Monday, July 9, 2012

Annual SABR Trivia Contest - Team Preliminaries‏


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?
 
__________________________________
 
 
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?
 
__________________________________
 
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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