Jimmy Rollins is piece of trivia for the amount of outs he made this year.

Well how well do you know baseball trivia? Dan has given the blog some great nuggets and trivia regarding players in this year’s playoffs. There are 6 questions and a fact. How many correct answers can you get?

1. This year Jimmy Rollins became just the 3rd player ever to make 500 or more outs in a season 4 times. The other two are Dave Cash and Bobby Richardson. Who is the only other active player to make that many outs 3 times?

2. Only 3 Red Sox pitchers have ever qualified for the ERA title with a K/9 of 10.0 or greater. Lester’s K/9 was actually 9.96, but it rounds to 10.0. Lester is the first since Pedro Martinez in 2002 (Pedro did it 3 times) to do so.  Who is the other?

3. Jacoby Ellsbury stole 70 bases this season, setting a Red Sox franchise record. Who was the last American League player to steal 70+ bases in a season?

4. Ellsbury was the also the first player since 1986 to steal 70 or more bases while being caught 12 or fewer times. Two players did it that year. Who are they?

5. Ellsbury, despite his great speed, also managed to ground into 13 double plays this year. Since GIDP started being kept officially in 1933, who is the only player to steal 70+ bases and ground into more double plays?

6. Albert Pujols was walked 44 times intentionally this season, 5th most all-time. Barry Lamar Bonds holds the top 3 seasons in this category. Who had the season that ranks 4th all-time?

Fact:  This year’s Dodgers are the only team this decade (2000-2009) to win 95+ games without a pitcher winning at least 14 games. Chad Billingsley led the Dodgers with 12 wins this season.

Answers:

1. Jose Reyes

2. Hideo Nomo in 2001.

3. Brian Hunter, DET, 1997

4. Tim Raines, Eric Davis

5. Ron LeFlore, DET, 78 SB, 16 GIDP in 1979 SIDE NOTE: LeFlore and Ellsbury had virtually identical seasons. LeFlore: .300/.355/.415, 22 2B, 10 3B, 9 HR, 57 RBI, 52 BB. Ellsbury: .301/.355/.415, 27 2B, 10 3B, 8 HR, 60 RBI, 49 BB.

6. Willie McCovey, 45 in 1969