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Baseball quick quiz

Baseball Digest, June, 2008

Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 90

(If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average

1. Collect two points for each of the five catchers you can identify who hit 40 or more home runs while catching 100 or more games in the same season.

2. Who is the only pitcher since 1900 to win 20 or more games and post a batting average of .400 or higher in the same season: Carl Mays, Babe Ruth, Don Drysdale, Walter Johnson or Catfish Hunter?

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3. Gavvy Cravath and Bill Werber are two of only three players to hit four doubles in a nine-inning game twice during their careers. Collect ten points if you can identify the only other player to accomplish this feat: Pete Rose, Albert Belle, Stan Musial or Tris Speaker?

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4. Since 1900, ten different St. Louis Cardinals have led the National League in runs batted in. Collect one point for each of these RBI leaders you can identify.

5. From 1980 and through 2007, there have been 70 different pitchers who won 20 or more games in a season. Among those 20-game winners, six of them had three or more 20-victory campaigns. Collect ten points if you can identify two of these pitchers.

6. Collect two points for each of the following positions you can identify whose player had a 30-game hitting streak: First base, second base, third base, shortstop, catcher.

7. Which of the following pitchers never won a Silver Slugger award presented to the National League's top hitting pitcher: Dwight Gooden, Fernando Valenzuela, Greg Maddux or Carlos Zambrano?

8. Since 1900, there have been 51 different players who have hit 20 or more triples in a season. Among these players, who is the only one to post a batting average lower than .250: Cristian Guzman, Lance Johnson, George Brett or Garry Templeton?

9. Eric Gague is one of only two closers to save 50 or more games in a season twice during his career. Collect ten points if you can identify the other reliever to match this feat: Dennis Eckersley, Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman or John Smoltz?

10. Collect ten points if you can identify two of the three Baltimore Orioles shortstops who have won a Gold Glove award.

Quiz Answers

1. The five catchers to hit 40 or more home runs and catch 100 or more games in the same season include Roy Campanella, Johnny Bench, Mike Piazza, Todd Hundley and Javy Lopez.

2. Walter Johnson is the only pitcher since 1900 to win 20 games and hit .400 in the same season when he posted a 20-7 won-lost record and hit .433 (42-for-97) for the Washington Senators in 1925.

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3. Besides Gavvy Cravath and Bill Werber, Albert Belle is the only other player to hit four doubles in one game twice during his career. Belle accomplished the feat in the same season when he clubbed four doubles on August 29 and September 23, 1999 for the Orioles.

4. The ten players in St. Louis Cardinals history to lead the National League in RBI since 1900 are Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize, Enos Slaughter, Stan Musial, Ken Boyer, Orlando Cepeda, Joe Torre and Mark McGwire.

5. The six pitchers to have three or more 20-win season since 1980 include Roger Clemens (6), Tom Glavine (5), Dave Stewart (4), Jack Morris (3), Randy Johnson (3) and Curt Schilling (3).

6. Since 1900, players who had a 30-game hitting streak as a first baseman are George Sisler, George McQuinn, Hal Chase, Stan Musial; as a second baseman, Luis Castillo, Rogers Hornsby, Nap Lajoie, Chase Utley; as a third baseman, Pete Rose, George Brett; as a shortstop, Jimmy Rollins, Nomar Garciaparra; as a catcher, Benito Santiago, Sandy Alomar, Jr.

7. Greg Maddux never won a Silver Slugger award. Dwight Gooden captured the honor in 1992 with the Mets, Fernando Valenzuela won it with the Dodgers in 1981 and 1983, while Carlos Zambrano earned the trophy with the Cubs in 2006.

8. In 2000, Cristian Guzman of the Twins led the majors with 20 triples, but hit only .247, the lowest mark among any major league player to accumulate 20 or more triples in a season.

9. Besides Eric Gagne, Mariano Rivera is the only other closer to record 50 or more saves in a season twice in his career. Gague did it with the Dodgers in 2002 (52) and 2003 (55) while Rivera did it with the Yankees 2001 (50) and 2004 (53).

10. The three Baltimore Orioles shortstops to win a Gold Glove award are Luis Aparicio (1964, 1966), Mark Belanger (1969, 1971, 1973-1978) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (1991, 1992).

Baseball quick quiz

Baseball Digest, June, 2008

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