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10 Questions: 500 Home Run Club Multiple Choice Quiz | Sports

These 10 questions pertain to sluggers in the 500 HR club. Enjoy!

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

Author
BaseballGuru

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
131,816

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following players did not record 500 home runs for their career? Hint

Ernie Banks

Mel Ott

Stan Musial

Eddie Murray

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first player to reach 500 homers? Hint

Mel Ott

Lou Gehrig

Babe Ruth

Jimmie Foxx

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which player in the 500 HR club, had the highest On-Base Percentage? Hint

Babe Ruth

Ted Williams

Hank Aaron

Willie Mays

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who had the lowest batting average among the others listed in the 500 HR Club? Hint

Harmon Killebrew

Reggie Jackson

Mike Schmidt

Mark McGwire

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first switch hitter to reach 500 homers? Hint

Mickey Mantle

Ernie Banks

Eddie Murray

Frank Robinson

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following players in the 500 HR Club, did not record 3000 hits in their careers? Hint

Willie Mays

Hank Aaron

Ted Williams

Eddie Murray

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Question 7 of 10

7. Among the players in the 500 HR Club, who has the least walks? Hint

Sammy Sosa

Ernie Banks

Jimmie Foxx

Hank Aaron

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Question 8 of 10

8. What member of the 500 HR Club has the most strikeouts? Hint

Reggie Jackson

Harmon Killebrew

Babe Ruth

Mike Schmidt

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Question 9 of 10

9. What member of the 500 HR Club caught a ball hit by Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series, that many consider to be the greatest catch of all time?

Answer: (Two words or just surname)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following, hit over 500 home runs, and stole 300 bases in his career? Hint

Harmon Killebrew

Willie Mays

Hank Aaron

Eddie Murray

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following players did not record 500 home runs for their career?

Answer: Stan Musial

Banks had 512 homers; Ott 511; Murray 504. While Stan "The Man" did not hit 500 homers, he still banged 475 homers in his 23 year career, to go along with a .331 lifetime batting average.

2. Who was the first player to reach 500 homers?

Answer: Babe Ruth

Ruth hit his 500th in 1929; Foxx hit his 500th in 1940; Ott in 1945; Gehrig only hit 493 in his career.

3. Which player in the 500 HR club, had the highest On-Base Percentage?

Answer: Ted Williams

Williams had an amazing .481 OBP to go with his career .344 average.

4. Who had the lowest batting average among the others listed in the 500 HR Club?

Answer: Harmon Killebrew

While Killebrew crushed 573 homers in his career, he hit only .256. Schmidt compiled a .267 lifetime average; McGwire .263; Jackson .262.

5. Who was the first switch hitter to reach 500 homers?

Answer: Mickey Mantle

Mantle reached 500 homers in the 1960s. Murray did it in the 1990s. Robinson and Banks were not switch hitters.

6. Which of the following players in the 500 HR Club, did not record 3000 hits in their careers?

Answer: Ted Williams

Williams, despite his career average of .344, did not record 3000 hits for his career. This was mostly because he lost many seasons due to war.

7. Among the players in the 500 HR Club, who has the least walks?

Answer: Ernie Banks

The free-swinging "Mr. Cub" had 512 homers but only 763 bases on balls for his career.

8. What member of the 500 HR Club has the most strikeouts?

Answer: Reggie Jackson

Jackson has this dubious honor, with 2597 career K's.

9. What member of the 500 HR Club caught a ball hit by Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series, that many consider to be the greatest catch of all time?

Answer: Willie Mays

Mays' incredible over-the-shoulder grab in the 1954 Series is known as "The Catch", and regarded by many as the greatest catch of all time.

10. Which of the following, hit over 500 home runs, and stole 300 bases in his career?

Answer: Willie Mays

Willie Mays had 338 career stolen bases, and his godson, Barry Bonds, also recorded over 300.

Source: Author BaseballGuru

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