Am I The Greatest? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yogi Berra

The other catchers won the MVP only once. Yogi had an amazing run from 1950-1956. He bagged the award in 1951, 1954, 1955, and was twice a runner-up in that span. He played 17 of his 19 seasons with the Yankees, and had the honor of going to 14 World Series with them. The hall extended their hand to Berra in 1972.

Answer: Phil Niekro

The others all retired before the age of 40. Niekro was a 25-year old rookie and retired at the prime age of 48 after pitching from 1964-1987. He spent 21 seasons in a Braves uniform. Phil never won the Cy Young Award but was runner-up to the Mets' Tom Seaver in 1969. Niekro's career record was 318-274.

Answer: Jimmie Foxx

The others never played first base. Nicknamed "Double X", Jimmie played for 20 seasons mostly with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. He reached the 500 home run plateau in 1941. Foxx won three American League MVPs and almost won his fourth but was defeated by the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio in 1939.

Answer: Nap Lajoie

The others did not play one game at second base. Lajoie played for 19 seasons from 1896 to 1916 while mostly for Cleveland. As a Philadelphia Athletic in 1901, Lajoie batted an amazing .426 in the season. Nap was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the second round of inductions in 1937. He died in 1959 at the age of 84.

Answer: Brooks Robinson

The others never played for the entire franchise. George Sisler was the franchise's first MVP winner with the Browns in 1922, but only played third base twice in his career. The Browns saw only one World Series in their lowly existence of 50+ seasons in 1944 and lost to the Cardinals.

In Baltimore, the team would find six World Series appearances to close out the century. Robinson played his entire career of 23 seasons from 1955-1977. Known as the "Human Vacuum Cleaner", he caught almost everything in and around the hot corner at third.

His MVP Award came in 1964 ahead of the Yankees' Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard. Robinson with his number 5 was inducted into the hall in 1983.

Answer: Ernie Banks

The others never played shortstop nor hit even 300 career home runs. Banks, affectionately known as "Mr. Cub" played his first nine seasons at shortstop with the Cubs and played all his 19 seasons with them. He won two consecutive National League MVPs in 1958 and 1959 while playing shortstop.

He moved to first base at the end of the 1961 season due to knee issues, and played another 1226 games at that position. He topped 40 home runs in five seasons with his best of 47 in 1958. He retired in 1971 with tying Braves' great Eddie Mathews with 512 big ones. Ernie died on January 23, 2015.

Answer: Ted Williams

The others weren't born yet by 1939. Williams was a two-time MVP winner and was runner-up in another three seasons. His career spanned 19 seasons with the Red Sox and hit 521 home runs, a mark that was later tied by Giant great Willie McCovey and Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox. The "Splendid Splinter" was inducted into the hall in 1966.

Answer: Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle

Both Mays of the Giants and Mantle of the Yankees hovered around the .300 marker. Willie batted .302 and Mickey batted .298. DiMaggio of the Yankees batted .325 including his record setting 56-game hitting streak, and Cobb retired with the highest average in history of .366 over 24 seasons.

Answer: Babe Ruth

Ruth and Aaron were the only Braves players listed. After a stellar and well documented career with the Yankees, Ruth packed his bags after the 1934 season and moved to Boston to join the Braves (he played right field for the Braves for a grand total of just four games in 1935).

The Babe hit 49 home runs for the Red Sox from 1914-1919, then after the infamous sale of his baseball services he hit 659 for the Yankees, and six in his final season with the Braves in 1935. His 714 career home runs got him into the first Hall of Fame induction in 1936.

The "Sultan of Swat" died in 1948 at the age of 53.

Answer: Joe McCarthy

Even with never playing a Major League game in his life, McCarthy managed the Cubs for five seasons and didn't come up with anything, so Joe jumped ship to the Yankees in 1931 and began to compile his seven World Series titles. His first came the following season in 1932, won four consecutive crowns from 1936-1939, then two more in 1941 and 1943. Connie Mack of the Athletics who managed for 53 seasons throughout his career, died in 1956 with five World Series titles. Both Alston and Torre won four World Series crowns.