Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of these Hall of Famers did not wear the jersey number 4, and did not have the number 4 retired in their honor by their team?
2. A few World Series games have ended with a winning walk-off hit, the last batter of the game. In 100 World Series played, only one ended with a wild pitch, and it ended not only the game, but the entire World Series. Who was this batter of this World Series game who watched this pitch go wild?
3. Which American League team in 2011 was the last team in the Majors to notch their 15th win of the season?
4. Barry Bonds won four consecutive MVP awards from 2001-2004 with the Giants. Who stopped his streak by winning the MVP in 2005?
5. Which of these Hall of Fame pitchers lost the most games in a season during the entire 20th century?
6. In 2006, 18 baseball greats were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Of those, only Bruce Sutter was a former Major League player while the other 17 were inducted by the Negro League Committee. Which Major Leaguer was the first on the list to miss out on induction in 2006?
7. In 1965, Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax threw his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game. Whose record in 1965 did Koufax break that threw three no-hitters in his career?
8. Which Major League manager was the fifth in baseball history to lose 2000 career games?
9. Which of these Hall of Famers was not born on Christmas Day?
10. Which American League team in the 1990s had the most wins in the decade?
Source: Author
Nightmare
This quiz was reviewed by our editing team before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.