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Answers to #1436-1485:
#1436 Who was the only Montreal Expos' pitcher to win 20 games in a
Ross Grimsley, in 1978.
#1437 Which Scottish peer, (7th Marquess of Bute), was a Formula One driver, and winner of the 24 Hours of LeMans, in the 1980's?
Johnny Dumfries. Dumfries was #2 driver with Ayrton Senna at Lotus-Renault in 1986, and scored 3 World Championship points, with a 5th and 6th. In 1988, he was one of three drivers to pilot a Jaguar XJR-9 to victory at Le Mans.
#1438 Which current member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was available in the 1968 American League expansion draft, but not selected by either the Royals or the Pilots?
Jim Palmer. Palmer had arm problems in 1967, and didn't play major or minor league ball in 1968, other than Instructional League.
#1476 Which Hockey Hall of Fame member, and former Toronto Maple Leaf, played for the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, and the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA in the 1974-75 season?
Andy Bathgate. Bathgate played for the Canucks in 1952-53 and 1953-54, when he didn't dress for the New York Rangers, then returned to the Canucks for the 1968-69 and 1969-70 seasons, in between his final two NHL seasons. He played 11 games for the 1974-75 Blazers in 1974-75, after being their coach the previous year.
#1477 Which slugging first baseman was MVP of the International League three times during the 1950;s, playing for the Montreal Royals and Toronto Maple Leafs? He won the triple crown in two of his MVP seasons.
Rocky Nelson. Nelson played parts of nine MLB seasons between 1959-61, with 31 career homers, and a .249 lifetime batting average, but he ate AAA piychers alive, from 1953-58.
#1479 Which two Baseball Hall of Fame members were selected in expansion drafts, (1968 AL and 1992 NL)?
Hoyt Wilhelm and Trevor Hoffman. Wilhelm was 3 months shy of his 30th birthday when hw made his major league debut in 1952, and 46 years old when the KC Royals selected him from the White Sox in the 1968 expansion draft. Wilhelm homered in his first ML plate appearance, the only homer in his 21 year career, (432 at bats).
#1480 Which Formula One driver won the final Grand Prix of his F1 career?
Jim Clark won the 1968 South Aftican Grand Prix from pole on January 1, 1968, but he died in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany in April, before the start of the European F1 season. In 1963, Clark won four consecutive Grands Prix - on the same set of hard Dunlop tires!
#1482 Who played for both the Seattle Pilots and the Seattle Mariners in their first MLB seasons, and lead the AL in ERA once in between those two seasons, (1969 and 1977)?
Diego Segui. Segui was a reliever and spot starter for the 1970 Oakland A's, leading the AL with a 2.56 ERA in exactly 162 innings.
#1485 Which Canadian baseball pitcher set a major league record on August 6, 1968, when he struck out six consecutive batters to start a game?
John Hiller. He was primarily a reliever, but Hiller fanned six straight Cleveland Indians to start a game.
#1436 Who was the only Montreal Expos' pitcher to win 20 games in a
Ross Grimsley, in 1978.
#1437 Which Scottish peer, (7th Marquess of Bute), was a Formula One driver, and winner of the 24 Hours of LeMans, in the 1980's?
Johnny Dumfries. Dumfries was #2 driver with Ayrton Senna at Lotus-Renault in 1986, and scored 3 World Championship points, with a 5th and 6th. In 1988, he was one of three drivers to pilot a Jaguar XJR-9 to victory at Le Mans.
#1438 Which current member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was available in the 1968 American League expansion draft, but not selected by either the Royals or the Pilots?
Jim Palmer. Palmer had arm problems in 1967, and didn't play major or minor league ball in 1968, other than Instructional League.
#1476 Which Hockey Hall of Fame member, and former Toronto Maple Leaf, played for the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, and the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA in the 1974-75 season?
Andy Bathgate. Bathgate played for the Canucks in 1952-53 and 1953-54, when he didn't dress for the New York Rangers, then returned to the Canucks for the 1968-69 and 1969-70 seasons, in between his final two NHL seasons. He played 11 games for the 1974-75 Blazers in 1974-75, after being their coach the previous year.
#1477 Which slugging first baseman was MVP of the International League three times during the 1950;s, playing for the Montreal Royals and Toronto Maple Leafs? He won the triple crown in two of his MVP seasons.
Rocky Nelson. Nelson played parts of nine MLB seasons between 1959-61, with 31 career homers, and a .249 lifetime batting average, but he ate AAA piychers alive, from 1953-58.
#1479 Which two Baseball Hall of Fame members were selected in expansion drafts, (1968 AL and 1992 NL)?
Hoyt Wilhelm and Trevor Hoffman. Wilhelm was 3 months shy of his 30th birthday when hw made his major league debut in 1952, and 46 years old when the KC Royals selected him from the White Sox in the 1968 expansion draft. Wilhelm homered in his first ML plate appearance, the only homer in his 21 year career, (432 at bats).
#1480 Which Formula One driver won the final Grand Prix of his F1 career?
Jim Clark won the 1968 South Aftican Grand Prix from pole on January 1, 1968, but he died in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany in April, before the start of the European F1 season. In 1963, Clark won four consecutive Grands Prix - on the same set of hard Dunlop tires!
#1482 Who played for both the Seattle Pilots and the Seattle Mariners in their first MLB seasons, and lead the AL in ERA once in between those two seasons, (1969 and 1977)?
Diego Segui. Segui was a reliever and spot starter for the 1970 Oakland A's, leading the AL with a 2.56 ERA in exactly 162 innings.
#1485 Which Canadian baseball pitcher set a major league record on August 6, 1968, when he struck out six consecutive batters to start a game?
John Hiller. He was primarily a reliever, but Hiller fanned six straight Cleveland Indians to start a game.
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My favorite football story, as told by John Madden on a MNF broadcast: When he was the Raiders head coach, Madden saw Ted Hendricks combing his hair over the toilet. Ted accidentally dropped 35 cents in the toilet bowl.He stared at the coins for a couple of minutes, with a crazed look in his eyes,' like if the elevator didn't go all the way up to the top floor'. Hendricks then reached in his pants pocket, and pulled out a wad of bills. He took a $50 bill, crumpled it up, and threw it in the toilet bowl. Madden asked him why he did that, and Ted replied "You don't think I'm going in there for 35 cents, do you?".
Which four relief pitchers have won an MVP award, (3X AL; 1X NL)?
Three of four identified.
Three of four identified.
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