Answers to Tiger Trivia #10
1.) What pitcher with a submarine delivery had his best year as a Tiger when he won 18 games and lost 7 and was traded to the Boston Red Sox three years later?
Answer: Eldon Auker went 18-7 in 1935 and was traded in 1938 to the Boston Red Sox.
2.) What Tiger pitcher won 24 games in a season and tied an American League record for winning 16 consecutive games that season?
Answer: Linwood "Schoolboy" Rowe in 1934.
3.) Who pitched the Tigers to win in a World Series game the day after his father died?
Answer: Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsome in the 1940 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
4.) What Tiger pitcher, known as the "Sphinx" was acquired by the Tigers in a trade involving Billy Martin and Al Cicotte?
Answer: Don Mossi, who was also known as "Ears".
5.) Name the Tiger who pitched a no-hitter on July 20, 1958, and was later traded to a National League team with Gus Triandos for Don Demeter and Jack Hamilton. What is he doing now?
Answer: Hall of Famer Jim Bunning, who now serves as a United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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