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He Ain't Heavy Trivia Quiz

"He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother", a classic song from the past applies to these brothers in baseball. See if you can name the brother in this all multiple choice format. I hope you have fun with it! :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Nightmare

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
208,366

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1349

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Question 1 of 10

1. The Waner Brothers played together in the Pittsburgh Pirate outfield for a number of seasons. Paul, nicknamed 'Big Poison', had the bigger of the family's two bats. Who was his brother who had the nickname of 'Little Poison'? Hint

Peter

Wayne

Lloyd

Rick

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hank Aaron set a record by hitting 755 home runs in his career. Who was his brother who spent seven seasons in the Majors and hit 13 career home runs? Hint

Robert

Max

Peter

Tommie

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Niekro pitching brothers of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, rivaled each other with every encounter. They first opposed each other from the mound on July 4, 1967. Which brother won the most career games? Hint

Joe

Phil

Johnny

Jack

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Coveleski's were the first brothers to both win 20 games in a season. Harry did in 1914 with the Tigers, and his brother did it in 1918 with the Indians. His brother also went on to win three games in the 1920 World Series. Who was he? Hint

Martin

Jimmy

Doc

Stan

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Question 5 of 10

5. Joe DiMaggio made the Italian name famous with his dedication to the Yankees and a 56-game hitting streak. He also had two brothers play in the big leagues. Which one of those was a career Boston Red Sox outfielder? Hint

Dom

George

Vince

Joseph III

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Question 6 of 10

6. Jay Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean was the eldest of two great pitching arms in the family. He and his brother were the first brothers to win 45 games for the same team in a season. Who was his brother nicknamed 'Daffy'? Hint

Paul

Randy

Eddie

Wes

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Alomar brothers both came to the Majors in 1988, and still swung a bat in 2005. Sandy made his name with the Indians by winning the Rookie of the Year award. Who was his brother who played for the Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles, Indians, Mets, White Sox, and Arizona? Hint

Manny

Felipe

Roberto

Jesus

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ramon was a Cy Young runner-up in 1990, while brother Pedro won numerous Cy Young awards. Which brothers are these? Hint

Martinez

Ramierez

Alou

Borbon

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Question 9 of 10

9. Anything for a buck, or maybe it was a book. At any rate, since Jose Canseco's retirement, he has been finger-pointing at other players who might have tarnished the game with the use of illegal chemicals. Who was Jose's Major League brother who played in three seasons? Hint

George

Ozzie

Tommy

Rickey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Ken, Cloyd, and a third Boyer brother played in the Major Leagues from 1955-1971 with the Athletics, Yankees, and Atlanta. Who was the youngest of the three, and a gold glove third baseman? Hint

Clayton

Clete

Carl

Lloyd

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Answer: Lloyd

Both Paul and Lloyd were in the Pirate outfield together from 1927-1940. Paul won the 1927 NL MVP while Lloyd led the league in hits in 1931. When they retired, the Waner's had the most combined hits as a brother combination in history with 5611.

2. Hank Aaron set a record by hitting 755 home runs in his career. Who was his brother who spent seven seasons in the Majors and hit 13 career home runs?

Answer: Tommie

Tommie, the younger of the two by five years, played with his brother Hank from 1962-1971 with the Milwaukee, then the Atlanta Braves before retiring. Tommie never saw a World Series game.

Answer: Phil

In their first opposition, the elder Phil and his Braves defeated brother Joe and the Cubs. There would be many more encounters as such. Phil retired after 24 seasons with a 318-274 record. Joe retired after 22 seasons with a 221-204 record. Both were runner-ups for the Cy Young award. Phil lost to Tom Seaver in 1969, and Joe lost to Bruce Sutter in 1979.

Answer: Stan

Stan was the younger of the two pitchers. When they had both started pitching, they made a pact never to pitch against each other, and they never did. Stan retired with 215 wins while Harry won 81.

Answer: Dom

Dom played for the Sox from 1940-1953 while losing three seasons to WWII. Dom was a seven-time all-star. His older brother Vince played for the Braves, Reds, Pirates, Phillies, and Giants. Vince died on October 3, 1986, while Joe died in 1999.

Answer: Paul

The Dean's pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals together from 1934-1937. In 1934, Dizzy went 30-11 while brother Paul went 19-11. Dizzy's 30-win season would hold its own for another 34 years until Denny McLain of the Tigers went 31-6 in 1968.

Answer: Roberto

Both Roberto and Sandy played for the '88 and '89 Padres but Sandy played in a limited role. Both were born in Puerto Rico with Roberto being the younger of the two. Their father was Sandy Alomar Sr., who played in the '60s and '70s with seven teams.

8. Ramon was a Cy Young runner-up in 1990, while brother Pedro won numerous Cy Young awards. Which brothers are these?

Answer: Martinez

The older Ramon was runner-up to Doug Drabek of the Pirates in 1990 while playing for the Dodgers. Ramon and Pedro both were Dodgers pitchers in '92 and '93. Pedro was traded to the Expos for Delino Deshields after the '93 season. After four seasons in Montreal, one winning a Cy Young, Pedro was traded to the Boston Red Sox where he picked up two more. 2005 saw him in a Mets uniform.

Answer: Ozzie

One of Ozzie's three seasons were with his brother on the 1990 Oakland Athletics. He then played two seasons with the Cardinals before retiring. Jose was the 1986 AL Rookie of the Year and the 1988 AL MVP. He and Mark McGwire were a terror to American League pitchers while playing with the Athletics. Jose retired in 2001, claiming that he had been black-balled for going public about some players who allegedly used steroids. One of those players was Ken Caminiti, who later admitted to steroid use, and died in 2004.

10. Ken, Cloyd, and a third Boyer brother played in the Major Leagues from 1955-1971 with the Athletics, Yankees, and Atlanta. Who was the youngest of the three, and a gold glove third baseman?

Answer: Clete

Clete was a 16-season player. Cloyd was a pitcher, mostly with the Cardinals and last only five seasons. Ken was the big name of the family, winning five Gold Glove awards and the 1964 NL MVP. Ken later went on to manage St. Louis for three seasons, then died two seasons later in 1982.

Source: Author Nightmare

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