47 easy MLB trivia questions. A good warm-up for any fan.
Which is the oldest active MLB ballpark?
Fenway Park (1912)
It opened in 1912.
Who was the first player to hit 500 career home runs?
Babe Ruth (1929)
Ruth did it in 1929.
How long was Joe DiMaggio's record hitting streak?
56 games (1941)
Pete Rose's 44 in 1978 is the closest anyone has come in the modern era.
Who was the last player to hit .400 in a season?
Ted Williams (1941)
Williams hit .406 in 1941.
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with which team?
Brooklyn Dodgers (1947)
He debuted on April 15, 1947. Every player now wears 42 on that date.
Who am I? I lettered in four sports at UCLA. I debuted for Brooklyn in 1947. Every player wears my number on April 15.
Jackie Robinson (1947)
Number 42 was retired across baseball in 1997.
The Twins are named after what?
The Twin Cities (1961)
They chose a regional name to represent both Minneapolis and St. Paul.
What number did Mickey Mantle wear?
7 (1968)
He wore 6 briefly as a rookie.
Which team wore the rainbow Tequila Sunrise jerseys?
Houston Astros (1975)
They debuted in 1975.
How many career home runs did Hank Aaron hit?
755 (1976)
He held the record for 33 years.
Whose grounder rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series?
Mookie Wilson (1986)
Ray Knight scored to win Game 6 for the Mets.
Which ballpark was the last to install lights, in 1988?
Wrigley Field (1988)
The first scheduled night game was rained out.
Who is MLB's career hits leader?
Pete Rose (1989)
Rose finished with 4,256 hits.
Who pitched 10 shutout innings for the Twins in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series?
Jack Morris (1991)
Minnesota won 1-0 in 10 innings over Atlanta. Kirby Puckett's Game 6 walk-off forced the game.
Who managed both Twins World Series champions?
Tom Kelly (1991)
He managed Minnesota from 1986 to 2001.
What number did Kirby Puckett wear?
34 (1991)
The Twins retired it in 1997.
Who am I? I spent all 12 seasons with one team. I hit a walk-off homer in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series. I wore number 34.
Kirby Puckett (1991)
He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001.
Who am I? Pitched 27 seasons, threw 7 no-hitters and struck out 5,714 batters.
Nolan Ryan (1993)
He was elected to the Hall of Fame with 98.8 percent of the vote.
In which year was the World Series canceled by a players' strike?
1994 (1994)
It was the first year without a World Series since 1904.
Which MLB team played home games at the Kingdome?
Seattle Mariners (1995)
The Seahawks shared it until it was imploded in 2000.
How many home runs did Barry Bonds hit in 2001, the single-season record?
73 (2001)
He passed Mark McGwire's 70 from 1998.
The Curse of the Bambino ended when the Red Sox won the World Series in which year?
2004 (2004)
Boston came back from 0-3 against the Yankees in the ALCS, then swept St. Louis.
Who won a record seven Cy Young Awards?
Roger Clemens (2004)
Randy Johnson is second with five.
Randy Johnson threw a perfect game in 2004 at what age?
40 (2004)
He was the oldest pitcher to throw one.
Who holds MLB's career home run record?
Barry Bonds (2007)
Bonds hit 762, passing Aaron's 755 in 2007.
In 2008, the Devil Rays dropped Devil and reached which milestone?
Their first World Series (2008)
Tampa had finished last in nine of its first 10 seasons.
How many World Series titles have the Yankees won?
27 (2009)
Their most recent came in 2009.
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.
Albert Pujols played for the Cardinals, Angels and which other team?
Los Angeles Dodgers (2022)
He returned to St. Louis in 2022 and hit his 700th home run.
Aaron Judge's 62 homers in 2022 broke whose American League record?
Roger Maris (2022)
Maris hit 61 in 1961.
Shohei Ohtani's December 2023 Dodgers contract was worth how much?
$700 million (2023)
Most of the money was deferred.
Who did the Texas Rangers beat for their first World Series title, in 2023?
Arizona Diamondbacks (2023)
Corey Seager won his second World Series MVP.
In which year did MLB introduce the pitch clock?
2023 (2023)
The average game got about 25 minutes shorter.
In 2024, who became the first player with 50 home runs and 50 steals in a season?
Shohei Ohtani (2024)
Ohtani finished with 54 homers and 59 steals in his first Dodgers season.
Juan Soto signed a record $765 million contract in December 2024 with which team?
New York Mets (2024)
He left the Yankees after one season.
Who hit a walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series?
Freddie Freeman (2024)
Freeman was series MVP as the Dodgers beat the Yankees in five.
Who am I? I won MVP as both a hitter and a pitcher. I signed for $700 million with the Dodgers. I went 50/50 in 2024.
Shohei Ohtani (2024)
He was the first player with 50 homers and 50 steals in a season.