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. Among players with 500 or more career homers, who is the only slugger to hit more than 10 lifetime home runs as a pinch hitter: Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Willie McCovey or Frank Robinson?

2. Since strikeouts became an official batting statistic in 1910 in the N.L. and 1913 in the A.L., only 14 players have led the league in whiffs for two different teams. Jim Thome is the only player to lead both leagues in Ks when he paced the A.L. in 1999 and 2001 with Cleveland and topped the N.L. in 2003 with Philadelphia. For ten points, name two other players who topped their league in strikeouts for different clubs.

3. Since 1900, there have been 12 players who have led the league in stolen bases while playing for different teams during their careers. Collect ten points if you can name three of these players.

4. Which one of the following pitchers did not lead his league in strikeouts for five or more consecutive seasons: Walter Johnson, Rube Waddell, Nolan Ryan, Lefty Grove or Dazzy Vance?

5. There have been five pitchers who have tossed a no-hitter with different teams. Collect two points for each of these five multiple no-hit hurlers you can identify.