Q 01/05

Babe Ruth began his career as a star left-handed pitcher for which team before being sold to the Yankees?

A) Washington Senators

B) Philadelphia Athletics

C) Boston Red Sox

D) Chicago White Sox

Answer · why

C) Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox had Ruth from 1914 to 1919; he won 23 games in 1916 and 24 in 1917 before owner Harry Frazee sold him to the Yankees.

Q 02/05

Which position did Jackie Robinson play for the Dodgers on April 15, 1947, when he broke the color line?

A) Second base

B) Shortstop

C) Center field

D) First base

Answer · why

D) First base

Robinson opened 1947 at first base because Eddie Stanky held second; he moved to second base in 1948 and won the first-ever Rookie of the Year Award i...

Q 03/05

Which uniform number was retired across every Major League team in 1997 in honor of Jackie Robinson?

A) 44

B) 45

C) 42

D) 47

Answer · why

C) 42

Number 42 was retired across all of Major League Baseball on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of Robinson's debut; since 2009 every player wears 4...

Q 04/05

Mickey Mantle's nickname 'the Commerce Comet' came from the town where he grew up, in which state?

A) Kansas

B) Texas

C) Oklahoma

D) Missouri

Answer · why

C) Oklahoma

Commerce, Oklahoma, in the Tri-State lead and zinc mining district, is where his father Mutt worked the mines and taught him to switch-hit from childh...

Q 05/05

Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run in 1974 came off which Dodgers pitcher?

A) Don Sutton

B) Al Downing

C) Tommy John

D) Claude Osteen

Answer · why

B) Al Downing

Al Downing, who like Aaron wore number 44, gave up the 715th homer at Atlanta Stadium on April 8, 1974, before a crowd of 53,775.