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Which offensive category is Tony Gwynn not the Padres all-time leader?

A) Hits

B) Home Runs

C) Triples

D) Stolen Bases

Answer: B) Home Runs

Nate Colbert - 163

Gwynn is 5th with 135

Source: Padres media guide

Since 1920, who is the only pitcher in baseball history with 200+ strikeouts and 30 or fewer walks in a season?

Cliff Lee, 2012 with Philadelphia <link>

(source: sp)

Who is the only player to SCORE the winning run in both the World Series and the College World Series?

Ryan Theriot

College World Series in 2000 with LSU

World Series in 2012 with San Francisco <link>

h/t to Horsehide Trivia

Name the 3 MLB managers who opened the 2014 season who never played in Major League Baseball?

Fredi Gonzalez (Atlanta Braves)

Joe Maddon (Tampa Bay Rays)

Buck Showalter (Baltimore Orioles)

Gonzalez never advanced past AA.

Maddon never advanced past A ball.

Showalter played 7 seasons in the NYY minor league system as a first baseman… at the same time Don Mattingly was the starter with the big club.

Starting with the 2014 season, name the 3 teams in MLB that DO NOT have an official mascot?

Los Angeles Angels

Los Angeles Dodgers

New York Yankees

note: there used to be 4 teams until the Cubs began using Clark The Cub in the 2014 season

Name the only player in baseball history to be on the field for Hank Aaron’s 715th HR and Pete Rose’s 4,192nd hit?

Steve Garvey

with Dodgers for Aaron’s 715th: 4/8/74 <link>

with Padres for Rose’s 4,192nd: 9/11/85 <link>

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