July II Sim Done -- Trading Deadline!

Game Date:  Jul 30 2031

Standings:
Adams:  Brick leads Brooklyn by twelve.
Zotti:  Seattle is 26 games up on Antelope Valley
Signorino:  Philadelphia is eight games up on Maui
Wild Card:  Maui is three games ahead of Brooklyn

Awards & Accomplishments:
Seattle 1B Hector Valera named Player of the Week (7/21, 4th career award)
Brick LF Salvador Velasquez named Player of the Week (7/28, 6th career award, 3rd award this season!)

Significant Injuries:
Houston RF Ed Weber has elbow soreness that will sideline him for 3-4 weeks.
Wilmington 3B George Horridge has a strained MCL.  He's out for six weeks.
Philadelphia closer Anthony White has a torn flexor tendon in his elbow.  He's done for this year and will miss most, if not all, of next year as well.
Maui SS Wang-fen Tsang has a torn PCL.  He's done for the year.

Batting Line of the Sim:
Seattle 1B Hector Valera went 4-4, 2 HR, 2 R, 6 RBI and a walk vs. Appalachian 7/19

Pitching Line of the Sim:
Brick's Joong-geun Yi pitched eight innings of four hit shutout ball, walking none and striking out eleven vs. Antelope Valley 7/29.

Answer to Last Week's Trivia Question:
Who holds the record for hitting the most home runs in their debut season in the majors?
(Please note that I said "debut season" not "rookie season."  Aaron Judge is not the correct answer.)

Frank Fred came up with Wally Berger, who hit 38 home runs in his debut season of 1930 for the Boston Braves.  However, Frank Fred was only half right.  Frank Robinson matched Berger's feat, hitting 38 home runs for the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1956.

This Week's Trivia Question:
Today, the BBWAA announced their selections to the Hall of Fame for 2018.  A player must now be retired for five years before being eligible, but that wasn't always the case.  Once upon a time, even active players were eligible -- Lou Gehrig, for example, received 22.6% of the vote in 1936, despite the fact that he played for another three years.  Eventually the rules were changed so that you had to be retired one year and later five years.  Even so, as late as 1958, active players were still getting votes -- Warren Spahn got a vote that year --  despite the fact that he continued playing until 1965!

However, there are two players who have played at least one major league game after 1980, despite having received Hall of Fame votes in the past.  Who are those two players?

Commissioner's Note:  The trading deadline is upon us.  Last chance to wheel and deal!

Next sim:  Next Wednesday

Edited 1/25/2018:  My apologies, Fred.  It was you who came up with Wally Berger, not Frank.  I must have been half-asleep when I typed it.