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Baseball Through the Years Trivia Quiz

A quiz covering the game of baseball. Note: ERA is abbreviation for earned run average.

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

Author
robtamat

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
72,942

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
598

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who had his number retired by three different teams? Hint

Nolan Ryan

Warren Spahn

Casey Stengel

Frank Robinson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first player to accumulate the following: the Rookie of the Year award, Cy Young award, and the MVP during his playing career? Hint

Vida Blue

Don Newcombe

Lefty Grove

Fernando Valenzuela

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these players did NOT win the Pitching Triple Crown (led the league in wins,strikeouts, and ERA), two consecutive years? Hint

Roger Clemens

Lefty Grove

Grover Cleveland Alexander

Cy Young

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which one of these players won the ERA title nine times? Hint

Christy Matthewson

Walter Johnson

Cy Young

Lefty Grove

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of these pitchers gave up the most homeruns in his career? Hint

Cy Young

Phil Neikro

Robin Roberts

Warren Spahn

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which player had the largest decline in batting average from one season to the next? Hint

Goose Goslin

Rico Carty

Arky Vaughn

Norm Cash

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Question 7 of 10

7. This player had the largest increase in batting average from one season to the next. Who is he? Hint

Brady Anderson

Andres Galarraga

Ralph Garr

Jim Edmonds

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1972 Rod Carew led the AL league in batting average at .318 but he became the first player to do it while not ______ during the season? Hint

getting four hits in a game

getting three hits in a game

hitting a homerun

striking out

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Question 9 of 10

9. Whose single season homerun record did Babe Ruth break in 1919 when he hit 29 homeruns? Hint

'Shoeless' Joe Jackson

Honus Wagner

Ned Williamson

Frank 'Homerun' Baker

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Question 10 of 10

10. Whose career homerun record did Babe Ruth break in 1921? Hint

Roger Connor

Honus Wagner

Gavvy Cravath

Frank 'Homerun' Baker

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who had his number retired by three different teams?

Answer: Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan had his playing number retired by the Angels, Astros, and Rangers. He started his career with the Mets.

2. Who was the first player to accumulate the following: the Rookie of the Year award, Cy Young award, and the MVP during his playing career?

Answer: Don Newcombe

Don Newcombe won the Rookie of the year in 1949 and won the Cy Young and MVP in 1956 becoming the first player to win all three during his career.

3. Which of these players did NOT win the Pitching Triple Crown (led the league in wins,strikeouts, and ERA), two consecutive years?

Answer: Cy Young

Cy Young won 511 games but never accomplished this feat in consecutive years, while Sandy Koufax is another who did.

4. Which one of these players won the ERA title nine times?

Answer: Lefty Grove

Robert Moses Grove a.k.a. Lefty Grove led the league nine times in ERA starting in 1926, then 1929 to 1932, 1935 and 1936, and finally 1938 and 1939.

5. Which one of these pitchers gave up the most homeruns in his career?

Answer: Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts was hit for 505 homeruns in a 19 year career.

6. Which player had the largest decline in batting average from one season to the next?

Answer: Norm Cash

Norm Cash of the Detroit Tigers batted .361 in 1961 then fell to .243 in 1962 a drop of .118 points.

7. This player had the largest increase in batting average from one season to the next. Who is he?

Answer: Andres Galarraga

The 'Big Cat' Andres Galarraga increased his batting average .127 points from .243 with the Cardinals in 1992 to .370 with the Rockies in 1993.

8. In 1972 Rod Carew led the AL league in batting average at .318 but he became the first player to do it while not ______ during the season?

Answer: hitting a homerun

No one in the AL had ever won a batting title without ever hitting a homerun.

9. Whose single season homerun record did Babe Ruth break in 1919 when he hit 29 homeruns?

Answer: Ned Williamson

Ned Williamson hit 27 homeruns in 1884 with Chicago NL.

10. Whose career homerun record did Babe Ruth break in 1921?

Answer: Roger Connor

Roger Connor hit 136 homeruns from 1880 to 1897 playing for four teams: Troy Trojans NL, NY NL, Philadelphia NL, and St. Louis NL. When Ruth hit his 34th homerun, of a 54 homerun season on July 12th, 1921 at Sportsman Park in St. Louis, he became the new homerun king. Reports do vary on Connor's career homerun totals from 134 to 136 to 138. I went with the 136 total.

Source: Author robtamat

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