Baseball quick quiz

Baseball Digest, Oct, 2005

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. Through 2004, there have been 21 pitchers who have won a World Series game for more than one team. Who is the only one of these hurlers to win a Fall Classic contest for three different clubs? Grover Alexander. Jack Morris, Nelson Briles or Curt Schilling?

2. There are five active pitchers who have recorded a 10-strikeout game in both a League Championship Series and World Series contest. Collect two points for each of these five pitchers you can identify.

3. Who is the only player in major league history with two post-season grand slams: Tino Martinez, Jim Thome, Jose Canseco or Johnny Damon?

4. Who was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in 2004 for the Red Sox when they defeated the Yankees: Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Derek Lowe or Mike Timlin?

5. There have been 12 different pitchers who have hit a home run in a World Series game. Collect ten points if you can name three of these 12 pitchers.

6. There have been 13 World Series games that have ended with a walk-off home run. If you can name four of these 13 players to win a Fall Classic contest with a home run in the bottom half of the last inning, take ten points.

7. There are only six players who have won MVP honors in a League Championship Series and World Series, Collect ten points if you can name one of these players. Clue: The LCS MVP was first awarded in the N.L. in 1977 and the A.L. in 1980.

8. Sparky Anderson is the only manager to win a World Series in both leagues, but can yon identify two of the other five managers who have won pennants in both the National and American Leagues?

9. This season there were two active managers in the majors who won a World Series as both a player and a manager. Collect five points for each correct answer.

10. Which Hall of Famer played in the most major league games (2,528) without ever appearing in a World Series contest: Ernie Banks, Rod Carew, Billy Williams or Nap Lajoie?

Quick Quiz Answers

1. Curt Schilling is the only major league pitcher to win a World Series game for three different teams. Schilling received credit for a victory in Fall Classic competition with the Phillies in 1993, Diamondbacks in 2001 and Red Sox in 2004.

2. The five active pitchers with a 10-strikeout game in a League Championship Series and World Series game include Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, Mike Mussina and Josh Beckett.

3. Through 2004, Jim Thome is the only player with two post-season grand slams. Thome hit a bases loaded home run in 1998 against the Yankees in the ALCS and in 1999 against the Red Sox in the Divsion Series

4. Right-hander Derek Lowe was the winning pitcher for the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS against the Yankees.

5. The 12 pitchers who have hit a World Series home run are Jim Bagby, Rosy Ryan, Jack Bentley, Jesse Haines, Bucky Waiters. Lew Burdette, Mudcat Grant, Jose Santiago. Bob Gibson (2), Mickey Lolich, Dave McNally (2) and Ken Holtzman.

6. The 13 players who have hit a walk-off home run in World Series history include: Tommy Henrich, Yankees, Game 1 1949; Dusty Rhodes, Giants, Game 1 1954; Eddie Mathews, Braves, Game 4 1957; Bill Mazeroski, Pirates, Game 7 1960; Mickey Mantle, Yankees, Game 3 1964; Carlton Fisk, Red Sox, Game 6 1975; Kirk Gibson, Dodgers, Game 1 1988; Mark McGwire, A's, Game 3 1988; Kirby Puckett, Twins, Game 6 1991; Joe Carter, Blue Jays, Game 6 1993; Chad Curtis, Yankees. Game 3 1999; Derek Jeter, Yankees, Game 4 2001 and Alex Gonzalez, Marlins, Game 4 2003.

7. The six players to capture MVP honors in a League Championship Series and World Series are Willie Stargell, Dave Stewart, Orel Herhiser, Curt Schilling, Livan Hernandez and Darrell Porter.

8. Besides Sparky Anderson, the five other managers to win pennants in both leagues are Tony LaRussa (A's in the A.L. and Cardinals in the N.L.), Alvin Dark (Giants and A's), Yogi Berra (Yankees and Mets), Joe McCarthy (Cubs and Yankees) and Dick Williams (Red Sox, A's and Padres).

9. The two active managers to win a World Series as a player and a field general are Mike Scioscia and Lou Piniella. Scioscia helped win a World Series with the Dodgers as a player and with the Angels as a manager while Piniella did so with the Reds as a manager and Yankees as a player.

10. Ernie Banks played in the most major league games (2,528) without appearing in a World Series.