20 trivia questions to challenge your baseball knowledge

OK, the Browns are being the Browns.

The Cavaliers haven’t yet found third gear, and sports in general around Northeast Ohio aren’t very fun right now.

So why don’t we turn to greener pastures and have some fun trivia with the Boys of Summer?

That’s right, here is a fun 20-question trivia quiz to challenge the most hardened of baseball fans.

If you can answer just seven of these challenging questions correctly, you can count yourself among the truest of MLB baseball trivia nuts!

1. Which pitcher holds the record for the most career complete games in the live-ball era (post-1920)?
2. Shohei Ohtani recently became the second player to win both the American League and National League MVP award. Who is the only other player to do so?
3. Which franchise was the first to reach 10,000 all-time wins?
4. Who is the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter in both leagues and in both the regular season and postseason?
5. Which player has the highest single-season OPS+ in MLB history?
6. Who was the first relief pitcher to win a Cy Young Award?
7. What team did Babe Ruth hit his final career home run against and in what ballpark?
8. Which MLB catcher has caught the most no-hitters?
9. Who are the only two players to record at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season over the course of their career (not in the same season)?
10. Which team was the first wild card club to win the World Series?
11. Who is the only pitcher in MLB history with 300+ strikeouts in a season for three different franchises?
12. Which MLB stadium is the oldest continually operating park in the National League?
13. Which manager has the most career ejections in MLB history?
14. Who was the first MLB player to have his number retired league-wide?
15. Which player has the most career postseason home runs without ever appearing in a World Series?
16. Who is the only player to win Rookie of the Year, MVP and World Series MVP?
17. Which pitcher recorded the longest scoreless innings streak in MLB history?
18. What team drafted Tom Brady in the 1995 MLB Draft?
19. Which MLB player is the all-time leader in sacrifice hits (bunts)?
20. Who was the first MLB player to reach 600 career doubles

Answers

1. Warren Spahn
2. Frank Robinson
3. San Francisco Giants (including New York Giants)
4. Don Larsen, NY Yankees
5. Barry Bonds
6. Mike Marshall (1974, Dodgers)
7. Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field (May 25, 1935)
8. Jason Varitek (4)
9. Shohei Ohtani and Barry Bonds
10. 1997 Florida Marlins
11. Randy Johnson (Mariners, Diamondbacks, Astros)
12. Wrigley Field (1914)
13. Bobby Cox, Braves (161 ejections)
14. Jackie Robinson (#42)
15. Nelson Cruz
16. Dustin Pedroia, Boston
17. Orel Hershiser, Dodgers (59 innings, 1988)
18. Montreal Expos (18th round)
19. Eddie Collins
20. Tris Speaker