Sunday, May 16, 2021

2021-05-10 Pitchers who have surrendered 6 home runs in a single game.

MONDAY  —10-May

Q.        Which one-time San Diego Padre was the losing pitcher in Madison Bumgarner’s last two World Series victories?

Hint: #1    Although he was only the 466th player taken the year he was drafted, he became an All-Star and once received the third-most Cy Young Award votes.

Hint: #2    He is not only big, but Big Game.

A.         JAMES SHIELDS  [B-R Bio]

-  Ans.  2014 WS, G# 1 & 5.  He is the only pitcher ever to surrender a home run to that notorious slugger Bartolo Colon.

-  #1     Drafted in the 16th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft.  Was an AS in 2011, but did not see any action.  Received 3rd most votes for AL CYA in 2011, Justin Verlander’s TC year.

-  #2     Stands 6'3 " & his nicknamed “Big Game James”.

FCR -  Eric Savage, Short Hills, New Jersey

Incorrect guesses:  Edinson Volquez, Tommy Hunter

 TUESDAY  —11-May

Q.        Which former first baseman holds the Florida Tech single-season home run and RBI records?

Hint: #1    He trails only Roger Clemens for career strikeouts while pitching for the Boston Red Sox.

Hint: #2    Two years after he led the league in losses, he became the first post-expansion pitcher with fifteen saves the same season he had fifteen starts.

Hint: #3    He was once taken out of commission by a car.

A.         TIM WAKEFIELD  [SABR Bio]

-  Ans.  His 22 HR & 71 RBI in 1987 are two reasons why he was inducted into the Sunshine State Conference HOF as a 1B on 25-Feb-1998.

-  #1     Wakefield stuck out 2,046 batters pitching for BOS.  2,590 of Clemens’ career 4,672 Ks came w/BOS.

-  #2     In 1997, he tied for the AL lead in Ls w/15.  In 1999, he started 17 G but added 15 Saves.

-  #3     Hit while jogging near his home during the 1995-96 off-season.  He recovered well and had a strong season in 1996.

FCR -  Philip Fickling, San Diego

Incorrect guesses:  Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Hurst, Jon Lester, Bob Porterfield

 

WEDNESDAY  —12-May

Q.        Whom did Jack Dunn replace as manager of the Baltimore Orioles after World War II?

Hint: #1    The year before, he had been elected to the International League Hall of Fame.

Hint: #2    He attended his hometown college high school.

A.         TOMMY THOMAS  [SABR Bio]

-  Ans.  Thomas was a minor league manager from 1940 to 1949, guiding the Baltimore Orioles before being replaced by Jack Dunn III on May 21.  Thomas’ squad won the IL flag in 1940.

-  #1     In 1948 he was elected to the International League Hall of Fame.

-  #2     Born in Baltimore 23-Dec-1899.  Graduated from the Baltimore City College high school.

FCR -  Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois

Incorrect guesses:  John McGraw, Jack Dunn, Zack Taylor, Paul Waner, Paul Richards, Jimmy McAleer, Nick Cullop, Tim Thompson

 

MIDWEEK BONUS  —12-May

Q.        Who surrendered Jimmie Foxx’s 500th career home run?

Hint: #1    The year he led the majors in pitching losses, he had the top WAR on his team.

Hint: #2    He performed so well one season with the Portland Beavers that he was featured in a front-page article of The Sporting News.

A.         GEORGE CASTER  [SABR Bio]

-  Ans.  Foxx’s 500th = 24-Sep-1940(1)

-  #1     Had 20 L in 1938 (tied w/Hugh Mulcahy of cross-town PHI,) & led PHA w/WAR of 5.0.  Although Caster couldn’t keep up with Mulcahy’s majors-leading 22 L in 1940, he did manage to “pace” the AL that season with his 19 L.

-  #2     Article graced the cover of the December 3, 1936 issue of TSN.  Caster had 25 Ws & an ERA of 2.79 that season.  He credited most of his success to his improved mastery of the knuckleball.

FCR -  Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan

Incorrect guesses:  Bobo Newsom, Bucky Walters, Ed Heusser

 

THURSDAY  —13-May

Q.        Who threw the first Immaculate Extra Inning?

Hint: #1    He was Double-Unique until Joe Thurston suited up for the Dodgers in 2002.

Hint: #2    His signature pitch was notably employed by The Meal Ticket and El Toro.

A.         SLOPPY THURSTON  [B-R Bio]

-  Ans.  Threw 9 straight strikes in the 12th on 22-Aug-1923, fanning Beauty McGowan, Chick Galloway & Sammy Hale.  It was only the 2nd in AL history and only one of 2 in MLB history ever to do it in extras.

-  #1     They are the only 2 Thurstons in MLB history.  Sloppy was D-U for 79 years & 132 days.

-  #2     Thurston, Carl Hubbell & Fernando Valenzuela made good use of the screwball pitch.

FCR -  Andy McCue, Riverside, California

Incorrect guesses:  John Clarkson, Rube Waddell, Carl Hubbell, Fernando Valenzuela, Bobby Castillo

 

FRIDAY  —14-May

Q.        Who, while coincidentally making his first major league start, set a record when he surrendered five home runs in a single inning?

Hint: #1    In that same inning, he tied a record by surrendering home runs to four consecutive batters.

Hint: #2    Amazingly, the team that had feasted on his pitches that day, was the next MLB team he pitched for.

A.         MICHAEL BLAZEK  [WIKI Bio]

-  Ans.  The record-setting inning came while starting for MIL in place of the injured Matt Garza to face WSN in DC:  27-Jul-2017.

-  #1     In the 3rd inning, WSN’s 4 straight HR hitters were Brian Goodwin, Wilmer Difo, Bryce Harper & Ryan Zimmerman.  After the next batter, Daniel Murphy, flied out to deep center, Anthony Rendon homered.  (Bryce Harper had also homered in the 1st inning.)  Blazek never threw another pitch for the Brewers.  To his credit, Blazek had K’ed Zimmerman, Murphy, Rendon and Adam Lind coming into the 3rd inning.  It was his only major league start.

-  #2     On 13-May-2019, signed with WSN.

FCR -  Elliott Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois

Incorrect guesses:  CC Sabathia, Pedro Ramos, Paul Foytack, George Caster

 

SATURDAY  —15-May

Q.        Who was the last right-handed starter to earn at least twenty-five wins in a season for the New York Giants?

Hint: #1    His victory total and complete games total that year both led the majors.

Hint: #2    After his playing days, he returned to one of the cities where he pitched and worked as a supervisor for a transit company.

Hint: #3    During his thirteen-year career in the majors, he was privileged to be teammates with or managed by twenty-five men who were later elected to the Hall of Fame.

A.         LARRY BENTON  [B-R Bio]

-  Ans.  In 1928, he had a record of 25-9, a % of .735 which led the NL.

-  #1     Along with his Ws, he threw 28 complete games, almost double his next-best season.

-  #2     Benton pitched for the Reds 1930-34.  He worked as a supervisor for the Cincinnati Street Railway.

-  #3     HOFers W/…

BSN: Babe Ruth, Rube Marquard, Billy Southworth, Dave Bancroft, Casey Stengel, Rabbit Maranville, Bill McKechnie (Mgr)

NYG: Rogers Hornsby, Bill Terry, Freddie Lindstrom, Travis Jackson, Edd Roush, Mel Ott, Burleigh Grimes, Ray Schalk, Carl Hubbell, John McGraw (Mgr)

CIN: Leo Durocher, Eppa Rixey, Ernie Lombardi, Chick Hafey, Harry Heilmann, Jim Bottomley, Dazzy Vance, George Kelly

FCR -  Mark DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland

Incorrect guesses:  Tim Keefe, Juan Marichal, Eppa Rixey, Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, Carl Hubbell

 

SUNDAY  —15-May

Q.        Which former Seattle Mariner was the last pitcher to win at least twenty games in a season for the New York Mets?

Hint: #1    He was traded less than five weeks after it was announced that he had won his first Cy Young Award.

Hint: #2    He resides in his hometown and now owns a sizeable farm with 37 animals, including horses, a donkey, a pig, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats.

A.         R.A. DICKEY  [SABR Bio]

-  Ans.  Record was 20-6 in 2012 for NYM.  Played for SEA in 2008.

-  #1     CYA announced 05-Nov-2012.  Traded to TOR for Noah Syndergaard* 17-Dec.  It was also his last CYA.  In fact, it was the only time in his 15-year MLB career that he received even a single CYA vote.

-  #2     Lives in Nashville and the farm is located in a residential area of the city.

*Other players were included on both sides in the trade.

FCR -  Frank Ittner, Atlanta

Incorrect guesses:  Bartolo Colon, David Cone, Mark Langford, Mike Hampton, Frank Viola

 

WEEK’S FINALE  —16-May

Q.        Who is the final pitcher to fit into this week’s theme?

Hint: #1    Sorry.  That’s all you get.

A.         BILL KERKSIECK  [B-R Bio]

-  Ans.  See the week’s summary.  Coming shortly.

FCR -  Randall Chandler, Germantown, Tennessee

Incorrect guesses: 

 

 

WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers who have surrendered 6 HR in a single G.

 

Player                      Date                 Team       Opp            Result             IP         H      BB     SO    WAR

Benton........ 12-May-1930.... NYG.... CHC..... W 14-12... 6⅔..... 9..... 5..... 6... 19.8

Blazek.......... 27-Jul-2017....... MIL... WSN..... L 2-15...... 2⅓..... 7..... 1..... 4... -0.5

Caster........ 24-Sep-1940(1)... PHA.... BOS..... L 8-16...... 2⅓... 10..... 1..... 1..... 9.5

Dickey......... 06-Apr-2006...... TEX.... DET..... L 6-10...... 3⅓..... 8..... 1..... 1... 23.1

Kerksieck.. 13-Aug-1939(1).... PHI.... NYG..... L 2-11...... 4........ 7..... 4..... 1... -0.9

Shields........ 07-Aug-2010..... TBR.... TOR..... L 11-17.... 4........ 9..... 4..... 2... 30.8

Thomas....... 27-Jun-1936...... SLB.... NYY..... L 6-10...... 9...... 16..... 6..... 2... 25.8

Thurston.... 13-Aug-1932(1)... BRO.... NYG..... W 18-9.... 9...... 12..... 0..... 0... 12.1

Wakefield.... 08-Aug-2004..... BOS.... DET..... W 11-9.... 5........ 8..... 0..... 2... 34.5

 

Charlie Sweeney is said to have given up 7 HR on 12-June-1886, but no box score exists, but here is an interesting recounting.  The game was different then.

 

 

First Correct Respondent to Identify ThemeWarren Kent, Whitehall, MI (On Monday!)

 

 

 

Incorrect theme guesses:

 

Monday  -  Pitchers who surrendered 5 or more home runs in a game. 

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Monday, May 10, 2021

2021-05-03 Players whose last names match up, initially, with the day their questions were posted

MONDAY  —03-May

Q.  Who was the MVP of the World Series where Joe Carter hit the home run of a lifetime?

Hint: #1           He set the record by getting five hits in a single World Series game.

Hint: #2           He only had to go fer a handful of minor league games for the Bees before being called up to the majors, but only played two games for the Buzz.

A.         PAUL MOLITOR  [SABR Bio]

Ans.     1993 WS.  Molitor was the 6th G’s winning run.  He was on 1st when Carter homered.

-  #1     5 H - 1982 WS, G 1, w/MIL.  Since tied by Albert Pujols.

-  #2     After playing for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, he was assigned to the A level Burlington Bees of the Midwest League.  His final two minor-league games of his professional career were for the AAA Salt Lake City Buzz (Formerly the Bees) in the Pacific Coast League.  Molitor played two rehab games for the Buzz on July 13 & 14, 1998, getting 5 hits in 10 ABs before returning to The Bigs.

FCR -   Eric Savage, Short Hills, New Jersey

Incorrect guesses:  Dave Winfield, Pat Borders, Roberto Alomar

 

TUESDAY  —04-May

Q.  Which former Trojan was the first New York Yankee to win a Cy Young Award?

Hint: #1    Of his twenty-one victories that season, nineteen were complete games.

Hint: #2    He is the only 20th century pitcher to issue more bases-on-balls than he allowed hits per season in consecutive years for different teams (minimum 100 IP/yr).

Hint: #3    Only he and Matt Kilroy have led the league in strikeouts pitching a season for the Baltimore Orioles.

A. BOB TURLEY  [SABR Bio]

-   Born in Troy, Illinois.  Won the 1958 CYA, the 3rd one ever awarded.

-   #1   21-7 in 1958

-   #2   In 247⅓ IP for BAL in 1954, Turley walked 181 and gave up 178 H.  In 246⅔ IP for NYY in 1955, he walked 177, giving up 168 H.

-   #3   Kilroy had 513 K in 68 G for the Orioles in 1886 in the AA.  Turley led the AL in 1954 pitching for BAL of the AL w/185 K in 35 G.  Sadie McMahon’s 291 K led the AA in 1890.  However, only 66 of them were while playing for BAL.

FCR -  Steve Krevisky, Middletown, Connecticut

Incorrect guesses:  CC Sabathia, Allie Reynolds, Mike Mussina, Ron Guidry

 


WEDNESDAY  —05-May

Q. Which one-time Trojan and 300-game winner completed more than 95% of his career starts in the majors?

Hint: #1    He once struck out the first nine batters in a game.

Hint: #2    After his playing days, he owned a saloon even though he did not drink hard liquor himself.

A. MICKEY WELCH  [SABR Bio]

-   Ans.     Started 549 G, completed 525 = 95.6%.  First 3 seasons in the majors 1880-82 were with the NL’s Troy Trojans.

-   #1   On 28-Aug-1884, the first 9 Cleveland Blues went down on strikes. Perhaps because the 7th CLV strikeout victim reached first base on a passed ball, the Welch record went unrecognized until after his death in 1941.

-   #2   He did like beer, however, and was even known to write odes to it.

FCR -  Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan

Incorrect guesses:  Tom Seaver, Christy Mathewson, Pud Galvin, Randy Johnson, G.C. Alexander, Tim Keefe

 

MIDWEEK BONUS  —05-May

Q.  Which Red Sox hurler won his only Gold Glove in his eleventh season in the American League?

Hint: #1    In the only one of his fourteen years in the majors where he received Cy Young Award votes, he led the majors in pitching victories and led the American League in ERA.

Hint: #2    He went to high school in Norway.

A. MIKE BODDICKER  [SABR Bio]

-   Ans.     GG w/BOS in 1990.

-   #1   IN 1984 his record was 20-11, his ERA 2.79.  His CYA finish was 4th.

-   #2   Attended Norway High School in Norway, Iowa.

FCR -  Shawn O'Hare, Clear Lake, Iowa

Incorrect guesses:  Jim Lonborg, Gary Peters, Mel Parnell, Tim Wakefield

 


THURSDAY  —06-May

Q.  Whose record for most saves in a season did Edwin Diaz tie in 2018?

Hint: #1    No less than three of his college teammates went on to MLB careers.  Their combined major league service came to fifty-eight seasons!

Hint: #2    He threw the last pitch in Exhibition Stadium.

Hint: #3    The strike coincided with the end of his career.

A. BOBBY THIGPEN  [B-R Bio]

-   Ans.     The single-season record of 57, set by Thigpen in 1990 and tied by Diaz in 2018.  However, it had previously been shattered in 2008 by Francisco Rodriguez w/62.

-   #1   Thigpen played for Mississippi State at the same time as Rafael Palmeiro, Will Clark & Jeff Brantley.  MLB years = 9, 20, 15, 14.

-   #2   Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium closed for good to baseball 28-May-1989.

-   #3   1994 was his last season.  Play stopped after 10-Aug-1994 although Thigpen’s last G was 27-Apr.

FCR -  Elliott Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois

Incorrect guesses:  Francisco Rodriguez, Brad Lidge, Al Hrabosky, Mike Marshall, Eric Gagne, Doug Fister

 

IN MEMORIAM  —07-May

Q.  Which Ontario native caught no-hitters from three different Milwaukee Braves teammates?

Hint: #1    He attended the same high school as Hall of Famers Walter Johnson and Arky Vaughan.

Hint: #2    He was the catcher for all 15⅓ innings of the famous pitching duel on 02-Jul-1963.

Hint: #3    He was a teammate of and a manager of Hank Aaron in the same city.

Hint: #4    He won every single National League Gold Glove Award for catchers in the 1950s.

Hint: #5    After he’d played two months in the majors, he parents flew across the country to see him play, but he was ejected before the first half inning was over.

A. DEL CRANDALL  [SABR Bio]  An 11-time All-Star, Crandall was the last living player to appear in a game for the Boston Braves.

-   Ans.     No-hitters on 12-Jun-1954 by Jim Wilson; on 18-Aug-1960 by Lew Burdette; and on 16-Sep-1960 by Warren Spahn.  Born in the city of Ontario, California.

-   #1   All are alumni of Fullerton Union HS, Fullerton, California.

-   #2   On that date, starters Juan Marichal & Warren Spahn each went the distance.  So did their catchers, Crandall and Ed Bailey.

-   #3   Played with Aaron on MLN 1954-63.  Managed Aaron on MIL in 1975.

-   #4   Rawlings began the awards in 1957 and started naming individual winners for each league the following year.  Crandall was honored with the NL GGs in 1958 and 1959.  He added two more in 1960 and 1962

-   #5   On 27-Aug-1949, Hall of Fame umpire Jocko Conlan tossed Crandall for arguing balls & strikes on the very 2nd batter of the G.

FCR -  Mark Pattison, Washington, DC

Incorrect guesses:  Bobby Bragan, Jim Edmonds, Wally Joyner, Johnny Ray, Jason Thompson

 

 

FRIDAY  —07-May

Q.  Which one-time Pirate was the first Angels player to hit for the cycle?

Hint: #1    Even though he had represented the Angels six times as an All-Star and had amassed a WAR of 46.1, they traded him to another expansion team for an unproven pitcher and three throw-ins whose total, collective career WAR for all four players at that point was 2.8.

Hint: #2    In high school (the same high school attended by Barry Bonds and Tom Brady) he was a star quarterback and set a California state record in the long jump.

A. JIM FREGOSI  [SABR Bio]

-   Ans.     Cycle = 28-Jul-1964.  Played for PIT in 1977-78, his last years as a player in MLB.

-   #1   Following the 1971 season, CAL traded him to NYM for Nolan Ryan.  The 3 other players that the Mets sent west were Frank Estrada, Don Rose & Leroy Stanton.

-   #2   An alum of Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, Fregosi’s 1959 long jump mark was 23' 8".

FCR -  Tom Cleary Macungie, Pennsylvania

Incorrect guesses:  Leon Wagner

 


SATURDAY  —08-May

Q.  Who was the first player to win BBWAA MVP playing for a team without a winning record?

Hint: #1    Eight players had a higher WAR rating than he did that year, just in his league, including a teammate.

Hint: #2    He was the first player to hit 30 home runs in a season where he was traded.

A. HANK SAUER  [SABR Bio]

-   Ans.     MVP 1952 for CHC who were 77-77 that year, 5th of 8.

-   #1   Rank      Name                          Team         Pts       Share         WAR

   2    Robin Roberts            PHI        211       63%       8.6

   7    Jackie Robinson         BRO         31         9%       8.4

   5    Stan Musial               STL        127       38%       7.5

23    Warren Spahn            BSN           8         2%       6.9

31    Solly Hemus              STL            5         1%       6.8

12    Al Dark                      NYG         24         7%       5.8

23    Warren Hacker          CHC           8         2%       5.8

23    Ken Raffensberger     CIN            8         2%       5.8

   1    Hank Sauer               CHC       226       67%       5.6

-   #2   Hit 31 HR  in 1949 4 for CIN then 27 for CHC.  Traded 15-Jun by CIN w/Frank Baumholtz to CHC for Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker.

FCR -  Alan Lefkowitz, Washington, New York

Incorrect guesses:  Andre Dawson, Roy Sievers, Giancarlo Stanton, Ralph Kiner, Ernie Banks, Bob Elliott, Gus Zernial, Minnie Minoso, Jake Daubert

 


WEEKEND BONUS  —08-May

Q.  Who overcame testicular cancer then had a cup of coffee with the A’s before they moved to Oakland?

Hint: #1    He was a member of the Birmingham Barons’ first integrated team. 

Hint: #2    He was a key member of the last Dixie Series champions.

Hint: #3    He went to the same university attended by Hall of Famer George Kell.

Hint: #4    Only Ken Staples managed the Class A Wisconsin Rapids Twins to a lower season finish in the Midwest League standings than he had.

A. WELDON BOWLIN  [Obit Bio]

-   Ans.     The 26-year-old rookie’s only MLB H came in his debut.  The G the next day was his last.

-   #1   The second baseman with the 1964 Barons Southern League franchise (then a Kansas City AA affiliate), Bowlin was teammates with fellow future major leaguers Tommie Reynolds, Johnny “Blue Moon” Odom, Joe Grzenda, Ken Sanders & Ron Tompkins

-   #2   After nearly a 40-year run (1920-1958), the popular Dixie Series was resurrected one last time in 1967.  Bowlin and his Birmingham A’s teammates (which included Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and Rollie Fingers) prevailed over the Charlie Hough-led Albuquerque Dodgers.

-   #3   Both had gone to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.

-   #4   He managed the WR Twins to a 10th-place finish in 1971 as their pitcher/player/manager.  Staples led them to an 11th place finish in 1982.

FCR -  Steven Wright, Naperville, Illinois

Incorrect guesses:  Andres Galarraga, Tony La Russa, Ed McGhee, Vada Pinson

 

SUNDAY  —09-May

Q.  Who was the first Hawaiian-born player to win a World Series  for teams on each coast, Atlantic and Pacific?

Hint: #1    Ironically, for both championship rings, the winning games were held in the heartland.

Hint: #2    Among active players, only Yadier Molina has played more games at catcher.

A. KURT SUZUKI  [B-R Bio]

-   Ans.   Cal State Fullerton, with Suzuki at catcher, won the NCAA D-1 tournament in 2004.  He was one of the principal catchers for the Washington Nationals when they won the World Series in 2019.

-   #1   CSF won the college title in Omaha.  The Nats won on the road in Houston.

-   #2   Molina has 2,007 G under his belt.  Suzuki has 1,444 as of Saturday night.

FCR -  Benjamin Chase, Huron, South Dakota

Incorrect guesses:  Ivan Rodriquez, Jorge Posada

 


WEEKLY THEME – Players whose last names match up, initially, with the day their questions were posted.

 

Paul MOlitor................ = MOnday

Bob TUrley................. = TUesday

Mickey WElch............ = WEdnesday

MIke BOddicker......... = MIdweek BOnus

Bobby THigpen.......... = THursday

Jim FRegosi............... = FRiday

Hank SAuer............... = SAturday

WEldon BOwlin.......... = WEekend BOnus

Kurt SUzuki................ = SUnday

 

 

 

First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – No one!  (I lost $5.)

 

 

 

Incorrect theme guesses:

 

Monday  -  Hall of Famers who managed a team they played for

               -  Ex-managers who are in the hall of fame as players

               -  Eight men who have had uniform no. 4 retired

               -  Hall of Famers who played for their hometown team

 

Tuesday -  Players who won the WS MVP the same year they were 2nd in the regular season MVP voting

               -  Something with Series MVPs

               -  Regular MVP/Cy and World Series MVP

               -  Something to do with the WS MVP

 

Sunday   -  Members of the Birmingham Barons

               -  Players who wore #29

               -  All became coaches/managers after they stopped playing

 

 

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