Q 01/05

Record books list the Giants franchise under which name for its first two seasons, 1883 and 1884?

A) Knickerbockers

B) Gothams

C) Highlanders

D) Metropolitans

Answer · why

B) Gothams

Gothams is the record-book name, though the club was also simply called the New Yorks; 'Giants' is said to date from 1885, when manager Jim Mutrie hai...

Q 02/05

Through 2026, the Giants had recorded more what than any other franchise in Major League history?

A) No-hitters thrown

B) Losses

C) Wins

D) Consecutive winning seasons

Answer · why

C) Wins

Wins: 11,687 of them through 2026, a total built on 75 seasons of .553 baseball in New York, although the next club on the list had closed to within 6...

Q 03/05

Which manager led the New York Giants to their last title, in 1954?

A) Leo Durocher

B) Casey Stengel

C) Alvin Dark

D) Mel Ott

Answer · why

A) Leo Durocher

Leo Durocher had been hired away from the Giants' fiercest rival in the middle of the 1948 season, and six years later he delivered the club's last ti...

Q 04/05

Which Giant hit the 'Shot Heard 'Round the World', the home run that won the 1951 pennant playoff against Brooklyn?

A) Monte Irvin

B) Whitey Lockman

C) Don Mueller

D) Bobby Thomson

Answer · why

D) Bobby Thomson

Bobby Thomson's three-run homer off Ralph Branca in the ninth inning turned a 4–2 deficit into the pennant, after the Giants had won 37 of their last ...

Q 05/05

Willie Mays made 'The Catch' against which team in the 1954 World Series?

A) New York Yankees

B) Cleveland Indians

C) Baltimore Orioles

D) Chicago White Sox

Answer · why

B) Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians: they had won 111 games, but Mays ran down Vic Wertz's long drive with the score tied in the eighth inning, and the Giants swept a t...