Thursday, May 7, 2015

#TriviaThursday - 5/7/15

The correct answer to the movie version of #TriviaThursday last week was Frank Thomas.  In the movie Mr. Baseball, he plays a rookie first baseman who supplants Tom Selleck's character Jack Elliot on the Yankees, pushing Elliot to play for the only team that wants him, the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.  On his first night there, Elliot turns to CNN Sports to get an update on what is going on back in the US, only to hear about how Ricky Davis (Frank Thomas's character) went 4-5 with 3 HR and 6 RBI in his first game.  It took all three hints, but @JMoeller5 got the correct answer for his 9th point on the season.

This week's question returns us to actual MLB stats and records:

1957 was the first year that the Gold Glove Award was given out to the top defensive players at each position in both the American and National leagues.  Since then, only one pitcher has won the Gold Glove AND the MVP award for  his league.  Name that player.

1) All questions will be baseball questions, sometimes relating directly to MLB Showdown, but not always.
2) While it is impossible to regulate this, please refrain from using an internet search engine to find the answer.  If you know it, congratulations!  If you have a fairly educated guess, give it a shot.  We ask for your honesty in following this guideline.
3) Twitter answers must include the hashtag #TriviaThursday and be sent to me @RokTikiTiki in order to be counted.  Those sent to @MLBShowdownGuru do not count.
4) If no correct guess is made by the following Wednesday at noon ET, there will be no winner for that week.  A hint will be added on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday until there is a correct guess or the Wednesday deadline is reached.

Current Standings:
@JMoeller5 - 9
@kris_barnes7 - 5
@Averey25 - 3

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