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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 five active pitchers who have won 20 or more games in back-to-back seasons in the major leagues. Collect two points for each of these 20-game winners you can identify.

2. Since 1900, there have been four pitchers who have struck out 300 or more batters in a season at least three times during their careers. Collect ten points if you can name three of these four pitchers.

3. Barry Bonds set a major league record with 68 intentional walks last season and received 35 when he clubbed 73 home runs in 2001. Since 1954, when the intentional walk was first recorded as an official statistic, who is the only major league player to hit 60 home runs in a season and not draw a single intentional pass: Mark McGwire, Roger Maris or Sammy Sosa?

4. Last season Manny Ramirez became the eighth player in big league history to win a league batting rifle without being credited with a stolen base. For ten points, who was the last player to lead the league in hitting with no stolen bases: Todd Helton, Wade Boggs, John Olerud or Andres Galarraga?

5. There have been only two players in the majors whose last name begins with the letter "O" and have had a 40-homer season. Collect live points for each correct answer.

6. Who is the only player to hit four home runs in two different World Series: Babe Ruth, Duke Snider, Reggie Jackson or Lou Gehrig?

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