Second Basemen of the Wild-Card Era: 1994-2011
209 out of 300
I definitely could have done better and missed several that I should have gotten, but it's an interesting mix.
Highest missed (games) STL 474
Highest missed (percentage) MIN 275 (31.7%)
Lowest got (games) TBR 34; CLE 34
Lowest got (percentage) BAL 98; KC 46 (0.3%) - nothing groundbreaking for either of those.
ANA: 3 of 5 (missed 57, 41); ARI: 7 of 10 (missed 117, 102, 91); ATL: 8 of 8; BAL: 5 of 6 (missed 117)
BOS: 6 of 12 (missed 126, 90, 80, 75, 45, 43); CAL: 0 of 2 (missed 174, 106); CHC: 9 of 12 (missed 182, 37, 34); CHW: 8 of 12 (missed 99, 61, 46, 37); CIN: 7 of 10 (missed 107, 85, 35); CLE: 9 of 9; COL: 7 of 12 (missed 114, 113, 104, 50, 49); DET: 12 of 14 (missed 70, 36); FLA: 2 of 4 (missed 146, 46); HOU: 4 of 7 (missed 262, 121, 81); KC: 8 of 14 (missed 181, 151, 54, 44, 38, 35); LAA: 3 of 3; LAD: 5 of 7 (missed 161, 46); MIL: 5 of 6 (missed 127); MIN: 7 of 11 (missed 275, 138, 79, 64); MON: 3 of 5 (missed 61, 59); NYM: 5 of 9 (missed 139, 74, 65, 41); NYY: 3 of 4 (missed 272); OAK: 8 of 12 (missed 294, 261, 50, 37); PHI: 4 of 5 (missed 95); PIT: 8 of 11 (missed 374, 75, 48); STL: 5 of 10 (missed 474, 167, 80, 68, 58); SD: 9 of 11 (missed 122, 37); SF: 6 of 11 (missed 185, 94, 94, 65, 50); SEA 8 of 11 (missed 85, 62, 51): TBD: 9 of 11 (missed 55, 44); TBR: 4 of 5 (missed 40); TEX: 5 of 7 (missed 78, 48); TOR: 8 of 13 (missed 209, 155, 115, 44, 40); WAS: 7 of 7
Best: CLE (9 of 9); WAS (7 of 7); LAA (3 of 3) - 100% - pretty much the usual.
Worst: CAL (0 of 2) - 0% - this is a small size fluke, but I still should have come up with one of them. Other than that, I whiffed on BOS, FLA and STL at 50%.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Wild-card Era First basemen: 1994-2011
First Basemen of the Wild-Card Era: 1994-2011
224 out of 300
I missed some bad ones (NYY 210, CLE 68...ugh), but generally did better than I expected with this. There are some teams that are remarkable because they have so few entrants here (COL has only 2, but CLE has 15 and SF has 16).
Highest missed (games) ARI 343
Highest missed (percentage) NYY 210 (47.4%)
Lowest got (games) KC, STL, SEA 26
Lowest got (percentage) - SD 54, HOU 35 (0.2%)
ANA: 1 of 3 (missed 55, 33); ARI: 7 of 9 (missed 343, 29); ATL: 10 of 11 (missed 182); BAL: 5 of 9 (missed 78, 76, 37, 30); BOS: 4 of 7 (missed 339, 222, 28); CAL: 3 of 3; CHC: 6 of 7 (missed 32); CHW: 4 of 7 (missed 131, 65, 39); CIN: 6 of 7 (missed 82); CLE: 14 of 15 (missed 68); COL: 2 of 2; DET: 5 of 11 (missed 44, 39, 37, 34, 32, 24); FLA: 8 of 9 (missed 29); HOU: 6 of 6; KC: 14 of 18 (missed 200, 41, 36, 34); LAA: 5 of 6 (missed 64); LAD: 7 of 9 (missed 243, 51); MIL: 7 of 13 (missed 147, 143, 60, 44, 33, 31); MIN: 7 of 10 (missed 66, 30, 24); MON: 11 of 14 (missed 68, 48, 42); NYM: 6 of 11 (missed 106, 57, 46, 37, 26); NYY: 2 of 6 (missed 210, 83, 41, 26); OAK: 6 of 9 (missed 195, 42, 29); PHI: 8 of 10 (missed 68, 31); PIT: 7 of 12 (missed 205, 112, 61, 53, 32); STL: 5 of 5; SD: 9 of 12 (missed 153, 37, 27); SF: 12 of 16 (missed 108, 96, 73, 62); SEA 8 of 10 (missed 35, 29) TBD: 1 of 2 (missed 201); TBR: 2 of 2; TEX: 7 of 8 (missed 35); TOR: 6 of 8 (missed 179, 33); WAS: 6 of 6
Best: HOU (6 of 6); TBR (2 of 2), WAS (6 of 6) - I was one of only a couple people to get the last HOU player -- since he's at 0.2%, though I was surprised to see him that far down the list. Other than that, they have pretty significant guys. The other teams it's easy because they're all recent. Honorable mention to CLE, since I did get 14 of 15.
Worst: ANA (1 of 3), NYY (2 of 6) - 33% -- ANA is kind of a fluke because they only have three and when merged with CAL and LAA wouldn't be close, but the Yankees it's a combination of missing some that I should have gotten and some guys that are really forgettable.
224 out of 300
I missed some bad ones (NYY 210, CLE 68...ugh), but generally did better than I expected with this. There are some teams that are remarkable because they have so few entrants here (COL has only 2, but CLE has 15 and SF has 16).
Highest missed (games) ARI 343
Highest missed (percentage) NYY 210 (47.4%)
Lowest got (games) KC, STL, SEA 26
Lowest got (percentage) - SD 54, HOU 35 (0.2%)
ANA: 1 of 3 (missed 55, 33); ARI: 7 of 9 (missed 343, 29); ATL: 10 of 11 (missed 182); BAL: 5 of 9 (missed 78, 76, 37, 30); BOS: 4 of 7 (missed 339, 222, 28); CAL: 3 of 3; CHC: 6 of 7 (missed 32); CHW: 4 of 7 (missed 131, 65, 39); CIN: 6 of 7 (missed 82); CLE: 14 of 15 (missed 68); COL: 2 of 2; DET: 5 of 11 (missed 44, 39, 37, 34, 32, 24); FLA: 8 of 9 (missed 29); HOU: 6 of 6; KC: 14 of 18 (missed 200, 41, 36, 34); LAA: 5 of 6 (missed 64); LAD: 7 of 9 (missed 243, 51); MIL: 7 of 13 (missed 147, 143, 60, 44, 33, 31); MIN: 7 of 10 (missed 66, 30, 24); MON: 11 of 14 (missed 68, 48, 42); NYM: 6 of 11 (missed 106, 57, 46, 37, 26); NYY: 2 of 6 (missed 210, 83, 41, 26); OAK: 6 of 9 (missed 195, 42, 29); PHI: 8 of 10 (missed 68, 31); PIT: 7 of 12 (missed 205, 112, 61, 53, 32); STL: 5 of 5; SD: 9 of 12 (missed 153, 37, 27); SF: 12 of 16 (missed 108, 96, 73, 62); SEA 8 of 10 (missed 35, 29) TBD: 1 of 2 (missed 201); TBR: 2 of 2; TEX: 7 of 8 (missed 35); TOR: 6 of 8 (missed 179, 33); WAS: 6 of 6
Best: HOU (6 of 6); TBR (2 of 2), WAS (6 of 6) - I was one of only a couple people to get the last HOU player -- since he's at 0.2%, though I was surprised to see him that far down the list. Other than that, they have pretty significant guys. The other teams it's easy because they're all recent. Honorable mention to CLE, since I did get 14 of 15.
Worst: ANA (1 of 3), NYY (2 of 6) - 33% -- ANA is kind of a fluke because they only have three and when merged with CAL and LAA wouldn't be close, but the Yankees it's a combination of missing some that I should have gotten and some guys that are really forgettable.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Wild-card Era Catchers: 1994-2011
This is another fantastic quiz.
Catchers of the Wild-Card Era
195 out of 300
I missed some really easy ones that fall a bit farther down the list because I kept searching for obscure answers and forgot to consider guys on the current roster. So that led to me missing, say, TEX 278, DET 231, and CIN 230. The lowest down the list I got through actual recollection (as opposed to fortuitous names that were shared with other players I was guessing) was STL 15, though I'm annoyed I forgot to type PIT 9, since I remember him just because he was the only answer on the 2011 Phillies quiz that made me say "who?". I did, apparently, become the first person to ever answer CIN 13 (and only the second to get STL 15 and MIL 16). Other than that, well, PHI 161 is just a sad miss. If the number had been higher, I probably would have gotten it, but he's easy to forget when he's just in the mix because the quiz starts when he was starting to play elsewhere because his body couldn't deal with playing catcher.
Highest missed by games: DET 477
Highest missed by percentage: TEX 278 (52.5%)
Lowest got by games: STL 8
Lowest got by percentage: CIN 13 (0.1%)
By team:
ANA: 2 of 4 (missed 88, 29); ARI: 5 of 7 (missed 61, 33); ATL: 4 of 15 (missed 16); BAL: 8 of 12 (missed 67, 28, 17, 8)
BOS: 3 of 6 (missed 94, 36, 10); CAL: 2 of 3 (missed 86); CHC: 9 of 12 (missed 172, 42, 9); CHW: 5 of 8 (missed 34, 11, 11); CIN: 9 of 12 (missed 230, 33, 9); CLE: 9 of 9; COL: 6 of 10 (missed 475, 132, 18, 14); DET: 5 of 12 (missed 477, 231, 72, 66, 53, 33, 22); FLA: 6 of 9 (missed 173, 54, 48); HOU: 4 of 9 (missed 187, 105, 57, 46, 8); KC: 10 of 12 (missed 167, 50); LAA: 3 of 5 (missed 57, 9); LAD: 5 of 5; MIL: 6 of 14 (missed 396, 276, 159, 116, 76, 23, 23, 18); MIN: 5 of 12 (missed 119, 92, 41, 40, 27, 24, 20); MON: 2 of 4 (missed 30, 15); NYM: 6 of 10 (missed 373, 234, 18, 9); NYY: 4 of 5 (missed 27); OAK: 4 of 7 (missed 299, 152, 53); PHI: 4 of 5 (missed 161); PIT: 14 of 17 (missed 55, 55, 9); STL: 6 of 10 (missed 289, 31, 21, 14); SD: 6 of 10 (missed 116, 35, 23, 13); SF: 8 of 13 (missed 150, 86, 26, 18, 12, 10); SEA: 7 of 9 (missed 76, 35); TBD: 1 of 2 (missed 24); TBR: 3 of 6 (missed 52, 15, 14); TEX: 6 of 7 (missed 12); TOR: 8 of 14 (missed 320, 159, 124, 19, 16, 8); WAS: 5 of 5
Best team(s): 100% -- Cleveland (9 of 9), no surprise, Washington (5 of 5), no surprise, the Dodgers (5 of 5) are surprising, but they also only have 5 on their list (only Philadelphia can match that among teams that existed under one name in this span.).
Worst team(s): 41% - Minnesota and Detroit (5 of 12) - these are surprising, I would have figured Minnesota would be on the other side of the list. Both teams ended up having significant current catchers that I missed, which was a big culprit. They also just seemed to be black holes for catching in the late 90s.
Catchers of the Wild-Card Era
195 out of 300
I missed some really easy ones that fall a bit farther down the list because I kept searching for obscure answers and forgot to consider guys on the current roster. So that led to me missing, say, TEX 278, DET 231, and CIN 230. The lowest down the list I got through actual recollection (as opposed to fortuitous names that were shared with other players I was guessing) was STL 15, though I'm annoyed I forgot to type PIT 9, since I remember him just because he was the only answer on the 2011 Phillies quiz that made me say "who?". I did, apparently, become the first person to ever answer CIN 13 (and only the second to get STL 15 and MIL 16). Other than that, well, PHI 161 is just a sad miss. If the number had been higher, I probably would have gotten it, but he's easy to forget when he's just in the mix because the quiz starts when he was starting to play elsewhere because his body couldn't deal with playing catcher.
Highest missed by games: DET 477
Highest missed by percentage: TEX 278 (52.5%)
Lowest got by games: STL 8
Lowest got by percentage: CIN 13 (0.1%)
By team:
ANA: 2 of 4 (missed 88, 29); ARI: 5 of 7 (missed 61, 33); ATL: 4 of 15 (missed 16); BAL: 8 of 12 (missed 67, 28, 17, 8)
BOS: 3 of 6 (missed 94, 36, 10); CAL: 2 of 3 (missed 86); CHC: 9 of 12 (missed 172, 42, 9); CHW: 5 of 8 (missed 34, 11, 11); CIN: 9 of 12 (missed 230, 33, 9); CLE: 9 of 9; COL: 6 of 10 (missed 475, 132, 18, 14); DET: 5 of 12 (missed 477, 231, 72, 66, 53, 33, 22); FLA: 6 of 9 (missed 173, 54, 48); HOU: 4 of 9 (missed 187, 105, 57, 46, 8); KC: 10 of 12 (missed 167, 50); LAA: 3 of 5 (missed 57, 9); LAD: 5 of 5; MIL: 6 of 14 (missed 396, 276, 159, 116, 76, 23, 23, 18); MIN: 5 of 12 (missed 119, 92, 41, 40, 27, 24, 20); MON: 2 of 4 (missed 30, 15); NYM: 6 of 10 (missed 373, 234, 18, 9); NYY: 4 of 5 (missed 27); OAK: 4 of 7 (missed 299, 152, 53); PHI: 4 of 5 (missed 161); PIT: 14 of 17 (missed 55, 55, 9); STL: 6 of 10 (missed 289, 31, 21, 14); SD: 6 of 10 (missed 116, 35, 23, 13); SF: 8 of 13 (missed 150, 86, 26, 18, 12, 10); SEA: 7 of 9 (missed 76, 35); TBD: 1 of 2 (missed 24); TBR: 3 of 6 (missed 52, 15, 14); TEX: 6 of 7 (missed 12); TOR: 8 of 14 (missed 320, 159, 124, 19, 16, 8); WAS: 5 of 5
Best team(s): 100% -- Cleveland (9 of 9), no surprise, Washington (5 of 5), no surprise, the Dodgers (5 of 5) are surprising, but they also only have 5 on their list (only Philadelphia can match that among teams that existed under one name in this span.).
Worst team(s): 41% - Minnesota and Detroit (5 of 12) - these are surprising, I would have figured Minnesota would be on the other side of the list. Both teams ended up having significant current catchers that I missed, which was a big culprit. They also just seemed to be black holes for catching in the late 90s.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
MLB Positions by Year
One of my favorite sets of quizzes is from hipolito7 -- who has contributed a bunch of great baseball quizzes. This one was a particular joy in 2010 at season end because it enlightened me as to who had managed to slip by my attention in the regular season. The quizzes reflect anyone who made more than 10 starts at a given position in 2010 (or made any starts in 1985 for the ones I posted).
2010 - by hipolito7
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Left Field
Center Field
Right Field
1985 - by tk925
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Left Field
2010 - by hipolito7
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Left Field
Center Field
Right Field
1985 - by tk925
Catcher
First Base
Second Base
Shortstop
Third Base
Left Field
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
NFL Starters (1990-1999)
I've started posting NFL primary starters for the 1990s this week. Since you can't get "opening day" lineups, and since the first week of the season doesn't have the same cachet, I've gone with the player who logged the most starts at a position in a season. And I started with the 1990s because that's the football I really enjoyed and know better. I'll eventually get to the last 10 years, but there's a lot of teams to cover before that.
Buffalo Bills (1990-99)
Carolina Panthers (1995-99)
Cincinnati Bengals (1990-99)
Dallas Cowboys (1990-99)
Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-99)
Philadelphia Eagles (1990-99)
Buffalo Bills (1990-99)
Carolina Panthers (1995-99)
Cincinnati Bengals (1990-99)
Dallas Cowboys (1990-99)
Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-99)
Philadelphia Eagles (1990-99)
Friday, September 30, 2011
2011 MLB Rosters
It's been a while since I've posted here, but I'm starting a new series this year (inspired indirectly by hipolito7) -- the team rosters for every team in MLB. I started with the playoff teams, since we have limited quizzes to contribute, and I have a couple other series that are about to launch, but as they're posted, I'll add them here.
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
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