Opening Day in America!

Time for that seminal rite of spring, Opening Day for Baseball!  Thanks to George Will and the Washington Post for reminding us what really counts right now - at least until October.

"There'll be two buses leaving the hotel for the park tomorrow.

The 2 o'clock bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work.

The empty bus will leave at 5 o'clock."

— Dave Bristol, Milwaukee Brewers manager, 1972

Everyone needs extra work to prepare for the season. [answers below (full disclosure - I got only 14 right)]

1. Name the fourth player (the others are Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays) with a career .300 average, 500 home runs and 100 stolen bases.

• Mark McGwire
• Reggie Jackson
• Albert Pujols
• Harmon Killebrew

2. Name the player that played in the most wins.

• Cal Ripken Jr.
• Pete Rose
• Hank Aaron
• Brooks Robinson

3. Name the last player to get 3,000 hits without winning a batting title.

• Ichiro Suzuki
• Derek Jeter
• Rafael Palmeiro
• Craig Biggio

4. Who got 30 homers and 100 RBIs in a season for five different teams?

• Xavier Nady
• Bobby Bonds
• Alfonso Soriano
• Gary Sheffield

5.  Which player struck out three times in a game just once in 13 seasons?

• Joe DiMaggio
• Tony Gwynn
• Ozzie Smith
• Ozzie Guillen

6. Who hit .461 at home but .286 on the road?

• Roberto Alomar
• Gil Hodges
• Larry Walker
• Carl Yastrzemski

7. Who was the last person to enter September batting over .400?

• Daniel Murphy
• George Brett
• Jeff Bagwell
• Rod Carew

8. What player led his league in hits for three different teams?

• Juan Pierre
• Napoleon Lajoie
• Willie Keeler
• Paul Molitor

9. Who hit .408 in a season but lost the batting title?

• Shoeless Joe Jackson
• Ty Cobb
• George Sisler
• Ted Williams

10. Who hit at least 40 doubles in 10 seasons?

• Stan Musial
• Tris Speaker
• Wade Boggs
• Harry Heilman

11. Who was the first 40-year-old with a 100-RBI season?

• Willie Mays
• Dave Winfield
• Andres Galarraga
• Edgar Martinez

12. Which player is the most recent to win consecutive MVP awards?

• Alex Rodriguez
• Albert Pujols
• Miguel Cabrera
• Mike Trout

13. Who had the most career homers (399) without a 30-homer season?

• Al Kaline
• Andres Galarraga
• Dale Murphy
• Joe Carter

14. Who has the highest career batting average among players with at least 300 homers?

• Rogers Hornsby
• Lou Gehrig
• Babe Ruth
• Ted Williams

15. Who is the only non-Yankee with 500 home runs and three championships?

• David Ortiz
• Ted Williams
• Albert Pujols
• Jimmie Foxx

16. Who are the four right-handed hitters to lead the major leagues in hitting at least three times?

• Rogers Hornsby, Napoleon Lajoie, Roberto Clemente, Miguel Cabrera
• Tommy Davis, Roberto Clemente, Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn
• Rogers Hornsby, Tommy Davis, Roberto Clemente, Miguel Cabrera
• Napoleon Lajoie, Tommy Davis, Wade Boggs, Miguel Cabrera

17. Who are the two pitchers to have 300 more strikeouts than walks (not counting intentional walks) in a season?

• Bob Feller and Nolan Ryan
• Sandy Koufax and Nolan Ryan
• Bob Feller and Randy Johnson
• Sandy Koufax and Randy Johnson

18. Which player was the only batter to average 200 hits per season in his first 14 seasons?

• Ichiro Suzuki
• Paul Waner
• Pete Rose
• Derek Jeter

19. Who holds the career record for doubles?

• Carl Yastrzemski
• Ty Cobb
• Tris Speaker
• Stan Musial

20.  Who are the three pairs of rookies of the year who were later enshrined in Cooperstown?

• Luis Aparicio and Frank Robinson, Tom Seaver and Rod Carew, Andre Dawson and Eddie Murray
• Willie McCovey and Don Drysdale, Tom Seaver and Rod Carew, Luis Aparicio and Tony Kubek
• Luis Aparicio and Tony Kubek, Andre Dawson and Eddie Murray, Don Drysdale and Brooks Robinson
• Don Drysdale and Brooks Robinson, Luis Aparicio and Frank Robinson, Andre Dawson and Eddie Murray

21. Who holds the record for most four-strikeout games?

• Ryan Howard
• Reggie Jackson
• Adam Dunn
• Pete Incaviglia

22. Who struck out in a record 37 consecutive games in a single season?

• Brad Hawpe
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia
• Adam Dunn
• Aaron Judge

23. What player was the first to win three MVP awards?

• Carl Hubbell
• Jimmie Foxx
• Stan Musial
• Roy Campanella

24. Who are the two third basemen with 500 home runs?

• Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt
• Eddie Matthews and Mel Ott
• Jim Thome and Mike Schmidt
• Mike Schmidt and Ernie Banks

25. Who was the first player to get 3,000 hits in the 20th century?

• Eddie Collins
• Napoleon Lajoie
• Honus Wagner
• Ty Cobb

26. What player had 999 walks with three starts to go in his career and did not reach 1,000?

• Greg Maddux
• Jim Bunning
• Jim Perry
• Fergie Jenkins

27. Who were the only two players to bat cleanup in a World Series at age 20?

• Ty Cobb and Miguel Cabrera
• Andruw Jones and Raul Mondesi
• Miguel Cabrera and Andruw Jones 
• Ty Cobb and Raul Mondesi

28. Who led his league in RBIs in 2014 while batting second?

• Mike Trout
• Rickey Henderson
• Chase Utley
• Johnny Damon

29. Although not in the Hall of Fame until 2017, what player reached base more than Jeff Bagwell, Roberto Clemente and Tony Gwynn and had five seasons with at least 30 doubles and 70 stolen bases (Ty Cobb had only three)?

• Tim Raines
• Craig Biggio
• Alan Trammell
• Shoeless Joe Jackson

30. What player is the only player with at least 100 triples, 150 homers and 600 stolen bases?

• Kenny Lofton
• Honus Wagner
• Rickey Henderson
• Tim Raines

31. Who was the only 300-game winner between the world wars?

• Carl Hubbell
• Lefty Grove
• Ted Lyons
• Wait Hoyte

32. What pitcher threw a no-hitter with no walks and 17 strikeouts?

• Don Wilson
• Max Scherzer
• Nolan Ryan
• Warren Spahn

33. Who scored the most World Series runs?

• Derek Jeter
• Yogi Berra
• Mickey Mantle
• Roger Marris

34. Who was the first White Sox player to be named MVP?

• Nellie Fox
• Dick Allen
• Luke Appling
• Eddie Collins

35. Who won 25 or more games three times in the 1960s but never won a Cy Young award?

• Sam McDowell
• Denny McLain
• Bob Gibson
• Juan Marichal

36. Which player won the most ERA titles?

• Pete Alexander
• Roger Clemens
• Sandy Koufax
• Lefty Grove

37. Who is the only catcher to win three batting titles?

• Joe Mauer
• Ernie Lombardi
• Eugene "Bubbles" Hargrove
• Rogers Hornsby

38. Who led his league in batting average his first two seasons?

• Napoleon Lajoie
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Tony Oliva
• Rod Carew

39. Which player had three seasons with 40 or more homers and fewer strikeouts than homers?

• Johnny Mize
• Ted Kluszewski
• Lou Gehrig
• Joe DiMaggio

40. Who was the Hall of Famer who hit a record four triple plays?

• Deacon McGuire
• Joe Start
• George Sisler
• Brooks Robinson 

41. Bonus question: What manager said, "Our phenoms aren't phenomenating."?

• Casey Stengel
• Gil Hodges
• Lou Piniella
• Lefty Phillips

ANSWERS:

1. Albert Pujols
2. Pete Rose
3. Derek Jeter
4. Gary Sheffield
5. Joe DiMaggio
6. Larry Walker
7. George Brett
8. Paul Molitor
9. Shoeless Joe Jackson
10. Tris Speaker
11. Dave Winfield
12. Miguel Cabrera
13. Al Kaline
14. Rogers Hornsby
15. David Ortiz
16. Rogers Hornsby, Napoleon Lajoie, Roberto Clemente, Miguel Cabrera
17. Sandy Koufax and Randy Johnson
18. Ichiro Suzuki
19. Tris Speaker
20. Luis Aparicio and Frank Robinson, Tom Seaver and Rod Carew, Andre Dawson and Eddie Murray
21. Ryan Howard
22. Aaron Judge
23. Jimmie Foxx
24. Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt
25. Honus Wagner
26. Greg Maddux
27. Ty Cobb and Miguel Cabrera
28. Mike Trout
29. Tim Raines
30. Tim Raines
31. Lefty Grove
32. Max Scherzer
33. Mickey Mantle
34. Nellie Fox 
35. Juan Marichal
36. Lefty Grove
37. Joe Mauer
38. Tony Oliva
39. Ted Kluszewski
40. Brooks Robinson
41. Lefty Phillips