Hint: #1 His offensive output as a rookie helped his team capture their division title.

Hint: #2 He and his All Star, Gold Glove brother were major league contemporaries for seven seasons, but only faced each other in games on six occasions.

Midweek Bonus question answered:

Q. Whose solo home run produced the only run ever scored on (off?) Madison Bumgarner in World Series competition?

Hint: #1 There season where he led not just his league, but the majors in both home runs and runs batted in, he only managed a frustratingly pedestrian seventh place in Most

Valuable Player voting.

Hint: #2 No player at his position has won more Gold Gloves for his fifty-year-old franchise.

A. SALVADOR PEREZ  [B-R Bio]

– Ans. In the 7^th inning of the 1^st G of the 2014 WS, Perez homered for his team’s only run.  Bumgardner’s career (36.0 IP) WS ERA is the lowest of all-time: 0.25.

– #1 In 2021, Perez tied TOR’s Vlad Guerrero, Jr’s 48 HR, but led all comers w/121 RBI.  Here’s the MVP voting.

– #2 Perez has won 5 GG at C for KCR: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.  In 1989 Bob Boone won KCR’s only other GG for a catcher.

FCR – Gabe Kinstlinger, Reisterstown, Maryland