Q 01/05

On a Major League Baseball diamond, what is the distance from one base to the next?

A) 80 feet

B) 75 feet

C) 100 feet

D) 90 feet

Answer · why

D) 90 feet

90 feet has barely changed since the 1840s, while the pitching distance was moved back to 60 feet 6 inches in 1893.

Q 02/05

Which National League club has the most World Series titles?

A) St. Louis Cardinals

B) San Francisco Giants

C) Los Angeles Dodgers

D) Atlanta Braves

Answer · why

A) St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals' 11 titles trail only the Yankees' 27; the Dodgers share the record for most Series lost, 14, with the Yankees.

Q 03/05

Who set the MLB single-season record for hits, with 262 in 2004?

A) Pete Rose

B) Ichiro Suzuki

C) George Sisler

D) Tony Gwynn

Answer · why

B) Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits for Seattle in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record of 257 set in 1920.

Q 04/05

Per The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, baseball's term for a bases-loaded home run was borrowed from which card game?

A) Poker

B) Contract bridge

C) Cribbage

D) Whist

Answer · why

B) Contract bridge

In bridge the same term means taking every possible trick; in baseball it means the most runs possible on one swing.

Q 05/05

Until 1967 one Cy Young Award covered all of MLB. Who was its first recipient, in 1956?

A) Don Newcombe

B) Warren Spahn

C) Whitey Ford

D) Bob Lemon

Answer · why

A) Don Newcombe

Commissioner Ford Frick created the award in 1956 in honour of Cy Young, who had died the year before; the Dodgers have since won more of them than an...