Thursday, December 26, 2013

JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT- 1970'S BASEBALL TRIVIA PART XXX




Happy Holidays everyone…Had to skip a rare day yesterday. Christmas kept me busy all day long.
Note the other post on the "All-Time All-Stars" I have today as well as the weekly quiz!
Here are this week's trivia questions…Take a shot and see what you can get.
This week I focus on stolen base leaders of the 1970's.
All questions deal with league leaders.
As usual the answers will be posted tomorrow.

1. Among all stolen base leaders of the 1970's, who had the most hits in the season they lead the league in swipes?

2. Who had the LEAST amount of hits in a season they lead the lead in steals?

3. Who hit the most home runs in a stolen base leading season during the decade?

4. Who hit for the highest average among all stolen base leaders of the '70's?

5. On the flip side, who hit for the lowest average the year they lead the lead in steals?

***SPOILER ALERT! ANSWERS BELOW: 

1. Lou Brock, Cardinals. 200 in 1971.

2. Davey Lopes, Dodgers. 103 in 1976.
 
3. Bert Campaneris, A's. 22 in 1970.
 
4. Bobby Tolan, Reds. .316 in 1970.

5. Omar Moreno, Pirates. .235 in 1978.

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