Horsehide-Trivia

[Old Sweater]

Wednesday, March 4

Whose votes denied pitcher Jose Fernandez the distinction of a unanimous Rookie-of-the-Year vote.









Hint: #1 He has won both a bronze and a silver medal international competition.




Hint: #2 The only time he made a major league All-Star team, he was a starter.








Tuesday's question answered:

Q. Who had the first ever All-Star game at-bat?

Hint: #1 He tied a record for most hits on a single World Series stood until Bobby Richardson broke it.

Hint: #2 He liked his first team so much that he played for them in three stints and never played for another team.

Hint: #3 His teammates knew that he played “regimental”.

A. PEPPER MARTIN [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Martin led off for the NL in 1933.

- #1 He banged out 12 hits in the 1933 postseason. He was the first with 12 H in a 7-game World Series. Others were tied at that mark but then Richardson hit 13 times in 1964—not 1960 when he was the WS MVP.

- #2 Martin played for the Cardinals in 1928, 1930-1940 & 1944.

- #3 He didn’t like anything between him and his uniform.



FCR - Matt Monitto, Bristol, Connecticut



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Thursday, March 5

Which former Chicago outfielder led the world in triples the only year he received MVP votes?









Hint: #1 In his antepenultimate game as a major leaguer, he received a standing ovation after slamming a fan to the ground.




Hint: #2 Some people have said that his very name is an oxymoron.








Wednesday's question answered:

Q. Whose votes denied pitcher Jose Fernandez the distinction of a unanimous Rookie-of-the-Year vote.

Hint: #1 He has won both a bronze and a silver medal international competition.

Hint: #2 The only time he made a major league All-Star team, he was a starter.

A. YASIEL PUIG [B-R Bio]

- Ans. For the 2013 NL ROY, 4 votes were for Puig. The remaining 26 were for Fernandez.

- #1 Puig won a bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship. He also played for Cuba at the 2011 World Port Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where the team was 2nd.

- #2 Puig started in RF for the NL in the ASG in 2014.



FCR - Scott Morissey, Hamilton, Ontario



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Angel Pagan? Maybe Rick Monday?

 

[Cedrique]

Angel Pagan? Maybe Rick Monday?

good call. It's gotta be Angel Pagan based on the one clue

 

[obxyankeefan]

How Long had Rick Monday been playing when he stopped the fans from burning the flag?

 

[Old Sweater]

good call. It's gotta be Angel Pagan based on the one clue

Angel Pagan it is.

Which Gerund-American made the first of his four All-Star games as a replacement when a cross-town rival in what would have also been that player’s first All-Star game?









Hint: #1 The home run that capped his cycle was of the inside-the-park variety, hit far enough that it would have cleared any normal major league fence.




Hint: #2 His older brother, who played the same position, had a brief major league career with St. Louis.








Thursday's question answered:

Q. Which former Chicago outfielder led the world in triples the only year he received MVP votes?

Hint: #1 In his antepenultimate game as a major leaguer, he received a standing ovation after slamming a fan to the ground.

Hint: #2 Some people have said that his very name is an oxymoron.

A. ANGEL PAGAN [B-R Bio]

- Ans. Played for CHC 2006-2007. His 15 triples for SFG in 2012 led the majors. His placement in the 2012 MVP voting wasn’t great, but at least somebody was thinking of him.

- #1 The fan & an accomplice, dressed in Dodger Blue, had run onto the field during the Dodgers/Giants game on 30-Sep-2016, interrupting the action. Watch here.

- #2 Viewed with a certain religious angle, angels and pagans don’t mix & the likelihood of an actual pagan angel stretches the definition of both.



FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Saturday, March 7


Which altitudinous moundsman, drafted by the Pirates in the fifth round of Major League Baseball’s June Amateur Draft, had so much trouble managing his weight that his team developed a bespoke regimen for him, assiduously monitoring his percentage of body fat?









Hint: #1 He understandably earned the sobriquet “Baby Giraffe”




Hint: #2 Kevin Millar, Bob Walk, Todd Zeile and he all attended the same SoCal high school.








Friday's question answered:

Q. Which Gerund-American made the first of his four All-Star games as a replacement for a cross-town rival in what would have also been that player’s first All-Star game?

Hint: #1 The home run that capped his cycle was of the inside-the-park variety, hit far enough that it would have cleared any normal major league fence.

Hint: #2 His older brother, who played the same position, had a brief major league career with St. Louis.

A. HARRY DANNING [SABR Bio]

- Ans. In 1938, who played for New York Giants his whole 10-year career, was put on the team NL All-Star team to replace Brooklyn’s Babe Phelps who was injured. Ironically, in the 1940 ASG, Danning replaced Phelps again, this time at C in the 7th inning.

- #1 Cycle on 15-Jun-1940 was in the Polo Grounds, famous for its deep slot in center field. The home run is occasionally reported to have traveled 490’, but the deepest part of the Polo Grounds is 475’.

- #2 Brother Ike Danning, catcher, played only 2 games with the 1928 Browns, but was 3 for 6 at the plate, ending his career with a .500 batting average. Both Angelinos, Ike & Harry each appeared in uncredited roles in major Hollywood motion pictures.



FCR - Michael Griffin, Rome Georgia



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[obxyankeefan]

Tyler Glasnow

 

[Old Sweater]

Tyler Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow is correct.

Sunday, March 8

Who is the only Tampa Bay pitcher to lead the majors in saves?









Hint: #1 His uncle had also pitched in relief for Tampa Bay in six of his ten major league seasons toiling for the same franchise, but under a different team name.




Hint: #2 His (not the uncle’s) coaches in the majors were unfortunately not the only source he went to in order toi improve his game.








Saturday's question answered:

Q. Which altitudinous moundsman, drafted by the Pirates in the fifth round of Major League Baseball’s June Amateur Draft, had so much trouble managing his weight that his team developed a bespoke regimen for him, assiduously monitoring his percentage of body fat?

Hint: #1 He understandably earned the sobriquet “Baby Giraffe”

Hint: #2 Kevin Millar, Bob Walk, Todd Zeile and he all attended the same SoCal high school.

A. TYLER GLASNOW [B-R Bio]

- Ans. At 6’8”, he’s 40 lbs. lighter than his 6’1” teammate, Brusdar Graterol. The Dodger’s nutritionists recommend that he gain weight & keep it on, specifically encouraging his consumption of fat, which he had been avoiding. The goal is to add 20 + - lbs. for the 2026 season.

- #1 His height makes him stand out in almost any crowd.

- #2 Foe all MLB alumni of William S. Hart HS in Santa Clarita, California, click here.



FCR - David Skelton, Woodway., Texas



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Answers and Theme for the Week of March 2-8

MONDAY — 02-Mar-2026
Q. Which major leaguer was the first player to have his uniform number retired?
Hint: #1 His first stolen base in the majors was a steal of home.
Hint: #2 He hit for the cycle twice.
A. LOU GEHRIG [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Gehrig was the first & last Yankee to wear #4. When the Yankees introduced permanent uniform numbers in 1929, Gehrig was assigned #4 because he batted cleanup (fourth) in the lineup.
- #1 Stole home in the 7th inning on 24-Jun-1925 off WSH’s Allen Russell/Muddy Ruel before Russell had retired a single batter.
- #2 Cycles: 25-Jun-1934 vs. CHW & 01-Aug-1937 vs. SLB.
FCR - Dan Neumann, Washington, DC


MONDAY EXTRA — 02-Mar-2025
Q. After John Montefusco in 1975, who was the next Giants rookie pitcher to strike out at least twelve batters in a game?
Hint: #1 The first year he made the All-Star team, he led the league in complete games.
Hint: #2 The perfect game he threw was the first in the 130 years of his franchise.
A. MATT CAIN [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Cain struck out 12 Colorado Rockies on 06-Aug-2006 of his rookie season. Likely, it helped him place high in the NL ROY voting at the end of the year.
- #1 Cain led the NL in CG in 2009 w/4 & made the 1st of his 3 ASD selections.
- #2 His perfecto, on 13-Jun-2012 is the only one thrown by a Giants pitcher in the franchise’s 142-year-old existence.
FCR - Tim Swindle, Tucson


TUESDAY — 03-Mar-2025
Q. Who had the first ever All-Star game at-bat?
Hint: #1 He tied a record for most hits on a single World Series stood until Bobby Richardson broke it.
Hint: #2 He liked his first team so much that he played for them in three stints and never played for another team.
Hint: #3 His teammates knew that he played “regimental”.
A. PEPPER MARTIN [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Martin led off for the NL in 1933.
- #1 He banged out 12 hits in the 1931 postseason. He was the first with 12 H in a 7-game World Series. Others were tied at that mark but then Richardson hit 13 times in 1964—not 1960 when he was the WS MVP.
- #2 Martin played for the Cardinals in 1928, 1930-1940 & 1944.
- #3 He didn’t like anything between him and his uniform.
FCR - Matt Monitto, Bristol, Connecticut


WEDNESDAY — 04-Mar-2025
Q. Whose votes denied pitcher Jose Fernandez the distinction of a unanimous Rookie-of-the-Year vote.
Hint: #1 He has won both a bronze and a silver medal international competition.
Hint: #2 The only time he made a major league All-Star team, he was a starter.
A. YASIEL PUIG [B-R Bio]
- Ans. For the 2013 NL ROY, 4 votes were for Puig. The remaining 26 were for Fernandez.
- #1 Puig won a bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship. He also played for Cuba at the 2011 World Port Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where the team was 2nd.
- #2 Puig started in RF for the NL in the ASG in 2014.
FCR - Scott Morissey, Hamilton, Ontario


THURSDAY — 05-Mar-2025
Q. Which former Chicago outfielder led the world in triples the only year he received MVP votes?
Hint: #1 In his antepenultimate game as a major leaguer, he received a standing ovation after slamming a fan to the ground.
Hint: #2 Some people have said that his very name is an oxymoron.
A. ANGEL PAGAN [B-R Bio]
- Ans. Played for CHC 2006-2007. His 15 triples for SFG in 2012 led the majors. His placement in the 2012 MVP voting wasn’t great, but at least somebody was thinking of him.
- #1 The fan & an accomplice, dressed in Dodger Blue, had run onto the field during the Dodgers/Giants game on 30-Sep-2016, interrupting the action. Watch here.
- #2 Viewed with a certain religious angle, angels and pagans don’t mix & the likelihood of an actual pagan angel stretches the definition of both.
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia


FRIDAY — 06-Mar-2025
Q. Which Gerund-American made the first of his four All-Star games as a replacement for a cross-town rival in what would have also been that player’s first All-Star game?
Hint: #1 The home run that capped his cycle was of the inside-the-park variety, hit far enough that it would have cleared any normal major league fence.
Hint: #2 His older brother, who played the same position, had a brief major league career with St. Louis.
A. HARRY DANNING [SABR Bio]
- Ans. In 1938, who played for New York Giants his whole 10-year career, was put on the team NL All-Star team to replace Brooklyn’s Babe Phelps who was injured. Ironically, in the 1940 ASG, Danning replaced Phelps again, this time at C in the 7th inning.
- #1 Cycle on 15-Jun-1940 was in the Polo Grounds, famous for its deep slot in center field. The home run is occasionally reported to have traveled 490’, but the deepest part of the Polo Grounds is 475’.
- #2 Brother Ike Danning, catcher, played only 2 games with the 1928 Browns, but was 3 for 6 at the plate, ending his career with a .500 batting average. Both Angelinos, Ike & Harry each appeared in uncredited roles in major Hollywood motion pictures.
FCR - Michael Griffin, Rome Georgia


SATURDAY — 07-Mar-2025
Q. Which altitudinous moundsman, drafted by the Pirates in the fifth round of Major League Baseball’s June Amateur Draft, had so much trouble managing his weight that his team developed a bespoke regimen for him, assiduously monitoring his percentage of body fat?
Hint: #1 He understandably earned the sobriquet “Baby Giraffe”
Hint: #2 Kevin Millar, Bob Walk, Todd Zeile and he all attended the same SoCal high school.
A. TYLER GLASNOW [B-R Bio]
- Ans. At 6’8”, he’s 40 lbs. lighter than his 6’1” teammate, Brusdar Graterol. The Dodger’s nutritionists recommend that he gain weight & keep it on, specifically encouraging his consumption of fat, which he had been avoiding. The goal is to add 20 + - lbs. for the 2026 season.
- #1 His height makes him stand out in almost any crowd.
- #2 Foe all MLB alumni of William S. Hart HS in Santa Clarita, California, click here.
FCR - David Skelton, Woodway., Texas


SUNDAY — 08-Mar-2025
Q. Who is the only Tampa Bay pitcher to lead the majors in saves?
Hint: #1 His uncle had also pitched in relief for Tampa Bay in six of his ten major league seasons toiling for the same franchise, but under a different team name.
Hint: #2 His (not the uncle’s) coaches in the majors were unfortunately not the only source he went to in order to improve his game.
A. ALEX COLOME [WIKI Bio]
- Ans. Colome’s 47 saves in 2017 is properly bolded and italicized. Trampa Bay pitchers Rafeal Soriano & Brad Boxberger had led the AL in saves with 45 in 2010 & 41 in 2015 respectively.
- #1 Uncle Jesus Colome pitched for Tampa Bay from 2001 to 2006 & although it was the same franchise as Alex’s 2013-2017 stint, but bore a different name, Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The word Devil was dropped beginning with the 2008 season.
- #2 Colome was suspended for 50 games for failing a random drug test at the start of the 2014 season.
FCR - Jim Cochran, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Incorrect guesses: Fernando Rodney ,Pete Fairbanks, Brad Boxberger


THEME: Players with “Horse” in their nicknames

Player Nickname
Cain............................ The Horse
Colome....................... The Horse
Danning...................... Harry the Horse
Gehrig........................ The Iron Horse
Glasnow..................... Mini Horse
Martin......................... The Wild Horse of the Osage
Pagan......................... Crazy Horse
Puig............................ Wild Horse

Other qualifiers:
John Morris............................ Yellow Horse
Harry Anderson...................... Harry the Horse
Johnny Orsino........................ Horsino
Moses Yellow Horse.............. !
Michael Chavis...................... Ice Horse
Neill Sheridan........................ Wild Horse
Lou Meyers............................ Crazy Horse
Joe Sargent............................ Horse Belly
Hanson Horsey...................... !

First Correct Respondent identifying theme – John Ford, Greenwich, Connecticut (After Cain 0n Monday!)

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~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Monday, March 9

Walter,


Who is the Lion from the Rock?








Hint: #1 As a manager, he won 500 games with three different teams in the same league.




Hint: #2 He once opined, “I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight? Yes.”



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[nynasty]

Leo the Lip

 

[Old Sweater]

Leo the Lip

Leo the Lip is correct.

Tuesday, March 10< and it is still Tuesday!

Five major leaguers have hit home runs in each of four consecutive Opening Day games. Who was the only one to do it for a team domiciled outside the United States?









Hint: #1 He was the first player in his franchise’s history to hit at least twenty home runs in each of four consecutive seasons.




Hint: #2 He is the only catcher to win the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Game more than once.








Monday's question answered:

Q. Who is the Lion from the Rock?

Hint: #1 As a manager, he won 500 games with three different teams in the same league.

Hint: #2 He once opined, “I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight? Yes.”

A. LEO DUROCHER [SABR Bio]

- Ans. [Translation in Latin then French of his name]

- #1 Durocher was the Dodgers’ manager for 9 seasons from 1939-1948 (suspended in 1947), winning 738 games & 1 pennant (1941). In 5 of those years, he was a player/manager. He was the skipper for the Giants from 1948-1955, winning 637 games, 2 pennants (1951,1954) & 1 World Series (1954). He ran the Cubs from the dugout for 7 years (1966-1972) & won 535 games.

- #2 Click here for more gems from Mr. Durocher.



FCR - John Burbridge, Timonium, Maryland



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Cedrique]

Gary Carter

 

[Old Sweater]

Gary Carter

The Kid is correct!

Wednesday, March 11

Who hit more doubles on one season that any other National Leaguer?









Hint: #1 He was the first player to hit home runs in the All-Star game and World Series in the same season.




Hint: #2 He was Yogi Berra’s hero.








Tuesday's question answered:

Q. Five major leaguers have hit home runs in each of four consecutive Opening Day games. Who was the only one to do it for a team domiciled outside the United States?

Hint: #1 He was the first player in his franchise’s history to hit at least twenty home runs in each of four consecutive seasons.

Hint: #2 He is the only catcher to win the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Game more than once.

A. GARY CARTER [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Carter’s OD HRs =
09-Apr-1977,
07-Apr-1978,
06-Apr-1979 &
11-Apr-1980, all for the Montreal Expos.
The others with 4 consecutive opening-day HRs
Yogi Berra (1955-58) for NYY,
Todd Hundley (1994-1997) for NYM,
Jack Hannahan (2008-2009, 2011-2012) for OAK & CLE [in the minors in 2010] &
Tyler O'Neill (2020-2025) for STL, BOS & BAL, six (6!) straight years & counting.

- #1 Playing for MON, Carter, in these same 4 seasons, hit 30, 20, 22 & 29 HR respectively.

- #2 Carter was MVP of the mid-summer classic in 1981 & 1984. The other multiple winners are Mays (1963, 68); Garvey (1974, 78); Ripken (1991, 2001) & Trout (2014, 15).



FCR - Scott Byrne, Grand Rapids, Michigan



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Cedrique]

Babe Ruth

 

[Old Sweater]

Babe Ruth

It is Ducky.

Midweek Bonus

Which Hall of Fame player was the home plate umpire in a regular season game his team was playing? Hint: #1 He is also in the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. Hint: #2 As a player, he once hit exactly nineteen triples in each of five consecutive seasons but never led the league in any of the five. The leader was different in each of those seasons. Hint: #3 Just the year before that streak began, he led his league in triples. It’s the only black inkin his twenty-season major league career. Wednesday's question answered: Q. Who hit more doubles on one season that any other National Leaguer? Hint: #1 He was the first player to hit home runs in the All-Star game and World Series in the same season. Hint: #2 He was Yogi Berra’s hero. A. JOE MEDWICK [SABR Bio] - Ans. Medwick had 64 2B in 1936 in 677 plate appearances. - #1 In the 1st of his 10 All-Star appearances, 1934, Medwick homered in the 3rd inning off Lefty Gomez. On 03-Oct, he homered in the 5thinning of the 1st game off Detroit’s General Crowder. - #2 When advised to lay off bad pitches, Berra replied, “Joe Medwick's still my hero.” Yogi grew up in St. Louis in the heyday of the Cardinal’s Gas House Gang. FCR - George Curcio, DeLand, Florida​

~ D. Bruce Brown​

 

[Old Sweater]

Thursday, March 12

Which right-handed starting pitcher went directly from high school to pitch for the Cleveland Indians as a teenager?









Hint #1 He holds the record for hitting the most major league home runs in games when he pitched.




Hint: #2 Less than a quarter of his fifteen-year career in the big leagues was spent with the Red Sox, yet he is in the Red Sox Hall of Fame.




Hint: #3 He once made the same All-Star team his older brother did, but only his brother got into the game.








MIdweek Question answered:

Q. Which Hall of Fame player was the home plate umpire in a regular season game his team was playing?

Hint: #1 He is also in the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.

Hint: #2 As a player, he once hit exactly nineteen triples in each of five consecutive seasons but never led the league in any of the five. The leader was different in each of those seasons.

Hint: #3 Just the year before that streak began, he led his league in triples. It’s the only black ink in his twenty-season major league career.

A. JAKE BECKLEY [SABR Bio]

- Ans. On Sunday, 06-Sep-1906(2), Beckley worked the plate in a seven-inning game between his Cardinals & CIN. Additional recorded instances of Beckley umpiring are confusing & conflicting.

- #1 Along with Roberto Clemente, Honus Wagner, Willie Stargell and others, Beckley entered the Pirates Hall of Fame with the inaugural class in 2022. He entered the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2014 with Ken Griffey Jr & Dave Parker.

- #2 19 3B = 1891-1895. The league leaders in triples were:
1891– Tom Brown 22 (AA) [Harry Stovey 20 (NL)]
1892 Ed Delahanty 21 (NL)
1893 Perry Werden 29 (NL)
1894 Henry Reitz 31 (NL)
1895 Kip Selbach 22 (NL)
For the 5-year period, however, no major leaguer totaled more than Beckley’s 95 triples.

- #3 In 1890, Beckley led the Players League in triples w/22.



FCR - Brian Barris, Oneida, New York



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

Hint #1 He holds the record for hitting the most major league home runs in games when he pitched

^^^ Could be Wes Ferrell. Guy could rake!

 

[Old Sweater]

Hint #1 He holds the record for hitting the most major league home runs in games when he pitched

^^^ Could be Wes Ferrell. Guy could rake!

It was Wes Ferrell

Friday the 13th

Who broke Pete Rose’s MLB record for most plate appearances in a season only to have hisrecord broken by Jimmy Rollins? Hint: #1 He once stole more than 100 bases in a 139-game minor league season. Hint: #2 Three of his uncles played professional hockey. Thursday's question answwered: Q. Which right-handed starting pitcher went directly from high school to pitch for the Cleveland Indians as a teenager? Hint #1 He holds the record for hitting the most major league home runs in games when he pitched. Hint: #2 Less than a quarter of his fifteen-year career in the big leagues was spent with the Red Sox, yet he is in the Red Sox Hall of Fame. Hint: #3 He once made the same All-Star team his older brother did, but only his brother got into the game. A. WES FERRELL [SABR Bio] - Ans. Ferrell did play some minor league ball after his 1-inning, 3-earned-runs inauspicious CLE debut. He came up for good the following year after a 20-8 season with the B-Class Terre Haute Tots for whom he also homered twice. - #1 No major league pitcher has hit more career home runs than Wes Ferrell’s 37. (He hit 1 HR as a pinch-hitter.) In 1934, he had two 2-HR games:13-Jul& 22-Aug. - #2 He was inducted in the BOS HOF in 2008, 13 years after his brother who played with BOS for 5 seasons. Rick Ferrell was born in 1905, Wes in 1908. - #3 In MLB’s 1st ASG, 1933, Wes sat while Rick was never replaced behind the plate. FCR - Michael Green, Las Vegas​

~ D. Bruce Brown​