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Who was known as "The Iron Horse"?
Lou Gehrig
Which team won the first World Series?
Boston Americans
Who holds the MLB record for most career home runs?
Barry Bonds (762 home runs)
Yogi Berra
Who hit the only walk-off home run to win Game 7 of a World Series, securing the championship for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960?
Bill Mazeroski
Willie Mays
The game baseball originated from which country?
England
Who holds the record for most career hits?
Pete Rose (4,256 hits)
Who said "Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world."
Babe Ruth
Which legendary player holds the all-time record for the most career home runs hit in World Series play?
Mickey Mantle
Who was known as "The Great Bambino"?
Babe Ruth
Who was the first Major League player to pitch a ball over 100 mph?
Nolan Ryan
Who holds the record for most stolen bases in a career?
Rickey Henderson (1,406 stolen bases)
Who said "If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game."
Rickey Henderson
Which New York Yankees pitcher threw the only perfect game in World Series history during the 1956 Fall Classic?
Don Larsen
Who was known as "Mr. October"?
Reggie Jackson
In what year did the first recorded baseball game take place?
1791
Who holds the single-season home run record?
Barry Bonds (73 home runs in 2001)
Who said "I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball."
Pete Rose
Which Major League Baseball franchise holds the all-time record for the most World Series championships won?
New York Yankees
Ty Cobb
What baseball innovation was legalized in 1884?
Overhand pitching
Who holds the record for most career strikeouts by a pitcher?
Nolan Ryan (5,714 strikeouts)
Who said "The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen."
Bob Lemon
When was the first world series?
1903: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Pilgrims