History's Mysteries Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bobby Cox

Cox won his first with the Blue Jays in 1985, then another with the Braves in 1991. LaRussa also did this with the 1983 White Sox and the 2002 Cardinals. Piniella did it with the Mariners in 2001, then the Cubs in 2008. Anderson won his two awards with the Tigers.

Answer: Ted Williams

Williams won six throughout his great career with the Red Sox. He missed out on a batting crown in 1949 when Tiger George Kell beat him by .0016. Kell also prevented Williams from winning his third Triple Crown in 1949.

Answer: Roy Face

Face was a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was 17-0 before he lost his first game in the 1959 season. He ended the season with a 18-1 season record, setting a Major League record for 18 relief wins in a season. 1959 was also a historical year for the Pirates when pitching teammate Harvey Haddix went a perfect 12 innings before losing his game in the 13th.

He was never credited with an official perfect game.

Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates

The player was Honus Wagner. He played 18 of his 21 seasons with the Pirates. He reached the combined milestone in 1914. Wagner was one of the first five inductees into the Hall of Fame in 1936.

Answer: Rogers Hornsby

The others all won a season MVP with different teams, but it was Hornsby who did this first. Hornsby won two MVPs four seasons apart. His first was in 1925 with the St. Louis Cardinals for having a .403 batting average. The season prior in 1924, he missed out on the MVP although batting .424. Rogers was traded to the New York Giants and Boston Braves, then to the Chicago Cubs in 1929. 1929 was when he won his second MVP by batting .380 in the season.

Answer: St. Louis Cardinals

The slow-legged 1949 St. Louis Cardinals set this embarrassing record. Second baseman Red Schoendienst had almost half their total with eight stolen bases. Stan Musial and Enos Slaughter had three each themselves. Amazingly, the Cardinals still finished with 96 wins, only one game behind the NL Champion Brooklyn Dodgers in the season.

The Dodgers went on to lose the World Series to the Yankees four games to one.

Answer: Marylands and Canaries

The Canaries began their endeavors with the National Association in 1872. The Marylands began their franchise and was in the same league with the Canaries in 1873. The Marylands officially went defunct after that season, while the Canaries closed their doors in 1874.

The Monumentals were part of the Union Association in 1884, while the Orioles were in the National League in 1884. The Terrapins was another Baltimore team, and showed their faces in the Federal League in 1914.

Answer: St. Louis Browns

The season belonged to the Yankees by winning yet another consecutive World Series title. The third place Boston Red Sox provided this bit in history by defeating the Browns 29-4. Boston's Dom DiMaggio and Ted Williams contributed mostly to this fiasco.

Answer: Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers mowed over the Blue Jays on August 28, 1992, when they beat Toronto 22-2. Scott Fletcher and Kevin Seitzer led the Brewers with five hits each. The Blue Jays used six pitchers, and saw starter Jimmy Key take the loss.

Answer: John Bateman

In 1963, Bateman was a rookie with the Colt .45s of Houston when he struck out 103 times. In 10 seasons in the Major Leagues, John struck out a career 610 times.