{"id":9805,"date":"2019-02-14T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baseballroundtable.com\/?p=9805"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:27:08","slug":"baseball-roundtable-trivia-teaser-walk-dont-run-but-put-a-run-on-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballroundtable.com\/baseball-roundtable-trivia-teaser-walk-dont-run-but-put-a-run-on-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Roundtable Trivia Teaser … Walk – Don’t Run (but put a run on the board)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Baseball Roundtable Trivia Teaser to celebrate <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
the opening of Spring Training workouts.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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$\"Ventures\"$ <\/a>Who is the only player to collect two bases-loaded walks in a single World Series game?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Hint:\u00a0 Sandy Koufax may have considered him a spoiler.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
$\"Palmer\"$ <\/a>The only player to draw two bases-loaded walks in a World Series game is Orioles\u2019 pitcher Jim Palmer<\/strong><\/span>, who walked with the sacks full in the fourth and fifth innings, as the Orioles topped the Pirates 11-3 on October 11, 1971.\u00a0 Notably, Palmer walked only three times in 116 1971 regular season plate appearances. Palmer, in fact, never walked more three times in any of his 19 MLB seasons.<\/p>\n
For those interested in details the walks were were issued by<\/p>\n
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Bruce Kison in the bottom of the fourth<\/strong>.\u00a0 It was a tough inning for the Pirates.\u00a0 Bob Johnson started on the mound and, after an inning-opening ground out by Oriole\u2019s 1B Boog Powell, gave up a single to RF Frank Robinson, hit C Elrod Hendricks with a pitch, walked 3B Brooks Robinson and gave up a two-run single to 2B Davey Johnson. Bruce Kison was brought\u00a0on in relief and walked SS Mark Belanger to load the sacks and then issued a free pass to Palmer to force in a run.<\/li>\n
Bob Veale in the bottom of the fifth<\/strong>. By the time Palmer batted in the bottom of the fifth, the Orioles had a 7-0 lead and had already collected five hits and a walk in the inning. Veale had come on to replace Bob Moose and immediately walked Belanger to load the bases with one out. Palmer batted next and drew his second bases-loaded walk of the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Orioles drew seven walks and had 14 hits in the contest. Palmer, however, did not exhibit any greater control.\u00a0 He pitched eight innings of three-run ball, but walked eight (and surrendered seven hits).<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll take a deeper look at Jim Palmer later in this post (and reveal the story behind the Koufax hint), but first a few more base-loaded free-pass tidbits.<\/p>\n
A little more on base-loaded free passes …<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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The record for bases-loaded walks in a single game (and a single inning) is eight<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 all by the White Sox\u00a0 in a 20-6 victory over the Kansas City A\u2019s on April 22, 1959. In the seventh inning of that game, the White Sox drew eight bases-loaded walks, while scoring eleven runs on just one hit. (For a full accounting of the inning, click here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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In the above April 22, 1959 White Sox\/A\u2019s game, Nellie Fox had a record two bases-loaded walks in a single inning.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Ellis Burks holds the record for bases-loaded walks in game<\/strong><\/span>. On, September 2, 2000 \u2013 as his Giants beat the Cubs 13-2 – Burks drew three<\/strong><\/span> bases-loaded walks (in the first and second innings off Reuben Quevedo and in the sixth off Felix Heredia). The Giants drew five bases-loaded free passes in the contest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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INTENTIONAL BASES-LOADED WALKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Only six players have been intentionally walked with the bases loaded (Baseball-Almanac.com):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Abner Dalrymple, Chicago (NL), August 2, 1881<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Napoleon Lajoie, Philadelphia (AL), May 23, 1901<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Del Bissonette, Brooklyn (NL), May 2, 1928<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Bill Nicholson, Chicago (NL) July 23, 1944<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Barry Bonds, San Francisco (NL), May 28, 1998<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Josh Hamilton, Texas (AL), August 17, 2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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A FEW JIM PALMER TIDBITS …<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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In 1971, Palmer was one of four twenty-game winners on Orioles<\/strong>.<\/span> Palmer went 20-9. 2.68; Dave McNally went 21-5, 2.89; Pat Dobson went 20-8, 2.90; and Mike Cueller went 20-9, 3.08. The only other MLB team to boast four twenty-game winners was the 1920 White Sox (Red Faber, 23-13, 2.99; Lefty Williams, 22-14, 3.91; Dickey Kerr, 21-9, 3.37; and Eddie Cicotte, 21-10, 3.26).<\/li>\n
On October 6, 1966 \u2013 at age 20 \u2013 Jim Palmer became the youngest pitcher ever to pitch a World Series complete-game, shutout<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 topping the Dodgers (and Sandy Koufax) 6-0. Palmer gave up four hits and three walks, while fanning six.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
EXPLAINING THE KOUFAX SPOILER HINT …<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
On October 6, 1966, when Jim Palmer \u2013 at age 20 \u2013 became the youngest pitcher ever to throw a World Series, complete-game shutout, there was plenty more going on. (As I\u2019ve noted before, in baseball \u201cThere is always something.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 So often, when looking into one baseball fact or event, even more of interest emerges.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
In this case, Palmer was coming off just his second MLB season (after going 15-10, 3.46 with six complete games in 30 starts and\u00a0recording 147 strikeouts in 208 1\/3 innings). His opponent was 30-year-old Sandy Koufax, about to win his third Cy Young Award – after a season in which he went 27-9, 1.73, with 27 complete games in 41 starts and 317 whiffs in 323 innings. In the regular season, Koufax had led all of MLB in wins, earned run average, games started (tie), complete games, shutouts (tie), innings pitched and strikeouts.\u00a0 What fans didn\u2019t realize at the time \u2013 particularly given Koufax\u2019 1966 performance:<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That 1966 match-up against Palmer – which ended in a loss for Koufax – <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
would be Koufax’ last major league appearance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Chronic arthritis in his pitching arm would lead Koufax to retire before the 1967 season.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
A couple of other interesting bits of trivia from that game:<\/span><\/p>\n
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Koufax gave up four runs in six innings, but three were unearned \u2013 largely the result of Dodgers’ center fielder Willie Davis’ World Series’ record of three errors in one inning<\/strong> (the fifth). It was clearly a bad day for Davis, who also went zero-for-four at the plate and was the victim of two of Palmer’s six strikeouts.<\/span><\/li>\n
In addition, Palmer’s shutout was part of a World Series’ record for offensive futility \u2013 the Dodgers scored just two run (both in Game One, which they lost 5-2) in the entire World Series<\/strong>. The Dodgers, in fact, did not score after the third inning of Game One \u2013 a World Series’ record 33 straight innings without touching the plate.<\/strong> Games Three and Four both went to the Orioles by 1-0 scores.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Jim Palmer won more games in the 1970\u2019s (186) than any other pitcher.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
Jim Palmer is the only pitcher to win World Series games in three decades<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 1960’s-70\u2019s -80’s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jim Palmer, a solid all-around athlete \u2013 was a high school all-stater in baseball, basketball and football.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Jim Palme<\/strong>r<\/strong><\/span> was a three-time Cy Young Award<\/strong><\/span> winner and six-time All Star<\/strong><\/span> and four-time Gold Glover<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n
Jim Palmer led his league in wins three times<\/strong> <\/span>(and won 20 or more games in eight seasons); winning percentage twice<\/strong><\/span>; innings pitched four times<\/strong><\/span>; complete games once; s<\/strong>hutouts twice<\/strong>;<\/span><\/span>\u00a0earned run average twice.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jim Palmer, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, finished his career with a 268-152 record, a 2.86 earned run average, 211 complete games, 53 shutouts and 2,212 strikeouts in 3948 innings pitched.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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A Baseball Roundtable Trivia Teaser to celebrate the opening of Spring Training workouts. Who is the only player to collect two bases-loaded walks in a single World Series game? Hint:\u00a0 Sandy Koufax may have considered him a spoiler. Answer: The only player to draw two bases-loaded walks in a World Series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n