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[Old Sweater]

Whose American League record of twenty-four consecutive regular-season victorious decisions did National Leaguer Carl Hubbell tie?









Hint: #1 After returning from military service he (not Hubbell) re-invented his pitching style to account for advancing age and accumulating minor injuries.




Hint: #2 His veteran (literally) leadership helped turn a second-division team into a pennant-winner.




Hint: #3 He was a decent-hitting pitcher and even became the first player to hit a home run to center field in the Polo Grounds.








Tuesday's question answered:

Q. Who is the only pitcher to hit two home runs in the same game he threw a no-hitter?

Hint: #1 He was the first pitcher to retire with five hundred career appearances and not a single career save.

Hint: #2 He was once traded, one-for-one for a future Hall of Famer.

A. RICK WISE [SABR Bio]

- Ans. On 23-Jun-1971, Wise became the complete ball player. He held The Big Red Machine hitless & took Ross Grimsley deep in the 5th & Clay Carroll deep in the 8th.

- #1 506 G = 0 saves

- #2 On 25-Feb-1972, he was traded by PHI to STL for Steve Carlton.



FCR - Robert Daugird, Corpus Christi, Texas





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Who lost a league Most Valuable Player Award to a teammate even though he had: A.) More first-place MVP vote, B.) A lower (& league-leading) ERA and C.) A higher (& MLB-leading) WAR?









Hint: #1 No older person ever played for the American League Baltimore Orioles in the twentieth century.




Hint: #2 His first ball was a ball with rolled-up rags and walnuts.








Wednesday's question answered:

Q. Whose American League record of twenty-four consecutive regular-season victorious decisions did National Leaguer Carl Hubbell tie?

Hint: #1 After returning from military service he (not Hubbell) re-invented his pitching style to account for advancing age and accumulating minor injuries.

Hint: #2 His veteran (literally) leadership helped turn a second-division team into a pennant-winner.

Hint: #3 He was a decent-hitting pitcher and even became the first player to hit a home run to center field in the Polo Grounds.

A. SCHOOLBOY ROWE [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Rowe’s W streak wasn’t quite that since even though he won 16 straight in 1934 & his 1st 8 in 1935, Rowe dropped his final decision of ‘34. Sorry for the misleading inaccurate question.

- #1 Rowe joined :PHI’s rotation and in the vernacular of the day, became a “junkball” pitcher.

- #2 Rowe’s double digit wins in 1946-48, helped propel the 1950 Phillies’ Whiz Kids to the 1950 NL pennant, showing a previous perennial loser that winning was possible.

- #3 His HR was in batting practice before a 1933 exhibition game.



FCR - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Which former Double-Unique credits someone named Sal with denying him a chance at a perfect [0.00] career World Series ERA?









Hint: #1 The career World Series ERA he ended with is even better than that of Christy Mathewson, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson or Mariano Rivera.




Hint: #2 His final numbers in career Wild Card ERA are (gulp!) even better.








Midweek Bonus question answered:

Q. Who lost a league Most Valuable Player Award to a teammate even though he had: A.) More first-place MVP vote, B.) A lower (& league-leading) ERA and C.) A higher (& MLB-leading) WAR?

Hint: #1 No older pitcher ever played for the American League Baltimore Orioles in the twentieth century.

Hint: #2 His first ball was a ball with rolled-up rags and walnuts.

A. DIZZY TROUT [SABR Bio]

- Ans. The 1944 AL MVP went to future Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser likely because Newhouser’s W total of 29 edged Trout’s 27. Trout’s 1st-place MVP votes were 10.0 to Newhouser’s 7.0. His ERA of 2.12 edged Prince Hal’s 2.22 & Trout’s WAR of 10.9 topped all of professional baseball, notwithstanding Newhouser’s outstanding 8.4.

- #1 Trout pitched for BAL in 1957 at age 42 & 74 days.

- #2 He said “I even could throw hard at an early age. They say I had a hop on my baby rattle.”



FCR - Mark Pattison, Washington, D.C.





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

The World Series pitching line for the pitcher who is the answer to the last question.
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Age	Team	Lg	Series	Opp	W/L	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	WPA	cWPA	Awards
WS (	WS (	WS (	WS (	WS (	3-0	4	0	1.000	0.25	5	4	1	1	1	1	36.0	14	1	1	1	5	0	31	2	0	0	124	2.34	0.528	3.5	0.3	1.3	7.8	6.20	2.13	121.8%

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Generated 3/21/2025.

 

[wood20ks]

The World Series pitching line for the pitcher who is the answer to the last question.
Scroll |>>>>><<<<<|

Age	Team	Lg	Series	Opp	W/L	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	WPA	cWPA	Awards
WS (	WS (	WS (	WS (	WS (	3-0	4	0	1.000	0.25	5	4	1	1	1	1	36.0	14	1	1	1	5	0	31	2	0	0	124	2.34	0.528	3.5	0.3	1.3	7.8	6.20	2.13	121.8%

[thead] [/thead]

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Generated 3/21/2025.

Keep the posts going Old Sweater......enjoy reading these everyday,even tho I only got one right.....lol.....they are definetly tough.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Madison Bumgarner? but i don't remember him getting a save in the WS.

 

[nynasty]

I'm just trying to figure out what "double unique" means lol

 

[Old Sweater]

I'm just trying to figure out what "double unique" means lol

My guess is the MadBum nickname.

 

[Old Sweater]

Who was the first Latin American pitcher to strikeout two hundred batters in a season?









Hint: #1 He was the victorious pitcher of the first major league game played at Wrigley Field.




Hint: #2 He is the only pitcher to lose an Opening Day game for the first and second iterations of the twentieth-century Washington Senators.








Thursday's question answered:

Q. Which former Double-Unique credits someone named Sal with denying him a chance at a perfect [0.00] career World Series ERA?

Hint: #1 The career World Series ERA he ended with is even better than that of Christy Mathewson, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson or Mariano Rivera.

Hint: #2 His final numbers in career Wild Card ERA are (gulp!) even better.

A. MADISON BUMGARNER [B-R Bio]

- Ans. Salvatore Perez scored the only run that Bumgarner ever surrendered in World Series competition by homering off Bumgarner 21-Oct-2014 in the 7th inning of G 1 of the 2014 WS. Bumgarner was D-U from 08-Sep-2009 to 07-Aug-2016 when Madison Younginer debuted.

- #1 Career WS ERAs:
1.89 for Gibson in........... 81.0 innings
0.99 for Rivera in............ 36.1 innings
0.97 for Matty in........... 102.2 innings
0.95 for Koufax................ 57.0 innings
0.25 for Bumgarner in...... 36.0 innings

- #2 0.00 in 18.0 innings



FCR - Jason Winston, Riverside, California





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Which pitcher got his first major league hit off Pedro Martinez an inning after Martinez had tripled off him?









Hint: #1 His activities off the field eventually led to his release and the cancellation of a huge contract.




Hint: #2 He was twice an All-Star and once finished behind only Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux for Cy Young Award honors.








Friday's question answered:

Q. Who was the first Latin American pitcher to strikeout two hundred batters in a season?

Hint: #1 He was the victorious pitcher of the first major league game played at Wrigley Field.

Hint: #2 He is the only pitcher to lose an Opening Day game for the first and second iterations of the twentieth-century Washington Senators.

A. CAMILO PASCUAL [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Born in Havana, Cuba, he K’d 200+ 4 years straight, from 1961 trough 1964 and led the AL in that category the 1st 3 of those years: 221, 206, 202 & 213.

- #1 Wrigley Field in Los Angeles opened 27-Apr-1961 & was the home of the expansion Los Angeles Angels for that season.

- #2 OD L for WSH = 1956, 1957. OD L for WSA = 1968



FCR - Jason Winston, Riverside, California


Theme???





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[obxyankeefan]

Denny Neagle

 

[Old Sweater]

Denny Neagle

I think you’re right.

Here is an image of the “it” Neagle was caught with getting a BJ from on West Colfax, here in Denver. My team the Rockies still had to pay the full amount of his contract, even though he dishonored the team’s image.

 

[Old Sweater]

Who served as one of the coaches during a notable New York Yankee dynasty?









Hint: #1 No National Leaguer had more runs batted in during a single game between 1949 and 1993.




Hint: #2 He became a cult hero for something he did while he was a Red Sox pitching coach.








Saturday's question answered:

Q. Which pitcher got his first major league hit off Pedro Martinez an inning after Martinez had tripled off him?

Hint: #1 His activities off the field eventually led to his release and the cancellation of a huge contract.

Hint: #2 He was twice an All-Star and once finished behind only Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux for Cy Young Award honors.

A. DENNY NEAGLE [B-R Bio]

- Ans. Single in the 5th on 22-May-1994. Martinez had tripled in the 4th.

- #1 For soliciting & consorting with a prostitute, Neagle was released by COL and his $51,000,000 contract, one of the largest at the time.

- #2 Neagle was an AS in 1995 w/PIT & in 1997 w/ATL. The 1997 CYA voting had him solidly in he bronze position.



FCR - Richard Tharp, Gaithersburg, Maryland





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Cedrique]

Don Zimmer?

 

[Old Sweater]

Don Zimmer?

Who is the only pitcher who to throw thirteen or more bases-on-balls in a game more than once?









Hint: #1 Dom DiMaggio; Gil McDougald and Don Kolloway each had the “privilege” of being walked by him four times in a single game. (Not the same game. That would be a record!)




Hint: #2 He once famously hit pinch-hitter Nippy Jones in the foot with a pitch. (Or did he?)








Sunday's question answered:
Q. Who served as one of the coaches during a notable New York Yankee dynasty?

Hint: #1 No National Leaguer had more runs batted in during a single game between 1949 and 1993.

Hint: #2 He became a cult hero for something he did while he was a Red Sox pitching coach.

A. TONY CLONINGER [SABR Bio]

- Ans. He was bullpen & bench coach for NYY during their success 1992-2001.

- #1 Cloninger stood out with his 9 RBI on 03-Jul-1966.

- #2 While he was BOS pitching coach in 2002, Cloninger was ejected for fighting in a bench-clearing brawl against BAL. Despite being in his 60s, he took down multiple players & coaches—& became a cult hero for it—particularly among Sawks fans.



FCR - Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, Maryland





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[broncosmitty]

I think you’re right.

Here is an image of the “it” Neagle was caught with getting a BJ from on West Colfax, here in Denver. My team the Rockies still had to pay the full amount of his contract, even though he dishonored the team’s image. View attachment 392650

Denny was next door neighbors to my mom’s best friends from HS little brother when that went down.

Awkward stories around the campfire that summer for me. lol

Sinner…

 

[obxyankeefan]

Bob Grim

 

[wood20ks]

Don Zimmer?

Thats who I was going for ......just never knew if he was a Yankee coach,but was gonna take a shot at it.....

 

[wood20ks]

I think you’re right.

Here is an image of the “it” Neagle was caught with getting a BJ from on West Colfax, here in Denver. My team the Rockies still had to pay the full amount of his contract, even though he dishonored the team’s image. View attachment 392650

Looks half man......he must've been drunk,or hopefully if not he used that as an excuse....lol

 

[Old Sweater]

Last weeks roundup.

MONDAY — 17-Mar-2025
Q. After Walter Johnson, who was the next pitcher to have three thousand career strike outs?
Hint: #1 This Hall of Famer had been afflicted with rickets, asthma and a heart murmur as a child.
Hint: #2 Over a span of three seasons, he led the majors in WAR three times, won two Cy Young Awards, pitched in his third World Series and won the Most Valuable Player Award.
A. BOB GIBSON [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Johnson ended with 3,509 Ks. Gibson recorded his 3,000th career K in the 2nd inning 17-July-1974, Cesar Geronimo the famous victim. Gibson retired w/3,117.
- #1 Gibson's nearly miraculous recoveries from his childhood illnesses &ailments can be attributed to a combination of natural resilience, determination & the care he received from his family—especially his older brother, Josh Gibson (not the Hall of Famer), who played a crucial role in raising him.
- #2 From 1968 thru 1970, Gibson posted WAR numbers of 11.2, 10.4 & 8.9. He was the 1968 MVP & the CYA winner in 1968 unanimously & 1970 unanimously minus 1 vote. He led STL to their 3rd WS in 5 years & won 2 games there.
FCR - David Bodemer, Huntsville, Alabama


TUESDAY — 18-Mar-2025
Q. Who is the only pitcher to hit two home runs in the same game he threw a no-hitter?
Hint: #1 He was the first pitcher to retire with five hundred career appearances and not a single career save.
Hint: #2 He was once traded, one-for-one for a future Hall of Famer.
A. RICK WISE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. On 23-Jun-1971, Wise became the complete ball player. He held The Big Red Machine hitless & took Ross Grimsley deep in the 5th & Clay Carroll deep in the 8th.
- #1 506 G = 0 saves
- #2 On 25-Feb-1972, he was traded by PHI to STL for Steve Carlton.
FCR - Robert Daugird, Corpus Christi, Texas


WEDNESDAY — 19-Mar-2025
Q. Whose American League record of twenty-four consecutive regular-season victorious decisions did National Leaguer Carl Hubbell tie?
Hint: #1 After returning from military service he (not Hubbell) re-invented his pitching style to account for advancing age and accumulating minor injuries.
Hint: #2 His veteran (literally) leadership helped turn a second-division team into a pennant-winner.
Hint: #3 He was a decent-hitting pitcher and even became the first player to hit a home run to center field in the Polo Grounds.
A. SCHOOLBOY ROWE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Rowe’s W streak wasn’t quite that since even though he won 16 straight in 1934 & his 1st 8 in 1935, Rowe dropped his final decision of ‘34. Sorry for the misleading inaccurate question.
- #1 Rowe joined :PHI’s rotation and in the vernacular of the day, became a “junkball” pitcher.
- #2 Rowe’s double digit wins in 1946-48, helped propel the 1950 Phillies’ Whiz Kids to the 1950 NL pennant, showing a previous perennial loser that winning was possible.
- #3 His HR was in batting practice before a 1933 exhibition game.
FCR - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


MIDWEEK BONUS — 19-Mar-2025
Q. Who lost a league Most Valuable Player Award to a teammate even though he had: A.) More first-place MVP vote, B.) A lower (& league-leading) ERA and C.) A higher (& MLB-leading) WAR?
Hint: #1 No older pitcher ever played for the American League Baltimore Orioles in the twentieth century.
Hint: #2 His first ball was a ball with rolled-up rags and walnuts
A. DIZZY TROUT [SABR Bio]
- Ans. The 1944 AL MVP went to future Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser likely because Newhouser’s W total of 29 edged Trout’s 27. Trout’s 1st-place MVP votes were 10.0 to Newhouser’s 7.0. His ERA of 2.12 edged Prince Hal’s 2.22 & Trout’s WAR of 10.9 topped all of professional baseball, notwithstanding Newhouser’s outstanding 8.4.
- #1 Trout pitched for BAL in 1957 at age 42 & 74 days.
- #2 He said “I even could throw hard at an early age. They say I had a hop on my baby rattle.”
FCR - Mark Pattison, WSHINGTON, D.C.


THURSDAY — 20-Mar-2025
Q. Which former Double-Unique credits someone named Sal with denying him a chance at a perfect [0.00] career World Series ERA?
Hint: #1 The career World Series ERA he ended with is even better than that of Christy Mathewson, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson or Mariano Rivera.
Hint: #2 His final numbers in career Wild Card ERA are (gulp!) even better.
A. MADISON BUMGARNER [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Salvador Perez scored the only run that Bumgarner ever surrendered in World Series competition by homering off Bumgarner 21-Oct-2014 in the 7th inning of G 1 of the 2014 WS. Bumgarner was D-U from 08-Sep-2009 to 07-Aug-2016 when Madison Younginer debuted.
- #1 Career WS ERAs:
1.89 for Gibson in........... 81.0 innings
0.99 for Rivera in............ 36.1 innings
0.97 for Matty in........... 102.2 innings
0.95 for Koufax................ 57.0 innings
0.25 for Bumgarner in...... 36.0 innings
- #2 0.00 in 18.0 innings
FCR - Jason Winston, Riverside, California


FRIDAY — 21-Mar-2025
Q. Who was the first Latin American pitcher to strikeout two hundred batters in a season?
Hint: #1 He was the victorious pitcher of the first major league game played at Wrigley Field.
Hint: #2 He is the only pitcher to lose an Opening Day game for the first and second iterations of the twentieth-century Washington Senators.
A. CAMILO PASCUAL [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Born in Havana, Cuba, he K’d 200+ 4 years straight, from 1961 trough 1964 and led the AL in that category the 1st 3 of those years: 221, 206, 202 & 213.
- #1 Wrigley Field in Los Angeles opened 27-Apr-1961 & was the home of the expansion Los Angeles Angels for that season.
- #2 OD L for WSH = 1956, 1957. OD L for WSA = 1968
FCR - Jason Winston, Riverside, California


SATURDAY — 22-Mar-2025
Q. Which pitcher got his first major league hit off Pedro Martinez an inning after Martinez had tripled off him?
Hint: #1 His activities off the field eventually led to his release and the cancellation of a huge contract.
Hint: #2 He was twice an All-Star and once finished behind only Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux for Cy Young Award honors.
A. DENNY NEAGLE [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Single in the 5th on 22-May-1994. Martinez had tripled in the 4th.
- #1 For soliciting & consorting with a prostitute, Neagle was released by COL and his $51,000,000 contract, one of the largest at the time.
- #2 Neagle was an AS in 1995 w/PIT & in 1997 w/ATL. The 1997 CYA voting had him solidly in he bronze position.
FCR - Richard Tharp, Gaithersburg, Maryland


SUNDAY — 23-Mar-2025
Q. Who served as one of the coaches during a notable New York Yankee dynasty?
Hint: #1 No National Leaguer had more runs batted in during a single game between 1949 and 1993.
Hint: #2 He became a cult hero for something he did while he was a Red Sox pitching coach.
A. TONY CLONINGER [SABR Bio]
- Ans. He was bullpen & bench coach for NYY during their success 1992-2001.
- #1 Cloninger stood out with his 9 RBI on 03-Jul-1966.
- #2 While he was BOS pitching coach in 2002, Cloninger was ejected for fighting in a bench-clearing brawl against BAL. Despite being in his 60s, he took down multiple players & coaches—& became a cult hero for it—particularly among Sawks fans.
FCR - Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, Maryland


WEEK’S FINALE — 23-Mar-2025
Q. Who is the only pitcher who to throw thirteen or more bases-on-balls in a game more than once?
Hint: #1 Dom DiMaggio; Gil McDougald and Don Kolloway each had the “privilege” of being walked by him four times in a single game. (Not the same game. That would be a record!)
Hint: #2 He once famously hit pinch-hitter Nippy Jones in the foot with a pitch.
A. TOMMY BYRNE [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Amazingly, Byrne did it 3 X: 08-Jun-1949; 22-Aug-1951; 28-Aug-1951;
- #1 One each in the games above.
- #2 NYY’S Byrne hit MLN’s Nippy Jones in the foot, prompting the “shoe-shine” HBP in the 10th inning of game 4 in the 1957 WS.
FCR - Richard Zamoff, Washington, DC



WEEK’S THEME – Pitchers who hit more than one career grand slam. Thanks to Ed Baranoski for helping assemble and verify these:

Bumgarner SFO 11-Apr-2014 off COL’s Jorge De La Rosa 37.2
SFO 13-Jul-2014 off ARI’s Matt Stites

Byrne SLB 18-Sep-1951(1) off WSN’s Sid Hudson 11.0
CHW 15-May-1953 off NYY’s Ewell Blackwell

Cloninger ATL 03-Jul-1966 off SFO’s Bob Priddy 5.0
ATL 03-Jul-1966 off SFO’s Ray Sadecki

Gibson STL 29-Sep-1965 off SFO’s Gaylord Perry 89.1
STL 26-Jul-1973 off NYM’s John Strohmayer

Neagle PIT 27-Jun-1995 off CHC’s Jim Bullinger 4.24
COL 29-Sep-2001 off MIL’s Jimmy Haynes

Pascual WSH 14-Aug-1960 off NYY’s Bob Turley 40.8
MIN 27-Apr-1965 off CLE’s Stan Williams

Rowe PHA 22-Jul-1939(2) off DET’s Nels Potter 42.5
PHI 02-May-1932(2) off BSN’s Al Javery

Trout DET 28-Jul-1949 off WSN’s Al Gettel 49.9
DET 23-Jun-1950 off NYY’s Tommy Byrne

Wise PHI 28-AUG 1971(2) off SFO’s Don McMahon 36.3
STL 21-Aug-1973 off ATL’s Roric Harrison

Worth noting: 1. One each of Byrne’s and Rowe’s were hit when they were pinch-hitting and not pitching in that game
2. The only HOF on the list hit one of his off an HOF
3. Byrne both hit one and surrendered one
4. All but Rowe’s took place after WII
5. Rowe changed leagues but not cities

First Correct Respondent identifying theme – Bill Deane, Cooperstown (after Trout)


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