, Rick Monday, Mike Ivie

WEDNESDAY

Q. Whom did Bill James call the “most inconsistent player ever”?

Hint: It had something to do with his seasonal batting averages dropping 88, 47, 42 and 69 points.

Hint: He was a two-time batting champion but with a lifetime average under .300.

Hint: He was Dwight Eisenhower's favorite player.

Addint: He played his final games for a team that beat the Yankees in the World Series.

A. Mickey Vernon (Finished with 1960 PIT)

FCR - Stephen Klatsky, Washington, DC

Most common incorrect answer: Ferris Fain, Rico Carty, Harmon Killebrew, Elmer Valo, Roy Sievers

HUMP DAY BONUS

Q. Whose first three collegiate at-bats were home runs?

Hint: Each one on the first pitch no less.

Hint: True, it was at 4,400 feet of altitude, but still…

Hint: He is among the few players to hit three home runs in a game in each league, National and American.

Addint: His father, Jim, was a minor league infielder in the Milwaukee Braves organization in 1961-1962.

Addint: He has four seasons of managing in the minors under his belt.

A. Cory Snyder (Played for BYU; 3-HR Gs: 21‑May‑1987 playing for CLE & 17‑Apr‑1994 playing for LAD; Father Jim Snyder; Managed the St. George Starzz of the independent Golden Baseball League 2007. They became the Roadrunners for 2008 & 2009 and the Maui Na Koa Ikaika in 2010)

FCR - No one

Most common incorrect answer: Robin Ventura, John Olerud, Pete Incaviglia, Mark McGwire, Lou Gehrig, Phil Nevin

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q. Damon Runyan called him "the doctor because he is first aid to the injured and without equal as an extinguisher of batting rallies and run riots."

Hint: Although a moundsman, he boasted of a lifetime nifty .285 batting average.

Hint: He is a member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.

Addint: His ball-playing brother once broke up his PCL no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning.

A. Doc Crandall (Lost no-no by brother Karl in 1918; PCL HOF)

FCR - Dave Washburn, Marietta, GA

Most common incorrect answer: Lefty Grove, Waite Hoyt, Wes Farrell

THURSDAY

Q. For what pitcher was the “Quality Start” invented?

Hint: He lost Game 7 of the American League Championship Series—the game that cemented the Red Sox’ comeback from an 0-3 series deficit.

Hint: After he broke his non-pitching hand punching a wall in early September—a move that jeopardized his team’s chances during the run to the playoffs—he admitted the cause was “Stupidity”.

Hint: He was the first player to sign a contract worth $100 million.

Addint: Though 0-3 in three World Series starts, he still managed to get a ring with the Marlins.

A. Kevin Brown (QS conceived by Brown’s agent, Scott Boras; 2004 ALCS stats; Broken hand incident; $105 M w/1998 LAD, two years later A-Rod became the first $200 M player; 1993 WSs 0-2 with series winner FLA)

FCR - Mark Pattison, Washington, DC

MCIA: Wes Ferrell, CC Sabathia, Kenny Rogers, Roger Clemens, A.J. Burnett, Curt Schilling. Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Joba Chamberlain,

THURSDAY, THURSDAY

Q. Who was the first black pitcher to hit a home in a World Series game?

Hint: It was the only World Series in his fourteen-year major league career.

Hint: Less than a month earlier, he pitched a one-hitter, surrendering a double to Don Blasingame in the 3^rd.

Hint: Three additional times in his career was Blasingame the only player to get a hit in a one-hitter.

Addint: He sang "What a Wonderful World" at Kirby Puckett's memorial service.

A. Mudcat Grant (WS HR 13‑Oct‑1965, G 6; Blas H 25‑Sep‑1965)

FCR - Dave Serota, Kalamazoo, MI

MCIA: Al Downing, Don Newcombe, Joe Black, Earl Wilson

FRIDAY

Q. What versatile player led the majors in two of three batting Triple Crown categories seven seasons after he’d led the majors in pitching strikeouts?

Hint: In his great offensive season, he also led in hits, triples, slugging, OPS, OPS+, total bases and led his league in doubles.

Hint: In his great pitching season, he also led in strikeouts per nine innings.

Hint: In neither season did he lead his team to postseason play.

Addint: He still holds the Cincinnati Reds franchise record for career batting average and single season batting average.

A. Cy Seymour (BA .377 in 1905; Ks 1898; Career BA with the Reds .332)

FCR - Richard Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD

MCIA: Babe Rutt, Lefty O’Doul, Smokey Joe Wood, Bullet Joe Bush

FRIDAY, FRIDAY

Q. Who is the youngest pitcher to start an Opening Day game for the Yankees franchise?

Hint: Among left-handed pitchers in the modern era, only he and Tom Glavine have won twenty games in a season five times, yet not been elected to the Hall of Fame.

Addint: He will be forever linked with Fred Toney.

A. Hippo Vaughn (Opening Day 1910 @ 22 yrs old; Pitched an epic, extra-inning double no‑hit game with Fred Toney 02‑May‑1917.)

FCR - Dave Washburn, Marietta, GA

Most common incorrect answer: Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, Urban Shocker, Lefty Gomez, Andy Pettitte

END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS

Q. "No man is going to sell my carcass unless I get half!" Who uttered this comment on refusing to be sold to Pittsburgh?

Hint: His Hall of Fame career spanned twenty years, nine teams, three leagues and seven positions.

Hint: In his best season, he led the National League in hits, triples, RBI, batting average, slugging, OPS, OPS+ and total bases.

Addint: He and his brother formed the first brother battery in professional baseball history.

A. Deacon White (PIT deal 1889, leading to his participation in the short-lived Players League; Career year 1877 when he began to play C less and more at 1b; Played with brother Will White in Boston 1877 and Cincinnati 1878‑80.)

FCR - Rich Klein, Plano, TX

Most common incorrect answer: Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Rickie Henderson

WEEK-ENDING BONUS

Q. Who was the first switch-hitter in the modern era to lead the league in home runs?

Hint: His 180 runs batted in set an International League record in 1930.

Hint: At forty years old, he was named Minor League Player of the Year while with Albany of the Eastern League.

Hint: He nicknamed himself the "All-American Louse" for breaking up four no-hitters in late innings.

Hint: He was born in Altoona, but he’s buried in Mexico.

Addint: He got his nickname as a child when he hit his team's only ball and snagged it on a fence nail, ripping the cover.

A. Ripper Collins (35 HR in 1934; MiLPOY 1944; B. 30-Mar-1904 Altoona, PA, Interred in Mexico, New York)

FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR

Most common incorrect answer: None

SATURDAY

Q. Who is the only player to hit twenty home runs while batting less than.210 in a season in which he was traded?

Hint: He once commented, entering the 21^st century, "Records are falling like they're flies that have been hit by a can of Raid."

Hint: He was the first player to hit a double and home run in the same inning twice during his career.

Hint: He operates a grill at the ballpark of the team for whom he once starred.

Addint: He great hosts an annual bowling tournament in Milwaukee to benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Fund.

Addint: He was the first player ever selected by the Seattle Pilots in the June draft.

A. Gorman Thomas (.209, 22 HR in 1983; HR/2b combos: 8^th inning 19‑Sep‑1982 & 9^th inning 03‑Sep‑1983; Gorman’s Grill @ Miller Park; Bowling tourney; 1969 Draft)

FCR - J.J. McCoy, Washington, DC

Most common incorrect answer: Boog Powell, Dave Kingman, Mark McGwire, Greg Luzinski, Adam Dunn, Rob Deer

SATURDAY SATURDAY

Q. Who was the last National League catcher to lead the league in triples?

Hint: He’s also the only NL catcher ever to do it and it was the only time in his 21-year career that he led the league in anything.

Hint: He retired just this year.

Hint: He was a high school classmate of Royals' former part-owner Avron Fogelman.

Addint: He is the only catcher to steal home in a World Series game.

A. Tim McCarver (13 3b in 1966; Retired from broadcasting; Fogleman; WS SB G 7 15‑Oct‑1964)

FCR - Steve Schwartz, Chico, CA

Most common incorrect answer: Jason Kendall, Ivan Rodriguez

SATURDAY BONUS

Q. Who was the first player to hit a walk-off home run in extra innings of a World Series game?

Hint: He hit it off a future Hall of Famer.

Hint: If the BWAA award for MVP of the World Series had begun a year earlier, he would have been a leading candidate.

Hint: He worked on a tugboat for 25 years after his baseball career, work which he said he loved.

Addint: He was also the last player to bat in the Polo Grounds for the Giants.

A. Dusty Rhodes (WS HR off Bob Lemon 29‑Sep‑1954 G 1, scoring Willie Mays and Hank Thompson ahead of him; 1^st WS MVP 1955; Polo Grounds AB

FCR - Andy Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA

Most common incorrect answer: Tommy Henrich, Eddie Mathews, Don Mueller

WEEKEND BONUS

Q. Who has pitched more major league innings than anyone in history except Cy Young?

Hint: He was very open about his use of a performance enhancing drug.

Hint: In the minors he had 100 decisions, going 72-25-3.

Addint: In one season!

Addint: He counted Grover Cleveland (not Grover Cleveland Alexander) as a personal friend.

A. Pud Galvin (6,003.1 innings; PED use; Stats accomplished for the 1878 Buffalo Bisons of the International Association)

FCR - Max Burgess, Houston, TX

Most common incorrect answer: Walter Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Phil Niekro, Roger Clemens

SUNDAY

Q. What two-time home run champion once changed leagues without changing teams or cities?

Hint: He was the last 19^th century player to hit a grand slam on Opening Day.

Addint: He missed most of the 1895 season with appendicitis.

A. Bug Holliday (HR champ 1889 w/19 & 1982 w/13, The 1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association became the 1990 Cincinnati Red Legs in the National League; GS 20‑Apr‑1894)

FCR - Makoto Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY

Most common incorrect answer: Hugh Duffy, Richie Sexson, Ryan Braun

WEEKLY THEME – Players that you probably didn’t know were named James.

James Kevin Brown

James Anthony Collins

James Timothy McCarver

James Lamar Rhodes

James Edward Runnels

James Bentley Seymour

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Joe Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA (after the Shawkey question)

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

November 25-December 1, 2013 Bulldog Alumni

MONDAY

Q. What MVP-winner won Gold Glove Awards for his play at third base with the Braves and Cardinals?

Hint: He was a candidate to replace Frank Robinson as manager of the Washington Nationals, but he withdrew himself from consideration.

Twint: He was the hitting coach for the Braves from 2002-2010.

A. Terry Pendleton (1991 MVP, GG 1987, 89 for STL & 1992 for ATL)

FCR - Matthew Repplinger, Denver, CO

Most common incorrect answers: Joe Torre, Ken Boyer

MONDAY EXTRA

Q. Which modern era pitcher has the highest career winning percentage with an amazing .7171?

Hint: He had the fewest number of innings pitched (253) for a starting pitcher who won a league MVP until Justin Verlander won the award with 251.

Hint: He holds the Yankee team record for single season ERA.

Twint: He doesn’t look like a potato.

A. Spud Chandler (Al Spaulding’s .7950 was prior to 1900; 1943 MVP; 1.64 ERA 1943; Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler nickname “Spud”.

FCR - Don Harrison, Fairfield, CT

Most common incorrect answers: Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, Roger Clemens, Bobby Shantz, Pedro Martinez, Mike Mussina

TUESDAY

Q. Who caught the final out of the 1969 World Series?

Hint: Gil Hodges successfully argued that this player was hit by a pitch, pointing to a black mark on the ball as proof.

Q: As a result, he scored the first run for the team in what proved to be a comeback from a 3-run deficit.

Twint: He also scored the go-ahead run on a Ron Swoboda double that would clinch the team’s first World Series championship.

A. Cleon Jones (box Game 5 1969 WS; Shoe-polish incident was controversial as the ball skipped into the dugout prior to Hodges emergence, prompting some to say that Gil Hodges had scuffed the ball. Replays were inconclusive.)

FCR - Christopher Bell, New York, NY

Most common incorrect answers: Ron Swoboda, Al Weiss, Tommy Agee, Ed Charles

IN MEMORIAM

Q. What former Blue Hose hurler made his major league debut in Yankee Stadium on Babe Ruth Day?

Hint: The encouraging letters he received from Connie Mack during recuperation from a near-lethal wound in Italy during World War II were what made him know he could make it to the majors.

Hint: It took him a year just to be able to walk again, but he began playing catch while still on crutches.

Hint: Even with all the other service men returning, he still signed a professional contract and promptly won the pitching Triple Crown in the South Atlantic League.

Twint: He was as famous for something a baseball did to him as what he ever did to a baseball.

A. Lou Brissie (Attended Presbyterian College, 28‑Sep‑1947, Ruth passed the following year; On Opening Day 1948 in Fenway Park, Ted Williams lined a pitch off the metal plate in Brissie’s leg. Concern by all ensued and although he won the game, Brissie spent the night in a Boston hospital.)

FCR - Tim Doherty, Los Angeles, CA

Most common incorrect answers: Bert Shepard, Monty Stratton

TUESDAY EXTRA

Q. Who broke Mariano Rivera’s record of being the quickest to reach 200 career saves?

Hint: He did it against the team’s dreaded rival—the New York Yankees.

Hint: He struck out Seth Smith to end the 2007 World Series.

Twint: Ever outspoken, he declared that Yasiel Puig’s making the All-Star team as a rookie was “a joke” and “and injustice”.

Twint: He commented on his current team’s struggles, saying, “I didn’t come here for this.”

A. Jonathon Papelbon (200^th save in 359^th appearance vs Moe needing 382; 07-Jun-2011; Game 4 2007 box; Smith K 28‑Oct-2007; Comments)

FCR - Jerry Miller, Thousand Oaks, CA

Most common incorrect answer: [None]

WEDNESDAY

Q. Who finished second to teammate Kevin Mitchell in the National League MVP voting?

Hint: That same year he lost the batting crown to Tony Gwynn by less than one point on the last day of the season after leading much of the year.

Hint: The outgoing message on his home answering machine begins, “The Thrill is gone… “

Addint: He was in the first class of players inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

A. Will Clark (1989 MVP vote; Gwynn went 3 for 4 to get to .3361 over Clark’s .3333; Nickname “Will the Thrill”; 2006 College HOF)

FCR - Charlie Vascellaro, Baltimore, MD

Most common incorrect answers: Jeff Kent, Matt Williams, Keith Hernandez

WEDNESDAY EXTRA

Q. Who played the most major league games in the 1990s?

Hint: He was the first Texas Rangers player to receive an hundred bases-on-balls in three consecutive seasons.

Hint: He was also the first to do it in two consecutive seasons. [NOT SO! Reader Clem Comly pointed out that the first two such Texas seasons are owned by Mike Hargrove 1977-78. Sorry to mislead.]

Addint: He should never be confused with Raffy Mercedez.

A. Rafael Palmeiro (1,526 G 1990-99; 100+ BB 2000-03)

FCR - Matt Adams, Mundelein, IL

Most common incorrect answers: Juan Gonzalez, Will Clark, Brian Downing

MIDWEEK BONUS

Q. Which pitcher was credited with winning the clinching game of the 2006 World Series?

Hint: He shouldered his team’s only team loss in that series.

Hint: His high school is just ten miles from the Reagan presidential library.

Hint: In a different World Series, he gave up a 12^th inning walk-off homer to Alex Gonzalez.

Addint: In his first two seasons with the Tigers, he led the league in hitting batters with pitches.

Addint: After the 2003 season, he was traded for Kevin Brown.

A. Jeff Weaver (STL over DET 4-1 2006 WS; Game 4 2003 WS; HBP 17 and 15 1999-2000; 2003 NYY trade Weaver plus cash and two players to the Dodgers for Brown)

FCR - Dave Washburn, Marietta, GA

Most common incorrect answers: Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright

THURSDAY

Q. Who started Game 7 of the 1986 World Series for the winning New York Mets?

Hint: He also won Game 4 after having lost the Series opener.

Hint: He the final post-season game in his National League career, a result that would lead to one of the most famous walk-off homers in World Series history.

Addint: He won the pitcher’s Gold Glove the year prior to Greg Maddux’s 13 consecutive-year GG streak.

A. Ron Darling (1986 WS stats; lost G7, 1988 NLCS that sent the Dodgers to the WS where Kirk Gibson hit the G1 walk off; GG 1989

FCR - Dave Washburn, Marietta, GA

Most common incorrect answers: Sid Fernandez, Dwight Gooden

THURSDAY EXTRA

Q. Who broke Rolando Arrojo’s record for pitching wins in a season?

Hint: Soul patch goatee.

Addint: He pitched the only no hitter in the history of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Addint: He faced the minimum of 27 batters when the one walk in the game was eliminated by a double play.

Addint: He was the 2008 American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player.

A. Matt Garza (Arrojo was tied with teammates Edwin Jackson and James Shields with 14 W for Devil Rays season record, Garza got 15 W in 2010; Beard; No-no 26-Jul-2010; 1998 Orlando Arrojo 14W, Garza 15W, Price 19W)

FCR - Jimmy Goggin, Williamsburg, VA

Most common incorrect answer: David Price

FRIDAY

Q. Who holds the Kansas City Royals career pitching record for strikeouts?

Hint: He also holds the team record for most consecutive scoreless inning in one season.

Hint: He was Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 1990.

Addint: No American League Rookie pitcher in the past 22 seasons has had a better ERA than his 2.76 ERA.

Addint: He was once pulled on opening day by his manager after pitching 6.2 innings of no-hit ball because the manager “had no interest in letting his pitcher throw too many pitches” that early in the season.

A. Kevin Appier (1458K; 33 scoreless in 1993, while Greinke split 38 over the 2008-9 season; Sporting News RPOY history; pulled by Bob Boone 25-Apr-1995 strike delayed opening day, 0 H, 2BB, 98 P)

FCR - Jim McCoy, Melrose, MA

Most common incorrect answers: Mark Gubicza (2^nd), Dennis Leonard (3^rd), Bret Saberhagen (4^th), Paul Splittorff (5^th)

FRIDAY EXTRA

Q. What BLTR giant was born in California’s city of mercy?

Hint: In separate years, he was drafted by the Giants, Yankees and Mariners.

Hint: He is in a starting rotation that features two Cy Young Award winners.

Addint: He was a Blue Devil before he was a pro.

A. Doug Fister (6’8”, b. Merced, California; SFG 49^th round in 2003 draft, NYY 6^th round in 2005 draft, SEA 7^th round in 2006 draft; 2013 DET teammates Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer; Merced College Blue Devils)

FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, VA

Most common incorrect answers: Barry Zito, Madison Bumgarner, Cole Hamels

SATURDAY

Q. Who was the last pitcher to face Reggie Jackson in the majors?

Hint: He also threw the last pitch in Toronto's Exhibition Stadium.

Hint: Most people don’t know that he managed the White Sox.

Addint: K-Rod broke his record.

A. Bobby Thigpen (Jackson AB 04‑Oct‑1987 [Jackson singled.]; TO last P 28‑May‑1989 [Gave up a walk-off HR to George Bell in the 10^th.]; Manage the 2007 & 2008 Bristol White Sox of the rookie-class Appalachian League; Set the record for S in a season @ 57 in 1990, Francisco Rodriguez had 62 in 2008.)

FCR - Steve Schwartz, Chico, CA

Most common incorrect answers: Don Cooper, Ron Schueler

SATURDAY EXTRA

Q. Who set an opening day record when he was hit by pitches three times?

Hint: He was the first gaijin to hit a sayonara grand slam.

Hint: Ironically, he holds the record for the most home runs by someone who never hit a grand slam in the majors.

Addint: Although he’s not a pitcher, many Baltimoreans believe should be compared to Ray Sadecki and Doyle Alexander. What post-expansion player once left his mitt on the field between innings to share with his opposite number during a major-league game?

Hint: He was born in Kansas City because that’s where his father was employed at the time.

A. Glenn Davis (3 HPB 09‑Apr‑1990; Japanese League walk-off GS for the 1985 Hanshin Tigers; 190 MLB HR; Sadecki and Alexander on the bad side of lopsided trades—he underperformed for BAL, after being traded for Curt Schilling, Pete Harnisch and Steve Finley)

FCR - Larry Creeden, Boulder City, NV

Most common incorrect answers: Tuffy Rhodes, Randy Bass

WEEKEND BONUS

Q. What post-expansion player once left his mitt on the field between innings to share with his opposite number during a major-league game?

Hint: He was born in Kansas City because that’s where his father was employed at the time.

Addint: His only seasons with the Mets were impaired with labor difficulties.

A. David Segui (Shared equipment with Mark Grace in Canada 12‑Jul‑1995; Father Diego Segui, played for KCA 1962-65, 67; NYM 1994-95)

FCR - Richard Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD

Most common incorrect answers: John Mayberry Jr., Brian McRae

SUNDAY

Q. Who, with Sam Mertes, made the first duo of teammates in the 20^th century each to collect fifty stolen bases in the same season?

Hint: Lou Gehrig’s biographer called him "the greatest third baseman ever to wear a Giant uniform".

Hint: He served as a basketball coach at the Naval Academy.

Addint: He’s one of only six District of Columbia natives with 1,000 games in the major leagues.

A. Art Devlin (1905 Giants: Devlin had 59 SB, Mertes 52; Sportswriter Frank Graham with quote; Played football at Georgetown)

FCR - Bob Wilber, Spokane, WA

Most common incorrect answers: Fred Lindstrom, Buck Herzog

SUNDAY EXTRA

Q. What future member of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame was given a three-week tryout by the Senators without pay so he could retain his amateur status?

Hint: In the season immediately following his major league career, he won both the Canadian-American League's Most Valuable Player and Manager of the Year awards.

Hint: His ancestors were, among others, Basque.

Addint: He owned restaurants and clubs in Missouri’s largest metropolitan areas.

A. Frenchy Bordagaray (1931 Sacramento Senators; 1946 Trois-Rivieres Royals of the Class C Can‑Am League; He also had, as you might expect, French ancestry; Restaurateur in St. Louis and Kansas City)

FCR - Al Blumkin, Brooklyn, NY

Most common incorrect answers: Sal Maglie, Rusty Staub

WEEKLY THEME – Selected Bulldog alumni

Appier Fresno State

Chandler Georgia

Clark Mississippi State

Darling Yale

Davis Georgia

Devlin Georgetown

Bordagaray Fresno State

Garza Fresno State

Jones Alabama A & M