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91. Which Boston Red Sox player set a Major League record for hitting safely 12 times in consecutive at-bats?

From Quiz Baseball Mixed Salad

Answer: Pinky Higgins

None of the others ever played for the Red Sox. Higgins was a third baseman and played for the Tigers, Athletics, and Red Sox during his 1930-1946 career. In 1938 he had 12 consecutive hits over four games in the season. Pinky ended the season with a .303 batting average. Higgins went to two World Series and lost them both. He died in 1969 at the age of 59.

From Quiz Baseball Chowder

Answer: Boston Red Sox

Not only did the other options not win two World Series, they didn't even make an appearance in the decade. The Red Sox came out on top in a big way in 2004 by putting down the Cardinals four games to none. Boston was back in it again in 2007 and it resulted in another skunking with the Colorado Rockies being on the receiving end. The Red Sox were under the helm of Terry Francona in both seasons.

From Quiz Variety Snack Pack of Baseball

Answer: New York Yankees

The St Louis Browns and Milwaukee Braves did not exist past the 1970s. It was August 25, 2011, when the Yankees were playing host to the Oakland Athletics. Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano, and Russell Martin helped the team into the record books with the three grand salamis. The Yankees won the game 22-9. The Yankees also had 21 hits in the game.

From Quiz Baseball GPS

Answer: 1994

Organized professional baseball began in 1871 with the National Association. The August 12 day in 1994 was a dark one in baseball history. Due to the player's strike, baseball was postponed for the season. On that day the standings showed Montreal with 74 wins and Atlanta with 68, in the National League. The American League had the Yankees on top with 70 wins with the White Sox at 67. The Angels and Padres were probably happy for the strike as they both had only 47 wins.

From Quiz Easy Peasy Baseball

Answer: Roy Face

The other pitchers listed were not in Major League Baseball at the time. The 1959 season was interesting from the mound for the Pirates. Not only did pitcher Harvey Haddix lose a perfect game in the 13th inning of a game, reliever Roy Face went an outstanding 18-1. Starting pitcher Vernon Law also went 18-9 in the season. Unfortunately, they still finished fourth in the National League with a 78-76 record.

From Quiz Baseball Diamond Variety

Answer: Charlie Radbourn

Radbourn was in his fourth season with the Providence Gray of the National League in 1884 at the age of 29. He went 59-12 after going 48-12 in 1883. He led his Grays to the league title over the Boston Beaneaters. "Old Hoss" pitched for only 11 seasons and retired in 1891 with a 309-194 career record. Young's highest winning season was going 36-12 with his Cleveland Spiders in 1892. Feller's high was 27 with the Indians in 1940, and Spahn's season high was 23 in 1953 with the Milwaukee Braves.

From Quiz Shuffle 'Em Up!

Answer: Mike Trout

None of the others won the award once. The All-Star MVP Award began its presentation in 1962 with Maury Wills of the Dodgers and Leon Wagner of the Angels sharing the award. Trout of the Angels made his first All-Star appearance in 2012. In his third consecutive appearance in 2014 he won his first award. In 2015, he led off the game with a home run, opening the door for his second consecutive award.

From Quiz Baseball Mix

Answer: 73

Barry Bonds originally played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the Giants, he broke McGwire's season record with McGwire set with the Cardinals in 1998.

From Quiz Baseball Oddities

Answer: Jose Canseco

Jose Canseco hit 42 home runs and stole 40 bases while playing for the Oakland Athletics in 1988. Barry Bonds hit 42 home runs and stole 40 bases while playing for the San Francisco Giants in 1996. Alex Rodriguez hit 42 home runs and stole 46 bases while playing for the Seattle Mariners in 1996. Bobby Bonds never accomplished this milestone, but he did hit more than 30 home runs and stole more than 30 bases 5 times.

From Quiz Lightly-Stirred Baseball

Answer: Clyde Sukeforth

Sukeforth was the Dodgers' talent scout from 1943-1951. His managerial career consisted of only two games, the first two in the 1947 season which Jackie Robinson was a rookie, and Sukeforth won both games. Shotton replaced Sukey to finish out the season. Dodger manager Leo Durocher was the 'regular' Dodger manager, but was suspended by Commissioner Happy Chandler for the entire 1947 season. Durocher returned to the Dodgers for the 1948 season.

From Quiz Baseball Smoothie

Answer: 1929

On May 13, 1929, the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees met, both with numbers, so the fans could see who their favorite players were. The Indians won the game 4-3, and the Yankees would go on to watch the Philadelphia Athletics win the AL pennant, 18 games ahead of them in second place.

From Quiz You're Outta Here!

Answer: Hughie Jennings

The others never played in a World Series. Jennings was in his 14th season of baseball when he and the Tigers went to the World Series in 1907 against the Cubs. Jennings played in only one game in the season and was considered a player-manager at the time. He took his fury out on the umpire after his player was called out stealing. Hughie would not let go of his arguing, therefore was ejected.

From Quiz A Knead for Baseball

Answer: Ty Cobb

Amongst many other records set by Cobb, one was just inching past the 3000-game mark with 3035. Cobb retired in 1928 after 23 seasons. Yaz of the Red Sox was next on this list when he retired in 1983. Rose retired in 1986 with 3562 games under his belt.

From Quiz Baseball in a Blender

Answer: Jimmy Collins

Collins took over the Boston American franchise when it joined the American League in 1901. His Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in the first-ever World Series in 1903. Jimmy was Boston's player-manager.

From Quiz Baseball from a Drawer

Answer: Most outstanding baseball broadcaster

Both Mel Allen and Red Barber shared the first award in 1978. Other famous names to win the award include Vin Scully, Harry Caray, Curt Gowdy, Jack Buck, and Harry Kalas.

From Quiz Baseball Lies [3]

Answer: He hit over 400 career home runs

Henderson fell three home runs short of becoming a member of the 300 Home Run Club. He retired with 1406 thefts, and when he retired in 2003, he was the only player to steal 1000 bases. His MVP Award came in 1990 with Oakland. His first team was the Athletics in 1979, then moved to the Yankees, then back to Oakland, then Toronto, then back to Oakland again. In 1996 he was a Padre, then an Angel in 1997. From there it was back to Oakland, then the Mets, the Mariners, then Padres, Red Sox, and the Dodgers when he retired in 2003. Rickey was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 2009.

From Quiz A Pinch of Everything

Answer: Yankees

The Yankees began the 1950s decade after a win against the Dodgers in 1949. From 1950-1953, they defeated the Phillies, Giants, and the the Dodgers twice. After missing the 1954 postseason, they then appeared in four more from 1955-1958, losing to the Dodgers, then defeating them, losing to the Braves, then defeating them. Eight appearances with six wins in the decade.

From Quiz Baseball's Little Bites

Answer: Gary Sheffield

Although the others all hit 500+ home runs, they all retired at least 10 years earlier. Sheffield was a Detroit Tiger in 2008, and finished the season stuck on 499. Winding down the 2008 season in late September, Sheffield and Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona were suspended for their participation in a bench-clearing brawl. Gary lost four games as a result. He came back as a New York Met in 2009 to join the 500 Home Run Club. Sheffield became the 25th player in Major League history to hit 500 big ones.

From Quiz Mix 'Em Up Baseball

Answer: NL Philadelphia

The Phillies franchise began in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers in the National League. In 1890, the franchise took the name of Phillies. After many dismal seasons in the late 1930s and into the 1940s, the franchise changed their name to the Blue Jays for two seasons in 1943 and 1944. The name change didn't help, so they took the Phillies name back for 1945.

From Quiz African-Americans in Baseball

Answer: Ernie Banks

Ernie was a future gold mine. The Cubs signed him in 1953. Winning two NL MVPs, a Gold Glove, and hitting 512 home runs, Banks was affectionately known as "Mr. Cub" in Chicago. The Hall of Fame inducted him in 1977.

From Quiz Famous Goats

Answer: Leon Durham & Durham & Bull Durham

After blowing a 2 games to none lead, a slow roller under Leon 'Bull' Durham's legs let the Padres tie and eventually win game five to clinch the National League pennant.

From Quiz Around the Diamond

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

Cobb didn't play for the others listed. The "Georgia Peach" spent 20 loyal seasons in a Detroit Tiger uniform, then was traded to the Athletics in 1927 at the age of 40. In his two seasons with Philadelphia, Cobb still cranked out 289 hits. He reached his 4000-hit milestone in 1927.

From Quiz Baseball Stuff

Answer: Willie Mays

Hall of Famer Mays was completing a mediocre rookie season and some second-guessed Dodger manager Chuck Dressen for not ordering an intentional walk to Thomson and pitching to Mays. Dark led off the ninth inning with a single to center. Mueller was the second batter and he also singled (however, he would later come out of the game after breaking his ankle sliding into third base). Furillo was the Dodgers' right fielder.

From Quiz Baseball for Brits

Answer: 127 ft

I'm no good at drawing diagrams, but the square of the hypoteneuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides.

From Quiz Stirring up the National League

Answer: 1

Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies was the only player to reach the 50 plateau. He helped the Phillies to a second place NL East finish. The NL runner-up was Albert Pujols of the Cardinals, who hit 49, his fourth consecutive season of hitting 40+.

From Quiz Major League Baseball: Pt. 3

Answer: George Halas

George Halas paced Great Lakes Naval Academy to a 17-0 win, and played right field for the Yankees.

From Quiz One for the Birds

Answer: Atlanta Braves

The Red Sox and Yankees were in the same American League with the Blue Jays. After entering baseball in 1977, Toronto finally made it to the promised land in 1992 against the heavily-favored Braves. The Blue Jays won the series four games to two. The following season in 1993, Toronto found themselves in the World Series again, this time against the Curt Schilling and Lenny Dykstra led Phillies. And once again, the Blue Jays won it in six games.

From Quiz A Fourth Slice of Baseball

Answer: Hugh Daily

The others were never pitchers, and they were all born after the turn of the century. Daily went 23-19 with the Cleveland Blues in 1883, the season that he threw his only no-hitter. He also led his league with walks in the season. In 1884, he led the league with an amazing 483 strikeouts, appearing in only 58 games. He started all those games and completed 56. Daily pitched for only six seasons in his career.

From Quiz A Third Slice of Baseball

Answer: 1

Amazingly, the Babe won only one which came in 1924 when he hit .378 for the Yankees. He was a runner-up in three other seasons. His career high was .393 in 1923, but took a backseat to Harry Heilmann who batted .403 for the Tigers. In the Triple Crown departments (average, home runs, RBIs), Ruth led 19 times. Batting average once, home runs 12 times, and in RBIs six times.

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