BaseBall Trivia Questions?

1) How many of Joe DiMaggio's brothers played Major League baseball?

Choose Your Answer: A: One, B: Two, C: Three, D: None

2) What player holds the career record for stealing home plate?

Choose Your Answer: A: Lou Gehrig, B: Jackie Robinson, C: Ty Cobb, D: Kenny Lofton

3) Who was the first American League pitcher to throw a perfect game?

Choose Your Answer: A: Smokey Joe Wood, B: Don Larsen, C: Addie Joss, D: Cy Young

4) Who hit his 700th home run on September 17, 2004?

Choose Your Answer: A: Mark McGwire, B: Barry Bonds, C: Sammy Sosa, D: Rafael Palmeiro

5) Who played a team record 3,308 games for the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1983?

Choose Your Answer: A: Carlton Fisk, B: Jim Rice, C: Fred Lynn, D: Carl Yastrzemski

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1) Joe DiMaggio had two other brothers who played Major League baseball. Vince DiMaggio began his career with the Boston Bees and played for 10 seasons on 5 different teams. Dom DiMaggio played 11 seasons with the Boston Red Sox.

2) Ty Cobb stole home plate an amazing 54 times during his career. On four occasions, he went so far as to steal second, then third, then home plate in the same inning!

3) The first perfect game in American League history was thrown by Cy Young on May 5, 1904, when he led the Boston Red Sox to victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. One of the most consistent and durable pitchers the game has ever known, Cy Young won 511 games -- almost 100 more than any other pitcher in history. In 1904, he crafted one of the most amazing streaks of pitching excellence in baseball history. The right-hander pitched 24 1/3 innings without surrendering a hit, through May 11. Young had pitched two hitless innings at the end of a loss on April 25, seven innings of hitless relief on April 30, and a perfect game on May 5. Stretching his hitless streak to 24 innings against Detroit on May 11, Young finally gave up a hit to future Hall of Fame outfielder Sam Crawford in the seventh inning.

4) With a 392-foot shot just into the left-field bleachers at SBC Park on Sept. 17, 2004, Barry Bonds became the third player after legends Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth to hit 700 homers in his career.

5) Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1958, Carl Yastrzemski would go on to play a team record 3,308 games for the franchise. In 1967, he earned Most Valuable Player honors and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.