| No reasonable guess for the theme has been made all week.
Who was once thrown out forty-two times in one season while trying to steal?
Hint: #1 One season he scored exactly as many times as he got a hit.
Hint: #2 He was born on Christmas Day in the back seat of a taxi.
Sunday’s question answered:
Q. Who is the only batter to hit more than fifty doubles in a season in the 1960s?
Hint: #1 He is the only black player to win the Triple Crown in the American League or the National League.
Hint: #2 He hit a home run in his first at-bat as a player-manager.
A. FRANK ROBINSON [SABR Bio]
– Ans. Hit 51 2B in 1962 for CIN. From 1954 through 1976, only he had a season w/50+ 2B.
– #1 TC in the AL in 1966: 49 HR, 122 RBI, .316 BA. He never led his league in any of the TC categories in any other season of his career.
– #2 As player/manager of CLE n 1975, Robinson homered in the 1stinning off NYY’s Doc Medich on 08-Apr-1975.
FCR – Robert Osman, Great Neck, New York |
