MLB by Season Trivia

1. Which baseball season provided the "Earthquake Series" that halted a World Series?

From Quiz The Years of Baseball

Answer: 1989

The Earthquake Series was the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by 10 days after a quake struck the Bay Area of San Francisco. Oakland went on to blank the Giants four games to none.

From Quiz Decades Amuck

Answer: 1910s

The World Series began in 1903. Zimmerman batted for the Triple Crown in 1912 with the Cubs, and the Athletics won three World Series in 1910, 1911, and 1913. They lost to the Boston Braves in 1914. The Federal League existed in 1914 and 1915, then closed its doors.

From Quiz Baseball by the Decades

Answer: Washington Senators

The other teams listed all played in the National League. The Senators not only lost 100 games, they did it right by losing 113 against only 38 wins. It was baseball's worst showing since the 1899 NL Cleveland Spiders. No Washington starter batted over .265. Pitcher Casey Patten led the team with 14 wins, but lost 23 in the process. No other pitcher won more than six games in 1904 for the Senators either.

From Quiz Hey, What Time Is It?

Answer: 1940

Feller of the Indians threw his no-no on April 16, 1940, in a 1-0 win over the White Sox. The Reds defeated the Tigers, four games to three in the World Series. The Hall of Fame would have only one member inducted from 1940-1943. That member was Rogers Hornsby.

From Quiz Lost Track of Time?

Answer: 1980s

Paige began his Major League career in 1948 with the Indians after many seasons of Negro League baseball. He won an undocumented 2500 career games before his death in 1982. 1981 was the year of Fernando Mania, with Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela who won both the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young awards. The Earthquake Series was the 1989 World Series between the Athletics and Giants.

From Quiz Hardcore 20th Century Baseball Challenge

Answer: Roger Bresnahan

The others were all catchers in the 1907 season. Bresnahan of the New York Giants was hit in the head by a pitch in 1905. He came up with and somewhat perfected the idea by wearing them both in 1907. It was called the "pneumatic head protector". Roger began his career in 1897 as a pitcher with the Washington Senators of the National League, then moved to various positions but mostly as a catcher.

From Quiz What's in a Decade?

Answer: 1970s

It was the 1977 series that saw the Yankees and Dodgers go at it. Jackson hit one in game four, one in game five, and to put the cherry on the cake, he hit three in game six. The Yankees won the series four games to two, and Jackson was the series MVP.

From Quiz 20th Century Diamonds!

Answer: American League

The others were actual baseball leagues, but it was the American League that combined with the National to be called the Major Leagues. The eight teams were the White Sox, who won the first pennant, the Red Sox, Tigers, Athletics, Orioles, Senators, Blues, and Brewers.

From Quiz You Name the Decade IV

Answer: 1950s

Don Larsen of the New York Yankees touched this milestone in game five of the 1956 series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the series four games to three. During the regular season, Larsen had gone 11-5.

From Quiz You Name the Decade III

Answer: 1950s

1951 saw Browns' owner Bill Veeck pull another of his publicity stunts. Gaedel walked on four pitches. He was 26 when he appeared. 10 years later he died in his hometown of Chicago as the result of a mugging.

From Quiz You Name the Decade II

Answer: 1910s

Wills of the Dodgers broke the almost 50-year old record in 1962. The record belonged to Ty Cobb, who in 1915 with the Detroit Tigers stole 96 bases. Wills' record lasted 12 seasons when Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals stole 118 in 1974.

From Quiz You Name the Decade

Answer: 1930s

The hall opened in 1936 to inaugurate five players. They were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson. Ty Cobb had the most ballots of the five. In 1937, the hall inducted eight more players, then three more in 1938.

From Quiz Baseball by the Decade

Answer: Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente of the Pirates had 1,877 of his 3,000 career hits during the 1960s. Hank Aaron of the Braves was a close second with 1,819 hits.

From Quiz Dummies Baseball #46 -1800s

Answer: 1846

Although disputed for many years, MLB has recognized this game on June 19th, as the first official game. It was between the New York Nine and the Knickerbockers. The Nine defeated the Knickerbockers 23-1. The Knickerbocker owner Alex Cartwright, umpired the game in his losing cause. He fined a Nine player 6 cents for swearing during the game, the first official fine on record.

From Quiz Baseball 1950s to 90s

Answer: Bobby Thomson & Thomson

Thomson hit a three run shot off Ralph Branca in the bottom of the 9th inning of the third game in a best of three playoff between the Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers for the NL pennant, winning 5-4. 'The Giants win the pennant!'

From Quiz Baseball from 1900 to 1970

Answer: 204

Willie Keeler is the reason why they have bunts count as strikes. He used to bunt balls foul at will.

From Quiz 19th Century Baseball

Answer: 50 Feet

With the change of pitching rules allowing a pitcher to throw overhand, pitching became too dominating to continue at that distance.

From Quiz The Years of Baseball

Answer: 1907

The first recorded in a World Series was in the 1907 series which had the Chicago Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. It was the first of three consecutive seasons that the Tigers represented the American League in the World Series but lost every one of them. It was game one and the Cubs had tied it with two runs in the bottom of the ninth, and the game officially ended at the end of the 12th inning due to darkness at 3-3. The Cubs then won games 2, 3, 4, and 5 to end the series at 4-0. Game 2 of the 1912 Word Series, NY Giants v Boston Red Sox, ended in a 6-6 tie. The Red Sox went on to win the series 4-3 after 8 games.

From Quiz Decades Amuck

Answer: 1940s

Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees had his 56-game record setting hitting streak in 1941. Hal Newhouser pitched for the Detroit Tigers. He received his consecutive MVPs by going 29-9 in 1944, then 25-9 in 1945. The Bambino died on August 16, 1948, at the age of 53 in New York.

From Quiz Baseball by the Decades

Answer: Ty Cobb

Unfortunately for the Detroit Tiger Cobb as he just missed a Triple Crown in 1908, but then batted for the Triple Crown in 1909, both before the MVP Award began. In 1911, Ty batted .420 to win the MVP, but it wasn't good enough as the Tigers finished in second place, 13.5 games back of the Philadelphia Athletics. The others were all career National League players.

From Quiz Hey, What Time Is It?

Answer: 1956

Roberts retired after 19 seasons in 1966 with a career record 505 home runs allowed. Don Newcombe of the Dodgers was the first recipient of the Cy Young Award in 1956. Mack managed for 53 seasons, 50 of those with the Philadelphia Athletics.

From Quiz Lost Track of Time?

Answer: 1980s

The year of the Phillies was 1980 when they took their first World Series crown against the Kansas City Royals. Schmidt won the MVP for the season and the World Series MVP also in 1980. He also won two more season MVPs in the decade. Alston managed the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for over 20 seasons. Walt died in 1984.

From Quiz Hardcore 20th Century Baseball Challenge

Answer: Eddie Grant

Grant of the New York Giants was in his 10th season of Major League baseball when he was called to war in 1915. He was killed on October 5, 1918, in France.

From Quiz What's in a Decade?

Answer: 1950s

The Yankee catcher not only won the AL MVPs in 1951, 1954, and 1955, but from 1950-1956, Yogi was in the top four for the MVP every season. He had a potential seven consecutive MVP awards at his doorstep. Berra went to an amazing 14 World Series with the Yankees, winning 10. The Hall of Fame took Yogi in 1972.

From Quiz 20th Century Diamonds!

Answer: Walter Johnson

The others weren't pitchers and would not begin their careers for another 20 years or so. Johnson did both in the 1913 season. He did the duo again in 1924, and helped take the Senators to a World Series championship.

From Quiz You Name the Decade III

Answer: 1920s

In 1920, Hornsby was already a six-year veteran with the Cardinals. In that decade, Rogers also hit over .350 nine times, including hitting over .400 twice. Strangely enough, Hornsby played for four different teams from 1926-1929, and won his second MVP as a Cub in 1929. He retired after 23 seasons in 1937, and was inducted into the hall in 1942.

From Quiz You Name the Decade II

Answer: 1950s

Not only did the Yankees appear in eight World Series in the 1950s, but from 1949-1964, the pinstripes appeared in 14, missing only the 1954 and 1959 seasons. They appeared in five series in the 1930s and 1940s each.

From Quiz You Name the Decade

Answer: 1960s

Koufax of the Dodgers blistered baseball in the 1960s. From 1963-1966, he won three Cy Youngs, three Triple Crowns, one season MVP, and two World Series MVPs. He retired after the 1966 season with only 12 short seasons, winning 165 games.

From Quiz Baseball by the Decade

Answer: Jimmie Foxx

Jimmie Foxx split time between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox during the 1930s amassing 415 home runs during the decade. Babe Ruth had his big decade in the 1920s when he smashed 467 homers, the largest amount ever hit in one decade by a single player. He only hit 198 during the 1930s.

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