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MLB Baseball by Year, 1960–1989

We give you one question about Major League baseball for every year from 1960 until 1989. Can you answer them all?
Also see 1990–present
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First submittedOctober 15, 2012
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Answer
1989
Rookie featured on the first Upper Deck baseball card
Ken Griffey, Jr.
1988
Injured player who hit a walk-off homer in Game 1 of the World Series,
then limped around the bases
Kirk Gibson
1987
Slugger who hit 49 home runs – a rookie record
Mark McGwire
1986
First baseman who made a costly error in Game 6 of the World Series
Bill Buckner
1985
Twenty year old pitcher who dominated the National League with
24 wins and a 1.53 ERA
Dwight Gooden
1984
Player who recorded his 4000th hit
Pete Rose
1983
Red Sox player who recorded his first of four seasons hitting above .360
Wade Boggs
1982
Speedster who set an MLB record with 130 stolen bases
Rickey Henderson
1981
Dodger who became the first rookie to win a Cy Young award
Fernando Valenzuela
1980
Player who hit .390 in an injury-shortened season
George Brett
1979
Promotion which caused a riot at Comiskey Park
Disco Demolition
Night
1978
Yankees shortstop who hit a rare home run to defeat the Red Sox in
a one game playoff
Bucky Dent
1977
Slugger who hit three home runs in Game 6 of the World Series
Reggie Jackson
1976
Nickname of the World Series champion Cincinnati Reds
The Big Red Machine
1975
Player who "waved it fair" to win Game 6 of the World Series
Carlton Fisk
1974
Slugger who eclipsed Babe Ruth by hitting his 715th career home run
Hank Aaron
1973
Position, hated by baseball purists, which was used for the first time
Designated Hitter
1972
Player who died in a tragic plane crash, months after recording his 3000th hit
Roberto Clemente
1971
Pitcher who became the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame by the
Negro League Committee
Satchel Paige
1970
Seattle team which moved to Milwaukee and becomes the Brewers
Seattle Pilots
1969
Nickname of the the World Series champion New York Mets
The Miracle Mets
1968
Pitcher who won 31 games
Denny McLain
1967
Red Sox left fielder who won the Triple Crown
Carl Yastrzemski
1966
Dodger who won his third Cy Young in four years, then retired due to arthritis
Sandy Koufax
1965
The first indoor stadium in the Major Leagues
The Astrodome
1964
Recently-retired catcher who was hired to manage the Yankees but was
fired following an incident with a harmonica on a team bus
Yogi Berra
1963
Last name of brothers Felipe, Jesus, and Matty who all played for the
Giants at the same time
Alou
1962
Expansion team which lost a record 120 games
New York Mets
1961
Slugger who beat Babe Ruth's record by hitting 61 home runs in a single season *
Roger Maris
1960
Pirates second baseman who hit the only game 7 walk-off homer in MLB history
Bill Mazeroski
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20 Comments
ammo55
+1
Level 47
May 3, 2013
Great quiz. Loved it.
DonTheLamplighter
+5
Level 85
Jul 4, 2017
Bonus trivia: as Hank Aaron's 715th HR sailed out of the park in Atlanta, who was the Dodger left-fielder climbing the left field fence in a vain attempt to get to the ball?

Answer: Bill Buckner. (drag mouse over to highlight answer)

YantheMan
+1
Level 66
May 7, 2021
No kidding. Cool fact!
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Jul 4, 2017
1975 World Series, one of the greatest ever, and it seems all anyone remembers is Fisk's HR. Historic moment, no doubt, but as Johnny Bench said years later about how that Series is often remembered, tongue firmly planted in cheek, "The Red Sox won, 3 games to 4."
LVSAS
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Level 43
Sep 20, 2017
Along with Robinson, my hero is Roberto Clemente. An incredible 5-tool player and humanitarian, thus the award is named for him. There is a movement to retire his #21 as well, which I would support. The world needs more people like him; who thinks of others in need and does something about it.
loganite
+1
Level 90
Jul 26, 2018
Savage....I am a baseball fan and missed only five of the 48 questions. Sadly, that was good enough only to get me 3/5 points. There are some FANS taking this quiz!
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 87
Oct 26, 2018
Love the reference to Disco Demolition Night.
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 86
Nov 4, 2019
Wikipedia entry on 1969 New York Mets season: "The team is often referred to as the "Amazin' Mets" (a nickname coined by Casey Stengel, who managed the team from their inaugural season to 1965) or the "Miracle Mets"."
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 4, 2019
Amazing will work now.
prs17
+1
Level 75
Sep 12, 2021
"Amazin' " mostly refers to the Mets of the Stengel era (although it continues to be used at times to this day). "Miracle" specifically refers to the 1969 World Series champions.
jayhey16
+1
Level 13
Mar 5, 2020
Easy as pie!
redlegger
+1
Level 27
Mar 21, 2020
Ripken's streak began in 1982, not 1983.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 2, 2020
Dang. Changed the question to use Wade Boggs instead.
redlegger
+1
Level 27
Mar 21, 2020
Pete Rose got his 4,000th hit with the Montreal Expos in 1984, not the Cincinnati Reds.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 2, 2020
Removed the team from the question.
mlisman
+1
Level 45
Jul 4, 2020
Didn't Jackie Robinson play a bunch of games for the KC Monarchs in the Negro Leagues? He was inducted in 1962... so doesn't that make him he first former Negro Leaguer to be inducted in the HOF?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 2, 2020
You are technically correct. (The best kind of correct). The question has been amended slightly.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
May 5, 2021
Love the print given to the Mets here!...even if one of them is ignominious. And Pete Alonso smashed 53 home runs in 2019 to overtake McGwire's rookie record. (I know the question is correct, just showing the Polar Bear some love.)
idontkn1
+1
Level 92
May 5, 2021
A question about Disco Demolition Night but nothing about the shorts the 75 White Sox wore? Bill Veeck was a marketing genius.
Downward79
+1
Level 33
May 5, 2021
Hi, there! Thank you for this challenging quiz. I found one minor update: when Disco Demolition Night occurred, the Chicago White Sox' stadium was known as Comiskey Park instead of Comiskey Field. In fact, even though the name has officially changed since then, many Chicagoans still call it that, or simply White Sox Park. The stadium on the other side of town, of course, is called Wrigley Field.
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