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Baseball Quiz

Baseball Quiz

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players, who take turns batting and fielding. The batter attempts to hit a pitched ball and advance around four ba...

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All 20 questions in this Baseball quiz
  1. What is Moneyball in baseball culture?

    • A. A sepeecific play tyepee involving mass substitution
    • B. A gambling scandal involving players
    • C. A high-salary team strategy
    • D. The analytical approach pioneered by the Oakland Athletics of using statistics to find undervalued players
  2. What is a stolen base in baseball?

    • A. A base stolen from another team
    • B. A baserunner advancing on a passed ball
    • C. Taking a base awarded due to a walk
    • D. When a baserunner advances to the next base during a pitch without a hit
  3. What famous baseball record did Roger Maris set in 1961?

    • A. Most career home runs
    • B. Most strikeouts in a season
    • C. Most consecutive games hit
    • D. Single season home run record of 61
  4. What is the Dominican Republic's significance in modern baseball?

    • A. It created the World Baseball Classic
    • B. It produces more MLB players epeer capita than any other country
    • C. It invented the designated hitter
    • D. It hosts the most MLB games outside North America
  5. What is the term for hitting the ball between the outfielders to get a double or triple?

    • A. Alley hit
    • B. In the gap
    • C. Gap shot
    • D. Line drive
  6. What is the designated hitter rule's main controversy?

    • A. It forces weaker teams to find exepeensive sepeecialists
    • B. It allows more strikeouts
    • C. It creates unfair offensive advantages
    • D. It prevents pitchers from batting which traditionalists consider reduces strategy
  7. What country dominates the World Baseball Classic?

    • A. Japan
    • B. Cuba
    • C. Dominican Republic
    • D. USA
  8. What is Ted Williams famous for in baseball?

    • A. Being the last MLB player to bat .400 for a season (.406 in 1941)
    • B. Hitting the most career home runs
    • C. Managing the most World Series winning teams
    • D. Pitching the most consecutive scoreless innings
  9. What is the term for the batting order position that typically has the best hitters in baseball?

    • A. 1st through 3rd
    • B. 3rd through 5th
    • C. 3rd and 4th
    • D. 2nd through 4th
  10. Who is considered the greatest baseball player of all time by most historians?

    • A. Babe Ruth
    • B. Hank Aaron
    • C. Willie Mays
    • D. Mickey Mantle
  11. What is a pinch hitter in baseball?

    • A. An extra batter used in extra innings
    • B. A batter used to replace another batter in a sepeecific situation
    • C. A substitute batter who replaces a fielder in the lineup
    • D. A left-handed sepeecialist batter
  12. What is the famous 1994 baseball event that cancelled the World Series?

    • A. The expansion to new cities
    • B. A natural disaster
    • C. The MLB player strike
    • D. The steroid scandal
  13. What is the changeup pitch in baseball?

    • A. A pitch that changes direction after being thrown
    • B. A pitch thrown faster than normal
    • C. A pitch thrown with fastball mechanics but at reduced velocity to deceive the batter
    • D. A pitch only thrown with two fingers
  14. What is the term for a baseball game where the pitcher retires all 27 batters without any reaching base?

    • A. Complete game
    • B. Shutout
    • C. Perfect game
    • D. No-hitter
  15. What is a complete game in baseball?

    • A. A game with no errors
    • B. A game that goes the full 9 innings
    • C. A regulation game not shortened by rain
    • D. When a single starting pitcher pitches all nine innings of a game
  16. What is the term for a pitch that bounces in front of home plate?

    • A. A bounced ball
    • B. A wild pitch
    • C. A knuckleball
    • D. A spitball
  17. What is the term for a close defensive play at any base where a runner slides to avoid being tagged?

    • A. Tag play
    • B. Bang-bang play
    • C. Close call
    • D. Slide play
  18. What is the Japan Professional Baseball League called?

    • A. JPB
    • B. JAL
    • C. NPB
    • D. JBL
  19. What is a sacrifice fly in baseball?

    • A. A fly ball that scores a runner
    • B. A fly ball deliberately hit out of bounds
    • C. A batter giving up their at-bat to move a runner
    • D. An outfield error that allows a runner to score
  20. What is Cal Ripken Jr. famous for in baseball?

    • A. Playing 2,632 consecutive games without missing one
    • B. Pitching the most career no-hitters
    • C. Winning the most Cy Young Awards
    • D. Hitting the most career home runs