Baseball Quick Quiz.(Brief Article)

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.

1. Who was the last player to lead his league in RBI and be on a World Series winner in the same season: Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Jose Canseco or George Foster?

2. Who is the only pitcher to be credited with a complete-game shutout in a League Championship Series game and World Series game in the same year: Greg Maddux, Andy Pettitte, Orel Hershiser or Jim Hunter?

3. Since 1960, the Chicago Cubs have had five different players lead the National League in home runs. Collect two points for each Cub player to win a home run title in the last 41 seasons (1960-2000) you can correctly identify.

4. Vladimir Guerrero became the second major league player to hit 40 or more home runs and have a hitting streak of 30 or more games in the same season: Who was the first player to accomplish this feat: Joe DiMaggio, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial or Eric Davis?

5. I am the only pitcher in major league history to accomplish each of the following feats--record a 200-strikeout season, pitch a no-hitter, win 20 games in a season, save 50 or more games in a season, win a Cy Young Award and capture league MVP honors. Who am I?

6. Who is the only pitcher to have 20 or more years of service in the major leagues and win fewer than 100 games: Hoyt Wilhelm, Jesse Orosco, Rich Gossage or Lindy McDaniel?