Daily Baseball Quiz

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Today's theme is: American League Most Valuable Player

1. Which catcher won the American League Most Valuable Player award three times?
   1. Yogi Berra
   2. Mickey Cochane
   3. Elston Howard
   4. Thurman Munson
   5. Iván Rodriguez

2. Which American League Most Valuable Player award winner hit a grand slam home run in the 1983 All-Star Game?
   1. Don Baylor
   2. George Brett
   3. Rod Carew
   4. Fred Lynn
   5. Robin Yount

3. Who was the first American League Most Valuable Player award winner?
   1. Mickey Cochrane
   2. Jimmie Foxx
   3. Lou Gehrig
   4. Hank Greenberg
   5. Lefty Grove

4. Who was the first player to win the American League Most Valuable Player award in back-to-back years?
   1. Yogi Berra
   2. Joe DiMaggio
   3. Jimmie Foxx
   4. Hank Greenberg
   5. Hal Newhouser

5. Who was the first player to win the American League Most Valuable Player award and never even get into the top ten in the voting in any other season?
   1. Lou Boudreau
   2. Spud Chandler
   3. Mickey Cochrane
   4. Joe Gordon
   5. Bobby Shantz

6. Who was the first player to win a Gold Glove award for the Yankees and later win the American League Most Valuable Player award?
   1. Jackie Jensen
   2. Elston Howard
   3. Roger Maris
   4. Iván Rodríguez
   5. Bobby Shantz

7. Who was the first player to win the American League Most Valuable Player award and manage a team to a World Series victory in the same year?
   1. Yogi Berra
   2. Lou Boudreau
   3. Joe Gordon
   4. Frank Robinson
   5. Ted Williams

8. Which American League Most Valuable Player award winner had exactly 1000 hits as a New York Yankee?
   1. Joe Gordon
   2. Elston Howard
   3. Roger Maris
   4. Thurman Munson
   5. Phil Rizzuto

9. Whose daughter, named Sharyn, married Denny McLain?
   1. Lou Boudreau
   2. Mickey Cochrane
   3. Joe Gordon
   4. Hal Newhouser
   5. Bobby Shantz

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