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Which of the following pitchers had the highest winning percentage in one season?

Tom Zachary. Out of the three Lefties,(Zachary, Grove and Johnson) it's interesting Tom went undefeated. Zachary played for the rapidly declining 1929 New York Yankees. Face achieved his 18-1 season with the lowly 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates. Johnson, who went 18-2 for the 1995 Seattle Mariners, finished up his season with a loss up in the ALCS to the eventual champs, the Cleveland Indians. Grove pitched like the ace he was for the Pennant winning Philadelphia A's, going 31-4. Yet the A's still lost the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. Zachary is #1 in this category, and he didn't win only a few games. He ended up 12-0 with a 2.48 ERA and 119.2 innings pitched. Face had a .947 Career-high WP, Johnson a .900 Career-high WP, Grove a .886 WP.

Which of the following pitchers had the most wins in one season?

Charley Radbourn. "Old Hoss" went 59-12, with 73 games started, 11 shutouts, and even a save. Not only that, but he pitched 678.2 innings, and had a 1.38 ERA. He led his 1884 Providence Grays to a World Championship, sweeping the NY Metropolitans in 3 Games. Some background on why he would pitch so much: Charley was suspended without pay by manager Frank Bancroft. But then the other Providence pitcher jumped to the Union Association, forcing Bancroft to reinstate Charley. But he only would return on 2 conditions; Being allowed his release at the end of the season, and to pitch every game for the rest of the season. The rest is history. Chesbro only won 41, yet lost the pennant on a wild pitch against the Red Sox. Keefe's high was 42, and McClain's high was 31.

Tim Keefe pitched a season .86 ERA.

True. Keefe went 6-6 for the 1880 Troy Trojans as a rookie. Later in his career, he once lost 20 games, yet still finished 22 games over .500.

Which of the following pitchers had the most strikeouts in one season?

Matt Kilroy. Kilroy performed the outstanding feat of fanning 513 batters, for the 8th place 1886 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association. Toad Ramsey had 499 for the 4th place Louisville Colonels, also of the American Association, also in 1886. Daily K'd 483 in 1884, splitting his time between Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Washington. Radbourn had 441 during his historical 1884 campaign. Dupee Shaw was actually in 4th place on the 'K list' with 451, also in 1884 for the Detroit Wolverines of the National League, and the Boston Reds of the Union Association.

Which of the following players had the least strikeouts during a season for a batter, while qualifying for a batting title?

Joe Sewell. Believe it or not, but Sewell only had three. Bobby Bonds struck out 189 times for the most in this group. Reggie had 2597 Whiffs to set a career record. The only other remotely close choice, Boudreau, had nine as his lowest season total.

Which of the following did pitcher Will White not accomplish?

Make the Hall of Fame. White went 229-166 with a 2.28 ERA and 1041 strikeouts. Had he pitched today, his 162 game average would have him as a yearly 20 game winner.

Which light hitting shortstop did Honus Wagner replace during the 1908 season?

Bones Ely. Ely couldn't hit, and they needed a place to put the Flying Dutchman. Clarke, the manager, actually played a game at shortstop, but wasn't a long-term solution. Leach was the 3B, and Ritchey was the starting 2B.

Who was the smallest player to ever play?

Eddie Gaedel. Gaedel, a 3'7 foot pinch hitter had one plate appearance, in which he walked, and wore the number 1/8. Gaedel did appear again as a promotion on May 26,1959 with the 5'9" Nellie Fox and the 5'10" Luis Aparacio, emerging from a "spaceship". Interestingly, May 26th was the day of Harvey Haddix's fabled "no-hitter", and the day the Yankees acquired Ralph Terry who would win 73 games for the Yanks, and pitch in 5 consecutive World Series. Rauch is the tallest of this list at 6'11".

Which of the following player was the first hitter to hit 40 home runs and not get 100 RBI's in a season?

Duke Snider. Sievers only hit 40 once, in 1957, and had 114 RBI's. Kluszewski (Big Klu) hit 40 in 3 consecutive seasons (1953, 1954, 1955) and had 108, 141, and 113 RBI's in those 3 seasons. The Splendid Splinter hit 40 only once, in 1949 and had 159 RBI's. Duke Snider hit 40 five years in a row, but had only 92 RBI's in his final 40 home run season.

John (Monte) Ward had 150 wins, threw a perfect game, and had 2,000 hits?

True. Ward had 164 lifetime wins, a .275 Batting Average. He once won 47 games and once stole 111 bases in one season. Although he had less than great career stats, had he devoted himself to either pitching or hitting, he would be one of the all-time greats in that category. He is a Hall of Famer.

What Hall of Famer threw the last legal spitball?

Burleigh Grimes & Grimes. Last LEGAL spittball!

Hall of Famer Red Schoendist had 190+ hits the year after being traded. Who, at that time, was the only other player to do that?

Piano Legs Hickman & Hickman. Frisch and Hornsby didn't do it, Neither did Brouthers.

Who's bat did Mickey Mantle borrow when he hit his 565 ft blast in Griffith Stadium.

Loren Babe & Babe. Only played for a short time but is still invlolved in baseball history.

Who was the first slugger to hit 40 HR's and not get 100 RBI's?

Duke Snider & Snider. Pretty Interesting.

What pitcher beat Harvey Haddix in his "No Hitter"

Lew Burdette & Burdette. He then claimed he was the best pitcher ever, and demanded a $10,000 raise. Burdette pitched his own no-no the next year.

Who led the AL in AVG and HR in 1901?

Nap Lajoe & Lajoe. He was so good his team changed their name to the Naps, and the Orphans after he left.

Name one of 2 pitchers who tied for the AL Cy Young Award in 1969.

Cuellar & McLain. Both pitched very well.

Who played the most games in one regular season?

Maury Wills & Wills. He played 165 games.

Name 1 of 2 pitchers who won the AL Cy Young in 1981 or 1982 for Milwaukee.

Fingers & Vuckovich. Vuckovich went 18-6 with a 3.34 ERA, and Fingers had 28 saves with a 1.04 ERA.

What HOFers were known as "The Heavenly Twins"?

Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy & Duffy and McCarthy. Old Players.

What pitcher suffered through a 48-loss season?

John Coleman & Coleman. 12-48. Ouch!

Ichiro and Fred Lynn both won the ROY and MVP in the same year. But do you know who won the ROY and Rolaids Relief Award in the same season?

Todd Worrell & Worrell. He did this in 1986.

What freaky thing happened with the Manager of the year in 1983 and 1989 in both the NL and AL?

Two Tony La's won it. That's very weird!

Who won the Gold Glove as a pitcher in the AL in 1960 and then the NL in 1961?

Bobby Shantz & Shantz. Great Fielder.

The catcher who's carreer Pete Rose ended won the Gold Glove in 1970 and 1971. What's his name?

Ray Fosse & Fosse.