Major League Baseball Trivia Quiz

Answer: Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown in 1967 with a .326 average, 44 home runs (which tied Harmon Killebrew for the A.L. lead) and 121 Runs Batted In. Frank Robinson won the Triple Crown in 1966. Mickey Mantle won it in 1956. Barry Bonds never won a Triple Crown.

Answer: Willie Mays

Despite appearing in four World Series in his career (1951, 1954, 1962 and 1973), Willie Mays never hit a home run. Mike Schmidt hit 2 home runs in the 1980 World Series. Hank Aaron hit 3 home runs in the 1957 World Series. Roger Maris hit 2 home runs in the 1960 Series, and one in each of 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1967.

Answer: Hoyt Wilhelm

Hall-of-Famer Hoyt Wilhelm hit a home run in his first major league at bat while with the New York Giants in 1952. He never hit another. Sandy Koufax hit two career home runs, but his first one didn't come until 1962, his eighth season in the majors. Trevor Hoffman never hit a homerun, and so far, neither has Jamie Moyer.

Answer: Joseph McCarthy

Joe McCarthy won a pennant managing the Chicago Cubs of the National League in 1929. He won eight pennants managing the New York Yankees of the American League in 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942 and 1943. Bucky Harris won pennants managing the Washington Senators of the American League in 1924 and 1925, and managing the New York Yankees of the American League in 1947.

He never led a National League team to the pennant. Yogi Berra managed the New York Yankees of the American League to the pennant in 1964 and the New York Mets of the National League in 1973. Alvin Dark managed the San Francisco Giants to the National League pennant in 1962 and captured the American League flag with the Oakland Athletics in 1974.

Answer: New York Giants

The New York Giants won four consecutive pennants from 1921 through 1924 under Manager John McGraw. The Yankees first won four straight pennants from 1936 through 1939.Neither the Red Sox or the Cardinals have ever won four consecutive pennants.

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In 1924, Babe Ruth batted .378 and won his only batting title. In 1923, he had hit a career high .393, but finished second to Harry Heilmann of the Detroit Tigers, who hit .403 that year.

Answer: Grover Cleveland Alexander

Grover Cleveland Alexander won 31 games with a 1.22 E.R.A. for the pennant-winning Phillies in 1915. He won the Series opener against the Red Sox by a score of 3-1. The Phils then dropped the next four games by one run, giving the Sox the World's Series title. Alexander lost game 3 by a score of 2-1.

In both games he went the distance. Robin Roberts lost his only World's Series decision 2-1 in 10 innings in Game 2 of the 1950 Series against the Yankees. Roberts lost on a homerun by Joe Dimaggio. Curt Simmons never pitched in a World's Series for the Phillies.

He missed the 1950 Fall Classic due to military service. He did lose a decision to the Yanks in the 1964 Series while pitching for the Cardinals. Steve Carlton did not pitch in a World's Series with the Phillies until 1980.

He won two games in that Series against the Royals. He later lost a game against the Orioles in the 1983 Series against the Orioles. Carlton also lost a decision in the 1967 Series against the Red Sox while pitching for the Cardinals.

Answer: Kenny Williams

In 1922, while with the St. Louis Browns, Kenny Williams led the American League with 39 homeruns. He also stole 37 bases, putting him decades ahead of any of the others to accomplish this feat. In a career that spanned 14 seasons, Williams did not reach 30 homeruns or 30 stolen bases in any other year.

Answer: Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt won eight home run titles, winning in 1974-75-76-80-81-83-84-86. Jimmy Foxx won four home run titles in 1932-33-36-39. Johnny Mize also won four home run titles, in 1939-40-47-48. Ralph Kiner won home run titles in each of his first seven seasons in 1946-47-48-49-50-51-52.

Answer: Hal Newhouser

Hal Newhouser won consecutive MVP awards in 1944 and 1945 while a member of the Detroit Tigers. Newhouser led the league in wins with 29 in 1944. In 1945, Newhouser led the league in wins (26), ERA (1.81,) Complete Games (29), Shutouts (8), and Innings Pitched (313.3). The Tigers won the World Series in 1945.