MLB Baseball by Year, 1960–1989 - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1974	Slugger who eclipsed Babe Ruth by hitting his 715th career home run	Hank Aaron	89%
1984	Player who recorded his 4000th hit	Pete Rose	86%
1982	Speedster who set an MLB record with 130 stolen bases	Rickey Henderson	84%
1973	Position, hated by baseball purists, which was used for the first time	Designated Hitter	82%
1976	Nickname of the World Series champion Cincinnati Reds	The Big Red {Machine}	81%
1988	Injured player who hit a walk-off homer in Game 1 of the World Series, then limped around the bases	Kirk Gibson	80%
1972	Player who died in a tragic plane crash, months after recording his 3000th hit	Roberto Clemente	79%
1966	Dodger who won his third Cy Young in four years, then retired due to arthritis	Sandy Koufax	78%
1961	Slugger who beat Babe Ruth's record by hitting 61 home runs in a single season *	Roger Maris	76%
1987	Slugger who hit 49 home runs – a rookie record	Mark McGwire	75%
1986	First baseman who made a costly error in Game 6 of the World Series	Bill Buckner	74%
1977	Slugger who hit three home runs in Game 6 of the World Series	Reggie Jackson	74%
1964	Recently-retired catcher who was hired to manage the Yankees but was fired following an incident with a harmonica on a team bus	Yogi Berra	74%
1965	The first indoor stadium in the Major Leagues	The {Astro}dome	73%
1969	Nickname of the the World Series champion New York Mets	The {Miracle} Mets	73%
1967	Red Sox left fielder who won the Triple Crown	Carl Yastrzemski	72%
1989	Rookie featured on the first Upper Deck baseball card	Ken Griffey, Jr.	72%
1971	Pitcher who became the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Negro League Committee	Satchel Paige	67%
1983	Red Sox player who recorded his first of four seasons hitting above .360	Wade Boggs	67%
1963	Last name of brothers Felipe, Jesus, and Matty who all played for the Giants at the same time	Alou	65%
1970	Seattle team which moved to Milwaukee and becomes the Brewers	Seattle Pilots	62%
1975	Player who "waved it fair" to win Game 6 of the World Series	Carlton Fisk	61%
1962	Expansion team which lost a record 120 games	New York Mets	61%
1981	Dodger who became the first rookie to win a Cy Young award	Fernando Valenzuela	60%
1979	Promotion which caused a riot at Comiskey Park	{Disco} Demolition Night	54%
1985	Twenty year old pitcher who dominated the National League with 24 wins and a 1.53 ERA	Dwight Gooden	54%
1980	Player who hit .390 in an injury-shortened season	George Brett	53%
1960	Pirates second baseman who hit the only game 7 walk-off homer in MLB history	Bill Mazeroski	46%
1978	Yankees shortstop who hit a rare home run to defeat the Red Sox in a one game playoff	Bucky Dent	46%
1968	Pitcher who won 31 games	Denny McLain	39%

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