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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Last year, Al home run king Mark McGwire and NL long-baller Andre Dawson clubbed 49 round-trippers each. Can you name the last American and National League sluggers to hit 50 homers in a season? (Take three points per hitter and one point for the number they hit.) Eight points...
...Mattingly of the Yankees has been one of the best hitters in baseball over the last couple of years. Last year, the first baseman hit .327, clubbed 30 homers and drove in 115 runs. Mattingly is a legitimate threat to win the Triple Crown--leading the league in batting average, homers and RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox was the last player to win the Triple Crown in 1967. Can you name the last National Leaguer to win the Crown and the year in which he did it? (Three points for the player and two for the year.) Five...
...Mattingly is probably the best Yankee hitter since Mickey Mantle, who also won the Triple Crown in 1956. But there are differences between the two--Mattingly is a lefthanded hitter, while Mantle was a switch-hitter. Mantle holds the AL record for the most homers in a single season hit by a switch-hitter. What NL switch-hitter hit the most dingers in a single year? Five points...
...McGwire and Benito Santiago of the San Diego Padres were named rookies-of-the-year last season. Santiago, who hit .300 with 18 HRs, was the first catcher to be selected in either league since 1972. Can you name the last backstop to win the Rookie-of-the-year Award. Five points...
...Feller of the Cleveland Indians no-hit the Chicago White Sox on April...