Question 1

Which former MLB Commissioner, serving from 1992 to 2015, oversaw the game during the controversial 'Steroid Era'?

Accepted Answer

Bud Selig

Question 2

What was the inaugural year for inductions into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York?

Accepted Answer

1936

Question 3

The 'Black Sox Scandal' of 1919 involved players from which team intentionally losing the World Series?

Accepted Answer

Chicago White Sox

Question 4

Which MLB team hosted the first-ever night game in major league history on May 24, 1935?

Accepted Answer

Cincinnati Reds

Question 5

Who threw the first perfect game in modern MLB history (since 1900) for the Boston Red Sox in 1904?

Accepted Answer

Cy Young

Question 6

Which Brooklyn Dodgers executive was instrumental in signing Jackie Robinson, thus initiating the racial integration of Major League Baseball?

Accepted Answer

Branch Rickey

Question 7

Who was the first baseball player to have a monument dedicated to him in center field, a tradition later extended to other greats?

Accepted Answer

Jacob Ruppert

Question 8

Which early amateur baseball club, founded in New York City in 1845, is widely credited with developing and documenting many of the rules that form the basis of modern baseball, including the diamond-shaped infield?

Accepted Answer

New York Knickerbockers

Question 9

Who was the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, appointed in 1920 to restore integrity after the Black Sox Scandal?

Accepted Answer

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Question 10

Who is credited with inventing the 'hit and run' play in baseball and was one of the game's earliest strategic innovators?

Accepted Answer

John Montgomery Ward

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