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Baseball in the 1930s - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 421 times
- The average score is 11 of 20
Answer Stats
| Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1933 | This annual midseason event takes place for the first time. | All-Star Game | 92%
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| 1930 | Sets a record for RBI in a season that still stands, with 191. | Hack Wilson | 89%
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| 1934 | The Reds become the first team to use this mode of transport to get to a game. | Airplane | 88%
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| 1939 | The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in this New York town. | Cooperstown | 74%
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| 1939 | Legend plays his last game, finally succumbing to a disease now associated with his name. | Lou Gehrig | 74%
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| 1939 | Joe McCarthy manages this team to their fourth consecutive world series title. | New York Yankees | 71%
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| 1933 | Wins the triple crown and his second of three MVPs. Lefty Gomez cracked that this player was so powerful he had "muscles in his hair." | Jimmie Foxx | 68%
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| 1935 | This team hosts the first night game in history. | Cincinnati Reds | 66%
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| 1934 | Player makes national news by refusing to play on Yom Kippur. | Hank Greenberg | 64%
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| 1931 | Wins the first AL MVP award given by the BBWAA. A pitcher, he won exactly 300 games in his career. | Lefty Grove | 54%
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| 1934 | In the all-star game, this pitcher strikes out Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons, and Cronin consecutively. | Carl Hubbell | 52%
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| 1938 | Throws two consecutive no-hitters. | Johnny Vander Meer | 51%
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| 1937 | Passes Rogers Hornsby to become the National League's career home run leader. This player's name is a common answer in crossword puzzles. | Mel Ott | 49%
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| 1939 | Red Barber becomes the first person to do this. | Announce a major league game on TV | 44%
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| 1938 | German-American famous for being perpetually hung over is asked by management to give up drinking. He does, and hits below .300 for the first time in his career. He and his brother have the most career hits among brother combinations. | Paul Waner | 44%
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| 1937 | Retires with the highest career batting average among catchers, a record that stood until 2009. | Mickey Cochrane | 41%
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| 1931 | Famous for committing the batter's sin of putting his foot "in the bucket," this player wins his second consecutive batting title. | Al Simmons | 32%
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| 1937 | Known for his mechanical consistency and quiet demeanor, this player wins the AL MVP Award. | Charlie Gehringer | 30%
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| 1934 | Last legal spitballer retires. | Burliegh Grimes | 28%
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| 1936 | The Boston NL team adopts this name after a change in management. The name lasted only 5 years. | Bees | 24%
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