Not-So-Basic Nightmare Baseball [2] Quiz

Answer: Chicago Cubs

Stan 'The Man' Musial, as he was known, played in the MLB for more than twenty years, almost all of that time as a team member for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941-1963. It was May of 1958 when Musial hit a double against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, doing so as a pinch hitter.

It would subsequently make him the eighth Major League player to reach his three-thousandth hit, and his career would end at 3,630 behind only Ty Cobb (at the time). He retired in 1963 with three World Series wins and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.

Answer: Miller Huggins

In 1914, Miller Huggins of the Cardinals was caught thirty-six out of sixty-eight times in the season. He set the National League record for the 20th century though, in the same season, he had 32 successful steals. He joined the National League as a member of the Cincinnati Reds in 1904.

He would join the St. Louis Cardinals in 1910, becoming the team manager three years later. His successes as both a player and a manager won him three World Series and led him to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.

He passed away in 1929.

Answer: Frank Howard

Mike Scioscia played his entire career, from 1980-1992, on the Los Angeles Dodgers (winning two World Series with them), Carl Yastremski (Yaz) spent twenty-three years with the Boston Red Sox, and Brooks Robinson won two World Series with the Baltimore Orioles (in twenty-three years with them).

One-time World Series winner Frank Howard played with numerous teams in his career including the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, and the Detroit Tigers. Howard played in the MLB between 1958 and 1973, going on to be a coach for seven different teams from the late 1970s to 1999.

Answer: Nate Colbert

Nate Colbert managed to complete this in August 1, 1972 while he played for the San Diego Padres. Up until this point in MLB history, the only other person to achieve the feat of hitting five home runs in a double header was Stan Musial (who did so in 1954). Across his career, Colbert played for the Astros, the Padres, the Tigers, the Expos, and the Athletics.

Despite only playing for one decade in the MLB, his achievements were fairly astounding. With the Padres, he held the record for all-time home runs into the twenty-first century.

Answer: Willie Mays

'The Say Hey Kid', one of the most celebrated MLB players of all time, was Willie Mays. Joining the MLB in 1951 he played for the Giants for the majority of his career, becoming an MLB All-Star player for twenty-four consecutive seasons. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 and won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 under Barack Obama. "Born to Play Ball" was first published in 1955 and was written by both Willie Mays and Charles Einstein.

Answer: Lee Richmond

A pitcher in Major League Baseball in the nineteenth century, Lee Richmond may very well be a name lost in history. Starting his career in 1879, he would throw the very first perfect game in MLB history in 1880, playing for the Worcester Worcesters and against Cleveland.

His season record was 32-32. He stopped playing the MLB in 1886 and proceeded to work in medicine and education. He passed away in 1929.

Answer: Paul Waner

The 3,000 hit club opened up in 1897 with Cap Ansen, who would be joined in subsequent decades by Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Eddie Collins. Paul Waner would become the seventh player in recorded baseball history to accomplish this feat. Playing with five teams in his baseball career, most of those with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he would hit his 3,000th with the Boston Braves.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952 and passed away in 1965.

Answer: 97

On October 8, 1956, Don Larsen joined the rest of his team, the New York Yankees, in the fifth game of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. What resulted was the first-ever perfect game in any World Series match. The Yankees would go on to win the World Series in Game 7 with Larsen becoming the MVP. Larsen won another World Series with the Yankees in 1958.

At the time of the perfect game, the Yankees' roster also included Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer, and Mickey Mantle.

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

Part of the American League, the New York Highlanders are what became of the original Baltimore Orioles. The Highlanders would eventually become the New York Yankees in 1913 with the Highlanders name being quietly retired. The Orioles, meanwhile, would return to the MLB in 1954, reclaiming the name used in the city back in the National League and the American League more than half a century before.

Answer: Tommie Agee

The Gold Glove, awarded to the players each year based on coach and manager voting, was first awarded in 1957. Tommie Agee won it twice, the first time with the Chicago White Sox in 1966 and the second in 1970 when he played with the New York Mets. He won more than just these awards, however. Appearing on five different teams in his eleven year MLB career he would win the World Series as center fielder for the Mets in 1969, becoming one of the 'Miracle Mets'.

He passed away in 2001.