Test baseball knowledge with George Will’s annual quiz

Visiting a struggling pitcher on the mound, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver advised, “If you know how to cheat, start now.” Be advised that Googling is cheating as you try to identify:

(1) The player who compiled at least 400 total bases in five different seasons (no one else did it in four).

(2) Which three players hit 500 home runs but never struck out 85 times in a season.

(3) The last player to steal 100 bases in one season.

(4) The four players to steal a base in four decades.

(5) Before Madison Bumgarner last year, the only pitcher to win three world championships before age 26.

(6) The only World Series between teams with fewer than 90 regular season wins.

(7) The MVP who played the most games (65) as DH.

(8) Which two of the five players with the highest career batting averages are not in the Hall of Fame.

(9) The pitcher who started a World Series game one for three teams.

(10) Which team today has gone the longest without appearing in the postseason.

(11) The only pitcher to lead the majors in ERA four consecutive years.

(12) The two post-World War II pitchers to win 20 games in fewer than 30 starts.

(13) The only pitcher to give up seven or more earned runs in consecutive postseason starts.

(14) The manager with 20 consecutive winning seasons.

(15) The manager with the highest winning percentage.

(16) The player who pitched five shutouts in his first seven starts.

(17) The only rookie to win a Cy Young award.

(18) The player who won consecutive batting titles for the 1951 and 1952 Philadelphia A’s.

(19) The first pitcher to win at least 30 games in three consecutive seasons.

(20) The two pitchers with 373 wins.

(21) Which pitcher won the most games in a three-year period.

(22) Who has received the most Hall of Fame votes without being admitted.

(23) Who over 12 seasons led first basemen in home runs, RBIs, total bases, extra-base hits and OPS.

(24) In the 500 home run club, whose strikeouts per home run ratio of 1.74 is second to Ted Williams’ record of 1.36.

(25) The only player to hit at least .300, with at least 30 doubles, 30 homers and 100 RBIs in 10 consecutive seasons.

(26) Which three pitchers won their league’s triple crown (wins, strikeouts, ERA) three times. Koufax Sandy Johnson, Walter der, Alexan-Cleveland Grover 26)( Pujols Albert 25)( Pujols Albert 24)( Hodges Gil 23)( Hodges Gil 22)( 14)1912- 97,( Johnson Walter 21)( Mathewson Christy der, Cleveland Grover 20)(