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1. Hall of Fame great Jimmie Foxx won three MVPs in the 1930s. Hall of Famer Hank Aaron retired in 1976. Connect the dots by identifying the only player to play with both of these Hall of Fame greats?

Answer: Andy Pafko

Pafko played in 17 seasons from 1943-1959. The outfielder played with Foxx on the 1944 Chicago Cubs, then with Aaron on the 1959 Milwaukee Braves. Andy also played in two seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He went to one World Series with the Cubs, one with Brooklyn, and two with the Braves, taking his only ring with Milwaukee in 1957. Pafko died in October 2013.

2. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues while Masanori Murakami was the first Japanese-born player to make his presence in Major League Baseball. Who was the only player to play with both Robinson and Murakami?

Answer: Duke Snider

Robinson came to the Major Leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and remained there for his whole MLB career. Murakami was born in 1944 in Kita Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi, Japan. He debuted in 1964 with the San Francisco Giants. Snider was with the Dodgers in 1949, then with the Giants in 1964. Duke was in the top five for the MVP voting three times while hitting 407 home runs in his career.

The Hall of Fame honored Snider in 1980.

3. Hall of Famer Bob Feller set a season strikeout record in 1946 by striking out 348 batters. Sandy Koufax broke that record with 382 of his own in 1965. Who was the only pitcher that was on Feller's roster and Koufax's roster in the same season?

Answer: Sal Maglie

From 1945-1958, Maglie pitched in only 10 seasons beginning with the Giants. He pitched with Feller on the 1956 Indians, then the Dodgers bought Sal's contract from the Indians in the same season. Koufax had begun his Dodger career in 1955. Maglie was most noted for being the opposing pitcher in the 1956 World Series against the Yankees and Don Larsen's perfect game five. Maglie pitched a five-hitter in the 2-0 loss.

4. Two of the greatest ballplayers in history were Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Who was the only Hall of Famer to play with both of these Hall of Fame greats?

Answer: Tris Speaker

Speaker played from 1907-1928. He first met the Babe with the 1914 Red Sox, then later in his career he met the 'Georgia Peach' with the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics. It was the last season for both Cobb and Speaker. Nicknamed 'The Grey Eagle', Tris won the 1912 AL MVP, batted .386 in 1916, and retired with a .345 career batting average. The Hall of Fame accepted him in 1937.

5. Speedster Maury Wills broke a multi-decade stolen base record by Ty Cobb by stealing 104 bases in 1962. Rickey Henderson was also a chief thief, stealing 130 in a season and over 1,000 in his career. Connect the dots by selecting the player that stole over 500 bases and played with both these greats?

Answer: Davey Lopes

Lopes was with Wills on the 1972 Dodgers and with Henderson on the 1983 Athletics. Davey played from 1972-1987 and led the league twice in stolen bases in 1975-1976. He went to four World Series with the Dodgers and came away with one crown. Lopes was a four-time all-star and retired with 557 stolen bases. Former Dodger pitcher Tommy John also played with both Wills and Henderson.

6. Don Larsen threw a World Series perfect game in 1956, and Jim 'Catfish' Hunter threw a perfecto in 1968. Who is the only Hall of Fame pitcher to be on rosters with both of these perfect game pitchers?

Answer: Satchel Paige

Larsen's perfect game was with the Yankees, while Hunter's was with the Athletics. Paige began his Major League with the Indians in 1948 and found himself on the same roster with Larsen in 1953 with the St. Louis Browns. Satchel later was on the roster with Catfish Hunter on the 1965 Kansas City Athletics. Paige's Major League career record was only 28-31, but he made his contributions to the Negro Leagues of baseball by winning an undocumented 2,000+ games in his career. Satchel was inducted into the Hall in 1971, then died in 1982 at the age of 75. Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda (a first baseman) also played with both Larsen and Hunter.

7. Connect the dots with the only player to play with both Hall of Fame greats Ted Williams and Reggie Jackson.

Answer: Jim Pagliaroni

Pagliaroni was with Williams on the 1960 Boston Red Sox roster, then later in his career with Jackson with the 1969 Oakland Athletics. Jim was a catcher for 11 seasons between 1955 and 1969. He retired with the Seattle Pilots of the American League in the team's only season of baseball. He died in April 2010 in Grass Valley, California.

8. Hall of Fame Cardinal Stan Musial and Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton have the dots connected between them by which pitcher who was rostered with both?

Answer: Bob Gibson

Musial retired as a Cardinal in 1963, and Bob found him on the 1962 Cardinals roster. He later met up with Carlton on the 1966 Cardinals roster. Musial played from 1941-1963, and Carlton from 1965-1988. Gibson was a career Cardinal from 1959-1975 while winning two Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970. Gibson set many pitching records in his career and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981.

9. Hall of Fame greats Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg were the home run kings of the 1930s. Who was the only Hall of Fame catcher to play with both of these greats?

Answer: Mickey Cochrane

Cochrane played with Foxx on the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, then found Greenberg with the 1936 Detroit Tigers. Nicknamed "Black Mike", Mickey played his entire career with the Athletics and Tigers from 1925-1937. He won the AL MVP in 1928 as an Athletic, and another one as a Tiger in 1934. Cochrane was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947.

10. Chicago Cub Hall of Famer Hack Wilson hit 56 home runs in 1930 to lead the National League. Hall of Fame Cub Ernie Banks hit 47 home runs in 1958, which earned him the NL MVP Award. Who was the only player to play with both these greats?

Answer: Dutch Leonard

Wilson played from 1923-1934 and led the league four times in home runs. He retired with 244 big ones after 12 seasons. Banks was 'Mr. Cub' and was a career Chicago Cub from 1953-1971. Ernie led the league twice in home runs and retired with 512 four-baggers over 19 seasons. Leonard was the only player to be blessed with playing with both Hall of Fame greats. Dutch was with Wilson on the 1933 Brooklyn Dodgers, then with Banks on the 1953 Cubs. Leonard was a pitcher who played from 1933-1953 and retired with a 191-181 record.

Source: Author dg_dave

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Baseball's Connect the Dots Trivia Quiz

See if you can connect the dots between two great players by selecting the player who had the honor of playing with (not against) both greats. Good luck, you'll certainly need it with this one.

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