39 Baseball Trivia Questions and Answers
Baseball trivia about the players, managers, teams and records of the game's first century and a bit more, from Ty Cobb to Cal Ripken. A few questions cover baseball in films and in everyday language. Answers are printed under each question.
There are 39 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.Identify three major league baseball team names (regardless of cities), that have played most frequently in the World Series.
Answer: accept any three of YANKEES / DODGERS / GIANTS / Cardinals
Open this question2.On October 2, 1920, the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates did something on the same day, that no baseball teams have ever done since. What did they do?
Answer: PLAYED A TRIPLE HEADER
Open this question3.What honor can be won by a great baseball player, or by a great race horse?
Answer: TRIPLE CROWN baseball ba,rbi,hr / kentucky derby, preakness, belmont
Open this question4.A certain major league baseball team owner recorded one of the largest selling records of all time. Who is it and what is the song title?
Answer: GENE AUTRY / RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
Open this question5.This major league baseball player played on 10 teams which won the World Series, was voted MVP 3 times during the 1950's, and managed both the Yankees and Mets to pennants. Who was he?
Answer: YOGI BERRA
Open this question6.Which three baseball players hit the most home runs at Candlestick Park?
Answer: WILLY McCOVEY 236 / WILLY MAYS 201 / BARRY BONDS ... matt williams
Open this question7.When Michael Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls for the first time in 1994, he signed a minor-league contract with what major league baseball team?
Answer: CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Open this question8.In which three consecutive years did the Oakland A's play in the World Series, and who were their opponents?
Answer: 1988, 89, 90 / DODGERS / GIANTS / REDS
Open this question9.Who was the first black manager of a Major League baseball team?
Answer: FRANK ROBINSON
Open this question10.1995's Athlete of the Year was Cal Ripken, who broke the record for playing in the most consecutive baseball games. This record was previously held by which person, and in which numbered game did Cal break this record?
Answer: LOU GEHRIG / game number 2,131 (Gehrig's record was 2,130)
Open this question11.What single word do these all these have in common: gemstones, baseball fields, and playing cards?
Answer: DIAMOND
Open this question12.Can you name the first black man to manage in the World Series?
Answer: CITO GASTON manager of the Toronto Blue Jays
Open this question13.Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, and Christy Mathewson were the first five ... what?
Answer: MEMBERS OF BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, 1936 - Cobb was the first player elected
Open this question14.This city has such a pleasant climate that it's sometimes called theSunshine City. This city is also nicknamed the Winter Baseball Capital of the U.S. Which city is this?
Answer: SAINT PETERSBURG, FLA.
Open this question15.What was the title of the 1993 film about a young boy with an incredible fastball pitch, who earns a spot pitching for the Chicago Cubs?
Answer: ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Open this question16.a. Before they moved to Oakland, the baseball Athletics were located in which two cities? b. Before they moved to Atlanta, the baseball Braves were located in which two cities?
Answer: a. PHILADELPHIA / KANSAS CITY b. BOSTON / MILWAUKEE
Open this question17.In a full-sized baseball field, is the pitcher's rubber located closer to 2nd base, or home plate, or exactly halfway between?
Answer: CLOSER TO HOME
Open this question18.Which pair of brothers played in the Major League baseball all-star game during the 1990's?
Answer: SANDY AND ROBERTO ALOMAR
Open this question19.In what two sports can a "perfect game" occur?
Answer: BASEBALL no batter reaches first base / BOWLING 12 strikes in a row for a score of 300
Open this question20.Baseball managers: The person with the most all-time victories as a manager of a major league team almost 3800 managed for over 50 years -most famously, from 1901-1950 with the Philadelphia A's. Who was he?
Answer: CONNIE MACK
Open this question21.What is the name of the position in the game of cricket which corresponds to "pitcher" in the game of baseball?
Answer: BOWLER
Open this question22.This baseball player was voted MVP in the National League in 1961, the MVP in the American League in 1966, and then went on to manage teams in both the National and American Leagues. Who was he?
Answer: FRANK ROBINSON
Open this question23.The 19th century baseball poem, “Casey at the Bat,” is set in what town?
Answer: MUDVILLE “There is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.”
Open this question24.Extremely popular in the 1990's, he is the only athlete to have played in both a Super Bowl game and a World Series game. Who is he?
Answer: DEION SANDERS
Open this question25.Who broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947?
Answer: Jackie Robinson
Open this question26.Which New York Yankees first baseman was nicknamed "the Iron Horse"?
Answer: Lou Gehrig
Open this question27.How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in 1927, setting a new single-season record?
Answer: 60
Open this question28.Which player set a new major league single-season record by hitting 61 home runs in 1961?
Answer: Roger Maris
Open this question29.Which player set a major league record in 1941 by hitting safely in 56 consecutive games?
Answer: Joe DiMaggio
Open this question30.Who batted .406 in the 1941 major league season?
Answer: Ted Williams
Open this question31.Which Atlanta Braves slugger hit his 715th home run in April 1974, passing Babe Ruth's career total?
Answer: Hank Aaron
Open this question32.In which year was the first modern World Series played?
Answer: 1903
Open this question33.Eight members of which team were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series?
Answer: Chicago White Sox
Open this question34.Which New York Yankees pitcher threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series?
Answer: Don Larsen
Open this question35.In which town in the state of New York is the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
Answer: Cooperstown
Open this question36.What is the nickname of the tall left-field wall at Fenway Park in Boston?
Answer: The Green Monster
Open this question37.Which New York Giants batter hit the 1951 pennant-winning home run known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"?
Answer: Bobby Thomson
Open this question38.Which pitcher threw seven no-hitters during his major league career?
Answer: Nolan Ryan
Open this question39.Which Cincinnati Reds star, nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", was banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on games?
Answer: Pete Rose
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