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From Spring Training to Fall Classics, baseball’s rich history makes for the perfect opportunity for an exceptionally difficult trivia quiz. You might fancy yourself a know-it-all when it comes to the national pastime, but until you’ve taken a swing at our Major League Baseball trivia quiz, you haven’t proven anything to anyone! Expand the section below to see some sample questions if you want to give yourself a head start. If you want to see our baseball trivia questions with answers, you’ll need to complete the quiz above!
Major League Baseball Trivia Questions
- What year was Major League Baseball founded?
- Which of the following leagues constitute Major League Baseball?
- Besides the U.S.A., what other country does the American League have a team from?
- In what year did the National League (NL) and the American League begin interleague play?
- What was the first openly all-professional team in baseball?
- When did the “Dead Ball Era” start and end?
- Why was the era between 1900 and 1919 called the “Dead Ball Era”?
- What was the “Black Sox Scandal” known for?
- Who was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball?
- What is artificial turf made of?
- What was the Mitchell Report about?
- How many games does each team play during a season?
- What sports league has the highest total season attendance in the world?
- How many spectators does the MLB have during 2018?
- What does MiLB stand for?
- MLB is considered as the second-wealthiest professional sport league by revenue, which sports league is considered as the first?
- In what year was the Major League Baseball Constitution created?
- In 1876, the Constitution of the National League consisted of how many articles?
- The NABBP stands for…
- What was the first non-U.S. team that the MLB added?
- In what year were the AL and NL dissolved as legal entities, making MLB a single entity?
- In baseball, DH stands for…
- A designated hitter (DH) is a player that bats in place for what position?
- “The Year of the Pitcher” is known for…
- Who is the player with the lowest batting average to lead the league?
- Who is the last National League (NL) pitcher to win 30 games?
- In what season did Dizzy Dean win 30 games?
- Willie Mays won his second MVP award in 1965. What career-high did he achieve that season?
- What was the nickname given to Pete Rose?
- Pete Rose is the all-time MLB leader in what categories?
- How many games has Pete Rose played during his career?
- Why was Pete Rose banned for life in the MLB?
- Besides Pete Rose, who is the only other person to be banned from MLB since 1943?
- Besides Canada, what is the only country to have an MLB-affiliated rookie league?
- As of the year 2021, the MiLB classification system divides leagues into how many classes?
- In what year was artificial turf first used in MLB?
- ChemGrass is also known as…
- Besides being the first African-American to play in the MLB, what other accolade has Jackie Robinson earned as a “black” player in 1949?
- Who was the first player to hit the first home run in the history of the All Star Game?
- Besides Babe Ruth, who was the only player to hit three home runs in a World Series game?
- What world record did Babe Ruth achieve in 1927?
- Who broke Babe Ruth’s lifetime record of 714 home runs in regular-season play in 1974?
- Hank Aaron was also known as…
- Besides Hank Aaron, who is the only player to date that was able to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least 15 times?
- Babe Ruth is also known as…
- The superstitious sports curse known as the “Curse of the Bambino” was named after what famous player?
- Which player is known as “Big Puma”?
- What illegal substance is used on baseball bats to improve a batter’s grip?