BASEBALL QUIZ

More Baseball trivia..

1. Who is the only switch-hotter in history to hit 50 home runs in a season?

A- Mickey Mantle
B- Chipper Jones
C- Eddie Murray
D- Bobby Bonilla

2. True or False: No pitcher has thrown a no-hitter without getting at least one strikeout?

3. Rank the following players by the numbers of consecutive years they hit .300 or better.

A- Ty Cobb\
B- Tony Gwynn
C- Honus Wagner
D- Rogers Hornsby

.4. .Rank the following Dodgers by their career home run totals for the team.

A- Roy Campanella
B- Gil Hodges
C- Duke Snuder
D- Eric Karros

5. True or False: Randy Johnson was the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.

6.  Name the last rookie pitcher to win 20 games in a season.

7. Which of the following hurlers was undefeated in World Series play?

A- Josh Beckett
B- Orlando Hernandez
C- Randy Johnson
D- Lefty Gomez

8. Namw rgw last player whose surname begins with the letter "T" to win a batting title.

A- Bill Terry
B- Frank Thomas
C- Troy Tulowitzki
D- Joe Torre

8. Who is the last switch-hitter to lead either league in RBIs?

A- Eddie Murray
B- Mickey Mantle
C- Chipper Jones
D- Carlos Beltran
E- Mark Teixeira

9. Name the most recent player to hit 50 doubles in back-to-back seasons.

A- Craig Biggio
B- Garret Anderson
C- Todd Helton
D- Albert Pujois
E- Juan Pierre

10. Match the 300-game winners with the last team they pitched for:

1- Tom Seaver                 A- Dodgers
2- Greg Maddux              B- Red Sox
3- Don Sutton                  C- Braves        
4- Steve Carlton               D- Angels
6- Phil Niekro                   E- Twins




ANSWERS

1. A  (Mantle hit 52 homers in 1956 and 54 in 1961).
2. False.( The last pitcher to accomplish this feat was Ken Holtzman  vs. the Braves on August 16, 1969).
3. 1 (A); 2 (B); 3 (C); 4 (D)
4. 1 (C); 2 (B); 3 (D); 4 (A)
5. False. Greg Maddux won 4 in a row from 1992-1995.
6. Tom Browning won 20 games for Cincinnati in 1985
7. C and D
8. E
9. C
10.1 (B); 2 (A); 3 (A); 4(E); 5 (C)