Q 01/05

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

A) 45 feet

B) 90 feet

C) 180 feet

D) 360 feet

Answer · why

B) 90 feet

90 feet a side is fixed for every big-league infield, even though no two outfields share the same dimensions; the pitching rubber sits 60 feet 6 inche...

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 have won 11, the first in 1926, when Babe Ruth was thrown out trying to steal second base for the final out of Game 7.

Q 03/05

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

A) Pete Rose

B) Ichiro Suzuki

C) Derek Jeter

D) Albert Pujols

Answer · why

B) Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki broke George Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257 in Seattle, then walked over to the stands to shake hands with Sisler's 81-year-old daug...

Q 04/05

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

A) Five-card stud

B) Contract bridge

C) Cribbage

D) Gin rummy

Answer · why

B) Contract bridge

Contract bridge uses the same term for taking all thirteen tricks, the biggest prize a hand can bring; baseball's version brings the most runs possibl...

Q 05/05

Which teammate of Jackie Robinson won the first Cy Young Award in 1956, when one trophy covered both leagues?

A) Don Newcombe

B) Warren Spahn

C) Whitey Ford

D) Bob Lemon

Answer · why

A) Don Newcombe

Don Newcombe won it with 27 victories and was the National League MVP too; the award was split in two only in 1967, after its creator, Commissioner Fo...