Baseball Trivia Quiz # 14
This is Baseball Quiz # 14, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Baseball Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Baseball Question 1
Baseball Rookie Awards - Going forward three decades to 1974: who was the first player in Rangers history to win the AL Rookie of the year award?
The correct answer is 'Mike Hargrove'
Baseball Question 2
Baseball Stars 1 - Who was the oldest person to win the Cy Young award?
The correct answer is 'Gaylord Perry'
Perry was 40 yrs. 1 mos. and 10 days old when he won the award in 1978 as a member of the Padres.
Baseball Question 3
Forties on Fire! - With WWII still in full swing in 1943, the government trying to save on rubber, had Major League baseball use a different compound in their baseballs. The first 11 games of the season resulted in zero home runs, so the leagues pulled out the balls from the 1942 season to use. The season would also see a Phillie name change to the Philadelphia Blue Jays. The season also brought in a new Dodger rookie first baseman. He would go on to play for 18 seasons, mostly as a Dodger, win three consecutive Gold Gloves, and appear in eight all-star games. Who was this Dodger first baseman?
The correct answer is 'Gil Hodges'
The others listed were pitchers and never played for the Dodgers. Hodges' Gold Gloves came from 1957-1959. After 16 seasons as a Dodger, he played in two for the Mets, then retired in 1963. Hodges had five World Series home runs to his credit.
Baseball Question 4
Dummies Baseball #13 - In what year did the Manager of the Year Award begin?
The correct answer is '1983'
The first recepients of the award in 1983, were Tommy Lasorda of the National League Los Angeles Dodgers, and Tony LaRussa of the American League Chicago White Sox. Both teams and managers lost in the Championship Series, and never made it to the World Series that season.
Baseball Question 5
Baseball for Dummies #99 - What team won the 1948 World Series?
The correct answer is 'Cleveland Indians'
The other teams did not exist in 1948. This was the year of the Cleveland Indians with an All-Star cast. 6 players hit 14 or more home runs, and 3 pitchers won more than 18 games in the season. The Indians beat the Boston Braves 4 games to 2. It would be the last World Series Crown of the century for Cleveland.
Baseball Question 6
More Baseball Cards - Which year did Topps issue it's first card of Stan Musial?
The correct answer is '1958'
Musial did not sign a contract with Topps until 1957 and was issued as an All-Star in the 58 series.
Baseball Question 7
January in Baseball History - January 8, 1927: This MVP and Triple Crown batter signed with the Philadelphia Athletics after 22 loyal season with the Detroit Tigers because the Tigers wouldn't pay him much any longer. Who was this Hall of Fame inductee?
The correct answer is 'Ty Cobb'
The others listed were not even born by 1927. Cobb won the Triple Crown in 1909, then the AL MVP in 1911. Ty, nicknamed the 'Georgia Peach', was one of five players inducted into the first baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. He led the league 11 times in batting throughout his career, including his .420 average in 1911.
Baseball Question 8
Nightmare Baseball 52 - In what year did the infamous broadcaster Vin Scully start his career broadcasting Dodger games?
The correct answer is '1950'
It was 1950 when he started his great career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He will live forever in the memory of Los Angeles and across the United States.
Baseball Question 9
Baseball Teens - 1913 was a historical season in itself. It was the first time that a pitcher won a league MVP and the Triple Crown in the same season, it being Walter Johnson. It was also the year of the Philadelphia Athletics who won the World Series. Which team did they defeat, who also lost their third consecutive World Series in 1913?
The correct answer is 'New York Giants'
The other teams listed did not exist in 1913. The Giants won 303 games in the 1911, 1912, and 1913 seasons combined. They lost to the Athletics twice, and the Red Sox from Boston. The Giants were full of future Hall of Famers in 1913 in the names of Eddie Collins, Frank Baker, Eddie Plank, Christy Mathewson, and Rube Marquard. The Giants could muster only 15 runs in the series with one win.
Baseball Question 10
What? I'm Banned From Baseball? - Which Giant star was banned from baseball for life, but then later reinstated by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth in 1985?
The correct answer is '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.