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1. If you took the jersey number 5 of Yankee Joe DiMaggio and added it to the Yankee great number 44 of Reggie Jackson, which 14-season Yankee pitcher and Cy Young Award winner would you get?
2. We look at the Red Sox Bobby Doerr who made it to the Hall of Fame. He wore the number 1 in his career. If we combined his number with the Hall of Fame Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski's number 8, which other Red Sox Hall of Famer would we get?
3. The Cardinals number 6 of Stan Musial was retired along with the number 14 of their third baseman Ken Boyer. If you add those two numbers up, which base-stealing Cardinal whose number was also retired, would you come up with?
4. The Pittsburgh Pirates retired the number 4 of Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner. Along with the number 8 of Willie Stargell, they also retired the number 9 of the 1960s World Series wonder Bill Mazeroski. If these three numbers were added together, which career Pittsburgh Pirate and Hall of Fame great would you end up with?
5. All with the Dodgers, if Hall of Famer Pee Wee Reese's number 1 was added to fellow Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda's number 2, which Dodger centerfielder who died in 2010 would you get?
6. The Atlanta Braves retired the number 3 in honor of Dale Murphy who won two MVPs with the team in the 1980s. If you combine his number with the Braves' retired number 44 of Henry Aaron, which Atlanta pitching great would you have whose number was retired also?
7. The Giants organization have retired a few numbers. One was the number 3 of Hall of Famer Bill Terry. Another was the number of the immortal Wilie Mays. If a fan added both those numbers together, which Giant Hall of Fame pitcher would they come up with?
8. The Reds retired the number of Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, and also the number of fellow Hall of Famer Joe Morgan. If you added these two numbers, which other Reds player retired number would you have?
9. The Chicago White Sox retired the number 16 of Ted Lyons who played for the team in three decades from the 1920s-1940s. They also retired the jersey number 19 of Billy Pierce who played with the team in the 1950s. If you added these two numbers together, whose retired White Sox number would you get?
10. The Cleveland Indians have retired very few jersey numbers over time. They did retire their Hall of Famer Earl Averill's number 3 from the 1930s, and the number 18 from Mel Harder who played his entire Indian career from 1928-1947. When adding these two jersey numbers, whose Hall of Fame Indian number 21 do you come up with?
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