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Baseball quick quiz.
(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. Who is the only active player to hit .350 or two different teams while qualifying for a league batting championship: Mike Piazza, Manny Ramirez, John Olerud or Moises Alou?
2. Collect one point for each of the ten active players you can identify who have hit 40 or more homers in a season for two different teams.
3. There have been five switch-hitters in major league history, since 1900, to lead their league in runs batted in. Collect two points for each of these five switch-hitting RBI champions you can name.
4. Who is the only pitcher to produce a 20-win season as a member of the New York Mets and in another campaign as a member of the New York Yankees?
5. During the last 12 major league seasons (1991-2002), there have been four pitchers who have recorded perfect games--one in the National League and three in the American League. For ten points, name three of the four hurlers to toss a perfect game since 1991.
6. Who holds the major league record for third basemen for the most consecutive chances accepted without an error in a season with 257: Jeff Cirillo, Don Money, Ron Cey or Scott Brosius?
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball quick quiz.