Daily Baseball Quiz


Saturday, July 4, 2009
Today's theme is: Lou Gehrig

  1. For whom did Lou Gehrig pinch hit in his first major league at bat?
    1. Fred Merkle
    2. Bob Meusel
    3. Herb Pennock
    4. Wally Pipp
    5. Babe Ruth

  2. How many grand slams did Lou Gehrig hit in his career?
    1. 17
    2. 18
    3. 19
    4. 20
    5. 23

  3. How many consecutive seasons with more than 100 RBI did Lou Gehrig have in his career?
    1. 10
    2. 11
    3. 12
    4. 13
    5. 14

  4. In which year did Lou Gehrig win the Triple Crown?
    1. 1931
    2. 1932
    3. 1933
    4. 1934
    5. 1935

  5. How many seasons with more than 400 total bases did Lou Gehrig have in his career?
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. 5

  6. Where was Lou Gehrig born?
    1. Baltimore, Maryland
    2. Boston, Massachusetts
    3. New York, New York
    4. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  7. Which Ivy League school did Lou Gehrig attend?
    1. Brown
    2. Columbia
    3. Dartmouth
    4. Harvard
    5. Yale

  8. How many home runs did Lou Gehrig hit in his career?
    1. 493
    2. 504
    3. 511
    4. 521
    5. 534

  9. On which Fourth of July did Lou Gehrig say "Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth"?
    1. 1937
    2. 1938
    3. 1939
    4. 1940
    5. 1941

© 2008 John Michael Pierobon