Sunday, February 19, 2017

BASEBALL QUIZ-Vol. 3

Another Baseball quiz.....

1. Match the players with their nicknames.

1- Whitey Ford                             A- Whitey
2- Richie Ashburn                        B- Bye Bye
3- Steve Balboni                           C- The Chairman of the Board
4- Rafael Belliard                         D- Pac-Man

2. Match the pro basketball players who also played pro baseball with their lifetime major league averages.

1- Chuck Connors                        A- .192
2- Dick Groat                               B- .045
3- Dave DeBusschere                  C- .238
4- Gene Conley                            D- .286

3. Match the teams with their original names.

1- Cleveland                               A- Blues (1901)
2- Cincinnati                               B- Red Stockings (1882)
3- New York (AL)                      C- Americans (1901)
4- Boston (AL)                           D- Highlanders (1903)

4. Name the batter who holds the record for most strikeouts in a single postseason.

A- Pat Burrell
B- Reggie Jackson
C- Alfonso Soriano
D- Devon White

5. Rank the following managers, all of whom won 1,000 or more games, by winning percentage.

A- John McGraw
B- Joe McCarthy
C- Billy Martin
D- Casey Stengel
E- Connie Mack

6. Name the player who joined the 500-home run club on April 18,1987

A- Reggie Jackson
B- Mike Schmidt
C- Willie McCovey
D- Eddie Murray

7. True or false: No Arizona Diamondbacks player has yet won the Rookie of the Year Award.

8 .Hank Aaron's number 44 has been retired by what two teams?

9. Which of the following Hall of Famers was traded for another Hall of Famer?

A- Rickey Henderson
b- Tom Seaver
C- Reggie Jackson
D- Orlando Cepeda

10. Which was the last team to start two rookie pitchers in the same World Series and win?

A- 2013 Cardinals
B- 1980 Phillies
C- 1967 Cardinals
D- 1963 Dodgers


Answers
1 1- (C); 2 - (A); 3- (B); 4- (D)
2. 1- (C); 2- (D); 3- (B); 4- (A)
3. 1- (A); 2- (B); 3- (D); 4- (C)
4. C - Soriano whiffed 26 times as a Yankee in the 2003 postseason.
5. 1- (B); 2- (A); 3- (C); 4- (D); 5- (E)
6- B- Schmidt clubbed a 3-run blast off Pirate Don Ribinson with two outs in the 9th inning to give the Phillies an 8-6 win.
7- True
8- Braves and Brewers
9- D- Cepeda was traded from the Cardinals to the Braves for Joe Torre in 1969.
10- B- Marty Bystrom and Bob Walk




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