Time to play ball — and take 2021 Opening Day trivia quiz

Orioles manager Earl Weaver once said of a pitcher, “I gave Mike Cuellar more chances than my first wife.” You get one chance to name:

1. The three teams’ rotations featuring three Hall of Famers.

2. The player with the most World Series rings (6) without any from the Yankees.

3. The player who was caught just 13times while stealing 104bases in a single season.

4. The Hall of Fame pitcher who in the 1950s averaged 301innings, completing 237of 370starts.

5. The player who hit the most home runs in his first 10years.

6. The Most Valuable Player who led the American League in errors as a fielder and in strikeouts as a hitter.

7. The two Hall of Famers who played for 23years, each with only one team.

8. The slugger who in 1968, the “year of the pitcher,” hit 10 homers in a 20at-bat span.

9. The six who won two MVP awards before their 26th birthdays.

10. The team that had a player lead the league in homers and RBIs in 1953 and a different player do it in 1954.

11. The year when three center fielders were a league’s leaders in batting average, home runs and RBIs.

12. The pitcher who holds the National League and American League records for appearances in a season.

13. The NL player who won six home run titles while hitting 500+ home runs as a lefthander.

14. The slugger who hit the most home runs in his final season.

15. The hitter who is eligible but is not in the Hall of Fame even though he had six seasons with 200+ hits.

16. The last teammates to have at least 150RBIs each in a season.

17. The pitcher who had 107wins and 1,233strikeouts through his age-22 seasons.

18. The four players with at least 10Gold Gloves and 400homers.

19. The second baseman who won an MVP award in the 1950s.

20. The two players who were both NL Rookie of the Year and an AL MVP.

21. The only slugger to hit 50-plus homers in a season while striking out fewer than 50times.

22. The player with the most pinch-hit homers.

23. The holder of the Reds’ singleseason home-run record.

24. The Hall of Famer who holds the NL career record for homers by a pitcher.

25. The only non-Yankee to hit 10 or more World Series homers.

26. The slugger who led the AL in homers in 1962-64.

27. The year of the first night game.

28. The team for which Babe Ruth hit his last home run (No. 714).

29. The number of Rod Carew’s batting titles.

30. The franchise that has finished last a record 32times during the modern era. Bonus question: What broadcaster said, “[Bob] Gibson pitches as though he is double parked”?

ANSWERS

1. 1954Indians (Early Wynn, Bob Feller, Bob Lemon); 1966Dodgers (Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Don Sutton); 1993Braves (Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz)

2. Eddie Collins

3. Maury Wills

4. Robin Roberts

5. Albert Pujols

6. The Twins’ Zoilo Versalles in 1965

7. Brooks Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski

8. Frank Howard 9.Jimmie Foxx, Stan Musial, Hal Newhouser, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Bench, Mike Trout

10. Indians (Al Rosen, Larry Doby)

11. 1955: Richie Ashburn, Willie Mays, Duke Snider

12. Mike Marshall (106with the 1974Dodgers, 90with the 1979 Twins)

13. Mel Ott

14. David Ortiz (38)

15. Steve Garvey

16. Ted Williams, Vern Stephens (1949)

17. Bob Feller

18. Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Ken Griffey Jr., Andruw Jones

19. Nellie Fox (1959)

20. Frank Robinson (1956, 1966), Dick Allen (1964, 1972)

21. Johnny Mize (51homers and 42 strikeouts in 1947)

22. Matt Stairs (23)

23. George Foster (52)

24. Warren Spahn (35)

25. Duke Snider

26. Harmon Killebrew

27. 1935

28. Boston Braves

29. Seven

30. The Phillies Bonus question: Vin Scully, of course