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Impossible Baseball #2 Trivia Quiz

Another installment.

A multiple-choice quiz by cubfan. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
cubfan

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
35,150

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3928

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the man Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit for? Hint

Jim Thorpe

Pete Rose

Will Wegner

Frank Saucier

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first player to wear a number?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the only Yankee on hand both on the day Lou Gehrig started his consecutive-game streak and when he ended it? Hint

Wally Pipp

Joe DiMaggio

Babe Ruth

Yogi Berra

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Question 4 of 10

4. What player wore the name of his hometown on the back of his uniform?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the only man to be actively playing in Babe Ruth's last year and Hank Aaron's first year?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who played right field for the Yankees before Babe Ruth? Hint

Will Harrison

Buck Rickey

Sammy Vick

Ty Cobb

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the middle name of all three DiMaggio brothers?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the only man to pinch-hit for Ted Williams?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first designated hitter?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What player ran around the bases backward to commemorate his 100th home run? Hint

Ernie Banks

Babe Ruth

Eddie Murray

Jimmy Piersall

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the man Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit for?

Answer: Frank Saucier

Gaedel was the St. Louis Brown who was 3ft 7in tall and wore the number one-eighth.

2. Who was the first player to wear a number?

Answer: Jack Graney

He was also the first player to face Babe Ruth, and the first former player to become a broadcaster.

3. Who was the only Yankee on hand both on the day Lou Gehrig started his consecutive-game streak and when he ended it?

Answer: Wally Pipp

Lou Gehrig took over for Pipp one day because he had a headache, the rest is history. Wally Pipp was on a business trip in Detroit one day and decided to watch a baseball game. The Tigers were playing his old team the Yankees. Wally was one of the 11,379 fans that saw Gehrig take himself out of his first game in 2130 games.

4. What player wore the name of his hometown on the back of his uniform?

Answer: Bill Voiselle

His hometown's name was Ninety Six.

5. Who was the only man to be actively playing in Babe Ruth's last year and Hank Aaron's first year?

Answer: Phil Cavarretta

He played from 1934-1953 with the Chicago Cubs and 1954-1955 as a member of the Chicago White Sox.

6. Who played right field for the Yankees before Babe Ruth?

Answer: Sammy Vick

George Halas (the usual answer to this question) finished playing for the Yankees in July 1919. Sammy Vick was the starting RF for the Yankees.
Babe Ruth joined the Yankees in January 1920.

7. What was the middle name of all three DiMaggio brothers?

Answer: Paul

8. Who was the only man to pinch-hit for Ted Williams?

Answer: Carroll Hardy

He popped into a double play.

9. Who was the first designated hitter?

Answer: Ron Blomberg

10. What player ran around the bases backward to commemorate his 100th home run?

Answer: Jimmy Piersall

He did this because this was a feat that had taken him 13 years to achieve.

Source: Author cubfan

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