Hint: #1 He won the award the season after being traded away by a team that came to regret it for decades.

Hint: #2 He played an important role in helping his team to reach the World Series for the first time in thirty-four seasons.

M.C.N.S.V.* Special question answered:

Q. Who is the most recent player to lead his league in stolen bases for five consecutive years?

Hint: #1 His career batting average is higher than Mickey Mantle’s, but still below .300.

Hint: #2 He tied a nineteenth-century Hall of Famer when he scored in eighteen straight games.

Hint: #3 Although he played a total of a decade for one MLB team, he also played for ten additional teams before retiring after seventeen seasons.

A. KENNY LOFTON  [SABR Bio]

– Ans. Lofton led the AL in SB 1992-’96 w/66, 70, 60, 54 & 75.

– #1 Lofton his .299 over his career compared to that slacker Mantle with his .298.

– #2 Slidin’ Billy Hamilton got a R in every G 06-Jul thru 02-Aug-1894. Lofton got his string going 15-Aug thru 03-Sep-2000. The Yankees’ Red Rolfe had tied Hamilton in 1939, 9-25-Aug.

– #3 Lofton was a Cleveland Indian from 1992 to ’96 then 1998 to 2001 & finally retired in 2007, returning to CLE to finish.

FCR – Benjamin Chase, Huron, South Dakota

*French for T.G.I.F.