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  1. 4. mr. cub, "let's play two" (first/last)
  2. 6. _________ Evans became the oldest to hit 40 HR and 1st with 40 in each league on 10/2/1985
  3. 10. predecesor to safeco field
  4. 14. Walter _____ leads all managers of the Dodgers franchise in seasons (23) and wins (2,040)
  5. 15. his 3,524th K in Philly made this HOF'er the only pitcher to pass Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader on 6/7/1983 (last name)
  6. 16. 2011 WS MVP not spelled with a Z (first/last)
  7. 17. this city is home to the 7th Wonder of the World, but its team now plays in the retractable dome downtown
  8. 21. with larsen is the only playoff (solo) no-hitter pitcher
  9. 22. Last name of N.L. Saves leader with the Padres (35 in '77 & 37 in '78) and the Brewers (28 in '81)
  10. 23. ___________ Stadium home to the Montreal Expos after 1976
  11. 26. yankees number retired in 1972 for 2 catchers w/ 17 combined WS titles
  12. 29. The HOFer named Robinson in RF won the AL Triple Crown with this team in 1966 (team/no city)
  13. 31. hit the 1st come-from-behind WS winning HR in 1993 (first/last)
  14. 33. his 1920 season hits record was broken by Ichiro in 2004 (first/last)
  15. 34. __________ Park site of the 1989 World Series earthquake Game 3
  16. 36. rube _________ - 1st Negro National League president in 1920 aka "the father of black baseball"
  17. 37. 1-8 in World Series games (team, no city)
  18. 38. 1-6 record in no-hitters w/3 perfect game losses (full current name)
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  1. 1. hit 59 HRs with the Miami Marlins in 2017 (1st name)
  2. 2. only HOFer to win a World Series for the same team in 1987 AND 1991 (first/last)
  3. 3. _________ Bichette owns the first RBI for the Colorodo Rockies franchise in 1993
  4. 5. his life tragically ended with exactly 3,000 career hits (last name)
  5. 7. He has 1,898 more plate appearances than 1975 WS opponent Carl Yastrzemski, but Yaz has 530 more RBIs (last name)
  6. 8. The first of his 573 HR came at Griffith Stadium, his home ballpark in 1954 (first/last)
  7. 9. field with its 1st official night game on 8/9/1988
  8. 11. the team that won their 1st World Series in 2019, losing all 3 home games (no city)
  9. 12. Albert Pujols hit 222 HR for the team in this city
  10. 13. He is 2nd on the career wins list at 417
  11. 18. 5x A.L. saves leader and the WP in the 1985 WS Don Denkinger Game 6 (last name)
  12. 19. Chuck Clein accomplished this feat in the NL in 1933 with the fewest HRs of any AL/NL player (28)
  13. 20. 2024 HOFer became the first catcher in AL history to win a batting title on 10/1/2006 (last name)
  14. 24. Luis Gonzalez hit 57 HR for them in 2001 and had the WS winning single off Mariano Rivera (team/no city or state)
  15. 25. only living 500 HR/3000 Hits/.300 Avg club member (1st name)
  16. 27. won their first tile in 2023 (full team name)
  17. 28. Fred McGriff hit one of their record 10 HRs vs. Baltimore on 9/14/1987. Ernie Whitt hit 3. (team/no city)
  18. 30. won his 300th game at home in Seattle 5/6/82 (first/last)
  19. 32. this team has perfect games from the likes of Robertson, Buehrle, and Humber (no city)
  20. 35. __________ Americans - 1st World Series Winner (1903)