Major League Baseball Trivia
Major League Baseball Trivia Facts- Pitching• Whitey Ford, with ten victories, holds the record for the most World Series Victories.
• Jim and Gaylord Perry were the only two brothers to win the CY Young Award.
• Denny McLain, Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Willie Hernandez, Roger Clemens, and Dennis Eckersley were the six AL pitchers to win the CY Young Award and MVP in the same season.
• Ferguson Jenkins was the only pitcher with over 3,00 strikeouts and fewer than 1,000 walks.
• Phil and Joe Neikro were the two brothers to have the most wins.
• Nolan Ryan had his number retired on three different teams.
• Lefty Grove has won the ERA title the most times.
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• Ernie Banks has the most career home runs without ever being in a world series.
• Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa are at a tie for the first national leaguer to hit 50 home runs in two consecutive seasons.
• Hank Aaron and Willie Mays are the only two players to have lifetime stats of over 500 home runs, 3,000 hits, and over a .300 batting average.
• Hack Wilson is the shortest homerun champion.
• Mel Ott was the first National League hitter to hit 500 home runs.
• Mark McGuire was the only player to hit at least 30 home runs in his first four major league seasons.
Major League Baseball Trivia Facts- Running
• Tony Gwynn is the only player to steal 5 bases in one game.
• Joe Morgan was the only player to steal 500 bases and hit 200 home runs.
• Vince Coleman was the only player to steal at least 100 bases in his first three years in the big leagues.
• Ricky Henderson, Lou Brock, Billy Hamilton, TY Cobb, and Tim Raines are the top five lifetime base stealers.
• Ricky Henderson is the only player to hold the team season stolen base record for two different teams.
Major League Baseball Trivia Facts- Oakland A’s
• The Oakland A’s moved from the Philadelphia A’s to the Kansas City A’s, and have been playing for Oakland since 1968.
• Jose Conseco, Mark McGuire, and Walt Weiss were the Oakland’s three consecutive Rookies of the year in 1986, 1987, and 1988.
