The Crimson Sports Cube's 1983 Baseball Quiz

In celebrate the opening of the 1998 baseball season. The Crimson invites its readers to try our around spring baseball quiz: Ten points for each correct answer.

If you score 200 or better, rate yourself a baseball expert and show up for this paper's sports comp next fall. Scoring 150-200 means you can hold your own in any barroom argument, about 100 makes you a fun person to watch at game with and 50 or better shows that you probably don't frustrate your date too often.

1. Bobby Thomson won baseball immortality when his ninth inning home run won the 1951 pennant for the Grants. For five points each, name the players who hit nigh inning homers which also won pennants for the 1938 Cubs and the 1976 Yankees.

2. Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner chose not to resign Reggie Jackson after the 1981 season believing the slugger was past his prime How many American League home run titles has Jackson won or shared in the last three years' And flow many times has be hit 300 in his career.'

3. Everyone knows that Jim and Gaylord Perry have won over 500 games between them, by far the most for any part of brothers. For five points, can you name the brothers who have the second highest total' For five more, identify the family which had live sons play in the big leagues.

4. Who was the last switch-hitter to win the American league MVP Award' It wasn't Mickey Mantle.

5. Of the seven top strikeout pitchers of all time, five are still active, and at least three should surpass Walter Johnson's record of 3506 this year. Two points for each of the five you can name."

6. Since the World Series began in 1903, the Yankees have won the most Fall Classics--21. Which club, not counting expansion teams, took the longest to win its first Series?

7. One team had remarkable success in the early history of the Series. It appeared six times in the first 15 Series and won all six. But its 1918 victory was also its last. Can you identify the team?

8. In the last 20 years, five players have won MVP Awards during their first season after joining a team (one was a rookie). Two points for each one you can name.

9. Before Robin Young, who was the last shortstop to win an MVP Award in the American League? The National? Five points each.

10. Substitutes have played dramatic roles in some World Series, such as Dusty Rhodes with his three-homer performances for the Giants in 1954 Identify the players who stood in:

* At shortstop for the 1968 Tigers:

* In Center field for the 1972 A's:

* At second base for the 1978 Yankees?

Five points if you name two; ten only for three correct answers.

11. No Harvard grad has ever made the Major Leagues, but there is an Ivy Leagues in the Hall of Fame Name him.

12. Can you identify two current big leaguers with both a father and an uncle who also played in the majors?

13. Pete Rose won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1963 and is still active. Which player disappeared from the big league scene shortly after winning the same award in 1980? He was famous for extracting his own teeth to save money.

14. Rollie Fingers and Rich Gossage are the most celebrated relief pitchers of our time, yet each has a lifetime ERA close to 3.00. What active reliever with at least 300 appearances has the best career ERA--a nifty 2.36?

15. Joe DiMaggio had the most famous baseball wife ever--Marilyn Monroe. But some current brides come close. Five points each if you can identify the husbands of golfer Nancy Lopez and illicit film star Chesty Morgan.

16. Five pitchers have thrown two no-hitters in a season. Two points for each you can name.

17. Only four pitchers have won 200 games by age 30. Three--Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, and Walter Johnson--are in the Hall of Fame, but the fourth is still ineligible, since he passed the barrier in 1976. Can you name him?

18. Rick Wise his two home runs when he pitched a no-hitter in 1971. Can you name the last pitcher to hit a homer in a World Series game? (It was a grand slam.)

19. One-sides trades can reveal the genius of one general manager and the ineptitude of another. Two points for each of the following you can remember:

* The pitcher the Cardinals surrendered for Lou Brock in 1963:

* Whom the Yankees parted with to get Sparky Lyle from Boston in 1972:

* The third baseman traded to the Mets for Amos Otis in 1970:

* The third baseman sent to the same Mets to bring Nolan Ryan to California in 1972:

* Whom the Phillies traded to St. Louis in 1972 for Steve Carlton.

20. Gaylord Perry's many accomplishments include being the only pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. Who is the only modern pitcher besides Perry to win 100 games in each league? And who is the only man, apart from Nolan Ryan, to throw a no-hitter in each league? Five points each.

21. Two points for identifying each of these players by their nickname.

* The Toy Cannon

* No-Neck

* The Meal Ticket:

* The Mad Hunearian:

* The Glider.

22. In 1977 Duck Ellis Pitched for three different teams: the Yankees. A's, and Rangers: Because his tenure on these clubs coincided with a series of managerial firings. Ellis played for no less than seven managers in 1977. One point for the first four you can identify, and two points for each of the other three.

23. Controversial umpire calls seem to follow the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. For five points each, do you remembers:

* The baserunner who was involved in a home plate collision with Baltimore's Elrod Hendricks and umpire Ken Burkhart in the 1970 series?

* The butter who ran into Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk after laying down a bunt in the 1975 Fall Classic?

24. Name the only man to play for both the Seattle Pilots and the Seattle Mariners.

25. Memorable defensive plays in the World Series remain famous years after fans remember the outcome of the Series itself. Do you recall the batters who hit into these fielding gems.

* Joe Rudi's catch against the left field wall in 1972.

* Bill Wambsganss's unassisted triple play against Brooklyn in 1920.

* Willie May's over-the-shoulder catch in the Polo Grounds in 1954.

* Al Gionfrido's running catch in Yankee Stadium in 1957.

* Mickey Owen's dropped third strike in a different Yankee-Dodger Series. 1941 (who was at bat?)

EXTRA CREDIT: Name three recent Yankee managers.

Answers

1. Gabby Hartnett and Chris Chambliss.

2. Jackson won the home run championship in both 1980 and 1982. He has hit .300 only once. an even .300 in 1980.

3. Phil and Joe Niekro, both still active, are about 100 victories behind the Perrys with 419. Five Delahanthy brothers played in the Majors.

4. Vida Blue in 1971.

5. Nolan Ryan is just ten strikeouts shy of Johnson's record. The four pitchers closest to him are Gaylord Perry (3452). Steve Carlton (3434). Tom Seaver (3137). and Ferguson Jenkins (3096).

6. The Philadelphia Phillies did not win their first championship until 1980.

7. The Boston Red Sox.

8. Frank Robinson Baltimore. 1966), Orlando Cepeda (St. Louis. 1967). Dick Allen (Chicago White Sox. 1972). Fred Lynn (Boston. 1975), and Rollie Fingers (Milwaukee. 1981).

9. Zoilo Versalles won the MVP in 1965 when he led the Minnesota Twins into the World Series. In the National League. Maury Wills is the most recent winner, in 1962.

10. Mickey Stanley filled in at short for the Tigers when they beat the Cardinals in 1968. In 1972, George Hendrick was Reggie Jackson's replacement in center field for the A's, but he played only a minor role in their Series win. Brain Doyle substituted for Willie Randoloph for the 1978 Yankees and hit over .400 as they best Los Angeles in six.

11. Lou Gehrig, known also as "The Iron Horse" and "Columbia Lou."

12. Roy Smalley of the Yankees is the son of Roy Smalley Sr..also a shortstop, who played for three teams between 1948-58. Smalley's uncle is Gene Mauch, who was active as a player in the 40s and 50s and managed his nephew on the Twins for six years. Pitcher Matt Keough of the A's is the son of outfielder Marty Keough (seven teams. 1956-66) and the nephew of outfielder Joe Keough. who played for the Royals in the early 70s.

13. "Super Joe" Charbonenu, ex-of the Cleveland Indians. He's in Double-A ball now.

14. Joe Sambito of Houston.

15. Nancy Lopez is married to Houston third baseman Ray Knight. while Ms. Morgan is the wife of National League umpire Dick Stello.

16. Johnny Vander Meer pitched back-to-back no-hitters for the Reds in 1938. Allie Reynolds (1951). Virgil Trucks (1952), Jim Maloney (1965), and Nolan Ryan (1973) are the others.

17. Jim "Catfish" Hunter. who retired at age 33 with 224 victories.

18. Dave McNally of Baltimore in 1970.

19. Ernie Broglio. Danny Cater, Joe Foy, Jim Fregosi, and Rick Wise.

20. Jim Bunning, who split his career between Detroit and Philadelphia. is the answer to both halves of the question. Now the minority whip for the Kentucky State Senate. Bunning is an announced candidate for governor in the upcoming election.

21. Jimmy Wynn, Walt Williams, Carl Hubbell, Al Hrabosky, and Ed Charles.

22. Billy Martin (Yankees), Jack McKeon (A's), Bobby Winkles (A's), Frank Lucchesi (Rangers), Eddie Stanky (Rangers), Connie Ryan (Rangers), and Billy Hunter (Rangers), in that order.

23. Bernie Carbo and Ed Armbrister.

24. Pitcher Diego Segui, who started the Mariners' first game ever.

25. Dennis Menke, Burleigh Grimes (the last legal spitball pitcher), Vic Wertz, Joe DiMaggio, and Tommy Henrich.

EXTRA CREDIT: Billy Martin.