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Answers to Sully's baseball quiz

Published:July 17, 2009, 1:47 AM

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Updated: August 21, 2010, 8:23 AM

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1. Mike Stanley and Johnny Damon.

2. Juan Pierre (Marlins, Rockies, Dodgers); Brett Butler (Indians, Giants, Dodgers); Tommy

Harper (Reds, Brewers, Red Sox); Otis Nixon, (Expos, Braves, Blue Jays). Nixon played a

half-season with the Bisons in 1987.

3. Bob Johnson (288); Deron Johnson (245); Howard Johnson (228); Cliff Johnson (196);

Charles Johnson (167). Bob Johnson, a forgotten star, had nine straight seasons of 20 homers

and 90 RBIs for the Philadelphia A's in the 1930s.

4. Vada Pinson. You were close with Andre Dawson, who missed the cut with 98 triples.

5. Dick Stuart — the esteemed "Dr. Strange Glove" — did it with the Pirates

(1961) and Red Sox (1963), three years before Frank Robinson turned the trick.

6. Ron Fairly, of course.

7. Hank Aaron, Braves (733 HR, 240 SB) and Willie Mays, Giants (646 HR, 336 SB).

8. Atlanta's Bob Horner hit four bombs in an 11-8 loss to Montreal on July 6, 1986.

9. Billy Wagner (385); John Wetteland (330); Bob Wickman (267); Todd Worrell (256); Hoyt

Wilhelm (227).

10. Carney Lansford, 1981; Alex Johnson, 1970; Frank Robinson, 1966; Harvey Kuenn, 1959.

11. John Smoltz (211); Tim Wakefield (189); Bartolo Colon (153); Livan Hernandez (152).

12. Adam Dunn has 301 homers and only 734 RBIs.

13. Al Kaline, who retired after the 1974 season.

14. Javier Vazquez.

15. Eric Karros.

16. Lance Johnson had 227 hits in 1996. That's the most of any National Leaguer in the past

35 years.

17. Frank Tanana with 2,773.

18. Pete Rose managed the Reds in his last two years as a player in 1985-86. He was named

manager Aug. 15, 1984 after being obtained in a trade from the Expos.

19. Danny Jackson.

20. Al Downing in 1964.

21. Pedro Martinez.

22. Torii Hunter and Ichiro Suzuki.

23. Bucky Harris (2,157); Ralph Houk (1,619); Miller Huggins (1,413); Whitey Herzog

(1,281); Mike Hargrove (1,188); Art Howe (1,129).

24. J.C. Romero.

25. Carlos Beltran (41, 2006); Todd Hundley (41, 1996); Mike Piazza (40, 1999).

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