61 MLB trivia questions about the 2010s.
Which team drafted Bryce Harper first overall in 2010?
Washington Nationals (2010)
Harper had left high school early to play junior college ball.
Who am I? Japanese star, 262 hits in 2004, ten straight 200-hit seasons.
Ichiro Suzuki (2010)
He was AL MVP and Rookie of the Year in 2001.
The Twins opened which ballpark in 2010?
Target Field (2010)
They had spent 28 seasons in the Metrodome.
How did Derek Jeter end his final game at Yankee Stadium in 2014?
A walk-off single (2014)
It beat Baltimore.
Bryce Harper won the 2015 NL MVP by what kind of vote?
Unanimous (2015)
He was 22.
Jose Bautista's famous bat flip came in the 2015 playoffs against which team?
Texas Rangers (2015)
It capped a wild seventh inning in Game 5.
What do the Cubs fly after a win at Wrigley Field?
A W flag (2016)
An L flag flies after a loss.
Vin Scully broadcast Dodgers games for how many seasons?
67 (2016)
He started in Brooklyn in 1950.
Who did Houston beat for its first World Series title, in 2017?
Los Angeles Dodgers (2017)
Houston had lost 111 games in 2013.
What number did Joe Mauer wear?
7 (2018)
He wore it for his whole 15-year career.
What was the nickname of the 2019 Twins, who set the MLB team homer record?
The Bomba Squad (2019)
Minnesota hit 307 home runs.
Ken Griffey Jr. played for the Mariners, Reds and White Sox. Which team did he NOT play for?
Atlanta Braves (2010)
Griffey was a 13-time All-Star and hit 630 home runs.
Which umpire's call cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game in 2010?
Jim Joyce (2010)
Joyce tearfully apologized after seeing the replay.
Which of these never played for the Yankees?
Pedro Martinez (2010)
Pedro beat the Yankees in many famous Red Sox battles.
Who did the Giants beat in the 2010 World Series?
Texas Rangers (2010)
It was their first title since moving to San Francisco.
Roy Halladay threw a playoff no-hitter in 2010 against which team?
Cincinnati Reds (2010)
He had also thrown a perfect game earlier that year.
Stephen Strasburg struck out how many batters in his 2010 debut?
14 (2010)
He walked none against Pittsburgh.
Bryce Harper played one season at which junior college before going first overall?
College of Southern Nevada (2010)
He left high school early to get there.
Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit was what kind of hit?
A home run (2011)
He went 5 for 5 that day off David Price and the Rays.
Which team has the second most World Series titles?
St. Louis Cardinals (2011)
The Cardinals have 11.
David Freese's Game 6 heroics in 2011 came against which team?
Texas Rangers (2011)
Texas was one strike from the title twice. Freese tied it with a triple and won it with a homer.
Who won the 2011 NL MVP?
Ryan Braun (2011)
Braun played for Milwaukee.
Tony La Russa won World Series titles with the Cardinals and which team?
Oakland Athletics (2011)
He won in 1989 with Oakland and in 2006 and 2011 with St. Louis.
The Mets pay which former player about $1.19 million every July 1 until 2035?
Bobby Bonilla (2011)
Fans now call July 1 Bobby Bonilla Day.
Whose walk-off homer on the final night of 2011 completed Tampa Bay's comeback for a playoff spot?
Evan Longoria (2011)
Boston collapsed in Baltimore minutes earlier.
Jim Thome hit his 600th home run in 2011 for which team?
Minnesota Twins (2011)
He hit 600 and 599 in the same game in Detroit.
Who won both AL MVP and the Cy Young in 2011?
Justin Verlander (2011)
No AL starter had won MVP since 1986.
Byron Buxton went second in 2012, right behind which player?
Carlos Correa (2012)
Houston took Correa first out of Puerto Rico.
Miguel Cabrera's 2012 Triple Crown was the first since whose in 1967?
Carl Yastrzemski (2012)
It had been 45 years.
Mike Trout is from which New Jersey town?
Millville (2012)
He's a well-known Philadelphia Eagles fan.
Who hit three homers in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series and won series MVP?
Pablo Sandoval (2012)
Two of them came off Justin Verlander. San Francisco swept Detroit.
How many perfect games were thrown in 2012?
3 (2012)
Philip Humber, Matt Cain and Felix Hernandez.
Who won NL Rookie of the Year in 2012, the same year Mike Trout won it in the AL?
Bryce Harper (2012)
Harper was 19.
How many career saves did Mariano Rivera record?
652 (2013)
Trevor Hoffman is second with 601.
Who was the last MLB player to wear 42 regularly?
Mariano Rivera (2013)
Players who had it before the 1997 retirement were allowed to keep it.
Who was MVP of Boston's 2013 World Series win?
David Ortiz (2013)
He hit .688 in the series.
Where did Kris Bryant play college baseball?
San Diego (2013)
He hit 31 homers as a junior.
Where did Aaron Judge play college baseball?
Fresno State (2013)
He'd also been recruited to play football.
How many Cy Young Awards did Clayton Kershaw win?
3 (2014)
He won in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and was also 2014 NL MVP.
Who was MVP of the 2014 World Series, including five scoreless innings of relief in Game 7?
Madison Bumgarner (2014)
San Francisco won its third title in five years.
Mike Trout won his first AL MVP in which year?
2014 (2014)
He finished second in 2012 and 2013.
Where did Kyle Schwarber play college baseball?
Indiana (2014)
He led Indiana to the College World Series.
The Royals won the 2015 World Series against which team?
New York Mets (2015)
It was Kansas City's first title since 1985.
Where did Andrew Benintendi play college baseball?
Arkansas (2015)
He won the Golden Spikes Award.
Where did Alex Bregman play college baseball?
LSU (2015)
He went second overall to Houston.
The Cubs' 2016 title ended a championship drought of how many years?
108 (2016)
Their previous title came in 1908.
Who was MVP of the 2016 World Series?
Ben Zobrist (2016)
Zobrist's 10th-inning double drove in the winning run in Game 7.
Ichiro reached 3,000 MLB hits in 2016 with which team?
Miami Marlins (2016)
It was a triple at Coors Field.
Max Scherzer struck out 20 in a 2016 game for which team?
Washington Nationals (2016)
He'd thrown two no-hitters the year before.
Where did Pete Alonso play college baseball?
Florida (2016)
He set the rookie homer record with 53.
Who won the 2017 AL MVP?
Jose Altuve (2017)
Houston won the World Series that year.
Who hit 59 homers in 2017 and won NL MVP?
Giancarlo Stanton (2017)
He was traded to the Yankees that winter.
Season snapshot: 108 wins, Mookie Betts MVP, beat the Dodgers in the World Series. Which team?
2018 Boston Red Sox (2018)
It was Boston's fourth title in 15 years.
Who won the 2018 NL MVP after a huge second half for Milwaukee?
Christian Yelich (2018)
He had been traded from Miami that winter.
Ichiro Suzuki played for the Mariners, Yankees and Marlins. Which team did he NOT play for?
Boston Red Sox (2019)
Ichiro finished where he started, in Seattle, in 2019.
Season snapshot: started 19-31, then won the World Series. Which team?
2019 Washington Nationals (2019)
They won all four World Series games in Houston.
Bryce Harper signed a 13-year deal with Philadelphia in 2019 worth how much?
$330 million (2019)
It has no opt-outs, so it runs through 2031.
Who broke Aaron Judge's rookie home run record in 2019?
Pete Alonso (2019)
Alonso hit 53 for the Mets.
Where did Adley Rutschman play college baseball?
Oregon State (2019)
He also played football as a kicker.
Where did Gerrit Cole play college baseball?
UCLA (2011)
He turned down the Yankees out of high school.
Giancarlo Stanton's 2014 deal with Miami was worth how much?
$325 million (2014)
He was traded to the Yankees three years later.