2. The Baseball Team
Nine men on a big league baseball team joined the team at different times. Their first names are Jose, Kevin, Lou, Mike, Neil, Otis, Paul, Quincy, and Rick. Their last names are Abbott, Baker, Carter, Drake, Edwards, Fraser, Grant, Horner, and Irving. Their ages are 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34.
From the clues which follow, tell each man's full name, the position he plays, his age, the order in which he joined the team, and whether he is married or single. You may assume that the single men have no children and have never been married.
  1. Otis has an ERA of 3.27 so far this year.
  2. The left fielder, Carter, and Kevin where the last three to join the team.
  3. The catcher, Drake, and Rick were the first three to join the team.
  4. The shortstop is 3/4 as old as the first baseman.
  5. Horner, Neil, and Lou go bowling together.
  6. Kevin and the third baseman sometimes go on double dates together.
  7. Carter's mother is dating Neil.
  8. The age of the fifth man to join the team is 1/3 as much as twice the age of the catcher.
  9. The first man to join the team is 7 years older than the fourth man to join the team and is 5 years older than Quincy.
  10. The catcher joined the team before the first baseman.
  11. Paul's sister is married to Edwards.
  12. Horner, Drake, Lou, Jose and their wives went golfing last week.
  13. Otis, Quincy, and Abbott took their kids to the zoo yesterday.
  14. One infielder, two outfielders, and one other player are married. The other players are single.
  15. Irving thought the joke Mike and Rick pulled on Grant and Baker was funny until Lou and Edwards pulled it on him a couple of days later.
  16. Irving is older than Kevin but younger than Baker.
  17. The third baseman is the oldest of the infielders, and Irving is the oldest of the outfielders.
  18. The sixth man to join the team is older than Irving and younger tham Neil.
  19. Paul's age is the average of Horner's and the left fielder's ages.
  20. Kevin, Rick, and the shortstop collided last week when they all ran to catch the same ball.
  21. The center fielder is younger than the right fielder.
  22. Abbott joined the team after Mike but before Grant.
  23. The third man to join the team is older than the second man to join.
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Click in the square one more time to clear the square. 		Last Name Position Age Order Joined
Abbott Baker Carter Drake Edwards Fraser Grant Horner Irving First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop Left Field Center Field Right Field Pitcher Catcher 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 33 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Married Single
First Name Jose
Kevin
Lou
Mike
Neil
Otis
Paul
Quincy
Rick
Order Joined 1
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Age 21
   
22
23
25
26
27
28
33
34
Position First Base
  
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Second Base
Third Base
Shortstop
Left Field
Center Field
Right Field
Pitcher
Catcher
Married
 
Single

First Name Last Name Position Age Order Joined
Jose
Kevin
Lou
Mike
Neil
Otis
Paul
Quincy
Rick

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