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Quiz: 1919-1932

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1. Which of the following pitchers was NOT sent to the Yankees by the Red Sox?

Herb Pennock
Waite Hoyte
Howard Ehnke
Carl Mays 2. Who's career home run record. currently held by Hank Aaron, did Babe Ruth break in 1919?
Frank Baker
Ned Williamson
Pie Traynor
Roger Conor
3. What team did Ed Barrow work for when he was done with the Red Sox?
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
4. What pitcher won 20 games for the last place Red Sox in 1923?
Howard Ehmke
Jack Quinn
Fenway Park
South End Grounds
5. In their first season, Boston finished second to
Philadelphia Athetics
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Stockings
St. Louis Browns
6. Boston's pitching hero with 3 wins in the 1903 World Series was
Cy Young
Bill Dineen
Long Tom Hughes
Jesse Tannehill
7. The Pittburgh pitcher who beat Boston three times in the first modern World Series was
Preacher Roe
Parson Weems
Deacon Phillippe
Pop Haines
8. The first Red Sox player to lead the A.L. in home runs was
Babe Ruth
Jimy Collins
Buck Freeman
Tris Speaker
9. Which team won the 1904 World Series?
Boston
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
No one
10. The song the Royal Rooters sangduring the 1903 World Series was
"Tessie"
"Auld Lang Syne"
"Slide, Kelly, Slide"
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
11. Who threw the wild pitch in 1904 against Boston to cost New York the pennant?
Sam Jones
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Jack Chesbro
Joe McGinnity
12. The team was named the Red Sox by
Owner John I. Taylor
Sportswriter Tim Murnane
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald
A.L. President Ban Johnson
13. Who was the first player to pitch a perfect game in the 20th century?
Don Larsen
Nolan Ryan
Cy Young
Rube Waddell
14. What famous Philadelphia Athletics pitcher defeated Cy Young in a 20 inning game?
Eddie Plank
Rube Waddell
Chief Bender
Jack Coombs
15. Who made the decision to turn Babe Ruth in to an outfielder?
Rough Carrigan
Harry Frazee
Jack Barry
Ed Barrow
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