Famous Firsts Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wilie Stargell and Keith Hernandez

Wilie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Keith Hernandez of the Saint Louis Cardinals were voted National League co-MVPs in 1979. Both players accumulated 216 points in the voting. Stargel also won the NLCS and World Series MVP awards in 1979. Hernandez led the National League in batting average, doubles, and runs scored.

Answer: Joel Youngblood

Joel Youngblood was traded by the Mets to the Expos on August 4, 1982. After the Mets' day game, he flew to Philadelphia who were hosting the Expos for a night game. Youngblood got two hits in both of the games he played that day.

Answer: Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela played in Major League Baseball from 1980 through 1997. During his official rookie year, he was responsible for the sensation known as "Fernandomania". In 1981 he was the first to win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Valenzuela led the Dodgers to win the World Series that year.

Answer: Jim Rice

Jim Rice played his entire sixteen year with the Boston Red Sox. Jim Rice was named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1978 and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. He hit into 36 double plays in 1984 and 35 double plays in 1985.

Answer: Don Sutton

Don Sutton pitched in MLB for twenty-three seasons in MLB. He pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels. Between 1966 and 1986, Sutton struck out at least one hundred batters per season. Sutton became the first pitcher to strike out that many batters per season for twenty consecutive seasons.

Answer: Greg and Mike Maddux

Brothers Greg and Mike Maddux pitched against each other on September 29, 1986. Greg pitched for the Chicago Cubes while Mike pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cubs beat the Phillies 8 to 3 during that matchup.

Answer: Tim Wakefield

The Atlanta Braves faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1992 National League Championship Series. The Pirates' rookie pitcher Tim Wakefield pitched complete game victories in games three and six of the series. Wakefield defeated Braves' legendary pitcher Tom Glavine in both games. The Braves won the series four games to three.

Answer: Dave Kingman

During the 1977 MLB season, Dave Kingman played for the New York Mets (National League East), the San Diego Padres (National League West), the California Angels (American League West), and the New York Yankees (American League East). Kingman hit twenty-six total home runs that season. Kingman played games in the outfield, first base and third base during his journey.

Answer: Benito Santiago

Catcher Benito Santiago played twenty seasons in MLB. During his rookie season in 1987, Benito Santiago had a thirty-four-game hitting streak the San Diego Padres. Benito Santiago won the National League Rookie of the Year in 1987.

Answer: Fred Lynn

The 1983 MLB All-Star Game was held on July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. In the third inning, California Angels outfielder Fred Lynn hit a grand slam off of San Francisco Giants' pitcher Atlee Hammaker. That was the first grand slam in in MLB All-Star game history.

The American League team defeated the National League team by a score of 13 to 3. Fred Lynn was named the game's MVP.