Yankees Fan? Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1998

The 1998 team under Joe Torre won 114 games in the 162-game season, while the 1961 team won 109, and the 1978 team won 100 in the same amount of games. The 1927 team nicknamed 'Murderers Row', won 110 games in their 154-game season.

Answer: 1961

Although the 1927 team was famous for Ruth's and Gehrig's big home run numbers, Mantle and Maris did their own damage with others in 1961. With Maris and Mantle's combined 115, Bill Skowron hit 28, Yogi Berra 22, and two catchers in the names of Elston Howard and Johnny Blanchard hit 21 each.

Answer: 1978

They all had just one 20-game winner except for their 1978 team. Ron Guidry went 25-3 which earned him the 1978 AL Cy Young Award, and Ed Figueroa went 20-9 also. In 1927, Waite Hoyt was their 22-7 winner. Whitey Ford went 25-4 in 1961, and David Cone went 20-7 for the 1998 team.

Answer: 1978

While the 1927 Bronx Bombers skunked the Pirates, and the 1998 team skunked the Padres, the 1961 team won their series four games to one over the Reds. The 1978 team took six games to down the Dodgers.

Answer: 1998

The 1998 Yankees went 114-48 in the season. They won their AL East Division by 22 games over the Red Sox. The 1927 team won it by 19 games over the Philadelphia Athletics. The 1961 Yankee team won the league eight games over the Tigers. The 1978 team squeaked by the Red Sox by one game.

Answer: 1998

In the 1927 season that the Babe hit his 60 home runs, Gehrig took the AL MVP Award. The 1961 Yankees had Whitey Ford who won the Cy Young and Roger Maris took the MVP Award. The 1978 team saw Ron Guidry win the Cy Young. Even with winning 114 games, the 1998 team came up empty-handed with those two awards. Roger Clemens of the Blue Jays won the Cy Young Award in 1998, with David Wells and David Cone finishing third and fourth. Juan Gonzalez of the Rangers won the AL MVP while Derek Jeter finished third.

Answer: 1961

Maris hit 61 in baseball's first 162-game season in 1961. He broke the record of Babe Ruth who hit 60 in 1927. Due to Ruth's record in a 154-game season, fans always had the asterisk there for the Babe, until Mark McGwire broke both their records with 70 in 1998 for the Cardinals.

Answer: 1998

This wasn't close. The 1998 team stole 153 bases, ranking second in the AL. Chuck Knoblach's 31 and Derek Jeter's 30 led the team. Willie Randolph's 36 led the 1978 team which stole 98 bases. The 1927 team stole 90 with the help of Bob Meusel's 24. The 1961 team didn't have much speed, and stole only 28 in the season, with Mantle leading them with 12.

Answer: 1998

The 1998 team had the oldest average age with 30.4 years old. The team had two 38-year olds in Chili Davis and Tim Raines. Both the 1961 and 1978 teams averaged 28.3 years of age. The 1927 team was the youngest with a 27.7 average.

Answer: 1998

David Wells of the 1998 Yankee team threw a perfecto on May 17 against the Twins, 4-0. The game was played at Yankee stadium. Bernie Williams hit two doubles and a home run, accounting for three of the Yankee runs.