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Quiz about Sick MLB Pt 2
Quiz about Sick MLB Pt 2

Sick MLB: Pt. 2 Trivia Quiz


Death and dying, the macabre and gruesome ways some MLB players went to meet their maker.

A multiple-choice quiz by Wydady. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Wydady
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
309,899
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
424
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who took their life in-season in 1940? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What former Yankee manager died in a drunk driving incident? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What MLB executive committed suicide in his office in 1909? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What Hall of Famer choked to death in 1967 at the age of 59? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of the following was not involved in a murder-suicide attempt? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was the first player to die from being hit by a pitch in a Major League game? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What Brooklyn Dodger died after being beaten with a fire extinguisher aboard an airplane? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who died from internal injuries suffered from crashing into a wall while chasing a foul pop-up during a game? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What two Cleveland Indian relief pitchers were killed in a 1993 boating accident? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What promising Angel was murdered in a case of mistaken identity in 1978? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who took their life in-season in 1940?

Answer: Willard Hershberger

Catcher Hershberger, despondent about his pitch calling in a game against the New York Giants days before, slit his own wrists in a Boston hotel room while his Cincinnati Reds were preparing to face off against the Boston Braves in an August 3rd, 1940 doubleheader.

The Reds would go on to win their second World Series that year, and Hershberger's number 5 would be retired-then unretired-then retired for another Reds catcher, Johhny Bench.
2. What former Yankee manager died in a drunk driving incident?

Answer: Billy Martin

Martin was a passenger in a one-car accident that took place near his farm in upstate New York. He and a friend had been drinking heavily on Christmas Day of 1989, and his friend was driving the vehicle.
3. What MLB executive committed suicide in his office in 1909?

Answer: Harry Pulliam

Many say that the pressure of the 1908 National League pennant race got to sensitive NL President Pulliam. Forced to make a controversial decision regarding the "Merkle's Boner" game (where Giant rookie Fred Merkle cost his team a run, the game and ultimately the NL pennant by not touching 2nd base on what should have been a game winning single in a key contest against the Cubs), Pulliam took some time off from work and mulled retirement. Shortly after returning, the 44 year-old Pulliam put a bullet in his head at the New York Athletic Club.
4. What Hall of Famer choked to death in 1967 at the age of 59?

Answer: Jimmie Foxx

Foxx, who many considered the right-handed Babe Ruth, was partly the inspiration for Jimmie Dugan's character (played by Tom Hanks) from the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own."
5. Which of the following was not involved in a murder-suicide attempt?

Answer: Eddie Waitkus

These stories could all be ripped straight from today's headlines. Waitkus, the Philadelphia Phillie star first baseman, was shot and nearly killed by an obsessed fan n 1949; his story was later used as the inspiration for the Bernard Malamud novel "The Natural." Larkin shot himself, his wife and a police officer in 1883 (all three survived, but Larkin would succeed in slicing his throat in a mental hospital years later), Moore shot his wife and himself in 1989 (she survived, he didn't), and in the most tragic of all, Bergen took an axe to his family before cutting his own throat in 1900.
6. Who was the first player to die from being hit by a pitch in a Major League game?

Answer: Ray Chapman

Although the other three suffered significant injuries from beanings, Chapman's was the only one that directly led to his death. He was hit by a submarine pitch from Yankee spitballer Carl Mays in the 5th inning of a game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees on August 16, 1920 at the Polo Grounds, and never regained consciousness after being helped from the field by teammates. Ironically, the Indians would go on to win the World Series that season; the rookie shortstop who replaced the uber-talented Chapman, Joe Sewell, would have a Hall of Fame career.
7. What Brooklyn Dodger died after being beaten with a fire extinguisher aboard an airplane?

Answer: Len Koenecke

Koenecke was killed on September 17, 1935, after picking a fight with the flight crew (not always a good idea) during a chartered flight between Detroit and Toronto. Newspaper reports stated that the pilot smashed Koenecke over the head with the fire extinguisher after he inexplicably became rowdy on the plane, attempting to take the controls and jeopardizing the lives of all aboard.
8. Who died from internal injuries suffered from crashing into a wall while chasing a foul pop-up during a game?

Answer: Doc Powers

Ironically, A's catcher Powers (an actual medical doctor, no less) took his hit during the inaugural game at Shibe Park on April 12, 1909. He passed on two weeks later from from surgical complications, becoming the first player to die from an injury suffered on-the-field (beaning victim Ray Chapman was the second). Resier and McCray, though known for running into walls (McCray's famous minor-league crash through a fence is a favorite of blooper reels), lived to tell their tales.
9. What two Cleveland Indian relief pitchers were killed in a 1993 boating accident?

Answer: Steve Olin/Tim Crews

Submarining closer Olin and recent free-agent pickup Crews were killed as a result of the March 22, 1993 accident that also seriously injured pitcher Bob Ojeda. Young, another Indian pitcher, died in a car accident after the 1993 season.
10. What promising Angel was murdered in a case of mistaken identity in 1978?

Answer: Lyman Bostock

Although the others were all Angel players who died while still active major leaguers, Bostock's was the only one that came as the result of a murder. He was shot while traveling in a car in Gary, Indiana on September 23, 1978 after a game against the White Sox in Chicago.

The assailant believed that his wife had been having an affair with Bostock; as it turned out, the two had only met a few minutes before and Bostock's uncle was giving the woman and her sister a ride home. It was a tragic case of wrong place, wrong time.
Source: Author Wydady

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