Hot Stove New York Shortstops Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to yesterday's quiz. 1. Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees won the American League MVP in 1950. 2. Bud Harrelson of the Mets won the NL Gold Glove in 1971. 3. Gene Michael played for the Yankees from from 1968-'74, he was a coach on the team in '76, '78, '84-'86, '88 and '89, he managed them for parts of '81 and '82, and he was the general manager from '90-'95. He pitched in one game for the Yanks in 1968. 4. Ron Gardenhire played for the Mets from 1981-'85. He's been managing the Twins since 2002, and won the AL Manager of the Year award in 2004. 5. The Yankees traded Bucky Dent to Texas for Lee Mazzilli on August 8th, 1982. 6. Leo Durocher played for the Yankees (1925, '28, '29) and the Brooklyn Dodgers ('38-'41, '43, '45). He managed Brooklyn ('39-'46, '48) and the New York Giants ('48-'55). 7. Frank Crosetti played for the Yankees from 1932-'48 and coached for them from '46-'68. 8. Kevin Elster played for the Mets (1986-'92) and the Yankees ('94-'95). In 1996, he hit 24 home runs and had 99 RBIs for Texas. 9. Alvin Dark played for the New York Giants from 1950-'56, and managed the Oakland A's to a World Series title in 1974. 10. Frank Taveras finished his career with exactly 300 stolen bases, playing for Pittsburgh, the Mets (1979-'81) and Montreal. He led the league with 70 while playing for the Pirates in 1977.