Baseball

Question 1

What retired major league pitcher uses a dead, upside-down bird as the logo for his new business as a photographer?

Answer 1

Randy Johnson

Question 2

He was batting .394 when a strike cut short the 1994 MLB season.

Answer 2

Tony Gwynn

Question 3

Since 1950, 11 MLB franchise relocations have taken place, and generally they have followed Horace Greeley’s exhortation to “go west” – all but three have been in that direction. But one city has bucked the trend twice, as it both lost a team moving eastward in 1966, and gained one moving from the west in 1970. What is it?

Answer 3

Milwaukee

Question 4

For the 2017 Major League Baseball season, they both wore jersey number 27, they were both 27 years of age, and they were both named their league’s Most Valuable Player. Name either player.

Answer 4

Jose Altuve, Giancarlo Stanton

Question 5

In 1993, a Carlos Martinez fly ball hit this Rangers right fielder on the head and bounced over the wall for an Indians home run.

Answer 5

Jose Canseco

Question 6

From 1970 to 2000 this stadium on the Allegheny was the place for MLB fans.

Answer 6

Three Rivers Stadium Was home to both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers.

Question 7

Name the baseball player who, in 2017, set records for most extra-base hits (8) and total bases (29) in a single World Series while tying the record for most home runs (5).

Answer 7

George Springer

Question 8

This is the baseball term for a ball hit directly to the pitcher.

Answer 8

Comebacker

Question 9

A curve thrown to Manny Ramirez became the longest home run hit in this city’s Skydome (now Rogers Centre).

Answer 9

Toronto

Question 10

After big plays, Yankees broadcaster Phil Rizzuto would often exclaim this two-word beastly interjection.

Answer 10

“Holy Cow”

Question 11

For three consecutive years in the 1980s, players from what Major League Baseball team won the American League Rookie of the Year Award (José Canseco in 1986, Mark McGwire in 1987, and Walt Weiss in 1988)?

Answer 11

Oakland Athletics

Question 12

In baseball, throwing a complete game shut-out in less than 100 pitches is an accomplishment named for what Cubs and Braves great, who did it thirteen times?

Answer 12

Greg Maddux

Question 13

This Pittsburgh Pirates player was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, becoming the first Latin-American and Caribbean player to receive the honor.

Answer 13

Roberto Clemente

Question 14

Which Dodgers infielder hit a walkoff home run in the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2018 World Series to break the tie in the longest MLB postseason game ever?

Answer 14

Max Muncy

Question 15

What animal has often been displayed on the uniforms of the Oakland Athletics throughout the franchise’s history? The franchise’s association with the animal dates back to 1902 when an opponent insulted the overall value of the franchise.

Answer 15

Elephant

Question 16

In a baseball box score, the abbreviation “pr” (or “PR”) next to a player’s name stands for what?

Answer 16

Pinch Runner

Question 17

In 2004 the Boston Red Sox made MLB history by coming back from a 3-0 game deficit against the New York Yankees to win the AL pennant; which team did the Red Sox then sweep in the World Series to snap an 86-year championship drought?

Answer 17

St. Louis Cardinals

Question 18

What was the final tally of career home runs for Barry Bonds when he retired in 2007, breaking Hank Aaron’s all-time record?

Answer 18

762

Question 19

In January, who became the first player ever elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Answer 19

Babe Ruth, a pretty good baseball player all things considered, was only named on 95.13% of his ballots, because Hall of Fame voters have generally been dumb and weird. But that trend may be changing, giving Mariano Rivera’s unanimous election earlier this year.

Question 20

What New York Yankees catcher holds the record for having played in the most World Series (and thus also, perhaps, experiencing the most déjà vu all over again in the World Series), with fourteen?

Answer 20

Yogi Berra

Question 21

What is now the third oldest ballpark in the major leagues after Fenway and Wrigley, though its resident team moved in after spending over seventy years in a different city?

Answer 21

Dodger Stadium, amazingly, is now the third oldest stadium in baseball.

Question 22

What baseball player finished his MLB career with 3,089 hits, ranking him 24th all-time despite making his major league debut in 2001 at the age of 27 (by which age future teammate Alex Rodriguez had already boasted nearly 1,300 hits)?

Answer 22

Ichiro Suzuki

Question 23

The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award, which was presented annually to the best relief pitcher in each league in Major League Baseball (as determined by the magazine) until the award’s retirement in 2010, was established in 1960 with a name that referenced what occupation, once popularly associated with a team’s top reliever?

Answer 23

Fireman

Question 24

Upon their founding (and before moving to New York), the team that would become the New York Yankees began play in 1901 under what name, whose geographic location and team nickname were identical to a current AL East team?

Answer 24

Baltimore Orioles

Question 25

In the history of the New York Yankees, there have been eleven different players to hit 40 home runs in a season, but only three batting solely right-handed: Alex Rodriguez (2005 and 2007), Aaron Judge (2017), and what third player, a Hall of Famer and drip coffee lover who accomplished the feat one time, in 1937?

Answer 25

Joe Dimaggio

Question 26

Which major league baseball team uses the letters “TC” for its cap insignia?

Answer 26

The Minnesota Twins, in honor of helicopter pilot “T.C.” on the old TV show Magnum, P.I. No, not really. It stands for “Twin Cities.”

Question 27

A future legendary manager and MLB chief baseball officer, what catcher batted behind Hank Aaron for eight years and credited Aaron for trying to steal on bad counts if he had 2 outs, to let him come back with a fresh count?

Answer 27

Joe Torre

Question 28

The Major League Baseball franchise that called Philadelphia home from 1901 to 1955 and Oakland home from 1968 until its ignominious departure in 2024 called what other city home in that intervening period in the 1950s and 60s?

Answer 28

Kansas City