70 free 2023 MLB Season trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This 2023 MLB trivia quiz covers the whole baseball year, from the World Baseball Classic in March to the free-agent bombshell in December. In between: the first season with a pitch clock, bigger bases and shift limits, a perfect game, three no-hitters, a team that started 13-0, a team that lost 112 games, and a World Series between two wild cards that ended with a first-ever title. The questions run easy to expert. The openers are the ones any fan will get: who won the World Series, who was MVP, which star signed for $700 million. From there it digs into the records set that year, the numbers behind them, the awards, the draft, the All-Star Game in Seattle and the trades and retirements that closed the season. Numeric answers are not always the middle option, so guessing will not save you. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's season, series and player articles, and each question shows its source once you have answered. Play through, share your score, and then try the general MLB and baseball quizzes for the history that came before 2023.
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Q 01Which franchise won the 2023 World Series, the first championship in its history?
Texas Rangers
The team was founded in 1961 as the second Washington Senators and moved to the Dallas–Fort Worth area in 1971, so the wait ran more than six decades. Nearly all of the club's postseason wins came on the road.
Q 02The 2023 World Series began on October 27 and ended on November 1. How many games were played?
5
The teams split the first two games in Texas, then the visitors won three straight in Arizona. It was only the third World Series between two wild-card teams.
Q 03Who was named 2023 World Series MVP, becoming the first player to win the award in both leagues?
Corey Seager
His first World Series MVP came with the Dodgers in 2020. He hit .286 with three home runs and six RBI in the Series, including a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning of Game 1.
Q 04Who hit the walk-off home run in the 11th inning of Game 1 of the 2023 World Series?
Adolis García
The homer gave him 22 RBI for the postseason, breaking David Freese's 2011 record of 21. He was injured in Game 3 and replaced on the roster before Game 4.
Q 05Which manager won his fourth World Series in 2023, only the third to win one in each league?
Bruce Bochy
His first three titles came with the Giants in 2010, 2012 and 2014. Sparky Anderson and Tony La Russa are the other managers to win the World Series in both leagues.
Q 06Which reliever won his third straight World Series in 2023, each with a different team?
Will Smith
He won with Atlanta in 2021 and Houston in 2022 before Texas in 2023, the first player ever to take three straight titles with three franchises. He signed with Kansas City to try for a fourth.
Q 07What was Texas's record-setting road record in the 2023 postseason?
11–0
The team never lost away from home in October and November. Its win in Game 4 of the World Series was its tenth straight road victory, already breaking a record shared by two Yankees teams.
Q 08How many games did Ketel Marte's record postseason hitting streak reach?
20
He passed Hank Bauer, Derek Jeter and Manny Ramírez, who had shared the mark at 17. Because it began with his first postseason game, it was also the longest streak to open a postseason career.
Q 09Which player won his second unanimous AL MVP in 2023, the first person ever to win two unanimous MVPs?
Shohei Ohtani
He was also named to the All-MLB First Team as both a designated hitter and a starting pitcher, another first, and took his third straight Edgar Martínez Award as the best DH.
Q 10Who won the 2023 National League MVP, making it the first year both MVPs were chosen unanimously?
Ronald Acuña Jr.
He led the majors with 217 hits, 149 runs and 383 total bases while batting .337 for the Braves. He also won the Hank Aaron Award and was The Sporting News Player of the Year.
Q 11The 2023 NL MVP hit 41 homers and stole how many bases, creating MLB's first 40–70 season?
73
The total set a modern-era Braves franchise record. He had reached the 40–40 club on September 22, joining Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Soriano.
Q 12Which pitcher won the 2023 NL Cy Young Award, his second, having taken the AL version in 2018?
Blake Snell
His 2.25 ERA led the majors, but so did his 99 walks. He then turned down a $20.25 million qualifying offer from the Padres and hit free agency.
Q 13Which Yankees ace won the 2023 American League Cy Young Award by unanimous vote?
Gerrit Cole
He went 15–4 with a 2.63 ERA and 222 strikeouts, and closed the season with a complete-game shutout of Toronto. He had also started the All-Star Game, the first Yankee to do so since Roger Clemens in 2001.
Q 21Under 2023 MLB rules, how many pickoff 'disengagements' may a pitcher make per plate appearance before risking a balk?
Two
The count resets if a runner advances. A third disengagement that fails to record an out is called a balk and every runner moves up a base.
Q 22Under the 2023 shift limits, how many infielders must be on each side of second base at the pitch?
Two
All four infielders must also have both feet on the dirt. If a defense is misaligned, the batting team can take the result of the play or an automatic ball.
Q 23Which team opened 2023 with 13 straight wins, tying the modern-era record for the best start to a season?
Tampa Bay Rays
Q 14Which Orioles infielder won the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year Award?
Gunnar Henderson
He also won a Silver Slugger in his rookie season. In June he hit a 462-foot homer onto Eutaw Street, the longest in the 31-year history of Camden Yards.
Q 15Which Diamondbacks outfielder was the 2023 National League Rookie of the Year?
Corbin Carroll
He was the first rookie ever with 25 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season, and he had signed an eight-year, $111 million extension in March after just 32 big-league games.
Q 16Which first-year Marlins manager won the 2023 National League Manager of the Year Award?
Skip Schumaker
Hired to replace Don Mattingly, he took Miami to the playoffs in his first season, and the club thrived in close games all summer. He left the job late in 2024.
Q 17Which manager won the 2023 American League Manager of the Year Award after a 101-win season?
Brandon Hyde
His Baltimore club went from 83 wins to 101 and the AL East title. On September 4 it also set an American League record by going 84 straight series without being swept.
Q 18Which Yankees pitcher threw the 24th perfect game in MLB history on June 28, 2023?
Domingo Germán
It was the first perfect game by a Dominican-born pitcher and the first in the majors since Félix Hernández in 2012. Five weeks later he was placed on the restricted list after a clubhouse incident.
Q 19Under the 2023 pitch clock, how many seconds did a pitcher have between pitches with bases empty?
15
The clock stretched to 20 seconds with a runner on base, and batters had to be alert in the box with eight seconds left or take an automatic strike.
Q 20The 2023 rule changes enlarged first, second and third base from 15 inches square to how many?
18
The bigger bags shortened the distance between bases slightly and were meant to cut collisions and encourage steals. Stolen bases jumped across the league.
The 1982 Braves and 1987 Brewers also started 13–0. The club also homered in each of its first 22 games, a record, and won its first 14 home games.
Q 24Which team lost 112 games in 2023, the most in the majors that year?
Oakland Athletics
The club started 10–45, tying the 1904 Senators and 1899 Cleveland Spiders for the worst 55-game start ever. Its .309 winning percentage was the franchise's lowest since 1919.
Q 25In November 2023, MLB owners unanimously approved the Athletics' relocation to which city?
Las Vegas
Nevada's governor had signed a $380 million stadium-funding bill in June. The vote took place at the owners' meeting in Arlington, Texas, days after the World Series ended there.
Q 26The Braves tied the single-season team record with how many home runs in 2023?
307
The mark matched the 2019 Twins. Atlanta also set records with a .501 team slugging percentage and 47 first-inning homers, and had four players hit 35 or more.
Q 27How many regular-season games did the Braves win in 2023, the most in the majors?
104
It earned them a first-round bye, but they were knocked out in four games by Philadelphia in the Division Series for the second straight year.
Q 28Opening Day 2023 had all 30 teams playing on the same day, the first time since which year?
1968
It was also the first season of a balanced schedule in which every team played every other team at least once, with just 52 games against division rivals.
Q 29Where did the Giants and Padres play a two-game 'MLB World Tour' series in April 2023?
Mexico City
The games were played at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in late April. In June the Cardinals and Cubs took the tour to London Stadium.
Q 30Which city hosted the 2023 All-Star Game, at T-Mobile Park?
Seattle
It was the Mariners' third time hosting, after 1979 at the Kingdome and 2001 at the same ballpark under its old name, Safeco Field. Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martínez threw out first pitches.