MLB Teams Trivia Quiz

Answer: Americans

The Boston Americans met the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1903, in a five games to three win over the Pirates in the World Series. The Americans also won the 1904 American League pennant, but there was no World Series held in that season. As the Red Sox, they won their first World Series in 1912 against the New York Giants.

Answer: Yankees

In a World Series run likely to never be duplicated, the Yankees won eight of 10 World Series from 1947-1958. Berra would go to four more World Series with the Yankees from 1960-1963 before retiring. The Yankees didn't stop without Yogi, and went to another series in 1964. Berra came back for one season with the Mets in 1965. Yogi would total 14 World Series with the Yankees, winning 10.

Answer: 1958

Walter O'Malley was instrumental in getting both teams to move to the West Coast in 1958. The Dodgers won their first World Series appearance in Los Angeles in 1959 with a win against the White Sox. The Giants would first appear in 1962 in a loss to the Yankees.

Answer: Dodgers

The Brooklyn Dodgers finally won a series, and it was under the helm of manager Walter Alston. The franchise began in 1884. They went to eight World Series before they finally bagged one of their own. They would repeat in 1959 after moving to Los Angeles against the White Sox.

Answer: Seattle Pilots

The franchise began under the management of Joe Shultz. The team would go 64-98 for a last place finish, and that was it for his career with the franchise. The franchise was in Milwaukee in 1970 named the Brewers, and in their next eight seasons either finished last or next to last.

The team had their first winning season in 1978, then would have five more consecutive. They made it to their first World Series in 1982 in a loss to the Cardinals.

Answer: St. Louis Browns

The Browns played in St. Louis from 1902-1953, and they were pretty bad. They had few highlights and few outstanding players. They did go to one World Series in 1944, but lost to the crosstown St. Louis Cardinals.

Answer: Cleveland Indians

1901 saw the Cleveland team as the Blues, 1902 as the Bronchos, and 1903 as the Naps. The name of Indians appeared for the first time in 1915, named in honor of former National League Cleveland Spider player Chief Louis Sockalexis. He was the first Native-American to play professional baseball.

Answer: Montreal Expos

The Expos joined the National League along with the San Diego Padres in 1969 as part expansion for Major League Baseball. The American League expanded with two teams also. In 36 seasons before the move to become the Nationals, the Expos managed only one appearance in the playoffs. They lost that NLCS in 1981 to the Dodgers.

Answer: Athletics

The Athletics began their franchise as the Philadelphia Athletics under the helm of Connie Mack. He would stay with the team until 1950. In 1955, the team moved to Kansas City and kept the Athletics name. In 1968, the franchise moved again to become the Oakland Athletics.

The Phillies was a National League team, but still changed their name in 1943 and 1944 to the Philadelphia Blue Jays, then back to the Phillies in 1945.

Answer: Los Angeles Angels

The team began under the management of Bill Rigney. The Angels first played their home games at Wrigley Field, then later shared Dodger Stadium with the Dodgers until they had their own ballpark. They changed their name to the California Angels in 1965, and would not see their first playoffs until 1979, but lost to the Orioles in the ALCS.

The Angels saw their first World Series crown in 2002 in a win over the Giants.