Lajoie-Start Southern New England Chapter meeting recap – 6/22/2024
Manny Delcarmen
Former Red Sox pitcher Manny Delcarmen treated about 30 SABR members and guests to an inside look at his career as he held forth for more than an hour at the Southern New England Chapter’s spring meeting on June 22, 2024, at the First Baptist Church in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
The meeting also featured an appearance by SABR member Keith O’Brien of Lee, New Hampshire, author of Charlie Hustle, a new biography of Pete Rose.
Keith O’Brien
O’Brien and Delcarmen each entertained the audience for more than an hour. In between we managed to squeeze in presentations by Herb Crehan and Joanne Hulbert on SABR’s new program Memory Care Outreach; Steve Krevisky (Notable Events in Seasons Ending in 4); and Dixie Tourangeau (Back in Their Day, the Toughest Guys to Whiff).
Joanne Hulbert and Herb Crehan
Father Gerry Beirne’s baseball trivia contest had co-winners: Mark Kanter and Steve Krevisky. The quiz questions and answers are appended below.
The chapter’s next meeting will be held, as usual, on November 30, the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. Hope to see you there!
Photos are courtesy of Dixie Tourangeau.
— Len Levin
Lajoie-Start Chapter baseball book raffle
Manny Delcarmen
Steve Krevisky
Father Gerry Beirne’s Trivia Quiz
June 2024
Questions
- Name the career leader in pitching wins whose last name name begins with A, B, and C.
- Name the career home run champ whose last name begins with A, B, and C.
- Name the New Englander with the highest career WAR.
- Name the team that won the very first AL game as well as the first two pennants.
- Name the all-time winningest pitcher among Latinos. Was it Bartolo Colon, Juan Marichal, or Dennis Martinez?
- Josh and Bo _______ became the 13th pair of brothers to homer in the same game as teammates. It happened on National Siblings Day. Give us their family name.
- Name the slugger who hit 438 home runs, stole 314 bases, went through 12 knee operations and now owns a funeral home.
- Name the man who never played in MLB but won 1,769 games (lost 1,728) while managing the Pirates, Rockies, Marlins, and Tigers.
- Name the 2023 team that broke a 0-for-12 lifetime losing streak at Yankee Stadium.
- Name the only player to lead his league in base hits his first three seasons. (His number is retired at Fenway Park.)
- What was the first team to put names on uniforms?
- Which Red Sox manager famously predicted, “We’ll win more than we lose.” (And they did.)
- Name the Padre who struck out 13 batters in a row this season.
- Name the 1B/DH who set a major-league record by going hitless 54 straight at-bats.
- Who won the NL Pitcher of the Month Award this season with a 6-0 record, 0.63 WHIP, and a 1.32 ERA.
- Bonus question: Name the five American League West teams.
Answers
- Grover Cleveland Alexander, Bert Blyleven, Roger Clemens.
- Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Miguel Cabrera.
- Nap Lajoie.
- Chicago White Sox.
- Bartolo Colon.
- Naylor.
- Andre Dawson.
- Jim Leyland.
- Chicago Cubs.
- Johnny Pesky.
- Chicago White Sox.
- Dick Williams.
- Jeremiah Estrada.
- Khris Davis.
- Ranger Suarez.
- Bonus question: Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Athletics.