Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz
By Chris Richcrek

1. Detroit's Denny McLain was the last major-league pitcher to win 30-plus games in a season in 1968. How many games did he win?

2. Who was the last hitter to lead the American League in batting average for a season and also hit at least 40 homers that same season?

3. Joe Paterno set a record in 2007 for most seasons as head coach at one school (42 years at Penn State). Whose mark did he break?

4. Since the NBA started using points-per-game average in 1970 to decide the season's scoring leader, who has recorded the highest average in a season while finishing in second place for that season's scoring title?

Answers: 1. He won 31 games that season.

2. Carl Yastrzemski hit .326 with 44 home runs in 1967.

3. Amos Alonzo Stagg spent 41 seasons at the University of Chicago.

4. Allen Iverson averaged 33 points per game for Philadelphia in 2005-06, but Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers won the scoring title, averaging 35.4.

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