1950's Player Quiz

[Harliduck]

Question 1 -

In September 1952, which St. Louis Cardinal made his pitching debut in his 12th season already with the Cardinals?


Question 2 -

Which Major League pitcher threw the most strikeouts in the 1950s?

Question 3 -

Which Hall of Fame pitcher lost 22 games in a season during the 1950s?

Question 4 -

The fans in 1956 were treated to a new award, recognizing the greatest pitcher in the season, naming it the Cy Young Award, after pitching great, Denton True 'Cy' Young. Which pitcher won this inaugural award?

[Cliff Bowman]

1 Stan Musial? 2 Bob Feller? 3 Robin Roberts? 4 Don Newcombe? He was the NL MVP so I imagine he was the Cy Young Award winner.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

1 Stan Musial? 2 Bob Feller? 3 Robin Roberts? 4 Don Newcombe? He was the NL MVP so I imagine he was the Cy Young Award winner.

3 of 4....#2 is not Bob Feller. Good work!

Story on #1, Stan Musial -

Musial had just clinched his sixth batting crown for the Cardinals in 1952. The player that he battled for the crown throughout the season was Frank Baumholtz of the Cubs. Musial didn't appreciate comments that Baumholtz had made through the season, so Stan went to manager Eddie Stanky and told him that he wanted to pitch against the Cubs and Baumholtz. So, on September 28 in the final game of the season, Musial made his pitching debut. Harvey Haddix started the game and pitched to one batter, then Musial pitched against Baumholtz. Baumholtz got to first base on a ground ball error by Cardinal third baseman Solly Hemus. Haddix then took over again after Musial pitched to Baumholtz. The Cubs won the game 3-0, and that was it for Musial's pitching career.

[egri]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Question 2 -
Which Major League pitcher threw the most strikeouts in the 1950s?

Warren Spahn?

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by egri

Warren Spahn?

Not Warren!

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Not Warren!

I think Warren Spahn was right behind Robin Roberts?

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

I think Warren Spahn was right behind Robin Roberts?

Robin Roberts - 1516 Ks
Warren Spahn - 1464 Ks


?????? - 1544 Ks

[Harliduck]

BTW...thought this was pretty cool. A website listed the Top 10 Pitchers of the 1950's. They had the pitcher in question listed #3.

1. Warren Spahn
2. Robin Roberts
3. ?????
4. Lew Burdette
5. Billy Pierce
6. Whitey Ford
7. Bob Lemon
8. Johnny Antonelli
9. Mike Garcia
10. Bob Friend


Amazing how some of these names are now mere commons. Billy Pierce certainly seems to be severely underrated. My dad used to tell me that Bob Friend was his favorite and the best of his era. Anyway...missing one name, the pitcher who had the most Ks in the 1950s...



EDIT to add that Billy Pierce had 1,487 Ks in the 1950s...more than Warren Spahn

[Cliff Bowman]

Carl Erskine?