Baseball Trivia Contest: Hall of Fame Names
Now that we find ourselves here in the dog days of August, let’s have some fun.
On the left-hand column below, I created a list of Hall of Fame baseball players by their surnames only. On the right-hand side, you will notice a list of the real first names of each of these HOF players. Your challenge is to match the first name on the right with the HOF player it belongs to on the left. Each first name will be used just once.
See how many you can match up before you check the answer key at the bottom of the page, then let me know how you did. It might help to print out this page so you can do it by hand.
1) Seaver A) Rik
2) Dean B) Adrian
3) Bender C) Leon
4) Ford D) Gordon
5) Grove E) William
6) Anson F) George
7) Berra G) John
8) Koufax H) Edward
9) Traynor I) Jay
10) Wilson (Hack) J) Charles
11) Ewing K) Lawrence
12) Goslin L) Robert
13) Paige (Satchel) M) Lewis
14) Fox (Nellie) N) Jacob
15) Kelly (King) O) Harold
16) Blyleven P) Vernon
17) Brouthers (Dan) Q) Leroy
18) Gomez (Lefty) R) Sanford
19) Cochrane S) Michael
20) Chesbro T) Dennis
Answer Key:
1) F
2) I
3) J
4) H
5) L
6) B
7) K
8) R
9) O
10) M
11) E
12) C
13) Q
14) N
15) S
16) A
17) T
18) P
19) D
20) G
