Knowledge Test No. 2

Knowledge Test No. 2
1.	During the 1920s, this guy-perhaps the most underrated player of all time-captured four batting titles, posting batting averages over .390 each time. In fact, from 1919 through 1930 he hit over .300 every year, eight times topping the .340 mark. Once, he even topped the .400 mark. He also drove in 100 or more runs eight times, driving in 90 and 92 in two other years. He had over 200 hits four times, with a high of 237. He finished his Hall of Fame career with a lifetime batting average of .342, tied with Babe Ruth, two points lower than Ted Williams! At least he's in the Hall. Name this amazing yet unheralded hitter.
2.	Since the modern era began in 1900, there have been only 13 times a guy batted over .400 in a season (including the one posted by the guy who's the subject of our first question). It is well known that Ted Williams is the last guy to reach the mark when he hit .406 in 1941. It is not as well known that Nap Lajoie was the first to do it in the 20th century when he batted .422 in 1901. But two guys in baseball history have actually hit .400 in a season and finished second in the batting race! Can you name the two batting legends to hit .400 in a season and not win a batting crown?
3.	With only 13 occurrences, and none since 1941, hitting .400 is obviously a rare feat. Even more rare is a guy hitting over .400 more than once. But it happened. Can you name the three guys who hit over .400 more than once?
4.	In 1920, baseball's dead-ball era ended. The home run became a drastically more important weapon and no one used it quite like Babe Ruth. The Bambino shattered his own home run record of 29 in 1920, and set the then-unthinkable standard of 54 in a season. What is the lowest total to win the home run title since then? And what Hall of Fame slugger was the home run champ with the paltry total?
5.	What is the lowest batting average to win a guy a batting title? Who was the Hall of Fame batting champ with the lowest-ever title-winning average?
6.	In the modern era (since 1900), which of the following two feats has occurred more frequently? Is it a pitcher pitching a no-hitter (perfect games included) or a batter hitting for the cycle?
7.	The Brooklyn Dodgers were in only two World Series-1916 and 1920-before they began their storied battles with the New York Yankees in 1941. From 1941 through 1956 the Yankees and the Dodgers played seven World Series. There were 44 World Series games in all between the clubs before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. Can you name the only guy to play in all 44 World Series games between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees?
8.	In 1978, Yankees lefty Ron Guidry cruised to one of the finest pitching seasons in 20th century baseball annals. Among the marks he posted in his stellar 25-3 campaign is nine shutouts-still the AL record for a left-hander. Can you name the Hall of Famer whose record for shutouts by a left-hander Guidry tied?
9.	Jimmy Collins, Frank Chance, Bill Terry, Frankie Frisch and Joe Cronin all have two things in common. They are all Hall of Fame players, and they are all pennant-winning player-managers. Can you name the four other Hall of Fame players who are also pennant-winning player-managers? (We chose not to include Hughey Jennings, who was merely a part-timer with a total of eight at-bats in 1907, '08 and ''09 for his pennant-winning Tigers.)
10.	Hall of Famers Warren Spahn and Christy Mathewson each amassed 13 20-win seasons, the most of any pitcher since baseball's modern era began in 1900. What Hall of Fame pitcher has posted the most 20-win seasons since Warren Spahn? a. Ferguson Jenkins b. Jim Palmer c. Juan Marichal d. Steve Carlton
11.	Who is the only guy in history to hit the only major-league home run of his career in a World Series game?
12.	This guy was widely considered the finest fielding first baseman in his league during the era in which he played. In fact, he led his league in fielding five times. Far from being just a defensive standout, he also drove in over 100 runs for seven straight seasons, hit 30 or more homers six times, twice topping 40. He once hit four home runs in one game! He did all of this for a perennial contender that appeared in the World Series six times while he was their everyday first baseman. But despite all of that, he has never been inducted into the Hall of Fame. In an era when guys like Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez are getting into the Hall, this guy sounds like a Hall of Famer too, doesn't he? Can you name this unrecognized Hall of Fame-caliber first baseman?

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