These questions are slightly more challenging because contestants could assemble teams of up to 4 people and could talk among themselves before committing answers to paper. As with the individual session, give yourself exactly 12 minutes if you want to mirror the circumstances at SABR 42.
SABR 42 Trivia Preliminaries (Team)
Four Minnesota Twins batters have won a total of 14 American League batting titles. Who are they?
1. __________________________________ 2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________ 4. __________________________________
Name the Detroit Tigers pitchers tagged with errors in the 2006 World Series.
5. __________________________________ 6. __________________________________
7. __________________________________ 8. __________________________________
Which American League team has gone the longest without a Cy Young Award winner?
9. __________________________________
Which National League team has gone the longest without a Cy Young Award winner?
10. __________________________________
Name the only two pitchers to have 20-win seasons in each of the decades 1950s and 1960s.
11. __________________________________ 12. __________________________________
Match the following climate-related team mascots with their home city or area.
13. Thunder _____ A. Tri-Cities WA (Tri-City: Richland, Pasco, Kennewick)
14. Zephyrs _____ B. Lake Elsinore, CA
15. Storm _____ C. Brooklyn, NY
16. Dust Devils _____ D. Trenton, NJ
17. Cyclones _____ E. New Orleans, LA (Metarie)
Name each of the two pitchers from each of these countries who has won a Cy Young Award.
Canada
18. __________________________________ 19. __________________________________
Venezuela
20. __________________________________ 21. __________________________________
Dominican Republic
22. __________________________________ 23. __________________________________
Name the only players to win American League stolen base titles in the 1940s (1940-49).
24. __________________________________ 25. __________________________________
26. __________________________________
Name the only two players to accumulate at least ten Silver Slugger Awards.
27. __________________________________ 28. __________________________________
Who are the only World Series Most Valuable Players to play for Chicago Cubs?
29. __________________________________ 30. __________________________________
31. __________________________________
32. Which stadium hosted the first regular game of major league seasons 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012?
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Which American League players have hit fifty home runs in a season without leading the league that year?
33. __________________________________ 34. __________________________________
35. __________________________________ 36. __________________________________
37. Who turned the major leagues’ last unassisted triple play? _________________________________
38. Who was the first regular-season Designated Hitter in San Diego Padres history?
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39. What notable family trait connects Jim Thorpe and Jose Canseco? _____________________________
40. What is the listed maximum seating capacity of Target Field? ________________________________
Yes, someone answered that last question exactly. Enjoy.
~ Bruce
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