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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 a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average.
1. Who is the single-season record holder for home runs (36) for the Kansas City Royals: Dean Palmer, Gary Gaetti, Steve Balboni or John Mayberry?
2. Only five players have stolen 40 bases or more in a season for the Boston Red Sox. Who set the club record with 54 steals in one season: Tris Speaker, Tommy Harper, Otis Nixon or Harry Hooper?
3. Over the last 47 seasons, only two Chicago Cubs pitchers have led the National League in strikeouts. Collect five points for each of these strikeout champions you can identify.
4. Among the following Colorado Rockies players, which one never led the National League in RBI during a single season: Preston Wilson, Dante Bichette, Andres Galarraga, Todd Helton or Larry Walker?
5. Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden are two of the three pitchers in New York Mets history to win a league ERA title. Who is the only other Mets hurler to accomplish this feat: Jerry Koosman, David Cone, Craig Swan or Jon Matlack?
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball quick quiz.