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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. Since the MVP Award was first presented by the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1931, there have been 13 recipients of the honor who had their last name begin with the letter "G", including Charlie Gehringer of the Tigers in 1937, Dick Groat of the Pirates in 1960 and Lefty Grove of the A's in 1931. Collect one point for each of the other ten MVPs whose last name starts with the letter "G" you can identify.
2. There are two members of the Hall of Fame who are 6-6, the tallest height of any other Hall of Famer. One of these players is Dave Winfield. Who is the other: Willie McCovey, Don Drysdale, Steve Carlton or Hank Greenberg?
3. Collect two points for each of the five major league players, elected to the Hall of Fame, you can identify, who were born outside the United States--excluding Puerto Rico (Roberto Clemente, Orlando Cepeda) which has been a U.S. territory since 1898, but became a self-governing Commonwealth in 1952.
4. There have been five players who won a league Rookie of the Year Award and went on to hit 500 home runs during their careers. Collect two points for each of these sluggers you can identify.
5. Going into the 2005 season, Kevin Brown of the Yankees was two victories shy of becoming the seventh pitcher in major league history to win 100 or more games in both the American and National League. For ten points, name three of the other six hurlers to accomplish this feat.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball quick quiz.