RJ Hamster
Friday, December 19, 2025
| Peter, Which one-time Kanas City Royals player had been drafted in the first round, the sixth overall? Hint: #1 He had been drafted much lower out of high school three years earlier, but decided that playing for the University of Arkansas held more promise. Hint: #2 During his career in the majors, he was traded for a two-time Cy Young Award winner and later for a base-stealing champion. Thursday’s question answered: Q. Which Rookie-of-the-Year runner-up won a World Series ring three years later with his team as they took the top prize for the first time since their creation, a half century before? Hint: #1 He played for three major league teams and led each one at least once in stolen bases, twice even leading the league in that category. Hint: #2 He thrice has hit for the cycle, making him only the fourth MLB player to accomplish the feat. A. TREA TURNER [B-R Bio] – Ans. Turner finished 2nd in voting behind 2016’s ROY winner, LAD’s Corie Seager. Turner’s team, the Washington Nationals took advantage of their talent assembled in 2019, the franchise’s 51stseason, & won the World Series. – #1 Turner, referred to regularly as “the fastest man in the majors”, led WSH in SB 7 X; LAD 1 X; & PHI 1 X. Led the NL in 2018 w/43 & in 2021 w/32. – #2 The other players with 3 cycles are Bob Meusel, Babe Herman & Adrian Beltre. Christian Yelich later became a member of this elite gathering. NOTE: Further research has revealed that Cincinnati Red John Reilly also hit for three cycles in the 19th century. Yelich was then the 4th, but in the Modern Era. FCR – Andrew Jett, Waxahachie, Texas ~ D. Bruce Brown |
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