MLB Baseball General Knowledge #1 - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the name of the Cubs' stadium?	{Wrigley} Field	95%
Whose number, 42, was retired for every team?	Jackie Robinson	90%
Who are the two best players in Angels history whose last name is a fish?	Mike Trout	84%
What was the name of the team that played in Montreal?	Montreal Expos	84%
What is the name of the illegal act of faking a pitch?	Balk	83%
What is the term for hitting a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game?	Hitting for the {Cycle}	82%
What pitcher holds the career and single-season record for strikeouts?	Nolan Ryan	80%
What do players put on the handle of baseball bats to make them stickier?	Pine Tar	77%
Which two ace pitchers led the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks to a World Series championship?	Randy Johnson	77%
Who are the only two players to have more than 4,000 Major League hits?	Pete Rose	73%
What Yankees legend was known as "Mr. October"?	Reggie Jackson	72%
What god has Noah Syndergaard been compared to?	Thor	69%
Who earned almost $400 million in salary over his 22 year career from 1994–2016?	Alex Rodriguez	67%
What illegal pitch did Gaylord Perry throw?	Spitball	67%
What quotable catcher said "Pitching always beats batting, and vice-versa”?	Yogi Berra	65%
What does the R stand for in the advanced stat WAR?	Replacement	61%
Who hit 61 home runs in 1961?	Roger Maris	60%
Who are the only two players to have more than 4,000 Major League hits?	Ty Cobb	55%
Who are the two best players in Angels history whose last name is a fish?	Tim Salmon	52%
Which two ace pitchers led the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks to a World Series championship?	Curt Schilling	45%