1. Who led the American League in stolen bases in 1987?

2. Who was the last minor league pitcher to win 20 games in a season?

3. Three members of the World Champion 1971 Pirates remained with Pittsburgh through 1979. Willie Stargell and Manny Sanguillen were two of them. Name the third.

4. Who was the last Yankee to wear number 23 before Don Mattingly?

5. Chris Nabholz is one of two pitchers to throw a no-hitter in Ottawa in the latter half of the 20th century. Name the other.

6. Who hit the most home runs on the Washington Senators from 1901 through 1919?

7. Who was the last Phillies pitcher to win the Cy Young Award?

8. Phil Roof was one of two former Toronto Maple Leafs to play for the Blue Jays in the 1970's. Name the other.

9. Which position player appeared in the most no-hitters?

10. When Denis Boucher pitched his first game for the Montreal Expos on September 6, 1993, what was the name of his equally Canadian catcher?

11. Which Hall of Famer pitched a no-hitter in his ninth major league start?

12. Who was the first rookie to lead the major leagues in All-Star balloting?

13. Who was the first position player to make his Major League debut AFTER playing in the Japanese League?

14. When Mickey Mantle hit his legendary 565 foot home run in 1953, whose bat did he use?

15. Which 1962 Met hit into a triple play in his final plate appearance?

16. Which Indians hitter had the highest single season batting average of any postwar player (350 at-bats minimum)?

17. Which Cy Young Award winner retired with the lowest win-loss percentage?

18. Which has the most lifetime wins of any Red Sox lefthanded pitcher?

19. Who won the American League batting title in 1949?

20. Which player earned the most World Series rings?

CRYPTIC CLUES

1. He played most of his career for teams based on the west coast.

2. He was a teammate of Reggie Jackson in New York and Oakland.

3. He got married the day his team won Game 7 in a World Series.

4. He hit 20 home runs for the Florida Marlins in 1993.

5. He could have been elected mayor of Milwaukee in 1978.

6. He later became a Hall of Fame manager.

7. He was righthanded.

8. He won a batting title one year, but sat out the next with a leg injury.

9. He faced his cousin Jose Cardenal late in the 1965 season.

10. The catcher was a high school student of Reno Bertoia’s.

11. His favourite catchers were Wes Westrum, J. C. Martin, and Bob Didier.

12. He won both Rookie of the Year and MVP in his Major League career.

13. It ain’t Ichiro.

14. The owner of the bat later played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

15. His cousins Pete Falcone and John Franco later played for the Mets.

16. His son later played one season for the Indians.

17. His teammates included Cy Young Award winners Sparky Lyle, Vida Blue, Bret Saberhagen, and Tom Glavine.

18. He led the league in wins and ERA in 1949, and pitched a no-hitter in 1956.

19. Very briefly in 1954, he was a teammate of Ted Williams.

20. He died the same week as former Yankee Jim Spencer.

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