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18 quizzes and 180 trivia questions.
1.
  Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 1   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
An all multiple choice quiz in a series about baseball that should make you sweat. It was created for you to be a challenge! :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Feb 16 11
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
1247 plays
2.
  Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 3   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Another all multiple choice quiz designed to be a challenge for whoever wants it. I hope that you enjoy it! :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Oct 24 08
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
776 plays
3.
  Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 2   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The second all multiple choice baseball quiz in a series of five that was created to be a challenge. I hope that you enjoy it! :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Dec 31 08
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
699 plays
4.
  Baseball to Sweat For: Pt. 4   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The fourth in a series of five all multiple choice quizzes created for a challenge to all baseball fans. I hope that you enjoy it! :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Apr 23 08
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
635 plays
5.
  Baseball Nightmare!   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
An all multiple choice challenge for the fun of baseball. I hope that you enjoy it! :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Jun 19 08
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
614 plays
6.
  A Baseball Nightmare for Editors   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You find the error in each statement. This is a challenge if you choose to rack your brain. Good luck, you'll need it! :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
461 plays
7.
  Welcome To My Nightmare XII   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The 12th in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 28 08
Tough
Nightmare gold member
542 plays
8.
  Welcome To My Nightmare X   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The tenth in a series of tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
779 plays
9.
  Welcome To My Nightmare IX   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The ninth in a series of tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
724 plays
10.
  Welcome To My Nightmare VI    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The sixth in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 28 08
Tough
Nightmare gold member
420 plays
11.
  Welcome To My Nightmare XIII    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The magic number 13th in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions of baseball. Good Luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Feb 28 09
Tough
Nightmare gold member
353 plays
12.
  An Editing Nightmare    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A real nasty but all multiple choice quiz. You find the errors in these statements about professional baseball. Please don't play this if you're not willing to take a few bumps! If you're an info reader, it is packed. Good luck. :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
225 plays
13.
  Welcome To My Nightmare III    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The third in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 28 08
Tough
Nightmare gold member
551 plays
14.
  Major League Nightmare    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
An all multiple choice but real challenging quiz about a variety of things in the Major Leagues. Good luck. :-)
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
385 plays
15.
  An Absolute Baseball Nightmare    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All multiple choice as always. If you get even four correct by guessing, then you are a lucky baseball fan. You may have a headache after this one, but I hope that you enjoy the education in it. :-)
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Very Difficult
Nightmare gold member
1218 plays
16.
  Welcome To My Nightmare VIII    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The eighth in a series of tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Nov 09 07
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
438 plays
17.
  Welcome To My Nightmare VII    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The seventh in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. This one is really tough! Good Luck.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Nightmare, May 25 10
Difficult
Nightmare gold member
348 plays
18.
  Welcome To My Nightmare IV    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The fourth in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions of baseball history. Good Luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Dec 10 10
Tough
Nightmare gold member
397 plays

Welcome To My Nightmare Trivia Questions
1. Frank Robinson was the first African-American to manage a Major League team when he took the helm of the American League Cleveland Indians in 1975. Who was the first National League African-American manager?

From Quiz Baseball Nightmare!

Answer: Frank Robinson

After being at the helm for three seasons in Cleveland, Frank took over the managing job of the San Francisco Giants in 1981, replacing Dave Bristol. He left San Francisco in 1984, and took over the Orioles in 1988. In 2002, Robinson tried to straighten out the Montreal Expos.

2. Which player received the first ever World Series MVP award?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt. 4

Answer: Johnny Podres

The award was first presented in 1955. The Brooklyn Dodgers won their first World Series in 1955 after winning 11 National League pennants throughout their franchise history. Pitcher Johnny Podres won two games in the four games to three win over the Yankees. Dodger outfielder Duke Snider batted .320 and hit four home runs in the series for the Dodgers also.

3. Which American League team set a Major League record by stealing only 13 bases in an entire season?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 2

Answer: Washington Senators

The 1957 Washington Senators were still dismal and struggling since their last World Series title in 1924. Reserve first baseman Julio Becquer led the team with three stolen bases in the season. In 1949, the St. Louis Cardinals set a National League record by stealing only 17 bases in the season. Cardinal Red Schoendienst led that team with almost half their total, with eight of his own.

4. In 1998, Mark McGwire set a new season home run record by hitting an amazing 70 home runs in the season. Which team did he hit number 70 off?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 3

Answer: Montreal Expos

The blast on September 27th was Mark's 457th home run of his career. He hit the pitch off Expo pitcher Carl Pavano. McGwire hit two home runs in the 6-3 win over Montreal, but it was his seventh inning shot to reach the milestone.

5. Who was the first player in history to win season MVP Awards with more than one team?

From Quiz An Absolute Baseball Nightmare

Answer: Rogers Hornsby

All these greats won a season MVP with different teams. Hornsby won two MVPs four seasons apart. His first was in 1925 with the St. Louis Cardinals for having a .403 batting average. Amazingly, he batted .424 the previous season, but was runner-up for the MVP to Brooklyn Robins (later Dodgers) pitcher Dazzy Vance, who went 28-6. Rogers was traded to the New York Giants and Boston Braves, then the Chicago Cubs in 1929. This is where he won his second MVP, by batting .380 in the season.

6. In what year was the first night World Series game?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare XIII

Answer: 1971

The first ever was in 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium. The host Pirates won that game against the Orioles 4-2. The first night game under the lights ever was in 1935 at the Reds' Crosley Field.

7. What two players were the first to be named league co-MVPs in a season?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare XII

Answer: Hernandez-Stargell

In 1979, Keith Hernandez of the Cardinals and Willie Stargell of the Pirates were the first to experience this.

8. In the 1923 World Series, what player hit two game winning home runs?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare X

Answer: Casey Stengel

Stengel hit two in the Series, the first being an inside the park home run for the Giants. The other an over-the-fence home run. He won the only two games for the Giants as they lost the Series to the Yankees 4 games to 2.

9. Who was the first player to collect 5,000 total bases in his career?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare IX

Answer: Ty Cobb

Cobb eventually retired with 5,856 total bases during his play in the Majors from 1905 to 1928.

10. What Major League umpire officiated for the most consecutive games during the 20th century?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare VIII

Answer: Bill McGowan

McGowan was the 'Lou Gehrig of Umpires' as he umpired 2,541 consecutive games from 1925 through 1954.

11. What pitcher holds the record for hitting the most batters in a season during the 20th century?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare VII

Answer: Joe McGinnity

McGinnity hit a bruising 41 batters while pitching for Brooklyn in 1900.

12. In the strike-shortened season of 1995, what American League team finished the 144 game season with a 100-44 record?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare VI

Answer: Cleveland

The Indians tore the league up that year. The only other team close were the Red Sox with a 86-58 record.

13. How many batting titles did Pete Rose retire with?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare IV

Answer: 3

Pete earned 3 titles in his career with his stellar 1968 and 1969 seasons, and another in 1973.

14. Who was the first rookie to lead a league in home runs?

From Quiz Baseball Nightmare!

Answer: Ralph Kiner

Kiner hit 23 in 1946 as a rookie with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He just missed the Rookie of the Year award that began in 1947. Rosen of the Cleveland Indians hit 37 as a rookie in 1950. Rookie McGwire hit 49 with the Athletics in 1987. Thomas did not lead the league as a rookie, and hit only seven in 1990.

15. Which two brothers were the first in Major League history to both win 20 games in any season?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt. 4

Answer: Coveleski

Harry Coveleski of the Detroit Tigers went 22-12 in 1914, 22-13 in 1915, and then 21-11 in 1916. His younger brother Stan won 20+ games in a season five times, with four pitching for the Indians. Stan's first 20-game season was in 1918 when he went 22-13. His fifth was with the Washington Senators, combining with the great Walter Johnson on that team to win the American League pennant in 1925.

16. How many times during the entire 1990s, did a Major League team win 100 or more games in a season?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 2

Answer: 10

It was quite a balanced decade except for the Cleveland Indians who went 100-44 in a strike-shortened season in 1995. The other teams were the Athletics in 1990, Atlanta won 100+ in 1993, 1997, 1998, and 1999. Continuing, the Giants won 103 in 1993, the Yankees went 114-68 in 1998, as Houston won 102 in the same season also. Arizona went 100-62 in 1999.

17. Which team was the first in history to have only one 20-game winner in the season, and still manage to go to and win the World Series?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 3

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

The 1913 Athletics had Charles Albert "Chief" Bender, who went 21-10 in the season. His Philadelphia team led by the legendary Connie Mack at the helm, defeated the New York Giants four games to one. Ironically, the Athletics were also the first team to go to a World Series without having a 20-game winner. They did this the following season in 1914, and were skunked by the Boston Braves, four games to none. The first team to actually go to a World Series with one 20-game winner was the 1908 Detroit Tigers, with Ed Summers on the mound who went 24-12. But, the Tigers lost to the Cubs in the series four games to one.

18. Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in one game during the 1977 World Series against the Dodgers. Which game did he hit them in?

From Quiz Major League Nightmare

Answer: 6

Game six in 1977 saw Jackson earn his nickname of 'Mr. October'. The Yankees won the series four games to two. Jackson hit 18 postseason home runs throughout his career.

19. Tinkers to Evers to Chance, was one of the greatest and most respected double-play combinations in baseball history. Who was the third baseman who received little credit amongst this great defensive combination?

From Quiz An Absolute Baseball Nightmare

Answer: Harry Steinfeldt

After playing for eight seasons with Cincinnati, Steinfeldt came to the Chicago Cubs in 1906, where the Hall of Fame double-play greats were created. In the next three seasons, the Cubs would go to three consecutive World Series, winning two of them. Steinfeldt retired in 1911 with the Boston Braves of the National League at the age of 33, and died at age 36. Of this historical combination, Joe Tinker was the shortstop, Johnny Evers was the second baseman, plus the first baseman and player-manager, Frank Chance.

20. What 20th Century pitcher holds the American League record for most consecutive innings without giving up a walk?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare XIII

Answer: Bill Fischer

Fischer went 84 and a third without giving up a walk in 1962. He was pitching for the Kansas City A's. The National Record is 68 innings by Christy Mathewson and Randy Jones, 1913 and 1976 respectively.

21. How many career doubles did Tris Speaker hit?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare XII

Answer: 793

Speaker hit his last of 793 for the Philadelphia A's in 1928. Most of his career doubles were with the Cleveland Indians.

22. Don Larsen was the first pitcher in history to pitch a perfect game in a World Series. What 20th Century pitcher came the closest to the same glory only to have it ruined in the eighth inning?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare X

Answer: Herb Pennock

Pennock in the 1927 World Series with the Yankees had a perfect game going into the eight inning when Pie Traynor of Pittsburgh ruined it for him. The Yankees defeated Pittsburgh 4 games to 0.

23. What player was the first to be killed in war?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare VIII

Answer: Eddie Grant

Grant was killed in October 1918 during WWI. In 1917, Hank Gowdy was the first player ever to enter military service.

24. How many players hit 40 or more home runs in a season during the 20th century?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare VII

Answer: 52

Of those 52 greats, 49 of them had done it more than once.

25. In the strike-shortened season of 1995, who lead the Red Sox in batting?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare VI

Answer: O'Leary

Not being much of a stellar year for anyone, he lead the entire Boston team by batting .308

26. What famous pitcher's quote was, 'Hitting is timing. It's the pitcher's job to upset the timing'?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare IV

Answer: Warren Spahn

The immortal Braves pitcher said this in Milwaukee in 1954.

27. In the 1975 World Series, what player hit two pinch-hit home runs, the second setting up Carlton Fisk's infamous shot?

From Quiz Welcome To My Nightmare III

Answer: Bernie Carbo

Carbo was the hero behind the scenes when he set up Fisk's game winning 12th inning home run in game 6 against Cincinnati.

28. Which player in 1987 set a Major League rookie record by hitting safely in 34 consecutive games?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 2

Answer: Benito Santiago

Santiago played in only 17 games in the 1986 season with the Padres, therefore not qualifying him for any rookie awards. In 1987, he replaced Padre catcher Terry Kennedy who was traded to the Orioles. Benito batted .300 along with 18 home runs as a rookie, which earned him the NL Rookie of the Year award.

29. In modern day baseball (since 1920), which team was the first to win 100 games in a season, in a season that was less than 150 games?

From Quiz Baseball to Sweat For: Pt 1

Answer: Cleveland Indians

The format was the 154-game season before baseball increased it in 1961 to 162 games. In the strike-shortened season of 1995, the Indians went 100-44. The Indians were led by the 50 home runs of Albert Belle, who was the runner-up AL MVP to Mo Vaughn of the Red Sox. Cleveland went on to lose to the Atlanta Braves in the World Series, four games to two.

30. Who was the first player in history to have 3,000 hits and steal 500 bases in their career?

From Quiz An Absolute Baseball Nightmare

Answer: Honus Wagner

All these greats have reached this milestone, in addition to Eddie Collins and Paul Molitor to name more. Wagner reached this plateau in 1914 while with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played his entire career of 21 seasons with this franchise, branching out from the Louisville Colonels of the National League after the 1899 season. He won eight batting crowns and five stolen base titles. Honus was one of the first five players inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.

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