Baseball quick quiz.(American Baseball League)(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. Since 1900, there have been three players whose last name begins with the letter "P" and won a batting title in the major leagues. Collect ten points if you can identify two of these three hitters.

2. There are six players in the Hall of Fame whose last name ends with the letter "O". Excluding Negro League star Martin Dihigo, collect two points for each of the five major league players to be elected to the Hall of Fame with a surname ending with the letter "O".

3. Since 1931 when the Baseball Writers Association of America began voting for the league MVP Award winners, there have been seven different MVP recipients whose first and last name begin with the same letter. Dizzy Dean is one of the seven (he is known by Dizzy, not his birth name Jay). Collect ten points if you can identify four of the other six league MVP winners whose first and last name begin with the same letter.

4. For ten points, name three of the four players whose last name is Williams and clubbed 40 or more home runs in a season in the majors.

5. There are two active players who have won a Gold Glove award and whose last name begins with the letter "E". Collect five points for each correct answer.

6. There have been two pitchers who have won a Cy Young Award with a last name that ends with the letter "X". Collect five points for each correct answer.