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  • 1. 
    Which baseball player holds the record for most professional hits across all baseball leagues?

  • Pete Rose
  • Minnie Minoso
  • Ty Cobb
  • Ichiro Suzuki

  • 2. 
    What was Hall of Fame pitcher Mordecai Brown’s nickname?

  • Catfish
  • Three Finger
  • the Flying Dutchman
  • Big Train

  • 3. 
    Who has the all-time most career Major League Baseball innings pitched with 7,356, a record that many observers consider to be unbreakable?

  • Lefty Grove
  • Cy Young
  • Nolan Ryan
  • Walter Johnson

  • 4. 
    Which country won the inaugural World Baseball Classic tournament in 2006?

  • Japan
  • the Dominican Republic
  • the United States
  • Puerto Rico

  • 5. 
    Which of the following Negro Leagues greats and Hall of Famers never played a game in the major leagues?

  • Josh Gibson
  • Roy Campanella
  • Satchel Paige
  • Larry Doby

  • 6. 
    Who is popularly (and incorrectly) credited with having invented baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown, New York?

  • Morgan Bulkeley
  • Abner Doubleday
  • Cap Anson
  • Alexander Joy Cartwright

  • 7. 
    What did the irascible Ted Williams do in the final at bat of his 19-year major-league career?

  • strike out
  • get hit by a pitch
  • punch the umpire
  • hit a home run

  • 8. 
    In which of the following statistical categories did Barry Bonds not hold the all-time Major League Baseball record at the end of his career?

  • home runs
  • runs scored
  • walks
  • intentional walks

  • 9. 
    Who is the most recent major-league player to win the batting triple crown by leading his league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in during a season?

  • Carl Yastrzemski
  • Mike Trout
  • Frank Robinson
  • Miguel Cabrera

  • 10. 
    In how many consecutive games did Joe DiMaggio record a hit during his historic 1941 season?

  • 56
  • 61
  • 44
  • 51

  • 11. 
    Who was the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, serving in that role from 1920 until 1944?

  • Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  • Bowie Kuhn
  • Happy Chandler
  • Ford Frick

  • 12. 
    Which team won the first World Series in 1903?

  • Cleveland Naps
  • Chicago Orphans
  • New York Gothams
  • Boston Americans
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