Baseball Player Quiz

1. Which famous slugger began his major-league career primarily as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox?

2. Which Hall of Fame player was widely known as the “Say Hey Kid”?

3. Pitcher A allows a runner to reach base and is then replaced. That runner later scores while Pitcher B is in the game. Which pitcher is normally charged with the run?

4. What was Sandy Koufax's primary playing position?

5. A batter records two hits in five official at-bats. What is the batter's average for that performance?

6. With fewer than two outs, a batter hits a fly ball that is caught, and a runner legally tags up from third base and scores. What is the batter normally credited with?

7. A fair batted ball lands in the outfield and then bounces over the fence. Under standard rules, what is the result?

8. Which player was nicknamed “Hammerin' Hank”?

9. A shortstop fields a ground ball, throws to the second baseman for one out, and the second baseman throws to first for another. How is this double play recorded by position numbers?

10. With the score tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, a batter hits a home run that immediately ends the game. What is this called?

11. Which team did Ichiro Suzuki join when he began his Major League Baseball career in 2001?

12. Which player spent his entire major-league career with the Boston Red Sox and was nicknamed “The Splendid Splinter”?

13. Which player broke Major League Baseball's modern-era color barrier when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?

14. Which player spent his entire major-league career with the Baltimore Orioles and became famous for his consecutive-games streak?

15. A pitcher allows two earned runs over six innings. What is the pitcher's ERA for that outing when calculated over nine innings?

16. A runner reaches first and then advances safely to second while the pitcher delivers the next pitch. Which statistic is normally credited to the runner?