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Quiz about Milestones in the 2004 MLB Season

Milestones in the 2004 MLB Season Quiz

This quiz captures the milestones that occurred or did not occur during the 2004 season.

A multiple-choice quiz by bilig. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bilig

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
191,710

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Barry Bonds hit home run number 700, to put him in an elite group of only two others, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. When did he hit home run 700? Hint

September 17

September 16

September 15

September 18

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which pitcher recorded their 300th win during the 2004 season? Hint

Greg Maddux

Roger Clemens

Tom Glavine

Curt Schilling

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who became the first player to hit at least 30 home runs in their first four seasons in the majors? Hint

Albert Pujols

Hank Blalock

Alfonzo Soriano

Ichiro Suzuki

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which hitter was the first to have 200 or more hits in each of their first four seasons? Hint

Ichiro Suzuki

Alfonzo Soriano

Albert Pujols

Hank Blalock

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Question 5 of 10

5. Roger Clemens surpassed the 4,000 strikeout mark during the season.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Alex Rodriguez tied Babe Ruth's record of seven consecutive seasons hitting 40 or more home runs.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which player had his fourth consecutive season hitting 100 RBIs, scoring 100 runs, and stealing 30 bases? Hint

Carlos Beltran

Albert Pujols

Ichiro Suzuki

Barry Bonds

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which milestone did Randy Johnson NOT surpass during the 2004 season? Hint

4,000 career strikeouts

300 wins

Most career strikeouts by a left handed pitcher

200 double-digit strikeout games

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which slugger joined the 500 home run club in 2004? Hint

Sammy Sosa

Rafael Palmeiro

Mike Piazza

Ken Griffey Jr.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Prior to the 2004 season, Steve Carlton had the second most strikeouts with 4,136. How many pitchers passed him on the career leader board? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Barry Bonds hit home run number 700, to put him in an elite group of only two others, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. When did he hit home run 700?

Answer: September 17

Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run off Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres, September 17 in San Francisco.

2. Which pitcher recorded their 300th win during the 2004 season?

Answer: Greg Maddux

Roger Clemens started the season with 310 wins; Curt had the lowest number of wins starting this season of these four with 163.

3. Who became the first player to hit at least 30 home runs in their first four seasons in the majors?

Answer: Albert Pujols

Albert Pujols had hit 35 or more in three of those four seasons. He hit 34 in his second year (2002) in the majors.

4. Which hitter was the first to have 200 or more hits in each of their first four seasons?

Answer: Ichiro Suzuki

On August 26, Ichiro had his 200th hit for the season, a home run off of Kansas City left-handed reliever Jeremy Affeldt on the first pitch to his at-bat in the ninth inning. Ichiro had 242 hits when he won Rookie of the Year in 2001.

5. Roger Clemens surpassed the 4,000 strikeout mark during the season.

Answer: False

The Rocket started the season with a career total strikeouts of 4,099.

6. Alex Rodriguez tied Babe Ruth's record of seven consecutive seasons hitting 40 or more home runs.

Answer: False

He may not have reached that milestone, but he finished the season only four home runs from accomplishing it, since he hit 36 in 2004, which was his lowest season total for home runs since 1997 when he hit only 23. This was also his third season to not hit 40 or more home runs counting only his full seasons. Out of those three seasons he hit 35 or more home runs.

7. Which player had his fourth consecutive season hitting 100 RBIs, scoring 100 runs, and stealing 30 bases?

Answer: Carlos Beltran

Two other players had three consecutive seasons, George Sisler from 1920-1922 and Barry Bonds from 1995-1997. Carlos Beltran was the first to have four consecutive seasons with this.

8. Which milestone did Randy Johnson NOT surpass during the 2004 season?

Answer: 300 wins

The Big Unit got strikeout 4,000 on June 29 when he struck out Padres third baseman Jeff Cirillo. He passed Steve Carlton for strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher on September 15. The Big Unit had 204 double digit strikeouts for his career, just 11 short of the record held by Nolan Ryan. He finished the 2004 with 246 wins well short of the 300 win mark.

9. Which slugger joined the 500 home run club in 2004?

Answer: Ken Griffey Jr.

Mike Piazza was the only non member of the 500 club after the 2004 season. Both Sosa and Palmeiro started the 2004 season with more than 500 home runs. Junior as he was called hit his 500th home run on Father's Day.

10. Prior to the 2004 season, Steve Carlton had the second most strikeouts with 4,136. How many pitchers passed him on the career leader board?

Answer: 2

Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson both passed Steve Carlton's career strikeout totals during the 2004 season.

Source: Author bilig

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