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A Baseball Quiz for Reading Period Blues

Before You Go From the Frying Pan to the Fire-Take a Break

1. When the Senators moved, who played third base for the "new" Minnesota Twins and was always pictured in the Topps baseball cards with a huge chaw of Mail Pouch in his cheek?

2. Which New York Mets pitcher lost 18 games in a row and finished the first season for Casey Stengal's boys with a 5-24 mark?

3. In 1965, which Met ace tied the above record for most losses in a season by a New York pitcher?

4. Who is the all-time Philadelphia Phillie batting leader with a 398 average?

5. Who led the Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting last season, and what was his average within ten points?

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6. Who was the proud father of his first child born at Miller Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., April 27, 1961? (He was an ace on the Twins staff at the time.)

7. Who was the first pick in 1968 by the Montreal Expos in its player draft before the club's initial season? And with what National League team was he formerly affiliated? (Mack Jones and John Bateman were the number two and three picks respectively.)

8. Only one player represented the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. Who is he? (He is now a Braves coach.)

9. Which pitcher worked the most games for the Houston Astros last year?

10. What former Dodger lefthander was signed as a free agent by the Pardres and had a 5-6 record in 17 games in 1969 before retiring to take a job as the Padres' minor league pitching coach? He began his career in 1953 with Brooklyn.

11. What former first baseman, with the initials E.T., played behind Ted "No Sleeves" Kluszewski?

12. Oct. 1, 1961. Propelled by a shove from Hector Lopez, Roger Maris steps from the Yankee dugout to wave his cap in response to the cheers offered by a lovestruck standing-room-only crowd. Roger had just hit his 61st home run in the fourth inning off what Red Sox hurler?

13. What was the final score of that game?

14. What Yankee pitcher put it all together in 1970 to become the first New York lefty since Whitey Ford to win 20 games?

15. On June 19, 1961, what Minnesota Twin star, formerly of the White Sox, shot a 98 at the Southview Country Club in West. St. Paul, Minn.?

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