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Baseball quick quiz.(Brief Article)
Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 87.
(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. Albert Belle is the only player to hit 50 homers and club 50 doubles in the same season. Collect five points for each of the other two major league players you can identify who have had a separate 50-homer season and another 50-double campaign during their big league careers.
2. Since the A's moved to Oakland for the 1968 season, they have had only two players lead the American League in RBI. Collect five points for each of these players you can identify.
3. Since 1901, there have been 17 different pitchers who completed 10 or more shutouts in a single season in the majors. Collect ten points if you can name six hurlers who had a season in which they tossed 10 or more shutouts.
4. Who was the first relief pitcher to record 30 saves in a season--since 1969 when the save became an official statistic: Rollie Fingers, Dave Giusti, Ron Perranoski or Clay Carroll?
5. For ten points, name two of the three major league pitchers who have struck out 200 or more batters in a season for three different teams.
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