MONDAY —04-Jul
Q. Who hit a leadoff
home run in each of four consecutive games?
Hint: #1
In his last All-Star game, he played every inning.
Hint: #2
He is the only player to hit fifty home runs in one year and steal fifty
bases in one year (not the same season) in an American League career?
A. BRADY ANDERSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Leadoff HR on 18-Apr-, 19-Apr-, 20-Apr- & 21-Apr-1996. He settled for a 4th-inning 2B in
the next G.
- #1 1997 ASG
- #2 Anderson stole 53 bases in 1992. He the hit 50 HR in 1996, the 50th
in the last G of the season TOR’s
Pat Hentgen’s 20th W,
cementing Hentgen’s CYA.
FCR - Craig McGraw, Middletown, Delaware
Incorrect guesses: Rickey
Henderson, Cal Ripken, Mike Trout, Jackie Jensen
TUESDAY —05-Jul
Q. Which original New York Mets player had
studied to become a Catholic priest?
Hint: #1 He hit more than twice the home runs that any
of his teammates hit that in that first National League expansion year.
Hint: #2 The year he made his first All-Star team, he
led the National League in being hit‑by‑pitch.
Hint:
#3 Now a widower, he has, among other
descendants, seven great-grandchildren.
A. FRANK J. THOMAS [SABR Bio]
- Ans. As a teenager he had attended a seminary in
Niagara Falls, Canada studying to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood for 4½ years
before entering pro baseball.
- #1 Next highest total on the team was Marv
Throneberry’s 16.
- #2 In 1954, he was plunked 10 times. In the ASG, he got to pinch-hit,
but K’d looking.
- #3 Before his wife Dolores passed away, they had
been married for 60 years.
FCR - Lee Dembart,
Hollywood, California
Incorrect guesses: Jim Hickman, Hobie Landreth, Ed Kranepool, Ron
Hunt, Ralph Kiner, Rusty Staub
WEDNESDAY —06-Jul
Q. Who was the first player to strike out one
hundred fifty times the same season he drove in one hundred fifty runs?
Hint: #1 He was once hit-by-pitch in each of the
first three games of a season.
A. ANDRES GALARRAGA [SABR Bio]
- Ans.
In 1996, playing for COL, Galarraga led the majors with 150
RBI. However, three other players had
more than his 157 strike outs that season.
Sammy Sosa accomplished this exacta twice soon after, 1998 & 2001.
- #1 The
2000 season started out with some
bruises.
FCR - Michael Schneider, Wilmington, Delaware
Incorrect
guesses: Todd Helton, Manny Ramirez,
Alex Rodriguez, Larry Walker, George Brett, Tommy Davis, Sammy Sosa, Albert
Belle
MIDWEEK BONUS —06-Jul
Q. Which native of Kansas, after already being
hit by pitch twice in the game, was then hit on his right hand by a line drive,
forcing him to quit for the day?
Hint: #1 Some sources have him leading the league in
winning percentage one year, but without enough games to qualify for the honor.
Hint: #2 He was inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall
of Fame.
Hint:
#3 He was part of one of history’s most important
trades.
A. WILLARD SCHMIDT [Wiki Bio]
- Ans. His day of pain was 26-Apr-1959.
- #1 Had a record of 10-3 (.768) in 1957.
- #2 In the KBHOF in 1989
- #3 He was traded 05-Dec-1957 to CIN in a trade
that sent Curt Flood to STL where Flood would become a pivotal figure in
baseball’s 20th century evolution.
FCR - Randall Chandler, Germantown, Tennessee
Incorrect
guesses: Ray Sadecki, Ralph Terry, Dan
Quisenberry
THURSDAY —07-Jul
Q. Who agreed to have the ball & bat from
his 1,000th career hit auctioned to benefit evacuees from the
devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina?
Hint: #1 He played for ten major league teams in his
fourteen-year career.
Hint: #2 He was traded four times in the majors,
released four times and granted free agency four times.
Hint: # He signed with an additional team but was
released three days later without ever playing for them.
A. JOSE GUILLEN [Wiki Bio]
- Ans. Teammates also made similar donations.
- #1 His teams:
KCR (3 yrs), TBD (3 yrs), PIT (3 yrs), CIN (2 yrs), WSN (2 yrs), ARI (1
yr), SFG (1 yr), OAK (1 yr), ANA (1 yr) & SEA (1 yr)
- #2 In summary, he was an inconsistently talented
firebrand.
FCR - Steve Berman, Bergenfield,
New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Jose Vizcaino, Ken Caminiti
FRIDAY —08-Jul
Q. Which one-time Philadelphia Phillies player hit
his first major league home run for Boston off Huston in Tokyo?
Hint: #1 He would add an additional 150+ during his
career.
Hint: #2 He set a record for the Oakland Athletics for
most RBIs in a single postseason game.
Hint:
#3 He is the cousin of major country
music recording star.
A. BRANDON MOSS [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Playing for BOS, he homered off OAK’s reliever
Huston Street in the 9th inning on 25‑Mar‑2008. MLB played its 1st 2 G of the
season that year in Japan’s Tokyo Dome.
- #1 Hit a total of 160 HR for 7 MLB teams.
- #2 Had 5 RBI in the Wild Card G 30-Sep-2014, but it came in a loss
to KCR who sent on to win the AL pennant.
- #3 Alan
Jackson
is his cousin.
FCR – Joe Cohen, Holden,
Massachusetts
Incorrect
guesses: Troy Neel, Carney Lansford, Hugh
Jennings
SATURDAY —09-Jul
Q. Whose eighteenth-inning walk-off hit, less
than a month after being traded to the team, no doubt influenced the contract
extension they offered him?
Hint: #1 One year before the deadline, he played on three
different major league teams in the space of four days.
Hint: #2 His wife is a television and film actress.
Hint:
#3 Although not contemporaneously, David
Stern, Elizabeth Warren and he all attended the same university.
A. DAVID
DeJESUS [Wiki
Bio]
- Ans. Traded to TBR on 23-Aug-2013 he became a hero on 20-Sep-2013.
- #1 He
was CHC’s
LF in a home G on 18-Aug-;
played 3 G w/o leaving home in Chicago but for WSN
on 19-,
21-,
22-Aug;
and became TBR’s
LF starters as of 23-Aug-2013.
- #2 His
wife is Chicago native Kimberly
DeJesus. She and David present
themselves as husband
and wife, but the date of their marriage is not known. Accounts differ on their current status.
- #3 They
and many others attended Rutgers.
FCR - Joe Cohen, Holden,
Massachusetts
Incorrect
guesses: Carlos Beltran, Max Muncy, Mike
Piazza
SUNDAY
—10-Jul
Q. Which Toledo Mud Hen set the record for most
home runs in a U.S. minor-league career with a grand slam?
Hint: #1 He helped the U.S. medal in the Olympic
games.
Hint: #2 He also holds the career home run records for
Toledo and for the International League and is in the International League’s
Hall of Fame.
A. MIKE
HESSMAN [B-R Bio]
- Ans. His grand slam for Toledo
on 03-Aug-2015
was his 433rd HR passing Buzz Arlett on the
all-time minor league list. It was his last.
- #1 He
was a member of the bronze medal-winning US team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
- #2 His
HR records for Toledo are 184 & for the IL 288. IL HOF
FCR - Benjamin Chase
Incorrect
guesses: Buzz Arlett, Mike Henneman,
Larry Hessman, Steve Balboni, Joe Borowski, Rocky Nelson, Mike Cervenak, Dick
Stuart
WEEKLY THEME – Batters
hit-by-pitch twice in the same inning.
Batter Game Inning WAR
Anderson............. 23-May-1999............ 1st............ 35.0
Schmidt................. 26-Apr-1959............. 3rd.............. 6.9
Thomas................. 29-Apr-1962............. 4th............ 18.6
Hessman.............. 08-Sep-2008............. 2nd............. 0.1
Galarraga............. 12-July-1996............. 7th............ 31.7
Guillen.................. 23-Sept-2010............ 2nd............. 6.4
DeJesus............... 18-June-2012............ 7th............ 23.4
Moss..................... 25-April-2014............ 9th.............. 5.0
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Randall Chandler, Germantown,
Tennessee (after Thomas)
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