July 9-15, 2012 Pitchers who won 20 games in their last season in the majors

(Monday & Tuesday used for relaying the Preliminary and Quarter-final rounds of the SABR 42's Trivia Contest)

WEDNESDAY

Q.         What pitcher had a record of 36-40 with 4 saves over his first 6 seasons in the majors, only pitched for six more years, but still made it to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot?

Hint:     Perhaps it was because of his 8 Hall of Fame teammates.

Twint:    Hollywood tough-guy actor Richard Widmark was, for a time, his father-in-law.

A.         Sandy Koufax (HOF teammates: Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Tom Lasorda, Dick Williams, Don Drysdale & Don Sutton; Married to Anne Heath Widmark 1969-82)

FCR -    Bob Kimball, Washington, DC

THURSDAY

Q.         Who holds the American League record of more than ten pitching victories in seventeen consecutive seasons?

Hint:     His career winning percentage is better than that of Jim Palmer, Juan Marichal, Kid Nichols or Joe McGinnity.

Hint:     He twice took perfect games into the ninth inning.

Twint:    His nickname, while physiognomically or academically inappropriate, makes sense if you pronounce his family name the way his grandfather did.

A.         Mike Mussina (11 or more wins 1992-2008; W% .6383; Perfect games broken up in the ninth 30-May-1997 & 02-Sep-2001)

FCR -    Arieh Siegal, Austin

FRIDAY

Q.         What minor league teammate of Ty Cobb was called up to the majors with Cobb?

Hint:     Cobb debuted on a Wednesday.  This guy played his first game that Sunday.

Hint:     His nephew’s son also played in the majors.

Hint:     His main pitch, the knuckleball, was the source of his nickname.

Twint:    He won 90 games in the last four seasons of the deadball era.

A.         Eddie Cicotte (Debut 03-Sep-1905, Cobb on 30-Aug-1905; Grandnephew Al Cicotte; “Knuckles”; 90-48 1917-20)

FCR -    John Shiffert, Morrow, GA

SATURDAY

Q.         Who was the first American League pitcher to lose three games in a single World Series?

Hint:     His broad shoulders and neck earned him the nickname "the biggest and littlest man in baseball."

Hint:     In Salt Lake City in 1915 he pitched over 400 innings, won over 30 games and nearly got 300 strikeouts.

Twint:    His namesake in the Negro Leagues was credited with seventeen career no-hitters, including a perfect game.

A.         Lefty Williams (3L 1919 WS; 418.2 IP, 33-12 & 294 K for the AA 1915 SLC Bees; The other Lefty Williams)

FCR -    Kevin Johnson, Broken Arrow, OK

SUNDAY

Q.         Who was the winningest pitcher on the 1903 Superbas?

Hint:     He came to Brooklyn from the Oakland Clamdiggers of the Pacific Coast League where he had won 35 games the previous year.

Hint:     After the 1903 season, the team wanted him back, but he declined, sending a note to the team (with the unsigned contract for the 1904 season) that declared, "I do not like living in the East and will not report."

Twint:    No other pitcher has even won 20 games in his only season in the majors.

A.         Henry Schmidt (22-13 for Brooklyn; 1902 Oakland Clamdiggers)

FCR -    Larry Creeden, Boulder City, NV

WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers who won twenty games in their last season in the majors

Cicotte        1920     21-10    Bio

Koufax       1966     27-9

Mussina      2008     20-9

Schmidt      1903     21-13

Williams      1920     22-14    Bio

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Gregg Gaylord, Chicago (after the Mussina question)

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

SABR Trivia Contest - Team Quarterfinals Answers

1-4.

21    Cap Anson

22    Abner Dalrymple

25    Fred Pfeffer

27    Ned Williamson

Previous record was 14 by Harry Stovey, set the previous season

5. 1962 Mickey Mantle & Maury Wills

6-10. MVPs 1^st year in the AL

1966 Frank Robinson

1972 Dick Allen

1984 Willie Hernandez

2001 Ichiro Suzuki

2004 Vladimir Guerrero

11. Jamie Moyer on May 16, 2012

12. Chief Bender b. 05-May-1884 in Crow Wing County

13. Keith Hernandez (NL 1978-88)

14. Eric Davis 50 SB, 37 HR 1987

15. Phil Cavaretta, 1944 ASG 3 walk, a triple and a single

16. Ozzie Guillen

17. -F     Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown

18. -B     Walter James Vincent Maranville

19. -E     Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog

20. –A   Lawrence Patrick David Gillick

21. -D    Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson

22. -C     William Jennings Bryan Herman

23-29.

2002       Alex Rodriguez  57

                Jim Thome          52

2005       Andruw Jones   51

2006       Ryan Howard     58

                David Ortiz          54

2007       Alex Rodriguez  54

                Prince Fielder    50

2010       Jose Bautista      54

30.  Jimmie Foxx 1932-33

31-32. Federal League Champs

1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers

1915 Chicago Whales

33.  98,153

34-35. TBD (Brandon Beachy, ATL, 1.87 & Chris Sale, CHW, 2.30 at the time of writing)

36-40. All-Star Twins now thriving elsewhere

Michael Cuddyer (Rockies) 2011

Torii Hunter (Angels) 2002, 07

Johan Santana (Mets) 2005-07

A. J. Pierzynski (White Sox) 2002

Joe Nathan (Rangers) 2004, 05, 08, 09

Annual SABR Trivia Contest - Team Quarterfinals

SABR 42 Trivia Quarter Finals (Team)

[12 Minutes]

Which four White Stockings teammates all eclipsed the major league single-season home run record during the 1884 season due to a grounds rule change at Lake Front Park III in Chicago?

1.  __________________________________                2.  __________________________________

3.  __________________________________                4.  __________________________________

5. What was the only season when both league’s MVPs were switch-hitters?

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What American League players won a Most Valuable Player Award their first year in the league?

6.  __________________________________                7.  __________________________________

8.  __________________________________                9.  __________________________________

10.  __________________________________

11.  Who is the oldest player to record a multi-RBI game in major league history?

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12.  Who is the only Hall of Fame pitcher born in Minnesota?  ________________________________

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13.  Who is the only first baseman to win 10 Gold Glove Awards?

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14.  Who holds the record for the most home runs in a season where he stole at least 50 bases?

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15.  Who first reached base a record five times in an All-Star game?  ______________________________

16. Whose career Defensive Wins Against Replacement (WAR) of 20.8 is the best in White Sox history, topping even those of Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox and Luke Appling?

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Match each Hall of Famer with his two middle names

17.  Mordecai Brown        _____     A. Patrick David

18.  Rabbit Maranville       _____     B. James Vincent

19.  Whitey Herzog            _____     C. Jennings Bryan

20.  Pat Gillick                       _____     D. Nelson Henley

21.  Rickey Henderson     _____     E. Norman Elvert

22.  Billy Herman                 _____     F. Peter Centennial

Which players have hit 50 home runs in a season since Barry Bonds set the single season record?  (One player did it twice.)

23.  __________________________________             24.  __________________________________

25.  __________________________________             26.  __________________________________

27.  __________________________________             28.  __________________________________

29.  __________________________________

30. Who first won consecutive league MVP awards?  ________________________________

Which teams won the Federal League’s two championships?

31.  __________________________________             32.  __________________________________

33. Within 10,000 how many hit batsmen have there been in the history of the majors? ____________

What pitchers (among qualifiers) lead each league in Earned Run Average so far in 2012?

34.  __________________________________             35.  __________________________________

What players, who were All-Stars for the Twins, are regulars on other major league teams in 2012?

36.  __________________________________             37.  __________________________________

38.  __________________________________             39.  __________________________________

40.  __________________________________

SABR Trivia - Individual Quarterfinals Answers

Hall of Famers’ middle names

1.  G           Paul Glee Waner

2.  H           Enos Bradsher Slaughter

3.  C            Adrian Constatine Anson

4.  B            Robert Pershing Doerr

5.  J             Alexander Joy Cartwright

6.  I             Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr.

7.  A           Denton True Young

8.  D           Ryne Dee Sandberg

9.  E            Albert Goodwill Spalding

10.  F          Hazen Shirley Cuyler

11-16. Pre-Dodgers

Robins (1914-1931)

Superbas (1899-1910, 1913)

Bridegrooms (1888-1890, 1896-1898)

Grooms (1891-1895)

Grays (1885-1887)

Atlantics (1884)

17. San Francisco Giants

Tim Lincecum                     7

Matt Cain                            3

Madison Bumgarner       1

Ryan Vogelsong                1

18-23. Stolen Base Leaders

Juan Pierre          563

Ichiro Suzuki        431

Carl Crawford     427

Johnny Damon   404

Omar Vizquel      402

Bobby Abreu      395

24-25.  Steve Lombardozzi, Jr. and Bryce Harper

26.  Florida Marlins, Washington Nationals, Oakland A’s, Minnesota Twins

27.  Ichiro Suzuki w/225 in 2004 & 2003 in 2007

28-29.  Andre Dawson, Tony Perez

30-32.  Darrell Evans (Braves, Giants, Tigers); Reggie Jackson (A’s, Yankees, Angels); Alex Rodriguez (Mariners, Rangers, Yankees)

33-35.  Red Sox CYAs

Jim Lonborg 1967

Roger Clemens 1986, 87, 91

Pedro Martinez 1999, 2000

36-39.  MLB parks hosting NFL Super Bowls

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome            1992

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum                1967, 1973

Jack Murphy/Qualcomm Stadium             1988, 1998, 2003

Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphin/Sun Life Stadium              1989, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2010

40.  Kirk Gibson 1988

Annual SABR Trivia Contest - Individual Quarterfinals

SABR 42 Trivia Quarter Finals (Individual)

12 minutes

Match the Hall of Famer with his middle name

1. Paul Waner                            _____           A. True

2. Enos Slaughter                     _____           B. Pershing

3. Cap Anson                              _____           C. Constantine

4. Bobby Doerr                          _____           D. Dee

5. Alexander Cartwright        _____           E. Goodwill

6. Eddie Collins                          _____           F. Shirley

7. Cy Young                                 _____           G. Glee

8. Ryne Sandberg                     _____           H. Bradsher

9. Al Spalding                             _____           I. Trowbridge

10. Kiki Cuyler                            _____           J. Joy

According to www.baseball-reference.com, what were the team names of the National League (and American Association) team in Brooklyn before they became the Dodgers?

11.  __________________________________             12.  __________________________________

13.  __________________________________             14.  __________________________________

15.  __________________________________             16.  __________________________________

17. Which was the only team in 2011 to have four pitchers receive Cy Young Award votes?

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Who are the top six active career stolen base leaders?

18.  __________________________________             19.  __________________________________

20.  __________________________________             21.  __________________________________

22.  __________________________________             23.  __________________________________

What two Washington Nationals rookies homered before there were any outs in the bottom of the first inning on June 3, 2012 against the Braves Tommy Hanson?

24.  __________________________________             25.  __________________________________

26.  What are the four major league teams of the Twins’ 2012 home run leader Josh Willingham?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

27.  Who is the only player with 200 singles in one season in the modern era (1901 forward)?

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Who are the only Hall of Famers to play for or manage the Florida Marlins?

28.  __________________________________             29.  __________________________________

Which players have hit 100 home runs for each of three different franchises?

30.  __________________________________             31.  __________________________________

32.  __________________________________

Who has won the Cy Young Award while pitching for the Boston Red Sox?

33.  __________________________________             34.  __________________________________

35.  __________________________________

Which past or present home fields of major league teams have also played host to NFL Super Bowls?

36.  __________________________________             37.  __________________________________

38.  __________________________________             39.  __________________________________

40.  Who is the only National League player to win the Most Valuable Player Award his first year in the league?

__________________________________

SABR Trivia - Team Preliminaries Answers

1-4. Twins batting champs

Tony Oliva

Rod Carew

Kirby Puckett

Joe Mauer

5-8 Tiger pitching errors in the 2006 WS

Justin Verlander (2)

Todd Jones

Joel Zumaya

Fernando Rodney

9. Longest AL team without a CYA winner:  Texas Rangers 1971

10. Longest NL team without a CYA winner:  Cincinnati Reds 1957

11-12. Warren Spahn (multiple) and Frank Lary (21 in 1956 & 23 in 1961)

13. D      (AA – Eastern League – Yankees)

14. E       (AAA – Pacific Coast League – Brewers)

15. B      (A – California League – Padres)

16. A      (A* – Northwest League – Rockies)

17. C      (AA – Eastern League – Mets)

CYA/Country

18, 19.  Ferguson Jenkins, Eric Gagne

20, 21.  Johann Santana, Felix Hernandez

22, 23.  (Bartolo Colon, Pedro Martinez)

24-26.  George Case 1940-43, 46; Snuffy Sternweiss 1944-45; Bob Dillinger 1947-49

27-28.  Barry Bonds -12; Mike Piazza-10

29.-31.  Don Larsen 1956, Cubs 1967; Lew Burdette 1957, Cubs 1964-65; Ron Cey 1981, Cubs 1983-86

32.  Tokyo Dome

33-36.

54       1961       Mickey Mantle      (Roger Maris 61)

52       2002       Jim Thome              (Alex Rodriguez 57)

50       1996       Brady Anderson   (Mark McGwire 52)

50       1938       Jimmie Foxx           (Hank Greenberg 58)

37.  Eric Bruntlett, 23-Aug-2009

38. Rickey Henderson, 12-Jun-1997

39. Each has a twin brother

40. 39, 504

Annual SABR Trivia Contest - Team Preliminaries‏

These questions are slightly more challenging because contestants could assemble teams of up to 4 people and could talk among themselves before committing answers to paper.  As with the individual session, give yourself exactly 12 minutes if you want to mirror the circumstances at SABR 42.

SABR 42 Trivia Preliminaries (Team)

 

 

Four Minnesota Twins batters have won a total of 14 American League batting titles.  Who are they?

 

1.  __________________________________                2.  __________________________________

 

3.  __________________________________                4.  __________________________________

 

 

Name the Detroit Tigers pitchers tagged with errors in the 2006 World Series.

 

5.  __________________________________                6.  __________________________________

 

7.  __________________________________                8.  __________________________________

 

 

Which American League team has gone the longest without a Cy Young Award winner?

 

9.  __________________________________

 

 

Which National League team has gone the longest without a Cy Young Award winner?

 

10.  __________________________________

 

 

Name the only two pitchers to have 20-win seasons in each of the decades 1950s and 1960s.

 

11.  __________________________________             12.  __________________________________

 

 

Match the following climate-related team mascots with their home city or area.

 

13.  Thunder       _____   A.  Tri-Cities WA (Tri-City:  Richland, Pasco, Kennewick)

 

14.  Zephyrs        _____   B.  Lake Elsinore, CA

 

15.  Storm            _____   C.  Brooklyn, NY

 

16.  Dust Devils  _____   D.  Trenton, NJ

 

17.  Cyclones      _____   E.  New Orleans, LA (Metarie)

 

 

 

 

Name each of the two pitchers from each of these countries who has won a Cy Young Award.

 

Canada

 

18.  __________________________________             19.  __________________________________

 

Venezuela

 

20.  __________________________________             21.  __________________________________

 

Dominican Republic

 

22.  __________________________________             23.  __________________________________

 

 

Name the only players to win American League stolen base titles in the 1940s (1940-49).

 

24.  __________________________________             25.  __________________________________

 

26.  __________________________________

 

 

Name the only two players to accumulate at least ten Silver Slugger Awards.

 

27.  __________________________________             28.  __________________________________

 

 

Who are the only World Series Most Valuable Players to play for Chicago Cubs?

 

29.  __________________________________             30.  __________________________________

 

31.  __________________________________

 

 

32. Which stadium hosted the first regular game of major league seasons 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012?

 

__________________________________

 

 

Which American League players have hit fifty home runs in a season without leading the league that year?

 

33.  __________________________________             34.  __________________________________

 

35.  __________________________________             36.  __________________________________

 

 

37.  Who turned the major leagues’ last unassisted triple play?  _________________________________

 

 

38. Who was the first regular-season Designated Hitter in San Diego Padres history?

 

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39. What notable family trait connects Jim Thorpe and Jose Canseco?  _____________________________

 

 

40. What is the listed maximum seating capacity of Target Field?  ________________________________

 

 

Yes, someone answered that last question exactly.  Enjoy.

~ Bruce