Comments on: Trivia time – who are these 10 players?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:18:01 +0000

@54 The Shamsky game is one of my favorite lines to look at. Comes in in the 9th inning, 3 AB, 3 HR, 5 RBI. And they lose. Side note: Shamsky is one of only 5 to "win" the game for his team (have a WPA of 1.000 or greater) and have his team lose.

By: Thom-13

Thom-13 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:51:24 +0000

@36 @3 I did read it the same way, but re-reading his comment "I will say that my list is complete for the criteria I chose, and not a hand-picked subset of players who meet some other criteria." those criteria are definitely met. Of course, he could always say one of the constraints was performance in 3rd Millennium.

By: Pete R

Pete R — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:29:11 +0000

#46
So Rivera has the worst WPA since records began, although his team won...and Art Shamsky has the best, even though his team lost.
This is just weird- not that I'm in any way criticising WPA, which is an extremely effective statistic.

By: Baseball Guys Play Set

Baseball Guys Play Set — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:05:05 +0000

[...] Trivia time – who are these 10 players? » Baseball-Reference Blog ... All modern players but didn't all play in the same year. Makes me think it's along the lines of "have all played at some professional level with 'x' coach" because the sample set of possible outcomes before that is so [...]

By: Thomas Court

Thomas Court — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:37:20 +0000

Wait, I got it! All ten players have the letter "A" in either their first or last name.

Whoaa... what the? Someone else got the correct answer more than 12 hours ago??? How long have I been staring at this screen? Damn you Andy!!!!

By: John Autin

John Autin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:23:11 +0000

BTW, Andy -- Nice trivia challenge!

By: Peter Crapo

Peter Crapo — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:49:54 +0000

I listened to the latter part of the Ortiz game, he was in a horrible slump at that point. He left 12 runners on base in that game, so along with his 7 AB's, he left 19 guys in "scoring position"...

By: DoubleDiamond

DoubleDiamond — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:15:36 +0000

@42 The Phillies and Dodgers each scored seven runs total in their three-game series last week. The scores were 3-1, 6-2, and 3-0, with the Dodgers winning the middle game and losing the other two. I have been too busy to check how L.A. did since then, but in their follow-up four-game series against the Cubs, the Phillies managed to score 7 runs in a single game twice.

By: Spartan Bill

Spartan Bill — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:52:03 +0000

it took a minimum of 5 AB to make this list. How often does a pitcher get 5 AB in a game, especially with RISP?

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:15:28 +0000

I thought it odd that none of the players were pitchers, and thought there must be some sort of floor to how bad of a WPA a pitcher can have. Instead it seems relatively common for pitchers to have WPAs worse than those listed[3 in the last 10 years worse than -1, 94 worse than -0.9].