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Q: Who holds the American League Record for the most home runs in a month?
A: Rudy York hit 18 home runs in August of 1937 with the Detroit Tigers, an American League record that stands to this day. His 18 home runs in August was over half of his total of 35 home runs for 1937. Rudy’s accomplishment was the Major League record until June of 1998 when Sammy Sosa hit 20 home runs.

Q: Who was the opposing team when Jackie Robinson played his first major league game?
A: Jackie Robinson played his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers opponent on that day was the Boston Braves. Brooklyn won the game 5-3. Robinson went 0 for 4 in his first game.

Q: In what year did the Negro National League disband?
A: Having lost most of its players to Major League Baseball, the Negro National League disbanded in 1948, the year after Major League Baseball became integrated.

Q: In what year was Babe Ruth’s number retired by the New York Yankees?
A: The Yankees retired Babe Ruth’s number in 1948. 1948 is also the year that babe Ruth died of throat cancer.

Q: On May 31, 2008, Manny Ramírez of the Boston Red Sox became the latest (and 24th) member of the 500 career home runs club. Who was the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs?
A: On August 11, 1929, Babe Ruth hit his 500th home run to become the first major league player to achieve this milestone. He was also the first to hit 600 (08/21/1931), and the first to hit 700 (07/13/1934) ending at 714 for his career.

Q: During Joe DiMaggio’s famous 56 game hitting streak, how many hits did he get and of what type, how many RBIs, and how many runs scored?
A: Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak statistics are as follows:

* Hits: 91
o Singles: 56
o Doubles: 16
o Triples: 4
o Home runs: 15
* RBIs: 55
* Runs: 56

Q: In Major League Baseball there are 4 teams that do not have a no hitter by one of their pitchers (as of May, 2008). Name those 4 teams and the team that has gone the longest with this “honor”.
A: The 4 teams without no hitters (from longest to shortest amount of time).

* The New York Mets who have gone without a no hitter since their founding in 1962.
* The San Diego Padres who have gone without a no hitter since their founding in 1969.
* The Colorado Rockies who have gone without a no hitter since their founding in 1993.
* The Tampa Bay Rays who have gone without a no hitter since their founding in 1998.

Q: To date (through 2007 season), who is the only pitcher to have thrown a perfect game in the World Series?
A: Don Larson, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, pitched a perfect game on October 8, 1956 in game 5 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the game 2 to 0. Brooklyn came back in game 6 to shutout the Yankees 1 to 0 in 10 innings. The Yankees, however, went on to take the 1956 World Series 4 games to 3. Larson’s performance is also the only postseason perfect game to date.

Q: Who was the first National League baseball player to earn back-to-back MVP awards?
A: Hall of famer Ernie Banks earned back-to-back MVP awards in the National League in 1958 and 1959 making him the first player to accomplish that feat.

Q: Who was the first baseball player to hit two grand slams in 1 game?
A: While playing for the New York Yankees, in a game against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 24, 1936, Tony Lazzeri hit 2 grand slams. He had 11 RBIs in that game, an American League Record to this date. The Yankees won the game 19 to 7.

Q: What baseball player’s life is depicted in the 1957 movie Fear Strikes Out?
A: The 1957 movie Fear Strikes Out staring Anthony Perkins tells the life story of Jimmy Piersall a major league outfielder who played for the Boston Red Sox (1950, 1952-1958), the Cleveland Indians (1959-1961), the Washington Senators (1962-1963), the New York Mets (1963) and the Los Angeles/California Angels (1963-1967).

Q: What is the only known game worn jersey that was worn by two future hall of famers?
A: A jersey bearing the number 19 was worn by Bob Feller while pitching for the Cleveland Indians. The jersey was inherited by a Cleveland farm club, the Alamance Indians in Burlington, who in turn sold the jersey to the Class B Raleigh Caps. The Caps assigned the jersey to an 18 year old kid by the name of Carl Yastrzemski, who was playing short stop at the time.

Q: Who was the the only player to pinch-hit for both Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski?
A: Carroll Hardy pinch-hit for Ted Williams on September 20, 1960 after Williams fouled a ball off of his foot. He is the only player to ever have pinch-hit for Ted Williams. He also pinch-hit for rookie Carl Yastrzemski on May 31, 1961. Earlier in his career, Hardy also had the honor of pinch-hitting for Roger Maris on May 18, 1958. In that at bat he hit is first major league home run. Carroll Hardy played as a backup outfielder for most of his career and was only on the Boston Red Sox from late 1960 through 1962.

Q: Who was the first woman elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
A: In 2006, Effa Manley became the first woman elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Effa was an owner of the Newark Eagles, who were a Negro League Baseball team in the 1940s.

Q: In what year did the National League notch its first All-Star Game victory?
A: The first National League All-Star Game victory came in 1936, three years after the founding of the “Mid-Summer Classic”. The National League All-Stars defeated the American League All-Stars 4 to 1.

Q: The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 3 to take the 1934 World Series. Who were the Cardinals’ winning pitchers?
A: The Dean brothers notched all 4 St. Louis wins. Dizzy Dean won games 1 and 7. His Brother Daffy Dean won games 3 and 6.

Q: How many home runs and runs batted in did baseball great Mickey Mantle have in World Series Play?
A: Hall of famer Mickey Mantle played in 65 World Series games. In those he hit 18 home runs and had 40 RBIs.

Q: In how many World Series Games did Yogi Berra play?
A: Yogi Berra played in a total of 75 World Series games. In those 75 games he had 71 hits and 12 home runs.

Q: When was major league baseball’s first all-star game played?
A: MLB’s first All-Star game was played on July 6, 1933 at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The American League won that game 4 to 2.

Q: What was the last year that baseball’s Braves played in Boston, and what names did the Braves go by when they were in Boston?
A: The Braves were one of the charter members of the National League. They were founded in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings. Over the years thy were known as:

* Boston Braves from 1941-1952
* Boston Bees from 1936-1940
* Boston Braves from 1912-1935
* Boston Rustlers from 1911
* Boston Doves from 1907-1910
* Boston Beaneaters from 1883-1906
* Boston Red Stockings from 1871-1882

The Braves last season in Boston was in 1952. From Boston they moved to Milwaukee were they played from 1953 to 1965. In 1965 the Braves moved to their current home in Atlanta

Q: Who said: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
A: The quote “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” is attributed to baseball great Satchel Paige. This, and other of Paige’s rules, first appeared in the June 13, 1953 issue of Colliers.

Q: Name all of the homes for Major League Baseball’s Athletics.
A: * From 1901 to 1954 the Athletics played in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Athletics. As the Philadelphia Athletics, they won World Series Championships in 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, and 1930.
* In 1955 the team moved to Kansas City to become the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics never played in a World Series.
* The Athletics moved to their current home, Oakland, in 1968. In Oakland, the Athletics have won the World Series in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1989.

Q: What was the first major league baseball team to receive rings for winning the world series?
A: The 1922 New York Giants who defeated the New York Yankees 4-0-1 (yes, game 2 ended in a 3-3 tie after 10) were the first World Series champions to receive rings. The oldest ring in the Baseball Hall of Fame collection is from the 1932 Yankees.

Q: When did the Milwaukee Brewers join the National League?
A: The Milwaukee Brewers joined Major League Baseball in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots in the American League. In 1970 they moved to Milwaukee and changed their name to the Brewers. The Brewers joined the National League in 1998.

Q: Major league’s Dodgers have been known by what names over the years?
A: Since joining the National League in 1890, the Dodgers have been known as:

* 1888-1890 - Brooklyn Bridegrooms
* 1891-1895 - Brooklyn Grooms
* 1896-1898 - Brooklyn Bridegrooms
* 1899-1910 - Brooklyn Superbas
* 1911-1912 - Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
* 1913 - Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1914-1931 - Brooklyn Robins
* 1958–present - Los Angeles Dodgers

Prior to joining the National League, the Dodgers were known as:

* 1884 - Brooklyn Atlantics
* 1885-1887 - Brooklyn Grays
* 1888-1890 - Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Q: What was the original name of the Houston Astros?
A: When the Houston Astros joined the National League in 1962, they were known as the Houston Colt .45s. They changed their name to the Astros in 1965.

Q: What names did the Cleveland Indians go by before they became the Indians?
A: “Indians” is the 4th name by which the team has been known. Over the years, the American League major league team in Cleveland has been known as:

* 1915 on: Cleveland Indians
* 1905 - 1914: Cleveland Naps
* 1902 - 1904: Cleveland Bronchos
* 1902: Cleveland Blues

Q: Who was the first player of Navajo Indian decent to play Major League Baseball?
A: In June of 2007, when the Boston Red Sox first called Jacoby Ellsbury up from the Pawtucket Red Sox, Ellsbury became the first player of Navajo Indian decent to play Major League Baseball. Jacoby’s mother is a Navajo and his father is of German and English decent. Jacoby is a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes. In the 2007 World Series, Ellsbury also became the first rookie in 60 years to get 4 hits in a World Series.

Q: Who were the first winners of Major League Baseball’s Beacon Award?
A: The Beacon Award was first awarded in 2007, in conjunction with MLB’s first annual preseason Civil Rights Game in Memphis, TN. “The award honors people’s contributions to civil rights and reflects their historical ties to baseball” (Source: MLB). The 2007 winners were:

* Buck O’Neil (1911-2006), a player (1st baseman for the Negro leagues), manager (Negro leagues), scout (Kansas City Royals), the first black coach in the major leagues (Cubs in 1962), and tireless baseball ambassador
* Filmmaker Spike Lee
* Vera Clemente, the widow of Hall of Fame right fielder Roberto Clemente

Q: Who was the first U.S. President to throw out the first pitch to start a Major League baseball season?
A: William Howard Taft threw out the first pitch in Washington, DC on April 14, 1910.

Q: Who pitched the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in MLB history?
A: Hall-of-Famer Bob Feller accomplished the feat for the Cleveland Indians in their 1940 Opening Day game against the Chicago White Sox.

Q: What is the only MLB team that always opens the season at home?
A: The Cincinnati Reds always have a home game to open the season. For many years, the first pitch of every MLB season officially took place in Cincinnati. Although this is no longer the case, Opening Day remains a highly celebrated event in Cincinnati, home of baseball’s first professional team.

Q: Over their history, what names have the Chicago Cubs been known by?
A: The Chicago Cubs, the only team to continuously hold a franchise dating from the beginning of the National League in 1876, have been known by 4 names throughout their history:

1902–present: Chicago Cubs
1898-1901: Chicago Orphans
1890-1897: Chicago Colts
1870-1871, 1874-1889: Chicago White Stockings

Q: What hide was first used to cover baseballs in 1975?
A: Cowhide

Q: What baseball announcer said Pope Paul VI’s death “puts a damper on even a Yankees win”?
A: Phil Rizzuto

Q: What country’s first U.S. major league baseball player was Chan-Ho Park?
A: South Korea’s

Q: Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?
A: Boston and Detroit

Q: What baseball team’s games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?
A: The Atlanta Braves.

Q: What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?
A: Ozzie Smith

Q: What pitcher’s 1.12 ERA in 1968 is the lowest in the majors in post-World War II play?
A: Bob Gibson’s.

Q: Who was the last American League baseballer to win the Triple Crown, in 1967?
A: Car Yastrzemski.

Q: What Pittsburgh Pirate had exactly 3,000 career hits before dying in a plane crash?
A: Roberto Clemente.

Q: What’s the LCS to a baseball pennant winner?
A: League Championship Series.

Q: What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major leaguer to wear in his on the field?
A: Curlers.

Q: How many seasons did Lou Gehrig play every inning of every game?
A: One

Q: What major league baseball team has fans dubbed “Cheese Heads”?
A: The Milwaukee Brewers.

Q: What ballpark was Pete Rose playing in when he broke Ty Cobb’s career hits record?
A: Riverfront Stadium.

Q: What major league baseball team did the Walt Disney Company assumee operational control of in 1996?
A: The California Angels.

Q: How many seasons saw Hank Aaron blast 50 or more homers?
A: Zero.

Q: Who holds the record for most innings pitched in a major league season?
A: Cy Young.

Q: What legendary manager explained: “You have to have a catcher. If you don’t the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen”?
A: Casey Stengel

Q: What explosive base-stealer took a $2.75 million pay cut to play for the Kansas City Royals, in 1995?
A: Vince Coleman.

Q: What major league baseball team was forced to endure a 20-day road trip in 1996?
A: The Atlanta Braves.

Q: What Beantowner is second only to Pete Rose in total major league baseball games played?
A: Carl Yastrzemski.

Q: What’s the most home runs hit by one player in a single major league game?
A: Four.

Q: What establishments were 90 percent of the viewers watching the first televised World Series from?
A: Bars.

Q: What did Babe Ruth, Rogers, Hornsby, Ted Williams and Willie Mays all do in their first major league at-bats?
A: Strike out.

Q: What former Giants star is the godfather of Barry Bonds?
A: Willie Mays.

Q: What governor was on hand at home plate to greet Hank Aaron when he broke Babes Ruth’s home run record?
A: Jimmy Carter.

Sources:

http://www.nuttyaboutsports.com/
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Trivia Time Out | June 27th, 2008 by DeeB
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