Jim Thome’s 600th home run got me thinking about all the great home run hitters in the history of baseball and who the next slugger might be to reach that milestone. So, I checked out the all-time home run leaders over at Baseball Reference. Unfortunately, outside Albert Pujols (438 HR, 31 years old) no great candidates stood out. But, as I scanned the record books, I was amazed to see players way higher or lower than I had anticipated. What was most fun though was to see who had more home runs than who. And thus, The Outside Corner Home Run Quiz was born. Step up to the dish and test your all-time baseball knowledge. It’s quite simple, just guess which slugger hit the most home runs. The answers and your grading scale are at the bottom of the quiz. There are 16 questions, let us know how you did in the comments below. Good luck!
1) Let’s start off with an easy one if you know your 500 home run club…
A. Eddie Mathews vs B. Jimmie Foxx
2) Yanks or Sawx…
A. Don Mattingly vs B. Nomar Garciaparra
By the way, Zim has Pedro crushed 91-0 in career home runs…
3) Which manager had more home runs…
A. Joe Torre vs B. Dusty Baker
4) Legendary Brooklyn Dodgers double play combo…
A. Jackie Robinson vs B. Pee Wee Reese
5) Which blog inspiration slugged more homers…
A. Keith Hernandez (Daily Stache) vs B. Andy Van Slyke (WHYGAVS)
6) Yum, yum…
A. Chili Davis vs B. Darryl Strawberry
7) The all-time hit kings…
A. Pete Rose vs B. Ty Cobb
8) The respective childhood heroes of the Yoder household and members of the 1990 Reds…
A. Paul O’Neill (#21) vs B. Eric Davis (#44)
9) I’ll bet this is the first time these two have ever been paired together…
A. High Pockets Kelly vs B. Bo Jackson
10) Which legendary pitcher was more prodigious at the plate…
A. Walter Johnson vs B. Cy Young
11) His name is “Home Run” after all…
A. Home Run Baker vs B. Ichiro
12) Battle of the blockheads…
A. Chuck Knoblauch vs B. Tim McCarver
13) I don’t know, Big Z just doesn’t look right in this pic…
A. Bob Uecker vs B. Carlos Zambrano
14) Teammate time…
A. Willie Mays & Willie McCovey vs B. Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
15) A family affair…
A. The Alous (Moises, Felipe, Matty, Jesús) vs B. The DiMaggios (Joe, Dom, Vince)
16) Yea, this is a good one to end on…
A. Moose Solters vs B. Baby Doll Jacobsen
Answers
1) B. Foxx 534 – Mathews 512
2) B. Nomar 229 – Mattingly 222
3) A. Torre 252 – Baker 242
4) A. Robinson 137 – Reese 126
5) B. Van Slyke 164 – Hernandez 162
6) A. Chili 350 – Strawberry 335
7) A. Rose 160 – Cobb 117
8) B. Davis 282 – O’Neill 281… dang, my guy was O’Neill.
9) A. High Pockets Kelly 148 – Bo 141
10) A. Johnson 24 – Young 18
11) A. Home Run Baker 96 – Ichiro 92
12) A. Knoblauch 98 – McCarver 97
13) B. Big Z 23 – Ueck 14
14) B. Ruth & Gehrig 1207 – Mays & McCovey 1181
15) A. Alous 601 – DiMaggios 573
16) Push! Moose Solters 83 – Baby Doll Jacobsen 83… c’mon, you knew that was coming!
Results
0-2 correct: Eddie Gaedel displayed more power than you, sir (or madam).
3-5 correct: You may only have the power of David Eckstein, but at least you’re scrappy.
6-8 correct: Like Scott Hatteberg, you better walk a lot because your home run power is decidedly average.
9-11 correct: Compiler!! Compiler!!
12-14 correct: Congratulations, you are the Bambino of the Blue Book!
15-16 correct: Do I need to check if you’re on performance enhancing drugs?
