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1. I won the batting title with the lowest average of a winner in the entire 20th Century in the 1960s.

Answer: Carl Yastrzemski

Yaz of the Red Sox had just batted for the Triple Crown in 1967 and won the American League MVP Award. He batted a mere .301 in 1968 and took the batting crown over Danny Cater of the Oakland Athletics who batted .290. In the National League it was Pete Rose of the Reds who batted .335 in the season, Matty Alou of the Pirates who batted .332, while brother Felipe batted .317 for the Braves.

2. They lost the most World Series in the 1960s.

Answer: Yankees

The Yankees were still shining as a franchise and went to five World Series in the decade. They lost to Bill Mazeroski and the Pirates in 1960, beat the Reds and Giants in 1961 and 1962, then were skunked by the Dodgers on 1963. The Yankees then lost to the Cardinals in seven games in 1964.

The franchise would not see another World Series until 1976 in a four game skunking against the Reds and their 'Big Red Machine'.

3. This pitcher was the first to win three Cy Young Awards in history during the decade.

Answer: Sandy Koufax

Koufax of the Dodgers won his first Cy Young in 1963. Two more would follow in 1965 and 1966. This was when only one Cy Young Award was awarded Major League Baseball wide. Koufax retired after the 1966 season with his 27-9 record due to elbow problems.

His career record over 12 seasons was 165-87. Sandy also threw for three Triple Crowns, won one season MVP Award along with two World Series MVPs. In 1967 the award was presented to the greatest pitcher in each league.

4. They were the only National League team to move to a different city in the 1960s.

Answer: Braves

After being rooted in Boston since the new National League began in 1876, the franchise moved to Milwaukee in 1953. The franchise moved again in 1966 to Atlanta. Their first World Series in Atlanta came in 1991 in a loss. Their first World Series title came about in 1995 against the Cleveland Indians in a four games to two win.

5. This pitcher threw the most total strikeouts in the 1960s.

Answer: Bob Gibson

Gibson took a backseat to the great Sandy Koufax for much of the decade. Bob was a 17-season career St. Louis Cardinal from 1959-1975. He was a consistent pitcher throughout the entire decade while winning only one strikeout title in 1968 after Koufax retired.

In 1968 he won the Cy Young Award along with the NL MVP, then another Cy Young in 1970. Nine times in his career he threw more than 200 strikeouts in a season. In the 1960s, he led all pitchers with 2071 strikeouts in the decade.

6. After going to a World Series in the 1950s, the White Sox and this Pennsylvania team didn't appear in a World Series in the 1960s.

Answer: Phillies

The Phillies appeared in the 1950 series against the Yankees but lost four games to none. It would not be until 1980 before another appearance was made and a big one against the Royals in Philadelphia's first-ever World Series crown. The White Sox went up against the Dodgers in 1959 in a loss. The White Sox would not see another World Series in the 20th Century.

7. He was the first-ever player picked in the new amateur free-agent draft in history in the decade.

Answer: Rick Monday

It was 1965 when this draft began. The Kansas City Athletics picked Rick in June 1965, the he saw the field with the team in 1966. He made the move with the team to Oakland in 1968 when he saw his first all-star selection. Rick was traded to the Cubs for pitcher Ken Holtzman after the 1971 season and played in Chicago for five seasons before they traded him to the Dodgers prior to the 1977 season.

The outfielder retired in 1984 after 19 seasons with the honor of going to three World Series with the Dodgers.

8. Was one of the first expansion teams in the 1960s.

Answer: Angels

The Angels started their franchise in 1961 under the management of Bill Rigney. They played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until sharing Dodger Stadium in 1962. The Dodgers also were using the coliseum. The Dodgers drew 1.6 million fans in 1961 while the Angels pulled in only 600,000 in the same location. The Angels finished eighth of 10 teams in the American League.
Washington Senators (now Texas Rangers) were the other expansion team of 1961.

9. He was a pitcher that hit two grand slams in a game during the decade.

Answer: Tony Cloninger

Cloninger was in his sixth season in a Braves uniform in 1966. The remarkable day occurred on July 3 when the Giants hosted the Braves at Candlestick Park. Tony hit his first off Bob Priddy in the first inning, then his second off Ray Sadecki in the fourth inning.

The Braves won the game 17-3. From the mound Tony went 14-11 in the season. With Tony's bat he hit five home runs with two being the salami of all home runs. Cloninger retired in 1972 after 12 seasons.

10. They displayed the worst season record of all expansion teams in the 1960s.

Answer: Mets

The Mets began their endeavors in 1962. Under the helm of the great Casey Stengel for their first four seasons, the team looked pretty dismal for their first seven seasons. Their first season saw them go 40-120. With Gil Hodges there to right the ship, the Mets went to the World Series in 1969 and defeated the Orioles four games to one.

Source: Author dg_dave

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1960s on the Diamond Trivia Quiz

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Questions		Choices
1. I won the batting title with the lowest average of a winner in the entire 20th Century in the 1960s.		Mets
2. They lost the most World Series in the 1960s.		Sandy Koufax
3. This pitcher was the first to win three Cy Young Awards in history during the decade.		Tony Cloninger
4. They were the only National League team to move to a different city in the 1960s.		Rick Monday
5. This pitcher threw the most total strikeouts in the 1960s.		Braves
6. After going to a World Series in the 1950s, the White Sox and this Pennsylvania team didn't appear in a World Series in the 1960s.		Angels
7. He was the first-ever player picked in the new amateur free-agent draft in history in the decade.		Phillies
8. Was one of the first expansion teams in the 1960s.		Yankees
9. He was a pitcher that hit two grand slams in a game during the decade.		Carl Yastrzemski
10. They displayed the worst season record of all expansion teams in the 1960s.		Bob Gibson