Baseball Trivia Questions Thread

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Hey guys! Who doesn’t love baseball trivia? Post questions, answer questions, share tidbits of information here.

Here are a few questions to get you started. Feel free to Google if you must, though kindly do it after you’ve exhausted your brain power.

  1. Who holds the National League rookie record for total bases?

  2. What year did the mighty Babe Ruth set the big league record for extra base hits in a season?

  3. Who was the Montreal Expos player who played 162 games in a season twice?

  4. Who led the American League in batting average in 1961?

  5. Who holds the National League season record for slugging percentage by a lefty-hitting batter (minimum 100 games played)?

Good luck! 240

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  1. Albert Pujols?

  2. 1921

  3. Orlando Cabrera

  4. Norm Cash

  5. Barry Bonds

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All correct, well done. Here’s five more:

  1. Who was the first player to ever home in the World Series?

  2. Who was the one post-1950 player born in Russia to reach the major leagues?

  3. Who holds the major league season record for home runs by a rookie?

  4. Which manager had a career 45-60 record, and managed the Seattle Mariners?

  5. Which pitcher surrendered Hank Aaron’s first major league home run?

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  1. ??? I’m not sure what the question is… First home run in a World Series? Jimmy Sebring (?)

  2. <Don’t know>

  3. Mark McGwire

  4. Jim Snyder

  5. Vic Raschi

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Trivia questions…

A) Who is the only MLB player to hit safely for two different teams in two different cities on the same day?

B) Who is the only MLB player to have a fraction number on his jersey?

C) When is the last time that an American League game was forfeited?

D) Who was the first American League batter to be hit by pitch twice in two at bats in the same inning?

E) Who was the first switch hitter to hit two home runs in the same inning from different sides of the plate?

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B) Eddie Gaedel

C) Disco Demolition Night

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B) Eddie Gaedel, 1/8 for the St. Louis Browns in 1951.

C) Chicago forfeited to Detroit on July 12, 1979. Don’t know if that’s the most recent.
Ninjaed, but I’m posting this anyway.

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Correct on B) and C)

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A is Joel Youngblood.

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  1. Yes, first player to homer in World Series play. Per my source, you might know the correct answer as a guy who many think should be in the Hall of Fame, though some called him Bad.

  2. You might know him as a guy who played briefly in the majors in 1992 for the Pirates.

The others are correct.

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  1. Who is the all time home run leader for a player who only ever played for one team his entire career? (So Henry Aaron does not count; he is the all time leader for homers hit for one team, but he played for two teams.)

  2. As you likely know, Justin Verlander has won a Rookie of the Year Award, a Cy Young Award, and an MVP Award. What other player did that?

  3. Which two teams have the unenviable distinction of being the only teams to lose the World Series three years in a row?

  4. What starting pitcher won a Cy Young Award without qualifying for the ERA title?

  5. Who was the last pitcher to win three games in a playoff series?

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  1. Don Newcombe
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Here’s one from me

What was the name of Babe Ruth’s second wife and which former slugger was she the cousin of?

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. Who is the all time home run leader for a player who only ever played for one team his entire career? (So Henry Aaron does not count; he is the all time leader for homers hit for one team, but he played for two teams.)

Mickey Mantle 545
3. Which two teams have the unenviable distinction of being the only teams to lose the World Series three years in a row?

Dodgers 52-53-54 ??
5. Who was the last pitcher to win three games in a playoff series?

Mickey Lolich 1968 World Series??

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The Tigers in 1907-09 (I think those are the right years).

Oh, and just realized–the ERA guy is probably going to be Rick Sutcliffe, who most likely wasn’t eligible for the ERA title in the NL but would’ve been if his record in both leagues was considered.

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Mike Schmidt hit 548 HRs (12 more than Mantle), all for the Phillies.

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Was Baby Doll Jacobson a real cutie?

Answer.

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  1. Which pitcher was the winner in the first major league game that was played on artificial turf?

  2. Which player was the first to smear mud under his eyes to reduce glare?

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I think everyone’s got mine;

  1. Mike Schmidt, 548, all with Philadelphia

  2. Don Newcombe won all three major awards

  3. The Tigers lost the World Series in 1907, 1908, and 1909; the Giants lost 1911, 1912, and 1913.

  4. Rick Sutcliffe won the 1984 Cy Young Award after going 16-1, but only pitched 150 innings.

  5. Yup, it was Mickey Lolich. Actually, for a few moments it was Madison Bumgarner, who was for some reason erroneously reported as the winning pitcher of Game 7 in 2014, but they fixed that.

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What ballplayer was known as “Death to Flying Things”?

hint: it was not Dave Winfield.