George Will’s Opening Day Quiz
(presented at the monthly meeting on Apr. 19, 2011)
(Move the mouse over the blank space to see the answer)
| 1. | Which two players hold the record for most seasons played with the same team? |
Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski |
| 2. | What two managers had 6 100-win seasons? | Bobby Cox and Joe McCarthy |
| 3. |
Who was the player and in what year who led the league in HRs and RBI, started every World Series game, and never crossed the Mississippi? |
Larry Doby |
| 4. | Who is the only catcher to lead the league in batting average, OBP, and slugging in the same season? | Joe Mauer |
| 5. |
What two players share the record for most hits in a month? |
Ty Cobb (July ’22) and Tris Speaker (July ’23) |
| 6. |
From 2000-2009 Roy Halladay led pitchers with 14 shutouts. Who led the decade of the 70s with 44? |
Jim Palmer |
| 7. |
What pitcher won World Series games in three decades? |
Jim Palmer |
| 8. |
What player won batting titles in three decades? |
George Brett |
| 9. |
Since 1900, what two pitchers won at least 20 games in a season 13 times? |
Warren Spahn and Christy Mathewson |
| 10. | Who had at least 200 hits and 100 walks in four straight seasons? | Wade Boggs |
| 11. | Who got ten hits in a World Series with two different teams? | Paul Molitor |
| 12. | Bobby Richardson set a record with 12 RBI in the ’60 series. Within five, how many did he have during the season? | 26 |
| 13. | Name the six pitchers who struck out 3,000 without or before issuing 1,000 walks. | Ferguson Jenkins, Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, John Smoltz & Roger Clemens |
| 14. |
What team has won its last nine World Series games? |
Cincinnati Reds |