BY MARK A. LARSON
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10 Baseball Questions to Ponder …
#1 – Hank Aaron is the all-time RBI leader with 2,297. Who is second, just 79 behind him?
#2 – Who pitched in the first game ever for both the expansion Seattle Pilots in 1969 and the expansion Seattle Mariners in 1977?
#3 – Who is the most recent pitcher to join the 3,000 strikeout club?
#4 – Name the four 20-game winners on the 1971 Baltimore Orioles.
#5 – Due to lagging attendance, in what major city — outside of Illinois — did the White Sox play 20 home games in 1968-69?
#6 – What player has the most lifetime homers without ever leading the league?
#7 – In the 1960s, what two American Leaguers were the first to play all nine positions in one game?
#8 – As a pinch-hitter — in his only major league appearance — what uniform number did diminutive Eddie Gaedel wear for the St. Louis Browns in 1951?
#9 – Who holds the single-season home run record for a switch-hitter?
#10 -Who caught Hank Aaron’s record-setting 715th home run in the Braves’ left field bullpen on April 8, 1974?
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ANSWERS BELOW:
#1 – Hank Aaron is the all-time RBI leader with 2,297. Who is second, just 79 behind him?
ANSWER: Future Hall-of-Famer Albert Pujols with 2,218.
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#2 – Who pitched in the first game ever for both the
expansion Seattle Pilots in 1969 and the expansion Seattle Mariners in 1977?
ANSWER: Righthander Diego Segui.
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#3 – Who is the most recent pitcher to join the 3,000 strikeout club?
ANSWER: The Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw struck out his 3,000th batter on July 2, 2025.
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#4 – Name the four 20-game winners on the 1971 Baltimore Orioles.
ANSWER: Jim Palmer (20), Dave McNally (21), Pat Dobson (20), Mike Cuellar (20)
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#5 – Due to lagging attendance, in what major city — outside of Illinois — did the
White Sox play 20 home games in 1968-69?
ANSWER: Milwaukee. (The city was without a major league team from 1966-69.)
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#6 – What player has the most lifetime homers without ever leading the league?
ANSWER: Rafael Palmeiro with 569.
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#7 – In the 1960s, what two American Leaguers were the first to play all nine positions in one game?
ANSWER: Bert Campernaris of the A’s in 1965 & Cesar Tovar of the Twins in 1968.
(Both were “meaningless” games near the end of the season that didn’t affect the pennant race.)
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#8 – As a pinch-hitter — in his only major league appearance — what
uniform number did diminutive Eddie Gaedel wear for the St. Louis Browns in 1951?
ANSWER: 1/8. … Eddie was only 3-foot, 7-inches tall and was deliberately sent to the plate to draw four
balls for a walk. He was immediately replaced with pinch-runner … and his big league career was over.
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#9 – Who holds the single-season home run record for a switch-hitter?
ANSWER: Seattle backstop Cal Raleigh with 60 in 2025. (He topped Mickey Mantle’s record of 54 in ’61.)
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#10 -Who caught Hank Aaron’s record-setting
715th home run in the Braves’ left field bullpen on April 8, 1974?
ANSWER: Relief pitcher Tom House.
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