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Don't Shut Me Out! Trivia Quiz


10 multiple choice questions about players who made their mark by shutting out teams during the 20th century.

A multiple-choice quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Nightmare
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
47,967
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
591
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Question 1 of 10
1. What pitcher set the record for most shutouts in a season with 16 shutouts? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What pitcher set the record for most consecutive shutouts pitched with 6? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What pitcher set the record for most consecutive shutout innings by a left hander? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What left-hander pitched more shutouts in a season than anyone other left-handed pitcher, with 11? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What American League pitcher gave up a record 14 hits in a game and still pitched a shutout? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What pitcher retired with a career total of 78 shutouts? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What pitcher owns the southpaw record for most career shutouts? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What Major League team once played 308 consecutive games without being shutout in 1933? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What player set the American League record for consecutive shutout innings? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In 1964, what American League pitcher pitched a league-leading 11 shutout games in the season? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What pitcher set the record for most shutouts in a season with 16 shutouts?

Answer: Pete Alexander

Pete shutout 16 teams in 1916 with Phildelphia of the National League. Jack Coombs set the American League record of 13 in 1910.
2. What pitcher set the record for most consecutive shutouts pitched with 6?

Answer: Don Drysdale

Drysdale in 1966 with Los Angeles pitched 6 consecutive shutouts. His great year along with Koufax's fabulous year of 1966 was the tops in Major League baseball.
3. What pitcher set the record for most consecutive shutout innings by a left hander?

Answer: Carl Hubbell

Hubbell pitched 45 and two-thirds consecutive innings without a run being scored with the New York Giants in 1933.
4. What left-hander pitched more shutouts in a season than anyone other left-handed pitcher, with 11?

Answer: Sandy Koufax

Koufax pitched 11 shutouts in 1963 with the Dodgers. His banner year helped the Dodgers to the World Series and then blank the Yankees 4 games to none.
5. What American League pitcher gave up a record 14 hits in a game and still pitched a shutout?

Answer: Milt Gaston

Gaston while pitching for Washington gave up 14 hits against Cleveland on July 10, 1928, and still did the shutout thing.
6. What pitcher retired with a career total of 78 shutouts?

Answer: Christy Mathewson

Mathewson was third on the list of all-time shutouts at the end of the 2000 season with 78. He retired in 1916. Walter Johnson was tops with 110 shutouts. Cy Young had 76, and Warren Spahn was sixth with 63.
7. What pitcher owns the southpaw record for most career shutouts?

Answer: Eddie Plank

Plank has 69 career shutouts, the most of all left-handed pitchers during the 20th century.
8. What Major League team once played 308 consecutive games without being shutout in 1933?

Answer: Yankees

The Yankees did this amazing feat. Lefty Grove of the Athletics stopped their streak by shutting the Yankees out 7-0.
9. What player set the American League record for consecutive shutout innings?

Answer: Walter Johnson

Johnson of Washington pitched 55 and two-thirds consecutive shutout innings including two relief appearances in 1913. Hershiser set the Major League and National League record of 59.
10. In 1964, what American League pitcher pitched a league-leading 11 shutout games in the season?

Answer: Dean Chance

Chance threw 11 for season-lead in 1964 with the Angels. At the time, it was the most shutouts in the American League since 1920.
Source: Author Nightmare

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