BaseBall Trivia Questions?

1) What was the first Major League team to wear plastic batting helmets?

Choose Your Answer: A: New York Yankees, B: Washington Senators, C: Cleveland Indians, D: Brooklyn Dodgers

2) Who beat out Ted Williams for the American League's Most Valuable Player award in 1941, when Williams hit for a .406 average?

Choose Your Answer: A: Joe DiMaggio, B: Dolph Camilli, C: Hank Greenberg, D: Yogi Berra

3) How many balls did it take to walk a batter before 1880?

Choose Your Answer: A: Three, B: Five, C: Seven, D: Nine

4) Who hit the ball that rolled between Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series?

Choose Your Answer: A: Mookie Wilson, B: Darryl Strawberry, C: Wade Boggs, D: Bill Buckner

5) What baseball player was nicknamed "Charlie Hustle"?

Choose Your Answer: A: Mickey Mantle, B: Pete Rose, C: Joe DiMaggio, D: Joe Torre

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1) On March 7, 1941, the Brooklyn Dodgers rolled the Cleveland Indians 15–0. Pee Wee Reese and Joe Medwick wore a batting helmet designed by two Johns Hopkins doctors with the help of Larry MacPhail. The two Dodgers, victims of HBPs the previous year, pronounced the helmets satisfactory.

2) Joe DiMaggio won two controversial MVP awards over Ted Williams: in 1941 (by 37 votes, despite Williams' .406 average); and in 1947, (by a single vote). Although Ted Williams great '41 season denied DiMaggio a batting or slugging title, Joltin' Joe had a monster year. He slugged .643 with a .440 OBP (1.083 OPS). He led the league with 125 RBI, and hit 30 homers and 43 doubles. He also scored 122 runs, collected 193 hits, and smashed 11 triples. Amazingly, he struck out just 13 times! He also posted his 56-game hitting streak and led the Yankees to a World Series title.

3) Before 1880, it took Nine balls to walk a batter!

4) In bottom of the 10th inning, in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, the New York Mets were just one strike away from watching their championship dreams slip away. With two men on, Mookie Wilson stepped up to the plate and hit a slow grounder that, in any other game, would have been an easy out. But this was the World Series, and the pressure of the moment (or perhaps the Curse of the Bambino!) caused the slow grounder to roll right through Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s legs allowing the winning run in. Buckner’s error, one of the most lasting and memorable moments in baseball history, forced the series to a seventh game where the New York Mets finally laid claim to the World Series championship.

5) It was Whitey Ford who reportedly dubbed Pete Rose, "Charlie Hustle" in a spring training game in 1963, after watching Pete run to first on a walk. Rose, a brash rookie, turned the derisive nickname into a badge of honor.