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Baseball History | 10 Question Sports Multiple Choice Quiz

This is a quiz about the great history of the national pastime, see how much you know about it!

A multiple-choice quiz by stlcard_25. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
stlcard_25

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
35,497

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
813

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is credited with the first professional no-hitter, with the Boston Red Stockings, in 1876? Hint

Cy Young

Tommy Bond

Al Spalding

Joe Borden

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these cities did NOT have a charter member of the National League? Hint

Pittsburgh

Boston

New York

Hartford

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these cities did NOT add a franchise to the National League for the 1878 season? Hint

New York

Milwaukee

Providence

Indianapolis

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these cities did NOT add a team to the National League for the 1879 season? Hint

Washington

Syracuse

Troy

Buffalo

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1886, a rookie Baltimore pitcher named Mattie Kilroy set a record that may never be matched. He set the record for the most strikeouts in a season. How many did he have that year? Hint

602

553

513

476

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these cities did NOT have a National League franchise during the 1882 season? Hint

Providence

Worcester

Cincinnati

Chicago

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Question 7 of 10

7. Old Hoss Radbourn won an amazing 59 games during the 1884 season. For the team in what city did he play? Hint

Troy

Philadelphia

Providence

New York

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1885, Billy Voltz, a minor league manager in Chattanooga, formed the game of baseball's first labor organization. What was the organization's name? Hint

National Player's Union

National Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players

National Association of Pro Baseball Players

United States Professional Baseball Players Association

9. Very few people know that the FIRST black major leaguer wasn't Jackie Robinson. In 1882, a young African-American named Moses Fleetwood Walker broke in with the team in which of these cities? Hint

Toledo

Chicago

Cleveland

Rockford

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Question 10 of 10

10. This player, who played for the 1890 Cleveland Infants (in the short-lived Players League), remains to this day the youngest pitcher ever to win 11 games in a season. He did so at age 16. What was his name?

Answer: (Two words or just surname)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is credited with the first professional no-hitter, with the Boston Red Stockings, in 1876?

Answer: Joe Borden

Spalding and Bond both played for Boston too, while Young came later.

2. Which of these cities did NOT have a charter member of the National League?

Answer: Pittsburgh

Other charter members included Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Louisville clubs.

3. Which of these cities did NOT add a franchise to the National League for the 1878 season?

Answer: New York

Indianapolis and Milwaukee soon flopped, though.

4. Which of these cities did NOT add a team to the National League for the 1879 season?

Answer: Washington

Cleveland also did for that year.

5. In 1886, a rookie Baltimore pitcher named Mattie Kilroy set a record that may never be matched. He set the record for the most strikeouts in a season. How many did he have that year?

Answer: 513

6. Which of these cities did NOT have a National League franchise during the 1882 season?

Answer: Cincinnati

It's surprising that Worcester did, though.

7. Old Hoss Radbourn won an amazing 59 games during the 1884 season. For the team in what city did he play?

Answer: Providence

John Coleman of Philadelphia lost 48 games in 1883, setting the loss record that most likely will never be broken, either.

8. In 1885, Billy Voltz, a minor league manager in Chattanooga, formed the game of baseball's first labor organization. What was the organization's name?

Answer: National Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players

9. Very few people know that the FIRST black major leaguer wasn't Jackie Robinson. In 1882, a young African-American named Moses Fleetwood Walker broke in with the team in which of these cities?

Answer: Toledo

His brother, Welday, also played for the Toledo club.

Answer: Willie McGill

The Players League was a league set up to challenge the National League in the late 1800s. It charged 25 cents admission, less than half of that of the NL, and eventually took many of the stars of the National League in the cities they played in. Eventually, the league went bankrupt and folded in the mid-1890s. McGill would go on to a very undistinguished career, considering that he won 11 games in the major leagues at an age when most of us are learning to drive!

Source: Author stlcard_25

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