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.



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%

[thead] [/thead]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 3/21/2025.

 

[wood20ks]

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%

[thead] [/thead]

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
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.