Baseball
Scavenger Hunt
Name
Date
Directions: How much do you know about baseball? Answer each question using the
information at the website provided.
1. The
award is given to an individual
player from each League who has the best rookie season; pitching, hitting or
fielding.
http://baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_roy.shtml
2. In 1971,
became the first black player to be
elected into the National Hall of Fame.
http://www.blackbaseball.com/players/index.htm
3.
4.
played his 2000th straight game in the Orioles
victory against the Twins in Minnesota on August 1, 1994.
http://www.nationalpastime.com/0801tdib.html
st
was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the
1 round of the 1987 amateur draft.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml
5. The Atlanta Braves play baseball in
Field.
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/atl/ballpark/atl_ballpark_history.jsp#B
raves
6.
was born on Tuesday, October, 1931,
and began his Major League career on April 17, 1951, with the New York Yankees.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mantlmi01
7. The first Major League All Star Game was played on
at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
http://baseball-almanac.com/asgmenu.shtml
8.
was the first black player in the
National Baseball League.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar471880&st=Jackie+Robinson
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9. The
is the most crucial and visible tool in
baseball.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/toolsofthetrade.html
10. The first girls of summer, women who were paid to play baseball, competed in
their first game in
.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/girlsofsummer.html