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Baseball quick quiz.
Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answer 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. Through most of the 2002 season, Barry Bonds of the Giants was battling among National League hitters for the highest batting average. Who, prior to the '02 campaign, was the last player to win a batting title as a member of the Giants: Will Clark, Bill Madlock, Willie Mays or Matty Alou?
2. In the American League, Bernie Williams of the Yankees was in a race to win the second batting title of his career. For ten points, name five of the other seven players to lead the A.L. in hitting as members of the New York Yankees.
3. Who are the only two major league players to hit 30 or more home runs in ten consecutive seasons? Collect five points for each correct answer.
4. This year, Roger Clemens was striving to become the eighth pitcher in major league history to register 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. Collect ten points if you can name five of the other seven pitchers to accomplish this feat.
5. Since 1956 when the first Cy Young Award was presented, the Dodgers have had six different pitchers win top pitching honors. For ten points, name three of these six Dodger Cy Young winners.
6. Which one of the following Hall of Famers never won a league MVP Award: Lou Boudreau, Nellie Fox, Willie Stargell, Joe Morgan or Lou Brock?
- Sixth Cy Young for Roger Clemens cause for a down-home party.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Carley, Jim November 15, 2001 700+ words
...HOUSTON _ When you win one Cy Young Award, you go downtown...do after that? Only Roger Clemens could show the world...your unprecedented sixth Cy Young Award, which he did...shirt denoting a former Cy Young Award, led by 14-year...
- Five-Time Cy Young Winner Roger Clemens Launches Web Site at...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 11, 2000 700+ words
...New York Yankee Pitcher Roger Clemens Gets Official Web Site...site for five-time Cy Young winner and New York Yankee pitcher, Roger Clemens. AthletesDirect produces...addition to his five Cy Young Awards, Clemens also...
- Roger Clemens arrives in Tampa: The 7-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled...
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) May 16, 2007 700+ words
...enough view from atop her Mazda Miata to know 44-year-old Roger Clemens can help her struggling New York Yankees. "He's got the...right where I need to be," Clemens said. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner's second day in Tampa brought more fans to...
- Pujols, Carpenter should rate edge in Cy Young voting.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) August 31, 2005 700+ words
...pitcher Chris Carpenter for the Cy Young and first baseman Albert Pujols...their respective positions. CY YOUNG, MYTH: Roger Clemens has 11 wins but a great 1.51...victimized by poor run support. CY YOUNG, REALITY: I'm not opposed...
- CLEMENS WINS 5TH CY YOUNG BUT PENNANT HUNGER LEAVES HIM FRUSTRATED.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) November 17, 1998 700+ words
Cy Young No. 5 filled Roger Clemens with thoughts of baseball...children could have a Cy Young - Koby, Kory, Kasy...baseman Allen Butler. Cy Young voting Five points for...Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Roger Clemens, Toronto 28 0 0 140...
- Hershiser shuts out rivals for Cy Young
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times November 11, 1988 700+ words
...playoffs. Voting for the Cy Young was conducted before postseason...Hershiser is the 12th unanimous Cy Young winner, the first since Roger Clemens of Boston and Dwight Gooden...named Wednesday to win the AL Cy Young, was one vote short of unanimous...
- No Surprise: Hershiser Captures NL Cy Young
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post November 11, 1988 700+ words
...the Series. Voting for the Cy Young was conducted before the...becomes the 12th unanimous Cy Young Award winner, the first since Roger Clemens of Boston and Dwight Gooden...Wednesday as the American League Cy Young winner, was one vote short...
- THEY'RE THE LOCAL FAVORITES CLEMENS, BEDROSIAN PICK UP CY YOUNG AWARDS AT...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Staff January 29, 1988 700+ words
...In 1987, Greater Boston laid claim to both Cy Young Award winners, and last night Roger Clemens and Steve Bedrosian came to town to pick up...a Methuen native, won the National League Cy Young Award after saving 40 games and posting a...
Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball quick quiz.