Brewers trivia and facts
First up, the trivia questions. Answers in a few days....
Which Brewers player has won the most Gold Glove Awards?
Name
the mustached master of the mound who, in 1981, became the first
reliever to earn both the AL Most Valuable Player Award and AL Cy Young
Award.
What years did Hank Aaron play for the Brewers?
Which
Brewers All-Star became the first 30-30 man in the American League,
hitting 31 home runs and stealing 38 bases in a single season?
Which Brewers player became the first to lead the American League in homers, when he batted 45?
Many baseball fans know that "Bud" Selig was a primary figure in bringing back baseball to Milwaukee. Name Selig's partner.
This
pitcher had a career year in 1973, when he became the first Brewers
player to post 20 wins - the only time in his career he reached this
milestone. Name him.
The only Brewers player to win two MVP
Awards, this versatile HOF'er did so at two difference positions. Name
the players and the positions he was playing when he won his MVP
Awards.
Following the 1980 season, the BRewres completed a
trade with St. Louis, giving up four players in exchange for two future
Cy Young Award winners, Rollie Fingers and Pete Vuckovich. Can you name
the players Milwaukee sent south to the Cardinals?
For four
straight years, this pitcher led the Brewers in wins, including a
20-win season in 1986. Name this Mexican native who spent his entire
9-year career with Milwaukee.
And some Brewers Facts
*When
Brewers catch Chad Moeller hit for the cycle against the Reds in April
27, 2004, he became the first Brewers player to accomplish this feat at
home.
*In 1982, Harvey's Wallbangers set a franchise record with 216 home runs, but only his 89 of them (41%) at County Stadium.
*The
Brewers opened Miller Park with a 5-4 victory over Cincinnati. The win
earned some measure of revenge over the Reds, who had spoiled the final
game in County Stadium the previous year with an 8-1 win.
*Hank
Aaron treated the home crowd to what proved to be the 755th and final
home run of his illustrious career on July 20, 1976. The solo shot came
off California's Dick Drago and contributed to the Brewers 6-2 win.
*On
October 3, 1976, in the final at-bat of his career, Hank Aaron legged
out an infield single and drove in one last RBI to extend his Major
League RBI record to 2,297.
*When Robin Yount posted his 3,000th
hit, a single against Cleveland on September 9, 1992, he became the
third youngest player to reach the milestone, trailing only Ty Cobb and
Hank Aaron.
*How prolific a hitter was Hank Aaron? If you take
all his career hits and subtract his home runs, he would still have
more than 3,000 hits.
*On April 22, 2006, Bill Hall, Damien
Miller, Brady Clark, J.J. Hardy and Prince Fielder feasted on
Cincinnati Reds pitching in the fourth inning, hitting five home runs
to tie a Major League record for round-trippers in an inning.
*Down
9-0 against the Reds on April 28, 2004, Milwaukee treated the Miller
Park faithful to the biggest comeback in franchise history, scoring 10
unanswered runs to win 10-9 in 10 innings.



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