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Nightmare Baseball XXI Trivia Quiz

The 21st quiz in a series of 10 tough multiple choice questions about baseball. Welcome to another Nightmare! :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Nightmare

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
73,459

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
784

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following four was the youngest rookie manager? Hint

Roger Peckinpaugh

Leo Durocher

Lou Boudreau

Cap Anson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these four was the oldest rookie manager? Hint

Tom Sheehan

Sparky Anderson

Alvin Dark

Dallas Green

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these pitchers for the Athletics was the last to win 30 games in a season? Hint

Joe Wood

Lefty Grove

Randy Chiappe

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Question 4 of 10

4. Of all pitchers who played their entire career in the 20th Century, who is number 4 on the all-time career win list? Hint

Christy Mathewson

Warren Spahn

Walter Johnson

Pete Alexander

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these National League pitchers started the most games in his career? Hint

Steve Carlton

Lew Burdette

Warren Spahn

Tom Seaver

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Question 6 of 10

6. What team was the first to use a public address system at a Major League park? Hint

Yankees

Cardinals

Orioles

Giants

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these pitchers has the most career strikeouts in All-Star games? Hint

Tom Seaver

Whitey Ford

Don Drysdale

Nolan Ryan

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these pitchers was the last to win 25 games in a season three years in a row? Hint

Tom Seaver

Sandy Koufax

Hal Newhouser

Warren Spahn

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Question 9 of 10

9. What team stopped Pete Rose's 44 game hitting streak in 1978? Hint

Philadelphia

Atlanta

San Francisco

New York

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the last player in the 1990s to be solely inducted into the Hall of Fame in that years voting? Hint

Rod Carew

Jim Palmer

Joe Morgan

Reggie Jackson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following four was the youngest rookie manager?

Answer: Roger Peckinpaugh

Peckingpaugh was 23 years old when he took the player-manager position in 1914 with the Yankees, the oyungest for the 20th century. Boudreau was 24 in 1942 when he led Cleveland.

2. Which of these four was the oldest rookie manager?

Answer: Tom Sheehan

Sheehan was 66 years old in 1960 when he took over the helm for the Giants, and became the oldest rookie manager during the 20th century. He led them to a 46-50 record before being replaced by Alvin Dark.

3. Which of these pitchers for the Athletics was the last to win 30 games in a season?

Answer: Lefty Grove

Grove won 31 for the A's in 1931. The last pitcher (during the 20th century) for the A's to win over 25 was Bob Welch in 1990 when he won 27.

4. Of all pitchers who played their entire career in the 20th Century, who is number 4 on the all-time career win list?

Answer: Warren Spahn

Of 20th Century career pitchers, Spahn is number 4 with 363 career wins behind Walter Johnson. Alexander and Mathewson were tied with 373.

5. Which of these National League pitchers started the most games in his career?

Answer: Steve Carlton

Carlton started a record 677 games from 1965 to 1986 (the greatest for all 20th century NL pitchers). Walter Johnson leads the American League with 665.

6. What team was the first to use a public address system at a Major League park?

Answer: Giants

It was way back on July 5th, 1929 when the Giants used this new tool to accommodate fans against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

7. Which of these pitchers has the most career strikeouts in All-Star games?

Answer: Don Drysdale

Drysdale struck out a record 19 in his career, while representing the National League and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

8. Which of these pitchers was the last to win 25 games in a season three years in a row?

Answer: Hal Newhouser

Newhouser did this from 1944 to 1946 and no pitcher has duplicated this, through to the end of the 20th century.

9. What team stopped Pete Rose's 44 game hitting streak in 1978?

Answer: Atlanta

It took two of Atlanta's finest pitchers with Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber of the Braves stopping his streak and providing a loss for the Reds.

10. Who was the last player in the 1990s to be solely inducted into the Hall of Fame in that years voting?

Answer: Reggie Jackson

Jackson did a solo in 1993 when he was the only one inducted that year. Reggie probably could not handle sharing the limelight anyway. Morgan and Palmer were inducted together in 1990, also Carew and others were inducted in 1991.

Source: Author Nightmare

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