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Perfection! Trivia Quiz

A perfect game can define a pitcher's career. This means that the pitcher retired everyone he faced in 9 innings. Do you know about these games? Let's find out!

A multiple-choice quiz by triviaking162. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
triviaking162

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,186

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
284

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Question 1 of 10

1. Just over 6,000 saw Catfish Hunter's perfect game. In what year did he pitch this masterpiece? Hint

1967

1965

1968

1966

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 2010, Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game with 2 outs in the 9th inning when an Indians player reached first safely on a controversial call. Who was this player? Hint

Jason Donald

Travis Hafner

Shin-Soo Choo

Austin Kearns

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 2010, Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched a perfect game on a national holiday. What holiday was it?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 2004, Randy Johnson became the oldest pitcher to pitch a perfect game. What team did he beat? Hint

Mets

Braves

Yankees

Phillies

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the years 1998 and 1999, the Yankees had two perfect games from people with the same first name. What was this name?

Answer: (Name)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Harvey Haddix had one of the best pitched games of all-time when he pitched more than 9 perfect innings. For how many innings was he perfect? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. The first postseason perfect game was pitched by Don Larsen in 1956. What team did he play for? Hint

Yankees

Giants

Dodgers

Red Sox

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ron Hassey caught perfect games for 2 different pitchers on 2 different teams. He caught Len Barker's perfect game in 1981. Who else did he catch a perfect game for 10 years later? Hint

Dennis Martinez

Kenny Rogers

Pedro Martinez

Tom Browning

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Question 9 of 10

9. Jorge Posada caught both David Cone's and David Well's perfect games.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who pitched the first modern day perfect game?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname ... There's an award named after him)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Just over 6,000 saw Catfish Hunter's perfect game. In what year did he pitch this masterpiece?

Answer: 1968

Catfish Hunter had 3 RBIs, helping his own cause. The opposing starting pitcher was Dave Boswell. Hunter had 11 strikeouts in the game against the Twins on May 8th, 1968. The score was 4-0.

2. In 2010, Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game with 2 outs in the 9th inning when an Indians player reached first safely on a controversial call. Who was this player?

Answer: Jason Donald

Fausto Carmona was the opposing pitcher. Jim Joyce was the umpire who called Donald safe. The Tigers-Indians game ended with a score of 3-0. This game was played on June 2nd, 2010.

3. In 2010, Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics pitched a perfect game on a national holiday. What holiday was it?

Answer: Mother's Day

This perfect game was played on May 9th, 2010. Landon Powell caught the perfect game for Braden. Braden beat the Rays and the score was 4-0.

4. In 2004, Randy Johnson became the oldest pitcher to pitch a perfect game. What team did he beat?

Answer: Braves

Randy's Diamondbacks beat the Braves 2-0 on May 18th, 2004. Randy was 40 years old when he pitched this game. Randy retired in 2010, as the 24th member of the 300 win club.

5. In the years 1998 and 1999, the Yankees had two perfect games from people with the same first name. What was this name?

Answer: David

David Wells and David Cone were the pitchers. David Cone also pitched for the Mets. "Boomer" was a nickname for David Wells. David Wells beat the Twins 4-0 on May 17th, 1998 and Cone beat the Expos 6-0 on July 18th, 1999.

6. Harvey Haddix had one of the best pitched games of all-time when he pitched more than 9 perfect innings. For how many innings was he perfect?

Answer: 12

Haddix had a great game, but got very unlucky, as his team didn't score either. Haddix lost the perfect game in the 13th and then his team, the Pirates, lost in the inning, 1-0 on May 26th, 1959.

7. The first postseason perfect game was pitched by Don Larsen in 1956. What team did he play for?

Answer: Yankees

It was in Game 5 of the World Series on October 8th, 1956. He beat the Dodgers 2-0. It was the only postseason no-hitter until Roy Halladay pitched one against the Reds in 2010.

8. Ron Hassey caught perfect games for 2 different pitchers on 2 different teams. He caught Len Barker's perfect game in 1981. Who else did he catch a perfect game for 10 years later?

Answer: Dennis Martinez

Hassey caught the Barker perfect game on May 15th, 1981. Barker's Indians beat the Blue Jays 3-0. Hassey then caught Dennis' Martinez perfect game on the Expos. It was on July 28th, 1991 and the Expos beat the Dodgers 2-0. Ron ended up having a 13 year major league career.

9. Jorge Posada caught both David Cone's and David Well's perfect games.

Answer: False

Jorge caught David Wells' perfect game. Joe Girardi caught David Cone's. Girardi became the Yankees manager after Joe Torre left the team.

10. Who pitched the first modern day perfect game?

Answer: Cy Young

Cy Young's Boston Americans defeated the Philadelphia A's 3-0. Cy pitched this on May 5th, 1904. He had 8 strikeouts in the game.

Source: Author triviaking162

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