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Baseball Facts

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Introduction:
"A combination of questions about achievements of major league players."


1. Name the first player in MLB history to have 2 home runs and 2 triples in the same game.
    Stan Musial
    Willie Mays
    Lou Gehrig
    Ty Cobb


2. What Chicago Cub was known as 'Mr. Dependable'?
    Johnny Callison
    Willie Smith
    Glenn Beckert
    Jim Hickman


3. Don Cardwell made baseball history by doing what?
    Had 4 hits in ML debut
    Struck out 3 times with the bases loaded
    Struck out the first seven batters in his debut.b
    Threw a no-hitter in his first start after being traded


4. How many steals of home were there in World Series play in the 20th century?
    22
    17
    10
    13


5. Willie Mays led the National League in RBIs at least once in his career?
    True
    False


6. How many batting titles did Roberto Clemente win in his career?
    3
    2
    Never won a title
    4


7. Lou Gehrig won only one MVP in his career, and it was in 1935.
    True
    False


8. Who was the first player to have 200 or more hits in his 2nd and 3rd season of baseball?
    Paul Waner
    Rogers Hornsby
    Joe DiMaggio
    Honus Wagner


9. What year did Harmon Killebrew win the A.L. MVP?
    1964
    1962
    1969
    1970


10. Who is the first pitcher to win back-to-back MVP awards?
    Carl Hubbell
    Hal Newhouser
    Sandy Koufax
    Robert Grove


11. Which of the following Hall of Famers, was born in New Mexico?
    Carl Hubbell
    Johnny Mize
    Ralph Kiner
    Joe Medwick


12. What was Babe Ruth's career batting average as a New York Yankee?
    ,346
    .349
    .351
    .342


13. What letter of the alphabet starts the most Hall of Famers surnames?
    M
    B
    C
    S


14. Who had a higher lifetime batting average, Lou Gehrig or George Sisler?
    Both batted .341
    Gehrig
    Both batted .340
    Sisler


15. Roberto Clemente never won a MVP award.
    True
    False


16. How many batting titles did Joe DiMaggio win in his great career?
    1
    4
    Never won a batting title
    2


17. How many times did Paul Molitor lead the American League in hits in his career?
    3
    Never led the league
    1
    2


18. Willie Mays had a higher lifetime batting average than Hank Aaron?
    True
    False


19. How many times was Babe Ruth hit by a pitch in 1927, when he hit 60
home runs?
    5
    3
    Never was hit by a pitch
    1


20. How many consecutive games did Robin Ventura hit in, when he was at
Oklahoma State?
    55
    49
    46
    58


21. Rogers Hornsby won his seven (7) batting titles in how many years?
    13
    9
    12
    10


22. Bobby Richardson is the first 2nd baseman in baseball history to win the World Series MVP.
    True
    False


23. Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and what other player are the only players in the top 10 all-time, in hits, singles, doubles, and triples?
    Paul Molitor
    Hank Aaron
    Tris Speaker
    Pete Rose


24. Who won the 1986 N.L. Cy Young Award?
    John Tudor
    Dwight Gooden
    Mike Scott
    Rick Sutcliffe


25. What player hit into 7 triple-plays in baseball history?
    Brooks Robinson
    Cal Ripken
    Hank Aaron
    Harmon Killebrew


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