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. In 1930, Hack Wilson of the Cubs set a major league record with 191 RBI. In August of that year, he drove in 53 runs to establish a big league mark for RBI in one month. Who is the only other player to collect 53 RBI in one month: Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Sammy Sosa or Babe Ruth?

2. Two players hold the major league record for most base hits in one month with 61. George Sisler tallied 61 hits in June of 1920 when he finished the year with 257 hits. Who is the only player besides Sisler to get as many as 61 hits in one month: Ichiro Suzuki, Chuck Klein, Rogers Hornsby or Pete Rose?

3. Since 1900, three National League pitchers hold the record for most shutouts in one month with five. Don Drysdale threw five consecutive shutouts in the month of May 1968. Collect five points for each of the other two N.L. pitchers to toss five shutouts in one month. A clue: both hurlers are right-handers who won the Cy Young Award the year they accomplished their shutout feat.

4. Through the 2002 season, only one active major league player has had as many as ten seasons in which he posted a batting average higher than .300--with a minimum Of 50 games played during each year. For ten points, who is this player: Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas, Rafael Palmeiro or Edgar Martinez?

5. Since 1996, there have been five players who have driven in 150 or more runs in one season. Collect two points for each of these players you can identify.