Answers to Sullivan’s baseball quiz
1. Frankie Frisch. Frisch, the “Fordham Flash”, was born in the Bronx, but eventually settled down in Westerly, R. I.
2. David Cone.
3. Bud Smith.
4. Manny Ramirez, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire and Jimmie Foxx.
5. Kirby Puckett had 20 homers and led the AL with 112 RBIs in 1994. Enos Slaughter had 18 homers and led the NL with 130 RBIs in 1946.
6. LaTroy Hawkins.
7. John Smoltz, Derek Lowe, Kelvim Escobar and Tom Gordon.
8. Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game. Jim Maloney pitched a 10-inning no-hitter. He’s the last pitcher to do so.
9. Terry Pendleton of the Braves won in 1991 and Jeff Kent, Barry’s Giants teammate, took the honor in 2000.
10. Nomar Garciaparra did it for the Red Sox in 1999 and 2000. Larry Walker pulled it off three times in a row for the Rockies from 1997 through ’99.
11. Mark McGwire (405), Ken Griffey Jr. (400), Barry Bonds (361), Albert Belle (351), Juan Gonzalez (339), Sammy Sosa (332), Rafael Palmeiro (328), Jose Canseco (303), Frank Thomas (301) and Matt Williams (300).
12. Hank Greenberg, Cecil Fielder, Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito, Darrell Evans.
13. Eddie Yost, of course. Yost, “The Walking Man”, has the most walks of any eligible player not in the Hall of Fame. Yost hit only .254 for his career, but had an on-base percentage of .394. He’s not to be confused with Eddie Joost, another great walker.
14. The Yankees did it from 1961-63 with Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard. Mantle was runner-up to Brooks Robinson in 1964.
15. Cy Young, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Lefty Grove, Nolan Ryan, Dennis Martinez, Randy Johnson and Mike Mussina.
16. Jim Colborn.
17. In order: Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo and Todd Hollandsworth.
18. Benito Santiago.
19. Willie Upshaw, Juan Uribe, B. J. Upton, Dan Uggla and Chase Utley.
20. Dick Radatz of the Red Sox did it in 1963-64.
21. Greg Vaughn.
22. Tommy Davis and Joe Torre.
23. Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe, Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester.
24. Bud Black of the Padres.
25. Lou Boudreau (1942), Willie Mays (1965), Joe Morgan (1977).
