14-Mar-2016
MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first Pittsburgh Pirate to notch a postseason RBI in the playoff era?
Hint: The
next year he was World Series MVP.
Hint: 12-31-1972,
3000 and 21 are his “numbers”.
Hint: His
choice of 21 had nothing to do with Jackie Robinson or any player other than
himself.
- Died in a plane crash on a charity mission
Christmas Day 1972. He had exactly 3000 career hits. His number was
21 after initially wearing 13 for the first month of his rookie season.
- “Roberto Walker Clemente” has 21 letters.
FCR - Chuck
Durante, Dover, DE
Incorrect answers: Bill Mazeroski
TUESDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to lead his league in Plate Appearances for seven seasons?
Hint: He
was the last player to score 130 runs in a season for this team.
Hint: His
player number stayed the same throughout his 24 seasons as a player.
Hint: Odds
are that he won’t be best remembered for that kind of number.
A. PETE ROSE
- PA: 1965, ‘72-74, ‘76-78
- For CIN: Rose 130 R in 1976. Robbie 134
R in 1962. Pinson 131 R in 1959
- MLB playing career 1963-86
FCR - Bill
Deane Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: Rickey Henderson, Cal
Ripken, Jr
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first St. Louis Cardinal to win 7 Gold Gloves?
Hint: They
were consecutive.
Hint: As
a rookie he led his league for most times caught stealing though his total was
the lowest ever for a rookie that led in that category.
Hint: As
one might imagine, he was not a great base stealer and was caught stealing 45%
of the time in his career.
A. CURT FLOOD
- 7 consecutive 1963-69. Later achieved by
Gibson (9), Ozzie Smith (13) and Yadi (8 and counting).
- 88 SB, 73 CS over a 15 year career.
FCR - Morris
Buenemann Florissant MO
Incorrect answers: Ozzie Smith, Marty
Marion (No GG in his era), Yadier Molina, Bill White
(7th with PHI)
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. Who
had the highest batting average in the Fall Classic the first time an expansion
team played a 7 game series? (min 25 AB).
Hint: He
was the first Astro to hit 40 doubles in a season.
Hint: He
is the only player in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame born in Louisiana.
Hint: Though
well liked, he was born a Fool.
A. RUSTY STAUB
- 1967 led the majors with 44. It took 29
years for another Astro to top his total - Bagwell did it with 38 in 1996,
Biggio tied him with 44 in 1994
- Born April 1, 1944
FCR - Jerry
Mora, Prescott, AZ
Incorrect answers: George Brett, Donn
Clendenon
THURSDAY EVENING
Q. Who
is the only Dodger to win consecutive batting titles in the post-Dead Ball era?
Hint: He
was the only Dodger to start in both All-Star Games the last time they played
two per season.
Hint: He
hit the last home run in a season that set the mark for most games played.
Hint: He
hit it off a future Hall of Famer who a few seasons later took a “disliking” to
the Dodgers catcher.
A. TOMMY DAVIS
- Off Marichal, Dodger catcher was Roseboro.
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers:
FRIDAY LATE
Q. Who
was the first Atlanta Brave to reach the 200 hit mark in a season?
Hint: It
was enough to lead the majors.
Hint: He
was the only Brave to get 200 hits for the next 5 years.
Hint: He
was the last Giants manager to lead his team to 100 victories.
Hint: He
managed the Nationals’ franchise during more seasons than any other manager.
A. FELIPE ALOU
- He also hit 210 in 1968. Ralph Garr had
200H+ 1971, ‘73-74.
FCR -
Incorrect answers:
SATURDAY
Q. During
Clemente’s career, who is the only other Pirate to hit over .340?
Hint: He
was the only Oakland A’s player to steal a base the first time they won a World
Series.
Hint: He
pitched two consecutive innings in his career beginning and ending with strike
outs of Willie Stargell.
Hint: He
was stranded on 3rd with Mays at 2nd when Bobby Richardson… well you know the
story.
A. MATTY ALOU
- 1966 BA .342. Clemente had 4 such
seasons.
- 1972 WS OAK over CIN in 7, Game 2
t8
- Game 7
1962 WS ended with NYY
Richardson snagging a line shot by McCovey in the b9th that would have
otherwise won the series for the Giants (most likely).
FCR - Bill
Carle, Lee’s Summit, NJ
Incorrect answers:
SATURDAY SPECIAL
Q. Who
was the only Angel player to win the batting title?
Hint: He
played on eight teams in a 13 year career--never more than 2 seasons with any
one of them.
Hint: His
attitude probably had more to do with this than his skills as a player as he
often failed to run out ground balls or catch bloopers.
Hint: Once,
in order to avoid a player-conducted “Kangaroo court”, he wrote a $500 check
and and
asked that it be applied to future abuses.
Hint: He was clearly emotionally unstable, a fact that Marvin Miller
used to defend him in a landmark case.
A. ALEX JOHNSON
- 1970 AL crown BA .329
- Johnson would let bloopers drop, fail to run
out ground balls, distance himself from the other players, get into verbal and
physical altercations with teammates, and was generally disliked wherever he
went.
- Marvin Miller defended Johnson against a
suspension claiming he should have been put on the disabled list for his
emotional issues, just as anyone with a broken leg would have been. In
particular, he established that black players should be treated the same as
white players. He interviewed Johnson at length for his book A Whole
Different Ball Game. From SABR BIO - a worthy read on the career of Johnson.
FCR - Rich
Klein Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: - Bill Matlock, Chili
Davis, Jesus Alou
SUNNY SUNDAY
Q. Who
scored the winning team’s last run in the very last game played at the Polo
Grounds?
Hint: It
was the only time he appeared in this unique, historical game.
Hint: The
last RBI for the NL in that game was awarded to the winning pitcher.
Hint: There
may have been another run scored on that play, but the hitter was gunned down
trying to stretch a triple into an inside the park homer.
A. TONY GONZALEZ
- The forgotten Latin
All Star Game was the last game at
the Polo Grounds 12-Oct-1963. Gonzalez scored for the NL in the 6th,
their final run in a 5-2 victory. It was the one and only time the game
was held.
- Al McBean drove in the final run. He also
pitched 4 innings after Marichal pitched 4, thus picking up the victory.
FCR - Mark
Hayne Dumfries, VA
Incorrect answers: Willie Mays, Wes
Covington, Chris Short, Tommy Agee, Jesus Alou, Ron Hunt, Al McBean, Ed
Kranepool
WEEKLY THEME – NL
batters with a higher batting average than Carl Yastrzemski the same years Yaz
took the AL title (1963,67-68)
1963 Yastrzemski: .321
Davis .325
1967 Yastrzemski: .326
Clemente .357
Gonzalez .339
Matty Alou .338
Flood .335
Staub .333
1968 Yastrzemski: .3006
Rose .336
Matty Alou .332
Felipe Alou .317
Johnson .312
Flood .3010
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – No
one
Incorrect theme guesses: (not by day of the
week, but in order)
- Players with multiple batting titles and
multiple Gold Gloves.
- Hall of Famers who did not play for the team
that originally signed them
- Batting champions that played on artificial
turf,
- NL MVP’s,
- Players who won
multiple batting titles in the 1960's
- 1969 GG winners
- People who had the highest single season batting
average in the 1960s for each NL franchise
- Players who batted .300+ in the Year of the
Pitcher
- Players who finished in the
top 5 in hitting in the NL in either 1967 or 1968
- Sixties outfielders who hit
for good batting averages.
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