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Baseball in the 1970s - Statistics
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| Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1974 | Breaks Babe Ruth's career home run record. | Hank Aaron | 94%
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| 1972 | Dies in a plane crash en route to Nicaragua for a humanitarian mission. | Roberto Clemente | 94%
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| 1976 | "Machine" wins their second consecutive world series. | Cincinnati Reds | 90%
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| 1972 | Famous for revolutionizing catching technique, wins his second MVP Award. | Johnny Bench | 86%
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| 1977 | Hits 5 home runs in the world series, proves he really does stir the drink. | Reggie Jackson | 86%
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| 1975 | Wins the third of his three Cy Young Awards. He is the only player depicted wearing a Mets cap on his Hall of Fame plaque. | Tom Seaver | 86%
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| 1972 | Pitcher goes 27-10 for the last-place Phillies, who won only 59 games all season. | Steve Carlton | 83%
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| 1977 | Breaks Ty Cobbs record of 892 career stolen bases. | Lou Brock | 81%
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| 1975 | Hits a home run off the foul pole to end 6th game of the world series. | Carlton Fisk | 80%
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| 1973 | The first game is played with this. Ron Blomberg is the first. | Designated hitter | 78%
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| 1974 | Win their third consecutive world series championship. | Oakland Athletics | 78%
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| 1979 | Team captain selects the song "We Are Family" as the anthem for the Pirates, who go on to win the world series. | Willie Stargell | 78%
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| 1979 | Brothers tie for the league lead in wins. Between them they had more wins than any other brother combination. (Name either brother.) | Joe and Phil Niekro | 71%
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| 1976 | Famous for his flapping elbow when at bat, wins his second consecutive MVP. | Joe Morgan | 70%
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| 1970 | This player wins the world series MVP (the prize for which was a car) for his uncanny defense. Opposing manager Sparky Anderson quipped that he hoped the car had an extra large glove compartment. | Brooks Robinson | 68%
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| 1970 | This team uses gold colored bases in a game. They are banned from future use after the game. | Oakland Athletics | 64%
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| 1975 | Two pitchers successfully challenge the reserve clause. (Name either pitcher.) | Dave McNally or Andy Messersmith | 41%
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| 1977 | Born on a train in Panama and named after the doctor who delivered him, wins MVP Award. | Rod Carew | 36%
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| 1971 | Batter hit by pitch 50 times, the most since Hughie Jennings was hit 51 times in 1896. | Ron Hunt | 36%
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| 1975 | Player collides with the catcher on a bunt play in the world series, but is controversially not ruled out for interference. | Ed Armbrister | 24%
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