Baseball in the 1990s - Statistics

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Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1990	Younger half of the first father-son duo to play as teammates.	Ken Griffey, Jr.	96%
1991	Hurls his record 7th no-hitter.	Nolan Ryan	86%
1995	Breaks consecutive games played streak with 2131.	Cal Ripken, Jr.	84%
1994	Event wiped out by a player strike.	World Series	80%
1990	TV network broadcasts its first baseball game.	ESPN	79%
1992	Wins the first of his 13 gold gloves, most of any catcher in history.	Ivan Rodriguez	75%
1993	Expansion team joins the NL along with the Colorado Rockies.	Florida Marlins	73%
1998	Sets the record for most home runs in a season with 70. The record fell 3 years later.	Mark McGwire	73%
1993	Team wins their second consecutive world series.	Toronto Blue Jays	73%
1998	Team wins its 6th Cy Young Award of the decade. (Tom Glavine wins the 1998 award.)	Atlanta Braves	71%
1993	Hits a walk-off home run to win the world series.	Joe Carter	71%
1995	Wins the last of his 4 consecutive Cy Young Awards.	Greg Maddux	69%
1998	Team moves to the NL after 29 years in the AL.	Milwaukee Brewers	64%
1996	TV Network televises its first baseball game.	Fox Sports	62%
1996	Forced to retire due to an eye condition. He later made the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.	Kirby Puckett	55%
1990	Starter-turned-reliever allows only 5 runs the entire season for 0.61 ERA.	Dennis Eckersley	54%
1993	Sets the career save record. It stands for 13 years.	Lee Smith	48%
1990	Sets Major League record for saves in a season, broken in 2008.	Bobby Thigpen	28%
1998	Free agent signs the first $100 million contract. $105 million over 7 years with the Dodgers.	Kevin Brown	25%
1996	Fan steals a home run for the Yankees in game 1 of the ALCS. (Name the fan.)	Jeffrey Maier	24%