Another week of 1970's baseball trivia. As usual, the answers will be posted tomorrow.
1. Only one pitcher lead the A.L. In complete games with less than 20 for a season during the 1970's. Who was it, and what year?
2. How many years during the decade did the Cincinnati Reds have a player with a top-3 M.V.P. placing?
3. What year was the only season in which the Baltimore Orioles did not have a pitcher finish in the top-5 in Cy Young voting?
4. There were two players that eventually made the Hall of Fame and were the highest picks in the amateur draft during the decade, both going at #3 four years apart. Ironically enough they were picked by the same team. Who were they?
5. What pitcher won the most E.R.A. crowns during the 1970's?
***SPOILER ALERT! ANSWERS BELOW:
1. Dennis Martinez, Baltimore Orioles, with 18 in 1979..
2. The Cincinnati Reds had six seasons of players finishing in the top-three in M.V.P. voting: 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 and 1977.
3. Every season but one, 1974, had the Orioles see one of their pitchers finish in the top-three in Cy Young voting. Mark Cuellar finished 6th that year.
4. Robin Yount (1973) and Paul Molitor (1977) both were picked third overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in the amateur draft.
5. Tom Seaver, New York Mets: 1970, 1971 and 1973.
