MLB All-Star Game MVPs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Michael Young

Making his third appearance in the MLB All-Star Game at the time, Texas third baseman Michael Young hit a two-run triple off Padres reliever Trevor Hoffman to provide the winning margin in a 3-2 win for the American League. Young also drove in the winning run in the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York, in his fifth All-Star appearance.

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.

Playing in his 19th and final MLB All-Star Game, Cal Ripken, Jr., was originally selected by the fans to play third base. But then-Texas Ranger Alex Rodriguez, who was elected to start at shortstop, switched places so that Ripken could start in the position that he had played for so many years. Ripken hit a solo home run to give the American League its first run of the game, in a 4-1 win. Ripken also won the award after the 1991 All-Star Game in Toronto.

Answer: Mike Piazza

Making the third of 12 All-Star Game appearances, then-Dodger Mike Piazza, a Pennsylvania native, went 2 for 3 in the game, hitting a double and a homerun and driving in two runs, to secure MVP honors. The 1996 All-Star game also marked the 15th and final All-Star appearance for Hall-of-Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith.

Answer: Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson is the first player to ever be selected to play in the MLB All-Star Game and the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. His massive homer, hit to dead center field off San Francisco pitcher Rick Reuschel, helped propel the American League to a 5-3 victory. It was Jackson's only appearance in the All-Star Game.

Answer: Gary Carter

The National League won this low-scoring All-Star contest 3-1. Kansas City's George Brett got the American League's only run by hitting a solo homerun. Atlanta's Dale Murphy and Gary Carter, at that time a Montreal Expo, also hit solo homers. It was Carter's seventh of 11 All-Star game appearances during his career.

Answer: Ken Griffey, Sr.

Ken Griffey hit a homer in the fifth inning of the 1980 All-Star Game to put the National League on the board. He had two total hits in the game, which the National League won 4-2. It was the second time the All-Star Game was held in Los Angeles, but the first held at Dodger Stadium. The contest in 1959 was held at the Dodgers' temporary home, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Answer: Frank Robinson

The 1971 All-Star Game featured a total of 20 future Hall-of-Fame players and three Hall-of-Fame managers--Sparky Anderson, Walter Alston (who served as a coach for the National League) and Earl Weaver. One of Weaver's players, Frank Robinson, hit a two-run homer that was one of six round-trippers hit in the game--at that time an All-Star Game record. For Robinson, it was the eleventh of 12 career All-Star Game appearances.

Answer: Brooks Robinson

The 1966 All-Star Game, the first played in the now-defunct, cookie-cutter Busch Memorial Stadium, was known for two things--game-time temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and an All-Star Game MVP from the losing team. The National League won the low-scoring contest 2-1 in 10 innings. For Robinson, it was the seventh of 15 career All-Star Game selections.

Answer: Maury Wills

Between 1959 and 1962, two All-Star Games were played each season in a bid to boost the players' pension fund. This last pair of All-Star doubleheaders were also the first to feature a most valuable player award. Wills, a native of Washington, DC, scored two runs in his second All-Star Game appearance.

Answer: Leon Wagner

A member of the Los Angeles Angels at the time, Leon Wagner went 3-for-4, including a two-run homerun, in a 9-4 victory for the American League. Earlier in his career, on April 12, 1960, he hit the first homer in the history of Candlestick Park in San Francisco, as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. Wagner appeared in both All-Star Games in 1962, as well as the 1963 game.