Annual SABR Trivia Contest - Team Quarterfinals

SABR 42 Trivia Quarter Finals (Team)

[12 Minutes]

Which four White Stockings teammates all eclipsed the major league single-season home run record during the 1884 season due to a grounds rule change at Lake Front Park III in Chicago?

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5. What was the only season when both league’s MVPs were switch-hitters?

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What American League players won a Most Valuable Player Award their first year in the league?

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11.  Who is the oldest player to record a multi-RBI game in major league history?

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12.  Who is the only Hall of Fame pitcher born in Minnesota?  ________________________________

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13.  Who is the only first baseman to win 10 Gold Glove Awards?

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14.  Who holds the record for the most home runs in a season where he stole at least 50 bases?

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15.  Who first reached base a record five times in an All-Star game?  ______________________________

16. Whose career Defensive Wins Against Replacement (WAR) of 20.8 is the best in White Sox history, topping even those of Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox and Luke Appling?

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Match each Hall of Famer with his two middle names

17.  Mordecai Brown        _____     A. Patrick David

18.  Rabbit Maranville       _____     B. James Vincent

19.  Whitey Herzog            _____     C. Jennings Bryan

20.  Pat Gillick                       _____     D. Nelson Henley

21.  Rickey Henderson     _____     E. Norman Elvert

22.  Billy Herman                 _____     F. Peter Centennial

Which players have hit 50 home runs in a season since Barry Bonds set the single season record?  (One player did it twice.)

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30. Who first won consecutive league MVP awards?  ________________________________

Which teams won the Federal League’s two championships?

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33. Within 10,000 how many hit batsmen have there been in the history of the majors? ____________

What pitchers (among qualifiers) lead each league in Earned Run Average so far in 2012?

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What players, who were All-Stars for the Twins, are regulars on other major league teams in 2012?

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