Baseball Lies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hit 50 home runs in a season twice

Hank won the batting titles in 1956 and 1959. His 1957 season earned him the NL MVP Award over Stan Musial of the Cardinals. Although breaking the home run record of the great Babe Ruth, Hank never hit 50 home runs in a season. Eight times Aaron hit 40+ home runs. Four times he led the league in home runs and topped out at 47 in 1971. He retired in 1976.

Answer: Retired in 1968 with a 30-9 season record

Koufax had six tremendous seasons from 1961-1966 but his elbow issues forced him to step down from the mound. In 1965 he broke the season strikeout record with his 382. Nolan Ryan would later break that record with 383. Sandy won the NL Cy Young in 1963, 1965, and 1966 in addition to numerous pitching titles and strikeout crowns. To top off his four no-hitters, he threw a perfect game against the Cubs in 1965.

In addition to all his Major League records, his final season record in 1966 of 27-9 was a record in itself for the most wins in a pitcher's final season.

Answer: Batted .419 in his only World Series crown

Williams played in 19 seasons from 1939-1960. He lost three seasons to WWII. Ted won two MVP Awards in 1946 and 1949. His six batting crowns came in 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1957, and 1958. His season high was 406 in 1941 that would qualify for a batting title.

His 521 home runs would later be tied by Willie McCovey and Frank Thomas. Williams appeared in only one World Series. The 1946 series saw his Red Sox go up against the St. Louis Cardinals. Ted would go 5-for-25 with a .200 average in the loss to the Cardinals.

Answer: His nickname was 'Rapid Robert'

Gibson was a career Cardinal with his best season coming in 1970 with a 23-7 record. He won only one NL MVP in 1968 in a close voting over Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds, but also won two Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970. Bob's sole strikeout crown came in 1968 with his 268 although he struck out 269 in 1969 and 274 in 1970 with no title.

He went to three World Series against the Yankees, Red Sox, and Tigers, winning two World Series MVPs in 1964 and 1968. 'Hoot' retired in 1975 and was inducted into the Hall in 1981.

The great Cleveland Indian Bob Feller was nicknamed 'Rapid Robert'.

Answer: Won three AL MVPs

Killebrew was signed in 1954 by the Washington Senators and was the youngest player in the league. It wasn't until 1959 that he got some legitimate playing time and hit 42 home runs as a result. Harmon would go on to hit more than 30 home runs in a season 10 times and topped out at 49 in a season twice.

In 1961 the franchise moved to Minnesota to become the Twins. He won his only AL MVP in 1969 over Boog Powell and Frank Robinson of the Orioles. After the Twins released him in early 1975, he signed with the Royals for his final season.

When he retired in 1975 as a Royal he looked back at his 573 home runs. With some solace, the final home run of his career was as a Royal against his former team of the Twins on September 18.

Answer: I started my career with the White Sox

Alex began his career in 1994 after being the number one pick in the 1993 amateur draft and played for the Mariners. In 2001, he signed as a free-agent with the Rangers and played there until 2003. A-Rod won three AL MVPs. In 2003 he won it with the Rangers, then in 2005 and 2007 with the Yankees.

Born Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez, he retired as a Yankee in 2016. He hit 351 home runs as a Yankee, 189 as a Mariner, and 156 as a Texas Ranger.

Answer: Won both a Cy Young Award and a league MVP Award

Young began his tremendous career with the Cleveland Spiders from 1880-1898. He won one strikeout crown in 1896 with the Spiders and one with Boston of the AL in 1901 which also helped him to pitch for the Triple Crown Award. In both cases he didn't strikeout 200 in the season.

He did however hit the 200-mark twice in his career. Cy Young retired in 1911 with a 511-316 record after 22 seasons. The Cy Young Award was named in his honor after he died in 1955. The first award was presented in 1956 to Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe.

Answer: Won the AL MVP five times

Mickey played his entire career in the pinstripes from 1951-1968. He won the AL MVP Award in 1956 when he batted for the Triple Crown, then won it two more times in 1957 and 1962. He was runner-up for the MVP in 1961 to Roger Maris who broke Babe Ruth's season home run record with his 61 big ones.

It was a battle between the two but injuries sidelined Mantle in too many games. In his 12 World Series he and his Yankees won seven of them. Of his record 18 World Series home runs, he hit three each in 1956, 1960, and the 1964 series.

After being inducted into the Hall in 1974, Mickey Charles Mantle died in 1995 in Dallas.

Answer: He retired as a Houston Astro

The 'Ryan Express' pitched from 1966-1993. In his first season he pitched in only three innings and didn't return in 1967. Good thing that he came back in 1968 as he later retired with 324-292 career record. It's amazing what the fans could have missed.

He played with four teams including the Mets, Angels, and Astros, and retired as a Texas Ranger. Nolan's first no-hitter came in 1973 as an Angel. He threw another one just two months later. In 1974 he threw another, and yet another one in 1975. Number five came in 1981 with the Astros. Still not being done he threw two more with the Rangers in 1990 and 1991.

His number 30 was retired by the Angels and his number 34 was retired by the Astros and Rangers. He was an easy Hall of Fame inductee in 1999 getting 98.8% of the voting with his 5,714 career strikeout record.

Answer: Stole 130 bases and won the MVP in the same season

Rickey played from 1979-2003 throughout 25 seasons. Born on Christmas Day in 1958, Henderson played with nine teams and retired at the age of 44. Rickey played for the Athletics, Yankees, Padres, Mets, Red Sox, Mariners, Blue Jays, Angels, and Dodgers.

He set a season record for stolen bases with 130 in 1982. Even with his thefts he still finished 10th for the MVP. In 1990, he stole 65 bases and yet won the MVP Award. Rickey was the first to steal 1,000 and retired with 1,406 stolen bases. He also hit 297 home runs.

He was inducted into the Hall in 2009.