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TOP 99 TRIVIA QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 B<\/strong>aseball \u00a0 Roundtable Trivia Top 99<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>BBRT\u2019s favorite kwestion.\u00a0 What was the score of the October 1, 1961 game in which Roger Maris hit his record-breaking 61^{st<\/sup> home run, breaking Babe Ruth\u2019s 34-year-old single-season record?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Think about why the kwizmaster might have thought the score was significant.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n}
Yankees 1 \u2026 Red Sox 0<\/p>\n
Other facts:<\/p>\n
Attendance –\u00a0 23,154<\/p>\n
Pitcher – Boston rookie Tracy Stallard<\/p>\n
Recognition –\u00a0 Maris got $5,000, a trip to Sacramento (offered by a Sacramento restaurant) and a round trip to the 1962 Seattle World\u2019s Fair.<\/p>\n
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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Let stay with 1961.\u00a0 How many intentional walks did Roger Maris get in his 61 home run season?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 He was usually hitting in front of Mickey Mantle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Zero<\/p>\n
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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the first player born in the 2000’s’s and the first player born in the\u00a0 \u00a01990’s to appear in a major league game.\u00a0 Hints:\u00a0 1) Elvis has left the building; 2)\u00a0 This “star” tied a record (held by many) belting a homer in his first at bat and drove in a first-game record six runs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Elvis<\/em> Luciano – born February 15, 2000 – made his MLB debut on the mound for the for the Blue Jays on March 31, 2019 (19 years-44 days of age). He pitched in 25 games for the Jays\u00a0 that season, going 1-0, 5.25.\u00a0 In 2021 and 2022, he pitched for Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.<\/li>\n
Cubs’ shortstop Star<\/em>lin Castro –\u00a0 born March 24, 1990 – made his MLB debut on May 7, 2010 (20 years-44 days of age); going two-for-five, with a triple and a home run, one run scored and six RBI. Castro, released by the Nationals during the 1921 season, played in 12 MLB seasons (2010-21 … Cubs, Yankees, Marlins, Nationals), going .280-138-678. He was a four-time All Star.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Name the first AL expansion team to accomplish each of the following:\u00a0 Your hint is the year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
First Division Title (1976) \u2026 Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n
First League Pennant (1980) \u2026 Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n
First World Series Champion (1985) \u2026 Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n
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5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the pitcher with the best won-lost percentage of any hurler with at least with 15 wins against the New York Yankees.\u00a0 Hint (but not a very good one), he was a 20-game winner twice, with a lifetime .671 winning percentage.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Babe Ruth \u2026 17-5\u00a0\u00a0 .773 \u2026 while with the Red Sox.\u00a0 Gotta admit, iconic and ironic.<\/p>\n
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6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>For one point, what was the original name of the NY Yankees franchise? \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Hint:\u00a0 A little birdie told me.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Yankees started out as the Baltimore Orioles (1901), moving to NY (1903) to\u00a0become the Highlanders and later the Yankees.<\/p>\n
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7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Early in the 2010 season, Albert Pujols broke the record for most home runs in the first ten seasons of a big league career.\u00a0 Who held the previous record (at 370 homers over the first ten years)?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 This Hall of Famer was featured on the cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Eddie Mathews, 3B, Braves\u00a0 (Baseball Roundtable’s personal favorite player.<\/p>\n
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8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the only player to hit a major league home run and score an NFL touchdown in the same week. \u00a0Hint:\u00a0 If he\u2019d concentrated on one sport, this guy might have truly been \u201clights out?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u201cNeon\u201d Deion Sanders, who on September 5, 1989, hit a home run for the NY Yankees and followed up on September 9 with a 68-yard touchdown return for the Atlanta Falcons.\u00a0 Sanders’ MLB career covered the years 1989-1995, 1997, 2001; his NFL career included the 1989-2000 and 2004 seasons.<\/p>\n
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9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Sticking with multi-sport athletes, who is the only player to play on a championship team in both MLB and the NBA?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Hurler \/ Forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n
6\u2019 9\u201d Gene Conley with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves World Series Champs and 1959-61 Boston Celtics NBA Champs.\u00a0 Conley played 11 season in MLB and 6 NBA seasons.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Extra Tidbit:<\/em>\u00a0 Chuck Connors of multiple movie and TV series fame (most known as TV\u2019s the Rifleman) is one of 12 people to play in the NBA (Celtics) and MLB (Dodgers\/Cubs).\u00a0 Connors was also drafted by the NFL\u2019s Chicago Bears and is credited, in 1946, with shattering the first NBA backboard.<\/p>\n
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10.\u00a0 <\/strong>On June 9, 1966, the Minnesota Twins became the first American League team to hit five home runs in one inning \u2013 the 7^{th<\/sup> inning of a 9-4 home victory over the Kansas City A’s.\u00a0 The feat of five home runs in an inning has been accomplished eight times.\u00a0 This is one of those \u201cironic\u201d rather than \u201ciconic\u201d questions.\u00a0 In four of the eight instances, the same team has been the victim.\u00a0 Name the team. Hint:\u00a0 This city gained some level of fame for a \u201cdancing pig.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n}
The Cincinnati Reds:<\/p>\n
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June 6, 1939, fourth inning \u2026 New York Giants hit 5 home runs as they beat the Reds\u00a0 17-3 at NY.<\/li>\n
\u00a0June 2, 1949, fourth inning \u2026 Phillies do the damage in a 12-3 win over the Reds in Philadelphia.<\/li>\n
\u00a0 August 23, 1961, ninth inning \u2026 Giants again (this time the SF Giants), beating the Reds 14-0 at Cincy, with a 12-run \u00a0ninth.<\/li>\n
\u00a0 April 22, 2006, fourth inning \u2026 Milwaukee Brewers are the bad boys in an 11-0\u00a0victory over the Reds at Milwaukee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Oh, about that hint.\u00a0 Vic Damone\u2019s \u201cCincinnati Dancing Pig,\u201d a hit in the 1950s, was revived in the 2001 movie \u201cRiding in Cars with Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n
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11.\u00a0 <\/strong>Let\u2019s stick with multiple home run games.\u00a0 Name the teams that hold the record for most home runs in a game in the NL and AL.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 One of these team has more often been victim than victor in record-setting slugfests (see question 10).<\/strong><\/p>\n
AL – Toronto Blue Jays \u2026 10 homers in an 18-3 win over the Orioles on September 14, 1987,<\/p>\n
NL – Cincinnati Reds \u2026 \u00a09 homers in a 22-3 win over the Phillies September 4, 1999.<\/p>\n
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12.\u00a0 <\/strong>Question 12 focuses on batting and HR titles.\u00a0 Babe Ruth holds the record with 12 HR titles, while fellow Ty Cobb earned 12 batting titles (one disputed).\u00a0 Eight is the next most hallowed number, as second place on both lists (HR titles and batting titles) is held by players with eight of each (two tied with 8 batting titles.) Name these weight-time leaders (all in the Hall.).\u00a0 Hint: two infielders and an outfielder \u2013 initials MS, HW, TG.<\/strong><\/p>\n
8 HR titles:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Schmidt<\/p>\n
8 \u00a0batting titles:\u00a0 Honus Wagner, Tony Gwynn<\/p>\n
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13.\u00a0 <\/strong>Everyone likes the long ball, so let\u2019s include another home run question. In the decade of the 1960s (which I remember fondly) five players hit their 500^{th<\/sup> home run.\u00a0 All are now in the Hall of Fame.\u00a0 Name them.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 One also hit his 600^{th<\/sup> during the decade and three of them have last names that start with \u201cM.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n}}
Ted Williams<\/p>\n
Mickey Mantle<\/p>\n
Ed Mathews<\/p>\n
Hank Aaron<\/p>\n
Willie Mays (500 & 600)<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>14.\u00a0 <\/strong>Here\u2019s one of those \u201coff the wall\u201d questions, but one baseball fans should be (or become) aware of.\u00a0 Juan Marichal was the starting pitcher in Major League Baseball\u2019s only Hispanic-American All-Star Game, won by the National League by a 5-2 score.\u00a0 What year was the game played?\u00a0\u00a0 Hints: It was the last MLB game ever played at the Polo Grounds in New York and Vic Power (honored as MLB\u2019s top Latin American player) was a Minnesota Twin at the time. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The game was played on October 12, 1963 \u2026 at \u00a0NY\u2019s Polo Grounds (the last MLB game at the Polo grounds, the Mets moved to Shea Stadium in 1964.)\u00a0 It featured players like Roberto Clemente, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal and Tony Oliva.\u00a0 Of interest to Baseball Roundtable, the winning pitcher was Virgin Island native Alvin O’Neal McBean.<\/p>\n
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15.\u00a0 <\/strong>Back in 1966, Jim Kaat of the Minnesota Twins won 25 games and did not win the Cy Young Award. (From 1956-66 there was only one Cy Young winner each year, and Kaat lost out to 27-game winner Sandy Koufax.)\u00a0\u00a0 But Kaat had no reason to complain.\u00a0 Can you name the NL pitcher who won 25 or more games three times and never won the Cy Young?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 He could also hit, just ask Johnny Roseboro.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Juan Marichal, who went 25-8 in 1963; 25-6 in 1966; and 26-9 in 1968 without a Cy Young \u2026 and was also fined and suspended nine games for hitting Dodgers\u2019 catcher Johnny Roseboro in the head with a bat in a 1965 on-field skirmish.<\/p>\n
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16.\u00a0 <\/strong>Let\u2019s stick with pitching honors.\u00a0 What major league pitcher racked up the most career wins without ever winning the Cy Young Award?\u00a0 Hint: This is an irony kwestion.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Cy Young, with 511 career victories.\u00a0 Now, if the question has been who was the best pitcher never to win a Cy Young, I might have accepted two answers.\u00a0 Cy Young or Nolan Ryan. Note: Stole this question from another HOF pitcher – Bert Blyleven.<\/p>\n
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17.\u00a0 <\/strong>How the game has changed!\u00a0 This hurler, now in the Hall of Fame, averaged \u2013 yes,\u00a0<\/strong>averaged<\/span><\/strong> – 301 innings pitched per year for the decade of the 1950s, completing 237 of\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0370 games started in that ten-year span.\u00a0 Can you name him? Hint:\u00a0 Not really a<\/strong>\u00a0hint, but a hint of irony – made the 1956 NL All-Star team in a year in which he led the<\/strong>\u00a0league in losses.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Robin Roberts of the Phillies.\u00a0 Ended his career 286-245 with a 3.41 earned run average. \u00a0Made the All-Star team with an 8-10 record (4.28 ERA) at the break, on the way to a 19-18 year, with a 4.45 ERA.<\/p>\n
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18.\u00a0 <\/strong>As noted, the answer to question 17 made the All-Star team in a year in which he led NL in losses.\u00a0 The AL calls and raises one MVP.\u00a0 Can you name the only player to win an MVP Award while leading the league in errors as fielder and<\/span> strikeouts as a hitter?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Despite his 39 errors, this shortstop won his second Gold Glove in his MVP year.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Minnesota Twins’ Zoilo Versalles, who also led the AL in plate appearances, at bats, runs, doubles, triples and total bases.<\/p>\n
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19.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0A case of less is more?\u00a0 Perhaps.\u00a0 Name the\u00a0 player who holds the low-water mark for <\/strong>\u00a0the lowest batting average ever by a league leader.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 A Triple Crown winner and <\/strong>\u00a0member of the Hall of Fame.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Carl Yastrzemski, who won the AL batting title with a .301 average in 1968 \u2026 the\u00a0infamous \u201cYear of the Pitcher.\u201d How dominating were the pitchers that year?\u00a0 In the AL,\u00a0the second-best qualifying batting average was .290, .274 got you into the top 10; and a\u00a0.250 average made the top 25.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>20.\u00a0 <\/strong>1968 was considered the year of the pitcher (Hey, maybe that can help with #19).\u00a0 What was the score of the All-Star Game that year?\u00a0 Here\u2019s a bonus query, who got the game winning RBI?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Again, it was<\/span> the year of the pitcher.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Score: \u00a0 NL 1 \u2026 AL 0<\/p>\n
Appropriately, no one got an RBI. The only run scored on a double play in the first inning.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>21.\u00a0 <\/strong>1968<\/strong> may have been the year of the pitcher, but that year, this big bopper set a record with ten homers in one week \u2026 six games \u2026 only 20 at bats.\u00a0 Can you name him?\u00a0 Hint: Former All-American in basketball and baseball at Ohio State, he was one big guy.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Frank Howard, 1968 Senators.<\/p>\n
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22.\u00a0 <\/strong>Which pitcher holds the MLB record for the most strikeouts in a single game? Hint: A very weak hint, it\u2019s not Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood or Randy Johnson, and I didn\u2019t say a nine-inning game.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Washington Senator Tom Cheney, who fanned 21 in a 16-inning, 2-1 win over the Orioles on September 12, 1962.<\/p>\n
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23.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>With only 23 perfect games in MLB history, 2012 proved a boon, with three perfect games in the regular season. Here\u2019s a multiple kwestion. Who threw 2012\u2019s \u201cperfectos?” \u00a0 \u00a0Finally, a bonus, what is the most popular score for a perfect game \u2013 with seven of the 23 ending with this tally?\u00a0 Hint: You rise to the level of the competition.\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
2012 perfect games \u2026 Felix Hernandez (Mariners), Phil Humber (White Sox), Matt Cain (Giants). As a side comment, Humber’s perfecto was the only complete game in eight MLB seasons (51 starts).<\/p>\n
Seven perfect games have ended in a score of 1-0.<\/p>\n
Another perfecto fact.\u00a0 The largest attendance for a perfect game was 65,519 for\u00a0Don Larsen\u2019s 1956 World Series perfect game.\u00a0 The smallest \u2013 6,298, when\u00a0Catfish Hunter shut down the Twins in Oakland on May 8, 1968, although tens of\u00a0thousands claim to have been there.<\/p>\n
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24.\u00a0 <\/strong>Retired numbers are pretty common these days, but they had to start somewhere.\u00a0 Whose number was the first ever retired by a MLB team?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Some\u00a0<\/strong>iron-y here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
On July 4, 1939, the Yankees retired Lou \u201cThe Iron Horse\u201d Gehrig\u2019s number four.<\/p>\n
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25.\u00a0 <\/strong>Can you name the Hall of Famer who led the NL in home runs as a rookie \u2026 and went on to win the HR crown in each of his first seven seasons. Hint:\u00a0 Eddie Mathews broke the string of home run titles in 1953. Not much of a hint, but I did get to mention my favorite player – Mathews<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>The Pirates’ Ralph Kiner, who won the 1946-52 HR crowns and whose career was cut\u00a0short (10 years) by a back injury.\u00a0 Also the only player to hit home runs in three\u00a0consecutive All-Star games.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>26.\u00a0 <\/strong>The 1969 TOPPS #10 baseball card (1968 Pitching Leaders) featured three NL hurlers who all went on to the Hall of Fame.\u00a0 One was Juan Marichal. Can you name the other two?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 The other two both played for the Harlem Globetrotters (like that\u2019s gonna help).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Fergie Jenkins and Bob Gibson.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>27.\u00a0 <\/strong>Can you name the three pitchers pitcher who share the record for striking out ten consecutive <\/strong>batters in a game.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Think New York, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>The Mets’ Tom Seaver, on April 22, 1970, struck out ten consecutive Padres in a\u00a0two-hit, 19 strikeout, 2-1 complete game win.<\/p>\n
The Brewers’ Corbin Burnes fanned ten consecutive Cubs in eight innings in a 10-0 win. Burnes gave up four hits and no walks, while fanning 15.<\/p>\n
The Philllies Aaron Nola fanned ten consecutive Mets on June 25, 2021. He pitched just 5 1\/3 innings the the game – which the Phillies lost 2-1\u00a0 – giving up two its, walking one and fanning a dozen. He was pulled after hitting a batter and walking one in the sixth.\u00a0 Side Note:\u00a0 In the game, Nola was two-for two and drove in the Phillies only tally.<\/p>\n
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28.\u00a0 <\/strong>Who is the only pitcher to lead (tie) both the Al and NL in <\/strong>shutouts in the same season.\u00a0 Hint: I \u201cinitially\u201d wasn\u2019t going to include this one<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>C.C Sabathia, who started the 2008 season with the AL Indians and went 6-8, with a 3.83 ERA and 2 shutouts (which tied with 7 others for the AL lead) and, in July, was traded to the NL Brewers and went 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA and 3 shutouts (which tied teammate Ben Sheets for the NL lead.)<\/p>\n
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29.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Name the Oakland A\u2019s player who, in the late 1970s, scored 33 runs and<\/strong>\u00a0stole 31 bases without ever making a plate appearance \u2013 and is the only player to have\u00a0<\/strong>his position listed as \u201cpinch runner\u201d on his baseball card.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Michigan State All-<\/strong>American sprinter with a president\u2019s last name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Herb Washington, another Charlie Finley experiment, who played only as a pinch runner.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>30.\u00a0 <\/strong>What do the following Hall of Famers have in common? Sparky Anderson.\u00a0 Tom Seaver.\u00a0 Babe Ruth.\u00a0 Rube Waddell.\u00a0 Ken Griffey, Jr.\u00a0 “Gee” Whiz! That’s your hint.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
They are all named George.\u00a0 George Lee Anderson; George Herman Ruth. George Thomas Seaver; George Edward Waddell; George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.<\/p>\n
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31.\u00a0 <\/strong>Another Hall of Fame combo.\u00a0 On April 30, 1946, Bob Feller no-hit the Yankees (winning 1-0) \u2026 the first time the Yankees had been no-hit at Yankee Stadium.\u00a0 Can you name future Hall of Famer who started in centerfield in that game?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 As the Brits say, \u201cBob\u2019s your uncle!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Bob Lemon, who started his career as a 3B-OF, then switched to pitcher, where he went\u00a0\u00a0207-128 in 13 seasons and was a 5-time 20-game winner, earning his spot in the Hall as a hurler. Note: In 1948, Lemon tossed a no-hitter of his own.<\/p>\n
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32.\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the only player ever to pinch hit for Ted Williams.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 You\u2019ll get some career perspective knowing he also pinch-hit for Carl Yastrzemski and hit his first home run pinch-hitting for Roger Maris.\u00a0 Oh yeah, and he caught four touchdown passes for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1955 NFL season.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Carroll Hardy, who played for the 49ers in 1955 and went on to an eight-season Major League baseball career (1958-67) for the Indians, Red Sox, Colt .45s and\u00a0Twins. On September 20, 1960, Hardy pinch hit for Williams after the Splendid \u00a0Splinter fouled a ball off his foot.\u00a0 Hardy hit into a double play.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>33.\u00a0 <\/strong>Can you name the only two players to hit five homers in a double header?.\u00a0 Hint and a bit of irony:\u00a0 An iconic National Leaguer accomplished the feat in 1954 and when he did, a future major leaguer (who, in 1972, would become the second National Leaguer to achieve the feat) was in the ballpark (at 8-years-old) as a fan.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Stan Musial, Cardinals and Nate Colbert, Padres<\/p>\n
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34.\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the only pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 He was no Johnny-come-lately.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Johnny Vander Meer of the Reds no-hit the Braves on June 11, 1938 and repeated the feat against the Dodgers on June 15.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>35.\u00a0 <\/strong>Easy one here.\u00a0 Name the five original HOF electees.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 1 infielder; 1.5 outfielders; 2.5 pitchers.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson<\/p>\n
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36.\u00a0 <\/strong>A rarity, only twice in ML history has a player driven in 12 runs in a single game \u2026 and both times it was a St. Louis Cardinal.\u00a0 I\u2019ll give you the first one \u201cSunny Jim\u201d Bottomley, who drove in 12 runs with six hits (2 HR, 1 2B, 3 singles) as the Cardinals bested the Brooklyn Robins (later Dodgers) at Ebbetts Field on September 16, 1925.\u00a0 Name the other 12-RBI Cardinal.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 The year was 1993 and this player also tied a major league record with 4 home runs in the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Mark Whiten, who on September 7, 1993, in a 15-12 win over Cincinnati (at Cincy) hit a\u00a0Grand Slam (1^{st<\/sup>\u00a0 inning), a pair of 3-run homers (6^{th<\/sup> and 7^{th<\/sup> innings) and a 2-run shot (9^{th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n}}}}
Additional Note:<\/em>\u00a0 Mark Whiten came as close as any major leaguer to hitting for the \u201chome run cycle\u201d \u2013 solo, 2-run, 3-run and grand slam in a single game.\u00a0 Only twice in professional baseball has that been done.\u00a0 It was by Tyrone Horne of the AA Arkansas Travelers (a Cardinals\u2019 farm team) in a July 27, 1998, 13-4 victory over the San Antonio Mission.\u00a0 Horne hit a 2-run shot in the first inning, a grand slam in the second, a solo homer in the fifth and a 3-run dinger in the sixth.\u00a0\u00a0 The next night, Horne won the AA All-Star game home run derby and he finished the season with 37 homers, 139 RBIs and a .312 average, capturing league MVP honors.\u00a0 Despite his record, Horne played 13 minor league seasons never getting a call to the \u201cshow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second home run cycle was achieved on August 10, 2022 by Cardinals farmhand Chandler Redmond, playing for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals (in a 21-4 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles). Redmond had a two-run shot in the fifth inning, a Grand slam in the sixth, a solo shot in the seventh and a three-run blast in the eighth.\u00a0 For the game, the 25-year-old first baseman, was five-for-six, with four runs scored and 11 RBI.\u00a0 \u00a0Redmond, drafted by the Cardinals in the 32 round of the 2019 MLB Draft (out of Gardner-Webb University) ended the 2022 Double -A season with a .236-21-79 stat lie (94 games).<\/p>\n
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37.\u00a0 <\/strong>Let\u2019s go iconic again.\u00a0 Rank the iconic power combinations below in terms of \u00a0home runs hit while teammates (one holds the record at 863).\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 The leading combo had one hitter on each side of the plate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hank Aaron \/ Ed Mathews \u2026863<\/p>\n
Bave Ruth \/ Lou Gehrig \u2026 859<\/p>\n
Willie Mays \/ Willie McCovey \u2026 814<\/p>\n
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38.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0As long as we\u2019re talking long ball, let\u2019s take a look at the most exciting long ball \u2013 the Grand Slam.\u00a0 We\u2019ll go through a series of grand slam questions, getting progressively more difficult \u2013 some might say more inane, or even more insane.\u00a0 First, what player holds the record for the most career grand slams. Hint: Yankee ties.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Alex Rodriguez with 25, second place goes to another Yankee – Lou Gehrig – at 23.\u00a0 the only other player with 20 or more is Manny Ramirez (21).<\/p>\n
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39.\u00a0 <\/strong>This shouldn\u2019t be too hard, it got plenty of publicity.\u00a0 Who was the only player to hit two grand slams in one inning<\/span>?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 They were a couple of long \u201cTat-ers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Cardinals third baseman Fernando Tatis, who hit two grand slams in an 11-run third inning as the Cards beat the Dodgers 12-5 on April 23, 1999.<\/p>\n
Irony?\u00a0 Dodgers\u2019 starting pitcher Chan Ho Park gave up both grand slams (Why was he still in there?) in a 2 2\/3 inning, 8-hit, 11-run performance.\u00a0 Thus becoming the answer to the question, who is the only pitcher to give up two grand slams to the same batter in one inning?<\/p>\n
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40.\u00a0 <\/strong>Just a little more difficult, name the only major leaguer to a grand slam hitting right-handed and left-handed in the same game.\u00a0\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Red Sox, 2003.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Boston third baseman Bill Mueller who rapped bases-loaded homers in the 7^{th<\/sup> and 8^{th<\/sup> innings of a 14-7 Red Sox win at Texas.\u00a0 Mueller also hit a solo shot in the third.<\/p>\n}}
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41.\u00a0 <\/strong>A tougher grand slam question.\u00a0 Who was the first National Leaguer to hit two grand slams in one game?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 A good argument against the DH.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Atlanta Braves’ pitcher \u00a0Tony Cloninger, who drove in 9 runs in a 17-3 complete game victory over the Giants at Candlestick.<\/p>\n
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42.\u00a0 <\/strong>One more grand slam question, then we\u2019ll give the pitchers a chance.\u00a0 Players have hit two grand slams in a game 13 times.\u00a0 How many times this has been accomplished in the hitter\u2019s home<\/span> park.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Lots of disappointment for the fans in this one.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Just once, Nomar Gariciparra, for the Red Sox at Fenway in a May 10, 1999, win over the Mariners.\u00a0 Garciaparra hit three homers and drove in ten runs in the 12-4 victory.<\/p>\n
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43.\u00a0 <\/strong>Okay, this will take you back, but not as far as you might expect.\u00a0 Name the last major league hurler to notch a season of 30 or more victories.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 You might have a \u201chard time\u201d with one.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Detroit Tiger Denny McLain, who went 31-6 with a 1.96 ERA in 1968 \u2026 and later served some hard (prison) time for a variety of transgressions.<\/p>\n
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44.\u00a0 <\/strong>In 1968, an NL hurler tossed a still-record six consecutive complete-game shutouts on the way a record 58 consecutive scoreless innings.\u00a0 Twenty years later, that scoreless “innings” streak was broken by another National Leaguer.\u00a0 Name these two hurlers.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Both were Dodgers.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Don Drysdale, with 58 consecutive scoreless innings, Orel Hershiser with 59.\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 At\u00a0one time, the streaks were counted at 58 2\/3 and 59 1\/3, but it has since been rules\u00a0that credit will not be given for a partial scoreless inning.<\/p>\n
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45.\u00a0 <\/strong>Way back now.\u00a0 Name the pitcher who in 1884, playing for the National League’s\u00a0<\/strong>Providence entry, compiled a 59-12 record (disputed, some say it was 60-12, either way a record for wins in a season), pitched a record 678 2\/3 innings, tossed 73 complete games in 75 starts, achieved a 1.38 ERA and 441 strikeouts.\u00a0 Due to the suspension of Providence\u2019s second-best pitcher, this stalwart started 40 of Providence’s final 43 games, winning 36 and bringing Providence the pennant.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Charles \u201cOld Hoss\u201d Radbourn \u2026 who had gone a less impressive 48-25 the year before\u00a0and won 309 games in 11 big league seasons.\u00a0 Oh, and Radbourn also spent some time\u00a0at first base, shortstop, second base and in the outfield in his record-setting season.\u00a0 In\u00a02010, somebody (Edward Achorn) finally wrote a book about Radbourn:\u00a0 Fifty-nine in 84:\u00a0<\/em>barehanded baseball and the greatest season a pitcher ever had.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
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46.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Name the HOFer who is the oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter.\u00a0 Hint:<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/em>\u201cExpress\u201d your inner baseball self.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Nolan Ryan tossed his seventh no-hitter at age 44 on May 1, 1991 \u2026 beating Toronto 3-0.<\/p>\n
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47.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Enough fastballs (another hint to #46) how about a change of pace?\u00a0 Name the Hall of Famer holds the career record for hitting into triple plays (4 times). Hint:\u00a0 Ironically known for his glove work, he hit into one more triple play than he participated in as a fielder.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Oriole third basemen and 16-time Gold Glove winner Brooks Robinson<\/p>\n
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48.\u00a0 <\/strong>More on triple plays, what was the score of the game in which the Minnesota Twins became the only team ever to turn two triple plays in a single game?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 See question 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Minnesota 0 \u2026 Red Sox 1 \u00a0(July 17, 1990)<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>49.\u00a0 <\/strong>Barry Bonds hold the career record for intentional bases on balls at 688.\u00a0 The second player on the list has fewer than half that many (311, coming into 2020).\u00a0 Name that player.\u00a0 Hint: Still Active.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Albert Pujols<\/p>\n
Note:\u00a0 IBB were not tracked during Babe Ruth\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
Another factoid.\u00a0 Bonds drew a record 120 IBBs in a 2004 232-walk season.\u00a0 That year the AL leader in total walks had 95 \u2026 25 fewer than Bonds had\u00a0intentional passes.<\/p>\n
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50.\u00a0 <\/strong>Back to a bit of irony or, perhaps, tom-foolery.\u00a0 Name the future Hall of Famer who was pitching when pitcher Joe Niekro smacked his only career homer, in 1976. \u00a0Hint:\u00a0 Think about why this might have caught the kwizmaster\u2019s attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Joe\u2019s brother, Phil Niekro.\u00a0 It came in the 7^{th<\/sup> inning on May 10, 1976, and was no\u00a0\u201cgimmee,\u201d\u00a0 The dinger tied the game at 2-2 and Joe and the Astros eventually beat\u00a0Phil and the Braves 4-3.<\/p>\n}
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51.\u00a0 <\/strong>Brotherly love is wonderful (hint to number 50).\u00a0 Can you name the trio of brothers who, in the eighth inning of a game played on September 15, 1963, made history by playing together in the outfield for the San Francisco Giants.\u00a0\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 The team was the San Francisco Giants and the NL leader in hits came from among these brothers in 1966, 1968 and 1969<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Felipe, Jesus and Matty Alou.<\/p>\n
Felipe started the game \u2013 a 15-5 Giants win over the Pirates at Pittburgh – in RF.\u00a0 In the 7^{th<\/sup>, Jesus replaced left fielder Willie McCovery, with Felipe moving to LF and Jesus taking over in RF.\u00a0 Then, in the eighth, Matty came into the game for CF Willie Mays, with Felipe moving to CF and Matty taking over in LF.\u00a0 Felipe led the NL in hits in 1966 and 1968, while Matty led the league in hits and batting average .342 in 1960.<\/p>\n}
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52.\u00a0 <\/strong>Ouch!\u00a0 Name the ex-Twin hurler who holds the career record for most losses without ever notching a win.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Lots of folks \u201cfelt\u201d bad for him.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Terry Felton, 0-16 for the Twins (1979-82). 0-13 in 1982 alone.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>53.\u00a0 <\/strong>Another \u201cHow the game has changed.\u201d\u00a0 Name the pitcher who holds the NL and AL records for most appearances in a season.\u00a0\u00a0 Hint: Only one answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Mike Marshall \u2026 106 games pitched with the Dodgers (NL Record in 1974)\u00a090 games pitched with the Twins (AL Record in 1979). \u00a0In 1974, Marshall pitched 208 1\/3 innings in relief, going 15-12 with 21 saves.<\/p>\n
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54.\u00a0 <\/strong>Don Mattingly set the Major League record for grand slams in a season with 6 in 1987 (tied by Travis Hafner in 2006).\u00a0 How many grand slams did Mattingly hit in his 14-year career?\u00a0\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Think irony.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>6 \u2026 Donnie Ballgame never hit one before or after that 1987 splash.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>55.\u00a0 <\/strong>Time for a little \u201cguesswork.\u201d Get within three of the fewest number of pitches ever thrown in a nine-inning complete game.\u00a0 No hint, you\u2019re supposed to be guessing.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>58 … \u00a0Red Barrett, with a 2-hit shutout (1 hour 15 minutes) as the Braves\u00a0beat the Reds on August 10, 1944.<\/p>\n
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56.\u00a0 <\/strong>Guess again.\u00a0 If you liked that last exercise in the informed guess, how about this one?\u00a0 How long (time) did the major league\u2019s shortest doubleheader last?\u00a0 Count it right if you get within 45 minutes.\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 Do not include the time between games (usually 20 minutes).<\/strong><\/p>\n
Wow!\u00a0 How times have changed \u2026 2 hours and 7 minutes, which means a total time of less than 2 \u00bd hours including the time between games. \u00a0\u00a0On September 26, 1926 (last games of regular season), the St. Louis Browns swept the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n
Game one.\u00a0 Saint Louis \u00a06 \u2013 NY 1 \u2026 1 hour and 12 minutes<\/p>\n
Game two.\u00a0 Saint Louis\u00a0 6 \u2013 NY 2 \u2026 55 minutes.\u00a0 This is the second shortest\u00a09-inning game in history.\u00a0 The shortest ever was 51 minutes –\u00a0 NY\u00a0Giants 6 \u2013 1 over the Phillies on September 28, 1919.<\/p>\n
Note:\u00a0 The Yankees were also involved in the longest 18-inning double header ML history \u2026 taking 8 hours and 40 minutes to sweep the Red Sox on August 18, 2006.\u00a0 The longest ever doubleheader goes to a May 31, 1964 Mets\/Giants twin bill – 9 hours and 52 minutes, with the second game going 23 innings.<\/p>\n
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57.\u00a0 <\/strong>Not a serious question, just proof that baseball fans will count anything.\u00a0 Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton, of the small hats and violent follow-through, holds the record for the most times having his hat fall of in a World Series game.\u00a0 What is the record?\u00a0\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 If you guess 37, you\u2019ll be right.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>37 times in a 1964, game 3, World Series win against the Cardinals.\u00a0 Don\u2019t you \u00a0just love statistics?<\/p>\n
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58.\u00a0 <\/strong>How many innings was the longest game (innings) in major league history?\u00a0 Not a hint, but another look at how the game has changed \u2013 both starting pitchers went the distance in a 1-1 tie.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Brooklyn versus Boston May 1, 1920 –\u00a0 a 26-inning 1-1 tie.\u00a0 The two starting pitchers (Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger) shared the record for the longest pitching appearance.<\/p>\n
How times have changed!\u00a0 The longest MLB game in terms of time was an 8 hour and 6 minute (25-inning) game between the Brewers and White Sox on May 8-9, 1984.\u00a0 Home team Sox won 7-6. Consider this.\u00a0 In the 1920, 26-inning contest the teams used a total of 22 players and just two pitchers and took 3 hours and 50 minutes.\u00a0 In the 1984 game, 44 players, including 14 pitchers participated.<\/p>\n
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59.\u00a0 <\/strong>On August 25, 2011, the Yankees hit a record 3 grand slams in a nine-inning game, topping Oakland 22-9.\u00a0 How many (another record) plate appearances with the based loaded did NY record?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 They went 6 for 13 with the sacks full, but remember the question asks for plate appearances not at bats.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>16 \u2026 producing 3 HRs, 3 singles, a fielder\u2019s choice, one strikeout, 5 additional outs \u2013 and non-at bat plate appearances of 2 walks and a sac fly.<\/p>\n
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60.\u00a0 <\/strong>Only four players have hit home runs before they turned twenty and after they turned forty.\u00a0 Can you name three of the four?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 A peach, an orange, a chef (sp.) and a player who created a lot of “suspense.”\u00a0 The played their final games in 1928, 1985, 2009 and 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Ty Cobb (the Georgia Peach) \u2026 1905-28<\/p>\n
Rusty Staub (Le Grande Orange) \u2026 1963-85<\/p>\n
Gary \u201cSheff\u201d Sheffield \u2026 1988-2009<\/p>\n
Alex Rodriguez … 1994-2016<\/p>\n
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61.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Only four players have won the home run title in both the American and National Leagues.\u00a0 The first was Buck Freeman who led the NL in 1899 and the AL in 1903, then came Sam Crawford, who captured the NL title with the Reds in 1901 and the AL title with the Tigers in 1908.\u00a0 Name the other two.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Their last names each started with the same three letters \u2013 all consonants.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Fred McGriff \u2026 Blue Jays (AL) 1989 \/ Padres (NL) 1992<\/p>\n
Mark McGwire \u2026 As (AL) 1987 & 96 \/ Cardinals (NL) 1998 & 99<\/p>\n
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62.\u00a0 <\/strong>Someone you can count on.\u00a0 In 2017, The Dodgers’ Brandon Morrow pitched in all seven games of the World Series (an 8.44 ERA in 5 1\/3 innings). Name the Oakland A\u2019s hurler\u00a0who also pitched in all 7 games of\u00a0 a World Series (1973); notching 2 saves and a o.oo ERA, as the A\u2019s beat the Mets 4 games to 3. Hint: I \u201cknow\u201d you\u2019ll like this one.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Darold Knowles, who tossed three 6 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Added note:<\/em>\u00a0 Most starts in a single World Series?\u00a0 In 1903, in an eight-game\u00a0 series, Deacon Phillippe of the Pittsburgh Pirates started 5 games (in 13 days), winning three and losing two as the Pirates lost to the Boston Americans 5 games to 3.\u00a0 Phillippe threw five complete games, giving up 15 earned runs.<\/p>\n
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63.\u00a0 <\/strong>Everyone recognizes Jackie Robinson for breaking baseball\u2019s color line in 1947 (April 15, to be exact), and for racking up a list of \u201cfirsts\u201d for black players:\u00a0 to get a hit; win Rookie of the Year; earn MVP honors; lead the league in hitting; play in a World Series and more.\u00a0 Who was the second black to cross the MLB color line and be the first black: American Leaguer: to to lead his league in home runs; and to homer in a World Series? Hint: Initials are LD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Lary Doby, who played his first game for the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947.\u00a0 Played for the Indians, White Sox and Tigers (1947-59), earning 7 All-Star selections.<\/p>\n
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64.\u00a0 <\/strong>Other side of the integration coin \u2026 in what year did the last major league team integrate?\u00a0 As a hint, I\u2019ll give you the team and player:\u00a0 Red Sox, Pumpsie Green.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>1959<\/p>\n
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65.\u00a0 <\/strong>Another color line question.\u00a0 Name the players making up the first instance of a black pitcher facing a black hitter in the major leagues.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 1949, Dodgers versus Giants.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Only July 8, 1949, the Giants Hank Thomson faced the Dodgers Don Newcombe \u2013 and grounded out to first.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>66.\u00a0 <\/strong>Final color line question.\u00a0 Who was the first black pitcher to play in a World Series?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 This is one of those iconic questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Thanks to one of BBRT’s readers, I will accept two answers to this question. \u00a0The original answer – Satchel Paige, who \u2013 at age 42 \u2013 came in with one out in the 7^{th<\/sup> in Game Five (October 10, 1948) and retired the only two men he faced \u2013 as his Cleveland Indians lost to the Boston Braves 11-5. \u00a0Satch was the first black pitcher to take the mountdin the World Series.<\/p>\n}
I will also accept Dan Bankhead (as the BBRT reader correctly pointed out), who pitched in four games for the Dodgers during the 1947 regular season and then appeared in Game Six of the World Series as a pinch runner (in the sixth inning, running for Bobby Bragan, who had doubled while pinch-hitting for pitcher Ralph Branca). Bankhead later scored on a single by Pee Wee Reese). \u00a0So, while Paige was the first Black player to pitch in the World Series, Bankhead was the first Black pitcher to appear in the World Series – albeit as a pinch runner.<\/p>\n
Both answers are legitimately iconic. \u00a0Satchel becaue he was Satchel, Bankhead because he was the first Black pitcher in MLB.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>67.\u00a0 <\/strong>The \u201csave\u201d was ordained an official baseball statistic in 1969.\u00a0 In a bit of an irony, who recorded the first \u201cofficial\u201d save (historians later<\/span> went back to compute earlier saves) on April 7, 1969.\u00a0 The irony?\u00a0 The hurler who earned that 3-inning save, pitched in 40 more games that year (all starts) and MLB\u2019s first official save was the only<\/span> one he recorded that year (to go with a 20-12 record).\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 He was a Dodger \u2026 and his name would do Frank Sinatra proud.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Bill Singer, who in 14 MLB seasons pitched in 322 games (308 starts) recording only 2 saves.<\/p>\n
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68.\u00a0 <\/strong>What are the original names of the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros?\u00a0 Hint(s):\u00a0 The names didn\u2019t last long \u2013 1 year and 3 years \u2013 and the changes were driven by a move to a new city for one team\u00a0and objections from a well-armed opponent and a new stadium for the other.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>The Seattle Pilots existed in Seattle as an expansion team for one year (1969) before MLB acquired the team in bankruptcy court and moved it to Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
The Astros started out as the Houston Colt .45s (1962) before objections from the gun company led to\u00a0the Astros’\u00a0name, honoring the Houston area’s aerospace\u00a0prominence (NASA Mission Control Center).\u00a0 At the same time, the team moved from Colt Stadium\u00a0\u00a0to the “Astrodome” in 1965.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>69.\u00a0 <\/strong>Get \u2018em on and then get \u2018em out.\u00a0 What is the highest number of base runners allowed in a nine-inning no-hitter<\/strong>?<\/p>\n
14 – The Orioles\u2019 Steve Barber (8 2\/3 innings and Stu Miller 1\/3 inning no-hit the Tigers in\u00a0 2-1 Baltimore loss on April 30, 1967.\u00a0 The Oriole hurlers gave 10 walks, hit two batters and two were safe on errors.<\/p>\n
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70.\u00a0 <\/strong>Lovable loser.\u00a0 Who is the only World Series MVP to play for the losing team?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Hit .305 in a total of 36 World Series games.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Bobby Richardson, second base, 1960 Yankees.\u00a0 Despite outscoring the Pirates 55-27, the Yankees lost the series 4 games to 3 on Bill Mazeroski\u2019s game-seven walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth.\u00a0 Richardson, who had 11 hits, 8 runs scored and 12 runs batted in over the seven games was selected the Sporting News World Series MVP.\u00a0 (Mazeroski was honored as the Babe Ruth Award Series MVP.)\u00a0 Richardson, a lifetime .266 hitter who only topped .300 in a regular season once, was a World Series hitting machine.\u00a0 He averaged .305 in 36 WS games and, in 1964, had a Series record 13 hits (with a .406 average).<\/p>\n
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71.\u00a0 <\/strong>Power and speed.\u00a0 Name the two players to hit fifty homers in one season and steal 50 bases in another. Hint:\u00a0 A Giant and an Oriole \u2013 and, while Willie Mays would be a good guess (he did lead the league in homers and stolen bases four times each) \u2013 that would be wrong. This all happened between 1990 and 2001.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Brady Anderson, Orioles \u2013 stole 53 bases in 1992, hit 50 homers in 1996.\u00a0 (Also led off a record four straight games with a home run.)<\/p>\n
Barry Bonds, Giants \u2013 stole 52 bags in 1990, hit 73 home runs in 2001.\u00a0 (Your call if this should count.)<\/p>\n
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72.\u00a0 <\/strong>Power and patience.\u00a0 Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves led the NL in home runs in 1945 with 28 \u2013 while striking out only 9 times in 636 at bats (the best percentage ratio of homers to strikeouts ever for a league leader. Going less obscure, only ten times in MLB history has a player hit 40 or more homers, while striking fewer times than he hit round trippers.\u00a0 It\u2019s been done by six players, name four of them.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Initials, in the order they accomplished the feat. Are:\u00a0 MO, LG, JD, JM, TK, BB. A bonus if you can name which one of these gentlemen achieved this feat 3 years in a row.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>1929 \u2026 Mel Ott\u00a0 42 HRs, 38 Ks<\/p>\n
1934 \u2026 Lou Gehrig, 49 HRs, 31 Ks<\/p>\n
1936 \u2026 Lou Gehrig, 49 HRs, 46 Ks<\/p>\n
1937 \u2026 Joe DiMaggio, 46 HRs, 37 Ks<\/p>\n
1947 \u2026 Johnny Mize, 51 HRs, 42 Ks<\/p>\n
1948 \u2026 Johnny Mize, 40 HRs, 37 Ks<\/p>\n
1953 \u2026 Ted Kluszewski, 40 HRs, 34 Ks<\/p>\n
1954 \u2026 Ted Kluszewski, 49 HRs, 35 Ks<\/p>\n
1955 ..\u00a0\u00a0 Ted Kluszewski, 47 HRs, 40Ks<\/p>\n
2004 \u2026 Barry Bonds, 45 HRs, 41Ks<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>73.\u00a0 <\/strong>1968 was, indeed, the year of the pitcher.\u00a0 Name the two pitchers who captured both Cy Young Award and MVP honors that year.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 A Tiger and a Cardinal.\u00a0 Bonus kwestion, name the three relief pitchers who have won a Cy Young and MVP in the same season. Hint:\u00a0 A Brewer, a Tiger \u00a0and an A.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>1968:\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Gibson Cardinals and Denny McLain, Tigers<\/p>\n
Relievers:\u00a0 Rollie Fingers, Brewers (1981). \u00a0Willlie Hernandez (Tigers 1984) and Dennis Eckersley, As (1992)<\/p>\n
Other starters who have won both the Cy Young and MVP in the same year:\u00a0Don Newcombe (Dodgers, 1956); Sandy Koufax (Dodgers, 1963); Vida Blue (A’s, 1971); Roger Clemens (Red Sox, 1986); Justin Verlander, (Tigers,,2011); \u00a0Clayton Kershaw (Dodgers, 2014).<\/p>\n
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74.\u00a0 <\/strong>Catchers with speed are a rarity.\u00a0 Name the two catchers who have led their league in triples.\u00a0 Hint(s): Both played in games for the Boston Red Sox during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, both played in four different decades and one led the NL in triples as a Cardinal and one the AL with\u00a0the a Red Sox.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Tim McCarver, 13 triples with the Cardinals in 1976 (played 1959-80)<\/p>\n
Carlton Fisk, 9 triples with the Red Sox in 1972\u00a0 (played 1969-93)<\/p>\n
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75.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0On the topic of MVP awards, who was the last switch hitter to win the American League MVP award?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 He was a five-time All-Star in the 1970s \u2013 and the only other AL switch-hitting MVP was Mickey Mantle.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Oakland A\u2019s pitcher Vida Blue (he hit .118 in 102 at bats, but also went 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA.)<\/p>\n
Switch-hitting MVPS;<\/p>\n
1931, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Frankie Frisch, Cardinals<\/p>\n
1956, 57, 62\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mickey Mantle, Yankees<\/p>\n
1971\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maury Wills, Dodgers<\/p>\n
1973\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pete Rose, Reds<\/p>\n
1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Willie McGee, Cardinals<\/p>\n
1991\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Terry Pendleton, Braves<\/p>\n
1996\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ken Caminiti, Padres<\/p>\n
1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chipper Jones, Braves<\/p>\n
2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Rollins, Phillies<\/p>\n
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76.\u00a0 <\/strong>Since the first All-Star game in 1933, more than two dozen players have won the MVP in same season they earned their first All-Star appearance.\u00a0 Rarer is the player who won an MVP before ever being selected to an All Star team. That\u2019s happened only 3 times:\u00a0 Justin Morneau, AL MVP in 2006, first All-Star selection in 2007; Terry Pendelton NL MVP in 1991, first All-Star game 1992; and Hank Greenberg, AL MVP in 1935, first All-Star team\u00a0 in 1937.\u00a0\u00a0 Can you name the only MVP Award winner (NL) to never<\/span> make an All-Star team?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 He was also an American League Championship Series MVP, albeit in a different year.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Kirk Gibson,\u00a0 who was never an All-Star selection in his 17-year ML career.<\/p>\n
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77.\u00a0 <\/strong>This question goes back to the 1979 All-Star game, which was interrupted by the planting of a kiss on future Hall of Famer George Brett.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Name the kisser.\u00a0 No hint, I\u2019m giving you a good part of the name.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Morganna the Kissing Bandit<\/p>\n
Morganna planted kisses, during the games, on such future HOFers as Brett, Nolan\u00a0Ryan, Johnny Bench and Cal Ripken, Jr.\u00a0 (and \u201cbussed\u201d 37 players in all \u2013 1971-1990).\u00a0 The \u201cstats\u201d of this well-known exotic performer included measurements of 60-23-39, nearly 20 arrests, actually rushing the batter\u2019s box and being hit by a pitch in Milwaukee, appearances on the Tonight Show and Letterman, 3 appearances in Playboy, and the movie Kingpin.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>78.\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the HOF pitcher who won the most games (in a single season) for a last place team.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 A lefty.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Steve Carlton of the 1972 (59-97) Phillies.\u00a0 Carlton went 27-10, leading the league in wins (27), era (1.97), starts (41), CG (30), IP (346.1) and strikeouts (310).<\/p>\n
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79.\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the Twin who, on July 4, 1961, hit the first inside-the-park home run at the Twins’ original home, Met Stadium.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Not considered the fleetest afoot.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>80.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0What do baseball fans have Reuben Berman to thank for? Think souveniers. \u00a0Hint: I had a ball with this question.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Berman\u2019s 1921 lawsuit against the New York Giants established a fan’s right to keep a baseball hit into the stands.<\/p>\n
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81.\u00a0 <\/strong>In 2011, two unique streaks came to an end, consecutive years striking out 200 or more times and consecutive years with a .300+ batting average, 30+ home runs and 100+ RBIs.\u00a0 Name the two players whose streaks were broken.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 One of these players was the only player to ever strike out 200 times in a season until joined by the Reds\u2019 Drew Stubbs who whiffed 205 times in 2011.\u00a0 He has now been joined in the 200-strikeout circle by Adam Dunn, Chris Davis, Chris Carter, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Joey Gallo, Yoan Moncada, Matt Chapman and Kyle ?Schwarber. The other was not a Red, but a Redbird.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Mark Reynolds, who K\u2019d 204 times in 2008, a still-record 223 times in 2009 and 211 times in 2010 and a mere 196 in 2011.<\/p>\n
Albert Pujols ran up the remarkable .300-30-100 string over his first ten seasons (2001-2010), before just missing with .299-37-99 in 2011.<\/p>\n
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82.\u00a0 A total of 13 player have won league Most Valuable Player Awards in consecutive seasons.\u00a0 Of those 13, 11 have appeared on the BB Hall of Fame Ballot (Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols are still active). Only three of the 11 who have been on the ballot are NOT in the Hall of Fame. One, of course, is Barry Bonds, and we all are aware of that controversy. Who are the other two?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Both last names start with M.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Roger Maris, Yankees \u2026 AL MVP, 1960-61<\/p>\n
Dale Murphy, Braves \u2026 NL MVP, 1982-83<\/p>\n
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83. \u00a0Name the two\u00a0<\/strong>switch hitters who share the career record for most games with a home run from both sides of the plate at 14. \u00a0 \u00a0Hint: \u00a0They were teammates from 2009-12.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Mark Tiexiera and Nick Swisher.<\/p>\n
Note:\u00a0 Ken Caminiti, who accomplished this feat ten times, popped dingers from both sides of the plate three times in four days as a Padre –\u00a0 September 16, 17 and 19, 1995.\u00a0 On the 18^{th<\/sup> he went 0-4 with two strikeouts, in the other three games he was 10 for 11 with 6 homers, 2 doubles, 3 walks, 7 runs scored and 12 RBI.<\/p>\n}
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\u00a084.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Can you name the three players have hit home runs from both side of the plate in one\u00a0inning?\u00a0\u00a0 Hint: \u00a0Their initials and teams: \u00a0CB (Indians); MB (Cubs); KM (Angels).\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Carlos Baerga, Indians, 1993<\/p>\n
Mark Bellhorn, Cubs, 2002<\/p>\n
Kendrys Morales, Angels, 2012<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>85.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Name the first switch hitter to win a batting title in the AL and the first switch hitter to win the NL title.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Once of them once said of the other:\u00a0 \u201cIf I\u2019d had to hit all those singles, I would have worn a dress.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Mickey Mantle (1956-AL) said it of fellow former batting champ Pete Rose (1968-NL).<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>86.\u00a0 <\/strong>Name the last pitcher to lead the league in wins and losses in the same season.\u00a0\u00a0 Hint this Hall of Famer tied his brother for the league lead in wins that year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Phil Niekro, who went 21-20 for the Atlanta Braves in 1979, tying his brother Joe (who went 21-11 for the Houston Astros for the NL wins title, while also leading the league in losses. \u00a0\u00a0Phil led the NL in losses from 1977-80, going 71-76. on his way to a 318-274 record and a spot in the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
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87.\u00a0 <\/strong>MVPs are supposed to deliver victories.\u00a0 Right? Seven players have won the MVP while playing for a losing team. Try this multiple question.\u00a0 Name the two most recent playersto do it; the only player to win two consecutive league MVP awards while playing for a team with a losing record; the only player to win a league MVP award while playing for a last<\/span> place team.\u00a0 Get one of three to count this as correct.\u00a0 Hint(s):\u00a0 Your answers come from the Cubs and Angels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
Most Recent: Shohei Ohtani, 2021 Angels (77-85) and Mike Trout, 2019 Angels (72-90).<\/p>\n
Two consecutive seasons: Ernie Banks, Cubs, 74-80 in 1958 and 72-82 in 1959.<\/p>\n
Last place: Andre Dawson, Cubs, 76-85\u00a0 in 1987.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>88.\u00a0 <\/strong>Who is the only catcher to win three batting titles?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Bet he eats Twinkies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins \u2026 AL batting leader 2006, 2008, 2009<\/p>\n
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89.\u00a0 <\/strong>To date, 20 pitchers have notched wins against all 30 major league teams.\u00a0 I won\u2019t ask you to name them all, just the first to accomplish this feat and the most recent.\u00a0 \u00a0Your hints:\u00a0 The initials are A.L. (first) and CG., the most recent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
Al Leiter, who started the all-30 club in 2002.<\/p>\n
Gerrit Cole, who qualified in 2021.<\/p>\n
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9o.\u00a0 <\/strong>No sophomore jinx here.\u00a0 Who is the only player to lead the league in batting average in his rookie and sophomore seasons?\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Hard to believe you could stay this hot in a place so cold.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Minnesota Twins’ outfielder Tony Oliva \u2026 .323 in 1964, .321 in 1965. \u00a0Tony-O is also the only player to lead his league in hits his first three seasons.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong>91.\u00a0 <\/strong>Talk about getting off to a great start.\u00a0 In 1898, Philadelphia pitcher Bill Duggleby hit a grand slam home run in his first major league at bat.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t until 2005 that anyone duplicated that accomplishment (Jeremy Hermida, Marlins).\u00a0 Since then, two players have gone Duggleby and Hermida one better, hitting a grand slam not only in their first at bat, but on the first pitch they ever saw in \u201cbigs.\u201d\u00a0 For one point each, name them.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Initials, year and team.\u00a0 KK, Indians, 2006; DN, Red Sox, 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Kevin Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava<\/p>\n
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92.\u00a0 <\/strong>Only twice in MLB history has a team boasted four twenty games winners in a single season.\u00a0 The 1920 White Sox (Red Faber \u2013 23; Lefty Williams \u2013 22; Dicky Kerr \u2013 21; Ed Cicotte \u2013 21) and the 1971 Orioles (Dave McNally \u2013 21, Mike Cueller \u2013 20; Pat Dobson \u2013 20) and the answer to this question: Who was the other Oriole who won 20 that year and also became the only player to draw two bases loaded walks in a single World Series game?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>20-game winner Jim Palmer, who walked with the bases loaded in the fourth and fifth innings of Baltimore\u2019s 11-3 win over Pittsburgh in Game 2 of the Series (October 11, 1971).\u00a0 It was a pretty \u201cwild\u201d series game.\u00a0 Palmer got the win despite giving up 7 hits and 8 walks in eight innings \u2013 3 runs and 10 Ks \u2013 and overall the game featured 22 hits, 15 walks and 2 errors.<\/p>\n
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93.\u00a0 <\/strong>And they say fans shouldn\u2019t vote on the All-Stars.\u00a0 Each year the Rawlings Gold Glove is awarded to the premier fielder at each position, based on a vote of managers and coaches.\u00a0 In 1999, the Gold Glove Awards set a new low \u2013 particularly in terms of games played in the field by a GG winner.\u00a0 Name the position player who that year played a record low number of games in the field for a Gold Glove winner. Hint:\u00a0 It was this AL player\u2019s third consecutive, and appropriately final, Gold Glove.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Rafael Palmeiro, Texas Rangers’ first baseman (and primarily a designated hitter in 1999), was awarded a Gold Glove despite playing only 28 of his 158 games in the field.\u00a0 He did hit .324, with 47 home runs and 148 RBIs, appropriately earning a Sliver Slugger Award.\u00a0 He deserved the Silver, but the Gold \u2013 no so much.<\/p>\n
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94.\u00a0 <\/strong>Back-to-back homers are not that rare, but how about back-to-back homers by the same two teammates twice in the same inning<\/em>?\u00a0 It\u2019s happened just once.\u00a0 Name the two players.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 2002 Seattle Mariners.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Brett Boone and Mike Cameron, who each connected twice in a 10-run first inning as the Mariners defeated the White Sox (sadly, at Chicago) on May 2, 2002.\u00a0 Cameron was only getting started.\u00a0 He homered again in his next at-bat (3^{rd<\/sup> inning) and again in his next at-bat (fifth inning) tying the major league record for home runs in a game with four innings left.\u00a0 In the 7^{th, <\/sup>\u00a0the Sox\u2019 Mike Porzio took a bit of revenge, hitting Cameron with a pitch.\u00a0 Then in the ninth, Cameron flied out to deep right.\u00a0 For the night, Cameron was 4 for 5, with four solo homers. Boone was 2 for 4, with four RBIs (both his first-inning shots came with Ichiro on base), two walks and two strikeouts.<\/p>\n}}
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95.\u00a0 <\/strong>Can you name the five pitchers to toss two complete-game no-hitters in a season?\u00a0 Hints:\u00a0 Initials of the five pitchers to toss two no-no’s in one season:\u00a0 JVM; AR; NR; VT; MS. Note: Roy Halladay can be added to this list if you count the post-season as part of the season.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Two consecutive no-hitters \u2026 Johnny Vander Meer, Reds, June 11 & 15, 1938<\/p>\n
Additional players with two no-hitters in one season:\u00a0 Allie Reynolds, Yankees, 1951; Virgil Trucks, Tigers, 1952; Nolan Ryan, Angels, 1973; Max Scherzer, Nationals, 2015. \u00a0Notes: Trucks went 5-19 in 1952, despite his two no-hitters; Roy Halladay threw a regular-season no-hitter (perfect game) and a ost-season no-hitter (NLDS) in 2010.<\/p>\n
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96.\u00a0 In Game Four of the 2022 World Series, the Astros Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly combined to throw just the third-ever MLB post-season no-hitter, Can you name the two pitchers who tossed complete-game post-season no-nos.\u00a0 Hint: A Doc and a Don,<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Don Larsen tossed a perfect game in the 1956 World Series.<\/p>\n
Roy Halladay became the second pitcher to toss a no-hitter in the post season.\u00a0 He did it in the first game of the 2910 National League Division Series. It was Halladay’s first-ever post-season appearance, coming in his 134th MLB season.<\/p>\n
97.\u00a0 <\/strong>2011, saw the release of the movie Magic Trip (about the 1964 LSD-fueled, cross-country trip of author Ken Kesey – author of One Flew Over The Cuckoo\u2019s Nest –\u00a0 and his Merry Pranksters).\u00a0 On June 12, 1970, one major league pitcher took an even more impressive \u201ctrip\u201d, tossing a no-hitter while high on LSD.\u00a0 Name him.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 This Doc has his own pharmacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh\u2019s Dock Ellis admitted to no-hitting the San Diego Padres (at San Diego) on June 12, 1970, while high on acid.\u00a0 It all started two days earlier, when Ellis – realizing he had an off-day before he had to pitch that Friday – reportedly combined marijuana, vodka and acid, before drifting off to sleep.\u00a0 As Ellis told it, he woke up Thursday morning and dropped another tab of acid, figuring he had a day to come down.\u00a0 The problem, Ellis had slept through Thursday and was slated to pitch the first game of a double header in just a few hours.\u00a0 With a little help from friends, Ellis managed to get to the ball park, where he downed a handful of amphetamines to try and even things out.<\/p>\n
As Ellis recounted the game, the ball kept changing sizes, he aimed down a \u201cmulti-colored path\u201d to the plate and at one point, after successfully covering first for a put out, he exclaimed \u201cOoh, I just made a touchdown.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Ellis, known as a fierce competitor, went 13-10 that year, with a 3.21 ERA and 9 complete games.\u00a0 He\u00a0 followed this up with a stellar 19-9 campaign in 1971.\u00a0 Ellis, who passed away in 2008 at age 63, cleaned up his act and served as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor after a 12-year major league career.<\/p>\n
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98.\u00a0 <\/strong>Like father, like son.\u00a0 Name the only father-son combination to hit back-to-back homers in a major league game.\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 The pair were a \u201csenior\u201d and \u201cjunior\u201d and were both outfielders.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>It was Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr., who went deep back-to-back for the Mariners in the first inning of a September 14, 1990 loss to the California Angels.<\/p>\n
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99.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Finally, what do the following players have in common?\u00a0\u00a0George Brett, Royals; Walter Johnson, Senators; Al Kaline, Tigers; Ted Lyons, White Sox; Stan Musial Cardinals; Mel Ott, Giants; Cal Ripken, Jr., Orioles;\u00a0Brooks Robinson, Orioles; Willie Stargell, Pirates.; Carl Yastrzemski, Red Sox. <\/strong>\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 Think\u00a0<\/strong>staying power.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
If you get half of this right, count it as correct.\u00a0 <\/strong>They each played more than 20 seasons in the majors and spent their entire playing careers with one team.\u00a0\u00a0 Robinson and Yastrzemski share the record of 23 seasons with only one team. \u00a0An honorable mention could go here to Cap Anson, who played his entire NL career (22 seasons) with the Cubs, but did play five season in the National Association (1871-75) before the National League was formed. \u00a0Also, if you drop the time requirement to 20 seasons (all with one club), the following players would make the list: \u00a0Luke Appling (White Sox); Craig Biggio (Astros); Red Faber (White S0x); Tony Gwynn (Padres); Mel Harder (Indians); Derek Jeter (Yankees); Alan Trammel (Tigers); Robin Yount (Brewers).<\/p>\n
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