Baseball Trivia Quiz # 25
This is Baseball Quiz # 25, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Baseball Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Baseball Question 1
Classic Leading Men : T or F - Gary Cooper portrayed real-life baseball hero Lou Gehrig in "The Pride of the Yankees".
The correct answer is 'True'
He was nominated for an Oscar for it, but didn't win. He did win for two other films, "High Noon" (1953) and "Sergeant York" (1942).
Baseball Question 2
Dummies Baseball #53 - Which manager took the New York Yankees to their first World Series crown?
The correct answer is 'Miller Huggins'
Although all these managers took the Yankees to a World Series title, it was Huggins who won it at least 25 years earlier. In 1923, with the Babe, Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and company, the Yankees defeated the New York Giants 4 games to 2. Ruth hit 3 home runs and batted .368. This was the Yankees' 3rd consecutive trip to the promised land. In 1921 and 1922, the Giants defeated them for the crown.
Baseball Question 3
Atlanta Sports History - The only professional baseball team in Atlanta prior to the Braves arrival was the Crackers. What year did they begin?
The correct answer is '1901'
They were in Atlanta from 1901 until 1965. They are the winningest team in Southern League history.
Baseball Question 4
Last But Not Least - Every baseball fan knows the Brooklyn Dodgers were the first major league team to break the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. What major league team was the last to be integrated?
The correct answer is 'Boston Red Sox'
A second baseman and shortstop, Pumpsie Green made his first appearance with the Red Sox as a pinch runner on July 21, 1959 against the Chicago White Sox. Green's major league career was less than spectacular, playing sparingly for five years, four with Boston and one with the New York Mets.
Baseball Question 5
Baseball Stuffings #1 - Which two players were almost forced to retire in 1926 because they were implicated in a 1919 bettting scandal of their own, not associated with infamous Black Sox Scandal?
The correct answer is 'Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker'
None of the others listed played in that era together. In 1926, Tiger pitcher Dutch Leonard came forward with letters from Smokey Joe Wood, implicating those two along with Cobb and Speaker who bet on some games between the Indians and Tigers in 1919. Leonard had agreed to let the Indians win a numer of games so the Indians could beat the Yankees out of second place money. Speaker and Cobb agreed to retire instead of facing charges, but Leonard later refused to testify against them face-to-face. The charges were dropped. Both Cobb and Speaker retired on their own in 1928.
Baseball Question 6
Baseball's Best Records - Who broke Babe Ruth's season record for hitting 61 home runs in a single season?
The correct answer is 'Roger Maris'
This was the most famous asterisk in baseball, because of the conflict of a 154-game season vs. a 162-game season, until Mark McGwire removed it from the record books.
Baseball Question 7
Baseball History: The 1927 Season - Who won the NL MVP for 1927?
The correct answer is 'Paul Waner'
They all finished high in the voting, and all would become Hall of Famers, but "Big Poison" was first. All the Pirate outfielder and sometime first baseman did, was bat .380 with 237 hits. Not too shabby. Waner's middle name was Glee!
Baseball Question 8
Baseball Hot Dogs or Franks? - I played for the Cubs, and at the same time I was their manager who took them to four World Series in five seasons, beginning in 1906. I played first base, and was part of the famous Tinker-to-Evers-to-me, double-play combination. Who am I?
The correct answer is 'Frank Chance'
Frank Chance was the Cubs' player-manager from 1905-1912. After leaving the Cubs in 1912, he became the Yankees player-manager in 1913 and 1914. Chance died in 1924, and was inducted into the Hall in 1946.
Baseball Question 9
Nightmare Baseball XXVII - Which of the following was the Cleveland franchise never named?
The correct answer is 'Colts'
The Cleveland franchise have had four names throughout their history including the Indians, Naps, Bronchos, and Blues The Chicago franchise were onced named the Colts.
Baseball Question 10
Baseball for Old-Timers V - Which of the following 1960s Hall of Fame inductees died first?
The correct answer is 'Pud Galvin'
Galvin pitched for 15 seasons from 1875-1892. He was a lone inductee in 1965. Pud died in 1902. Lloyd Waner, brother of Pirate Paul Waner, died in 1982. The Cardinals' Medwick died in 1975, while Ted Williams died in 2002.