Baseball quick quiz: collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 95. (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.(Brief Article)

1. Last season, four players collected 100 or more extra-base hits, Take ten points if you can identify three of these four players.

2. In 2001, Hideo Nomo of file Red Sox led American League pitchers with 220 strikeouts to become the fifth pitcher to lead each league in strikeouts--Nomo led the N.L. in whiffs in 1995 with the Dodgers. Collect ten points if you can identify two of the other four pitchers to accomplish this feat.

3. During the 2001 World Series, Luis Gonzalez of the Diamondbacks became the sixth player to hit 50 or more home runs and play in the Fall Classic in the same season. Collect two points for each of the other five sluggers to match this feat.

4. Last season, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling of the Diamondbacks were one and two among National League pitchers in the three triple crown categories--wins, ERA and strikeouts. Who were the last pitching teammates to be first and second in their league in all three statistics in one season: Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers; Bob Feller and Early Wynn of the Indians; Hal Newouser and Dizzy Trout of the Tigers or Jim Palmer and Dave McNally of the Orioles?

5. There are only two major league players who drove in 100 or more runs in each of the last seven seasons (1995-2001). Collect five points for each of these run producers you can identify.

6. Last season, Bobby Cox of the Braves lost his fifth League Championship Series as a manager. He was on the losing end for the Blue Jays in 1985 and the Braves in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2001. Who is the only other skipper to lose as many as four League Championship Series during his managerial career: Billy Martin, Jim Leyland, Tony LaRussa or Whitey Herzog?

7. Among players with 500 or more plate appearances last season, who was the toughest major leaguer to strike out: Ichiro Suzuki, Juan Pierre, Fernando Vina or Mark Grace?