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Medium Baseball Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our baseball set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium band brings in ballparks beyond the famous two, the abbreviations on a box score, the infield fly rule and World Series won in 1903, 1955-era memory and the more recent famous ones. It is the band that separates fans from the merely curious.
14 medium baseball trivia questions with answers
Which team won the 1986 World Series?
Answer: New York Mets The Mets came back from a two-game deficit to win in seven.
The 2004 World Series was won by which team?
Answer: Boston Red Sox Boston swept St. Louis, ending an eighty-six-year wait for a title.
Which club won the first World Series, played in 1903?
Answer: Boston Americans The Boston club later became the Red Sox; they beat Pittsburgh in a best-of-nine series.
How far is the pitcher's rubber from the back point of home plate?
Answer: 60 feet 6 inches The distance was set in 1893 and has not changed since.
Oracle Park is the home of which club?
Answer: San Francisco Giants Balls hit over the right field wall land in San Francisco Bay.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is home to which team?
Answer: Baltimore Orioles It opened in 1992 and started the wave of retro-style ballparks.
The Green Monster is a famous wall in which ballpark?
Answer: Fenway Park The left field wall stands about thirty-seven feet high.
In baseball statistics, what does ERA stand for?
Answer: Earned run average It measures earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched.
What does the abbreviation RBI stand for?
Answer: Run batted in A batter earns one for each run that scores as a result of their plate appearance.
A pitcher who finishes a game without allowing a single hit has thrown a what?
Answer: No-hitter A perfect game is stricter still: no hits, no walks and no baserunners at all.
In 1998 the Milwaukee Brewers switched from the American League to which league?
Answer: The National League The move balanced the leagues after expansion added the Diamondbacks and Devil Rays.
The Braves play their home games in which metropolitan area?
Answer: Atlanta The franchise has previously called Boston and Milwaukee home.
The infield fly rule exists to stop fielders doing what?
Answer: Dropping an easy pop-up on purpose to force a double play With runners forced to hold, an intentional drop would otherwise gift the defense two outs.
How many hitters are in a standard batting order?
Answer: Nine The order runs continuously, so after the ninth batter it returns to the top.
Answer key
- New York Mets
- Boston Red Sox
- Boston Americans
- 60 feet 6 inches
- San Francisco Giants
- Baltimore Orioles
- Fenway Park
- Earned run average
- Run batted in
- No-hitter
- The National League
- Atlanta
- Dropping an easy pop-up on purpose to force a double play
- Nine
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