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From: dtvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDT)
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Subject: RE: Trivia Answers
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 16:57:26 EST
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Here are the answers to some earlier questions:

>
>A few more baseball trivia questions . . .
>
>
>	1) Who is the last player to get a base hit in Connie Mack stadium?

			Oscar Gamble, then of the Phillies.
>
>	2) Name the first Milwaukee Brewer to hit a home run.

			Greg Goossen
>
>	3) Who are the last players in the NL and AL to lead their  
>		respective league in both Slugging Pct and Stolen Bases 
>		during the same season?
						   Year	 SlgPct	 SB

		NL: Willie Mays		NY Giants  1957   .626   38
		AL: Snuffy Stirnweiss	NY Yanks   1945   .476   33

>	4) Who is the last secondbaseman to lead his league in Slugging Pct?

			Bobby Grich of the Angels in 1981 (.543).

>	5) Name three(3) pitchers to win at least 100 games in both the AL
>		and NL.

			Jim Bunning, Gaylord Perry, Fergie Jenkins, Cy Young

>	6) Identify the pitchers in the following cases -
>
>		A) Gave up #61 to Roger Maris
				Tracy Stallard of the Bosox.

>		B) Served up Bobby Thomson's famous pennant winning blast (1951)
				Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

>		C) Hank Aaron's victim for #715
				Al Downing of the Dodgers

>			For extra pride, name the leftfielder at the time and
>			the person who caught Hank's shot.
>
		The leftfielder was Bill Buckner.  (Dusty Baker was still on
		Atlanta; he was involved in the trade for Jimmy Wynn.) 
		Atlanta reliever Tom House caught Hank's shot in the bullpen.

						Dan Van Handel
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