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HIGH FLIER?
Q: What former MLB player flew 39 combat missions in the Korean War?
-- Duchess406@aol.com
A: Ted Williams flew 39 combat missions in the Korean War before an ear ailment cut his service time short.
Back to top	-- Alex Friedman

SUPER SLUGGERS
Q: I would like to know if you could tell me how many players hit four home runs in one game and who they are. Also, did anyone ever hit five homers in one game?
-- clorenzett@aol.com
A: The record for most home runs in a game is four, held by 12 players. They are Bobby Lowe, Ed Delahanty, Chuck Klein, Gil Hodges, Joe Adcock, Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Bob Horner, Mark Whiten, Lou Gehrig, Pat Seerey, and Rocky Colavito.
Back to top	-- Alex Friedman

RANDOLPH'S MATES?
Q: Can you please tell me who played shortstop for the Yankees while Willie Randolph played second base?
-- Lorne Wheatcraft
A: Randolph played second base for the Yankees from 1976 through 1988, and had a variety of shortstop partners: 1976: Fred Stanley and Jim Mason 1977-81: Bucky Dent 1982: Dent and Roy Smalley 1983: Smalley, Andre Robertson, Bobby Meacham 1984-85: Meacham 1986: Wayne Tolleson, Mike Fischlin, Meacham 1987: Tolleson 1988: Rafael Santana
Back to top	-- Alex Friedman

AM I RICH?
Q: I have a 1910 Honus Wagner baseball card. It was included in packages of Broad-leaf, Cycle, Napoleon and Recruit cigarettes. On the back of it says that only 20 exist and that the value of it is $35,000.00. I was wondering if you had any clue of what the value of it would be now. I also have two more cards from the same cigarettes. One of them is a 1910 Eddie Plank. On the back of it says that 50 to 75 exist and that the value of it is $7,000.00. The other is a Lewis (Boston-NL). The back of it says that it is the rarest of the 200-card set known as T-207 or Brown Back-ground and that the value of it is $2,000.00. So if you have any clue about the value of these three cards please e-mail me back as soon as possible.
-- Crystal
A: These are certainly reprints. Too bad! At least the manufacturer of the reprint is making it obvious by talking about a contemporary value ... something that is not always done!
Back to top	-- Frank Ceresi Curator, National Sports Gallery

AM I RICH? PART II
Q: I have a 1955 Joe DiMaggio baseball card. It is blue on top and red on bottom. At the top of the card is written "Baseball Immortals". If you know anything about this card or what it may be worth, please let me know. Thank you.
-- bodaddio@webtv.net
A: It sounds to me like the card is a reprint with very little value. I doubt that it is a vintage card. Even if it was from 1955 it would go from very very little value to very little value!
Back to top	-- Frank Ceresi Curator, National Sports Gallery

BOXSCORE: JUNE 12, 1977
Q: I have a ticket stub for the Boston Red Sox -- the date was June 12, 1977. I can't remember who they played or anything about the game. If you could please help me. I would like to see a box score or some info on the game.
-- Patrick Menard, Rhode Island
A: The date in question was a doubleheader in Boston: Game of 6/12/1977, game 1 -- Texas at Boston (D) Texas AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Campaneris B, ss 5 1 1 0 Burleson R, ss 5 0 2 0 Wills B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Lynn F, cf 2 0 0 1 Hargrove M, 1b 3 0 0 0 Rice J, dh 4 1 2 0 Horton W, dh 3 0 0 1 Yastrzemski C, lf 3 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b 4 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 2 1 1 1 Henderson K, rf 1 0 0 0 Scott G, 1b 4 0 0 0 May D, rf 3 1 1 0 Carbo B, rf 4 0 2 0 Grieve T, lf 4 0 1 0 Miller R, pr 0 1 0 0 Sundberg J, c 4 0 2 1 Hobson B, 3b 3 0 1 1 Beniquez J, cf 4 0 2 0 Doyle D, 2b 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 2 7 2 30 3 8 3 Texas 001 100 000 -- 2 Boston 000 100 101 -- 3 2 outs when winning run was scored. Texas IP H R ER BB SO Alexander D 6.1 4 2 2 2 0 Marshall M 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 Devine A (L) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland R (W) 9.0 7 2 2 3 3 Game winning RBI -- none E -- Cleveland R, Carbo B DP -- Texas 1, Boston 1 LOB -- Texas 8, Boston 9 2B -- May D, Sundberg J, Rice J, Beniquez J 3B -- Campaneris B SB -- Wills B SH -- Lynn F, Hobson B SF -- Lynn F HBP -- by Devine A (Fisk C) T -- 2:29 A -- 0 Game of 6/12/1977, game 2 -- Texas at Boston (D) Texas AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Campaneris B, ss 4 0 0 0 Burleson R, ss 3 1 1 0 Wills B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Lynn F, cf 4 0 0 0 Hargrove M, 1b 3 0 1 0 Rice J, dh 3 1 1 1 Horton W, dh 3 0 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 2 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b 3 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 3 0 1 1 May D, rf 3 0 0 0 Scott G, 1b 3 0 1 0 Grieve T, lf 3 0 0 0 Carbo B, rf 3 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 2 0 0 0 Miller R, rf 0 0 0 0 Henderson K, ph 1 0 0 0 Hobson B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Beniquez J, cf 3 0 1 0 Doyle D, 2b 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 0 3 0 26 2 4 2 Texas 000 000 000 -- 0 Boston 200 000 00x -- 2 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Briles N (L) 8.0 4 2 2 2 5 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Tiant L (W) 9.0 3 0 0 0 8 Game winning RBI -- none LOB -- Texas 2, Boston 3 2B -- Burleson R, Rice J, Hargrove M CS -- Wills B, Doyle D, Burleson R HBP -- by Briles N (Doyle D) T -- 2:27 A -- 31038 (The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.)
Back to top	-- David W. Smith Retrosheet

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