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Baseball's Chain Gang Trivia Quiz

I'll give you two great players and you name the only player that links the two together in all multiple choice. The pictures might help or might not. Good luck. :)

A photo quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Nightmare

Time
7 mins

Type
Photo Quiz

Quiz #
338,312

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1963, Hall of Fame great Sandy Koufax won the Cy Young and MVP Award. Staying with the Dodgers, in 1988, Kirk Gibson won the MVP Award while teammate Orel Hershiser won the Cy Young. Who was the only Hall of Famer to play with all three greats? Hint

Steve Garvey

John Roseboro

Don Sutton

Don Drysdale

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Question 2 of 10

2. St. Louis Brown Roy Sievers took the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1949 for the American League. Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk won the same award in 1972. Who was the only player to be rostered with both the others? Hint

Ernie Banks

Lou Johnson

Juan San Carlo

Luis Aparicio

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Yankee franchise has had a storied history and is full of Hall of Famers. However, there is only one Hall of Famer who played with both Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle. Who was this player? Hint

Elston Howard

Joe Gordon

Joe DiMaggio

Yogi Berra

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Question 4 of 10

4. Looking at the Detroit Tigers, Hall of Famer Ty Cobb won the first American League MVP Award in 1911. Thirty-five years later, another Tiger Hall of Famer in the name of Hal Newhouser won the award in 1945. Who was the only player and a Tiger at that, to play with both greats, and be a Hall of Famer himself? Hint

Hank Greenberg

Pinky Higgins

Norm Cash

Charlie Gehringer

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Question 5 of 10

5. Yankee pitcher Don Larsen threw baseball's sixth perfect game in 1956, and the timing was also perfect as it happened in a World Series. The next American League pitcher to throw a perfecto was Catfish Hunter in 1968. Who was the only player that also later became a manager, played with both these pitchers? Hint

Joe Torre

Billy Martin

Felipe Alou

Dick Williams

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Question 6 of 10

6. Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics won the first-ever home run title for the American League in 1901. Hall of Fame great Lou Gehrig won the AL home run crown in 1936. Who was the only player in history to play with both these greats? Hint

Steve O'Neill

Cy Young

George Nielson

Roger Connor

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Question 7 of 10

7. Before becoming great managers, both Sparky Anderson and Lou Piniella played the game themselves. Who was the only Hall of Famer to play with both? Hint

Robin Roberts

Jim "Mudcat" Grant

Satchel Paige

Dick Radatz

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Question 8 of 10

8. Both Willie Mays and Hank Aaron hit over 600 career home runs. They both played in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Only two Hall of Fame players had the honor of being rostered with both. One player was Orlando Cepeda, and who was one of the others? Hint

Pete Reichert

Jerry Greenfield

Robert Reich

Hoyt Wilhelm

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 1976, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Rawley Eastwick won the first NL Rolaids Relief Award. In 1996, Reds pitcher Jeff Brantley won the award also. Who was the only five-time Rolaids Relief Award winner that pitched with both? Hint

Dan Quisenberry

Lance Berkman

Bruce Sutter

Mark "The Clinic" Fidrych

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Question 10 of 10

10. Hall of Famer George Sisler batted over .400 for the St. Louis Browns in 1920. The great Ted Williams also batted over .400 for the Red Sox and retired in 1960. Who was the only Hall of Fame player that was rostered with both? Hint

Joe Medwick

Joe Goins

Joe Cronin

Joe Sewell

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Don Sutton

Sutton played on the 1966 Dodgers in Koufax's final season, then hooked up with Gibson and Hershiser on the 1988 Dodgers. Sutton was the first player in history to throw 100+ strikeouts in 21 seasons and never win a strikeout crown. It also took him 21 seasons to reach the 300-win milestone, having won only 20 games in a season one time in his career.
Pictured was actor Timothy Hutton.

Answer: Luis Aparicio

Aparicio won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1956. Luis played every one of his 2581 games at shortstop over 18 seasons. Sievers played with Aparicio on the 1961 White Sox, then with Fisk on the 1973 Red Sox. Luis was inducted into the hall in 1984.
Pictured was a California County sign, depicting Aparicio's first name.

3. The Yankee franchise has had a storied history and is full of Hall of Famers. However, there is only one Hall of Famer who played with both Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle. Who was this player?

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

DiMaggio was a rookie in 1936 with the Yankees, and was rostered in four season with Gehrig who stepped down from baseball in 1939. Mickey was a Yankee rookie in 1951, and retired in 1968. DiMaggio retired after only 13 seasons (missing three due to war) when Mantle was a rookie.
Pictured was a wax figure of Joe DiMaggio's wife, actress Marilyn Monroe.

Answer: Charlie Gehringer

Cobb played from 1905-1928, with his final two seasons with the Athletics.
Gehringer was a 19-season career Tiger from 1924-1942. Charlie won the AL MVP in 1937. Newhouser was a Tiger from 1939-1953, and won back-to-back MVPs in 1944 and 1945.
Pictured was singer, Rick Derringer.

Answer: Felipe Alou

Alou played with Larsen on the 1962 San Francisco Giants, another World Series venture for Larsen. Felipe also played with Hunter on the 1971 Oakland Athletics. Alou played from 1958-1974, became manager of the Expos in 1992 for 10 seasons, then had the helm of the Giants in four seasons.
Pictured was 2011 Mexico President, Felipe Calderon.

Answer: Steve O'Neill

O'Neill played with Lajoie on the 1911 Cleveland Naps, then with Gehrig on the 1925 Yankees. Steve was a catcher during his 17 seasons mostly with Cleveland, never won any major awards, and retired in 1928.
Pictured was former U.S. House Speaker, Tip O'Neill.

7. Before becoming great managers, both Sparky Anderson and Lou Piniella played the game themselves. Who was the only Hall of Famer to play with both?

Answer: Robin Roberts

Anderson played in only one season in his playing career, and Roberts hooked up with him on the 1959 Phillies. Piniella played most of his career with the Royals and Yankees, but found Roberts with the Orioles in his 1964 rookie season. Anderson went on to win two Manager of the Year awards, Piniella three, and Roberts retired with being the first pitcher in history to give up 500 career home runs. Robin was inducted into the hall in 1976.
Pictured was horror film star, Robert Englund.

Answer: Hoyt Wilhelm

Cepeda played with Mays on the Giants from 1958-1966, then with Aaron from 1969-1972 on the Braves. Wilhelm was a knuckleball pitcher and pitched for the Giants with teammate Mays from 1952-1956. He hooked up with Aaron on the 1969 and 1970 Braves. Hoyt appeared in 1070 career games and retired with a 143-122 record.
Ironically, the player who provided the "shot heard round the world" in 1951, Bobby Thomson played with both Mays and Aaron also. It was Thomson's injury that allowed rookie Hank Aaron to take his place with the Braves in 1954. The rest was history.
Pictured was Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich.

Answer: Dan Quisenberry

Quisenberry pitched from 1979-1990. He won five Rolaids awards with the Royals from 1980-1985. 'Quiz' found Eastwick on the 1980 Royals, then was rostered with Brantley on the 1990 Giants.
Pictured was a pub quiz sign at a Berkeley Clinic.

Answer: Joe Cronin

Cronin found himself with Sisler on the Washington Senators in the late 1920s, after Sisler hit .400 for a second time in 1922. Joe finished out his career with the Red Sox from 1935-1945, and found the rookie Williams on the team in 1939. Cronin was a shortstop, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1956.
Pictured was Joe's Department Store.

Source: Author Nightmare

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