Average Sports Trivia: History of the World Series | 15 Questions

Answer: 1903

And it's been played ever since, apart from 1904 and 1994.

Answer: American League

The American League won 57 World Series, and the National League won 39 World Series.

Answer: New York Yankees

The New York Yankees went to 37 World Series and won 26 of them.

Answer: Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks won 4-3 against the heavily favored New York Yankees, who had won the previous 3 World Series 1998-1999-2000.

Answer: Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics won in a 4-0 shutout against the San Francisco Giants in the World Series dubbed as 'The Battle of the Bay'. Just before game three on October 17th, a 7.1 earthquake struck the bay area and caused a postponement. The series continued on October 27th.

Answer: 17

There has been 17 sweeps in World Series history. The New York Yankees have been in 11 of those series, winning 8 losing 3. The last sweep was in 1999 NY Yankees vs Atlanta 4-0, and the first was in 1907 Chicago Cubs vs Detroit 4-0 (one tie).

Answer: Bobby Cox

Bobby Cox of the Atlanta Braves was the first and only World Series participant to be ejected twice. The first time was on October 20th, 1992 for arguing a check swing ball and the second time was on October 26th, 1996 for arguing a safe call on a steal.

Answer: Orel Hershiser

Orel Hershiser won both the Sports Magazine Award and the Babe Ruth Award at the end of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics World Series. Orel Hershiser won game 2 and 5 for the Dodgers, who won the series 4 to 1.

Answer: Babe Ruth Award and Sport Magazine Award

The Sports Magazine Award was originally given by the editors of Sport magazine and started in 1955. The award is now voted on during the final game of the World Series by a committee of reporters and officials in attendance. It is announced at the game and the award is officially given in Cooperstown soon thereafter where Chevy presents the winner with a new Corvette.

The Babe Ruth Award was developed by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in honor of Babe Ruth and first awarded one year after the Bambino's death.

The chapter meets following the World Series and announces their award via the media.

Answer: Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth hit 3 home runs on October 6th, 1926 and again on October 9th, 1928. Reggie Jackson also hit 3 HRs (October 18th, 1977).

Answer: Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle, with 18 home runs, still held the record at the lcose of the 20th century.

Answer: Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals threw 17 stikeouts in game one on October 2nd, 1968 against the Detroit Tigers, whom won the series 4-3. Bob Gibson is one of two pitchers to have thrown a strikeout in every inning of a World Series game.

Answer: Whitey Ford

Whitey Ford, with 94 strikeouts, stil held the record at the end of the 20th century.

Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates won 4 games to 3 against the Baltimore Orioles. Phil Garner of the Pirates became the 2nd player to appear in all 7 games of a World Series and bat a record .500

Answer: New York Mets

The New York Mets won 4 games to 1 against the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles, who had the best pitching staff at the time.