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[Old Sweater]

Last week’s wrap up is in the previous post.

Which Hall of Famer was the first to hit pinch-hit grand slams in both leagues?









Hint: #1 He led the majors in home runs in four seasons but led his league in strikeouts seven times.




Hint: #2 He has the fifth-highest WAR for any player born in the state of Maryland.





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

I looked up the answer. Here are his stats. He led his league in homers 1911-1914 His bWAR/162 of 6.5 has him tied with Eddie Mathews at the 18-spot for HOF’ers

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1908	22	PHA	AL	0.4	9	33	31	5	9	3	0	0	2	0		0	2	.290	.290	.387	.677	114	.332	114	12	0	2	/5
1909	23	PHA	AL	5.7	148	606	541	73	165	27	19	4	85	20		26	48	.305	.343	.447	.790	146	.382	148	242	5	34	*5/H
1910	24	PHA	AL	5.2	146	625	561	83	159	25	15	2	74	21		34	36	.283	.329	.392	.721	126	.351	127	220	4	21	*5
1911	25	PHA	AL	6.4	148	660	592	96	198	42	14	11	115	38		40	38	.334	.379	.508	.887	149	.423	149	301	2	25	*5	MVP-11
1912	26	PHA	AL	9.3	149	648	577	116	200	40	21	10	130	40	26	50	38	.347	.404	.541	.945	174	.450	172	312	6	11	*5	MVP-7
1913	27	PHA	AL	7.9	149	645	564	116	190	34	9	12	117	34		63	31	.337	.413	.493	.906	167	.438	171	278	10	7	*5	MVP-5
1914	28	PHA	AL	7.4	150	637	570	84	182	23	10	9	89	19	20	53	37	.319	.380	.442	.822	151	.402	155	252	3	8	*5/H	MVP-3
1916	30	NYY	AL	3.6	100	402	360	46	97	23	2	10	52	15		36	30	.269	.344	.428	.772	130	.380	132	154	5	1	5/H
1917	31	NYY	AL	4.5	146	613	553	57	156	24	2	6	71	18		48	27	.282	.345	.365	.710	116	.352	118	202	5	7	*5
1918	32	NYY	AL	4.9	126	558	504	65	154	24	5	6	62	8		38	13	.306	.357	.409	.765	129	.379	132	206	2	12	*5
1919	33	NYY	AL	4.0	141	623	567	70	166	22	1	10	83	13		44	18	.293	.346	.388	.734	106	.354	109	220	2	9	*5
1921	35	NYY	AL	2.4	94	369	330	46	97	16	2	9	74	8	5	26	12	.294	.353	.436	.789	99	.368	99	144	4	9	5H
1922	36	NYY	AL	1.1	69	258	234	30	65	12	3	7	37	1	3	15	14	.278	.327	.444	.771	98	.351	95	104	2	7	5H
13 Yrs				62.8	1575	6677	5984	887	1838	315	103	96	991	235	54	473	344	.307	.363	.442	.805	135	.389	138	2647	50	153	*5H
162 Game Avg				6.5	162	687	615	91	189	32	11	10	102	24		49	35	.307	.363	.442	.805	135	.389	138	272	5	16
PHA (7 Yrs)				42.2	899	3854	3436	573	1103	194	88	48	612	172	46	266	230	.321	.375	.471	.845	152	.408	154	1617	30	108	*5/H
NYY (6 Yrs)				20.6	676	2823	2548	314	735	121	15	48	379	63	8	207	114	.288	.347	.404	.751	113	.364	115	1030	20	45	*5H

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Generated 3/25/2025.

 

[obxyankeefan]

I looked up the answer. Here are his stats. He led his league in homers 1911-1914 His bWAR/162 of 6.5 has him tied with Eddie Mathews at the 18-spot for HOF’ers

Scroll |>>>>><<<<<|

Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1908	22	PHA	AL	0.4	9	33	31	5	9	3	0	0	2	0		0	2	.290	.290	.387	.677	114	.332	114	12	0	2	/5
1909	23	PHA	AL	5.7	148	606	541	73	165	27	19	4	85	20		26	48	.305	.343	.447	.790	146	.382	148	242	5	34	*5/H
1910	24	PHA	AL	5.2	146	625	561	83	159	25	15	2	74	21		34	36	.283	.329	.392	.721	126	.351	127	220	4	21	*5
1911	25	PHA	AL	6.4	148	660	592	96	198	42	14	11	115	38		40	38	.334	.379	.508	.887	149	.423	149	301	2	25	*5	MVP-11
1912	26	PHA	AL	9.3	149	648	577	116	200	40	21	10	130	40	26	50	38	.347	.404	.541	.945	174	.450	172	312	6	11	*5	MVP-7
1913	27	PHA	AL	7.9	149	645	564	116	190	34	9	12	117	34		63	31	.337	.413	.493	.906	167	.438	171	278	10	7	*5	MVP-5
1914	28	PHA	AL	7.4	150	637	570	84	182	23	10	9	89	19	20	53	37	.319	.380	.442	.822	151	.402	155	252	3	8	*5/H	MVP-3
1916	30	NYY	AL	3.6	100	402	360	46	97	23	2	10	52	15		36	30	.269	.344	.428	.772	130	.380	132	154	5	1	5/H
1917	31	NYY	AL	4.5	146	613	553	57	156	24	2	6	71	18		48	27	.282	.345	.365	.710	116	.352	118	202	5	7	*5
1918	32	NYY	AL	4.9	126	558	504	65	154	24	5	6	62	8		38	13	.306	.357	.409	.765	129	.379	132	206	2	12	*5
1919	33	NYY	AL	4.0	141	623	567	70	166	22	1	10	83	13		44	18	.293	.346	.388	.734	106	.354	109	220	2	9	*5
1921	35	NYY	AL	2.4	94	369	330	46	97	16	2	9	74	8	5	26	12	.294	.353	.436	.789	99	.368	99	144	4	9	5H
1922	36	NYY	AL	1.1	69	258	234	30	65	12	3	7	37	1	3	15	14	.278	.327	.444	.771	98	.351	95	104	2	7	5H
13 Yrs				62.8	1575	6677	5984	887	1838	315	103	96	991	235	54	473	344	.307	.363	.442	.805	135	.389	138	2647	50	153	*5H
162 Game Avg				6.5	162	687	615	91	189	32	11	10	102	24		49	35	.307	.363	.442	.805	135	.389	138	272	5	16
PHA (7 Yrs)				42.2	899	3854	3436	573	1103	194	88	48	612	172	46	266	230	.321	.375	.471	.845	152	.408	154	1617	30	108	*5/H
NYY (6 Yrs)				20.6	676	2823	2548	314	735	121	15	48	379	63	8	207	114	.288	.347	.404	.751	113	.364	115	1030	20	45	*5H

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Generated 3/25/2025.

Those look like Frank "Home Run' Baker stats

 

[Old Sweater]

Those look like Frank "Home Run' Baker stats

Pretty sure Home Run Baker is the player.

 

[wood20ks]

Those look like Frank "Home Run' Baker stats

Pretty sure Home Run Baker is the player.

Thats kinda what I thought,but those stats O.S. posted says he played in the A.L. his whole career....

And the question was:
Which Hall of Famer was the first to hit pinch-hit grand slams in both leagues?

So I'm not sure what the answer is....

 

[obxyankeefan]

Thats kinda what I thought,but those stats O.S. posted says he played in the A.L. his whole career....

And the question was:
Which Hall of Famer was the first to hit pinch-hit grand slams in both leagues?

So I'm not sure what the answer is....

Good catch

 

[Old Sweater]

Thats kinda what I thought,but those stats O.S. posted says he played in the A.L. his whole career....

And the question was:
Which Hall of Famer was the first to hit pinch-hit grand slams in both leagues?

So I'm not sure what the answer is....

Man was I off! It was Double-X

Walter,
Who was the first Houston (National League) player to score thirty runs in a calendar month?









Hint: #1 A Vietnamese native surrendered his four hundredth career home run.




Hint: #2 He received the Role Model of the Year Award from the county where he grew up.








Monday's question answered:

Q. Which Hall of Famer was the first to hit pinch-hit grand slams in both leagues?

Hint: #1 He led the majors in home runs in four seasons but led his league in strikeouts seven times.

Hint: #2 He has the fifth-highest WAR for any player born in the state of Maryland.

A. JIMMIE FOXX [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Hit a GS for PHA in the 7th off DET’s Tommy Bridges on 21-Sep-1931 pinch-hitting for C Joe Palmisano. Fourteen years later, hit a GS for PHI in the 8th off STL’s Ken Burkhart on 18-May-1945 pinch-hitting for P Andy Karl.

- #1 Led MLB in HR 1932 (58); 1933 (48); 1935 (36); & 1939 (35). Led AL in Ks in 1929 (70); 1930 (66); 1931 (84); 1933 (93); 1935 (99); 1936 (119); 1941 (103).

- #2--- Babe Ruth---------- 162.2
--------- Lefty Gove---------- 113.2
--------- Cal Ripken----------- 95.9
--------- Al Kaline-------------- 92.7
--------- Foxx-------------------- 92.2



FCR - Anderson Adams, Peachtree Corners, Georgia





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[wood20ks]

Who was the first Houston (National League) player to score thirty runs in a calendar month?









Hint: #1 A Vietnamese native surrendered his four hundredth career home run.




Hint: #2 He received the Role Model of the Year Award from the county where he grew up.

First intuition was Bags,but part of the question was,where he grew up.......sounds to me he is from somewhere else....

I thought this would be easy.....lol....there just cant be many 400 hr hitters in Houstons career....mustve been a freeagent or a traded player that hit his 400th in Houston....

I wanna take a stab at I don't know...

 

[Old Sweater]

First intuition was Bags,but part of the question was,where he grew up.......sounds to me he is from somewhere else....

I thought this would be easy.....lol....there just cant be many 400 hr hitters in Houstons career....mustve been a freeagent or a traded player that hit his 400th in Houston....

I wanna take a stab at I don't know...

Your first intuition was right.

Who is the most recent player to win a second National League MVP?









Hint: #1 He led all of junior college baseball in both homers and RBI at the age of seventeen.




Hint: #2 He was drafted first overall as a catcher.

^^^ I just may know this one!








Tuesday's question answered:

Q. Who was the first Houston (National League) player to score thirty runs in a calendar month?

Hint: #1 A Vietnamese native surrendered his four hundredth career home run.

Hint: #2 He received the Role Model of the Year Award from the county where he grew up.

A. JEFF BAGWELL [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Scored 30 X in Jun-1994, before the labor troubles canceled the rest of the season.

- #1 Hit his 400th HR on 20-Jul-2003 off Danny Graves who was born in Saigon.

- #2 Received the Middlesex County, Connecticut RMYA for 1999.



FCR - Brad Clark, Madison, Wisconsin





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[wood20ks]

Your first intuition was right.

Lol.....I read COUNTRY instead of COUNTY......

Ya I would have guessed Bagwell....infact I dont think any other Houston player has hit 400 or more.

 

[Old Sweater]

Yep. It was Bryce Harper

NOTE: This is the last question in this week's theme. Further and possibly related questions will begin on Thursday.


Who was the last Cleveland Indians player to hit for the cycle in the twentieth century?









Hint: #1 He won the Roberto Clemente Award but then missed the entire next season. Good fortune soon returned, however, when he eventually he won the Comeback Player of the Year Award.




Hint: #2 His hometown and his nickname have atmospheric implications.








Wednesday's question answered:

Q. Who is the most recent player to win a second National League MVP?

Hint: #1 He led all of junior college baseball in both homers and RBI at the age of seventeen.

Hint: #2 He was drafted first overall as a catcher.

A. BRYCE HARPER [B-R Bio]

- Ans. Harper won NL MVPs in 2015 (Unanimous) & 2021.

- #1 Harper got his GED after his sophomore year of HS so he could play J.C. baseball in 2010. Going into the Junior College World Series, Harper was hitting .442/.524/.986 with 29 HR, 89 RBI, 88 R & 18 SB in 62 G.

- #2 Picked #1 by WAS in 2010. He wad scouted as a catcher but announced as a fielder.



FCR - Gabe Kinstlinger, Reisterstown, Maryland





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[wood20ks]

Who is the most recent player to win a second National League MVP?

Hint: #1 He led all of junior college baseball in both homers and RBI at the age of seventeen.

Hint: #2 He was drafted first overall as a catcher.

A. BRYCE HARPER [B-R Bio]

- Ans. Harper won NL MVPs in 2015 (Unanimous) & 2021.

- #1 Harper got his GED after his sophomore year of HS so he could play J.C. baseball in 2010. Going into the Junior College World Series, Harper was hitting .442/.524/.986 with 29 HR, 89 RBI, 88 R & 18 SB in 62 G.

- #2 Picked #1 by WAS in 2010. He wad scouted as a catcher but announced as a fielder.

I shouldve had that one too......oh well

 

[Old Sweater]

I shouldve had that one too......oh well

One of the few where I guessed right. I use to attend this big HS legion Father’s Day tournament in my hometown of Pueblo, Colorado that a Vegas team attended. I asked the Vegas coach about the Harper kid and he replied, he is the real deal. The legion coach was right.

 

[Old Sweater]

Who set a record when he hit home runs from both sides of the plate in one game, four times in one season?









Hint: #1 Only he has switch-hit home runs in a game three times in a week.




Hint: #2 He has the names of his daughters tattooed on his chest.








Midweek Bonus question answered:

Q. Who was the last Cleveland Indians player to hit for the cycle in the twentieth century?

Hint: #1 He won the Roberto Clemente Award but then missed the entire next season. Good fortune soon returned, however, when he eventually he won the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

Hint: #2 His hometown and his nickname have atmospheric implications.

A. ANDRE THORNTON [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Cycle = 22-Apr-1978. Travis Hafner, Rajai Davis & Jake Bauers have done it for CLE since 2001.

- #1 A severe knee injury cost him all of 1980 & he only played 69 G in 1981. In 1982, he had 32 HR, 116 RBI &109 BB, earning him The Sporting News “Comeback Player of the Year Award”.

- #2 Thornton’s sobriquet was “Thunder” and he was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, home to the famous flying Tuskegee Airmen of World War II fame.



FCR - Kanya Honoki, Nara, Japan





~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Cedrique]

Who set a record when he hit home runs from both sides of the plate in one game, four times in one season?









Hint: #1 Only he has switch-hit home runs in a game three times in a week.




Hint: #2 He has the names of his daughters tattooed on his chest.








Midweek Bonus question answered:

Q. Who was the last Cleveland Indians player to hit for the cycle in the twentieth century?

Hint: #1 He won the Roberto Clemente Award but then missed the entire next season. Good fortune soon returned, however, when he eventually he won the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

Hint: #2 His hometown and his nickname have atmospheric implications.

A. ANDRE THORNTON [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Cycle = 22-Apr-1978. Travis Hafner, Rajai Davis & Jake Bauers have done it for CLE since 2001.

- #1 A severe knee injury cost him all of 1980 & he only played 69 G in 1981. In 1982, he had 32 HR, 116 RBI &109 BB, earning him The Sporting News “Comeback Player of the Year Award”.

- #2 Thornton’s sobriquet was “Thunder” and he was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, home to the famous flying Tuskegee Airmen of World War II fame.



FCR - Kanya Honoki, Nara, Japan





~ D. Bruce Brown

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