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What? I'm Banned From Baseball? Quiz

An all multiple choice quiz to recognize some baseball figures who were banned from baseball for life. Some were reinstated, but will you believe some of these names? I hope that you enjoy it. :-)

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

Author
Nightmare

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
236,068

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1396

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 8 (6/10), zzzsz (10/10), Guest 174 (8/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Some Chicago White Sox players including Lefty Williams and Buck Weaver were banned after their involvement with the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Which other player was also banned for this? Hint

Ty Cobb

Joe Jackson

Marty Wittendorf

Jack Chesbro

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Dodger and Yankee pitcher was banned in 1992 for cocaine and alcohol abuse, then was reinstated, then retired in 1996 after being suspended three more times? Hint

Steve Howe

Fernando Valenzuela

Dave Righetti

Don Drysdale

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which baseball commissioner finally banned Pete Rose for life in 1989, then died of a heart attack two weeks later? Hint

Fay Vincent

Bowie Kuhn

Pete Rozelle

Bart Giamatti

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which New York Giant player was banned from baseball for stealing a car? Hint

Benny Kauff

Rico Petrocelli

Willie Mays

Don Kessinger

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which New York Yankee Hall of Famer was banned from baseball after he retired by Bowie Kuhn? Hint

Ernie Banks

Mickey Mantle

Lou Brock

Tony Gwynn

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first umpire ever banned for life? Hint

No umpire has ever been banned

Richard Higham

Greg Pinchbeck

William Jackson

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Giant star was banned from baseball for life, but then later reinstated by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth in 1985? Hint

Christy Mathewson

Willie Mays

Tom Seaver

Nolan Ryan

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which baseball owner was banned from baseball in 1990? Hint

Billy Martin

Walter Alston

George Steinbrenner

Bill Rigney

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which pitcher was banned from baseball in 1980, and still later became a member of the Hall of Fame? Hint

Jim Bunning

Ferguson Jenkins

Jim Lonborg

Dean Chance

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Question 10 of 10

10. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned William Cox, the owner of which National League team in 1943 for betting on his own games? Hint

Washington

Detroit

Philadelphia

Cleveland

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Some Chicago White Sox players including Lefty Williams and Buck Weaver were banned after their involvement with the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Which other player was also banned for this?

Answer: Joe Jackson

Jackson, one of the greatest players in baseball, and never primed in his career was banned in 1920. The scandal was the fixing of the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Others banned for their involvment were Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Fred McMullen, Swede Risberg, Happy Felsch, and St. Louis Browns player Joe Gedeon for being involved with the scandal also.

2. Which Dodger and Yankee pitcher was banned in 1992 for cocaine and alcohol abuse, then was reinstated, then retired in 1996 after being suspended three more times?

Answer: Steve Howe

After already being suspended for drug use, Howe missed the 1986, 1989, and 1990 seasons. Coming back in 1991 as a Yankee, he was banned by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent. After some legal battles and lawsuits pending, Major League Baseball reinstated Howe again, but Steve went back to his old tricks of substance abuse. He retired in 1996 with a 47-41 career record.

3. Which baseball commissioner finally banned Pete Rose for life in 1989, then died of a heart attack two weeks later?

Answer: Bart Giamatti

Giamatti's heart attack had been blamed on the stress of Rose's case with gambling on baseball. Pete was suspended in 1988, then banned in 1989. An open door was given to Rose to be reinstated into baseball, and in 2006, Pete had applied to be reinstated for the 17th time. All requests were turned down.

4. Which New York Giant player was banned from baseball for stealing a car?

Answer: Benny Kauff

Benny was in his eighth season in 1920 when he was banned. He had led the Federal League in batting in 1914 and 1915 in the league's only seasons. Kauff stole a car in 1919, then after his 1920 criminal trial, Commissioner Judge Landis deemed him as not a 'compatible companion' for other ballplayers. Benny was banned with a .311 career average.

5. Which New York Yankee Hall of Famer was banned from baseball after he retired by Bowie Kuhn?

Answer: Mickey Mantle

The others were never Yankees. After Mantle retired in 1968, he later was hired as a door greeter and autograph signer at a casino in Atlantic City. After Kuhn's retirement in 1984, new commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstated Mickey in 1985.

6. Who was the first umpire ever banned for life?

Answer: Richard Higham

Higham was banned for life in 1882 for conspiring to help throw a Detroit Wolverines game in the National League. After losing the suspected game, the Wolverines owner hired a detective to learn the companions of Higham, and found him to associate with many gamblers. He was later banned for life from the game.

7. Which Giant star was banned from baseball for life, but then later reinstated by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth in 1985?

Answer: Willie Mays

Mays was in the same predicament as Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle. Both were banned from baseball for being involved with gambling, although all they did were be 'door greeters' in a a gambling casino. Bowie Kuhn banned Willie, but Ueberroth reinstated him when he took the helm as baseball commissioner.

8. Which baseball owner was banned from baseball in 1990?

Answer: George Steinbrenner

None of the others listed owned a baseball team. In 1990, new commissioner Fay Vincent found out that the Yankee owner paid money for a private investigator to find some dirt on Yankee player Dave Winfield in order to create discredit to him. Bud Selig who was Vincent's successor, reinstated George in 1993.

9. Which pitcher was banned from baseball in 1980, and still later became a member of the Hall of Fame?

Answer: Ferguson Jenkins

Jenkins, with the Texas Rangers at the time in 1980, was the first player banned for multiple drug offenses. He sat out the remainder of the 1980 season because of the banning by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. He was later reinstated after arbitration. Fergie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

10. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned William Cox, the owner of which National League team in 1943 for betting on his own games?

Answer: Philadelphia

The other teams were all in the American League in 1943. The Philadelphia club was named the Phillies from 1890-1942. A name change to the Blue Jays didn't do any good in 1943, and Cox was caught betting on his own team, and betting on them to lose. In 1945, the team went back to the Phillies' name, then won their second National League pennant in 1950.

Source: Author Nightmare

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