Baseball Quiz!

With another season almost here, time to jog your memories a little ….    

    (1) As of Opening Day, who is active leader in wins by a pitcher?
    (2) Name the three active Major Leaguers with at least 500 career home runs.
    (3) Again among active players, who is the career leader in stolen bases?

Now for the immortals …   
    (4) Nine men have hit 600 or more career home runs. Who is the only one of them who didn’t play at least 20 seasons?
    (5) Reggie Jackson struck out more times than anyone: 2,597 times (in 9,864 AB). And Alex Rodriguez is the active career leader, having been rung up 2,220 times in 10,341 AB. Which inevitable Hall of Famer is second in career K’s, and who is second to A-Rod among active players in being punched out?
    (6) Here’s a select group: The 2,000--3,000--600--2,000 Club, i.e., guys with 2,000 or more Runs Scored, at least 3,000 Base Hits, 600 homers and 2,000 RBIs. Who’s in it? (I’ll tell you someone who isn’t: Babe Ruth.)
    (7) Winning the Triple Crown is no mean feat, especially in MLB. Who won the most recent one?
    (8) Name the only two men to win the Triple Crown twice. And…
    (9) Name the two men who won the Triple Crown in the same year that they were also playing in the same city.
    (10) Rube Waddell was the first Big Leaguer to strike out 300 batters in a season (1903); he punched out 302 in 324.0 innings. Who is the most recent pitcher to turn that trick? (Hint: he only needed 232.2 IP to fan 302.)

Extra Credit.
    Here are the career lines of two recent right-handed pitchers.
                          IP      W         L      SO     ERA    CG    SHO
Pitcher A    2827.1      219    100    3154    2.93    46    17   (18 yrs.)
Pitcher B    3261.0      216    146    3116    3.46    83    20    (20 yrs.)

    Recognize them? One is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the other one couldn’t get elected as a Donald Trump delegate in Maricopa County. OK, here are their post-season records…

One of Them        14 GS, 96.1 IP, 6 wins, 4 losses, 3.46 ERA
The Other One:    19 GS, 133.1 IP, 11 wins, 2 looses, 2.23 ERA

Got ‘em now?

And, finally, only because I happened to stumble on it: In 1955, while he was having his average season on the mound (305 IP, 23-14, with 3 saves), Robin Roberts came to bat 107 times and hit .252 -- with nine doubles, four triples, two Hrs, 13 RBIs and 18 walks. His OBS was .827