Baseball Oddities Trivia Quiz

Answer: Albert Belle

Albert Belle hit 52 home runs and 50 doubles while playing for the Cleveland Indians in 1995. Neither Hank Aaron nor Rafael Palmeiro ever hit 50 home runs in a season. The most doubles Babe Ruth ever hit in a year was 45, but he hit more than 50 home runs four times.

Answer: Fernando Tatis

Although a few players have hit 2 grand slams in a game, or two home runs in an inning, Fernando Tatis was the first player to hit 2 grand slams in 1 inning. He did this on April 23, 1999, while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He hit the grand slams in the 3rd inning, both off Chan Ho Park.

Answer: Jose Canseco

Jose Canseco hit 42 home runs and stole 40 bases while playing for the Oakland Athletics in 1988. Barry Bonds hit 42 home runs and stole 40 bases while playing for the San Francisco Giants in 1996. Alex Rodriguez hit 42 home runs and stole 46 bases while playing for the Seattle Mariners in 1996. Bobby Bonds never accomplished this milestone, but he did hit more than 30 home runs and stole more than 30 bases 5 times.

Answer: Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb got hit number 4000 in 1927 while playing for the Philadelphia Athletics. He ended his career with 4191 hits. Pete Rose was the second player to get 4000 hits, and he ended his career with 4256. Hank Aaron ended his career with 3771 hits, and Honus Wagner ended his career with 3415 hits.

Answer: 5

Reggie Jackson set a record by hitting 5 home runs in a World Series. Reggie Jackson hit 1 home run in Game 4, 1 home run in Game 5, and 3 home runs in game 6. In Game 6, all the home runs he hit were off first pitches, and all them were off different pitchers. Because of this game, he earned the nickname, 'Mr. October'.

Answer: Sam Crawford

Sam Crawford was the first player to ever hit more than 300 triples, and ended his career with 309. Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and Tris Speaker ended up with 297, 252, and 222, respectively.

Answer: Lou Gehrig

In his career with the Yankees, Lou Gehrig only managed to hit 493 home runs. Mel Ott hit 511 home runs while playing for the New York Giants. Gary Sheffield hit 509 home runs during his career. Eddie Mathews had hit 512 home runs.

Answer: 1975

In 1975, Brooks Robinson won the Gold Glove for the 16th and final time. He is generally considered to be the best fielding third baseman ever. He won his gold gloves from 1960-1975, winning every single year.

Answer: 1979

Dan Marino, who later became a star quarterback on the Miami Dolphins, was drafted in the 4th round of the MLB draft by the Kansas City Royals. John Elway was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 18th round of the 1979 draft, and later went on to be the star quarterback of the Denver Broncos.

Answer: Wade Boggs

Wade Boggs, who was not known for being a power hitter, got his 3000 hit by hitting a home run while playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1999. He was the first player whose 3000th hit was been a home run.