World Series Winners
Despite Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax losing games 1 and 2 respectively, this team came back and won the 1965 World Series.
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
A strikeout can be abbreviated with a 'K' or these letters.
What is 'SO'?
The most westerly based team in Major League Baseball.
Who are the San Francisco Giants?
Ozzie Smith's acrobatic plays, signature flip and 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards earned him this nickname.
What is The Wizard?
He was the first Japanese position player in MLB history when he debuted in 2001.
Who is Ichiro?
The Houston Astros were defeated by this team in the 2019 World Series in which the home team lost every game.
Who are the Washington Nationals?
When 2 teams agree to decide upon the final player involved in a trade at a later date, they are said to be including a ______.
What is a Player to be Named Later?
Adrian Beltre won 5 Gold Glove Awards during his career, 2 with the Seattle Mariners and 3 with this team.
Who are the Texas Rangers?
A five tool player, this Hall of Famer last appeared in the 1973 World Series as a New York Met.
Who is Willie Mays?
"Who's on First" is a comedy routine made famous by this duo.
Who are Abbott and Costello?
After losing the 1960 World Series against this team, Mickey Mantle later admitted that the walk off game 7 was the only loss in his life he had ever cried over.
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates?
On steal or pickoff attempts by a catcher, this term represents the time elapsed from the moment the pitch hits the catcher's mitt to the moment the intended fielder is projected to receive his throw
What is Pop Time?
From 1966 to 1980, they were the last of the original 16 Major League teams to have never won a World Series.
Who are the Philadelphia Phillies?
Making his debut in 1989, this Venezuelan was the last active player to have played in the 1980s when he retired in 2012.
Who is Omar Vizquel?
In this 1992 comedy/sports film, Tom Hanks plays the manager of an all girls professional baseball team.
What is a League of their Own?
From 1949 through 1958 they were the only team outside of New York City to win the World Series.
Who are the Milwaukee Braves (1957)?
An idiom credited to Houston Mudcats player Ollie Pickering, a bloop that falls between an outfielder and an infielder for a hit is also called this.
What is a Texas Leaguer?
Denny McLain is Major League Baseball's last 30 game winner after he went 31-6 playing for this team in 1968.
Who are the Detroit Tigers?
Larry Dierker is the most recent 17 year old to make his debut when he appeared in 1964. This Mariner is the most recent 18 year old.
Who is Alex Rodriguez?
After a grand jury returned its indictments, a local newspaper wrote a regretful tribute headlined, "Say it ain't so, Joe." referring to this player.
Who is "Shoeless" Joe Jackson?
Featuring Cy Young and before changing their name to the Red Sox, this team won the first World Series.
Who are the Boston Americans?
Players who have accrued 10 years of Major League service time and spent the past 5 consecutive years with the same team are awarded these rights.
What are 10 and 5 rights?
A flag which reads "Hack 191" sits atop a major league stadium representing Hack Wilson's 191 RBIs in a season. A record he set as a member of this club in 1930.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
The Baltimore Orioles have won 6 American League Pennants. This player was a rostered member of each one.
Who is Jim Palmer?
In 1963, this Mets outfielder celebrated his 100th home run by backpedaling around the bases.
Who is Jimmy Piersall?