Baseball fans, step up to the plate! We’ve crafted an exciting guide of 225 baseball trivia questions with answers to challenge your knowledge and fuel your passion for America’s pastime.
From historic moments to player records, this ultimate baseball trivia guide has something for everyone. Get ready to swing for the fences!
The Legends of Baseball
- Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball?
Answer: Jackie Robinson. - What year did Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in a season?
Answer: 1927. - Which player earned the nickname “The Say Hey Kid”?
Answer: Willie Mays. - Who holds the record for the most career hits in MLB history?
Answer: Pete Rose. - What is Ted Williams famous for achieving in 1941?
Answer: Batting .406 for the season. - Who was the first MLB player to have his number retired?
Answer: Lou Gehrig. - Which pitcher threw a record seven no-hitters in his career?
Answer: Nolan Ryan. - Who won the Triple Crown in 2012?
Answer: Miguel Cabrera. - What was Hank Aaron’s career home run total?
Answer: 755. - Who was known as “Mr. October” for his postseason heroics?
Answer: Reggie Jackson. - Which MLB player was nicknamed “The Iron Horse”?
Answer: Lou Gehrig. - Who was the youngest player to hit 500 home runs?
Answer: Alex Rodriguez. - What team did Ken Griffey Jr. debut with?
Answer: Seattle Mariners. - Who hit the famous “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” in 1951?
Answer: Bobby Thomson. - What year did Derek Jeter retire?
Answer: 2014. - Who was the first player to reach 3,000 hits?
Answer: Cap Anson. - What nickname was given to pitcher Satchel Paige?
Answer: “Satchel.” - Which MLB player is famous for his “called shot” home run?
Answer: Babe Ruth. - Who has the most Gold Glove awards in MLB history?
Answer: Greg Maddux. - Who is known for breaking Ty Cobb’s all-time stolen base record?
Answer: Rickey Henderson. - What was Jackie Robinson’s jersey number?
Answer: 42. - Which player hit for the cycle the most times in their career?
Answer: John Reilly, Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, and Adrian Beltre (each with 3). - Who is the only player to win an MVP award in both leagues?
Answer: Frank Robinson. - What pitcher has the most career strikeouts?
Answer: Nolan Ryan. - Who was nicknamed “Hammerin’ Hank”?
Answer: Hank Aaron. - Which player was the first to be unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame?
Answer: Mariano Rivera. - Who was the youngest player to win a Cy Young Award?
Answer: Dwight Gooden. - Who managed the Yankees during their 1990s dynasty?
Answer: Joe Torre. - What was Babe Ruth’s real first name?
Answer: George. - Which slugger earned the nickname “Big Papi”?
Answer: David Ortiz. - What MLB legend was known as “The Man”?
Answer: Stan Musial. - Who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series?
Answer: Don Larsen. - What team did Ted Williams play his entire career with?
Answer: Boston Red Sox. - What number did Joe DiMaggio wear?
Answer: 5. - Who was the first player to hit 600 home runs in their career?
Answer: Babe Ruth. - What year did Mickey Mantle debut?
Answer: 1951. - Who was known as “The Wizard” for his defensive skills?
Answer: Ozzie Smith. - What position did Cal Ripken Jr. primarily play?
Answer: Shortstop. - Which MLB pitcher earned the nickname “The Rocket”?
Answer: Roger Clemens. - Who broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in 1961?
Answer: Roger Maris.
Historic Baseball Moments
- Who hit the first home run in Major League Baseball history?
Answer: Ross Barnes. - What year was the first World Series played?
Answer: 1903. - Which team won the first World Series?
Answer: Boston Americans (now the Red Sox). - What team played in the infamous “Black Sox Scandal”?
Answer: Chicago White Sox. - Which player famously declared, “I’m the luckiest man on the face of the Earth”?
Answer: Lou Gehrig. - What year did Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth’s career home run record?
Answer: 1974. - Who was the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season?
Answer: Denny McLain. - What year did the Chicago Cubs break their 108-year World Series drought?
Answer: 2016. - Which MLB player had a 56-game hitting streak in 1941?
Answer: Joe DiMaggio. - Who won the first-ever Cy Young Award?
Answer: Don Newcombe. - What year did MLB introduce the designated hitter (DH) rule?
Answer: 1973. - What event caused the 1994 MLB season to end prematurely?
Answer: Players’ strike. - What year was the All-Star Game first played?
Answer: 1933. - Which pitcher famously struck out 17 batters in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series?
Answer: Bob Gibson. - What year did the Houston Astros win their first World Series?
Answer: 2017. - Which MLB player famously hit a walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series?
Answer: Carlton Fisk. - Who pitched the last perfect game in MLB history (as of now)?
Answer: Félix Hernández in 2012. - What year was Major League Baseball founded?
Answer: 1869. - Who hit the first grand slam in World Series history?
Answer: Elmer Smith. - What year did Barry Bonds break the single-season home run record?
Answer: 2001. - Who was the first MLB player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a single season?
Answer: José Canseco. - What team did Bill Mazeroski hit his famous walk-off home run against in the 1960 World Series?
Answer: New York Yankees. - Who was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in MLB postseason history?
Answer: Don Larsen. - Which team won the 2001 World Series, ending the Yankees’ dynasty run?
Answer: Arizona Diamondbacks. - Who hit the longest home run ever recorded, estimated at 575 feet?
Answer: Mickey Mantle. - Who set the record for the most RBIs in a single season?
Answer: Hack Wilson with 191 RBIs in 1930. - What year did MLB celebrate its first Jackie Robinson Day?
Answer: 2004. - Which team won the shortest World Series ever, sweeping in four games in 1907?
Answer: Chicago Cubs. - What was the original name of the Atlanta Braves?
Answer: Boston Red Stockings. - Who hit the game-winning home run in the infamous Pine Tar Game?
Answer: George Brett.
Baseball Around the World
- What country has won the most World Baseball Classic titles?
Answer: Japan. - Who was the first MLB player born in Japan?
Answer: Masanori Murakami. - What league is considered the premier professional baseball league in Japan?
Answer: Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). - In what year did Ichiro Suzuki make his MLB debut?
Answer: 2001. - What country is known for its annual Serie del Caribe (Caribbean Series)?
Answer: Dominican Republic, among others. - Who is the most famous Panamanian player in MLB history?
Answer: Mariano Rivera. - What country is MLB star Shohei Ohtani from?
Answer: Japan. - Which Cuban player defected to play for the Cincinnati Reds in 1991?
Answer: Aroldis Chapman. - What South Korean player hit the most home runs in MLB history?
Answer: Shin-Soo Choo. - In what year was the first MLB game played outside of the U.S. and Canada?
Answer: 1996 (Monterrey, Mexico). - What is the name of Cuba’s professional baseball league?
Answer: Cuban National Series. - What Australian player won a Gold Glove with the Minnesota Twins?
Answer: Glenn Williams. - Which Canadian MLB team won back-to-back World Series titles?
Answer: Toronto Blue Jays. - Where was the first MLB regular-season game held in Europe?
Answer: London, England. - Who is the all-time leader in hits among Venezuelan-born MLB players?
Answer: Miguel Cabrera. - What country has produced the most MLB players outside of the United States?
Answer: Dominican Republic. - Who was the first Mexican-born pitcher to throw a no-hitter in MLB?
Answer: Fernando Valenzuela. - Which Puerto Rican player was the first to hit 3,000 career hits?
Answer: Roberto Clemente. - What is the name of the Venezuelan professional baseball league?
Answer: Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. - What country won the first-ever World Baseball Classic?
Answer: Japan. - Who was the first South Korean player in MLB history?
Answer: Chan Ho Park. - Which country hosted MLB’s opening day in 2014?
Answer: Australia. - Who was the first player from the Netherlands to play in MLB?
Answer: Bert Blyleven. - What country is baseball’s “Winter Ball” season most popular in?
Answer: Dominican Republic. - Who was the first Cuban-born Hall of Famer?
Answer: Tony Pérez. - Which country won the 2023 World Baseball Classic?
Answer: Japan. - What is the name of the premier baseball league in South Korea?
Answer: KBO League. - Who is the most famous Canadian-born player in MLB history?
Answer: Larry Walker. - What is the name of the Mexican professional baseball league?
Answer: Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (LMB). - Which country has hosted the most MLB exhibition games?
Answer: Japan.
Memorable Baseball Quotes
- “Baseball is ninety percent mental, and the other half is physical.”
Answer: Yogi Berra. - “I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.”
Answer: Pete Rose. - “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz.”
Answer: Humphrey Bogart. - “There is no defense against a perfect pitch.”
Answer: Cy Young. - “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
*Answer: From The Sandlot. - “The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.”
Answer: Mickey Mantle. - “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”
Answer: Yogi Berra. - “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”
Answer: Babe Ruth. - “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
Answer: Babe Ruth. - “Baseball is not a sport you can achieve individually.”
Answer: Curt Schilling. - “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.”
Answer: Michael Jordan (on his baseball journey). - “There is no room in baseball for discrimination.”
Answer: Happy Chandler. - “They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball, and they tell you to hit it square.”
Answer: Willie Stargell. - “Baseball is a game of inches.”
Answer: Branch Rickey. - “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.”
Answer: Earl Weaver. - “What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.”
Answer: Harry Caray. - “You can’t be afraid to make errors! You can’t be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball.”
Answer: Lou Brock. - “I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar.”
Answer: Bob Lemon. - “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
Answer: Yogi Berra. - “Baseball is a man maker.”
Answer: Al Spalding. - “You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.”
Answer: Leo Durocher. - “The game of baseball is a clean, wholesome, healthy game.”
Answer: Ban Johnson. - “Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.”
Answer: Whitey Herzog. - “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
Answer: Jackie Robinson. - “The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.”
Answer: Ernie Banks. - “The way to make coaches think you’re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.”
Answer: Whitey Ford. - “Fans don’t boo nobodies.”
Answer: Reggie Jackson. - “Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”
Answer: Warren Spahn. - “Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.”
Answer: Yogi Berra. - “You can’t hit what you can’t see.”
Answer: Walter Johnson.