The New Book of Baseball Trivia by Wayne Stewart

Author:Wayne Stewart
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781683584414
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Published: 2022-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE ANSWERS: MANAGERS AND TEAMS

1. The 1973 Atlanta Braves with Hank Aaron (40), Darrell Evans (41), and Davey Johnson (43)

2. Kevin Cash

3. Corey Kluber in 2017 and 2014, Cliff Lee in 2008, CC Sabathia in 2007, and Gaylord Perry back in 1972. Over a 14-year period a Cleveland pitcher won the Cy Young Award in more than one-third of the seasons, five times in all. Cleveland eventually let all four of the men mentioned above depart via trades.

They also traded Trevor Bauer in 2019, and he went on to win the Cy Young Award the next season. In one year his ERA evaporated from 4.48 to a league-leading 1.73 in 2020, and his value went from being like that of a penny stock to sheer blue chip. However, after sexual assault allegations were leveled against him in June of 2021, he was placed on paid administrative leave by his Dodgers. His last appearance in a Dodgers uniform came on June 28, 2021, and experts speculated at the time that he would never again pitch for them.

4. Tony La Russa, returning to the White Sox, the first team he ever managed

5. A.J. Hinch

6. Alex Cora, back with Boston

7. Branch Rickey. Trivia note: his son, Branch Jr., was nicknamed Twig.

8. The Mariners

9. The Cubs, who won their 116 games in a 152-game season, compared to the 162 games the M’s played in 2001

10. David Ross

11. Bruce Bochy. Highly respected for his 25-year body of work and his 2,003 wins, surprisingly his career record is 26 games under .500.

12. Arizona and Tampa Bay

13. The Brewers and Astros

14. The Reds, Phillies, and Expos

15. Luis Gonzalez, a man who happens to be the father of triplets

16. True

17. Roberto Alomar, Mike Mussina, Cal Ripken Jr., and Harold Baines

18. The Yankees, with nine winners

19. Jackie Robinson, the first recipient of the honor, then Don Newcombe, Joe Black, and Jim Gilliam

20. Frank Howard, Jim Lefebvre, and Ted Sizemore

21. Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Howe, Fernando Valenzuela, and Steve Sax

22. Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo, and Todd Hollandsworth. From 1947 to 2020, 74 NL players won this award and almost exactly 25 percent of those men have been Dodgers. It’s no wonder this has been a highly successful franchise for many of their years in existence since ’47 (making it to the World Series 18 times).

23. The Cardinals

24. Atlanta Fulton County Stadium

25. Enron Field—the Enron Corporation paid $100 million for the naming rights to the ballpark. Their name was to be used for 30 years, but just two years after signing their agreement, a scandal hit the energy company forcing them to declare bankruptcy, and they sold the rights back to the Astros for $2.1 million. Enron stock once sold at $90.75 per share, but the day they declared bankruptcy, it had plunged to 26 cents per share.

26. The Rays of Tropicana Field

27. Camden Yards—the actual, full name of that venue is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

28. Crosley Field, but it was also known as Redland Field at times.

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