Spot the Imposter - Major League Baseball (MLB) Teams
Each question below lists five team names - four are current/former MLB team names but the other is an imposter. See if you can identify the imposter in each group.
In addition to the current 30 franchises and their predecessor teams in the American and National Leagues, Major League Baseball officially recognizes 69 other now-defunct "major league" teams since 1892: 3 from the National League, 9 from the Federal League, and 57 from the seven officially-recognized Negro Leagues.
The 7 Negro Leagues officially recognized as Major Leagues by MLB: NNL I = Negro National League; ECL = Eastern Colored League; ANL = American Negro League; EWL = East-West League; NSL = Negro Southern League; NNL II = Negro National League; NAL = Negro American League
11. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Montgomery Grey Sox (NSL); Boston Red Sox (AL); Cleveland Red Sox (NNL II); Memphis Red Sox (NNL I, NSL, NAL); Chicago White Sox (AL); Baltimore Black Sox (ECL, ANL, EWL, NNL II)
Grey Sox
Blue Sox
Red Sox
White Sox
Black Sox
12. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Cleveland Hornets (NNL I); Cleveland Spiders (NL); Monroe Monarchs (NSL); Kansas City Monarchs (NNL I, NAL); Boston Bees (NL)
Hornets
Spiders
Monarchs
Ants
Bees
13. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Brooklyn Superbas (NL); Cleveland Elites (NNL I); St. Louis Perfectos (NL); Dayton Macros (NNL I)
Superbas
Elites
Awesomes
Perfectos
Macros
14. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Birmingham Black Barons (NNL I); Washington Black Senators (NNL II); Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL, NAL); New York Black Yankees (NNL II)
Black Barons
Black Senators
Black Crackers
Black Mambas
Black Yankees
15. Which of these team names have never been used by a Major League Baseball team?
Brooklyn Royal Giants (ECL); Bacharach Giants (ECL, ANL); New York Giants (NL); San Francisco Giants (NL); Chicago Giants (NNL I); Lincoln Giants (ECL, ANL); Harrisburg Giants (ECL); Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL I, NSL, NNL II); Chicago American Giants (NNL I, NSL, NNL II, NAL)