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1. Which Major League Baseball team finished the 2014 season with the worst record?
2. Jon Jay of the St Louis Cardinals led the Majors in 2014 by being hit by a pitch 20 times. Who set a season record with 50 bruises in 1971?
3. Who was the first player in history to win back-to-back All-Star game MVP awards?
4. Hall of Fame great Cy Young began his fantastic pitching career in 1890, and played with the same team for nine seasons before changing uniforms. Which team was this that he won 241 of his 511 career victories?
5. The great Pete Rose played for 24 seasons in the big leagues. He also managed the Cincinnati Reds in his career. Which other National League team did Rose manage?
6. Mike Trout of the Angels hit an All-Star game lead-off home run in July 2015. It had been more than 25 years since someone opened an All-Star game with a lead-off home run. Who was this Kansas City Royal?
7. For decades, the great New York Giant Mel Ott held the National League record for career home runs. Which National League player broke his career record in 1965 when he hit his 512th home run?
8. For the 2014 season, which National League manager received his first Manager of the Year Award in his rookie managing season?
9. Which of these Hall of Fame Major League greats never won 20 games in a season as a pitcher in their Major League career?
10. When Hall of Fame great Yogi Berra joined the Yankees in 1946, his craving for the uniform number 8 was squashed because it was already on the back of teammate and Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey. Which number did Yogi wear in his rookie Yankee season?
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