Q. Who was the
first black player to pitch in a World Series game?
Hint: It was a
World Series that his team won.
Hint: Not many
people remember that he played for the Pilots.
Hint: He appeared
in a major Hollywood movie with Robert Mitchum and Julie London.
- In the 7th
inning of G 5 of the 1948 WS, Paige got Warren Spahn to fly out, balked Eddie
Stanky to 2b then finished the inning by inducing Tommy Holmes to ground
out to SS.
- His last
professional team was the Carolina League’s Peninsula Pilots of Hampton, Virginia. Also known as the Peninsula Grays,
Johnny Bench was a teammate, but Paige
only pitched one game.
FCR - Saul Wisnia,
Newton Center, Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Joe
Black, Don Newcombe, Mudcat Grant, Dan Bankhead
TUESDAY
Q. Which former
Negro Leaguer was named Special Assistant to the Commissioner just prior to MLB’s
playoff era?
Hint: At the time
of his death, he was the oldest living former Negro Leagues player.
Hint: He mentored
a future Hall of Fame legend, returned to the minors to play where that legend
had played, then beat him to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: He was
teammates with Tommy Lasorda and Sparky
Anderson and beat both of them to the Hall as well.
- Died 11-Jan2011 in
his 97th year.
- Willie Mays was his
protégé on the New York Giants in 1951.
Irvin (HOF 1973); Mays (HOF 1979).
Irvin played for Minneapolis Millers in 1955 where Mays had played in 1951.
- Played with Tommy
Lasorda (HOF 1997) & Sparky Anderson (HOF 2000) on the 1957 Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League.
FCR - Bill Deane, Cooperstown
Incorrect guesses: Buck O'Neil,
Martin Dihigo, Buck Leonard, Roy Campanella, Josh Gibson Larry Doby, Judy
Johnson
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who is the
only batter to homer in every inning of a game (Not the same game; that would be a record.), innings 1 through
16 inclusive?
Hint: His nickname
is the same as that of a player who was one of last week’s answers.
Hint: He set the
record for winning MVP awards with the most years intervening.
- This shows his 1st HR in innings
1-13 then his only HR hit in innings
14-16. Notice who is first and last on
the list.
Inn. Date Pitcher Of Venue
1 28-May-1951 Warren Spahn BSN Polo Grounds
2 06-Jun-1951 Willie Ramsdell CIN Polo Grounds
3 18-Apr-1954 Carl Erskine BRO Ebbets Field
4 27-Jun-1951 Don Newcombe BRO Polo Grounds
5 30-Aug-1951 Vern Law PIT Polo Grounds
6 23-Jun-1951 Turk Lown CHC Wrigley Field
8 17-Jun-1951 Howie Pollet PIT Forbes
Field
9 22-Jul-1951 Ken Raffensberger CIN Polo Grounds
10 22-Jun-1951 Dutch Leonard CHC Wrigley
Field
11 04-Jul-1955 Lino Donoso PIT Forbes
Field
12 04-Jun-1955 Warren Hacker CHC Polo Grounds
13 03-Jul-1951 Jocko Thompson PHI Polo Grounds
14 30-Apr-1954 Warren Hacker CHC Wrigley
Field
15 27-Sep-1968 Ted Abernathy CIN Crosley
Field
16 26-Jul-1963 Warren Spahn MIL Candlestick
Park
- Nicknamed “Buck”, as is Byron Buxton.
- MVPs
in 1954
and 1965. Record was broken by Barry Bonds when he won
the MVP in 2002,
having first won it in 1990.
FCR- Victor Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, New York
Incorrect guesses: Robin Yount, Barry Bonds, Henry Aaron
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who owns two of the sport’s most
impressive orange numbers?
Hint: He wasn’t bad as a clown.
Hint: Won more Gold Gloves than you might guess.
Hint: Won fewer MVPs than you might guess.
- In baseball-reference.com, an orange color
surrounding a statistic, indicates that the bearer is the all-time career leader
in that category. Aaron owns the lofty 2297 runs
batted in and 6856
total bases.
- Played for the Indianapolis
Clowns of the Negro Leagues and later was tagged with the sobriquet
“Bad Henry”, an ironic comment on his naturally pleasant disposition, but also on
his bat, so unkind to National League pitchers.
- Won 3 GG
FCR- Gary Sarnoff, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Larry Doby, Willie McCovey,
Frank Robinson, Barry Bonds, Vic Power, Cal Ripken, Brooks Robinson, Rusty
Staub
THURSDAY
Q. Who was the last player to win the Arch
Ward Memorial Award?
Hint: He won it the year after his double play grounder
plated the first All-Star run ever scored indoors.
Hint: He now has an eponymous baseball name-place
associated with outstanding achievement.
Hint: No National Leaguer owns more career grand
slams.
- Arch Ward
Memorial Award was given out from 1962 to 1969. It was named for the man
who is primarily responsible for the modern All-Star Game, first played in 1933. The award’s name was changed to the “Commissioner’s
Trophy” in 1970 when Car Yastrzemski won it.
Other changes followed. McCovey
homered twice in the ’69
game.
- In the 1968
ASG, McCovey hit the double-play grounder that scored Willie Mays
for the game’s only run. The venue was
the Astrodome.
- McCovey Cove,
a small section of the San Francisco Bay, is where a long home run to right
field at AT&T Park might land.
- Has 18 GS, all in the NL. Next are Ryan Howard w/16 and Gil Hodges
w/14.
FCR - Dr. Gary Stone, Centerport, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Alex Bregman, Willie Mays, Jeff
Bagwell, Ernie Banks, Eddie Murray, Tony Perez
FRIDAY
Q. What future former Oakland A’s designated
hitter was, ironically, the first position player to win the Baseball Digest “Player of the Year”
award?
Hint: No one in the decade 1961-1970 had more
major league at-bats.
Hint: He was the first player in the history of
his franchise to win the Rookie of the Year Award, but then a teammate won it
the very next season.
Hint: He twice finished in the top two in MVP
voting, finishing behind the same Hall of Famer each time.
- BBD POY 1970 (The award began in 1969 when Tom
Seaver won it.) Williams played for OAK 1975-76. After being traded to the A's, and knowing
their reputation for a rough and tumble team, he said, “I brought my outfielder’s
glove, my first baseman’s glove and my boxing gloves!"
- 6,251 ABs
FCR - Mark Kanter, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Incorrect guesses: Orlando Cepeda, Reggie Jackson, Maury Wills,
Rickey Henderson, Don Baylor, Matty Alou, Frank Robinson, Joe Rudi
SATURDAY
Q. What Padres player led the majors in
games played and plate appearances during a season with a work stoppage?
Hint: While it is widely held that Gold Gloves
are sometimes awarded for offensive prowess, the year this player won a Silver
Slugger Award, he clearly earned it with his bat, with a WAR more than four
times higher than the next best player at his position.
Hint: His performance on the field was influenced
by a factory across from the home where he grew up.
Hint: He was the first National League winner of
the Branch Rickey Award.
- 110 G & 507 PA during 1981.
- SS won in 1987 w/WAR of 6.5.
- The factory’s piles of sawdust were where he
perfected his back-flip.
- The Branch Rickey Award was given annually to
a major leaguer in recognition of exceptional community service. Smith won the award in its 3rd
year, 1994.
FCR - Chaunce Venuto, Tooele, Utah
Incorrect
guesses: Tony Gwynn, Dave Winfield,
Steve Garvey, Ken Caminiti, Joe Carter, Gary Templeton
SUNDAY
Q. Who hit the first ever home run in the
history of the East-West game?
Hint: Missing history by inches, his career in
the Negro Leagues ended the same year Commissioner Landis died.
Hint: He swung a 50-ounce bat in games. [Tony Gwyn’s heaviest was 32 ounces.]
Hint: One observer said, “He was kind of a
genteel person. He was friendly, but
when he was on the field, he went to play. He was all business.”
- East-West Game was the Negro Leagues
equivalent of MLB’s All-Star Game. Suttles,
playing for the West, hit the first homerun 10-Sep-1933
at Comiskey Park, bottom of the 4th.
- K. M. Landis died 25-Nov-1944. That was Suttles’ last season. Landis had vehemently blocked any
consideration of blacks ever playing in the majors.
- Heavy bats were not uncommon in all of
baseball, but 50 ounces must be close to a record if used regularly.
- Quote from Red Moore.
FCR - Joseph Cosgriff, New York City
Incorrect
guesses: Josh Gibson, Slim Jones, ,Ken
Caminiti
WEEKLY THEME – African-American
Hall of Famers born in the state of Alabama.
Player HOF yr Born In___
Aaron............ 1982......... 05-Feb-1934......... Mobile
McCovey...... 1986......... 10-Jan-1938......... Mobile
Williams........ 1987......... 15Jun-1938.......... Whistler
Smith............ 2002......... 26-Dec-1954........ Mobile
First Correct
Respondent to Identify Theme – David Gordon,
Chevy Chase, Maryland (after Williams)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Men elected to the Hall by the Special
Negro Leagues Committee.
- MLB
Hall of Famers who played in both the major and the Negro Leagues
- Hall
of Famers who were ever signed with the Newark Eagles (even if they didn't play
for them)
- Players who won a Negro League and a Major League
World Series
Wed - Hall
of Famers who played in the Negro Leagues who started WS games
-
Giant hof/mvps who played with other teams.
-
Players who won a Negro League and Major League World Series
-
Alabama-born Hall of Famers.
Friday - SF
Giants who have had their number retired
-
Ball players from Mobile
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