MLB's 10 Most Memorable Events

Name the players who were responsible for the ten most memorable events in Major League history, according to a fan poll from 2002.

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Rank	Year	Hint	Player
1	1995	Broke Lou Gehrig's streak of consecutive games played	Cal Ripken
2	1974	Broke Babe Ruth's all time home run record	Hank Aaron
3	1947	First African American major leaguer	Jackie Robinson
4	1998	Both Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa broke his single season home run record	Roger Maris
5	1939	He retires with his “luckiest man” speech	Lou Gehrig
6	1985	Passes Ty Cobb for all time hits	Pete Rose
7	1941	He hit over .400 in a season	Ted Williams
8	1941	Hit in 56 straight games	Joe DiMaggio
9	1988	His home run sent the Dodgers on their way to a World Series upset	Kirk Gibson
10	1991	Pitched 7th career no hitter	Nolan Ryan

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8 Comments

Level 25

Jun 30, 2015

easiest quiz ever finished with 3:45 left

Level 43

Feb 14, 2016

Like the quiz...wouldn't mind it being longer

Level 78

Apr 8, 2016

I don't know how you can rank Cal Ripken breaking the consecutive games streak as the greatest moment in baseball history. Unless you're from Baltimore. Then I would sort of understand. Numbers 2 and 3 are way more important to the game than Ripken's feat.

Level 21

May 6, 2016

if Gibson's homerun is on this list then how do you not put Joe Carter's World Series clinching walk off homerun from the 93 World Series??? No love for the Blue Jays, if he had done that in a Yankees or Red Sox uniform it would be "one of the greatest moments in American sports history"

Level 76

Jun 2, 2016

Bobby Thompson's 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' is the most famous sports call in history

"The giants win the pennant, the giants win the pennant!"

Level 47

Dec 2, 2016

No.

Level 47

Feb 11, 2020

Actually Bobby Thomson, but definitely +1

Level 28

Mar 7, 2018