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  Jordan Rides the Bus    
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In 1994 NBA great Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the game of basketball. He then signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox to join the ranks of professional baseball.
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  Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2    
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In 1994 NBA great Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the game of basketball. He then signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox to join the ranks of professional baseball. Quiz 2 in a 2 quiz set.
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  Michael Jordan    
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While many know the man for his NBA career, or his starring role in "Space Jam", he was also a professional baseball player for a season. Can you answer these questions about him?
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What jersey number did Michael Jordan wear for most of his baseball career?

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Michael Jordan Baseball Trivia Questions
1. Growing up in North Carolina, where was Michael Jordan born?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: New York

Jordan was a proud North Carolinian, but he was born in Brooklyn, New York. When Michael was a toddler the family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina where he spent his formative years.

2. What life event caused Jordan's jump from the NBA to baseball?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: His father's murder

Jordan and his Chicago Bulls team mates had just won their third straight NBA Championship in 1994, he was on top of the world. Then it all came crashing down, during the off season his father was murdered. Jordan and his father, James, were very close. Both had wanted to see Michael play professional baseball. After his father's death Michael went into grieving and signed a minor league baseball contract.

3. While he never played a regular season Major League Baseball game Michael Jordan did play in the 1994 spring training before being assigned to which minor league team?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: Birmingham Barons (AA)

Jordan played in 127 games for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. He was one of the starting outfielders nearly every night, but only hit a paltry .202 for the season.

4. The same man who owned the Chicago Bulls also owned the Chicago White Sox, the team that signed Jordan to his baseball career. Who was the man that managed to keep MJ?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: Jerry Reinsdorf

Pippen was a longtime Bulls team mate, and Jackson was the team coach. Reinsdorf owned both the Bulls and White Sox in 1994. He allowed Jordan to trade his sneakers for a pair of cleats to continue his athletic career. Jordan stayed in the Reinsdorf family and eventually worked his way back onto the hardwood.

5. What league did the team Jordan was assigned to for the 1994 season play in?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: Southern League

Among the options only the Southern League was a Double-A league. Jordan played for the Alabama-based Barons an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. He had just 21 extra base hits for the season, including three homeruns.

6. What did Michael Jordan major in while attending the University of North Carolina?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: Geography

Jordan played three years of basketball, and no other sports while at UNC. He left school following his junior year. He returned in 1986, while injured and unable to play in the NBA, to complete his Bachelors degree in Cultural Geography.

7. Prior to spring training, Jordan filmed his first TV commercial as a baseball player. Which film director starred in the ad spot with him?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: Spike Lee

Spike Lee was a infamous New York Knicks fan, and hence loved to heckle Jordan when he played in New York. The two squared off in several commercials with Lee playing a character named Mars Blackmon. When Jordan switched to baseball it made sense to keep the commercial series going, and just switch from basketball to baseball for the heckling. The commercials were for Nike Air Jordan sneakers.

8. While in Alabama, his team picked up the "Jordan Cruiser". Just what was that?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: A new team bus.

The "Jordan Cruiser" was a luxury team bus named as such because Jordan himself loaned the team funds to purchase the ride. It was paid for with funds earned on extra ticket sales having Jordan on the team generated. The 45-foot bus had reclining chairs and a large lounge in the back.

9. What league did the Birmingham Barons, the team Michael made his professional baseball debut with, play in?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: Southern League

Jordan signed a Minor League Baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox on February 7, 1994, and reported to spring training with the team. By March 31 he was assigned to the Double-A Birmingham Barons. He started the season slow, and hit just .202 for the year, but got considerably better as the season progressed.

10. What was the name of the stadium where the Birmingham Barons played?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: Hoover Met Stadium

Hoover Met Stadium had a record crowd for Jordan's first game with the Double-A Birmingham Barons. More than 3,300 fans packed into the stadium for the first ever sell out. The Barons played to capacity, or near capacity crowds the entire season, something very rare for minor league teams.

11. Famous for wearing jersey #23 during his basketball career. What shirt did Jordan put on during spring training with the White Sox and also during his time in the minors?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: 45

Jordan wore #45 during the 1994 season with the Barons, and when that number wasn't available wore #35 during a brief stint in the Arizona Fall League. When he returned to basketball Jordan continued to wear #45 for the first 22 games of his comeback. Forty five was the same number his brother had worn on the high school basketball team and that Jordan himself had worn as a high school baseball player.

12. What team did Michael Jordan go on to play with after the season with the Barons?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: Scottsdale Scorpions

Jordan, still needing to fine tune his game, went to the White Sox farm system's team in the Arizona Fall League. The Fall League was tougher competition than he had faced with the Barons, and he improved on all of his statistics. He hit .252 with the Scorpions.

13. What position did Jordan play on opening day for the Barons?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: Right Field

Jordan was the everyday rightfielder for the Barons in 1994. He played the majority of the team's games at that position on the season. His manager that year was future World Series champion Terry Francona.

14. Michael Jordan had already played 9 seasons in the NBA and won three championships. During his baseball career how many championships did he win?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: 0

Jordan played in two different minor leagues in 1994. His team in both leagues failed to make the playoffs. Following his stint in the Arizona Fall League Jordan took several months off and returned to play in the NBA for the last several games of the 1994-95 season.

15. What jersey number did Michael Jordan wear for most of his baseball career?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: 45

He was famous for wearing 23 on the basketball court, but with the new career came a new number. When he went to Birmingham Alabama, he donned the #45 for the season. With 45 already taken in Arizona, he wore 35 for the few dozen games he played in the Fall League. He also wore #9 with the US Olympic Basketball team, and #45 for a few games in the NBA when he made his basketball comeback.

16. What did Michael Jordan do in his first official at bat as a professional player?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: pop out

Jordan hit a weak pop fly into shallow center field in his first at bat in the minor leagues. He finished his first game 0 for 3.

17. Following his stint in Double-A, Jordan moved on to which team for fall league baseball?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: Scottsdale Scorpions

All four team are in the Arizona fall League. In 1994 the league was set up to take the top six prospects from each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams and mix them up onto the eight teams in that league for additional training. Jordan hit .252 in the fall league, making many believe he was, at 32-years-old going to be able to make a run at the major leagues.

18. Jordan hadn't played competitive baseball since High School before he became a 31 year-old rookie. What position did he play in high school?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: pitcher

Not only had it been more than 12 years since Jordan had played competitively, he was playing an entirely new position in 1994 when he debuted for the Barons. He started the season out slowly, but by the end of the year many experts thought he was playing well enough to earn a potential call up. The 1994 Major League Baseball strike ended that possibility. Jordan had been a player representative in the NBA, and refused to cross the picket line had he been asked.

19. As a prelude to his minor league baseball career Michael Jordan threw out the first pitch for two different MLB teams. One of those teams was the White Sox (who he would later sign with). Which was the other team?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: Cubs

Jordan, a legend in Chicago for his antics in the NBA had thrown out honorary first pitches for both Chicago teams, The White Sox and the Cubs. The White Sox were owned by the same management group that owned the Chicago Bulls. The Cubs were a National League team and the Sox were an American League team.

20. After retiring from being a professional athlete, Michael Jordan bought into ownership of what professional team?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: Charlotte Bobcats

Jordan bought a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, who were still a relatively new team in the National Basketball Association. It was three years after he played his final NBA game that he bought into the team, which played not far from where he had grown up in North Carolina. In 2010 he bought out majority ownership of the team.

21. On what date did Jordan hit his first home run?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: July 30, 1994

Among the options, only July 30 was during the minor league baseball season that Jordan played. He ended the season with three long balls. The stadium announcer simply yelled "This ball is gone" when Jordan connected on his first dinger.

22. Michael Jordan officially signed his baseball contract in Feb. 1994. How long was his career before he retired from the sport?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: 13 months

Jordan inked his deal on Feb. 7, 1994. He officially retired from baseball on March 10, 1995. While he never publicly "retired" from baseball, March 10 was the date of the press conference he held with the Chicago Bulls where he announced simply. "I'm Back." After one full season with the Birmingham Barons and a short fall season with the Scottsdale Scorpions Jordan returned to basketball. He played the last 17 games of the 1994-95 NBA season and three years after that before putting his career on hiatus again. He would later play two more seasons with the Washington Wizards before retiring for good.

23. Baseball and basketball were the two sports he played as a professional, but what other sport was Jordan known to be a big fan of, often spending hours trying to perfect his game?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: Golf

Jordan was an avid golfer during both his basketball and baseball careers. He was often seen at both driving ranges and on the links whenever he had a day off. He's played in many pro-am tournaments and at times has talked about maybe joining the senior professional golf tour. As a business man, he's also bought several golf courses as investments.

24. How many game winning RBI did Jordan have with the Barons?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus - Part 2

Answer: 7

Jordan ended the season with the Barons with just 51 total RBI, but seven were game winners. Considering the team posted a 65-74 record, that was a decent number of game winning hits. Jordan played in 121 games with the team.

25. Prior to signing a contract with the Chicago White Sox, what was the highest level of baseball Michael Jordan had competed in?

From Quiz Jordan Rides the Bus

Answer: Varsity baseball in high school.

Jordan, then 31-years-old, hadn't played organized baseball since he was a 17-year-old high school senior. He played in several spring training games with the White Sox before being assigned to the Double-A Birmingham Barons.

26. How old was Michael Jordan during his rookie year in baseball?

From Quiz Michael Jordan

Answer: 33

At 33, having not played organized baseball since he was 17, Jordan signed his "rookie" contract. While never proven, it has been stated that the White Sox, which were owned by the same people as the Chicago Bulls, honored his basketball contract despite his retirement, and also paid him the rookie minimum for baseball. That, it was said, was in case he decided to return to the NBA, he stayed happy and in Chicago. For a 33-year-old player, he caught onto the game quickly, but only played during the 1994 season in the minors, and into spring training 1995 before returning to basketball.

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