baseball Trivia Quiz # 392
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Baseball Rules From The Book - Section 7: The Runner:
According to Rule 7.07 - On a squeeze play, the catcher touches home plate without the ball. Which is not part of the ruling?
According to Rule 7.07 - On a squeeze play, the catcher touches home plate without the ball. Which is not part of the ruling?
The correct answer is 'Pitch is called a ball'
The batter gets first base due to the interference.
Baseball Question 2
Music Trivia From A Sportsfan - Which hockey team (the group's name sounds like one) sang about a Southern California baseball player who slides a lot (why else would they sing about the dirt on him)?
The correct answer is 'Penguins'
The Penguins performed 'Earth Angel'.
Baseball Question 3
Ragin Cajun Baseball - In 2001, which Cajun pitcher led the team in pitching victories and strikeouts pitched?
The correct answer is 'Eric Templet'
Templet had 7 wins and 109 strikeouts.
Baseball Question 4
The Origins of Baseball - Who threw the first no-hitter in professional baseball history?
The correct answer is 'George Bradley'
In the first season of the National League, Bradley threw the first no-no against the Hartford Blues. The St. Louis Reds won the game 2-1 on July 15, 1876. George Hall was the first so-called 'home run king', as he hit five home runs in 1876 to lead the league.
Baseball Question 5
Mixed Baseball - The 2001-2002 Oakland A`s became the 18th team to win 100 games in a season back to back seasons. Which was the last team to do that?
The correct answer is 'Braves'
The Braves reached the mark form 1997-1999.
Baseball Question 6
Did They Stink or What? - With the final year of a baseball icon in 1935, his team finished a terrible 61.5 games out of first place by winning only 38 games. They lost 26 more games than the second-worst team, Philadelphia Phillies. Fred Frankhouse led the team with 11 wins, the only pitcher to win in double-figures. Who was this pathetic team?
The correct answer is 'Boston Braves'
The Cubs and Cardinals both won over 95 games in the season, with the Cubs going to the World Series against the Tigers. The icon factor was with the Boston Braves with a legend on their roster in the name of Babe Ruth, embarrassed the franchise. The team won 83 games in 1933 and 78 in 1934 both without the Babe. In 1935, in Ruth's only Braves season, they could muster only 38 wins, then Ruth retired. In 1936 without Ruth, the Braves went back and won 71, then 79, then 77 in 1938. Go figure.
Baseball Question 7
Dummies Baseball #52 - What player retired with over 500 career home runs, and hit them in only 16 seasons?
The correct answer is 'Mark McGwire'
The others played for more than 20 seasons. Big Mac hit an amazing 583 home runs in only 16 seasons, from 1986-2001. He only hit 3 in his first. The great Lou Gehrig hit 493 in 17 seasons. When Mark retired, he was 5th all-time in career home runs, but was passed by Barry Bonds in 2002.
Baseball Question 8
Which Baseball Hall of Famer? - This player was the first to ever play in 2,000 consecutive games, but that record was broken in 1995. He retired in 1939 because of a disease that is now named after him. He was also a Yankee his whole career. Who is he?
The correct answer is 'Lou Gehrig'
Lou Gehrig had a career batting average of .340. He had 493 career home runs and 1,995 career RBI's. The speech he gave in 1939 during his retirement is now famous. The ending was "Today, I consider myself, the luckiest man, on the face of the Earth."
Baseball Question 9
Baseball for Dummies #40 - Maury Wills broke Ty Cobb's record, of 96 stolen bases in a season after almost 50 years later. What speedster broke Wills' 104 stolen base record in 1974?
The correct answer is 'Lou Brock'
Brock was the thief of 118 in 1974 with the St.Louis Cardinals. Brock, at the age of 35, set the new mark while playing in only 153 games in the season. His record held for 8 years, until Rickey Henderson stole 130 in 1982. None of the others listed, stole more than 30 bases in their entire career.
Baseball Question 10
Baseball Fun Facts - As of the 2001 season, on what field do the Chicago Cubs play their home games?
The correct answer is 'Wrigley Field'
The walls of Wrigley have ivy growing on them.