Baseball Quiz Answers

1. (c) Clemente reached his high of .352 at age 36. DiMaggio hit .381 at 24, Kaline .340 at 20, Williams .406 at 23, and McCovey .354 at 21.

2. All with the New York Yankees.

3. Bob Hendley opposed Koufax for the Cubs, and Jeff Torborg caught the game.

4. Babe Ruth, who was ejected for arguing the call on ball four.

5. Catfish Hunter won his 200th game at 30 Vida Blue pitched the no-hitter as a rookie, while Ken Holtzman pitched a gem and homered the same day.

6. Bob Lemon, who was Manager of the Year with the 1971 Royals, '77 White Sox, and '78 Yankees.

7. 1950--Phil Rizutto 1958 and '59--Ernie Banks. 1960--Dick Groat. 1962--Maury Wills. 1965--Zolio Versalles.

8. Jim Palmer of the 1966 Orioles and Steve Carlton of the 1967 Cardinals.

9. Fernando Gonzalez played second base, not third, for the Yankees. All five choices played center field for the Mets, but Otis was traded away in 1969 after an unsuccessful attempt to play him at third base.

10. 108.

11. Jim Thorpe and George Halas.

12. Gullett played left field for one batter in 1970; Lemon began his career as a third baseman.

13. Hobson quarterbacked Alabama. Jensen played in the Rose Bowl, Horner set the college home run mark, Winfield was drafted by four leagues, and Seaver wrote his thesis on infield dirt.

14. (a) Mike Marshall.

(b) Doug Ault

15. (a) Dick Groat

(b) and (c) Gene Alley and Jackie Hernandez

(d) Fim Foli

(e) Dale Berra

16. (a) Bill Melton

(b) Buck Weaver

17. (a) John Hiller

(b) Wayne Granger

18. Al Kaline

19. Jack McKeon and Alvin Dark.

20. U.L. Washington

21. (a) Hoyt Wilhelm

(b)Darold Knowles. In seven games he pitched 6 1/3 innings, registering two saves.

22. Wes Parker played first, Lee Lacy second (preceded, in quick order, by Jim Lefebvre and Ted Sizemore), Maury Wills was at short, and Billy Grabarkewitz held down third (Garvey had the job before he shifted to first).

23. Henry Aaron, Darrell Evans, and Dave Johnson all hit 40 homers in 1973. Ralph Garr won the 1974 batting title by hitting .353, and Buzz Capra was the ERA champ in 1974 with a neat 2.210 mark.

24. (a) Dave McNally

(b) Andy Messersmith

(c) Bill Campbell

(d) Ed Farmer

(e) Steve Mura

25. Frank Duffy

EXTRA CREDIT: Hub Kittle