The Diamond Challenge Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rogers Hornsby

The others didn't win any batting titles in the 1920s. Hornsby began the decade as a St. Louis Cardinal. In 1925, he won his sixth consecutive batting title, and also won the NL MVP over Kiki Cuyler of the Pirates. 1927 saw him as a Giant, and 1928 as a Brave when he won his seventh batting title in the decade.

In 1929, he won another NL MVP, this time as a Chicago Cub. Rogers retired with a .359 career average, second only to Ty Cobb in 1937.

Answer: Brady Anderson

Anderson hit 50 in 1996 with the Orioles. Both Dawson and Gehrig just could not reach that plateau. Andre hit 49 with the Cubs in 1987, and Gehrig hit 49 twice, in 1934 and 1936.

Answer: His 363 wins matched his number of hits

Warren won the Cy Young in 1957 at the age of 36. He retired with a win-loss record of 363-245. Among his 363 hits were 35 home runs also. He won 20+ games in a season 13 times. After 20 seasons as a Brave, he spent his last season with the Mets and Giants in 1965. The Hall of Fame took Spahn in 1973. He died in 2003.

Answer: Hank Aaron

They all had over 500 home runs in their career, but only Aaron had over 3000 hits. Foxx retired with 2646, Williams 2654, and Ruth 2873. Strangely enough, Aaron reached the 200-hit season plateau only three times.

Answer: Cap Anson

Although being in the Dodger organization for almost 20 years, Lasorda finally became manager at 49 in 1976. Earl Weaver, manager of the Orioles in his career, was 37 when he took the helm. Anson was player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1875 at the age of 23. Except for four seasons, Cap was player-manager for 23 seasons.

His final season of baseball was managing the New York Giants in 1898, and never returned to the game again.

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A player may win the rookie award in only his first season of eligibility. Barry was a rookie with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986. In 1986, St. Louis pitcher Todd Worrell won the award over Robby Thompson of the Giants. Bonds finished sixth in the balloting with only four points of a possible 120.

Answer: National Association

The National League began after the downfall of the National Association in 1876. The American Association began in 1882, and folded after the 1891 season. The Union Association existed for only one season in 1884. The National Association lasted from 1871-1875.

The first professional team to win a sanctioned title was the Philadelphia Athletics in 1871. The remaining seasons of the league, the Boston Red Stockings won the crown every season. The Red Stockings were led by the arm of Al Spalding, who won 205 games in those five seasons, including going 55-5 in 1875.

Answer: Forest Citys

The team was in the first sanctioned league, the National Association in 1871. There were two teams named Forest Citys, the other being Rockford. The Cleveland Forest Citys lasted only two seasons.

Answer: Duke Snider

Although nicknamed 'Mr. October', Jackson hit 18 postseason home runs, but only 10 in the World Series. Musial went to four World Series with the Cardinals, but hit only one home run. Williams of the Red Sox went to only one World Series in his career, came up empty-handed, and hit only .200. Snider hit 11 home runs in World Series play, including hitting four twice in 1952 and 1955. Duke played most of his entire career with the Dodgers.

Answer: Hank Aaron

In February 1954, Thomson was traded to the Milwaukee Braves along with Sam Calderone. The Giants got four players in return from the Braves. Just a few months later, Bobby broke his leg, and this opened the door for rookie Hank Aaron. Hank hit 13 home runs in the season, then retired after 755 in 1976. Thomson would come back, but was never the same.

He retired in 1960 after 15 seasons.