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231 free Baseball trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
194 free baseball trivia questions with answers. From Babe Ruth's called shots to Shohei Ohtani's two-way dominance, baseball has produced some of sports' greatest stories. This quiz covers everything from basic rules and positions to expert-level questions about the Negro Leagues, the steroid era, and records that may never be broken. Whether you're a casual fan or a baseball encyclopedia, step up to the plate and see how you score.
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Q 01A batter who takes a called third strike is said to be caught doing what?
Looking
Looking. Carlos Beltrán was caught looking at Adam Wainwright's two-strike pitch with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth, ending Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series.
Q 02Which Phillies pitcher threw both a perfect game and a postseason no-hitter in 2010?
Roy Halladay
Roy Halladay. After the May perfect game against the Marlins he bought about 60 Swiss watches for teammates and club staff, in boxes inscribed 'We did it together', then no-hit the Reds in October.
Q 03Which broadcaster called Dodgers games for 67 seasons, from Brooklyn in 1950 to Los Angeles in 2016?
Vin Scully
Vin Scully. When the Dodgers moved into the vast Los Angeles Coliseum, fans who could barely follow the play began bringing transistor radios so they could hear him describe the game in front of them.
Q 04Which player broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, becoming the first Black player in MLB in the modern era. His number 42 is retired across all of baseball.
Q 05Which Japanese outfielder set MLB's single-season record with 262 hits in 2004?
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki. His 262 hits for Seattle passed George Sisler's 257, a record since 1920, and Sisler's daughter was in the sellout crowd on the night it fell; 225 of the hits were singles.
Q 06What is the name of the trophy awarded to the World Series champion?
The Commissioner's Trophy
The Commissioner's Trophy. First awarded in 1967, it carries 30 gold-plated flags, one for each club; in 2020 the commissioner had to apologise after dismissing it as 'a piece of metal'.
Q 07Which baseball position is located between second base and third base?
Shortstop
Shortstop. Doc Adams of the New York Knickerbockers created the position around 1849 to relay throws in from the outfield, because the era's light ball could not be thrown far.
Q 08Which song is traditionally sung during baseball's seventh-inning stretch?
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Jack Norworth wrote the lyrics in 1908 after seeing a ballpark advertisement on a New York subway train, yet he did not watch a major league game himself until 1940.
Q 09Which pitching feat did Houston's Ken Johnson achieve in 1964 and still lose?
A no-hitter
A no-hitter. Johnson held the Reds hitless for nine innings, but his own throwing error put a runner on in the ninth, a teammate's error let him score, and Houston lost 1-0.
Q 10After 1968's 'Year of the Pitcher', MLB lowered the mound and shrank what?
The strike zone
The strike zone. Pitchers ruled 1968 so completely, with Bob Gibson's ERA down at 1.12, that MLB narrowed the zone and cut the mound from 15 inches to 10 to bring the hitters back.
Q 11What wiped out the 1994 World Series, the first autumn without one since 1904?
A players' strike
A players' strike. Players walked out on August 12, 1994, over the owners' push for a salary cap, and the Montreal Expos, who had baseball's best record at 74-40, never got to play for a title.
Q 12Which Dodgers pitcher won both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in 1981, a double nobody else has done?
Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela. The 20-year-old Mexican rookie won his first eight starts of 1981, five of them shutouts, and 'Fernandomania' followed: 11 of his 12 starts at Dodger Stadium that year sold out.
Q 13Who holds the all-time MLB record for career home runs?
Barry Bonds
Q 21Which Yankee's 56-game hitting streak in 1941 remains the longest in MLB history?
Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio. The streak ended in Cleveland on July 17, 1941, when third baseman Ken Keltner twice backhanded hard grounders down the line; DiMaggio then hit safely in his next 16 games.
Q 22What famous event in 1919 involved the Chicago White Sox intentionally losing the World Series?
The Black Sox Scandal
The Black Sox Scandal involved eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who were accused of intentionally losing the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from gamblers. All eight were banned from baseball for life.
Q 23Who holds the MLB record for most career hits with 4,256?
Pete Rose
Barry Bonds. He passed the old mark of 755 in August 2007 and reached 762 by season's end, but the Giants had already announced they would not re-sign him, and he never played another game.
Q 14Who won the first World Series, in 1903?
Boston Americans
The Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh five games to three, but Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss added his own share of the gate to his players' pool, so each loser took home more than any winner.
Q 15Which Royals outfielder is the only athlete named an All-Star in both MLB and the NFL?
Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson. He was MVP of the 1989 All-Star Game for the Royals and made the Pro Bowl with the Raiders for 1990, but a hip injury in 1991 ended his football career and cost him the whole 1992 baseball season.
Q 16Which White Sox slugger was nicknamed 'the Big Hurt'?
Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas. No club drafted him out of high school in 1986, so he went to Auburn to play football; three years later he was the seventh pick in baseball's draft, and he won back-to-back MVP awards.
Q 17Which baseball distance has been 60 feet 6 inches since 1893?
Pitcher's rubber to home plate
Pitcher's rubber to home plate. Pitchers were moved back five feet in 1893, partly because hitters were terrified of fastballers such as Amos Rusie, and the distance has not changed since.
Q 18Which MLB team plays its home games at Wrigley Field?
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs have played at Wrigley Field since 1916. It was the last major league park to install lights: every home game there was played in daylight until August 1988.
Q 19Which Cardinals outfielder took baseball's reserve clause to the Supreme Court after refusing a 1969 trade?
Curt Flood
Curt Flood. After refusing a trade to the Phillies, Flood sued baseball over the reserve clause and lost Flood v. Kuhn at the Supreme Court in 1972, but the case helped bring free agency in 1976.
Q 20Which player held MLB's highest career batting average until Negro Leagues statistics were added in 2024?
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb. His career average, given as .366 or .367, stood as the record for nearly a century, until MLB's addition of Negro Leagues statistics in 2024 put a Negro Leagues star ahead of him.
Pete Rose. Rose collected 4,256 hits over 24 seasons from 1963 to 1986, breaking a record that had stood since 1928; in 1989 he accepted a permanent ban from baseball for betting on games.
Q 24Which pitcher holds the all-time record for career strikeouts with 5,714?
Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan. He struck out 5,714 batters over 27 seasons and was still formidable at 46, when 26-year-old Robin Ventura charged the mound and Ryan put him in a headlock.
Q 25What is the 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' in baseball?
Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning homer in 1951
Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning homer in 1951 capped a Giants comeback from a double-digit August deficit to Brooklyn; in 2001 surviving Giants admitted they had been stealing catchers' signs with a telescope.
Q 26Which two players chased the record for home runs in a season in 1998?
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both passed the old record of 61, McGwire finishing with 70 and Sosa 66; in 2010 McGwire admitted he had used steroids on and off for a decade, that summer included.
Q 27Which slugger earned the nickname 'Mr. October' for his postseason heroics with the A's and Yankees?
Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson. He hit three home runs on three consecutive swings off three different Dodgers pitchers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, clinching the title for the Yankees.
Q 28Whose .406 average in 1941 remains the last .400 season in the American or National League?
Ted Williams
Ted Williams. Offered the chance to sit out the final day and protect an average that rounded up to .400, the Red Sox star played both games of a doubleheader, went 6-for-8 and finished at .406.
Q 29What does 'ERA' stand for in baseball statistics?
Earned Run Average
Earned Run Average is the number of earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings. Runs that score because of a fielder's error or a passed ball are left out, so he isn't blamed for his teammates' mistakes.
Q 30Which team broke an 86-year championship drought by winning the 2004 World Series?
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox ended the 'Curse of the Bambino' by winning the 2004 World Series, their first championship since 1918. They famously came back from a 3-0 deficit against the Yankees in the ALCS to reach the World Series.