Coronary Baseball Multiple Choice Quiz | MLB Historical

Answer: Christy Mathewson

At the end of his 12th season, Christy had compiled 312 wins. Mathewson pitched in 17 National League seasons, every game except for one with the New York Giants. His final win, number 373 came as a Cincinnati Red in 1917. He died only eight years later.

He was also one of the first Hall of Fame inductees in 1936. Although Young clipped Mathewson by five games, he played half his career in the National League and half in the American League beginning in 1901. Galvin played in four different leagues in his career.

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

The Orioles played in the American Association from 1882-1891 before joining the National League in 1892. The team closed its doors in 1899. The team came back as the Baltimore Orioles in the new American League in 1901, but the franchise moved in 1903 and turned into the New York Highlanders. They later became the Yankees in 1913.

Answer: Rogers Hornsby

Those four were tremendous hitters in baseball history. Hornsby had his leading run of six from 1920-1925 with the Cardinals. He would win another in 1928. Lajoie won a total of five with four consecutive from 1901-1904. The Georgia Peach won 11 with five of those consecutive from 1911-1915. If it were not for Lajoie winning the crown in 1910 over Cobb by .001, Cobb would have had a run of nine consecutive batting titles. Wagner's streak was four.

Answer: Jumbo McGinnis

In 1882 with the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, McGinnis was a rookie and went 25-18. The following season he went 28-16. George Washington "Jumbo" McGinnis pitched for only six seasons and retired with a 102-79 record.

Answer: Eddie Collins

A truly amazing feat that Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics displayed on not only September 11th but also again on the 22nd in 1912. Eddie stole 63 bases in the season, but his season high was 81 in 1910. He totaled 741 over 25 seasons when he hung his cleats up in 1930. Collins was a Hall of Fame inductee in 1939 for his 3315 hits and a .333 career batting average.

Answer: 1907

The New York Giants hosted the Phillies on Opening Day after a huge snow storm a couple of days earlier. The grounds keepers did their best to shovel snow off the field by moving it all to foul territory along the foul lines. Fans began to get upset that their Giants were behind 3-0 at the Polo Grounds in the early goings of the game, so the snowballs began pouring out onto the field.

It turned nasty between some fans and players, but when umpire Bill Klem was hit in the head, the game was called and the win was given to the Phillies by forfeit.

It didn't matter as both teams finished the season more than 20 games behind the NL Champion Chicago Cubs.

Answer: Providence Grays

The first Championship of the United States was in 1884 and pitted the National League winning Providence Grays against the American Association winning New York Metropolitans. Led by the arm of pitcher Charlie Radbourn who won 59 games in the season, Radbourn won all three games in the best-of-five game series, three games to none. That annual championship crown ended in 1892, and all games were considered only exhibition games.

Answer: Firpo Marberry

Marberry began his career in 1923 with the Senators before being traded to the Tigers in 1933. After the 1935 season began, and him having pitched in only five games, he was offered an American League umpiring contract. He took the contract with the agreement that he could not umpire for either Washington or Detroit.

He umpired the entire rest of the season then realized that it wasn't his cup of tea. He then joined the New York Giants in 1936, then they traded him back to the Senators where he retired. Frederick "Firpo" Marberry retired with a 148-88 record after 14 seasons.

Answer: Dummy Taylor

Taylor went 18-27 with the New York Giants in 1901. It would be his only 20-game losing season. Vic Willis of the Boston Beaneaters lost 25 in 1904 and another 29 in 1905. Townsend lost 26 in 1904 with the Senators.

Answer: 1904 and 1994

The 1904 World Series was canceled because Giants' owner John McGraw refused to play their rival New York Highlanders (later Yankees). It turned out that the Boston Pilgrims would win the American League by 1.5 games over the Highlanders, but the cancellation was already a done deal.

The second time that fans missed the World Series was in the strike-shortened season of 1994. The season was postponed after teams played less than 120 games.