Dummies Baseball #87 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Detroit Tigers

The others were all National League teams. The Tigers had the unfortunate honor of having the worst record in 2003, with a 43-119 record. The were ranked 13th of 14 ballparks for fan attendance.

Answer: Larry Doby

The others all played with Doby on the Indians, but were of a different ethnic background. Doby was the first black American League player in 1947. After nine seasons, in 1956, he went to the Chicago White Sox, then retired in 1959.

Answer: John Conlan

None of the others ever existed in Major League baseball in any capacity. Jocko was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Conlan also played the game for two seasons with the White Sox in 1934 and 1935, at the age of 34 and 35. He died in 1989 in Arizona.

Answer: Ty Cobb

Although all were Hall of Fame inductees, none of the others ever played for the Tigers. Cobb spent 22 of his 24 seasons in a Detroit uniform, with the final two with the Athletics of Philadelphia. Cobb was one of the first five inducted into the Hall in 1936, joining the Babe, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson.

Answer: Chicago White Sox

All the franchises listed began in the Majors in 1901, but the White Sox were the only team to not change names. The Yankees did not begin the Yankee name until 1913 after two name changes of the New York Highlanders and the Baltimore Orioles. Boston took on three names before becoming the Red Sox in 1907.

The Athletics franchise had been the Philadelphia A's for 54 years before becoming the Kansas City A's in 1955, and then moving to Oakland in 1958.

Answer: None listed

Throughout the entire 19th and 20th century, no career Red had reached even the 400 plateau. Bench leads this pack with 389, followed by Perez with 287, and the Big Klu with 251. Frank Robinson hit 324 in a Reds' uniform, along with a balance of 586 with different teams.

Answer: Bob Meusel

The others were all pitchers and never played for the Yankees. The outfielder Meusel, spent the entire 1920s with the Yankees. In 1925, he hit 33 home runs compared to the Babe's 25. The Babe came back the following season by hitting 47 to Meusel's 12.

Answer: Federal League

The others were all defunct by 1890. After the emergence of the American League in 1901, the Federal League tried to make a run at it in 1914. The league folded after their 1915 season. The league consisted of the Chicago Whales and St. Louis Terriers, who shared the championship in 1915, to the Pittsburgh Rebels, Kansas City Packers, Newark Pepper, Buffalo Blues, Brooklyn Tip-Tops, and Buffalo Terrapins. Former American League Yankee Hal Chase, led the league for Buffalo with 17 home runs. He never hit more than five in the Major Leagues.

Answer: Paul and Jack Martinez

The others were famous and well known brothers from the 1960s and 1970s. Matty Alou was another brother to Jesus and Felipe.

Answer: 0

With their franchise starting up in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45s, then changing their name to the Astros in 1965, they never made it to the promised land. Unfortunately, they never made it past being a Division winner of six times in the century.