I won't hijack the main thread so I'm posting this here. These are most of the questions from The Athletics year end baseball Quiz. Test your baseball knowledge, they're not easy!

1) Don Baylor started his MLB career by playing 16 seasons without reaching the World series. Then he finished his career by playing in3 World Series in a row, for three different teams. What were these 3 teams?
a) Twins, A's, Giants b) Yankees, Red Sox, Angels c) Red Sox, Twins, A's d) Yankees, Angels, Orioles

2) Which slugger, who hit more than 300 career home runs, wore No. 25 while winning the World Series MVP for the 2002 Angels?
a) Jim Edmonds b) Troy Glaus c) Tim Salmon d) Garret Anderson

3) Mike Moore has the most victories(161) of any pitcher taken 1st overall in the draft. Who ranks second on the list?
a) Gerrit Cole b) David Price c) Stephen Strasburg d) Ben McDonald

4) Which pitcher, who wore No.25, is the only one to have a 20 win season for both the Yankees and Dodgers?
a)Hiroki Kuroda b)Kevin Brown c)Tommy John d)Al Downing

5) Which is the only franchise to repeat as World Series champions in two different cities?
a)Brooklyn and LA Dodgers b)Boston and Milwaukee Braves c)Philadelphia and Oakland A's d)New York and San Francisco Giants

6) The St. Louis Cardinals have the second most championships (11) but have never repeated. Which hall of fame pitcher lost Game 7 for the Cardinals that would have made them repeat champions?
a)Bob Gibson,1968 b) Steve Carlton,1957 c)John Tudor,1985 d)Dizzy Dean,1943

7) Which Cy Young winner pitched for the Yankees in the 1997 World Series but did not get into a game when they repeated the next year?
a)Catfish hunter b)Sparky Lyle c)Ron Guidry d)Goose Goosage

8) Who is the only pitcher to start in both the 1992 and 1993 World Series when the Blue Jays won back-to-back titles?
a)Todd Stottlemeyer b)Jimmy Key c)Jack Morris d) Juan Guzman

9) Which pitcher, who ranks second on the MLB list for most career appearances, won the first and last games of the 2000 World Series when the Yankees clinched their third title in a row?
a)Randy Chaote b)Mariano Rivera c)Mike Stanton d)Jeff Nelson

10) Who is the only World Series MVP who also won consecutive regular season MVP awards?
a)Stan Musial b)Joe Morgan c)Frank Robinson d)Mike Schmidt

11)Miguel Cabrera, the AL MVP in 2012 and 2013, is one of three players in MLB history with 3000 hits, 500 home runs and a .300 avg. Who are the other two?
a) Willie Mays and Albert Pujols b)Hank Aaron and Ted Williams c) Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams d)Hank Aaron and Willie Mays

12)Mickey Mantle, the AL MVP in 1956 and 1957, Is one of 3 switch hitters in MLB history with at least 350 career home runs and a .290 career average. Chipper Jones is another. Who is the third?
a)Carlos Beltran b)Lance Berkman c)Mark Teixeira d)Eddie Murray

13)Denny McLain won the Cy Young award in 1968 and 1969, sharing the latter honor with the only Cuban-born pitcher to win it. Who is he?
a)Luis Tiant b)Mike Cuellar c)Pedro Ramos d)Camilo Pascual

14)Who led the AL League in stolen bases in both 2024 and 2025?
a)Bobby Witt Jr. b)Jose Caballero c)Jose Ramirez d)Anthony Volpe

15)Ichiro Suzuki is one of three players with 3000 hits who played entirely in the World series era ( 1903-present) but never got to the Fall Classic. who are the other two?
a)Craig Biggio and Rod Carew b)Rod Carew and Rafael Palmeiro c)Ernie Banks and Rafael Palmeiro d)Ernie Banks and Andre Dawson

16)Three pitchers have 100 wins and 50 saves in the 2000's. Which one does not?
a)Derek Lowe b)Ian Kennedy c)Ryan Dempster d)John Smoltz

17)Three players in baseball history have 70 extra base hits and 70 stolen bases in the same season. Two are Ty Cobb and Ronald Acuna Jr. Who is the third?
a)Cesar Cedeno b)Jacob Ellersby c)Juan Samuel d)Curtis Granderson

18)Which pitcher led his league in innings and strikeouts this season while also winning a Gold Glove?
a)Garret Crochet b)Logan Webb c)Seth Lugo d)Max Fried

19)Which team has used an MLB-high 13 managers ( Min. 10 games) since 2000?
a)Chicago White Sox b) New York Mets c)Florida/Miami Marlins d)Texas Rangers

20) Octavio Dotel(1973-2025) worked three innings to win the Mets famous 15 inning victory over the Braves in Game 5 of the 1999 NLCS. Two of the Mets relievers that day finished their careers with over 200 victories. Who are they?
a)Mike Hampton and Hideo Nomo b)Orel Hershier and Kenny Rogers c)David Cone and Rick Reed d)Al Leiter and Oliver Perez

The answers are 1)c 2)b 3)b 4)c 5)c 6)a 7)b 8)d 9)c 10)d 11)d 12)b 13)b 14)b 15)b 16)d 17)c 18)b 19)c 20)b

I'll have 20 more tomorrow.

21) Mike Greenwell is one of only 3 players with 1250 hits, 125 home runs and a career .300 batting average for the Red Sox. ted Williams is another. Who is the third?
a)Dustin Pedroia b)Mookie Betts c)Wade Boggs d)Nomar Garciaparra

22) Bobby Jenks had only 6 career regular season saves when he closed out the World Series for the Chicago White Sox in 2025 .Who led the White Sox in saves that season with 34?
a)Shingo Takatsu b)Roberto Hernandez c)Keith Foulke d) Dustin Hermanson

23) Davey Johnson had 1372 victories and a .562 winning percentage as a manager. Who is the only other manager active in the last 50 years with more wins and a better winning percentage?
a)Earl Weaver b)Mike Scioscia c)Billy Martin d)Dusty Baker

24) Randy Jones won the 1976 Cy Young award and had 92 wins in his San Diego career. Who is the only pitcher with more wins for the Padres?
a)Bob Tewksbury b)Eric Show c)Jake Peavy d)Gaylord Perry

25) Chet Lemon, the center fielder for the 1984 World Series champions, Detroit Tigers, had 55.6 bWAR for his career. Three other players on that team had more bWAR - Alan Trammel, Lou Whitaker and who else?
a)Darrell Evans b)Kirk Gibson c)Jack Morris d)Lance Parrish

26) Dave Parker is one of two players to appear in the final game of both the 1970's and 1980's. Who is the other?
a)Dennis Eckersley b)Bob Welch c)Rick Dempsey d)Don Robinson

27) Ryne Sandberg had one career hit for the Philadelphia Phillies and 2385 for the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies hit was the first of his career in 1981 against the Cubs at Wrigley field. Which future 20 game winner gave it up?
a)Fergie Jenkins b)Mike Krukow c)Rick Reuschel d)Rick Sutcliffe

28) Diego Segui threw the first pitch in the history of what franchise?
a)Seattle Mariners b)Seattle Pilots c)Milwaukee Brewers d)Kansas City Royals

29) Jeff Torborg was the catcher for Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965 and later managed for parts of 11 seasons. Three of these managers also caught a perfect game. Which one did not?
a)Joe Girardi b)Yogi Berra c)Joe Torre d)Bob Boone

30)Shohei Ohtani pitched in the final game of the World Series in the same season as he won the MVP. Who was the last pitcher to do this?
a)Justin Verlander,2011 b)Carl Hubbell,1936 c)Willie Hernandez,1984 d)Roger Clemens,1986

31) Ohtani has 280 career home runs in 4,329 plate appearances. How do Babe Ruth, Aaron Judge and Ohtani rank in home runs at that stage of their career?
a)Ruth, Judge, Ohtani b)Judge, Ohtani, Ruth c)Ohtani, Ruth, Judge d)Ohtani, Judge, Ruth

32) Since arriving in the majors in 2018, Ohtani has made 100 starts with a 3.00 ERA, a .661 winning percentage, and 11.4 strikeouts per 9 innings. Only one other pitcher with this many starts has better numbers in all 3 of these categories. Who is he?
a)Brandon Woodruff b)Zack Wheeler c)Chris Sale d)Gerrit Cole

33) Cal Raleigh(60), Kyle Schwarber(56) and Ohtani(55) became the first trio of players to hit55 or more runs in the same season since2001. Which 3 sluggers hit at least 55 home runs that year?
a)Barry Bonds, Luis Gonzalez, Sammy Sosa b)Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa c)Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez d)Luis Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire

34) Ohtani has played at least 10 games in 25 different MLB parks. In which venue does he have his lowest batting average (.136) and OPS (.612)
a)Kaufman Stadium (Kansas City) b)Petco Park ( San Diego) c)Yankee Stadium d)T-mobile Park (Seattle)

35) In the last 5 years, Judge and Ohtani have combined to win 7 of 10 MVP awards. The others went to which three players?
a)Ronald Acuna Jr>, Cody Bellinger, and Juan Sota b)Ronald Acuna Jr., Paul Goldschmidt, and Bryce Harper
c)Ronald Acuna Jr., Mookie Betts, and Paul Goldschmidt d) Jose Altuve, Bryce Harper and Mike Trout

36) In 2025, Judge became the third player to win a batting title and hit 50 home runs in a season. Who are the other two?
a)George Foster & Albert Pujols b)Jimmie Foxx & Mickey Mantle c)Willie Mays and Ted Williams d)Barry Bonds and Babe Ruth

37)Which pitcher -who also gave up Alex Rodriguez's final home run - has surrendered the most home runs to Judge?
a)Kevin Gausman b)Chris Sale c)Jose Berrios d)Marcus Stroman

38) Besides Judge, who has the most career wins above replacement for the Yankees but is not in the Hall of Fame?
a)Thurman Munson b)Roy White c)Willie Randolph d)Ron Guidry

39) The Blue Jays have now won two World Series and lost one. Which other franchise has a 2-1 record in the World Series?
a)none b)Houston c)Pittsburgh d)Kansas City

40) The LA Dodgers have now faced 10 different AL franchises in the World Series. Which one of these have they not faced?
a)Minnesota b)Cleveland c)Texas d)Chicago White Sox

41) Clayton Kershaw became only the 4th lefthander with 3000 strikeouts joining Randy Johnson, Steve Carlton and CC Sabathia. Which lefty and former World Series MVP came closest to 3000 without reaching the mark?
a)Jerry Koosman b)Mickey Lolich c)Cole Hamels d)Tom Glavine

Answers: 21)d 22)d 23)a 24)b 25)a 26)d 27)b 28)a 29)c 30)c
31)b 32)d 33)a 34)c 35)b 36)b 37)a 38)c 39)a 40)c 41)b