# Great Players and Eras · Baseball Level 9: Master

Baseball · Level 9: Master · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/baseball/level-9/great-players-and-eras/)

The dead-ball greats, the stars of each era from the 1920s to the 2010s, dynasties, curses and droughts, famous moments, and the Hall of Fame.

## Test 1: Dead-ball greats

- 'The Big Train' pitched 21 seasons for the Senators. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 'The Flying Dutchman' also led the league in steals five times. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He played so shallow that he sometimes made plays at second base. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He did it for the Phillies in their small ballpark. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was famous for chasing fire engines away from the ballpark. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He pitched 464 innings that season. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He beat Ed Walsh, who struck out fifteen in the same game. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 110, 90, then 79. (Source: General baseball reference)
- .426, .420, then .386. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 'Three Finger' Brown won 239 games, mostly for the Cubs. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 2: Stars of the 1920s and 1930s

- He won six straight batting titles. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He also hit 56 home runs that year. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He won three MVP awards. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He became a hero to Jewish Americans. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He also won 31 games in 1931. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Their dirty uniforms and hard play earned the name. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was called the 'boy wonder'. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1924, 1930, 1932, then 1938. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 191, 184, then usually about 130. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He led the National League in home runs six times. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 3: The 1940s and 1950s

- He was the Dodgers' 'Duke of Flatbush'. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He won 20 games in thirteen different seasons. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was known for pinpoint control. (Source: General baseball reference)
- After years of 'wait till next year', they beat the Yankees. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Most of its stars were in their twenties. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He led the majors with 52 homers. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was 30 and had managed the club since he was 24. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1941, 1949, 1955, then 1956. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 363, 329, then 165. (Source: General baseball reference)
- His 3,630 hits split exactly: 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 4: The 1960s and 1970s

- He pitched his whole career for Baltimore. (Source: General baseball reference)
- It is still the record for a World Series game. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Mets had never finished higher than ninth before. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Rose, Morgan, Bench and Pérez led the line-up. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He won almost half of his club's games. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 'Pops' was the oldest MVP of his day. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He won seven batting titles. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1968, 1969, 1975-76, then 1979. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1971, 1972-74, 1975-76, then 1979. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was the first Latin American player to reach 3,000 hits. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 5: The 1980s and 1990s

- He was over .400 as late as mid-August. (Source: General baseball reference)
- That autumn the Phillies won their first title. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Kansas City came back from 3-1 down to beat St. Louis. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Twins won 1-0 in the tenth. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 'Doc' won the Cy Young Award that year. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He led the league with 49 home runs. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They won again the next year. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1980, 1985, 1987, then 1992. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1980, 1985, 1988, then 1991. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was an All-Star in baseball and a Pro Bowler in football. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 6: The 2000s and 2010s

- He won all four with Arizona. (Source: General baseball reference)
- No starting pitcher had won the MVP for 25 years. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was born and raised in Toronto. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He fielded the final out of the World Series. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 'King Félix' struck out twelve Rays. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He missed a perfect game in one of them by a hit batter in the ninth. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He led the league in wins and ERA. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2002, 2010, 2011, then 2016. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The league MVP award was announced in November. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He led the league in hits four years running. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 7: Dynasties

- Their first came in 1923 and the latest in 2009. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He brought in coloured uniforms and orange baseballs as ideas. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Giants won three titles in five seasons. (Source: General baseball reference)
- No title was awarded in the strike year of 1994. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They have won eleven titles. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They beat Toronto in a seven-game Series. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Joe DiMaggio's first four seasons ended with titles. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1936-39, 1949-53, 1972-74, then 1998-2000. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 27, 11, then 8. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The A's beat the Dodgers that October. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 8: Curses and droughts

- Fans blamed the 'Curse of the Bambino'. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They had been playing since 1883. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They won four straight games against New York. (Source: General baseball reference)
- A rain delay came just before the tenth inning. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Their last title had come in 1917. (Source: General baseball reference)
- They came closest in the American League playoffs. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Cubs went on to lose that game and the series. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 2004, 2005, then 2016. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 108 years, 88 years, then 86 years. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Legend says he declared the Cubs would never win again. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 9: Famous moments

- He ran off the field as the winning run scored, and the game was ruled a tie. (Source: General baseball reference)
- No one else has thrown two in a row. (Source: General baseball reference)
- An error ended the perfect game and a hit ended the game. (Source: General baseball reference)
- St. Louis was twice one strike from losing the Series. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The league later restored the homer and the game was finished weeks later. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The umpire apologised in tears after seeing the replay. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Whether he really pointed to centre field is still argued about. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1908, 1932, 1938, then 1951. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The Giants won the playoff 5-4. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Carlton Fisk's homer won the game for Boston. (Source: General baseball reference)

## Test 10: The Hall of Fame

- He was named on 222 of 226 ballots. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Players short of it may try again the next year. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The limit was cut from fifteen years in 2014. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Players below it drop off and must wait for a committee. (Source: General baseball reference)
- He was named on 396 of 397 ballots. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Rose had bet on games, including his own team's. (Source: General baseball reference)
- Panels of veterans, executives and historians review each era. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 1936, 1939, 2014, then 2025. (Source: General baseball reference)
- 100%, 99.7%, then 99.3%. (Source: General baseball reference)
- The first five were Cobb, Ruth, Wagner, Mathewson and Walter Johnson. (Source: General baseball reference)

Sources: General baseball references, WBSC and league material, coaching manuals; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category.

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