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The Hall of Fame inductions in 2000 saw which baseball great receive the most votes?

Carlton Fisk. The others had already been inducted into the hall. Fisk was the highest vote receiver in 2000 by obtaining 397 of 499 votes. Tony Perez, mainly with the Cincinnati Reds was second in 2000.

In 1966, the Dodgers' Sandy Koufax had a tremendous season and won 27 games in his final baseball season. Whose record did he break for the most wins in a pitcher's final season of baseball?

Henry Schmidt. Schmidt threw only one season in his career. Ironically, he was with the same franchise, the Brooklyn Superbas in 1903 when he went 22-13. Koufax broke the record of 63 years when he went 27-9.

Which of the following pitching greats had the most career wins?

Tom Seaver. Seaver, who spent most of his career with the Mets and the Reds, won 311 career games along with his 1967 Rookie of the Year and three Cy Young awards. He retired in 1986 after 20 seasons, and was a Hall of Fame inductee in 1992.

The Yankees and Red Sox had some well-documented brawls throughout their rivalry years. In 1967, which Bostonian was hit by a pitch (HBP) that began the process for a major brawl in a game between these two teams, and continued throughout the season?

Joe Foy. All these players were involved in this on June 21, 1967, and a major brawl it was. Immediately after Boston outfielder Tony Conigliaro belted a three-run home run in the first inning, the Yankees' pitcher Thad Tillotson leveled third baseman Joe Foy with a pitch, but did not hit him. The following pitch, Foy was hit in the head with a Tillotson pitch. The brawl did not start there however. The following inning, Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg beaned Tillotson in retalliation. This was when the bell sounded and both benches emptied. Yankee Joe Pepitione was injured in the action.

Which team set a season record for having only a pitcher win seven games, leading his team with the most wins for the entire season?

Detroit Tigers. The 1996 Tigers had only one seven-game winner in the name of Omar Oliveras when he went 7-11. The team went 53-109 for the season, finishing 39 games back behind their division winner Yankees.

Which National League team was the first that Connie Mack managed in his professional baseball career?

Pittsburgh Pirates. Mack spent 50 years managing the Philadelphia Athletics starting in 1901. However, his first three seasons as a manager were with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1894, 1895, and 1896. 149 of his record 3582 wins were with Pittsburgh.

Who was the first Boston Red Sox pitcher to break the 300-strikeout barrier in a season?

Pedro Martinez. Martinez struck out an amazing 313 batters in 1999. He went 23-4 and earned the American League Cy Young award. They lost the American League Championship series to the Yankees.

The city of Baltimore has enjoyed professional baseball for many decades. Which team was the first professional baseball team that the city of Baltimore had?

Canaries. The Canaries were the first pro team that Baltimore experienced. From 1872-1874, they were part of the National Association before closing their doors, and the league disbanded at the end of the 1875 season. After losing their star player after two seasons, Tom Carey, the team went 9-38 in 1874.

Which of the following four people was the youngest rookie manager?

Roger Peckinpaugh. Peckingpaugh was 23-years old when he took the player-manager position in 1914 with the Yankees, the youngest for any manager in the 20th century. Boudreau was the next youngest at 24 in 1942 when he led Cleveland.

Which U.S. President/Vice President attended the game in which Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs?

Gerald Ford. The Vice President sat next to commissioner Bowie Kuhn in the 1974 game. Ford later became President when Richard Nixon 'stepped down' from the Presidency.