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MLB trivia: questions and answers, June 13, 2022

By David Hill |
DETROIT, MI - 1906: Ty Cobb poses during batting practice before a game in 1906 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - 1906: Ty Cobb poses during batting practice before a game in 1906 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
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We all need something to attempt to shake our minds awake and get back to the grind after the weekend. Let’s start the week with some Monday morning MLB trivia.

  1. Two people are inducted into the Hall of Fame as managers but had a losing record. Connie Mack is the best known of the two – who was the other?
  2. Four players have hit a home run in four different decades – Rickey Henderson, Willie McCovey, Ted Williams, and?
  3. This Hall of Famer holds the record for most career wins with the New York Yankees:
  4. This long time reliever holds the single season record for saves and is the only pitcher to notch more than 60 saves in a season. Who is he?
  5. Name the last pitcher to win at least 30 games in a season.
  6. Despite not making his major league debut until he was 29 years old, this knuckleballer became the first reliever in the Hall of Fame.
  7. 100 MPH pitches are common these days, but that was not always the case. Who was the first pitcher to throw a pitch over 100 MPH?
  8. Which female pitcher once struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game?
  9. This Hall of Famer was the last player to lead the league in homers without putting a ball over the fence.
  10. Who holds the record for the most hits in a single season?
Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports
Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports /

Here are the answers!

  1. Bucky Harris. He spent a total of 29 years on the bench, winning championships with the Washington Senators and New York Yankees. In that time, he posted a 2158-2219 record, his .493 winning percentage the second lowest mark in Cooperstown.
  2. Omar Vizquel. He hit one homer as a rookie in 1989 and two in 2010. Although he played until 2012, he did not hit another homer that decade.
  3. Whitey Ford (236).
  4. Francisco Rodriguez – 62 saves in 2008. He also ranks fourth all time with 437 saves in his career.
  5. Denny McClain (31 in 1968).
  6. Hoyt Wilhelm. He was inducted into the Hall in 1985, along with Lou Brock, Arky Vaughan, and Enos Slaughter.
  7. Nolan Ryan. He threw a fastball during a game on September 7, 1974 that was clocked at 100.8 MPH to become the first pitcher to reach triple digits.
  8. Jackie Mitchell on April 2, 1931. Her next door neighbor, Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance, taught her the drop ball, which she used to strike out both players. Her contract was voided by Kenesaw Mountain Landis several days later, claiming that baseball was “too strenuous” for women to play.
  9. Ty Cobb (9 inside the park homers in 1909).
  10. Ichiro Suzuki. His 262 hits in 2004 broke the single season record of 257 set by George Sisler in 1920.

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