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1. Hank Greenberg hit 58 home runs for the Tigers in 1938. In that season he set a Major League record for hitting how many home runs at home?

Answer: 39

Greenberg won the American League MVP in 1935 and 1940, but amazingly finished third in 1938. He took a backseat to Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox and Bill Dickey of the Yankees. In 1998, Mark McGwire of the Cardinals banged out 70 home runs in the season and hit only 38 at home, falling one short of Hank's record.

2. Who was the first player in history to hit three home runs in a game, doing it in both the National and American League?

Answer: Babe Ruth

Babe did his with the well-known Yankees. He also in his final and only season in the National League in 1935 with the Boston Braves, hit three again on May 25 at Forbes Field. In 1961, Yankee Roger Maris broke the Babe's season record of 60, then 13 years later, Hank Aaron broke Ruth's career record of 714.

3. Which of the following sluggers set a record by running a streak of 13 seasons that saw them strike out more than 100 times in each?

Answer: Reggie Jackson

Jackson, the king of strikeout, struck more than 100 times in 18 of 19 seasons. His breaker was in 1981 where he struck only 82 times, but was injured much of the season. In 1982, he picked up where he left off. His career high was 171 in 1968. Reggie retired on top of the pile with 2597 career strikeouts. From 1959-1964, Harmon struck out more than 100 times in each.

However, Killebrew hit 261 home runs in the same time frame for a 43.5 average per season.

4. The first black player in the American League was Larry Doby. At which position did he begin his Major League career?

Answer: Pinch hitter

In his first game with the Cleveland Indians on July 5 1947, he came on in the 7th inning as pinch hitter for relief pitcher, Bryan Stephens. He started his first game at first base on the following day. Doby hit only .156 in 29 games for the season. He hit .301 in 1948 to help the Indians to their first World Series since 1920.

The Indians defeated the Boston Braves in the series, four games to two. Larry committed a career-high 14 errors in 1948, then never committed more than nine during the rest of his career.

5. Many baseball fans remember the 1975 World Series, and the game six home run that Carlton Fisk hit in the 12th inning for the Red Sox. However, the Reds came back in game seven to win the series. Which Cincinnati Red hit the two-out single in the top of the ninth inning that won it for the Reds?

Answer: Joe Morgan

It was the second baseman for the Reds who won it. All those listed had seven hits in the series except for Bench who had six. Pete Rose who was the series MVP, had 10 hits in the series. Pitcher Rawley Eastwick picked up two wins for Cincinnati also.

6. Which National League pitcher won 25 games in a season three times in their career, and still never won a Cy Young award?

Answer: Juan Marichal

Marichal won 25 or more in 1963, 1966, and 1968. He took a backseat to Sandy Koufax twice for the Cy Young, and Bob Gibson of the Cardinals in 1968. 14 of the Dominican Republic native's 16 seasons were with the San Francisco Giants. He spent his final two seasons with the Red Sox and Dodgers, then retired in 1975. Marichal was a 1983 Hall of Fame inductee.

7. Walter Johnson appeared in only two World Series. His Washington Senators won the first over the New York Giants in 1924. In his second World Series, he won two games for the Senators. Johnson pitched in game seven of his final World Series game, and threw a complete game. What else happened in this seventh game?

Answer: The victorious Pirates hit Johnson up for 15 hits and nine runs

For 21 seasons, Johnson was loyal to the Senators, a feat rarely duplicated in the 21st century. Walter was the second pitcher in history to reach the 400-win mark behind the great Cy Young. When he retired in 1927, Johnson was on top of the heap for career strikeouts with 3509. Two MVP awards and three Triple Crowns also made him an easy inductee into the Hall of Fame in its inaugural year in 1936.

8. The first brother battery (pitcher and catcher) in the American League that went into the history books was who?

Answer: Homer and Tommy Thompson

The others never existed in Major League baseball. Tommy was the pitcher and Homer was the catcher. This was the very first brother combination in Major League baseball, although they both played only in the 1912 season in their career, and pitched and caught in only one game. They were both 1912 New York Highlanders (who became the Yankees the following season).

9. In 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds no-hit the Braves, then no-hit the Dodgers only four days later. A truly amazing feat. Ironically in 1947, another Reds pitcher no-hit the same Braves, then again four days later, had a no-hitter going into the ninth inning against the same Dodgers, but lost it to a one-out single by Eddie Stanky. Who was this pitcher that almost duplicated this incomprehensible feat?

Answer: Ewell Blackwell

An unreachable feat in itself, but it was reachable by two pitchers. Johnny Vander Meer of the Reds was only in his second season of Major League baseball when he accomplished this. Blackwell, on June 18, 1947, also in his second full season, did it to the Braves.

Then four days later again just like Vander Meer, almost did it again to complete the full circle against the same Dodgers. Strangely enough, Ewell won only 82 games in his 10-season career.

10. In the first World Series in baseball history in 1903, which pitcher won three games and struck out 22 batters?

Answer: Deacon Phillippe

The first World Series in baseball history pitted the Boston Pilgrims (later Red Sox) against the National League Champions Pittsburgh Pirates. Bill Dineen was one of two pitchers who won three games in the nine game series, losing only one game and striking out 28 Pirates. Phillippe of the Pirates won three but lost two games, and in the process struck out 22 Boston Pilgrims.

In the end, Dineen's three wins coupled with two of his counterpart Cy Young, defeated the Pirates five games to three.

Source: Author Nightmare

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