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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. My only major league no-hitter was a perfect game. I pitched on three pennant-winning teams. I led the American League in wins in 1981 and the National League in ERA in 1991. My 245 lifetime victories are the most by a Latin pitcher and the most for a hurler who never won 20 games in a season. I was born in Granada, Nicaragua. Who am I?
2. I am a former American League Cy Young Award winner who is the only pitcher to strike out 16 or more batters in a game as a member of the Mets and Yankees. I finished my big league career with 194 wins and 2,668 strikeouts and I am the first pitcher to toss a no-hitter in a regular season inter league contest. Who am I?
3. I hit my 500th career home run in fewer at-bats than any other player who has hit as many as 500 homers. I clubbed 50 or more in a season four times, but hit only five in 129 post-season at-bats. Who am I?
4. I am one of only six switch-hitters to drive in 100 runs in both the American and National leagues. I clubbed 248 home runs and drove in 1,389 runs during my career ranking sixth and third respectively among switch-hitters in those categories. Only nine catchers have caught more games than me. Who am I?
5. I am a .305 career hitter who won four National Leaue batting rifles. A three-time All-Star, I was a member of the 1979 world champion Pittsburgh Pirates. Who am I?