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A Slice of Baseball

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"A slice of Major League baseball with a lot of meat for the baseball novices. Your quiz score is not important. What you learned from a quiz is. All multiple choice. I hope that you enjoy it. :-)"


1. Which of the following franchises joined Major League baseball in 1961?
    Astros
    Diamondbacks
    Marlins
    Angels


2. Some pitching greats have strutted their stuff with fabulous encores after a great season. Which of the following pitchers lost more than 20 games in a season, two seasons in a row in the 1960s?
    Charlie Hough
    Bob Welch
    Roger Craig
    Steve Howe


3. Of all dates in a year, April Fools Day saw which Major League umpire collapsed from behind the plate, and died of a heart attack in 1996?
    Chief Yellowhorse
    John McSherry
    Babe Adams
    Wilbur Cooper


4. Which of the following managers helmed both the Yankees and the Mets in their career?
    Casey Stengel
    Danny Murtaugh
    Bill McKechnie
    Chuck Tanner


5. Which father-son combination both played on the same team together in the same season in 1990?
    Luther and Ted Williams
    Alvin and Hank Greenberg
    Martin and Carl Yastrzemski
    Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr.


6. Which of the following '500 home run club' members, joined the elite club first?
    Ernie Banks
    Harmon Killebrew
    Mel Ott
    Mark McGwire


7. In 1965, Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs. Which of the following was a record set on that September day between those two teams?
    The Cubs stole home three times in the game
    The Cubs used 14 pinch-hitters to try and prevent Koufax's perfect game
    There was only one hit in the entire game
    The Cubs hit six home runs in the fifth inning


8. Which of the following 20th century franchises, lost 100 games in a season only once?
    Philadelphia Blue Jays / Phillies
    Detroit Tigers
    New York / San Francisco Giants
    Pittsburgh Pirates


9. Who was the only American League pitcher in 2004 to receive first place votes in the Cy Young Award balloting?
    Johan Santana
    Eric Gagne
    Ben Sheets
    Jason Schmidt


10. Which 2004 Major League team won 105 games in the season?
    Philadelphia Phillies
    Chicago White Sox
    San Diego Padres
    St. Louis Cardinals


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