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Baseball Quick Quiz.(trivia)
Collect ten points for each question answered correctly.
(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.
This February Quick Quiz is a trivia challenge centered on batting champions
1. There have been only two batting champions who hit 50 or more home runs during the same season in which they led their league in hitting. Collect five points for each of these players you can identify. Clue: Both are members of the Hall of Fame.
2. The Boston Red Sox are the only major league franchise to have as many as four different players win consecutive batting championships. Collect ten points if you can name the four players who have won back-to-back A.L. hitting rifles as members of the Red Sox.
3. From 1991 and through 2000, there have been 20 batting titles won by 14 different players. Among those hitting champs, who was the only one to have an average below .320 during his title-winning season: Bernie Williams, 1998; Gary Sheffield, 1992; Tony Gwynn, 1996; or Terry Pendleton, 1991?
4. Last season, Nomar Garciaparra won the A.L. batting championship with a .372 average. Who was the last American Leaguer to hit .370 or higher: Wade Boggs, Rod Carew, George Brett or John Olerud?
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 10, 2007 700+ words
...season opening, the Ted Williams' jersey (to be...that includes other Red Sox players' pants...comprised of a 1955 Ted Williams/Boston Red Sox Wool #9 Game Worn...accompanies the lot. Ted Williams played with the Red Sox from 1939 to 1960...
- Sparky Lyle: where are they now? Former relief Ace: American League 1977 Cy...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Hartsock, John February 1, 2003 700+ words
...greatest hitters. Hall of Famer Ted Williams, the last major leaguer to hit...single season, was at the Boston Red Sox Winter Haven, Florida spring training...with the Red Sox back in 1965. "Ted Williams told me that I'd never make the...
- Red Sox Great Ted Williams' Frozen Body Unpaid For.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire August 13, 2003 700+ words
...of the body of baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams. The story says the remains are stored...promised to do for them. In the case of Ted Williams, the Alcor people thought this would...happened. They were so excited about Ted Williams' body coming to Alcor that they managed...
- Stories about Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams are still relished. (Warm Up...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Kuenster, John June 1, 2002 700+ words
...this season, and the return of Ted Williams as manager of the Washington Senators...kind. During his career with the Red Sox, Ted Williams captured the fancy of the baseball...years ago, I wandered into the Red Sox clubhouse at Comiskey Park, searching...
- Ted Williams remembered as an icon.
- News wire article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) July 5, 2002 700+ words
...When a frail, ailing Red Sox legend Ted Williams was introduced as a...Bostonian and lifetime Red Sox fan. "I'll probably...parents, in honor of the Red Sox star. "With all the...the city well, but Ted Williams defined the city...
- Ted Williams remembered as an icon.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gardner, Charles F. July 31, 2002 700+ words
...When a frail, ailing Red Sox legend Ted Williams was introduced as a...Bostonian and lifetime Red Sox fan. "I'll probably...parents, in honor of the Red Sox star. "With all the...the city well, but Ted Williams defined the city...
- Reverse of the Curse: The Red Sox Sweep; `Two Cents` Segment; Smart Assets:...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 2, 2004 700+ words
...restraint this time, after a Red Sox celebration last week turned deadly...changed Yogi`s uniform, the Red Sox have been undefeated. UNIDENTIFIED...shared the moment with the late Red Sox great, Ted Williams. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is...
- Baseball Great Ted Williams' Son Follows in Father's Footsteps on Money Issues.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 21, 2002 700+ words
...Tribune Business News Jul. 21--Red Sox legend Ted Williams may have been one of the best...Nicholas Tamposi -- son of former Red Sox part-owner and New Hampshire...commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ted Williams's magical 1941 season, when...
- Red Sox great Dom DiMaggio, Joe's brother, dies.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire May 8, 2009 700+ words
...ranks as the fifth longest in Red Sox history. Joe set the major league...spent his entire career with the Red Sox, 10 full seasons plus three games...teammates and close friends with Red Sox greats Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky...
- U. Connecticut: Red Sox executive speaks at U. Connecticut.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 8, 2004 700+ words
...of roughly 30 staffers, in the Red Sox is to either do good deeds or...After discussing his record with Red Sox legend Ted Williams, Steinberg said Williams told...and later with the Padres and Red Sox while also practicing dentistry...
Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball Quick Quiz.(trivia)