Q. What hide was first used to cover baseballs in 1975?
A. Cowhide
Q. What baseball announcer said Pope Paul VI's death "puts a damper on even a Yankees win"?
A. Phil Rizzuto
Q. What country's first U.S. major league baseball player was Chan-Ho Park?
A. South Korea's
Q. What song do baseball fans break into when Mitch Williams steps out of the bullpen?
A. Wild Thing
Q. Whose 1996 single to center, in his first regular season at-bat, was the first hit by a Red Sox pitcher in 24 years?
Q. Who was the American League base-stealing champ for nine years in the 1980s?
A. Rickey Henderson
Q. Who was the winningest active major league baseball manage before he retired in 1996?
A. Tommy Lasorda.
Q. Which finger on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and slider?
A. The middle.
Q. What former Negro League player is the only pitcher in the Hall of Fame with a losing major league record?
A. Satchel Page
Q. Who was the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts three times during the 1980s?
A. Steve Carlton
Q. What clan consisting of Ray, Bob and Bret became the first three-generation family to play major league baseball?
A. The Boone Family.
Q. Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?
A. Boston and Detroit
Q. What baseball team's games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?
A. The Atlanta Braves.
Q. What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?
A. Ozzie Smith
Q. What pitcher's 1.12 ERA in 1968 is the lowest in the majors in post-World War II play?
A. Bob Gibson's.
Q. Who was the last American League baseballer to win the Triple Crown, in 1967?
A. Car Yastrzemski.
Q. What Pittsburgh Pirate had exactly 3,000 career hits before dying in a plane crash?
A. Roberto Clemente.
Q. What's the LCS to a baseball pennant winner?
A. League Championship Series.
Q. What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major leaguer to wear in his on the field?
A. Curlers.
Q. How many seasons did Lou Gehrig play every inning of every game?
A. One
Q. Who set a major league record for the fewest errors by a shortstop, with three in 1990?
A. Cal Ripkin Jr.
Q. Who was the only major leaguer to play at least 500 games with each of four teams - Houston, Montréal, New York and Detroit?
A. Rusty Staub
Q. Which two cities have ballparks honoring Number 44 above the outfield fence?
A. Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Q. Who returned from a stint in Japan to pound 51 home runs in 1990?
A. Cecil Fielder
Q. Who was the only baseballer to lay over 500 games at each of five different positions?
A. Pete Rose.
Q. What former Yankee southpaw explained how to doctor a baseball in the 1977 article "Confessions of a Gunkball Artist"?
A. Whitey Ford
Q. Who has the most wins in Dodgers history-- Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax or Don Sutton?
A. Don Sutton.
Q. Who led the National League in ERA in each of his last five seasons, ending in 1966?
A. Sandy Koufax.
Q. What two Yankees were nearly traded to Milwaukee for pitcher Warren Spahn and slugger Hank Aaron in 1960?
A. Whity Ford and Mickey Mantle.
Q. What late, great Dodgers pitcher was known to fans as "Double D"?
A. Don Drysdale.
Q. What pitch does a batter face when Dwight Gooden throws his "yacker"?
A. A curve ball.
Q. What 50-year old minor league pitcher did 57,000 fans crowd the Orange Bowl to watch in 1956?
A. Satchel Page.
Q. What Nicaraguan-born baseballer was known as "Arriba!" to adoring Latin fans?
A. Roberto Clemente.
Q. What commissioner of baseball was named after a Civil War battle fought in Georgia?
A. Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
Q. What homer hitter is known as "The Big Hurt"?
A. Frank Thomas.
Q. Who was the last graduate of the Negro Leagues to retire from major league baseball?
A. Hank Aaron.
Q. What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?
A. The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.
Q. How many home run titles did Roger Maris win?
A. One
Q. What catcher replaced Mel Allen as TV announcer for the Yankees in 1964?
A. Joe Garagiola.
Q. What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs?
A. Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.
Q. What major league baseball team has fans dubbed "Cheese Heads"?
A. The Milwaukee Brewers.
Q. What ballpark was Pete Rose playing in when he broke Ty Cobb's career hits record?
A. Riverfront Stadium.
Q. What major league baseball team did the Walt Disney Company assumee operational control of in 1996?
A. The California Angels.
Q. How many seasons saw Hank Aaron blast 50 or more homers?
A. Zero.
Q. Who holds the record for most innings pitched in a major league season?
A. Cy Young.
Q. What legendary manager explained: "You have to have a catcher. If you don't the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen"?
A. Casey Stengel
Q. What explosive base-stealer took a $2.75 million pay cut to play for the Kansas City Royals, in 1995?
A. Vince Coleman.
Q. What major league baseball team was forced to endure a 20-day road trip in 1996?
A. The Atlanta Braves.
Q. What Beantowner is second only to Pete Rose in total major league baseball games played?
A. Carl Yastrzemski.
Q. What's the most home runs hit by one player in a single major league game?
A. Four.
Q. What establishments were 90 percent of the viewers watching the first televised World Series from?
A. Bars.
Q. What did Babe Ruth, Rogers, Hornsby, Ted Williams and Willie Mays all do in their first major league at-bats?
A. Strike out.
Q. What former Giants star is the godfather of Barry Bonds?
A. Willie Mays.
Q. What governor was on hand at home plate to greet Hank Aaron when he broke Babes Ruth's home run record?
A. Jimmy Carter.
Q. What major league baseball team is sometimes dubbed "The Fish"?
A. The Florida Marlins.
Q. What American League baseball team plays home games in a stadium nicknamed " the Big A"?
A. The California Angels.
Q. What National Leaguer went longest between MVP seasons, winning in 1954 and 1965?
A. Willie Mays.
Q. How many intentional walks did Roger Maris, batting ahead of Micky Mantle, get in his 61 home run season in 1961?
A. Zero.
Q. What Cy Young Award winner continued to hurl for a prison team called the Detroit Dennys?
A. Denny McLain.
Q. What catcher, asked during spring training what his hat size was, answered: "I don't know. I'm not in shape yet"?
A. Yogi Berra.
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