Knowledge Test No. 1

Knowledge Test No. 1
1.	This guy hit .308 with 102 RBIs as a rookie. He went on to drive in 100 or more runs for 11 out of the next 12 seasons, with a high of 165. He won two batting titles with averages of .381 and .390; he also hit .392 once, without winning the batting title. He hit over .300 13 times in all, six times topping .350. He was one of the greatest right-handed sluggers who ever lived, but during his prime, he wasn't even regarded as the number-one right-handed slugger on his own team! A Ballpark Guy should know who this overlooked slugging star was. Can you name him?
2.	Gold Glove awards were first handed out in 1957. Not one but two brother combinations have won Gold Gloves. Can you name the two pairs of brothers to win Gold Glove awards?
3.	Can you name the two father-son combinations to win Gold Glove awards?
4.	What Hall of Famer was the starting and winning pitcher in the longest World Series game ever played?
5.	Most baseball observers know that the last .400 season was Ted Williams' .406 in 1941. The last National Leaguer to hit .400 was Bill Terry, who hit .401 in 1930. Terry compiled an astounding total of 254 hits that year. But that's not even the record for hits in a season. Who holds the record for the most hits in one season and how many hits did he have?
6.	There are several legendary Hall of Fame sluggers who have hit four home runs in one game: Ed Delahanty, Lou Gehrig, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays. But someone else holds the major-league record for most total bases in one game. Can you name him and his astounding total of bases?
7.	Denny McLain won 31 games for the Detroit Tigers in 1968. It's the most wins by anyone since Lefty Grove also won 31 in 1930. A few years after McLain won 31, Hall of Famer Steve Carlton won 27 games for the Phillies, which is tied for the most wins by any pitcher since McLain. What other pitcher shares the mark for the highest single-season win total since Denny McLain in 1968?
8.	Ted Williams is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. In his only post-season appearance in 1946, he batted .200. But that's not the lowest in history for a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Another, who many people believe was a great money player, actually is the owner of an under-.200 career post-season batting average. Can you name him?
9.	Since the 1930s, there have been five Triple Crown seasons by four different American Leaguers, all of whom are Hall of Famers: Ted Williams (1942, '46), Mickey Mantle (1956), Frank Robinson (1966) and Carl Yastrzemski (1967). Who was the last National Leaguer to win a Triple Crown?
10.	Steve Carlton won four Cy Young Awards for pitching excellence; Greg Maddux has also won four; Roger Clemens has won five. Who won the first Cy Young Award?
11.	Who won the first Rookie of the Year Award?
12.	Which Hall of Famer holds the second basemen's record for the most full seasons with a batting average of over .300?

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