Put Out the Match! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Stan Musial

Boggs was in a Red Sox uniform from 1982-1992. Williams played from 1939-1960, then Yaz came to town from 1961-1983. Stan Musial was a career Cardinal from 1941-1963. Stan won three NL MVPs and was runner-up another four times.

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

Mantle topped the list and Major League Baseball with 18. Ruth hit 15 and Berra hit 12. DiMaggio went to 10 World Series with the Yankees while winning nine. Joe hit eight World Series home runs in his career.

Answer: Warren Spahn

Spahn won only one Cy Young Award. He won it in 1957 with the second presentation of the award. He was also the Cy Young runner-up another three times. Being a 20-game winner an amazing 13 times in his career, if the Cy Young Award had been presented earlier, Spahn might have won more of the prestigious award.

Answer: Ryne Sandberg

While they all won the MVP Award, Sandberg never pitched. Except for six at-bats with the Philadelphia Phillies, Sandberg was a career Chicago Cub and a fixture at second base for 15 seasons. He won the MVP Award in 1985 over Keith Hernandez and Tony Gwynn in a landslide victory. Sandberg was a 2005 Hall of Fame inductee.

Answer: Hank Aaron

Aaron hit 755 in his career but never reached the 50 home run mark in a season. Showing consistency every season, Hank topped out at 47 in 1971 with the Braves. He hit 733 with the Braves and 22 with the Brewers.

Answer: Ty Cobb

Sisler hit a record 257 times in 1920, and his season record stood for decades to follow until Ichiro surpassed the mark with 262 in 2004. Hornsby had 250 hits with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1922. Cobb's highest season mark fell a measly two hits shy of the 250 mark in 1911 when he won his only MVP Award.

In all his other 23 seasons he never topped 226. When the "Georgia Peach" retired, he had the most career hits in history with 4189. Pete Rose later broke that mark.

Answer: Cy Young

Carey died in 1976 with Robinson and Wheat passing away in 1972. All were a huge loss to fans. Not only a workhorse from the mound, Young was a workhouse in life also. Young was born in 1867, debuted in baseball in 1890, and died at the age of 88 in 1955.

The pitching Cy Young Award was named and presented in his honor which began in 1956. Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first recipient of the award.

Answer: Babe Ruth

A-Rod retired at the top of the career record with 25. Gehrig hit 23, and Ramirez hit 21. Ruth had a big bat but hit 16. Ruth was not primarily the clean-up hitter for the Yankees. It was Gehrig wearing the number four which depicted the batting order in the early days. Ruth's number was three.

When the Babe retired in 1935, he had hit the most home runs with 714 of anyone in baseball.

Answer: Whitey Ford

While all were inducted into the Hall of Fame, Ford was the only lefty in this group. A career New York Yankee from 1950-1967, he won a record 10 World Series games after appearing in 22 games. His World Series record was 10-8, and he helped the Yankees win six of his 11 World Series. He was also the World Series MVP in 1961 against the Reds.

Answer: Eddie Collins

Eddie Collins is a Hall of Fame great who played for the Athletics and White Sox. Eddie Gaedel was the midget, officially listed at 3'7" by Major League Baseball, who was sent into a game to pinch-hit. Standing less than four feet tall, little Eddie walked on four pitches for the Browns on August 19, 1951.

It was the only plate appearance of Gaedel's career. The Tiger pitcher was Bob Cain and he won the game 6-2. It was a prank concocted by the outrageous St. Louis owner, Bill Veeck. Gaedel died 10 years later at the age of 36 after being mugged, robbed, and beaten in Chicago. Jose Canseco had a fly ball hit him in the head and bounce over the fence for a home run. Jimmy Piersall ran the bases backwards upon hitting his 100th career home run, causing MLB to change some rules. Steve Bartman was the Chicago fan who interfered with a foul ball that contributed to the Cubs losing the playoffs.