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10 Questions about Baseball History | Sports

10 random multiple choice questions regarding baseball trivia.

A multiple-choice quiz by TurboFX. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
TurboFX

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
70,762

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
954

Last 3 plays: Guest 47 (4/10), Guest 71 (5/10), Guest 172 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was NOT one of the original Hall Of Fame inductees in 1936? Hint

Honus Wagner

Nap Lajoie

Ty Cobb

Christy Mathewson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hank Aaron is undeniably the King of the Homerun. Of his 755 career round-trippers, how many of them were of the inside-the-park variety? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Hall of Famer did NOT play in 24 All Star Games? Hint

Stan Musial

Carl Yastrzemski

Willie Mays

Hank Aaron

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Question 4 of 10

4. What name have the Chicago Cubs never gone by? Hint

Chicago White Stockings

Chicago Colonels

Chicago Colts

Chicago Orphans

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Question 5 of 10

5. Of these members of the 500 HR club, who hit the milestone 500th homerun the fastest? Hint

Mark McGwire

Hank Aaron

Jimmie Foxx

Willie Mays

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which manager did NOT compile 2000 or more lifetime wins? Hint

Connie Mack

Sparky Anderson

Casey Stengel

Leo Durocher

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these four pitchers finished their Cy Young Award-winning season with the lowest ERA? Hint

Rollie Fingers 1981

Bob Gibson 1968

Greg Maddux 1994

Dwight Gooden 1985

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first player to sign a $100,000 contract (Does not include signing bonuses, incentives, etc)? Hint

Hank Greenberg

Joe DiMaggio

Babe Ruth

Johnny Mize

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first city to host a night game? Hint

Brooklyn

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these Hall of Fame pitchers was the oldest to win 20 games in a single season? Hint

Phil Niekro

Cy Young

Nolan Ryan

Warren Spahn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was NOT one of the original Hall Of Fame inductees in 1936?

Answer: Nap Lajoie

Charter members Wagner, Cobb and Mathewson were joined by Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson as the first entries into the Hall of Fame in 1936. Lajoie was voted in the following year in 1937.

2. Hank Aaron is undeniably the King of the Homerun. Of his 755 career round-trippers, how many of them were of the inside-the-park variety?

Answer: 1

His only inside-the-park homerun was hit on May 10, 1967.

3. Which Hall of Famer did NOT play in 24 All Star Games?

Answer: Carl Yastrzemski

Yaz played in 18 All Star Games in his career. From 1960-1962, two All Star Games were played in each season...Musial, Mays, and Aaron took part all three years, giving them double the number of All Star Games over a 3-year period.

4. What name have the Chicago Cubs never gone by?

Answer: Chicago Colonels

The current-day Cubs were never known as the Colonels. That name belonged to the Louisville Colonels of the Defunct N.L. in 1899. Despite their cross-town A.L. counterparts being associated with the White Stockings, the Cubs were the first of the two to lay claim to that name.

5. Of these members of the 500 HR club, who hit the milestone 500th homerun the fastest?

Answer: Jimmie Foxx

'Double-X' clubbed his 500th career homer at the young age of 32 years, 337 days old. Mays is a distant second on the list, hitting number 500 at the age of 34 years, 130 days.

6. Which manager did NOT compile 2000 or more lifetime wins?

Answer: Casey Stengel

Ironically, the man who led the Yankees to so many wins never hit the 2000-win milestone. While managing the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Bees and Braves, and the New York Mets, none of his teams ever won more than 77 games in a season, leaving him 95 wins short of the 2000 mark.

7. Which of these four pitchers finished their Cy Young Award-winning season with the lowest ERA?

Answer: Rollie Fingers 1981

Fireman Fingers posted a miniscule 1.04 ERA out of the bullpen in 1981 en route to the American League Cy Young Award.

8. Who was the first player to sign a {$100,000} contract (Does not include signing bonuses, incentives, etc)?

Answer: Hank Greenberg

Although Ruth and DiMaggio were probably making well over the {$100,000} figure long before Greenberg due to endorsements, incentives and the like, it was Greenberg who inked the first contract worth {$100,000} when he signed with the Pirates on January 18, 1947.

9. What was the first city to host a night game?

Answer: Cincinnati

President Franklin Roosevelt threw a switch in the White House activating banks of flood lights 600 miles away in Cincinnati in 1935, 3 years before any other teams would host a night game.

10. Which of these Hall of Fame pitchers was the oldest to win 20 games in a single season?

Answer: Warren Spahn

Spahn spun 23 wins in 1963 at the tender age of 42. Cy Young accomplished the feat in Boston when he was 41. Niekro hit the 20-win mark when he was 40. Ryan, however, last won 20 or more games when he was 27 years old.

Source: Author TurboFX

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