SABR Trivia - Team Preliminaries Answers

1-4. Twins batting champs

Tony Oliva

Rod Carew

Kirby Puckett

Joe Mauer

5-8 Tiger pitching errors in the 2006 WS

Justin Verlander (2)

Todd Jones

Joel Zumaya

Fernando Rodney

9. Longest AL team without a CYA winner:  Texas Rangers 1971

10. Longest NL team without a CYA winner:  Cincinnati Reds 1957

11-12. Warren Spahn (multiple) and Frank Lary (21 in 1956 & 23 in 1961)

13. D      (AA – Eastern League – Yankees)

14. E       (AAA – Pacific Coast League – Brewers)

15. B      (A – California League – Padres)

16. A      (A* – Northwest League – Rockies)

17. C      (AA – Eastern League – Mets)

CYA/Country

18, 19.  Ferguson Jenkins, Eric Gagne

20, 21.  Johann Santana, Felix Hernandez

22, 23.  (Bartolo Colon, Pedro Martinez)

24-26.  George Case 1940-43, 46; Snuffy Sternweiss 1944-45; Bob Dillinger 1947-49

27-28.  Barry Bonds -12; Mike Piazza-10

29.-31.  Don Larsen 1956, Cubs 1967; Lew Burdette 1957, Cubs 1964-65; Ron Cey 1981, Cubs 1983-86

32.  Tokyo Dome

33-36.

54       1961       Mickey Mantle      (Roger Maris 61)

52       2002       Jim Thome              (Alex Rodriguez 57)

50       1996       Brady Anderson   (Mark McGwire 52)

50       1938       Jimmie Foxx           (Hank Greenberg 58)

37.  Eric Bruntlett, 23-Aug-2009

38. Rickey Henderson, 12-Jun-1997

39. Each has a twin brother

40. 39, 504