Willie Mays Mets Trivia Answers

How well do you remember Willie Mays as a Met? Here are the answers to Willie Mays Mets Trivia. If you know the Say Hey Kid and you know the Mets, you should do well on Willie Mays Mets trivia---check out the answers.

1) C---Mays was traded to the Mets in 1973

2) C--Mays was traded to the Mets for Charlie Williams

3) B---Reds pitcher Don Gullett gave up Mays 660th and final home run

4) B--The Mets lost the 1973 World Series to the Oakland A's in seven games

5) A---Fellow Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was the Mets manager during Mays tenure with the Mets

6) D--Tug McGraw, quirky and effective Met reliever, came up with the term Ya Gotta Believe during the 1973 pennant race

7) A--After the Bud Harrleson/Pete Rose fight in the NLCS, the pitcher who came out who joined Mays and several other position players was Tom Seaver

8) D---Willie was making $165,000 when he was traded to the Mets. Can you imagine what he would  make today.

9) B---The player who willingly gave up the Number 24 for Willie Mays was Jim Beauchamp

10--A--The Met owner who really  wanted Mays to end his career with the Mets was Joan Payson

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1986 Mets and Red Sox World Series Trivia

Many of you liked the Game 6, 1986 World Series trivia contest. How well do you remember the rest of that epic 1986 World Series. Here are fifteen trivia questions about the 1986 World Series--no cheating. You'll have to wait till tomorrow to get the answers.

1) Who was the Red Sox Manager?

2) What was the announcing team that covered the series for NBC?

3) What future Hall of Fame pitcher was on the Red Sox roster during the year but did not participate in the World Series? Hint: Lot of irony in that answer

4) What Met hit two home runs in Game 4 to help back up the clutch pitching of Ron Darling?

5) Who was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the Series?

6) What famous actress (then and now) sang the National Anthem in Game One at Shea Stadium?

7) What legendary Boston politician threw out the first ball in Game Three of the Series?

8) Which Hall of Famer threw out the first ball in Game Five of the Series at Fenway?

9) How many home runs and RBI's did Darryl Strawberry have in the World Series?

10) What Met led the team in RBI's in the Series with four more than anybody else on the team?

11) What Red Sox played in all seven games and hit .433 for the Series?

12) How many Stolen Bases did the Red Sox have in the Series?

13) What two Mets both had three stolen bases each in the Series?

14) What musical legend associated with New York sang the National Anthem in Game 2 of the Series at Shea Stadium?

15) Who was the World Series MVP?

Answers to 1969 New York Mets Trivia

I am sure thousands of you were chomping at the bit to get the answers to the trivia questions about the 1969 New York Mets. Well here they are:

1) The Met who caught the last out was Cleon Jones. Of course, Met fans know the irony of the player who made the last out---Davey Johnson. The same man who seventeen years later led them to their only other World Series championship.

2) Double N, Donn Clendenon was the World Series MVP. Growing up, we always referred to him as Double N (for the spelling of his first name), I always assumed that was his nickname. When I met him later in life, I asked him about the nickname. He looked at me like I came from another planet. As great as Clendenon was, I thought the MVP should have been Jerry Koosman.

3) Don Buford led off the Orioles home first in Game One with a home run, which reinforced the idea of many that the '69 Series would be a massacre.

4) The Mets swept the Braves in three games to get to the Series. It was the first year of the baseball playoffs.

5) Gary Gentry was the starter in Game Three who pitched six clutch innings of shutout baseball. It didn't hurt having Tommie Agee making one of his two legendary catches in center field. He made the other famous catch when the relief pitcher came in the game, some kid named Nolan Ryan.

6) The famous tenth inning throw that hit J.C. Martin running to first base in Game 4 in the World Series was thrown by Pete Rickert.

7) The Oriole pitcher who helped stake them to an early lead in Game 5 by hitting a home run was Dave McNally

8) In 1969, the A.L. MVP was Harmon Killebrew. The Oriole who came in second was Boog Powell. Third in the MVP voting that year was Frank Robinson

9) Lou DiMuro was the umpire involved in the shoe polish play. One of Gil Hodges greatest moments as a manager

10) The list of the top ten N.L. voting for MVP in 1969 read like the Who's Who of the greatest players of the era. Every player on the Top Ten voting became a Hall of Famer including Tom Seaver who was second in the voting. The only two who did not make it to the Hall of Fame were Met position players. Tommie Agee finished sixth in the voting and Cleon Jones finished 7th.

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