Anyone for Seconds? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hack Wilson

Ruth hit 54 in 1920, 59 in 1921, 60 in 1927, then 54 in 1928. The Babe did all this with the Yankees. Hack Wilson had a tremendous season with the Cubs in 1930, hitting 56 home runs along with a record 191 RBIs. It was the only time that Wilson hit even 40 home runs. Foxx was the first player in history to hit 50 for two different teams.

In 1932, Jimmie's bat connected for 58 with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1938 as a Boston Red Sox slugger, he banged out another 50. Greenberg was a Detroit Tiger in 1938 and hit 58. Kiner became the second player (behind Ruth) in history to hit 50+ home runs twice for the same team.

He hit 51 for the Pirates in 1947, then another 54 in 1949.

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

The Cubs, under the helm of player-manager Frank Chance won consecutive World Series in 1907 and 1908. It was the Cubs' third consecutive appearance, losing in the 1906 series to the White Sox. The next shot that the Cubs had was in 1910, but they lost to the Athletics.

The Athletics would repeat under the reins of Connie Mack in 1911 in a series win over the Giants. The Giants won their second World Series in 1921. The Red Sox franchise (previously named the Americans), won their second series in 1912.

Although the Tigers appeared in three consecutive World Series from 1907-1909, all in losses, they would not win their second series until 1945.

Answer: Sparky Anderson

LaRussa won the inaugural award by taking the Chicago White Sox to the AL West Division title, but would lose the AL Championship to the Orioles. Sparky took the Cincinnati Reds and the Big Red Machine to four World Series prior to coming over to the Detroit Tigers. Anderson took the Tigers to a 1984 World Series title, winning the Manager of the Year Award, then also taking the franchise to a 1987 AL East title, winning his second award.

Answer: Rogers Hornsby

There were only four sluggers who hit over .400 in the 1920s. They were Cobb, Heilmann, Hornsby, and Sisler. Hornsby was officially noted as the second player to bat over .400, as he beat Ty Cobb's .4011 with his .4013 in 1922. Heilmann batted .403 in 1923 with the Tigers. Terry hit .401 for the Giants in 1930.

Answer: Charlie Radbourn

Spalding went amazing 52-16 with the Boston Red Stockings in 1874, then 54-5 in 1875. Al helped the Red Stockings win four consecutive league pennants from 1872-1875. The next pitching great to reach 50 was Charlie Radbourn of the National League's Providence Grays in 1884. Radbourn went 59-12 in the season to help the Grays to the National League crown. Clarkson went 53-16 for the 1885 Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs). Galvin never won more than 46, and the great Cy Young never won more than 36.

Answer: Ralph Branca

Donovan was ejected from the 1909 series that pitted the Tigers against the Pirates. Branca was a Brooklyn Dodger, and was still trying to shake off the 'shot heard round the world', the home run pitch that he gave up to Bobby Thomson of the Giants in 1951. Ralph's Dodgers were up against the Yankees in the 1952 series, and he was ejected after warnings of yelling obscenities at the home plate umpire. Clay Carroll was a Reds pitcher in 1970 when he was shown the door against the Orioles. Both Andujar and Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog were both ejected against the Royals in 1985. Cox was a 1987 Cardinal World Series pitcher when he was booted for arguing ball and strike calls.

Answer: Lou Gehrig

Ruth swatted four in the 1926 series in a four games to three over the Cardinals. The 'Iron Horse' was next in a four games to none skunking of the Cardinals. Snider clouted four in the Dodgers' first-ever World Series crown in 1955 against the Yankees. Tenace hit his four in the 1972 Oakland Athletics World Series title against the Reds. All those who hit four big ones, did it all with at least 24 at-bats, except Gehrig who hit his four with only 17 at-bats in the 1928 series.

Answer: Bob Gibson

Johnson hit the mark in July 1923. It would be another 50+ seasons before that milestone would be touched again. Bob Gibson was a career St. Louis Cardinal from 1959-1975. He hit the 3000-mark on July 17, 1974, with Caesar Geronimo of the Reds being selected as his 3000th victim. Gibson retired with 3117. Seaver was the next to find the mark in April 1981, 11 days before Steve Carlton would become the third 3000-strikeout pitcher. Ryan hit the 3000-mark in July 1980, and would retire in 1993 with 5714 for his career. Feller retired with 2581 strikeouts.

Answer: Honus Wagner

Wagner was a Pittsburgh Pirate from 1900-1917. He won a total of eight batting titles with four consecutive from 1906-1909. Cobb won five consecutive from 1911-1915, and if not bumped away from the crown in 1910 and 1916, Cobb could have won 13 consecutive. Nap Lajoie won Cobb's crown in 1910, and Tris Speaker took the title in 1916. Hornsby won six consecutive crowns from 1920-1925 with the Cardinals. Boggs was with the Boston Red Sox from 1982-1992.

He won four consecutive titles from 1985-1988.

Answer: Atlanta Braves

The Orioles began their American League endeavors in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1902, the franchise moved to become the St. Louis Browns. They moved again in 1954 to Baltimore. The Braves began it all in 1876 with the new National League as the Boston Red Caps. With a lot of team name changes, the franchise moved to Milwaukee in 1953.

Their third move was to Atlanta in 1966. The Philadelphia Athletics began in the American League in 1901. After 50 seasons with the legendary Connie Mack at the helm, the franchise moved to Kansas City in 1955, then to Oakland in 1968.

The Dodgers were in Brooklyn, and then Los Angeles during their existence since 1884. The 2011 St. Louis Cardinals began their franchise in the American Association as the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1882.