2007 Milwaukee Brewers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ned Yost

Lou Piniella is the Chicago Cubs' manager, Tony La Russa is the St. Louis Cardinals Manager, and Joe Torre was the New York Yankees manager. Ned Yost was the Brewers manager since October 29, 2002, replacing Jerry Royster. Ned Yost's real name is Edgar Jennings Yost, and his Brewers jersey number was three.

Answer: Prince Fielder

Prince Fielder led the National League with 50 home runs, the most ever in Brewers history. The year before that he hit 28 home runs. Also during the 2007 season, he was the runner-up for MVP in the National League. Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies won the award.

Answer: Ryan Braun

Ryan Braun hit 34 home runs during the 2007 season, which was the most among MLB rookies. The runner-up for the most home runs for the rookies in 2007 was Chris Young of the Arizona Diamondbacks with 32. Braun also won Rookie of the Year in the National League by 2 votes over Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies.

Answer: Ben Sheets

Ben Sheets started on opening day with a complete game shut out of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was the best pitcher in the Brewers rotation because he had one of the best curve balls in all of baseball and a very good ERA during his career.

Answer: He was injured often and missed a lot of games

He spent five weeks on the disabled list during the 2007 season with an elbow injury. He's a four-time All-Star. Eeven with missing those five weeks, he still made the All-Star team in 2007.

Answer: 44

Francisco Cordero set the club record with his 44 saves. The previously set record was by Danny Kolb who had 39 in 2004. Also, that was Francico's first full year as a Brewer, who the year before was traded from the Texas Rangers in the middle of the 2006 season.

Answer: Four

The All-Star selections from the Brewers were Ben Sheets which was his fourth All-Star appearance in his career. It was Francisco Cordero's second All-Star appearance in his career. Prince Fielder and JJ Hardy were both selected to their first career All-Star appearances. Prince Fielder was the only starter.

Answer: Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander's no-hitter against the Brewers was one of the three no hitters of the 2007 season. The other two were Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox who no hit the Texas Rangers at US Cellular Field, the first no-hitter ever at that stadium. The other pitcher to no-hit a team in 2007 was Clay Bucholz of the Boston Red Sox, who was the first Boston Red Sox rookie ever to throw a no-hitter.

It also was Jason Varitek's fourth caught no-hitter of his career.

Answer: 83-79

The Brewers just missed the postseason by two games to the Chicago Cubs. It was their best season since the 1982 Brewer team, aka Harvey's Wallbangers, which went to the World Series and forced a game seven to the St.Louis Cardinals, but later lost.

Answer: Second

The Chicago Cubs won the Central Division. The Brewers had a ten game lead in the first few months, and blew the lead in the last month of the season. The St. Louis Cardinals finished in 3rd place, 7 games back of the Cubs, and the Houston Astros finished in fourth 12 games back of the Cubs. Also, the bottom-feeders of the NL Central, the Cincinnati Reds, finished 13 games back of the Cubs. Lastly, the Pittsburgh Pirates finished 5th, last in the Central Division, 17 games back of the Cubs.