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Baseball quick quiz.
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.
1. In 2002, Jorge Posada of the Yankees became the seventh catcher in major league history to hit 40 or more doubles in a season. If you can identify two of the other six backstops to accomplish this feat collect ten points.
2. Vladimir Guerrero is one of only two players in baseball history to post a 30-game hitting streak and have a season in which he stole 30 bases and hit 30 home runs. Who is the other player to match these achievements during his career. Eric Davis, Jeff Bagwell, Willie Mays or Luis Gonzalez?
3. There have been nine different players who have had a 40-homer season with the Boston Red Sox. Collect ten points if you can name five of the nine players to hit 40 homers in a season as members of the Red Sox.
4. Four hundred total bases in a season is a mark accomplished 29 times by 18 different players. For ten points, name two of the four active players who have reached 400 total bases in a season.
5. Who was the last American League player to record 100 extra-base hits in a season: Ken Griffey, Jr., Albert Belle, Hank Greenberg or Alex Rodriguez?
- All-Star Jeff Bagwell has hit his stride with Astros. (Originated from Orange...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Whicker, Mark July 11, 1994 700+ words
...you will see Houston's Jeff Bagwell come to the plate and put one...I lived and died with the Red Sox. I was busy giving my stepsister...Imagine his delight when the Red Sox took him in the fourth round...Greenwell, etc. Instead, the Red Sox had to sign Otis Nixon for...
- Jeff Bagwell: may be headed to the Hall without the fame: Astros slugging first...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Carter, Al December 1, 2003 700+ words
...Astros manager. Jimy Williams says, "just how hard Jeff Bagwell has worked to maintain the skill level that he feels that...Astros in a now infamous 1990 trade with Boston that netted the Red Sox journeyman reliever Larry Andersen. A year later, Bagwell...
- Jeff Bagwell's number officially retired in pregame ceremony.
- Newspaper article from: Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX) August 27, 2007 700+ words
...tug of two loops on a newly-tied bow, the retirement of Jeff Bagwell's No. 5 sealed what was a 15-year gift in the making...than the Astros. A Boston native, Bagwell was picked by the Red Sox in the fourth round of the 1989 draft. He was traded from...
- Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio leading Houston with talent, experience and loyalty;...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Etkin, Jack July 1, 2002 700+ words
...after Kile agreed to sign with the Rockies, he heard from Jeff Bagwell, who had just become his former Houston teammate. "The...the organization after an ill-fated trade by the Boston Red Sox, broke in with the Astros. When their names come up, baseball...
- Jeff Bagwell, First Baseman, Houston Astros. (The Q&A).(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Esquire Torday, Daniel May 1, 2002 700+ words
...That was the dude. ESQ: Do you feel any sympathy for the Boston Red Sox, with them not winning and you gone? JB: I don't necessarily feel sympathy for them. I am still a Red Sox fan, and I've been one my whole life. I don't know if things...
- Astros Legend Jeff Bagwell Goes to Bat for Lemonade Day and Young...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 17, 2009 700+ words
...Day registration with Astros legend Jeff Bagwell before and during early innings of Astros...youth will have the opportunity to meet Jeff Bagwell when they register to start a lemonade...Astros home game on April 17, 18 or 19. Jeff Bagwell will autograph the Lemonade Day backpacks...
- Questions & answers with Jeff Bagwell: Houston Astros first baseman.
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Hummel, Rick July 1, 2004 700+ words
JEFF BAGWELL HAS BEEN THE Houston Astros first baseman...Scored With another productive season, Jeff Bagwell should become the 27th player in major...Mike Schmidt 1,506 1,595 Closing In Jeff Bagwell (+) 1,422 1,437
- Victoria Advocate, Texas, News to Me column: Jeff Bagwell was a true Astros...
- Newspaper article from: Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX) December 17, 2006 700+ words
...jerseys and tablets. The name was Jeff Bagwell. True, it was always exciting when...pitcher to be ashamed of, however. Jeff Bagwell did that 449 times in a 15-year career...roster over the years. But without Jeff Bagwell and his 1,500-plus runs batted in...
Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball quick quiz.