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Home Run History Quiz

Test your knowledge of baseball history with this quiz focused on home runs and legendary players.

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1 Babe Ruth, in 22 seasons (several of them in the ________), hit 714 in 2503 games, or 1 homer every 3.5 games.

2 It was first utilized on September 3, 2008 in a game between the ________ and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

3 A comparatively long home run can be described as Ruthian, named after ________'s legendary drives.

4 In Game 3 of the 1976 NLCS, George Foster and ________ hit back-to-back homers in the last of the ninth off Ron Reed to tie the game.

5 In World Series play, ________ was the most recent to hit a record three in one Series game, the final game in 1977.

6 He delivered just one more pitch, which ________ drilled out of the park for a back-to-back shot, after which Root was removed from the game.

7 ________

8 An offshoot of ________, a "home run cycle" is where a player hits a solo, 2-run, 3-run, and grand slam home run all in one game.

9 Negro Leagues during the era of segregation, is held by ________.

10 The first was on April 26, 2005 when ________ of the New York Yankees hit 3 home runs off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Bartolo ColĂłn.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • William Henry Holbert, a catcher for the 19th century New York Metropolitans baseball team, still holds the records for the most career at-bats without a home run.
  • Tommy Thevenow hit his only two home runs in a six-day span in 1926, but none in his next 12 seasons, setting a Major League record of 3,347 consecutive regular season at bats without a home run.
  • Nolan Reimold led the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in home runs (20), runs batted in (60), total bases (137), on-base % (.496), and slugging % (.770) throughout the baseball regular season.
  • Lou Marson hit his first major league home run on the final day of the Philadelphia Phillies’ World Series-winning 2008 season.
  • in 1905, Fred Odwell led the National League in home runs with nine, but hit only one home run in the other three seasons he played in Major League Baseball.
  • in 1990 Cecil Fielder became the first Detroit Tiger since Hank Greenberg (in 1938) to slug over 50 home runs in a season.
  • the six home runs hit in the 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game were all hit by future Hall of Famers, including a 520-foot (160 m) shot by Reggie Jackson.
  • the 23 home runs hit by Johnny Rizzo in 1938 set a Pittsburgh Pirates team record at the time, and his nine RBI in a 1939 game set a single game team record that still stands today.
  • on July 8, 1942, pitcher Doyle Lade threw a no-hitter and won the game 1–0, with his solo home run providing the only run support for his team.
  • Kelly Paris' three career home runs were all hit in 1988 in 44 at bats with the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.
  • John Mayberry, Jr. hit his first two career home runs against the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays, the last two Major League Baseball teams for which his father John Mayberry played.
  • Mark McGwire (pictured) hit more home runs than any player in Major League Baseball in 1997 yet did not lead a league in home runs.
  • American League MVP and Cleveland Indians baseball manager Lou Boudreau hit two home runs in the 1948 American League tie-breaker game to bring the Indians to the 1948 World Series.
  • Major League Baseball pitcher Sam Zoldak's only home run in his major league career did not count after the game was cancelled because of rain.
  • Major League Baseball outfielder Pete Milne's only career home run was a game-winning inside-the-park grand slam.
  • Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Guy Bush gave up Babe Ruth's last two career home runs on May 25, 1935, just five days before Ruth retired.
  • professional baseball player Ollie Carnegie is the International League's career home run and RBI leader.
  • Jimmy Piersall ran the bases backwards after hitting his hundredth home run.
  • Irv Hall's 1,904 at bats without a home run from 1943 to 1946 places him second among batters since 1900 who never hit a home run during their Major League Baseball career.
  • Roger Connor, whose brother Joe Connor was also a baseball player, was the first to hit an over-the-wall home run at Polo Grounds.
  • Alex Rodriguez set the AL record with 7 RBI in one inning in the team's final game of the 2009 season, the same game where he reached 30 HRs and 100 RBI for a record 13th consecutive year.
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