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Average Sports Trivia: 1968 Detroit Tigers | 10 Questions

After coming heart-breakingly close to winning the AL pennant in 1967, Detroit enjoyed a magical year in 1968. They won the pennant, and the World Series. Denny McLain won 31 games. But that's the stuff everyone knows. How much more do you know?

A multiple-choice quiz by Suerreal. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Suerreal

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
297,027

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Denny McLain won 31 games. How many losses did he have? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which team came in 2nd for the AL pennant in 1968? Hint

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees

Baltimore Orioles

Minnesota Twins

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Detroit's catcher in 1968? Hint

Norm Cash

Bill Freehan

Willie Horton

Mickey Stanley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which veteran player refused to accept tickets to see the World Series until he had played in one? Hint

Norm Cash

Al Kaline

Earl Wilson

Willie Horton

5. In one of the most daring coaching moves ever, Mayo Smith moved an outfielder to play shortstop for the last 9 regular season games, and all 7 games of the World Series. Which outfielder was it? Hint

Al Kaline

Jim Northrup

Mickey Stanley

Willie Horton

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Question 6 of 10

6. After 4 games in the World Series, what were the standings? Hint

Detroit 1, St. Louis 3

Detroit 3, St. Louis 1

Detroit 2, St. Louis 2

Detroit 4, St. Louis 0

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which pitcher was the hero of the World Series? Hint

Joe Sparma

Earl Wilson

Mickey Lolich

Denny McLain

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Question 8 of 10

8. What activity was Denny McLain reported to have engaged in on the night before he started game 1? Hint

Doing 100 pushups on a bet

Drinking heavily

Playing piano in a bar

Meeting with gamblers

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Question 9 of 10

9. 1968 marked the end of an era in baseball. What fundamental change occurred at the beginning of the 1969 season? Hint

Each league split into 2 divisions

Substitution rules were changed for pitchers

Designited hitters were introduced

Two Canadian teams were formed in Toronto and Montreal

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Question 10 of 10

10. Detroit winning the 1968 World Series was redemption for a city that had seen bad times in 1967. What had happened in Detroit in the summer of 1967? Hint

A tornado killed 248 people on June 15th

Martin Luther King was assasinated there

A race riot resulted in 43 deaths

A plane crash killed 143 people including 25 people on the ground

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Denny McLain won 31 games. How many losses did he have?

Answer: 6

McLain was the first to win 30 games in a season since Dizzy Dean of St. Louis in 1934.

2. Which team came in 2nd for the AL pennant in 1968?

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

Boston, the team that beat Detroit for the 1967 pennant, finished 4th.

3. Who was Detroit's catcher in 1968?

Answer: Bill Freehan

Freehan has been rated as the 12th best catcher ever by "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract".

4. Which veteran player refused to accept tickets to see the World Series until he had played in one?

Answer: Al Kaline

1968 was the first year Al Kaline went to the World Series.

Answer: Mickey Stanley

ESPN rated Mayo Smith's decision to move Stanley to shortstop for the 1968 World Series as one of the 10 greatest coaching decisions of the 20th Century in any sport. Ray Oyler, the usual shortshop, went "0-for-August", and ended the year with a batting average of only .135.

6. After 4 games in the World Series, what were the standings?

Answer: Detroit 1, St. Louis 3

Only two other teams had come from behind 1-3 to win the series before Detroit did it in 1968.

7. Which pitcher was the hero of the World Series?

Answer: Mickey Lolich

Mickey Lolich won three games, 2, 5, and 7. After losing games 1 and 4, Denny McLain won game 6.

8. What activity was Denny McLain reported to have engaged in on the night before he started game 1?

Answer: Playing piano in a bar

McLain was suspended from baseball by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn in 1970. He later went to prison for embezzlement, drug trafficking, and racketeering.

9. 1968 marked the end of an era in baseball. What fundamental change occurred at the beginning of the 1969 season?

Answer: Each league split into 2 divisions

Detroit was assigned to the AL East.

10. Detroit winning the 1968 World Series was redemption for a city that had seen bad times in 1967. What had happened in Detroit in the summer of 1967?

Answer: A race riot resulted in 43 deaths

The riot caused 43 deaths, 467 injured, over 7200 arrests, and more than 2000 buildings burned down.

Source: Author Suerreal

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