The Forbes Field Trivia Contest

Trivia quiz

Spring Meeting

April 10, 2004

Heinz History Center

Record-breaking (or tying) performances from 2003

1. Name the American Leaguer who tied a record by getting three hits in one inning.

2. Rickey Henderson holds the major league record for leading off game with homers. He has done it 81 times. Name the National Leaguer who hit his 31^st leadoff homer last year.

3. Name the National League infielder who played all of a 20-inning game last April and had a total of zeros putouts (setting a league record).

4. Which National League team tied a record by having just one complete game in 2003?

5. There were two no-hitters thrown in 2003. One of them involved six Houston pitchers stopping the Yankees. Who threw the other one, all by himself?

Where were you in 1979?

Disco Demolition… umpire strike… fantasy baseball…

Thurman Munson, R.I.P… Templeton 100/100… Stargell-MVP

6. Which five-time All-Star pitcher lost 20 games in 1979?

7. Before the season, the Mets traded Jerry Koosman to the Twins. Koosman won 20 for the Twins that year, and pitched for several more years. Who did the Mets get for him?

8. In March, Bowie Kuhn announced a new rule regarding access to clubhouses. What was the rule?

9. On April 7, a National League pitcher threw the earliest no-hitter ever. He joined his brother, who had thrown one in 1978. Name the brothers.

10. Which player joined the 300-300 club in 1979?

11. During a Rangers-Royals game in May, a Ranger pitcher hit two Royal batters, breaking the hand of one, and the jaw of the other. Name the three players.

12. Who hit five IPHR in 1979?

13. Which three teammates were named as starting outfielders in the All-Star Game?

14. Dave Parker was named the MVP of the ASG, mostly because of the two runners he threw out, one at third, and one at home. For one point each, name the two runners he killed, and the NL third baseman and catcher who made the putouts.

15. Which two batters collected their 3000^th hits in 1979?

16. Who became the first player since Willie Mays (1957) to have 20 doubles, 20 triples, and 20 homers in the same year?

17. Which were the four last place teams in 1979?

18. On September 1, the Pirates were leading the Giants, 5-3, in the ninth inning. With two outs, Jack Clark singled, and Chuck Tanner moved Kent Tekulve to left field for one batter. The batter, Darrell Evans, obliged by hitting an easy fly to Tekulve. Who was on the mound for this?

19. Name the three managers who were active in both 1979 and 2004.

20. Of these ten players, listed alphabetically here, which two made their debuts in 1979?