Question #20, Charlie Deal: Ron Gant on 10-16-91 as the Braves beat the Pirates.

6. Dazzy Vance question: My first thought was Robin Roberts, but I have no idea how I would verify the answer.

36. Bubbles Hargrave question: Well, it’s neither Piazza nor Dickey. They were my two guesses, and the best for each was .362.

40. Dutch Leonard question: It’s got to be Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson, right?

The answer to 36 occured in ’36, when Babe Phelps of Brooklyn hit .367 (and Paul Waner of Pittsburgh hit .373).

I thought the answer to #35 (Joe Oeschger) might be Red Ruffing, during his Dead Sox years, but Ruffing 1926-29 had a knack for keeping his W-L% between .275 and .300. One other thing that stood out for me about Ruffing was his mediocre 1933 season, when he went 9-14 with a 3.91 ERA for the 91-59 Yankees. 1901-2015, qualified for ERA title and ERA = 10 * W-L%: Sad Sam Jones, 1919 Red Sox: 12-20, .375, 3.75 (ERA+ 81) Benn Karr, 1925 Indians: 11-12, .478, 4.78 (ERA+ 93) Larry Benton, 1929 Giants: 12-17, .414, 4.14 (ERA+ 111) Red Ruffing,… Read more »

#30, NL record for hits in a season with an OBP below .400: Lloyd Waner, 1929 Pirates, 234 hits and a .395 OBP (and 20 triples).

#12, most recent pitcher with a sub-.500 career W-L% with 2000+ IP and BB/9 under 2.00: Ken Raffensberger, 1939-54.

Raffensberger’s .436 career W-L% (119-154) is the second lowest among all pitchers who have at least 150 decisions and shutouts accounting for 25% or more of their career wins. Which pitcher who meets these criteria had a lower career W-L% than Raffensberger?

Question #18 (Ferdie Schupp): Nate Andrews

Question 28 (Hal Carlson): Preacher Roe and Stan Coveleskie

#7 is Leo Norris in 1936

He was 28, had an OPS+ of 79 and only played 2 years in the bigs. Small wonder those Phillies teams of the 30s regularly 100 games

#22 – Nolan Ryan 1974

I thought it was Blyleven at first with his 17 losses in a 20 win season in ’73 but He didn’t quite get to 38. Ryan did the next year at 22W 16L.

Those were both guy’s best two years even though Blyleven was 4 years younger. Ryan Finished 2nd and 3rd in the Cy young those years, Blyleven 7th and NO VOTES.

#41 Tim Laudner by 23 or so plate appearances

23. Ray Schalk question: I’m guessing it’s Ted Simmons. Maybe someone can let me know if there’s an easier way to verify it than to check the splits for each season.

#4 is Chris Hoiles

Ray Schalk question–Is it Gary Carter (abbreviated ’81 season)?

Les Mann question–I’m going to guess Lance Johnson.

#2 is Rudy May, who pitched for the Yankees, Orioles, and Expos during the relevant period. In 1976, he was the centerpiece of a midseason trade between two teams in the same division, the Yankees and the Orioles, he along with Rick Dempsey, Tippy Martinez, Scott McGregor, and Dave Pagan went to the Orioles, while Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, Elrod Hendricks, Ken Holtzman and Grant Jackson went to the Yankees. The Orioles did finish 2nd to the Yankees that year, but on the date of the trade they were in 4th, 8 games back of the Bombers. As for the… Read more »

#11, most consecutive seasons since 1925 catching 115+ games for the Browns/Orioles: Matt Wieters, 4 (2010-13).

Question 13 (Earl Hamilton): Mike McCormick

Doug: your answer for question 12 should be Ken Raffensberger, not Bill.

(Q33): If 1923 counts as Live Ball Era, Eddie Rommel of Philadelphia (A.L.) led his league with 56 appearances and his 19 losses tied with Herman Pillette

19. Pol Parrott – The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (Johnson and Schilling) and the 1961 Dodgers (Koufax and Drysdale). I just tried to think of famous duos, and I got it.

#29: Bucky Walters, 1936 (tied for the lead in ShO); Nolan Ryan, 1976.

Incidentally, I hadn’t realized that last year was the first time in baseball history that a league leader for losses had a single-digit total (Kluber and Porcello tied for the AL lead with 9).

Question #14 (Josh Billings): John Wehner

34. Johnny Rawlings question: Everett Scott?

And to close out, question 38 (Roxy Walters): Jeff Mathis