Legends of Baseball
He was known as "The Sultan of Swat" and set a long-time record with 714 career home runs.
Who is Babe Ruth?
In 2016, this Chicago team broke a legendary 108-year championship drought by winning the World Series.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
This is the exact distance, in feet, between the pitcher's rubber and home plate.
What is 60 feet, 6 inches?
This American League team plays their home games in front of the famous "Green Monster" left-field wall.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
The champion of the World Series is awarded this trophy, named after the man who runs the league.
What is the Commissioner's Trophy?
This Brooklyn Dodger famously broke the Major League Baseball color barrier on April 15, 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
In Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, this limping, injured Dodgers pinch-hitter hit a dramatic, walk-off home run and famously pumped his fist around the bases.
Who is Kirk Gibson?
Adopted full-time by both leagues recently, this rule allows a team to use a designated batter in place of the pitcher
What is the Designated Hitter (DH) rule?
This team features a classic interlocking "NY" on their caps and has won the most championships in MLB history.
Who are the New York Yankees?
In 2004, the Boston Red Sox swept this National League team to win their first World Series title in 86 years.
Who are the St. Louis Cardinals?
This New York Yankees legend was nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for playing in 2,130 consecutive games before falling ill.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
In Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, this New York Yankees pitcher threw the only perfect game in World Series history.
Who is Don Larsen?
This rule prevents a pitcher from tricking base runners with deceptive movements; violating it moves all runners up one base.
What is a balk?
This NL West team plays their home games at Coors Field, where the high altitude causes baseballs to travel further.
Who are the Colorado Rockies?
This legendary New York Yankees center fielder holds the all-time record for the most career World Series home runs with 18.
Who is Mickey Mantle?
He holds the all-time MLB records for both career hits (4,256) and career games played (3,562).
Who is Pete Rose?
In 1995, this Baltimore Orioles shortstop broke Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" consecutive games played streak by playing in his 2,131st straight game.
Who is Cal Ripken Jr.?
This rule protects fielders from collisions by declaring a batter out if they hit a fair fly ball that can be caught with ordinary effort when first and second base are occupied with less than two outs.
What is the Infield Fly Rule?
Originally known as the Montreal Expos, this franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. ahead of the 2005 season.
Who are the Washington Nationals?
This is the only team in MLB history to win a World Series game via a walk-off home run in Game 7, accomplished in 1960.
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates? (Bill Mazeroski hit the home run).
This legendary Braves and Brewers slugger broke Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974, finishing his career with 755.
Who is Hank Aaron?
Bobby Thomson hit the famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run in 1951 to win the pennant for this team before they moved west.
Who are the New York Giants?
Introduced to speed up the game, a pitcher has this many seconds to throw a pitch with runners on base before a ball is automatically called.
What is 18 seconds? (Note: It is 15 seconds with bases empty).
These two teams are the only expansion franchises to win a World Series in their very first appearance (1997 and 2001 respectively).
Who are the Florida/Miami Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks?
This franchise has lost the World Series a record 14 times, despite also having a rich history of winning championships in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?