A really hard baseball quiz

The active career leader in triples is

1. Barry Bonds
2. Rickey Henderson
3. Steve Finley
4. Tony Gwynn
5. Barry Larkin

Rickey Henderson is the career stolen base leader. He's stolen more than the next three active players added together. But who is second?

1. Barry Bonds
2. Kenny Lofton
3. Roberto Alomar
4. Tony Gwynn
5. Delino deShields

Who is the career leader in OPS among active players, and the only active player over 1.000? (On base plus slugging)

1. Mark McGwire
2. Manny Ramirez
3. Mike Piazza
4. Frank Thomas
5. Barry Bonds

Over the course of his career, which of the following players has gotten on base the least?

1. Jeff Bagwell
2. Mark McGwire
3. Tony Gwynn
4. Jim Thome
5. Chipper Jones

Who leads all active players in RBI ratio? (Fewest at bats per RBI)

1. Albert Belle
2. Mike Piazza
3. Ken Griffey
4. Mark McGwire
5. Manny Ramirez

Who leads all active players in slugging average with the bases loaded?

1. Mike Piazza
2. Manny Ramirez
3. Albert Belle
4. Ken Griffey
5. Carl Everett

Who is the lifetime active leader in batting average in road games?

1. Edgar Martinez
2. Tony Gwynn
3. Manny Ramirez
4. Alex Rodriguez
5. Mike Piazza

Among active pitchers with 1000 or more innings, who is the lifetime ERA leader?

1. John Franco
2. Pedro Martinez
3. Greg Maddux
4. Roger Clemens
5. Randy Johnson

Which active pitcher has hit the most home runs since 1987?

1. Dwight Gooden
2. Greg Maddux
3. John Smoltz
4. Rick Aquilera
5. Andy Benes

Which active player has the most career pinch hits?

1. Glenallen Hill
2. John Vander Wal
3. Dave Hansen
4. Mark Sweeney
5. Mark McGwire

Which active player has the highest slugging average against lefties?

1. Mark McGwire
2. Mike Piazza
3. Frank Thomas
4. Manny Ramirez
5. Jeff Bagwell

Which active player has the highest slugging average against righthanders?

1. Mark McGwire
2. Barry Bonds
3. Larrry Walker
4. Carlos Delgado
5. Ken Griffey, Jr.

Which of the following has the most career sacrifices (SH, not SF)

1. Frank Thomas
2. Mo Vaughn
3. Mike Piazza
4. Andres Galarraga

Who leads all active outfielders in assists?

1. Ruben Sierra
2. Tony Gwynn
3. Dante Bichette
4. Ken Griffey, Jr.
5. Barry Bonds

Who among active players has made the most errors at a single position

1. Cal Ripken, Jr
2. Benito Santiago
3. Shawon Dunston
4. Ken Caminiti
5. Chuck Knoblauch

Answers

triples: Finley

steals: Bonds

OPS: Thomas

lowest OBP: Gwynn. Gwynn doesn't get on base that much. He is only 20th among active players with 3000 or more plate appearances.

RBI: Ramirez

bases loaded: Ramirez. When asked any question regarding RBI's or clutch hitting with runners on base, Ramirez is a great guess.

road: Piazza. When asked any question about road performance, guess Piazza. He's a pretty good bet to lead any category. His lifetime batting average on the road is .350. slugging .616, OBP .414. If he had done the same at home, he'd be 4th, 4th, and 24th in baseball history. Only three men have ever slugged more than .616 for a career. Ruth, Gehrig, Williams. Only three men have ever batted more than .350 for a career: Cobb, Hornsby, Shoeless Joe. There has never been any player in baseball history to hit .350 and slug .600. Ruth hit .342, Williams .344, Gehrig .340. Hornsby slugged .577. It has already been advanced that Piazza is the greatest hitting catcher in baseball history. He also challenges Hornsby as the greatest right handed hitter.

ERA: Franco

pitcher's homers: Benes.

pinchhitting: VanderWal

vs lefties: Thomas, despite Piazza's comments above

vs righties: Bonds. If you guessed McGwire for lefties or righties, you did fine. Don't bother warming up that righthander to face Big Mac. He's fourth against lefties, fourth against righties, first overall. (Similarly, Frank Thomas is the career leader in on base percentage against both right- and left-handers.)

SF: Galarraga. Galarraga leads that list with one lifetime. The other three have never successfully sacrificed a runner along. It is not known whether they have tried. But if they did, you can bet the manager who asked them to bunt is now tying flies in a bait shop in Minnesota.

assists: Gwynn, but Bichette is the leader in double plays!

errors: Caminiti. Despite playing every game at shortstop since the game was invented, Ripken has made only 225 errors there. Caminiti has made 227 at third.