Baseball quick quiz.

Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 90

(If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average.

1. There are three members of the 500-Home Run Club who wore uniform number 44 during their careers. For ten points, name two of these three sluggers.

2. The most common uniform number for players who hit 50 or more home runs in a season is 3 and 25. Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Alex Rodriguez all wore number 3 when they hit 50-plus homers in a season. For ten points, name two of the thee players to wear jersey number 25 when they had a 50-homer campaign in the majors. A clue; Two of the three are still active.

3. Identify the two third basemen who share the same uniform number (5), are both members of the Hall of Fame, have both won Gold Glove honors and each earned American League MVP awards during their careers.

4. Cal Ripken wore uniform number eight during his career and when he is elected to the Hall of Fame he will become the seventh player elected to the Cooperstown museum to wear that number on his back. For ten points, name three of the six Hall of Fame members to wear jersey number 8.

5. Who is the only major league player to wear his birthdate (month and day) on his uniform: Carlos May, Lee May. Dan August or Dave May?