| Questions Archive for Questions #21-30 | |||||||||||||
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This page contains the question and answer for questions 21 through 30 of
Baseball Trivia Quiz. The quick links at the left will take you to a particullar question and answer just by clicking on the question number. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #21 | |
| Question #21 | |
| date | December 29, 2002 |
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| question | Who hit the first Baltimore Orioles home run in Camden Yards? Hint: it came three days after the first game was played there. |
| 1st correct | Henry H was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Mike Devereaux, leading off the fourth inning (against Cleveland's Jack Armstrong), April 9. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #22 | |
| Question #22 | |
| date | January 12, 2003 |
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| question | Name the former Chicago Tribune editor that is given credit for being the brainchild of the All-Star that was first played in Chicago 1933. |
| 1st correct | Henry H was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Arch Ward. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #23 | |
| Question #23 | |
| date | January 12, 2003 |
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| question | When was the last time a road team won game 7 of the World Series? Which team won the game and who was their opponent? |
| 1st correct | Henry H was the first correct responder. |
| answer | The 1979 Fall Classic was won by the Pittsburgh Pirates, while playing in Baltimore against the Orioles. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #24 | |
| Question #24 | |
| date | January 12, 2003 |
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| question | Which Oriole hitter laced the first base hit in Camden Yard? (Hint: it came from their first basemen.) |
| 1st correct | Henry H was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Glenn Davis. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #25 | |
| Question #25 | |
| date | January 23, 2003 |
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| question | What year did the Astros play their first Major League game? What was there team name? |
| 1st correct | Bill B was the first correct responder. |
| answer | The Colt 45s played their first game April 10, 1962 and promptly destroyed the Chicago Cubs 11-2. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #26 | |
| Question #26 | |
| date | January 23, 2003 |
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| question | Which player played the most games in a Houston Astros uniform? |
| 1st correct | Mark R was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Craig Biggio. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #27 | |
| Question #27 | |
| date | January 23, 2003 |
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| question | Which player holds the Houston Astros record for most triples in a season, 14? |
| 1st correct | Jeffrey K was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Roger Metzger in 1973. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #28 | |
| Question #28 | |
| date | January 23, 2003 |
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| question | Name one of the two pitchers that have thrown 13 innings in a single game for Houston. |
| 1st correct | Mark R was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Ken Forsch on September 24, 1971, in San Diego, grabbed a no decision in the first game of a doubleheader. Don Wilson on September 07, 1972, in San Francisco, grabbed a complete game victory, 5-1. |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #29 | |
| Question #29 | |
| date | February 09, 2003 |
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| question | How many innings did Ty Cobb pitch in the major leagues? |
| 1st correct | John S was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Ty Cobb pitched a total of 5 innings in his big league career. In 1918 he pitched in 2 games (4 innings) and in 1925 he pitched in 1 game (1 inning). He had a respectable 3.60 ERA and he registered a save (1925). |
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| ARCHIVED QUESTION #30 | |
| Question #30 | |
| date | February 09, 2003 |
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| question | Ichiro is the last leadoff hitter to win American League MVP. Who was the last AL leadoff hitter before him? |
| 1st correct | John S was the first correct responder. |
| answer | Rickey Henderson with the Oakland Athletics in 1990. |
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