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Nightmare Baseball - 76 Trivia Quiz

10 multiple choice questions quiz about baseball. None of these quizzes are easy. Good Luck. :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Nightmare

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
84,730

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1034

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Question 1 of 10

1. Before coming to the Dodgers and breaking baseball's color barrier, what team did Jackie Robinson play for? Hint

Montreal Royals

New York Independents

New Jersey Nationals

Pittsburgh Nationals

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first pitcher in modern day history to pitch a shutout and hit a home run himself in his first Major League start? Hint

Vida Blue

Tim Wakefield

Dwight Gooden

Jason Jennings

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Question 3 of 10

3. What player in 1995 came off the bench and hit 28 pinch-hits? Hint

Mark McGwire

Mark Sommers

Dave Hansen

John Vander Wal

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Question 4 of 10

4. What 20th Century player hit a record 20 home runs in the month of June to set a record for most home runs hit during June? Hint

Sammy Sosa

Jose Canseco

Pedro Guerrero

Reggie Jackson

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Question 5 of 10

5. What player set the record for hitting 12 lead-off game home runs in a season? Hint

Rickey Henderson

Brady Anderson

Willie Davis

Ozzie Smith

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first pitcher in history to hit 3 home runs in a single game? Hint

No pitcher has done this

Jim Tobin

Tony Cloninger

Don Drysdale

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Question 7 of 10

7. What pitcher retired with 363 wins and also 363 career hits? Hint

Don Drysdale

Walter Johnson

Warren Spahn

Steve Carlton

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who did Don Larsen strike out for the final out of his 1956 World Series perfect game? Hint

Dale Mitchell

Roy Campanella

Gil Hodges

Carl Furillo

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Question 9 of 10

9. What 20th century team was the last not to roster a black player in a season? Hint

1955 St.Louis Cardinals

1963 Milwaukee Braves

1959 Boston Red Sox

1951 Brooklyn Dodgers

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Question 10 of 10

10. The NY Mets were an expansion team in 1962. Who hit the first home run against the NY Mets? Hint

Willie Stargell

Stan Musial

Frank Howard

Ron Fairly

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Before coming to the Dodgers and breaking baseball's color barrier, what team did Jackie Robinson play for?

Answer: Montreal Royals

Robinson was known as the Montreal Thief in the Triple A league. The Brooklyn Dodgers was the parent organization to the Royals and signed Robinson. The rest is history.

2. Who was the first pitcher in modern day history to pitch a shutout and hit a home run himself in his first Major League start?

Answer: Jason Jennings

Jennings did this in the 2001 season while pitching for the Colorado Rockies. He was 4-1 for the season along with his only season home run.

3. What player in 1995 came off the bench and hit 28 pinch-hits?

Answer: John Vander Wal

Vander Wal did this with the Rockies of Colorado. 28 of his season total hits of 35 were pinch-hits. His batting average for the season was .347.

4. What 20th Century player hit a record 20 home runs in the month of June to set a record for most home runs hit during June?

Answer: Sammy Sosa

It was 1998 that Sammy hit 20 in the month of June. This was 20 of his season high 66 with the Cubs.

5. What player set the record for hitting 12 lead-off game home runs in a season?

Answer: Brady Anderson

Anderson did this in 1996 while playing with Baltimore. He hit 50 home runs that year at the age of 32.

6. Who was the first pitcher in history to hit 3 home runs in a single game?

Answer: Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin of the 1942 Boston Braves did it. His home run season total was 6. Ironically, he did not produce from the pitcher's mound as his win-loss record for the season was 12-21.

7. What pitcher retired with 363 wins and also 363 career hits?

Answer: Warren Spahn

It is pretty ironic that a multi-year pitcher accomplished this. In Spahn's 21 seasons of baseball, 20 were with the Braves. In 1965 at the age of 44 he split the season with the Mets and the Giants before retiring.

8. Who did Don Larsen strike out for the final out of his 1956 World Series perfect game?

Answer: Dale Mitchell

Mitchell was one of many Dodger players who fell to Larsen and the Yankees that game. Under the guidance of manager Casey Stengel, the Yankees beat the Dodgers 4 games to 3.

9. What 20th century team was the last not to roster a black player in a season?

Answer: 1959 Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox, for whatever reason didn't have a black player rostered until 1959. He was Pumpsie Green.

10. The NY Mets were an expansion team in 1962. Who hit the first home run against the NY Mets?

Answer: Willie Stargell

Willie "Pops" Stargell of the Pirates hit the first dinger against the Mets in 1962, when the Mets were 40-120. Stargell hit the first of 192 dingers that the Mets gave up that season, leading the league in that category.

Source: Author Nightmare

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