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Baseball Editing for Dummies Trivia Quiz

All multiple choice for you to find the error in each question. If you're a dummy like me, you might do well. I hope that you learn something new in all this! :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Nightmare

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
291,481

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Cy Young was one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. He began his career with the Baltimore Orioles in 1933, then went on to win 511 career games. He was the first pitcher in the history of the American League to throw a perfect game. The Cy Young award was named in his honor, which was first presented in 1956 to Dodger Don Newcombe. Which of this is incorrect? Hint

Young retired with 283 career wins

Young's career began in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders

The first pitcher to receive the Cy Young Award was Denny McLain in 1968

Charley Radbourn threw the American League's first perfect game in 1884

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Question 2 of 10

2. Babe Ruth played his final season of baseball in 1935 with the St. Louis Browns. A big public relations boost for the team, it didn't work well as the team finished 61.5 games behind the National League pennant-winning Cubs. Ruth hit his final six home runs of his career, ending up with 714 in that season. Ruth died in 1948, after he was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in the first-ever induction ceremony in 1936. Which statement is not right? Hint

Ruth retired with 755 home runs

The team that Ruth played for in his final season was the Boston Braves

Ruth hit 36 home runs in his final season

The Babe was not inducted into the Hall of Fame until 1963

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Question 3 of 10

3. The World Series began in 1903 between the winner of the National and American Leagues. The first series pitted the Boston Americans with Bill Dinneen and Cy Young on the mound, against the Milwaukee Braves. The Americans won the series five games to three in a best-of-nine game format. Which comment is incorrect? Hint

Cy Young never pitched in the American League

The first World Series was in 1917

There was never a team named the "Americans"

The National League was represented by the Pittsburgh Pirates

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Question 4 of 10

4. Frank Robinson and Duke Snider would be the last hitters to bat for a Triple Crown in the 20th century. In 1967, Snider won the Triple Crown with the Red Sox. In 1966, the season would belong to Robinson, winning the season and World Series MVP with the Orioles. Duke Snider played for 16 of his 18 seasons with the Dodgers. The first player to bat for a Triple Crown in baseball history was Paul Hines in 1878 with the Providence Grays of the National League. Which of the previous statements is wrong? Hint

Frank Robinson never played for the Orioles, and he hit the Triple Crown and won all his awards with the Cincinnati Reds

Snider played 16 of his 18 seasons with the Red Sox

The first batting Triple Crown was hit in 1942 by Lou Gehrig

Snider never played for the Red Sox, and it was Carl Yastrzemski who batted for the Triple Crown

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Rookie of the Year award began in 1905, and the Cy Young award began in 1956. Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers was the first player in history to win both awards in the same season in 1981, after going 13-7. He helped the Dodgers win the World Series over the Yankees, four games to two. Where is the error in all this? Hint

Valenzuela never played for the Dodgers

Valenzuela went 31-6 in 1981, but for the Twins

The Dodgers played the Padres in the 1981 World Series

The Rookie of the Year Award began in 1947

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Question 6 of 10

6. A great archive of MLB films is a day in 1993, when 46-year Nolan Ryan hit a batter with a pitch. The batter, Brooks Robinson of the Orioles then charged to mound for revenge, but to his surprise, Ryan clinched a headlock on him and began to punch him in the head several times. Ryan retired after the season, his 27th in Major League baseball after throwing seven no-hitters. Which statement is incorrect? Hint

Ryan threw two no-hitters in his career

Ryan pitched for only 16 seasons in the Major Leagues

Nolan retired in 2001

The batter was Robin Ventura of the White Sox

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Question 7 of 10

7. The New York Yankees suffered their first World Series four-game sweep against them in 1963 against the Baltimore Orioles. In the entire series, the Yankees scored only four total runs. The series MVP was Sandy Koufax. Which statement is not correct? Hint

The Yankees have never been skunked in a World Series

The Yankees' first World Series skunking was in 1921 against the Tigers

The team that defeated the Yankees was the Dodgers

The 1963 World Series MVP was Jim Palmer

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Question 8 of 10

8. A huge blackeye in Major League Baseball was the Black Sox Scandal in 1919, which the World Series between the Tigers and Reds were marred by accusations of a fix. The Reds won the series five games to three, but as a result, Joe Jackson and pitcher Eddie Cicotte were banned from baseball for life. A total restructuring of Major League baseball occurred in 1920 as a result. Which of the previous comments is not correct? Hint

The Reds won the series three games to none

The teams were the White Sox versus the Reds

Joe Jackson was a hockey player, and the player banned was Ray Chapman

The Black Sox Scandal occurred in 1933

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Question 9 of 10

9. Roger Maris of the Yankees created one of the biggest asterisks in sports history, when he hit 61 home runs in 1961, surpassing Babe Ruth's season record of 60 (set in 1927). The asterisk was because Ruth hit his total in a 154-game season, whereas Maris hit his in a 162-game season. Mark McGwire would erase the asterisk in the record books when he hit 70 in 1998 with the Athletics. Barry Bonds would later break McGwire's record by hitting 73 in 2001, and without the fanfare that McGwire had. Which statement is wrong? Hint

Maris set the record as a St. Louis Cardinal

Bonds hit his record-setting 73 in 2005

Ruth hit his record-setting 60 home runs in 1936

McGwire was a Cardinal when he broke the record

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Question 10 of 10

10. A player compiling 3000 hits in a career is a major milestone. Stan Musial of the Red Sox did it in 1958. Musial won the league's MVP three times, and was the runner-up another four times in his career. Stan went to four World Series, winning three. He retired with 475 home runs in 1963, then was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969. Which of all this is incorrect? Hint

Musial of the Red Sox

Musial won seven MVPs in his career

Stan retired with 602 career home runs

Stan never appeared in a World Series

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Young's career began in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders

The American League did not exist until 1901. McLain did go 31-6 in 1968 with the Tigers, and did win the Cy Young award. Newcombe went 27-7 in 1956, and won the Cy Young over Sal Maglie. Don also won the NL MVP in that season. Young's perfecto came in 1904 against the Philadelphia Athletics.

His career record was 511-31. Young played for the Spiders from 1890-1898 before moving to the Cardinals for two seasons. He joined the new Boston Americans of the new American League in 1901, and went 33-10 in the season to lead the lead.

He was far beyond the runner-up Joe McGinnity, who won 26. Young went on to lead the league in wins for another two consecutive seasons also. Charley Radbourn was a great pitcher who went 59-14 with the Providence Grays of the National League in 1884.

He retired 10 years before the American League's inauguration.

Answer: The team that Ruth played for in his final season was the Boston Braves

The St. Louis Browns were an American League team. The NL Braves lost 73 games in 1934 without the Babe, then with the Babe lost 115 in 1935. After Babe's retirement in 1935, the Braves went back and lost only 83 games in 1936. Ruth was inducted into the hall in the first ceremony along with Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.

Answer: The National League was represented by the Pittsburgh Pirates

Dinneen went 3-1 and Young went 2-1 in the series in 1903. Pittsburgh's Jimmy Sebring was the first player in history to hit a World Series home run, as his shot came in game one of the Pirates' 7-3 win. Patsy Dougherty hit two World Series home runs for the Americans. The Pirates' Deacon Phillippe was the first pitcher to win a series game also.

Answer: Snider never played for the Red Sox, and it was Carl Yastrzemski who batted for the Triple Crown

Yastrzemski completed the Triple Crown in 1967 by batting only .301 in the season. Robinson did play for the Reds, and won the NL Rookie of the Year in 1956 along with the 1961 MVP with the NL team, then was traded to the Orioles. Snider was a 1980 Hall of Fame inductee, then Robinson was inducted in 1982. Yastrzemski was inducted in 1989. Gehrig of the Yankees died in 1941, after stepping away from the game in 1939.

Answer: The Rookie of the Year Award began in 1947

The rookie award began with Dodger Jackie Robinson winning it in 1947. Robinson would go on to win the NL MVP in 1949 also. The first American League player to the Rookie of the Year award was Roy Sievers of the St. Louis Browns in 1949.

Answer: The batter was Robin Ventura of the White Sox

Robinson retired more than 15 years before this incident. Ryan pitched for 27 seasons from 1966-1993. He began with the Mets, then played for the Angels, Astros, and Rangers. He threw an amazing seven no-no's in his career, and retired with 5714 career strikeouts, 1500 more than than the career runner-up at the time, the already-retired Steve Carlton.

Answer: The team that defeated the Yankees was the Dodgers

The Orioles were an American League team as were the Yankees in 1963. Koufax was 2-0 in the series along with 23 strikeouts. Don Drysdale, Johnny Podres, and Ron Perranoski won the other games for the Dodgers. Although Koufax won the MVP, Dodger Tommy Davis batted .400, and Bill Skowron batted .385 in the series. Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford, the 1963 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year, threw an ERA of 4.50 in the series.

Answer: The teams were the White Sox versus the Reds

Jackson and Cicotte of the White Sox were not the only players banned from the game after an investigation by Judge Landis. This was the final straw for gambling on baseball games as the issue had come up many times since 1883, when umpires were first accused of 'tainting' the game. Ray Chapman was a Cleveland Indian, who died after being hit by a pitch from Yankee Carl Mays in 1920.

This was the first on-field death in baseball.

Answer: McGwire was a Cardinal when he broke the record

Ruth played in 151 games in the 1927 season, while Maris played in 161 in 1961. Because of the season length for the two, an asterisk was placed alongside Maris' record. McGwire was traded from the Athletics to the Cardinals in mid-season 1997. McGwire's 70 home runs came in 155 games played in the season.

His 62nd historical home run came on September 8th off Steve Trachsel of the Cubs. McGwire retired three seasons later with 583 career home runs, after only 16 seasons of baseball. Ruth retired after the 1935 season.

Answer: Musial of the Red Sox

Possibly the greatest all-around player in history, Musial was a 22-season career St. Louis Cardinal. He won the MVP in 1943, 1946, and 1948. More amazing, he was the runner-up for the next three consecutive seasons for the MVP also, then again in 1957. Stan played runner-up to Jackie Robinson, Jim Konstanty, Roy Campanella, and Hank Aaron.

He went to four World Series in 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1946. His only series loss was to the Yankees in 1943.

Source: Author Nightmare

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