MONDAY —20-Jun
Q. Which Hall of Famer was the first player to
go five-for-five in a nine-inning game in his major league debut?
Hint:
#1 He was the first National League player
to hit for the cycle in the twentieth century.
Hint:
#2 He is the only manager to guide the
Pittsburgh Pirates franchise to a one hundred-win season.
A. FRED CLARKE [SABR
Bio]
- #1 Cycle
= 23-Jul-1901
- #2 100
W years = 1902 (103/36/3); 1909 (110/42/2)
FCR - Mark Pattison, Washington, DC
Incorrect guesses: Harry Davis, Bill Virdon, Sam Thompson, Harry
Davis, Willie McCovey, Honus Wagner, Danny Murtaugh,
MONDAY MONAD —20-Jun
Q. Who owns the highest single-season batting
average among third basemen?
Hint:
#1 He trails only Ted Williams and Babe
Ruth in career on-base percentage.
Hint:
#2 He once purposely fouled off 26
straight pitches in a spring training game.
A. JOHN McGRAW [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In
1899, he hit .391 for NL Orioles
- #1 OBP
= .466 (Williams = .482, Ruth = .474)
- #2 [Date
not available]
FCR
- Philip Trostler, Norwich, Connecticut
Incorrect
guesses: George Brett, Honus Wagner, Wade
Boggs, Gary Sheffield, Pie Traynor, Joe Jackson
TUESDAY —21-Jun
Q. Whose record for most career games at catcher
was broken by Bob Boone?
Hint: #1 Her worked with his parents in a cigar
factory in his youth.
Hint: #2 One legend surrounding him is that, once while
at bat in a game, he called a balk so convincingly that it fooled the home
plate umpire who let the runner on third walk home.
- Ans. He
had broken Gabby Hartnett’s mark of 1,793 and finished w/1,918. Boone finished w/2,225. Fisk passed Boone and the current record
holder is Ivan Rodriguez w/2,427.
- #1 He
grew up in Tampa, Florida, often called “Cigar City”.
- #2 Various versions exist, but this
one seems as good as any.
FCR - Doug Christy, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey, Ray Schalk, Mickey
Cochrane, Gary Carter, Carlton Fisk
TUESDAY TWICE —21-JUn
Q. Who was the youngest manager to lead the Toronto
Blue Jays?
Hint: #1 He broke a famous record, one held for
decades by John McGraw.
Hint: #2 He once hit an inside-the-park home run off
Dave McNally.
- Ans. Cox
managed TOR 1982-85, beginning when he was just 40 years old.
- #1 He
obliterated McGraw’s record for umpire ejections, 162 (=3 Postseason) to 121.
- #2 ITPHR
= 05-Aug-1968
FCR - Tom Keckeisen, Columbia, South Carolina
Incorrect guesses: Buck Martinez, Cito Gaston,
WEDNESDAY —22-Jun
Q. Which National League first baseman, after
hitting 176 home runs in the minor leagues, failed to hit even one home run in
the majors?
Hint: #1 He replaced not one, but two future Hall of
Famers on defense, but made an error on the first ball thrown to him.
Hint: #2 His strikeout ended the season for both teams
that day.
A. WALTER
ALSTON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. His
MLB debut as a St. Louis Cardinal, was also his only appearance in the Bigs as
a player.
- #1 The
G on 27-Sep-1936 saw
Johnny Mize starting at 1st base. Frankie Frisch
pinch-hit for Mize in the 8th inning and lined out to Augie Galan to end the
inning with a runner on 3rd base. Player/manager
Frisch then put Alston was put in to play 1st base for him.
- #2 It
was the last G of the 1936 season for STL
& CHC, tied for 2nd behind NYG.
FCR
- Michael Green, Las Vegas
Incorrect
guesses:
MIDWEEK BONUS —22-Jun
Q. Which manager was the skipper of the first
one-hundred-win team in major league history.
Hint: #1 His election to the Hall of Fame occurred 140
years after he was born.
Hint: #2 He once managed the Omahogs to a league
title.
Hint: #3 He could dust a whole batch of
cookies!
A. FRANK SELEE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Although
Selee had teams with better winning percentages, his 1898 team, at 102-47 and
w/5 eventual HOF players, won more G in 1 year than anybody else ever had.
- #1 B 26-Oct-1859. HOF 1999.
- #2 His
Omaha
Omahogs of the Western Association
won its only championship in 1889.
- #3 One
source called his cookie-duster mustache
“formidable”. They
were not wrong. It is not true that he was once asked
to dust off home plate.
FCR - David Raglin, McClean, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Frank Chance, Fred Clarke, Ned Hanlon, Billy
Southworth, Rocky Nelson
THURSDAY —23-Jun
Q. Which future manager was the second batter to
face Babe Ruth in a regular-season professional game?
Hint:
#1 No one with more than fifteen MLB
World Series games managed has a better winning percentage in those games.
Hint:
#2 He is the first manager to win
pennants with both National League and American League teams.
A. JOE
McCARTHY [SABR Bio]
- Ans. McCarthy
played OF for the 1914 AA Buffalo
Bisons of the International
League, which also contained the
Baltimore Orioles, Ruth’s 1st professional team. They played each other 22-Apr-1914 and McCarthy was 2nd
up.
- #1 McCarthy
has an impressive .698 (30-13) WS record.
- #2 Won
the NL flag in 1929 w/CHC and in 1932 against CHC w/NYY.
FCR - James Trout, Louisville, Tennessee
Incorrect guesses: John McGraw, Miller Huggins, Napoleon Lajoie,
Casey Stengel, Connie Mack, Bucky Harris, Terry Turner, McKechnie
FRIDAY —24-Jun
Q. The contiguous states* of Alaska, Alberta, Arizona,
British Columbia, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Northwest
Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and Yukon have,
collectively, exactly one single native Hall of Fame manager. Who might that be?
Hint: #1 In the majors, he coached an expansion team
in their first year before he managed.
Hint:
#2 When asked about his profession, he
once responded, “My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and
sitting down and watching him work.”
A. SPARKY
ANDERSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Anderson
was born in Bridgewater, South Dakota 22-Feb-1934.
- #1 Coached
SDP in 1969.
- #2 Anderson
managed Seaver with CIN in 1977
& 1978. [Larry Walker would have qualified under the
original wording.)
FCR - Douglas Greenwald, San Francisco
*Large-area geographic jurisdictions
Incorrect guesses: Dick Williams, Gil Hodges, Wes Westrum, Ferguson
Jenkins, Greg Maddux
SATURDAY —25-Jun
Q. Who is the majors’ only manager to win more
than one hundred and seven games in each of consecutive seasons?
Hint:
#1 Twice he was thrown out of both games
of a doubleheader before the second games even started.
Hint:
#2 One of the majors’ most outspoken
umpires placed him first, second, third AND fourth on the list of the five most
difficult managers he had to deal with.
A. EARL WEAVER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Weaver’s
BAL won 109 G in 1969
& 108 in 1970. [Managers
Billy
Southworth, Frank Chance & John McGraw qualified under the original “at
least 105” wording.]
- #1 Ejections
15-Aug-1975(1) & 15-Aug-1975(2); & 29-Sep-1985(1) & 29-Sep-1985(2);
- #2 Ron Luciano
probably didn’t list Weaver 5th just to get under his skin.
FCR
- Terry Walters, Wabasha, Minnesota
Incorrect
guesses: Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, Lou Piniella,
Roger Craig
SUNDAY —26-Jun
Q. Which former Braves infielder 's career batting average fell
just shy of the career Mendoza line?
Hint:
#1 Although he made the majors at age eighteen,
he didn’t play in a home opener until he was twenty-six.
Hint:
#2 In his capacity of major league
manager, he has presided over more victories than any other manager who didn’t
also own the team.
A. TONY La RUSSA
[SABR Bio]
- Ans. His
career BA = .199.
- #1 Debuted
w/KCA in 1963
then spent the next 5 years in the minors, finally suiting up for OAK on 07‑Apr‑1971.
- #2 La
Russa’s managerial win total of 2,854 trails only the legendary Connie Mack and
his wind-aided 3,731.
FCR
- Patrick Roth, Chicago
Incorrect
guesses: Bobby Cox, Joe McCarthy
WEEKLY THEME – Managers with 360+ more career
wins than losses
First Correct Respondent
identifying theme – Joe Cohen, Holden, Massachusetts (after Cox)
Mgr Yrs Career W L Ties G>.500
Alston........ 23..... 1954 – 1976....... 2,040..... 1,613....... 5........ 427
Anderson.. 26..... 1970
– 1995....... 2,194..... 1,834....... 2........ 360
Clarke........ 19..... 1897 – 1915....... 1,602..... 1,181..... 43........ 421
Cox............ 29..... 1978 – 2010....... 2,504..... 2,001....... 3........ 503
La
Russa... 34..... 1979 – 2021....... 2,821..... 2,434....... 4........ 387
Lopez........ 17..... 1951 – 1969....... 1,410..... 1,004..... 11........ 406
McCarthy.. 24..... 1926
– 1950....... 2,125..... 1,333..... 29........ 792
McGraw..... 33..... 1899
– 1932....... 2,763..... 1,948..... 58........ 815
Selee......... 16..... 1890 – 1905....... 1,284........ 862..... 34........ 422
Weaver...... 17..... 1968
– 1986....... 1,480..... 1,060....... 1........ 420
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Hall
of famers who also led their team to WS wins
- players with four walks in a World Series game
- Hall of Famers who managed a team they also
played for
- Hall-of-Fame player/managers
- Managers who have won 1000 games
- First managers to win 100 games
- World Series-winning managers who had over a .300
career batting average as a player
Tues - Hall of Fame managers with the best win
percentage
-
MLB players who managed their teams to 100 + win seasons and
were inducted to the hall as managers
-
World Series winning player/managers
-
Hall of Fame managers of more than 2000 games who have lost over a
thousand games
-
Hall of Fame managers with the best win percentage who managed a
team they played on
-
HOF managers with the most wins on their birthday
Wed - HoF managers who won at least 55% of their
games
-
HOF Managers with the highest win percentage with more than 1,000
wins
-
Hall of Famers who hold a franchise's record for most managerial
victories
-
HOF managers who preceded HOF managers
-
Managers who won over 1500 games and had >.500 winning
percentage
-
Hall of Fame managers
-
MLB HOF manager with highest winning % with 1000 wins and 1000
losses
-
Hall of Fame managers who played in the major leagues
Thur - Managers
with the most games managed
-
HOF managers with career W-L% > .550
-
Hall of Fame managers who won 2 or more World Series
-
Managers with 2000 or more games
Fri - World
Series-winning managers elected to the Hall of Fame
Sun - HOF
managers with unremarkable playing careers
If you know someone who would enjoy receiving daily Horsehide
Trivia questions, Have them start by clicking here.
This week’s quiz archived
here: http://horsehidetriviA. blogspot.com/
Horsehide
Trivia encourages independent research.
:format(jpeg)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/20492385/reuther_1926_web_jpg.0.jpg){kind=link}
