A Second Slice of Baseball Trivia Quiz

Answer: Babe Ruth

None of the others ever hit 500 home runs in their career, and Jocko Conlin was an umpire. Jimmie Foxx was the second player entered into the club at the end of his 1940 season with the Red Sox, after playing for many seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. Jimmie retired with 534 home runs.

The Babe retired with 714 home runs, with his last six being with the Boston Braves in 1935. The 'Ironman' Lou Gehrig retired with 493, and the great Joe DiMaggio retired with 361 after only 13 seasons.

Answer: Stan Musial

None of the others ever played for the Cardinals. 'Stan the Man' as he was known, played for the Cardinals from 1941-1963, and lost the 1945 season to military service. Musial only played in 12 games in his first season, hit one home run, and batted .426.

The number 6 jersey played both the outfield and first base. 1941 and 1942 were his only playing seasons that he did not make the all-star team. Stan went to four World Series, winning three, and hit a home run in the 1944 series against their cross-town rival, St. Louis Browns.

Answer: None listed

All listed were Dodgers and won the Rookie of the Year Award between 1992-1994. However, a player can only win a Rookie of the Year Award in their rookie season. From 1992-1996, the Dodgers were rulers of the Rookie of the Year Award, as each year was a Dodger. They were in order; Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo, and Todd Hollandsworth.

Answer: Seattle Mariners

The others never reached the 80-win mark in the 2001 season. The Mariners had five pitchers win 10 or more games in the season, winning the American League West, then defeating the Indians in the Division Series, but lost to the Yankees in the AL Championship series, four games to one.

The Mariners won 116 as the Chicago Cubs did in the 1906 season, which was only a 152-game season for the Cubs.

Answer: Hal Newhouser

Drysdale, the only other pitcher listed was a National League pitcher, but still, none had begun their careers yet in 1944. Nicknamed 'Prince Hal', Newhouser played for 15 of his 17 seasons with the Tigers from 1939-1953, then his final two seasons as a Cleveland Indian. Hal went 29-9 and 25-9, respectively, and won the Triple Crown in the latter.

In 1944, he edged out Tiger teammate Dizzy Trout for the MVP, then was a landslide over Tiger teammate Eddie Mayo in 1945. Newhouser was a 1992 Hall of Fame inductee, then died at the age of 77 in 1998.

Answer: Pedro Ramos

None of the others listed were pitchers and never played for the Senators. In his fourth season as a Senator, and after losing 16 games in 1957, Ramos led the league by losing 18 in 1958. He followed up his league-leading endeavors by losing 19, 18, then 20 when the Washington franchise moved to Minnesota as the Twins in 1961. Throughout Pedro's entire career, he had only two winning seasons.

In 1956, he went 12-10 with the Senators, then in 1963 he was 9-8 with the Indians. He retired in 1970 with a 117-160 career record.

Answer: Jackie Robinson

The others listed did not fit the ethnic background. Jackie Robinson was full of firsts in baseball. He was the first black player to play in the Major Leagues, was the first black player to win a Rookie of the Year and the MVP Awards, and was the first black player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

He broke into the Majors via the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 after playing in the Negro League, and retired from baseball in 1956. Jackie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962, and died in 1972 at the age of 53. Robinson once faced an Army court-martial hearing because he refused to move to the back of a bus while serving military duty.

Answer: Tom Browning

The others never pitched for the Reds and never pitched a perfect game. Tasting his second perfection coming into the ninth inning against the Phillies, Browning gave up a double to Dickie Thon who later scored. Tom was relieved by John Franco, and the Reds went on to win the game, 2-1. Browning's first perfect game came in the season prior on September 16, 1988.

It was baseball's 12th perfect game, and the first since Dodger Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfecto.

Answer: Carl Hubbell

The others were never pitchers and would not appear in the Major Leagues for at least another 20 years. Hubbell won the NL MVP in 1936 for going 26-6, then continued his win-streak into the following season. He went 22-8 in 1937, and finished third in the MVP voting behind Joe Medwick of the Cardinals and catcher Gabby Hartnett of the Cubs. Nicknamed 'Meal Ticket', Carl won 253 games for the Giants over 16 seasons.

After retiring in 1943, he was a Hall of Fame inductee in 1947.

Answer: Christy Mathewson

The others were all born in 1936. Mathewson threw his magic from 1900-1916, with only one game being with the Cincinnati Reds in 1916, which he won also. After going 0-3 in his rookie season, he went 20-17 in 1901, then the rest was history. Christy went to four World Series, winning only one in 1905.

In that series against the Philadelphia Athletics, Mathewson won three games. He died at the age of 45 in 1925, never seeing his immortal induction into the Hall of Fame.