Statistics for Baseball in the 1970s

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Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1974	Breaks Babe Ruth's career home run record.	Hank Aaron	95%
1972	Dies in a plane crash en route to Nicaragua for a humanitarian mission.	Roberto Clemente	94%
1976	"Machine" wins their second consecutive world series.	Cincinnati Reds	91%
1977	Hits 5 home runs in the world series, proves he really does stir the drink.	Reggie Jackson	88%
1975	Wins the third of his three Cy Young Awards. He is the only player depicted wearing a Mets cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.	Tom Seaver	87%
1972	Famous for revolutionizing catching technique, wins his second MVP Award.	Johnny Bench	86%
1972	Pitcher goes 27-10 for the last-place Phillies, who won only 59 games all season.	Steve Carlton	83%
1977	Breaks Ty Cobbs record of 892 career stolen bases.	Lou Brock	81%
1975	Hits a home run off the foul pole to end 6th game of the world series.	Carlton Fisk	80%
1973	The first game is played with this. Ron Blomberg is the first.	Designated hitter	79%
1974	Win their third consecutive world series championship.	Oakland Athletics	79%
1979	Team captain selects the song "We Are Family" as the anthem for the Pirates, who go on to win the world series.	Willie Stargell	79%
1979	Brothers tie for the league lead in wins. Between them they had more wins than any other brother combination. (Name either brother.)	Joe and Phil Niekro	71%
1976	Famous for his flapping elbow when at bat, wins his second consecutive MVP.	Joe Morgan	71%
1970	This player wins the world series MVP (the prize for which was a car) for his uncanny defense. Opposing manager Sparky Anderson quipped that he hoped the car had an extra large glove compartment.	Brooks Robinson	68%
1970	This team uses gold colored bases in a game. They are banned from future use after the game.	Oakland Athletics	63%
1975	Two pitchers successfully challenge the reserve clause. (Name either pitcher.)	Dave McNally or Andy Messersmith	42%
1971	Batter hit by pitch 50 times, the most since Hughie Jennings was hit 51 times in 1896.	Ron Hunt	37%
1977	Born on a train in Panama and named after the doctor who delivered him, wins MVP Award.	Rod Carew	35%
1975	Player collides with the catcher on a bunt play in the world series, but is controversially not ruled out for interference.	Ed Armbrister	23%