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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS TRIVIA II

11) Which player hit 57 home runs in 2001?


In 2001, Gonzalez astonished the league when he hit 57 home runs, his personal best for one season and almost twice as many as he hit in any other season.

12) Which Diamondbacks player appears in The Simpsons episode "Bart Has Two Mommies"?


Left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson makes a cameo appearance as himself at the Left-Handed convention selling his own line of left-handed teddy bears.

13) Who was the first Diamondbacks pitcher to hit two home runs in a single game?


Owings was having an uneventful season until he faced the Atlanta Braves on August 18, 2007. He pitched 7.0 innings, allowing three hits and three earned runs, but his batting performance made it a career night. Owings went 4 for 5, including two home runs, scoring four times with six RBI.

14) Who was the first pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout for the D-backs?


July 30, 1998, Omar Daal pitched the team's first complete-game shutout, scattering four hits in a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Bank One Ballpark.

15) Who was the first D-backs position player to serve as a relief pitcher?


On August 30, 2001, Finley served as a relief pitcher during a 13-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

16) Which manager led the Diamondbacks to their 2001 World Series Championship?


Brenly replaced Buck Showalter as manager after the 2000 season and led the Diamondbacks to the World Series title in his first season as a manager.

17) How many pitches did D-backs pitcher Edwin Jackson throw in his no-hitter?


Jackson walked eight and hit a batter on 149 pitches, the most ever for a no-hitter in MLB history.

18) Who was the D-backs first pick in the 1997 MLB expansion draft?


Roughly a month after a solid performance during the 1997 World Series, left-handed pitcher Brian Anderson was the Arizona Diamondbacks first pick (2nd overall) in the MLB Expansion Draft.

19) Which player had the first hit in franchise history?


On March 31, 1998, the Diamondbacks celebrated the first regular season game in franchise history with 50,179 fans overflowing Bank One Ballpark. Colorado would win 9-2, but not before Travis Lee collected Arizona's first hit (a first-inning single), first homer, first run and first RBI.

20) Who was the first Diamondback to hit more than 50 doubles in a single season?


Gonzalez finished the 2006 season, his last as a Diamondback, with 52 doubles.

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