Easy as 1, 2, 3? Trivia Quiz

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The award can only be won in a rookie's first full season. Banks, who began his great career in 1953, never won the award. He was an official rookie in 1954, when the award went to Wally Moon of the St. Louis Cardinals. Banks did however, win the NL MVP Award in 1958 and 1959. 19 seasons, all as a Cub, found him inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.

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The Cy Young Award was named after Denton True 'Cy' Young. He retired in 1911, and his first award was given out in 1956. The award was given out to the most outstanding pitchers in baseball. Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first recepient. Young won a career high 511 games, the first to even reach the 400 win plateau.

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1914 was the introduction of George Herman 'Babe' Ruth. Primarily a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, and going 2-1, he didn't hit any. He hit four in 1915, and never blossomed until he went to the Yankees. In his first season with the Yankees in 1920, he blasted 54 home runs. Ruth retired with 714.

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In an amazing run in his 12 seasons at the helm of the Yankees, Casey took the team to 10 World Series, winning seven of them. This historic run was between 1949-1960. However, the Manager of the Year Award did not begin until 1983, with Tom Lasorda of the Dodgers, and Tony LaRussa of the White Sox, being the inaugural winners.

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The last World Series appearance for the Dodgers in the century, was in 1988. It was their second appearance in the decade of the '80s. In 1988, they defeated the Oakland Athletics four games to one. Orel Hershiser of the Dodgers was the Series MVP.

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1966 saw the emergence of what was going to be one of the greatest pitchers in history. Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr., appeared in only two games with the Mets that season, going 0-1, and pitching in only three innings in the season. He struck out six batters in those three innings, an indicator of what was to come. Ryan was the first pitcher to strike out over 5000 batters in his career, and retired with 5714 K's.

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Playing only 12 seasons in his career, Maris hit more than 30 only twice, other than his breakout season of 1961. In 1960, he hit 39 home runs, and 33 in 1962. In 1960 and 1961, Maris won the AL MVP, beating out teammate Mickey Mantle both seasons. He retired with 275 career home runs.

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There were only three MLB players in the entire 20th century who were born in Spain. Bryan Oelkers, from Zaragoza, played from 1983-1986, Al Pardo, from Oviedo, played from 1985-1989, and Danny Rios, who was born in Madrid, played from 1997-1998.

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The Cy Young Award was very elusive for 'The Ryan Express', as he never won it. What is more astounding, Ryan was never even in the top 10 season MVP voting in his career. His closest drive for the 'Cy' was in 1973, when he finished second to Jim Palmer of the Orioles.

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In the first World Series of 1903, the Boston Pilgrims of the American League won it all right out of the gate, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.