MLB Hall Of Shame Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bruno Haas

On June 23, 1915, Haas, in his debut for the Philadelphia A's, strode to the mound in his new uniform. Any similarity between him and a major league pitcher ended there. Haas gave up 15 runs and 11 hits to the New York Yankees. By the end of the day he had walked 16 batters, a mark unequalled for a nine inning game.

He also uncorked 3 wild pitches. At the end of the year, Haas vanished from the majors. Some said he just "walked" away.

Answer: False

The first Mets' run allowed was with the bat of St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial. On April 11, 1962, the Mets played their inaugural game. Musial scored Julian Javier, on a pitch from Roger Craig.

Answer: 1899 Cleveland Spiders

Though these other teams were certainly bad in their own rights, the Spiders were certifiably the worst. Dead last in a 12 team National League, these losers piled up an amazing 134 losses against only 20 wins. They finished an incredible 84 games out of first place.

The Spiders were last in runs, doubles, triples, homers, average, slugging percentage, and stolen bases. They were outscored by a two-to-one margin. 1,252 runs to 529.

Answer: Dick Stuart

For seven straight years from 1958 through 1964, Stuart led the majors or tied for the lead in number of errors for a season. Stuart had a specially made vanity plate made for his car, it said "E-3".

Answer: Lou Brock

Brock showed tremendous potiental as a fleet-footed outfielder. But 52 games into the season, the Cubs gave up on him and his .251 batting average. They sent Brock packing to St. Louis in exchange for Broglio as part of a six player deal. Once he donned a Cardinals uniform, Brock hit .348 and stole 33 bases to lead his team to the first of three pennants and two world championships in the 1960s.

He finished his career with 3,023 hits, 938 stolen bases and induction into the Hall of Fame. Broglio turned out to be a sore-armed pitcher who posted a dismal 4-7 record in his first year with the Cubs.

He left Chicago two years later winning only three more games.

Answer: 1968 Chicago Cubs

At least the A's had a excuse for not scoring runs, as pitchers could throw spitballs and cutballs. The Cubs had no excuse. The slump started on June 15 after the Cubs got two runs in the first two innings of a ten inning 3-2 loss to the Braves. After that they were blanked by the Braves in eleven innings.

Then they dropped three straight to the Cardinals 1-0, 4-0, and 1-0. In the third inning of the next game against the Reds, Billy Williams broke the spell with a bases loaded sacrifice fly. Cub pitcher Fergie Jenkins threw 18 innings and gave up only one run, yet all he had to show for the steller performance was one loss and one no-decision.

Answer: true

Catcher Bill Bergen played from 1901-1911. During his career, Bergen played in 947 games, but only managed to hit above .200 once, in 1903. In all his 3,028 times at bat, he managed only two homeruns. In 1909, he appeared in the most games of his career,112, and hit an embarrassing .139.

His lifetime average of .170 actually should be lower. During part of his career, walks were counted as hits. How did this guy last so long?

Answer: Joe Torre

Poor Felix Millan, four times he singled and four times he found himself sliding into second with the umpires thumb pointed skyward. The Mets, despite getting 11 hits , lost the game 6-2. With Torre accounting for almost a third of all Mets outs, teammate Tom Seaver offered to hide him in a trunk to get him out of the stadium alive.

Answer: Terry Felton

In 1980, Felton began his skid toward an inglorious record that had stood unchallenged since 1914 when Cleveland Indian's pitcher Guy Morton lost 13 straight before winning his first major league game. He was used mostly in relief but he never could get that elusive win. Kingman was a 20 game loser, and Foytack once gave up four homeruns in a row.

Answer: Babe Ruth

In the top of the ninth inning, Cardinals relief pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander managed to get the first two Yankees out. Then Ruth drew a walk, and cleanup hitter Bob Meusel strode to the plate with Lou Gehrig on deck. Even a rookie would know not to risk the third out by trying to steal.

But Ruth, without receiving any signal to steal, took off. Catcher Bob O'Farrell was frozen in open-mouthed astonishment, as Ruth lumbered toward second, but recovered in plenty of time to make the throw to Rogers Hornsby for the third out. End of game. End of series. Yankee executive Ed Barrow said it was Ruth's only dumb play of his life.