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Quiz about Blacks in  Baseball
Quiz about Blacks in  Baseball

Blacks in Baseball Trivia Quiz


An all multiple choice quiz about the history of African-American players in professional baseball. Good luck! :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Nightmare
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
220,611
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
599
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 192 (2/10), Guest 167 (2/10), Guest 96 (0/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. In which year was the first league championship game played to crown a negro team? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who was Bud Fowler? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who was the first black player to play in the National League? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was the first Negro League player, who never played in the Major Leagues, to be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier in 1947 by playing for the National League Dodgers. Which American League team saw the first black player in their league? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was the first black player to win a batting title in the Major Leagues? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which was the last Major League team to sign a black player to their roster? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who was the first black umpire in the Major Leagues? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who was the first black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the Major Leagues? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The great Jackie Robinson after his baseball playing days became the first black network broadcaster in the Major Leagues. Who hired him? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In which year was the first league championship game played to crown a negro team?

Answer: 1869

The first Negro Championship series was called the World Colored Championship in 1869. It pitted two teams after a season of only 11 games. The Pythians and the Uniques both went undefeated, and the Pythians claimed the first crown. Two years later, and after the Pythians were continually beating white teams, their owner Octavius Catto, was murdered in cold blood.

The first organized and official Negro League was formed in 1920 by Rube Foster. The league had eight teams.
2. Who was Bud Fowler?

Answer: The first black player to play on a white team

Fowler was a 14-year old second baseman who went on to be in "Sporting Life" magazine's opinion, "one of the greatest black players that ever lived". His stardom was not created in the Negro Leagues, but on a professional white baseball team in 1872.
3. Who was the first black player to play in the National League?

Answer: Bill White

White slipped past owners and passed himself off as non-colored, then played for the Providence Grays of the National League in the first game of the season in 1879. After many eye-opening inquiries, White was finished after only one game. The first baseman had four at-bats with one hit in his only game. Joe Start replaced White, and the Grays went on to win the National League.

In 1884, Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first black American Association player with the Toledo Blue Stockings.
4. Who was the first Negro League player, who never played in the Major Leagues, to be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame?

Answer: Josh Gibson

The others all played in the Major League. Josh Gibson was a catcher, and a big hitting catcher at that. He played for the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords throughout his career. Gibson's Grays' teammate Buck Leonard, was also inducted into the hall in 1972, but Gibson's balloting numbers placed him as the first. Pitching great Satchel Paige also was Gibson's teammate on the Grays. Josh died in 1947, ironically the same year that Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier.
5. Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier in 1947 by playing for the National League Dodgers. Which American League team saw the first black player in their league?

Answer: Cleveland Indians

The American League door was opened for Larry Doby, who the Indians signed as a free agent in 1947. After nine seasons, the Indians traded Doby to the White Sox for outfielder Jim Busby and infielder Chico Carrasquel.
6. Who was the first black player to win a batting title in the Major Leagues?

Answer: Jackie Robinson

After joining the Dodgers in 1947 and winning the Rookie of the Year award, Jackie won the NL batting crown with a .342 average, helping him receive the MVP honors in 1949. Willie Mays duplicated Robinson's feats by being the Rookie of the Year in 1951, then winning his only batting title and first MVP in 1954.
7. Which was the last Major League team to sign a black player to their roster?

Answer: Boston Red Sox

The last team was the Boston Red Sox, but that changed in 1959. The Red Sox signed Elijah Jerry 'Pumpsie' Green who was a utility infielder. Boston kept him for four seasons before letting him go to the New York Mets. Green retired in 1963 after five seasons.
8. Who was the first black umpire in the Major Leagues?

Answer: Emmett Ashford

Ashford began his umpiring professional career in the Southwestern International League in 1951 at age 36. He later umpired for many seasons in the Pacific Coast League. The American League signed a contract with him in 1961, but it would take another five years before he would set foot on a Major League field wearing the blue. Ashford was a very animated umpire with his gestures. Emmett retired in 1970, then died in March 1980.
9. Who was the first black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the Major Leagues?

Answer: Don Newcombe

All these greats won 20 games in a season. Newcombe went 20-9 for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951. The third time he reached the 20-win mark, was the first season of the Cy Young award in 1956. Don's timing was perfect. Gibson and Grant both reached the milestone in 1965. Stewart won 20 in 1987 with Oakland. Sam 'Toothpick' Jones was the second black pitcher to win 20, when he went 21-15 with the 1959 San Francisco Giants.
10. The great Jackie Robinson after his baseball playing days became the first black network broadcaster in the Major Leagues. Who hired him?

Answer: ABC

ABC broke this color barrier in March 1965, three years after Robinson was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.
Source: Author Nightmare

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