51 baseball and MLB trivia questions with answers

Baseball questions in five rounds: the basics of the game, the major leagues, the World Series, ballparks and traditions, and the legends and their records. Easy ones suit a young player or a casual fan; the hard ones are for the person who knows every record. Every answer links to its source.

51 questions · Baseball and MLB trivia questions with answers · answers included

Updated 26 Oct 2026

Baseball basics

1
How many players does each team have in the field at one time?

easy

Answer
Nine.
They are the pitcher, the catcher, four infielders and three outfielders.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball?oldid=1379829239
2
How many strikes make a strikeout?

easy

Answer
Three.
With fewer than two strikes, a foul ball counts as a strike too.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout?oldid=1380009974
3
How many balls does a batter need for a walk to first base?

easy

Answer
Four.
The National League and the American Association settled on four balls in 1889.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_on_balls?oldid=1379128539
4
How many outs does a team get each time it bats in an inning?

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Three.
Then the teams swap: the batting team takes the field.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inning?oldid=1354942079
5
How many innings are there in a regulation major league game?

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Answer
Nine.
If the score is tied after nine, the teams play extra innings.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inning?oldid=1354942079
6
What is a home run hit with the bases loaded called?

easy

Answer
A grand slam.
It scores four runs, the most a team can score on one play.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)?oldid=1354542408
7
How far apart are the bases on a major league field?

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Answer
90 feet.
That is 30 yards, the distance first written into the rules in 1857.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_field?oldid=1380437824
8
How far is the front of the pitcher's plate from the back point of home plate?

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Answer
60 feet 6 inches.
The pitcher's plate, or rubber, sits on the raised mound.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_field?oldid=1380437824
9
How many double stitches hold a baseball's cover together?

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Answer
108.
Counted one by one, that is 216 stitches.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_(ball)?oldid=1380937459
10
What do you call a game in which no batter from the other team reaches base?

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A perfect game.
No hits, no walks, no hit batters and no errors that let a runner on.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)?oldid=1369520469
11
What is it called when a team's pitchers allow no hits in a whole game?

easy

Answer
A no-hitter.
Unlike a perfect game, a no-hitter can include walks.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter?oldid=1371363416
12
A hitter who leads the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in has won what?

hard

Answer
The Triple Crown.
Pitchers have a Triple Crown too: wins, strikeouts and earned run average.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_(baseball)?oldid=1379561790

Major League Baseball

13
How many teams are in Major League Baseball?

easy

Answer
30 teams.
Twenty-nine are in the United States and one is in Canada.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball?oldid=1381672823
14
How many games does each MLB team play in a regular season?

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162 games.
Opening Day comes in the last week of March or the first week of April.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball?oldid=1381672823
15
MLB's teams are split equally between the American League and which other league?

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The National League.
The two leagues' champions meet in the World Series.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball?oldid=1381672823
16
Which is the only MLB team based in Canada?

easy

Answer
The Toronto Blue Jays.
The Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005 and became the Nationals.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays?oldid=1381119587
17
What is the player called who bats in place of the pitcher?

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The designated hitter.
The American League started using one in 1973; the National League followed in 2022.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_hitter?oldid=1379217877
18
In which season did MLB start using a pitch clock?

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Answer
2023.
The first 400 games of 2023 were about 30 minutes shorter, on average, than the year before.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_clock?oldid=1382006808
19
Which team of 1869 was baseball's first all-professional team?

hard

Answer
The Cincinnati Red Stockings.
Ten players were paid for a season of eight months.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings?oldid=1372019675
20
Which award goes each year to the best pitcher in each league?

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Answer
The Cy Young Award.
It is named after the pitcher with the most wins in major league history.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Young_Award?oldid=1370296931
21
In which New York village is the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

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Cooperstown.
The old story that Abner Doubleday invented baseball there is a myth, but it helped bring the Hall to Cooperstown.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum?oldid=1381687796

The World Series

22
In which year was the first modern World Series played?

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1903.
It began once the American League had joined the National League as a second major league.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series?oldid=1381931943
23
How many games must a team win to take the World Series?

easy

Answer
Four.
The World Series is a best-of-seven playoff.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_World_Series?oldid=1381904510
24
Through 2025, which team had won the most World Series?

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Answer
The Yankees, with 27.
They also hold the record for American League pennants, with 41.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees?oldid=1380927243
25
In 2004, which team won its first World Series since 1918, ending the "Curse of the Bambino"?

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The Red Sox.
Boston swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Series?oldid=1381668542
26
In 2016, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time since which year?

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1908.
They beat Cleveland in seven games and ended the longest title drought in North American pro sports.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Series?oldid=1381297977
27
What is the trophy given to the World Series champion called?

hard

Answer
The Commissioner's Trophy.
The commissioner of baseball presents it every year.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner%27s_Trophy_(MLB)?oldid=1381222985
28
Which team won the 2025 World Series, its second title in a row?

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The Los Angeles Dodgers.
They beat the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_World_Series?oldid=1381904510
29
In 1956, the Yankees' Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in the history of which event?

hard

Answer
The World Series.
He pitched it in Game 5 against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Larsen%27s_perfect_game?oldid=1379218277
30
Where is the Little League World Series played every August?

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Answer
South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The players are 10 to 12 years old.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_League_World_Series?oldid=1375158399

Ballparks and traditions

31
Which is the oldest major league ballpark still in use?

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Answer
Fenway Park, in Boston.
The Red Sox have played there since 1912.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway_Park?oldid=1381308406
32
What is the nickname of the tall left-field wall at Fenway Park?

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Answer
The Green Monster.
It stands 37 feet 2 inches high.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster?oldid=1381331725
33
Which Chicago ballpark is famous for the ivy on its outfield walls?

easy

Answer
Wrigley Field.
Bill Veeck planted the ivy in 1937.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field?oldid=1381699729
34
Which song do fans sing during the seventh-inning stretch?

easy

Answer
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game".
Many teams play a local song before or after it.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-inning_stretch?oldid=1367875679
35
In "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", which snack does the singer want with the peanuts?

easy

Answer
Cracker Jack.
The line goes "Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack."
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game?oldid=1381092744
36
What had the two writers of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" never done when they wrote it in 1908?

hard

Answer
Attended a game.
Jack Norworth wrote the words and Albert Von Tilzer the music.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game?oldid=1381092744
37
At Coors Field in Denver, why is one row of upper-deck seats purple?

hard

Answer
To mark the elevation of one mile (1,609 m) above sea level.
Most of the other seats are dark green.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coors_Field?oldid=1375299958
38
On Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, which number does every major league player wear?

easy

Answer
42.
MLB retired the number for every team in 1997.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson?oldid=1379806187

Legends and records

39
How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in 1927, a record that stood until 1961?

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Answer
60 home runs.
Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth?oldid=1381769220
40
Who set the single-season home run record of 73 in 2001?

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Answer
Barry Bonds.
Bonds also holds the career record, 762 home runs.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball?oldid=1379829239
41
In 1974, Hank Aaron passed whose career record of 714 home runs?

hard

Answer
Babe Ruth's.
MLB created the Hank Aaron Award in 1999, 25 years later.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron?oldid=1379220355
42
In 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. passed whose record of 2,130 games in a row?

hard

Answer
Lou Gehrig's.
Ripken's own streak ended at 2,632 games in 1998.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr.?oldid=1372682724
43
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio got a hit in how many games in a row, still the record?

hard

Answer
56 games.
The streak ran from May 15 to July 16, 1941.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio?oldid=1379707254
44
In 1941, Ted Williams became the last major leaguer to bat over what average for a season?

hard

Answer
.400, finishing at .406.
No player in the American or National League has done it since.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams?oldid=1379806630
45
Pete Rose has the most hits in major league history. How many?

hard

Answer
4,256.
He also played the most games, 3,562.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Rose?oldid=1381805433
46
How many no-hitters did Nolan Ryan pitch, the most of anyone?

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Answer
Seven.
He also holds the record for career strikeouts, 5,714.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan?oldid=1381200179
47
Cy Young won more games than any other pitcher. How many?

hard

Answer
511.
Walter Johnson is second, 94 wins behind.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Young?oldid=1381131299
48
Rickey Henderson holds the career record for stolen bases. How many?

hard

Answer
1,406.
The record before his was Lou Brock's 938.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickey_Henderson?oldid=1379229689
49
In 2019, how was Mariano Rivera elected to the Hall of Fame, a first for any player?

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Answer
Unanimously, on all 425 ballots.
He pitched 19 seasons, all for the Yankees.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rivera?oldid=1380754206
50
In 2004, Ichiro Suzuki set the record for hits in a season. How many?

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Answer
262.
In Japan he had been the first player to get more than 200 hits in a season, with 210.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki?oldid=1377157895
51
In 2024, Shohei Ohtani became the first player with 50 home runs and how many stolen bases in one season?

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Answer
50 stolen bases.
He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player that year, by every voter.
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani?oldid=1381917521

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