Blistery History [3] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ted Williams

They all wore the number 9, but Williams did not win the Rookie of the Year Award. Ted was a rookie in 1939 with the Red Sox, and the award did not begin until 1947. Wally Moon was a Cardinal and won the award in 1954. Big Frank Howard was with the Senators and won it in 1960. Lou Piniella won the award in 1969 with the Royals.

Answer: Milwaukee

The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers began their franchise as the 1969 Seattle Pilots. The Pilots were so bad, that the move was decided and etched in stone before the 1969 season even ended and made the move in early 1970. The Pilots went 64-98 for a last place finish in the AL West.

The 1970 Brewers improved by only one game with a 65-97 record, 33 games behind the AL West Division champion Minnesota Twins.

Answer: Barry Goldwater

Robinson won the first-ever Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, then the National League MVP in 1949. He retired in 1957. Although he endorsed Nixon with advertising and money, he worked very hard for the Barry Goldwater campaign in 1964. Jackie always had a problem with baseball's integration process, and felt political parties were segregated with those politicians who ran the country.

He also stated that with Johnson, "Politicizing the race issue would ultimately undermine support for civil rights."

Answer: Dusty Baker

Baker won three awards with the 1993, 1997, and 2000 San Francisco Giants, although never making a World Series appearance in those seasons. LaRussa was the first to win three in the American League. Tony won for his White Sox in 1983, then won two with the Athletics in 1988 and 1992. Cox won his first with the Blue Jays in 1985, then 1991, 2004, and 2005 with the NL Braves. Lasorda of the Dodgers won two NL awards in 1983 and 1988.

Answer: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth

Gehrig and Ruth were Yankee teammates from 1923-1934. Gehrig hit 493 big ones in his career while Ruth hit 714. Between the two, they combined for 1207 career home runs. Mays and McCovey were second in this group. They were Giant teammates from 1959-1972.

They combined for 1181 career home runs with Mays hitting 660 and McCovey 521. Canseco and McGwire were Oakland teammates from 1986-1992. With McGwire's 583 and Canseco's 462, they combined for a career 1045 home runs. Barry Bonds and the great Willie Stargell both played for the Pirates, but were never teammates.

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

The Athletics won the 1910 and 1911 World Series under Connie Mack. Unknown to Mack, the New York Highlander club was trying to do anything they could to change the look and the attitude of their players, having never gone to a postseason. They actually copied the idea of the Athletics and Mack in late 1910, and brought the pinstripes on in 1911.

The Highlander club took on the Yankee name in 1913 for a bigger shake-up, but still didn't go to their first World Series until 1921.

Answer: Chicago Whales

The Whales finished as runner-up in both seasons. Going 87-67 in 1914, they lost the FL pennant to the 88-65 Hoosiers. In 1915, they were runner-up to the 87-67 Terriers by going 86-66. Combined between the two seasons, the Whales won 173 games. The Hoosiers franchise won 168 games as the Indianapolis Hoosiers in 1914 and the Newark Pepper in 1915.

The Packers won 148 games and the Terriers won 145.

Answer: Ozzie Guillen

Guillen won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1985. He wore the number 13 throughout his entire 16 seasons with four different teams. After retiring in 2000 with the Devil Rays, he had the managerial spot with the White Sox in 2004, then won the 2005 AL Manager of the Year Award with them for winning the World Series.

Answer: Eddie Collins

Both Hornsby and Morgan played with five teams, Lajoie with three, and Collins with only two. Eddie spent his entire career by playing in 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and another 12 with the White Sox. Six times in his career, he was in the top five for the AL MVP Award and won his only MVP in 1914.

Although never leading the league in batting, Collins retired with a great .333 career average.

Answer: John Hollison

Hollison's last game was with the Chicago Colts in the 1892 season in the National League. Born in Chicago in 1870, he also died in Chicago on August 19, 1969.