Category Archives: Quiz

One Season Wonders or One of These Things is not Like the Others

Most players can point to one season in their careers as their “career year”, when everything clicked, most of their luck was good, and their stat line was clearly head and shoulders above every other season of their careers. For this post, I’ll be identifying the most exceptional career years, with the largest improvement over the second best season in a number of offensive categories. And, everyone is eligible, as I’ll be looking at those career years for very short and very long careers, and for all the careers in between. More after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1980 Balloting Part 3

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 143rd round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the last of three rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1980. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1980 Balloting Part 2

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 142nd round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the second of three rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1980. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1980 Balloting Part 1

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 141st round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the first of three rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1980. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1979 Balloting Part 3

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 140th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the last of three rounds of balloting adds to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1979. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1979 Balloting Part 2

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 139th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the second of three rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1979. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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All-Star Break Diversion

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To tide us over for the next couple of days, here’s a quick quiz. Not very hard, but some of the names may surprise you. So, what accomplishment can be claimed only by these players?

Rk	Player ▲
1	Richie Ashburn
2	Rod Carew
3	Corbin Carroll
4	Joe DiMaggio
5	Mark Fidrych
6	Ron Hansen
7	Frank Robinson
8	George Scott
9	Fernando Valenzuela
10	Dick Wakefield
11	Jerry Walker

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Generated 7/12/2023.

Richard’s Ruminations and Assorted Statistical Oddities

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Richard Chester is a regular contributor to the HHS blog and the HHS Twitter feed. Many of the unusual factoids he comes up with are gleaned from his own homegrown game log database (think of it as Play Index or Stathead on steroids). For your enjoyment, here are some statistical nuggets he has recently unearthed.

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Quick Quiz – SOLVED

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Well, Doug posted a quiz about sluggers; here’s one where you won’t find any of those. What career accomplishment do these Live Ball era players have in common? (I hope I caught them all, but I’m not 100% sure, so I make no promises!)

Lou Brock
Bert Campaneris
Brett Butler
Michael Bourn
Tony Womack
Dave Collins

Name That Stat: Sluggers (Solved)

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This is a different take on a quiz, with an added variable of ranking. I’ll give you the ranked list, and you get to figure out the statistic that produces that list. In other words, just like a regular quiz, but with the added criterion of ranking.

So, here’s the list, showing the top 10 sluggers in a particular statistic. What is it? .

Rk	Name
1	Alex Rodriguez
2	Jimmie Foxx
3	Albert Pujols
4	Manny Ramirez
4	Rafael Palmeiro
4	Lou Gehrig
4	Sammy Sosa
8	Babe Ruth
8	Mark Teixeira
8	Albert Belle

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Generated 6/18/2020.

Hint #1: the stat involves traditional metrics for sluggers
Hint #2: the rankings could provide a clue as to the type of stat to look for.

Congratulations to Howard! He knew that these ten sluggers have the most consecutive seasons with 30 HR and 100 RBI. More after the jump.

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