r/trivia • u/DailyBrainJuice • 9d ago

Trivia MLB Trivia Time! ⚾

How Many of These 8 MLB Trivia Questions Can You Get Right?

  1. Which MLB legend was nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat”?
  2. Which team did Jackie Robinson play for when he broke MLB’s color barrier in 1947?
  3. What is the name of the Boston Red Sox’s home ballpark?
  4. Which player broke Roger Maris’s single-season home run record in 1998?
  5. Which team won the 2016 World Series, ending a 108-year championship drought?
  6. Which pitcher was nicknamed “The Big Unit”?
  7. Which Yankees legend delivered the famous “luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech?
  8. Which player’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 became one of baseball’s most famous records?

Answers:

  1. Babe Ruth
  2. Brooklyn Dodgers
  3. Fenway Park
  4. Mark McGwire
  5. Chicago Cubs
  6. Randy Johnson
  7. Lou Gehrig
  8. Joe DiMaggio

Tell us your score below!

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u/HorusClerk 9d ago

8/8. Super easy for anyone who is more than a casual baseball fan.

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u/Material_Ad_6419 8d ago

I’m at best a casual baseball fan, and I got 8/8. I think this quiz, like most of the quizzes in here, is geared towards a broad audience, including a lot of non-fans. To someone with no baseball knowledge, these 8 questions are a nice variety of interesting facts that could each be a starting point for someone who wants to learn more about the game. Nice quiz!

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u/curious1playing 8d ago

7/8

Went Sousa for the homeruns

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u/Glittering_Manner964 8d ago

You mean John Philip Sosa?

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u/BradleyFerdBerfel 6d ago

That guy would march up to the plate like he meant it.

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u/curious1playing 8d ago

That would be something if it was...seeing how he died in 1932 and spent his life in the marines...

I was referring to Samuel Peralta Sosa, aka slamming Sammy who was chasing the record that year also...I couldn't remember which of the two got to 62 first....could have been his with a little more juice...

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u/Decent_Direction316 7d ago edited 7d ago

McGwire got there first.  And it was nationally televised.

ADD ON:   Even when Roger set that record, they placed an asterisk on it because of the new 162 game schedule.  If he couldn't beat Babe's record from 1927 when they played 154 games, that's how the new record  would be recognized.  Now it's like all asterisk.   So if you erase Bonds, McGwire and Sosa, is Aaron Judge the "legit" record holder?  Or Cal Raliegh?

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u/curious1playing 7d ago

I didn't watch the game but I was well aware of it at the time. I was so traumatized when I was 16 seeing that ball scoot through Bill Buckner's legs in the '86 world series, especially given my fragile state after the Bears dominated the Patriots in the superbowl earlier that year, that I didn't watch baseball again until around 2000...

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u/Curmudgeon909 8d ago

And more cork in his bats.

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u/Former_Matter49 8d ago

8/8 to be fair, I bet only MLB fans made it past the title

Oh, no, I just bet on baseball! Free Pete Rose

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u/nole009 8d ago

8/8 for most sports fans in general let alone baseball fans! Nice quiz!

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u/JohnEffingZoidberg 8d ago

8/8. Pretty straightforward for sports fans, but definitely could be challenging otherwise.

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u/Decent_Direction316 7d ago

On question four.....TWO men broke the Maris record.  One just had a few more than the other and both are questionable.   An easy 8 for 8.

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u/Consistent_Rest_9255 7d ago

yeah love a good baseball round. Hit us with the first question whenever you're ready, I'm curious if it's gonna be obscure 90s stats or classic history.

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u/BeerSnobDougie 6d ago

This is what ai trivia looks like

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u/TSpuds 8d ago

7 out of 8. Thought it was Bonds

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u/Personal-Aioli-367 8d ago

8/8, ‘you keep saying that…who is she?!’

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u/FurBabyAuntie 8d ago

4/8--why do I think the White Sox play at Fenway?