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Who Wrote This Stuff? Multiple Choice Quiz | MLB Mixture

This isn't ready for the newspapers because there is something wrong with each statement. You find it with multiple choice options, and select which is wrong in the statement. I hope that you have fun with it. :-)

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

Author
Nightmare

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
207,229

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
640

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. Babe Ruth set a record for hitting the most home runs in a career and all with the same team, retiring with 714 blasts in 1935. The Babe also retired with 94 pitching victories to his credit from the mound. Hint

Ruth retired in 1949

Ruth retired with 143 pitching victories

Ruth was not a one team career player

Ruth hit 755 career home runs

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Question 2 of 10

2. The 1989 stike season took a toll on many players, and when it went into the following season, Chicago White Sox DH Julio Franco packed his bags and played ball in the Japanese league. Hint

Franco played for the Pirates

Franco was never a designated-hitter

Franco retired after the strike began

The strike began in the 1994 season

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1960 World Series and set a record for the highest ERA ever in a World Series of 7.11. Jim Coates of the Pirates was the highest with a 22.50 ERA. They defeated the Yankees, four games to three, on Bill Mazeroski's heroic game-seven ninth inning home run. Hint

Bobby Richardson hit the series-winning home run against the Yankees

Jim Coates was a Yankee, and it was Fred Green who threw the 22.50 ERA

This all happened in 1956

The Pirates set a record for the lowest ERA in a World Series with 1.03

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Question 4 of 10

4. There were only two catchers in the entire 20th century who won a batting title. Zip Zabel was the first in 1926 with the Cincinnati Reds, and Ernie Lombardi did it twice, once in 1938 with the Reds and the other with the 1942 Boston Braves. Lombardi received the MVP for his 1938 efforts. Hint

Lombardi never won a MVP

There were six catchers in the 20th century who won a batting title

Ernie Lombardi's second title was with the Baltimore Orioles

Zip Zabel was a pitcher. The other catcher was Bubbles Hargrave

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1955, the Brooklyn franchise had their first taste of a World Series and defeated the New York Yankees, four games to three. The series MVP was Johnny Podres. Duke Snider hit four home runs in the series for the Dodgers, while Yankee Yogi Berra, went 10-24 batting .417. Hint

Snider left the Dodgers after the 1950 season

Sandy Koufax was the series MVP

Berra went 1-27 in the series, setting a record for a starting player

It was Brooklyn's eighth attempt to win a World Series

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1915, Ty Cobb set a Major League record which would linger for almost 50 years. He stole a record 96 bases in a season. Maury Wills broke his record in 1962 by becoming the first to steal 100 bases in a season. Lou Brock of the Cardinals then topped Will's mark with 118 in 1974. Then came along 23-year old Rickey Henderson, who awed the fans by setting a modern day record of 148 in 1982 with the Athletics. Hint

Rickey never played for the Athletics

Henderson's record was 130

Wills was not the first to reach the 100 barrier

Lou Brock stole 91 career bases

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Question 7 of 10

7. Talk about losers. Both Met pitchers Roger Craig and Jack Fisher lost 24 games in season. Craig lost his 24 in 1962, then made a curtain call by losing another 22 in 1963. Fisher, wanting the attention of this team record, lost 24 in 1972. The Mets lost an amazing 111 games in the 1963 season. Hint

The Mets only lost 89 games in 1963

Fisher lost 24 games with the Yankees, not the Mets

Craig never lost 20 games in a season

Fisher lost 24 games in 1965

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Question 8 of 10

8. The first team in history to top the 1000 pitching strikeout mark for a team, was the 1959 Brooklyn Dodgers. The team was led by Don Drysdale who struck out 242 of his own, backed by Sandy Koufax's 173. This helped the team win the National League, and defeat the White Sox in the World Series. Hint

Drysdale struck out 365, a record later broken by Nolan Ryan

Koufax had not joined the Dodgers yet

The team was already in Los Angeles

The Dodgers played the Yankees in the World Series in 1959

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Baltimore Orioles set a record in 1988 for starting their season and losing their first 21 games. This helped them finish last in the American League East (10th) for the season, 34.5 games behind the Red Sox. They began their season with Cal Ripken at the helm, then changed to the great Frank Robinson. Robinson turned the team around in 1989 by winning 33 more games. Hint

There were not 10 teams in the AL East

The Orioles lost more games in 1989 as compared to 1988

Ripken was let go after the 1986 season

The Yankees won the division in 1988

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Question 10 of 10

10. For the first time in Major League history, the 1972 World Series found no starting pitcher complete a game. It pitted the Indians vs the Reds, which the Reds lost four games to three. Although the Reds had Johnny Bench and company, they could not repeat from their 1940 World Series title. Hint

The Reds lost four games to none

The Reds had never won World Series prior

The Reds played the Athletics in the series

Johnny Bench had already retired in 1967

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Ruth was not a one team career player

Ruth played for the Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees, and the Boston Braves in his career.

2. The 1989 stike season took a toll on many players, and when it went into the following season, Chicago White Sox DH Julio Franco packed his bags and played ball in the Japanese league.

Answer: The strike began in the 1994 season

The strike began in 1994, and as it drug into the 1995 season, Franco and teammate Darrin Jackson both went to play ball in Japan. Julio came back as an Indian in 1996, and Jackson in 1997 as a Twin.

Answer: Jim Coates was a Yankee, and it was Fred Green who threw the 22.50 ERA

Fred Green who appeared in three games for the Pirates did the deed with the 22.50 ERA. Green gave up 10 earned runs in just four innings pitched. Pittsburgh lost all three games that Green appeared in by 10 or more runs, and two of those were shutouts for the Yankees. Green stayed in the Majors for another three seasons, but never won another game.

Answer: Zip Zabel was a pitcher. The other catcher was Bubbles Hargrave

Zabel was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs during his entire career. Lombardi played for numerous teams in his career, never in the American League, and the Orioles did not exist then. Bubbles Hargrave was in his ninth season, and batted .353 for the Reds. He retired after 12 seasons in 1930, with his last season as a Yankee.

Answer: It was Brooklyn's eighth attempt to win a World Series

Koufax was a 19-year old rookie and did not play in the series. Duke Snider, a long-time Dodger, left the team after the 1962 season. Brooklyn had seen seven previous World Series, losing one to the Red Sox, one to the Indians, and five to the Yankees.

Answer: Henderson's record was 130

Henderson played for the Athletics and almost every other team in baseball. He kept his bags packed as he moved around a lot. Hugh Nichol set a record for stealing 138 bases in 1887, but this was in the American Association League.

Answer: Fisher lost 24 games in 1965

Fisher was not a rookie until 1964, but he helped keep the win-column down for the Mets when he was there. He went 8-24 in 1965 for them.

Answer: The team was already in Los Angeles

The Dodger organization moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. Koufax was a rookie with the Dodgers in the 1955 season. The Dodgers won the series over Chicago, four games to two.

Answer: There were not 10 teams in the AL East

The Orioles finished in the last place spot of seventh place, while the Yankees finished fifth. Winning only 54 games in 1988, the Orioles greatly improved by winning 87 and finishing in second place the following season under Robinson.

Answer: The Reds played the Athletics in the series

It was the all-star casted Oakland A's against the Reds in 1972. The A's had a tremendous pitching staff with Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom, Vida Blue, Ken Holtzman, and Rollie Fingers.

Source: Author Nightmare

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