Famous MLB Second Basemen Trivia Quiz

Answer:

The incorrect answers were all left fielders (Tommy Davis, Geoff Jenkins, George Bell, Cleon Jones, Bobby Higginson, Chris Taylor, Topsy Hartsel).

Did you know?

- Joe Morgan in addition to his playing career, actively advocated for better retirement benefits and healthcare for former players.

- Rogers Hornsby wanted to play baseball so badly that when he was 16 he pretended to be a woman by donning a wig and barnstormed through his native Texas with the Boston Bloomer Girls.

- Eddie Collins was the first man in MLB history to play twelve seasons for two teams, the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox.

- Jackie Robinson is remembered as an electrifying base runner, stealing home 19 times during his career.

- Rod Carew was born on October 1, 1945, on a train in the Canal Zone of Panama. His mother gave birth while en route to Gorgas Hospital in Ancón.

- Charlie Gehringer made his parents proud when he earned a scholarship to play "basketball" for the University of Michigan.

- Nap Lajoie's Cleveland baseball team was named the Naps, after him, from 1903 to 1914.

- Chase Utley had the final game-winning RBI in Phillies history at Veterans Stadium, on September 27, 2003.

- Bobby Grich led the American League in home runs and won a Silver Slugger Award in 1981.

- Ryne Sandberg emerged as the champion in the 1990 Home Run Derby by hitting a mere three home runs.