General Baseball Trivia Quiz: How Much You Know?

Fenway Park, the home park of the Boston Red Sox, is known for its Green Monster left-field wall.

A-Rod is a middle infielder and third baseman.

While the 6-4-3 DP and the home run are both exciting plays, neither is quite as rare as the unassisted double play, which requires a certain element of luck as well as excellent fielding to pull off.

Greg Maddux, while not possessing elite "stuff," has enjoyed much success as a control pitcher.

The slider is a pitch with strong sidespin that breaks toward and away from the plate itself based on the handedness of the batter and pitcher matchup.

Bases on balls is a synonym for walks, and HBP and sac flies are positive offensive tools that are not counted against batters, which is why they result in plate appearances but not official AB's. A fielder's choice, on the other hand, results in an out.

The BB/K, or walk to strikeout ratio, is usually a good indication of a pitcher's control. A high ratio indicates a pitcher with control issues, whereas a low ratio shows a pitcher has decent control.

A high batting angle, while favorable in some batters, usually induces an inordinate number of flyouts/groundouts and decrease batting average.

The "five tool" system is used to evaluate offensive players, not pitchers. Thus, the fifth tool is "arm strength," not pitching itself.

Range factor is very important for shortstops because you want them to be able to handle a high number of balls in play.