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History Of American Baseball Final Exam With Correct Questions And Answers 2024
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History Of American Baseball Final ExamWith Correct Questions And Answers 2024
Alexander rCartwright r- rcorrect ranswer.Inventor rof rbaseball; rorganized rthe rKnickerbocker
rBase rBall rClub rof rNew rYork rin r1845.
Henry rChadwick r- rcorrect ranswer.Former rBritish rcricket rplayer rwho rembraced rthe rgame
rof rbaseball rand rbecame ra rsportswriter rfor rthe rNew rYork rClipper rwriting rabout rthe rgame.
rHe rwas rcredited rwith rinventing rthe rbatting raverage rand rbox rscore rand reventually
rbecame rknown ras r"Father rBaseball"
batting raverage r- rcorrect ranswer.The rnumber rof rhits rdivided rby rthe rtimes rat rbat
William rHubert r- rcorrect ranswer.was rone rof rthe rfounders rof rthe rNational rLeague,
rrecognized ras rbaseball's rfirst rmajor rleague, rand rwas ralso rthe rpresident rof rthe rChicago
rWhite rStockings rfranchise.
Harry rand rGeorge rWright r- rcorrect ranswer.George rWright r(January r28, r1847 r- rAugust
r21, r1937) rwas ran rAmerican rshortstop rin rprofessional rbaseball. rHe rplayed rfor rthe r1869
rCincinnati rRed rStockings, rthe rfirst rfully rprofessional rteam, rwhen rhe rwas rthe rgame's rbest
rplayer. rHe rthen rplayed rfor rthe rBoston rRed rStockings, rhelping rthe rteam rwin rsix rleague
rchampionships rfrom r1871 rto r1878. rHis rolder rbrother rHarry rWright rmanaged rboth rRed
rStockings rteams rand rmade rGeorge rhis rcornerstone. rGeorge rwas relected rto rthe rBaseball
rHall rof rFame rin r1937.
A.G. rSpalding r- rcorrect ranswer.Owner rand rcoach rof rthe rRed rStocking, rand rowned ran
requipment rcompany
Adrian rAnson r- rcorrect ranswer.Adrian rConstantine rAnson r(April r17, r1852 r- rApril r14,
r1922), rnicknamed r"Cap" r(for r"Captain") rand r"Pop", rwas ran rAmerican rMajor rLeague
rBaseball r(MLB) rfirst rbaseman. rIncluding rhis rtime rin rthe rNational rAssociation r(NA), rhe
rplayed ra rrecord r27 rconsecutive rseasons. rAnson rwas rregarded ras rone rof rthe rgreatest
rplayers rof rhis rera rand rone rof rthe rfirst rsuperstars rof rthe rgame. rHe rspent rmost rof rhis
rcareer rwith rthe rChicago rCubs rfranchise r(then rknown ras rthe r"White rStockings" rand rlater
rthe r"Colts"), rserving ras rthe rclub's rmanager, rfirst rbaseman rand, rlater rin rhis rtenure,
rminority rowner. rHe rled rthe rteam rto rsix rNational rLeague rpennants rin rthe r1880s. rAnson
rwas rone rof rbaseball's rfirst rgreat rhitters, rand rprobably rthe rfirst rto rtally rover r3,000 rcareer
rhits.
, John rMontgomery rWard r- rcorrect ranswer.Played rfor rNY rGiants, ronly rman rin rmajor
rleague rw/ r100 rwins rand r2000 rhits, rlawyer rand reducated rman, rpart rof rBaseball
rBrotherhood r(union rof rpayers)
Connie rMack r- rcorrect ranswer.part-owner rof rthe rPhiladelphia rAthletics. rHe rwas rBan
rJohnson's ridea rof rthe rperfect rmanager rfor rthe rAmerican rLeague-he rwas rsober, rwell
rdressed, rand rnever rargued rwith rthe rumpires. rHis rteams rwould rembody rthe rfirst rdynasty
rof rthe rAmerican rLeague.
John rMcGraw r- rcorrect ranswer.Hard-nosed rformer rplayer rfor rthe rBaltimore rOrioles rwho
rtook rover ras rmanager rof rthe rNY rGiants rin r1902 rwhere rhe rremained rfor r30 ryears.
Willie rKeeler r- rcorrect ranswer.nicknamed r"Wee rWillie", rwas ran rAmerican rright rfielder rin
rMajor rLeague rBaseball rwho rplayed rfrom r1892 rto r1910, rprimarily rfor rthe rBaltimore
rOrioles rand rBrooklyn rSuperbas rin rthe rNational rLeague, rand rthe rNew rYork rHighlanders
rin rthe rAmerican rLeague. rKeeler, rone rof rthe rbest rhitters rof rhis rtime, rwas relected rinto rthe
rNational rBaseball rHall rof rFame. rOne rof rthe rgreatest rcontact rhitters rof rall rtime rand
rnotoriously rhard rto rstrike rout, rKeeler rhas rthe rhighest rcareer rat rbats-per-strikeout rratio rin
rMLB rhistory: rthroughout rhis rcareer, ron raverage rhe rwent rmore rthan r60 rat rbats rbetween
rindividual rstrikeouts.
Dan rBrouthers r- rcorrect ranswer.May r8, r1858 r- rAugust r2, r1932) rwas ran rAmerican rfirst
rbaseman rin rMajor rLeague rBaseball rwhose rcareer rspanned rthe rperiod rfrom r1879 rto
r1896, rwith ra rbrief rreturn rin r1904. rNicknamed r"Big rDan" rfor rhis rsize, rhe rwas r6 rfeet r2
rinches r(1.88 rm) rand rweighed r207 rpounds r(94 rkg), rwhich rwas rlarge rby r19th-century
rstandards.
Recognized ras rthe rfirst rgreat rslugger rin rbaseball rhistory, rand ramong rthe rgreatest
rsluggers rof rhis rera, rhe rheld rthe rrecord rfor rcareer rhome rruns rfrom r1887 rto r1889, rwith rhis
rfinal rtotal rof r106 rtying rfor rthe rfourth rmost rof rthe r19th rcentury. rHis rcareer rslugging
rpercentage rof r.519 rremained rthe rMajor rLeague rrecord rfor ra rplayer rwith rat rleast r4,000 rat
rbats runtil rTy rCobb redged rahead rof rhim rin r1922. rAt rthe rtime rof rhis rinitial rretirement, rhe
ralso rranked rsecond rin rcareer rtriples r(205), rand rthird rin rruns rbatted rin r(1,296) rand rhits.
Christy rMathewson r- rcorrect ranswer.(August r12, r1880 r- rOctober r7, r1925), rnicknamed
r"Big rSix", r"The rChristian rGentleman", r"Matty", rand r"The rGentleman's rHurler", rwas ra
rMajor rLeague rBaseball rright-handed rpitcher, rwho rplayed r17 rseasons rwith rthe rNew rYork
rGiants. rHe rstood r6 rft r1 rin r(1.85 rm) rtall rand rweighed r195 rpounds r(88 rkg). rHe rwas ramong
rthe rmost rdominant rpitchers rin rbaseball rhistory, rand rranks rin rthe rall-time rtop r10 rin rseveral
rkey rpitching rcategories, rincluding rwins, rshutouts, rand rERA. rIn r1936, rMathewson rwas
relected rinto rthe rBaseball rHall rof rFame ras rone rof rits rfirst rfive rmembers.
Joe rJackson r- rcorrect ranswer.(July r16, r1887 r- rDecember r5, r1951), rnicknamed r"Shoeless
rJoe", rwas ran rAmerican routfielder rwho rplayed rMajor rLeague rBaseball r(MLB) rin rthe rearly
r1900s. rHe ris rremembered rfor rhis rperformance ron rthe rfield rand rfor rhis rassociation rwith
rthe rBlack rSox rScandal, rin rwhich rmembers rof rthe r1919 rChicago rWhite rSox rparticipated rin
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