Power and the Glory Trivia Quiz

Answer: 14

Lajoie won the AL Triple Crown in the league's first season. His 14 homers, coupled with a .426 average and 125 RBI led the league. Unfortunately, he couldn't carry the team, as the A's finished fourth in the eight team league.

Answer: Harry Stovey

Stovey, an outfielder and first baseman, was one of the first greats and an innovator. His playing career spanned 1880 to 1893. He was a prolific power hitter and excellent base stealer (he stole 509 bases in his career), and was the first to wear sliding pads (and slide into a base he was stealing). Stovey hit career home run #100 on September 3, 1880 in Cleveland.

His milestone hit came off of pitcher Jersey Bakely. Stovey would hit 22 more home runs in his career, and would stand alone in triple digits until Roger Connor hit number 100 in 1893.

Answer: Babe Ruth

The Great Bambino, also hit his milestone home run in Cleveland, with #500 coming on August 11, 1929. The ball was caught by a young boy, who was able to meet Ruth to give the ball back. Also in return, the boy received $20. Ruth stood alone above 500 until 1940, when Jimmie Foxx hit his 500th.

Answer: The Shot Heard Around the World

On October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson hit a walk-off three run home run into the left field seats in New York's Polo Grounds, to give his Giants a 5-4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was Thomson's 32nd home run of the year, and put the Giants in the World Series. Unfortunately, Thomson couldn't help his Giants beat the other New York team, as the Yankees won the World Series in 6 games.

Answer: Reggie Jackson

He hit home runs in the 4th, 5th, and 7th inning of Game 6, to help give the New York Yankees the World Series championship. With a home run in his last at bat of Game 5, and a walk in the second inning of Game 6, Jackson had hit home runs in 4 consecutive at-bats, each of a different Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. Jackson had a combined 5 home runs in the series.

Answer: True

In an amazing display of power, Hamilton had 13 consecutive swings leave the stadium. The showing broke Bobby Abreu's mark of 24 home runs in a round, which he set in 2005. Hamilton lost to Justin Morneau in the final of the competition, but gave the fans a great show.

Answer: 868

Sadaharu Oh was a first baseman who played from 1959 to 1980 in the Japanese baseball league. He spent all of his 22 seasons wearing number 1 for the Yomiuri Giants. He won 11 Japan Series, as baseball champ, and added 2170 RBIs and a .301 career average.

Answer: Al Kaline

Al Kaline isn't alone on the 399 mark. He is joined by as Andres Galarraga, who also finished one short of 400. Kaline didn't reach 400 long balls, but he reached another baseball milestone, finishing his career with 3007 hits.

Answer: Ted Williams

Williams' long and amazing career spanned over four decades. At the age of 41 in 1960, Ted hit his 521st career homer in Boston's final home game of the season. The Red Sox then travelled to New York for three to end the season, but Williams did not play in any of the three games. What makes Williams' career even more remarkable is that he took four years off in the prime of his career to serve in World War II.

Answer: Warren Spahn

Spahn, a left-handed pitcher, played 21 seasons in the big leagues with 19 for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves. He won the World Series in 1957, and took home the Cy Young Award that season as well. After his retirement in 1965, he was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1973. Spahn died in 2003 at the age of 82.