Q 01/05
A) 762
B) 755
C) 714
D) 703
Answer · why
He passed Hank Aaron's 755 on August 7, 2007, and finished with seven more.
Q 02/05
A) Babe Ruth
B) Hank Aaron
C) Willie Mays
D) Sadaharu Oh
Answer · why
Oddly, the pitcher who gave up 756, Mike Bacsik, was the son of a pitcher who had faced Aaron right after his 755th.
Q 03/05
A) Al Downing
B) Steve Trachsel
C) Mike Bacsik
D) Tracy Stallard
Answer · why
It came at 8:51 p.m. on August 7, 2007, against the Washington Nationals in San Francisco.
Q 04/05
A) Don Sutton
B) Tommy John
C) Andy Messersmith
D) Al Downing
Answer · why
A record Braves crowd of 53,775 saw it; Bill Buckner nearly went over the fence trying to catch it.
Q 05/05
A) Sadaharu Oh
B) Barry Bonds
C) Josh Gibson
D) Hank Aaron
Answer · why
He played all 22 of his seasons for Japan's Yomiuri Giants and retired in 1980.
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