Horsehide Trivia

Here's another one that I won!


Q. Since the onset of World War One, only one pitcher has thrice uncorked four or more wild pitches in a game. Can you guess who?

Hint: His enshrinement in Cooperstown helps to demonstrate that this is not his only claim to fame.

Hint: For example, he has won both the Lou Gehrig Award and the Roberto Clemente Award.

Twint: He was charismatic and accommodating at SABR 40.

Twint: One of his close boyhood friends was basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek.

A. PHIL NIEKRO
(>= 4 WP/G:  30-Jun-1969 [4], 14-Aug-1969 [4] & 04-Aug-1979 [6]; HOF 1997;  1979 Lou Gehrig Award, 1980 Roberto Clemente Award, SABR 40 was the 40th international convention of the Society of American Baseball Research, held in Atlanta 4-8 Aug-2010)

FCR - Geehoon Hong, Bayside, NY