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Baseball Trivia! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/16/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This baseball season is approaching fast! Here's a fun puzzle cache to get us ready!


Baseball Trivia!


The cache is not at the coordinates
listed!


This puzzle can be solved by answeing these, not so basic Major League Baseball
questions.





The cache can be found at:


W- 32° a b.c d e
N- 116° v w.x y z







Just a reminder for those who have forgotten their numbers.
(Picture has nothing to do with actual puzzle)

Good Luck!

1) Connie Mack (Philidelphia A's) has the most career games as a manager in Major League history. How many does he have?
Plug the number from the ones column of the answer into slot a in the coordinates above.

2) Mickey Mantle has the record for most career RBI's (runs batted in) in career World Series play. How many RBI's does he have in the World Series?
Plug the number from the ones column of your answer into
slot b in the coordinates listed above.

3) Cy Young holds the record for most innings pitched by a pitcher. How many innings did he pitch over his career?
Plug the number from the tens column of the answer into slot v in the coordinates listed above.


4) Tris Speaker is a name you don't hear thrown around too often but he does hold an MLB record for something. Most Doubles. How many doubles did he retire with?
Plug the number from the tens column of the answer into slot w in the coordinates listed above.


5) Rickey Henderson leads the majors in career steals, but what most people don't know is he also leads the Majors in caught stealing. (Times thrown out attempting to steal.) In 1982 Henderson set a major league record for one season of times getting caught stealing. How many times did he get caught that year?
Plug the number from the tens column of the answer into slot c in the coordinates listed above.

6) Hall of Famer Walter Johnson leads the majors in Shutouts pitched. He is retired now but how many shutouts did he end his career with?
Plug the number from the hundreds column of the answer into slot e in the coordinates listed above.


7) Cy Young holds the record for most wins in a career. Most people don’t realize that he also holds the record for most LOSES as a pitcher. How many times did he lose as a pitcher?
Plug the number from the tens column of the answer into slot x in the coordinates listed above.

8) Pete Rose holds the record for most hits in a career with 4,256. Not surprisingly, over two-thirds of his hits were “singles”. How many singles did Pete Rose have over his career?
Plug the number from the tens column of the answer into slot z in the coordinates listed above.


9) The first World Series was held between the Boston Americans & the Pittsburg Pirates. Boston ended up winning the best out of nine series 5 to 3. What year was the first World Series held in?
Plug the number from the hundreds column of the answer into slot d in the coordinates listed above.


10) The San Diego Padres held control of first place for most of the year before letting it slip away to the World Series champion San Francisco Giants in 2010. How many WINS did the Padres have as a team in 2010?
Plug the number from the tens column of the answer into slot y in the coordinates listed above.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)