MONDAY
Q. Who
is the only manager to defeat the Yankees in consecutive World Series?
Hint: He
has more career wins than any other National League manager.
Hint: The
impressive career on-base percentage (OBP) he achieved as a player, has been eclipsed
only by Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.
Twint: He
made his sole All-Star Game appearance seven months before his death.
A. JOHN
McGRAW
- 2,583
NL wins as a manager
- 1933
NL AS manager, died 25-Feb-1934
FCR - Rick
Zucker, St. Louis, MO
Incorrect answers: Sparky Anderson, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial,
Frankie Frisch, Mel Ott, Tommy Lasorda
TUESDAY
Q. For
whom was the Brooklyn franchise named from 1914-31?
Hint: He
played for, took over as manager from and coached for, his friend, John McGraw.
Twint: He
committed the fourth-most career errors as a catcher.
- Played
for McGraw
on 1901
Orioles, took over as manager for 1902 Orioles,
coached for
McGraw with 1911-13 Giants
FCR - Frank
Workman, Lake Forest Park, WA
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to win 200 games in the AL?
Hint: He
was the first player to be elected to the Hall of Fame with less than 80% of
the vote.
Twint: He
won 286 games in the NL before he earned his first AL win.
A. CY
YOUNG
- Won
200th AL game in 1909
- 76.1%
of BBWAA HOF votes in 1937
- 1st
AL win 1901 w/BOS
FCR - Jim
Turner, Tallahassee, FL
Incorrect answers: Eddie Plank, Sandy Koufax, Jack Chesbro,
Chief Bender, Deacon Phillippe, Ed Walsh, Red Ruffing, Herb Pennock
THURSDAY
Q. Which
Pittsburgh native tried out for the Pirates in 1894 but was turned away because
Connie Mack felt he was too small?
Hint: Each
time they met thereafter, he teased Mack about the decision.
Hint: His
inauspicious major league debut as a pitcher did not foretell his future as a
Hall of Fame shortstop.
Hint: In
1911, Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss called him “The best player in the American
League, the only player I would get if I could.”
Hint: He
interrupted his playing career to become a major league umpire in 1915.
Twint: He
disliked umpiring so much that he returned to playing at the end of the season.
Twint: Having
to eject Ty Cobb might have been the final straw.
- Debut:
6 IP, 13 H, 7 R
- AL ump 1915;
Ejected Cobb 27-Sep-1915
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Honus Wagner, Arky Vaughan, Hughie Jennings,
Wee Willie Keeler, Rabbit Maranville, Nap Lajoie, George Davis, Eddie
Collins
FRIDAY
Q. Which
former player, as the chief scout for the Red Sox, convinced owner Joe Lannin
to sign the young George Herman Ruth?
Hint: He
was George H.W. Bush's high school baseball coach.
Twint: He
holds the records for the most games and at-bats by an Irish-born major
leaguer.
- Ruth
signed with Bosox 10-Jul-1914
- Coached
at Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA
- 1,824
G; 7,505 AB
FCR - Larry
Hayes, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Jack Dunn, Joe Wood, Ed Barrow
END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only player in the modern game (1901 =>) to knock in at least 100 runs
in a season when he hit no home runs.
None.
Hint: He
remains the only second baseman to have 15 assists in one game.
Hint: He
retired as the all-time leader in hits by a third baseman.
Twint: He
played for four different major league teams in four different leagues, all in
the same city.
Twint: He
coached baseball at Branch Rickey’s alma mater.
A. LAVE CROSS
- 0
HR, 108 RBI in 1902
- 15
assists 15-Aug-1997
- Approx
2,018 H @ 3rd
- Played
for - Philadelphia Athletics of the American
Association;
-
Philadelphia Athletics of the Players League;
-
Philadelphia Phillies of the National League; and
-
Philadelphia Athletics (A’s) of the American League.
-
Also played for major league teams in Louisville, St. Louis, Cleveland, Brooklyn
and Washington
- Coached
at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1914; Rickey
had attended in 1903-04, 07-08
FCR – Jason Hoagland, Columbus, OH
Incorrect answers: Pie Traynor, Hughie Jennings, Pete Rose,
Jimmy Collins, Frankie Frisch, Joe Sewell, Frank Baker, Tommy Leach, Ryne
Sandberg, Brooks Robinson, George Brett
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was the first native of Australia to play in the majors?
Hint: The
next Australian to debut in the majors came more than 100 years later.
Hint: He
was inducted into the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Twint: He
was a mortician and owned a funeral home.
A. JOE QUINN
- Quinn’s
debut 26-Apr-1884
- Craig
Shipley’s debut 22-Jun-1986
- ABHF
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Dave Nilsson, Sam Agnew, Grant Balfour
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
holds the modern record for most hits in a season without an extra base hit?
Hint: Mark
Grudzielanek threatened in 2010 but came up three singles short.
Hint: His
major league playing career spanned four decades.
Twint: As
a manager, he ordered third baseman Red
Corriden to stand in shallow left field, allowing Nap
Lajoie five bunt singles in an effort to beat Ty
Cobb in the 1910 batting race.
Twint: His
team lost that game 0-3 and finished the season dead last in the American
League an eye-popping 57 games out of first place.
- 33
H, 0 EBH in 1906
- The
1910 batting title garnered huge interest and created a lasting
controversy. The final stats show
Lajoie hit .3841 and Cobb .3834.
- 1910 AL St. Louis Browns
w/.305 win-loss %
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Manny Mota, Minnie Minoso
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first St. Louis native to both play for and manage the Cardinals?
Hint: He
was named for one of the greatest jurists in American history.
Hint: His
older brother had a six-year career in the majors.
Hint: A
childhood friend of his became a National League home run champion.
Hint: Pussy
was not his brother—probably.
Twint: He
took his own life at age 53 a short time after his wife left him.
A. PATSY
TEBEAU
- B.
05-Dec-1864 in St. Louis; first played and managed for the St. Louis Perfectos
in 1899.
- Full
name “Oliver Wendell Tebeau” after Oliver Wendell Holmes.
- Brother
George Tebeau
played in the majors 1887-95
- Friend
Bill
Joyce led the NL with 13 HR in 1896
-- Pussy
Tebeau probably not related in spite of family names
matching
FCR - Larry
Hayes, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Ken Boyer, Jimmy Burke, Harry Brecheen, Billy
Southworth, Judy Johnson, Whitey Herzog, Rogers Hornsby,
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Whose
single-season WAR of 9.3 has been topped only by Mike Trout for the Angels’
franchise?
Hint: He
won the Cy Young Award in 1964 at age 23, making him the youngest American
Leaguer ever to win the award.
Hint: It
would be another four decades before an Angel would win the Cy Young Award
again.
Hint: Against
the pennant-winning Yankees that year, he started five games, threw four complete-game
shutouts and had an ERA of 0.13 (not a typo).
Hint: In
his only no-decision, he pitched 14 scoreless innings before being pulled.
Hint: No
Angels’ starting pitcher has ever bettered the 1.65 ERA he had that year.
Hint: It’s
reported that he threw 18 no-hitters in high school.
Hint: He
anticipated and won the Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Twint: He
had scores of offers to play college football and basketball.
Twint: Mickey Mantle said of him “Every time I see his
name on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up”.
A. DEAN CHANCE
- Trout
with a 2012 WAR of 10.8
- Only
other Angel with a CYA was Bartolo
Colon in 2005
- No-decision
against NYY 06-Jun-1964
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Jack Hamilton
Player Managed When G for STL in 1900
Washington Senators (WSH) 1904
NL All-Stars 1933
Cleveland Spiders (CLV) 1899
St. Louis Perfectos (STL) 1899
St. Louis Cardinals (STL) 1900
Cincinnati Reds (CIN) 1937
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Jim
Turner, Tallahassee, FL
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Baltimore Orioles who
became managers or owned pool halls!
- Old NL Baltimore
Orioles Theme - Hall of Famers from the team
- Winningest
managers in the original NL franchises
- Original
Baltimore Orioles
- 1890 Orioles
- Former
Baltimore Orioles who managed a pennant winner
- Members of the
original Baltimore Orioles
Wed - Hall of Famers who
played for the Saint Louis Cardinals at the turn of the last century, or before
the Cubs won a World Series
- First Hall of
Famer elected from each franchise
- Members of the
original 1900 St. Louis Cardinals
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