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Quiz about Statistical Oddities in Baseball

Statistical Oddities in Baseball Quiz

Some baseball stats just jump out at you. Here are some questions about statistical oddities.

A multiple-choice quiz by joesmoke25. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
joesmoke25

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
266,595

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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970

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these Major League players hit exactly 24 home runs in four consecutive seasons? Hint

Rusty Staub

Joe Medwick

Boog Powell

Ken Boyer

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Question 2 of 10

2. What speedy Baltimore Oriole outfielder once hit 50 home runs? Hint

Luis Matos

Paul Blair

Brady Anderson

Mike Devereaux

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Question 3 of 10

3. What Houston Astros pitcher had exactly 18 victories in three consecutive seasons? Hint

J.R. Richard

Mike Scott

Roy Oswalt

Larry Dierker

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Question 4 of 10

4. What slugging Cincinnati Red once stole 80 bases in a season? Hint

Joe Morgan

Frank Robinson

George Foster

Eric Davis

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Boston Red Sox player hit 24 home runs one season after never hitting double figures in home runs in a season for his whole career? Hint

Wade Boggs

Mike Greenwell

Ellis Burks

Johnny Damon

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Question 6 of 10

6. What base stealing great once stole 118 bases, 44 more than his next highest season total? Hint

Maury Wills

Tim Raines

Vince Coleman

Lou Brock

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Question 7 of 10

7. What light-hitting outfielder had six straight seasons of hitting double figures in triples in the 1990s? Hint

Brett Butler

Willie Wilson

Lance Johnson

Vince Coleman

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Question 8 of 10

8. What outfielder was the first player ever to lead both leagues in hits in consecutive seasons? Hint

Willie McGee

Lance Johnson

Brett Butler

Andre Dawson

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Question 9 of 10

9. What outfielder had three consecutive seasons stealing 100 bases? Hint

Tim Raines

Rickey Henderson

Vince Coleman

Ron LeFlore

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Question 10 of 10

10. What player had 3379 at-bats and 917 hits over a 12-season career and only hit one home run? Hint

Duane Kuiper

Lance Johnson

Doug Dascenzo

Vince Coleman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these Major League players hit exactly 24 home runs in four consecutive seasons?

Answer: Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer of the St. Louis Cardinals was a model of consistency when he hit 24 home runs each year from 1961 through 1964.

2. What speedy Baltimore Oriole outfielder once hit 50 home runs?

Answer: Brady Anderson

Brady Anderson hit 50 home runs in 1996. He never hit more than 24 in any other season.

3. What Houston Astros pitcher had exactly 18 victories in three consecutive seasons?

Answer: J.R. Richard

Before medical problems sidelined his career, J.R. Richard was one of the top pitchers in baseball. He won 18 games in 1977-78-79.

4. What slugging Cincinnati Red once stole 80 bases in a season?

Answer: Eric Davis

Eric Davis was known as a home run hitter and great defensive outfielder with an impressive throwing arm. However, when he was still a young player, he stole 80 and 50 bases in consecutive seasons.

5. What Boston Red Sox player hit 24 home runs one season after never hitting double figures in home runs in a season for his whole career?

Answer: Wade Boggs

The great Wade Boggs hit 24 home runs in 1987. His previous career high was 8. The closest he would ever come again was in 1994 when he hit 11.

6. What base stealing great once stole 118 bases, 44 more than his next highest season total?

Answer: Lou Brock

Lou Brock stole 118 bases in 1974 at the ripe baseball age of 35. His second best season total was in 1964 when he stole 74 bases.

7. What light-hitting outfielder had six straight seasons of hitting double figures in triples in the 1990s?

Answer: Lance Johnson

Starting in 1991 through the 1996 season, Lance Johnson hit 10 or more triples including a career high of 21 in 1996.

8. What outfielder was the first player ever to lead both leagues in hits in consecutive seasons?

Answer: Lance Johnson

During the strike-shortened 1995 season, Lance Johnson had an American League high 186 hits while playing for the Chicago White Sox. Then he topped the National League with 227 hits while playing for the New York Mets in 1996.

9. What outfielder had three consecutive seasons stealing 100 bases?

Answer: Vince Coleman

St. Louis Cardinal outfielder Vince Coleman stole over 100 bases each season from 1985 through 1987.

10. What player had 3379 at-bats and 917 hits over a 12-season career and only hit one home run?

Answer: Duane Kuiper

Duane Kuiper hit his lone home run in 1977 off of future Cy Young winner Steve Stone.

Source: Author joesmoke25

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