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Who managed the Baltimore Orioles to a four-game sweep of the 1966 World Series?Hank Bauer
What team did Gaylord Perry pitch his 300th
major league victory for?The Seattle Mariners
What broadcaster spoke of a team being "in
the catbird seat"?Red Barber
What team introduced batting helmets to the
major leagues in 1941?The Brooklyn Dodgers
Who is the National League's all-time leader
in singles?Pete Rose
Who succeeded Lou Gehrig as captain of the
New York Yankees?Thurman Munson
What television broadcaster marked home runs
by saying: "That's all she wrote"?Dizzy Dean
What famed bat does Hillerich and Bradsby
manufacture?The "Louisville Slugger"
What two home-run giants was pitcher Al
Benton the only man to face both of?Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle
What's the shape of a baseball infield?Square
What member of the New York Yankees was
baseball's first designated hitter?Ron Blomberg
Who was the first rookie to win the Cy Young
Award?Fernando Valenzuela
What former baseball player co-hosted "The
Today Show" for six years?Joe Garagiola
Whose base stealing record did Maury Wills
run away with in 1962?Ty Cobb's
What were 2,161 of Nellie Fox's 2,663 hits?Singles
What color is the maple leaf on Toronto Blue
Jays caps?Red
What two third basemen won the Most Valuable
Player awards in the majors in 1980?George Brett and Mike Schmidt
What irreverent role shot Ted Giannoulas to
fame?The San Diego Chicken
What Hall of Fame shortstop ended his major
league career with 512 homers?Ernie Banks
Who scored major league baseball's
one-millionth run on May 6, 1975?Bob Watson
Who is the only manager to win divisional
titles with four different teams?Billy Martin
What level of players compete for the Golden
Spikes award?College
Who is the oldest man to rap out a base hit
in the major leagues?Minnie Minoso
What team did Satchel Paige make his last
major league appearance with?The Kansas City Athletics
What letter is the symbol for a strikeout in
scoring a game?K
What baseball play attempts to score a
runner on third base with a bunt?The squeeze
Where does a baseball player put his donut?On his bat
What reliever was the winning pitcher in the
1978 and 1979 major league all-star games?Bruce Sutter
Who managed the Philadelphia Athletics in
street clothes for 50 consecutive years?Connie Mack
What slugger's autobiography was titled "My
Turn at Bat"?Ted Williams'
What manager did righthander Don Drysdale
play his entire major league career under?Walter Alston
What song did Jack Norworth write the lyrics
for in 1906?"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
What play opened on Broadway on    May 5, 1955?"Damn Yankees"
What National League team rotated coaches as
manager in 1961 and 1962?The Chicago Cubs
What brand of baseball began in 1939 at
Williamsport, Pennsylvania?Little League
Who was the first rookie manager to capture
a World Series title in 1961?Ralph Houk
What American League team was the first to
put players' names on their uniforms?The Chicago White Sox
Who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game in
1965?Jeff Torborg
What did Nellie Fox not do in 98 consecutive
games in 1958 to set a major league record?Strike out
What were the names of the three baseball-playing DiMaggio boys?Dom, Joe, Vince
What was worn for the first time by catcher
John Montgomery Ward in 1875?A catcher's mask
What was the New York Giants' home field?The Polo Grounds
Who handed out the stars to Pittsburgh
Pirates teammates for a good performance?Willie Stargell
What forward-thinking executive compared
baseball free agency to a time bomb?Bowie Kuhn
What pitch was Burleigh Grimes the last to
throw legally in 1934?The spitball
What's the completion of the baseball adage:
"Take two and ... "?"Hit to right"
What was Jim McKean the first Canadian to do
in the major leagues?Umpire
What baseball player is associated with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?Lou Gehrig
What team did the Seattle Pilots become for
the 1970 American League season?The Milwaukee Brewers
What team did Gil Hodges manage before
taking the helm of the New York Mets?The Washington Senators
What manager's major league pitching record
was 0-4 with an earned-run average of 6.52?Tom Lasorda's
What baseball team's insignia features two
players bridging a river with a handshake?The Minnesota Twins'
Who won the World Series the year Neil
Armstrong drew a walk on the moon?The New York Mets
Who was voted the American League's Cy Young
Award winner in 1973, 1975 and 1976?Jim Palmer
What brother combination has hit the most
homers in major league history?Hank and Tommie Aaron
What mythical baseball town was there no joy
in?Mudville
What's the completion of the baseball adage:
"Hit 'em where ... "?"They ain't"
What position did Peewee Reese and Phil
Rizzuto sparkle at?Shortstop
What ill-fated baseballer did Paul Winfield
portray in "It's Good to Be Alive"?Roy Campanella
What two brothers went to the mound for the
St. Louis Cardinals in the 1934 World Series?Dizzy and Paul Dean
What baseball feature dropped five inches
for the 1969 season?The pitching mound
Who was the first reliever to win the
American League's Cy Young Award in 1977?Sparky Lyle
What company started printing baseball cards
in 1951?Topps
What team did Fidel Castro invite to play
its exhibition games in Cuba in 1977?The New York Yankees
Who was the second player to hit three home
runs in a World Series game?Reggie Jackson
What award goes each year to the top-
fielding major leaguer at his position?The Gold Glove
What was the first major league club to play
under the name of a state rather than a city?The Minnesota Twins
How did Montreal Expos second baseman Ron
Hunt reach base a record 50 times in 1971?He was hit by a pitch
What position has seen the fewest players
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?Third base
What was Hank Aaron's primary position in
his two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers?Designated hitter
What two Hall of Famers share a first name
of Henry and a middle name of Louis?Hank Aaron and Lou Gehrig
Who was the first National Leaguer to hit
500 home runs?Mel Ott
Who led all major league batters with a .343
average for the 1970s?Rod Carew
What's Bernice Gera's claim to fame in
the world of organized baseball?She was the first woman umpire
What team did Willie Mays play his last
major league game for?The New York Mets
Who is baseball's all-time base-stealing
leader?Lou Brock
What Los Angeles Dodgers star won back-to-back batting titles in 1962 and 1963?Tommy Davis
What batty baseball owner staged the first
Bat Day?Bill Veeck
Who's the all-time Brooklyn-Los Angeles
Dodgers leader in home runs, with 389?Duke Snider
How do you spell Hall of Famer Yaz's last name?Y-a-s-t-r-z-e-m-s-k-i
What team did Babe Ruth play his last major
league game for?The Boston Braves
What Pope has a plaque in his honor in
center field at Yankee Stadium?John XXIII
Who holds the record for pitching the
longest winning World Series game?Babe Ruth
Who was the first Chicago Cubs pitcher to
receive the Cy Young Award?Ferguson Jenkins
Who managed in the most World    Series?Casey Stengel
Who is the all-time leader in home runs among
switch hitters?Mickey Mantle
What National Leaguer drove in the most runs
in the majors during the 1970s?Johnny Bench
Who portrayed Mickey Mantle in the
universally panned "Safe at Home"?Mickey Mantle
Who collected his 3,000th - and last -
career base hit on September 30, 1972?Roberto Clemente
Who was the only New York Yankees manager
never to manage the team in Yankee Stadium?Bill Virdon
Who did Dan Dailey portray in "The Pride of
St. Louis"?Dizzy Dean
What umpire told all in the obviously-titled
"The Umpire Strikes Back"?Ron Luciano
Where did the Philadelphia Phillies play
home games before moving to Veterans Stadium?Connie Mack Stadium
What did the Washington Senators become for
the 1972 American League season?The Texas Rangers
Who was the last of the original New York
Mets to be given his walking papers?Ed Kranepool
What does CS stand for on a baseball
scorecard?Caught stealing
Who was Denny McLain's catcher when he won
31 games in 1968?Bill Freehan
What did Yogi Berra say upon hearing that
Ernest Hemingway was a "great writer"?"Yeah, for what paper?"
Who was the first first baseman to win the
Triple Crown?Lou Gehrig
What pet pitch carried Carl Hubbell to the
Hall of Fame?The screwball
Who set a major league record by being
caught stealing 42 times in 1982?Rickey Henderson
What team became the first to win the World
Series after dropping the first two games?The Brooklyn Dodgers
What baseball announcer is known for asking:
"How 'bout that, sports fans"?Mel Allen
Who , in 1972, became the youngest player
elected to baseball's Hall of Fame?Sandy Koufax
Who managed his club to the World Series in
1975, only to be fired the following season?Darrell Johnson
What Pennsylvania community plays host to
the Little League World Series?Williamsport
What outfielder delivered the eulogy at
Thurman Munson's funeral?Bobby Murcer
What Brooklyn Dodgers star was the first
winner of the Cy Young Award?Don Newcombe
What stadium played host to the first World
Series game on artificial turf?Riverfront Stadium
What two wars did Ted Williams fly combat
in?World War II and the Korean War
Who signed 23 one-year contracts to manage
the Dodgers?Walter Alston
Who started the New York Mets' first World
Series game?Tom Seaver
Who was the first Hispanic inducted into the
Hall of Fame?Roberto Clemente
What was Pete Rose's position when he broke
into the majors?Second base
What baseball great's statue was erected
outside Busch Stadium?Stan Musial's
What was Abner Doubleday's hometown?Cooperstown, New York
What ball park hosted the first major league
all-star game played on artificial turf?The Houston Astrodome
What was the home team in the first World
Series game played at night?The Pittsburgh Pirates
What were the respective first names of
Tinker, Evers and Chance?Joe, John, Frank
What did midget Eddie Gaedel do in his only
major league at-bat, in 1951?He walked on four pitches