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Baseball quick quiz

Baseball Digest, Nov, 2002

Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answer 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 most of the 2002 season, Barry Bonds of the Giants was battling among National League hitters for the highest batting average. Who, prior to the '02 campaign, was the last player to win a batting title as a member of the Giants: Will Clark, Bill Madlock, Willie Mays or Matty Alou?

2. In the American League, Bernie Williams of the Yankees was in a race to win the second batting title of his career. For ten points, name five of the other seven players to lead the A.L. in hitting as members of the New York Yankees.

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3. Who are the only two major league players to hit 30 or more home runs in ten consecutive seasons? Collect five points for each correct answer.

4. This year, Roger Clemens was striving to become the eighth pitcher in major league history to register 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. Collect ten points if you can name five of the other seven pitchers to accomplish this feat.

5. Since 1956 when the first Cy Young Award was presented, the Dodgers have had six different pitchers win top pitching honors. For ten points, name three of these six Dodger Cy Young winners.

6. Which one of the following Hall of Famers never won a league MVP Award: Lou Boudreau, Nellie Fox, Willie Stargell, Joe Morgan or Lou Brock?

7. Since 1980 and through the 2001 season, there have been 26 different league batting champions in the majors. Among those 26 hitting leaders, only 10 were strictly right-handed batters. Collect one point for each of these ten you can identify.

8. From 1931 through the 2001 season, 111 different players have captured MVP honors with only 18 of them being pitchers. Collect ten points if you can name seven pitchers who have won league MVP Awards.

9. Every position--excluding pitcher and designated hitter--has had a player steal 30 bases and hit 30 homers in a season except catcher. Collect ten points if you can name one player for each position including the three outfield spots (minimum 100 games played) who belong to the 30-steal/30-homer club.

10. Hack Wilson holds the major league mark for RBI in a season with 191 for the 1930 Cubs. Only two other major leaguers have driven in 180 or more runs in a season. Collect ten points if you can identify one of these players.

1. The last player to win a National League batting title while playing for the Giants--prior to the conclusion of the 2002 season--was Willie Mays when he paced the N.L. with a .345 average in 1954.

2. Besides Bernie Williams, the seven other Yankees to win an American League batting championship were Babe Ruth (1924), Lou Gehrig (1934), Joe DiMaggio (1939-1940), Snuffy Stirnweiss (1945), Mickey Mantle (1956), Don Mattingly (1984) and Paul O'Neill (1994).

3. The only major leaguers to club 30 or more home runs for ten consecutive seasons are Jimmie Foxx and Barry Bonds. Foxx reached the 30-HR mark for 12 straight years (1929-1940) and Bonds has accomplished the feat in 11 successive campaigns (1992-2002).

4. When Roger Clemens collects his 300th career win, he will join Walter Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Don Sutton, Gaylord Perry and Phil Niekro as the only pitchers with 300 or more victories and 3,000 or more strikeouts in the majors.

5. The six Dodgers pitchers to win the N.L. Cy Young Award are Don Newcombe (1956), Don Drysdale (1962), Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965, 1966), Mike Marshall (1974), Fernando Valenzuela (1981)and Orel Hershiser (1988).

6. During his 19 seasons in the majors, Lou Brock never captured N.L. MVP honors. His closest shot came in 1974 during the year he set the single-season steals mark with 118 when he finished second in the voting behind the Dodgers' Steve Garvey.

7. The ten right-handed hitting batting champs in the majors from 1980 and through 2001 were Carney Lansford (1981), Kirby Pucker (1989), Julio Franco (1991), Edgar Martinez (1992, 1995), Alex Rodriguez (1996), Frank Thomas (1997) and Nomar Garciaparra (1999-2000) in the A.L., with Bill Madlock (1981, 1983), Gary Sheffield (1992) and Andres Galarraga (1993) in the N.L.

8. The 18 pitchers to win league MVP awards since 1931 are Lefty Grove (1931), Spud Chandler (1943), Hal Newhouser (1944-1945), Bobby Shantz (1952), Denny McLain (1968), Vida Blue (1971), Rollie Fingers (1981), Willie Hernandez (1984), Roger Clemens (1986), Dennis Eckersley (1992) in the A.L. and Carl Hubbell (1933, 1936), Dizzy Dean (1934), Bucky Walters (1939), Mort Cooper (1942), Jim Konstanty (1950), Don Newcombe (1956), Sandy Koufax (1963) and Bob Gibson (1968) in the N.L.

9. The 30-steal/30-homer members by position (minimum 100 games) are: 1B--Jeff Bagwell; 2B--Alfonso Soriano; 3B--Howard Johnson, Tommy Harper; SS--Alex Rodriguez, Barry Larkin; LF--Ken Williams, Barry Bonds, Ellis Burks, CF--Willie Mays, Dale Murphy, Eric Davis, Ron Gant, Jose Cruz, Jr., Preston Wilson; RF--Hank Aaron, Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry, Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Dante Bichette, Larry Walker, Raul Mondesi, Vladimir Guerrero, Shawn Green, Bobby Abreu.

Baseball quick quiz

Baseball Digest, Nov, 2002

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