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Welcome to the “Mystery Player World Series Tournament!”

The 2022 major league baseball season has finally started up, but here on Baseball History Comes Alive our Mystery Player “Regular Season” tournament is well underway.

Here’s What It’s All About!

There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to get the juices flowing! I’ve decided to turn the weekly Mystery Player game into a three-round tournament.

To use as much baseball logo as possible, I’ll be referring to each of the three rounds as the East, Central, and West Divisions. The divisional play will consist of six weekly rounds. Each division winner and two wild card players will advance to the Mystery Player World Series tournament!

Central Divisional Play, Week One

We’re currently in Week One, with competition for the Central Division championship. Below, I’ll announce the East Division winner and then we start over in the Central Divison. If the same player wins more than one division, the second-place player will advance to the World Series.

(Player Identifications: Arky Vaughan, Gus Suhr, Pie Traynor, Honus Wagner)

To mix things up a bit, I’ll be throwing some “curves”: the posting of each weekly entry will always be on the weekend (Friday to Sunday), but the time will be varied and unannounced…I’ll be “mixing it up,” so that no one will be sitting on my “fastball” anticipating the post at a set time!

The weekly entries will go out automatically to all the subscribers of the Baseball History Comes Alive website, so you don’t have to do anything…just be ready each weekend!

And to be clear…the tournament is “open book.” Feel free to use any resources you want. As always, the underlying objective is to enhance our knowledge of baseball history while having some fun with a little competition.

Tournament Prizes

The winner of the tournament will receive a $25 Amazon gift card and a complimentary copy of my new book, soon to be published, The Best of Baseball History Comes Alive. The runners-up will also receive complimentary copies of my new book.

As you send me your answers, I will grade them and return them to you with your score for the round. As each round progresses, I’ll keep a running tally of players’ scores and weekly standings.

Participation is open to all readers of Baseball History Comes Alive and our Old-Time Baseball Photos Facebook page. Also, please extend an invitation to any friends or relatives who might enjoy playing.

So as to give everyone a chance to participate without the player’s identity being immediately revealed, send me your answers via e-mail instead of leaving your answers in the comments section.

Send your answers to me at: Livac2@aol.com.

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“The Mystery Player World Series Tournament!”

Let’s Play Ball!

Central Divison, Week One

Please note: This week there are a total of ten points available – Four for each of the players in the featured photo, five for each bonus question, and one for the first person to get all the players and the bonus questions correct.

This is the first week of Central divisional play, so everyone starts over with a clean slate for competition in this division. However, you will retain your points from the Eastern Divisional play for your standing in the Wild Card competition.

This week’s Mystery Players

Today we see a group of four Pirates. The photo is from the Leslie Jones Boston Public Library Baseball Collection. I did the player ID’s on this one for the collection.

Who are the four Mystery Players? (1 point awarded for each correct identification)**

**See hint below in bonus question 3

This week’s bonus questions:

Three of these players are in the Hall of fame. Which three players? (1 point)
One of the players drowned after a boating accident. Which player? (1 point)
The second player from the left is: a. Augie Galan, b. Gus Suhr, c. Babe Herman, d. Eddie Gaedel (1 point)
Two of these players were Pirate managers. Which two? (1 point)
Within 5 years, what year do you think this photo was taken? (1 point)

Good luck! Remember you don’t have to answer everything to submit an answer. Just give it your best shot!

Send your answers to me at: Livac2@aol.com

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Eastern Divisional Play Final Results

Congratulations to:

William Carter

He wins the East Divison Title with 39 points. He’ll automatically advance to the World Series Tournament.

William narrowly beat out Paul Doyle (38), Mike Bresina (38), Everett Shockley (37), Kevin Barwin (37), and Russ Bravender (37).

Click here to see the complete final standings for the Eastern Divisional title.

Please note that there will now be two Wild Card players instead of just one. I’ll be keeping a running total of Wild Card points for all players and also the Wild Card standings as we go along. Remember that if the same player wins another round, then the second-place finisher will advance to the World Series tournament.

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Last Week’s Results for East Division, Week Six:

The Mystery Players were

Billy Herman, PeeWee Reese, Kirby Higbe, Pete Reiser, Mickey Owen

Answers to the Bonus Questions:

Billy Herman and PeeWee Reese are in the Hall of Fame; Reiser was known for crashing into outfielder walls; Mickey Owen is remembered for the passed ball in the 1941 World Series; PeeWee Reese was known for helping Jackie Robinson in his first year, and he also went into the broadcast booth with Dizzy Dean.

Congratulations to:

Mike Bresina

He was the first to identify last week’s Mystery Players correctly and also answer all the bonus questions correctly. He received 11 points.

The following also correctly identified the Mystery Players and correctly answered all or some of the bonus questions:

Paul Doyle (9), Everett Shockley (10), James Pearn (10), Mark Marino (10), Robert Rambo (10), William Carter (10), Cary Seidman (9), George Curcio (10), Nick Snider (7), Alan Victor (4), Fred Holbrook (9), Kevin Barwin (10), Pat Hansen (10), Russ Bravender (10), Michael Keedy (10), Al Citro (9).

Appeal Plays: If you think I’ve made a mistake with your score, you can request an appeal, just like an appeal in a major league game. Send me your appeal request at: Livac2@aol.com. It won’t go to New York, but I’ll address the issue as fairly as I can…and probably quicker than most major league appeals!