History
The year the MLB began.
What was 1869?
A common food eaten on Opening Day.
What is hot dogs?
This team has the most Opening Day wins.
What is the St. Louis Cardinals?
This man is known as "Mr. Opening Day".
Who is Bob Feller?
This state is home to the most MLB teams.
What is California?
The first team to play on Opening Day.
Who were the Cincinnati Red Stockings?
Fans often wear this to celebrate.
What are team jerseys?
This is the nickname of the New York Yankees.
What is the Bronx Bombers?
This player hit the first home run on Opening Day.
Who was George Herman "Babe" Ruth?
He was the first president to attend an Opening Day, in Washington DC on April 14, 1910.
Who was William Howard Taft?
This city hosted the first Opening Day game.
What is Cincinnati?
Players do this before the games start.
What is batting practice?
This team plays at Fenway Park.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
He was the first African American player in MLB.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
The longest Opening Day game was 16 innings, over 5 hours long, played between these two teams.
Who were the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays?
The number of teams in the MLB when it started.
What is 16?
The record for most consecutive victories on Opening Day by a team in history is ten, shared by the Boston Beaneaters (1887–1896) and this team (2013-2022).
Who are the Houston Astros?
This is the number of teams in the MLB today.
What is 30?
This player hit his 714th homerun, tieing Babe Ruth's HR record, on Opening Day, 1974 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Who was Hank Aaron?
This man holds the record among major league pitchers for the most Opening Day starts, doing the honors 16 times in his career with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox.
Who was Tom Seaver?
Opening Day is traditionally celebrated on this day.
What is the first Thursday in April?
This team is the only major league team scheduled to always open the season with a home game.
Who are the Cincinnati Reds?
This MLB stadium is home to the Cincinnati Reds.
What is Great American Ballpark?
This player has the most Opening Day hits.
Who was Pete Rose?
This day is one of Ms. Webb's favorite days of the entire year!
What is OPENING DAY?