Hint: #1 Who won an MVP award despite playing with a broken jaw.

Hint: #2 He was in the top five of MVP voting five different times.

Hint: #3 In one of those votes he was first, the first time in twelve years a player from his team had won the award.

Hint: #4 He won the first modern major league All-Star Home Run Derby.

Hint: #5 He had two consecutive-game hitting streaks of at least twenty games twice in one season.

Hint: #6 He was a three-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove winner, achieving the envied combination of MVP and Gold Glove in the same season.

Hint: #7 He won a World Series championship with a franchise in each league.

Hint: #8 He passed away today.

Saturday’s question answered:

Q. Who won a Gold Glove for each of the first ten seasons he was in the majors?

Hint: #1 This was not his most impressive defensive accomplishment, nor highest honor.

Hint: #2 He has three times won his league’s home run title.

A. NOLAN ARENADO [B-R Bio]

– Ans. Arenado was a rookie in 2013. He was the NL GG at 3B each year 2013-2022.

– #1 The Platinum Glove Award was a joint creation among SABR, MLB, Rawlings & fans. It honors the (one) top defensive player in each league. Arenado was the Platinum Glove recipient every season from 2017 to 2022.

– #2 In 2015, 2016 & 2018 Arenado hit 42, 41, 38 HR respectively.

FCR – Jake Bell, Santa Fe, New Mexico