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Quiz about The 50 Home Run Club
Quiz about The 50 Home Run Club

The 50 Home Run Club Trivia Quiz


50 home runs in a single baseball season is a difficult task, and only a few players have ever reached this milestone. Let's see what we can find out about this select group.

A multiple-choice quiz by fredsixties. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
fredsixties
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
299,120
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
3837
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 35 (10/10), Guest 174 (9/10), Guest 45 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The first player to ever hit 50 home runs in a season did it in 1920 by smashing 54, demolishing the old record of 29. Who was this powerhouse? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Some eras in baseball had more 50 home run hitters that others. How many players hit 50 home runs in the 1920s? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The 1950s were another decade where the 50 home run hitters were rare. There were only 2 individual players who accomplished the feat during that decade and both played in the same city. Name them. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A lean decade for 50 home run season was the 1970s. Only one power-hitting National League outfielder was able to accomplish this feat. Who was he? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This power-hitting centerfielder had his career best season in 1996 when he swatted 50 home runs, after never having hit more than 20 in any other season. Who caught lightning in a bottle that year? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Only one decade did not have a 50 home run hitter since 1920 for the rest of the century. Which decade was it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Roger Maris is a member of the 50 Home Run Club, with his then record 61 home run season of 1961. It was his second straight 50+ home run season.


Question 8 of 10
8. Who was the first shortshop in Major League history to join the 50 Home Run Club? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Prior to the 1996 season and the advent of the so-called "steroid era", there were three seasons when more than one player hit more than 50 home runs. Only once was it done by teammates. Can you tell me which ones? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs during a stellar 23-year career. How many of those seasons did he hit 50 home runs? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The first player to ever hit 50 home runs in a season did it in 1920 by smashing 54, demolishing the old record of 29. Who was this powerhouse?

Answer: Babe Ruth

Ruth revolutionized the power game in baseball. His 54 home runs in 1920 almost doubled the previous record of 29 which he set the previous season. By comparison, Cy Williams led the National League that year. He hit 15 home runs.
2. Some eras in baseball had more 50 home run hitters that others. How many players hit 50 home runs in the 1920s?

Answer: 1

Ruth was the only one, and he did it four different times, with 54 in 1920, 59 in 1921, 60 in 1927, and 54 in 1928. All were done as a member of the New York Yankees.
3. The 1950s were another decade where the 50 home run hitters were rare. There were only 2 individual players who accomplished the feat during that decade and both played in the same city. Name them.

Answer: Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle

It was the combination of Mays and Mantle. Mays accomplished the feat first in 1955 with the then New York Giants by hitting 51, and Mantle did it in his Triple Crown year of 1956, by clubbing out 52 home runs.
4. A lean decade for 50 home run season was the 1970s. Only one power-hitting National League outfielder was able to accomplish this feat. Who was he?

Answer: George Foster

Foster terrorized National League pitching during the mid-1970s while playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He hit a career best 52 home runs in 1977. Ironically, the Reds finished 2nd that year after winning the NL pennant both in 1975 and 1976.
5. This power-hitting centerfielder had his career best season in 1996 when he swatted 50 home runs, after never having hit more than 20 in any other season. Who caught lightning in a bottle that year?

Answer: Brady Anderson

Although a capable hitter as proven by his 1992 season when he became only the third player in Major League history to hit 20 home runs, steal more than 50 bases, score 100 runs, and drive in more than 80 all in one season. His 1996 season has to be considered freakish as best, and suspect to say the least.

He credited it to body-building, weight training, and diet, however, rumors abounded, and in the era of steroids, who really knows.
6. Only one decade did not have a 50 home run hitter since 1920 for the rest of the century. Which decade was it?

Answer: 1980s

After George Foster hit 52 home runs in 1977, the next player to accomplish the feat was Cecil Fielder, who split time as a 1st baseman/designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers in 1990, and hit 51 homers that year. The only decade without a 50 home run hitter was the 1980s, and the gap between Foster and Fielder was the longest since the 1920s.
7. Roger Maris is a member of the 50 Home Run Club, with his then record 61 home run season of 1961. It was his second straight 50+ home run season.

Answer: False

Maris won the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 1960, leading in slugging percentage, RBIs, extra base hits, and was the runner-up to teammate Mickey Mantle for home runs. Mantle led the league with 40, Maris hit 39.
8. Who was the first shortshop in Major League history to join the 50 Home Run Club?

Answer: Alex Rodriguez

Rodriguez joined this elite group in 2001 by slugging 52 home runs for the Texas Rangers. He also hit 57 for Texas in 2002, and 54 for the New York Yankees in 2007.
9. Prior to the 1996 season and the advent of the so-called "steroid era", there were three seasons when more than one player hit more than 50 home runs. Only once was it done by teammates. Can you tell me which ones?

Answer: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, 1961

In 1938, Jimmie Foxx of the Philadephia Athletics hit 52 home runs, and Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers hit 58. In 1947, Johnny Mize of the New York Giants hit 51, as did Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, it was Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in 1961, playing for the New York Yankees, who hit 61 and 54 home runs respectively, and were the first teammates to have ever done this in the same season.

Many believe that if not for an injury which kept Mantle out of action late in the season, he may have broken the Ruth record of 60 home runs that year as well as Maris.
10. Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs during a stellar 23-year career. How many of those seasons did he hit 50 home runs?

Answer: 0

Amazingly, Aaron never hit 50 or more home runs during a season. He was a measure of consistency. He hit no less than 24 home runs in 19 straight seasons. He hit 40 or more 8 times. His best season was 1971 when he hit 47 (and he drove in at least 90 RBIs a total of 16 times in his career).
Source: Author fredsixties

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