Horsehide-Trivia

[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.



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~ D. Bruce Brown