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Baseball. (Quick Quiz).
Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 90.
(If you score 80 or better, you are baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average.
1. Roger Clemens needs seven wins in 2003 to become the 21st pitcher in major league history to win 300 career games and the seventh since 1982. For ten points, name four of the six hurlers to win their 300th big league game between 1982 through 1990.
2. Dating back to 1950, there have been six players who have won a league Most Valuable Player Award while wearing uniform number "8". For ten points, name three of these six MVP recipients who wore jersey No. 8.
3. True or False. Last season, Manny Ramirez won the A.L. batting title with the Boston Red Sox and in 1999 paced the junior circuit in RBI with the Cleveland Indians. Ramirez is the only player in major league history to lead the league in RBI and batting average while playing for different teams.
4. Who was the last major leaguer to win a World Series and his league's MVP Award in the same season: Chipper Jones, Rickey Henderson, Jose Canseco or Kirk Gibson?
5. Besides Mike Mussina, who is the only other pitcher to strike out 200 or more batters in a season for the Baltimore Orioles: Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar or Kevin Brown?
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball. (Quick Quiz).