SPORTS QUIZ

Today's topic is: BASEBALL

1. True or false: There has never been a season in which the Rookies of the Year for each league were both later elected to the Hall of Fame.

2. In which of the following World Series did the greatest number of future 500-home run hitters compete?

A- 1957
B- 1958
C- 1961
D- 1962

3. Who was the first Little Leaguer who grew up to play in the major leagues?

A- Joe Nuxhall
B- Joey Jay
C- Dick Groat
D- Carl Yastrzemski

4. True or false: Only one team has had a Cy Young Award winner for five consecutive years.

5. Name the only player to average 200 hits over his first 14 seasons.

A- Ty Cobb
B- Tris Speaker
C- Pete Rose
D- Ichiro Suzuki

6. True or false: No team has won seven straight games immediately following a ten-game losing streak.

7. Which 1970s disco hit did the Pittsburgh Pirates adopt as their theme during the 1979 season?

A- "We Are Family"
B- "Celebration"
C- "I Will Survive"
D- "Stayin' Alive"

8. Seven switch-hitters have hit 350 or more home runs. Which two did not play for the Yankees?

9. Rank the following shortstops by home runs hit.

A- Ernie Banks
B- Cal Ripken
C- Robin Yount
D- Derek Jeter

10. When the Oakland A's won three World Series in a row, in what order did they defeat the following teams?

A- Dodgers
B- Reds
C- Mets





ANSWERS-

1. False (Luis Aparicio and Frank Robinson in 1956)
2. B and D ( in 1958, Aaron, Mathews and Mantle; In 1962, Mantle, Mays and McCovey)
3. B
4. False. No team has ever managed the feat.
5. D
6. False. Two teams did it: The Red Sox in 2014 and the Tigers in 1989.
7. A
8. Eddie Murray and Chipper Jones
9. 1 (A); 2 (B); 3 (D); 4 (C)
10. 1(B); 2 (C); 3 (A)