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1. Whose number 44 was retired with both the Braves and Brewers?

Answer: Hank Aaron

The great Henry Aaron, who played for 21 seasons with the Braves, then his final two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, retired with 755 home runs. Hank was the NL MVP in 1957, and helped the Braves to the World Series crown over the Yankees. Strangely enough, Aaron led the league in home runs 'only' four times, compared to Babe Ruth who led the league 12 times.

2. The great Ernie Banks, multiple all-star shortstop, two-time MVP, and also a Gold Glove infielder, played his entire career with the Chicago Cubs, wearing which uniform number that was retired?

Answer: 14

"Mr. Cub", as he is known to all Chicago fans, wore the number 14 from 1953-1971. He was the ultimate within baseball of Chicago. He retired with 512 home runs, tied with Eddie Mathews of the Braves, and was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1977.

3. Bob Gibson wore which familiar number over 40, that was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals and most deservingly?

Answer: 45

Gibson was an all-star in every sense. He wore the number 45 from 1959-1975, and constantly refused to be overshadowed by other National League pitchers such as Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, and Warren Spahn. After 17 seasons with the Cardinals, Bob retired with a 251-174 career pitching record. Bob won the NL MVP and Cy Young award in 1968, and another Cy Young award in 1970.

The Hall of Fame took Mr. Gibson in 1981.

4. Tom Lasorda of the Dodgers actually pitched for the team in 1954 and 1955. He also pitched for the Kansas City Athletics in his final playing season in 1956. He never won a game in his pitching career. Then, joining the Dodger organization for many years as a coach out of the limelight, he took the reins of Los Angeles at the end of the 1976 season, due to the illness of manager Walter Alston. Tommy wore which number at the helm of the Dodgers for the next 21 seasons?

Answer: 2

Alston wore the number 24, which the Dodgers also retired. Lasorda, mainly a third base coach, stepped in for Alston late in the 1976 season. Alston, the Dodgers' manager for 23 seasons from 1954-1976, took the Dodgers to seven World Series, winning four, while Lasorda guided the Dodgers to five World Series appearances, winning three. Walter Alston was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983, and Lasorda in 1997.

5. The great Steve Carlton had his Phillies number, the same number as Dodger Sandy Koufax, retired. Which number was this?

Answer: 32

Carlton played early in his career with the Cardinals, then launched a tremendous run with the Phillies. Carlton's best season with the Cardinals was his last, in 1971, when he went 20-9. The Cardinals traded Steve to the Phillies in February 1972 for pitcher Rick Wise. Carlton responded to that by winning the Cy Young award with the Phillies in 1972, along with pitching for the Triple Crown.

It was his first of four Cy Young awards. Steve retired with a 329-244 career record in 1988, and with 4136 strikeouts, the most in baseball history for a left-hander.

6. Yogi Berra wore this number during his entire career as a Yankee. From 1946-1963, Yogi set many season records including many World Series records also. Which number did he wear that is no longer available to Yankee players?

Answer: 8

Berra helped take the Yankees to an amazing 14 World Series in his 19-season career. He and the Yankees won 10 of them. Berra won the American League MVP in 1951, 1954, and 1955, and from 1950-1956, was in the top four of the MVP balloting each season.

In 15 of his 19 seasons, he was selected to the all-star game. Yogi also set records in World Series play in many categories, including 75 games played, 259 at-bats, 71 hits, amongst others.

7. Dizzy Dean, a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals went 30-7 in 1934. Until 1968, no pitcher would duplicate the 30-win season until Tigers' pitcher Denny McLain won 31. What number is unavailable to Cardinal players that Dizzy wore?

Answer: 17

Both Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean and his brother, Paul "Daffy" Dean, played on the Cardinals roster from 1934-1937. When Paul went 19-11 with the Cardinals in 1934, this set a record for brothers on the same team with wins, as Dizzy went 30-7 for a total of 49 wins. Ironically, Denny McLain also wore number 17.

8. Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds spent most of his 17 seasons behind the plate. Due to his 1968 NL Rookie of the Year award, his two NL MVPs, and his 1976 World Series MVP, the Reds retired his number of what?

Answer: 5

Bench, with the number 5 on his back, joined the Reds in 1967 and was an official rookie in 1968. He was a loyal Cincinnati player until 1983 when he retired. He hit 389 home runs for Cincinnati, and helped them to four World Series, winning two. It wasn't only his bat as he won 10 Gold Gloves behind the plate also, in addition to being selected to the all-star game 14 times in his career.

Another Hall of Fame inductee, they took him in 1989, the minimum time-wait for a retired player.

9. I had my number 29 retired with the Angels and Twins. That was my whole career of 19 seasons. I won the Rookie of the Year award in 1967 with the Twins, and the 1977 American League MVP with them also. I won seven batting titles, and was selected to the all-star game in every season except for my last in 1985. I mostly played first base and second base. Who am I?

Answer: Rod Carew

Carew began his career off right by winning the ROY in 1967 over Reggie Smith of the Red Sox. His .388 average and 239 hits helped him win the MVP, although he hit only 14 home runs in 1977. He retired with a .328 average, but unfortunately never went to a World Series. The hall took Rod in 1991.

10. This number was retired by the New York Mets from Tom Seaver, who was a Rookie of the Year and three-time Cy Young award winner. Which number was this?

Answer: 41

Nicknamed 'Tom Terrific', Seaver won 16 games in his rookie season and never looked back. He won all his Cy Young awards with the Mets in 1969, 1973, and 1975, although he played for the Reds, White Sox, and Red Sox before retiring in 1986. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992 with a 99% of the ballots, the highest ever in baseball history at the time.

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Don't Even Think About It Trivia Quiz

Don't even think about wearing my number on my former team! This is an all multiple choice quiz about some baseball greats whose jersey numbers are retired with certain teams. I hope that you have fun with it. :-)

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