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1. The great Nolan Ryan struck out 5714 victims throughout his career. Which player did he strike out the most?
2. The Most Valuable Player award is given to the player to has shined well above everyone else in the league. Who was the first player to win this award with two different teams?
3. The Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson threw baseball's 17th perfect game. In 100 years of the Major League baseball (1901-2000), how many pitchers fell short by either one walk or one error from a perfecto?
4. Which team had three speedsters steal over 50 bases in the same season?
5. The Dodgers in 1988 went all the way to the World Series. Fernando Valenzuela created 'Fernando Mania' with the Dodgers after winning the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year award in 1981. What was his record in this Dodger World Series winning season of 1988?
6. What a milestone to bat 3000 hits, and another to steal 500 bases in a career. Who was the first player in history to do both?
7. 1986 saw the last at-bat from baseball great Pete Rose. Unfortunately, he didn't depart with a shine as he struck out. Which pitcher closed out Pete's career with a K?
8. In 1967, which baseball great smacked his 500th career home run?
9. Starting off a career with a home run in their first at-bat would begin things right. Who was the first to do this as a pinch-hitter?
10. Yankee great Joe Pepitione was trash-talked in a book by a New York Yankee pitcher. His book was quoted, "If it weren't for Joe Pepitone, my baseball career probably would have been shorter by many weeks. He kept taking the pressure off me. Every time I got into trouble, there was Peppy, getting into worse trouble". What was the title of this book written by this Yankee pitcher?
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