Q 01/05

Pete Rose became MLB's all-time hits leader in 1985 by breaking which Detroit Tigers legend's record?

A) Hank Greenberg

B) Ty Cobb

C) Sam Crawford

D) Harry Heilmann

Answer · why

B) Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb was the first player to reach 4,000 hits, in 1927, and his record stood until Rose's 4,192nd hit on September 11, 1985.

Q 02/05

Pete Rose, MLB's all-time hits leader, was declared permanently ineligible in 1989 for doing what?

A) Using a corked bat

B) Taking banned steroids

C) Fixing a World Series

D) Betting on baseball

Answer · why

D) Betting on baseball

Betting on baseball while managing the Reds brought the ban. Rose denied it for 15 years, then admitted in a 2004 book that he had bet on his own team...

Q 03/05

Roberto Clemente, who finished with exactly 3,000 hits, died flying earthquake relief to which country?

A) Nicaragua

B) El Salvador

C) Honduras

D) Guatemala

Answer · why

A) Nicaragua

Nicaragua had been struck by a massive earthquake, and Clemente chartered a DC-7 to deliver the aid. It crashed off Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve 1972...

Q 04/05

Ichiro Suzuki tripled for his 3,000th MLB hit in 2016 while playing for which team?

A) Seattle Mariners

B) New York Yankees

C) Miami Marlins

D) Colorado Rockies

Answer · why

C) Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins was his third MLB club, and the hit came off the right-field wall at Coors Field, after 1,278 earlier hits in Japan.

Q 05/05

Which comedian starred in the 2004 film Mr. 3000 as a retired slugger who comes up three hits short?

A) Bernie Mac

B) Eddie Murphy

C) Martin Lawrence

D) Chris Rock

Answer · why

A) Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac played Stan Ross, a Milwaukee Brewers star who quits right after hit 3,000, then learns a double-counted game left him at 2,997.