Stat Challenge: Week 6 (spring training)
Posted by Andy on May 7, 2010
This is a weekly stat contest. Even if you've never played before, you can enter and try to win!
Week 6 considers games from Monday May 10 through Sunday May 16. You must post your entry for Week 5 in the comments to this post before the first pitch of the week, scheduled for 7:05 PM ET on Monday. (No day games on this particular Monday, meaning you have extra time to enter.)
Questions:
1. Total team HR by Mariners, Astros, Indians, Braves, and Athletics (at this writing, these are the 5 teams with the fewest homers in the majors.)
2. Highest game score posted by any Giants starting pitcher
3. Total RBI by National League #8 hitters (includes any player hitting in the #8 spot, such as pinch-hitters.)
4. Total bases by Kelly Johnson, ARI
5. Total earned runs allowed by Cardinals pitching staff
May 7th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
1. Braves
2. Tim Lincecum
3. 26
4. 10
5. 16
May 7th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Let me try that again - it helps to read!
1. 19
2. 72
3. 26
4. 10
5. 16
May 7th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
1. 24
2. 77
3. 28
4. 12
5. 24
May 7th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
1. 23
2. 75
3. 35
4. 10
5. 23
May 7th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
1. 30
2. 80
3. 30
4. 20
5. 25
May 7th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
1) 22
2) 66
3) 34
4) 18
5) 29
May 7th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
1. 24
2. 72
3. 31
4. 12
5. 22
May 7th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
1. 22
2. 77
3. 29
4. 10
5. 25
May 7th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
1. 11
2. 78
3. 26
4. 15
5. 20
May 7th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
1. 16
2. 80 Go Giants!
3. 30
4. 20
5. 20
May 8th, 2010 at 12:03 am
1. 40
2. 69
3. 45
4. 20
5. 30
May 8th, 2010 at 8:38 am
1. 15
2. 70
3. 35
4. 10
5. 19
May 8th, 2010 at 9:56 am
1. 7
2. 71
3. 9
4. 10
5. 20
May 9th, 2010 at 1:09 am
1) 21
2) 75
3) 40
4) 15
5) 28
May 9th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
1--24
2--73
3--41
4-- 9
5--24
May 9th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
1. 20
2. 77
3. 33
4. 12
5. 19
May 9th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
1. 14
2. 81
3. 27
4. 9
5. 24
May 9th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
1. Total team HR by Mariners, Astros, Indians, Braves, and Athletics (at this writing, these are the 5 teams with the fewest homers in the majors.) 20
2. Highest game score posted by any Giants starting pitcher 72
3. Total RBI by National League #8 hitters (includes any player hitting in the #8 spot, such as pinch-hitters.) 25
4. Total bases by Kelly Johnson, ARI 12
5. Total earned runs allowed by Cardinals pitching staff 21
May 10th, 2010 at 2:56 am
1. 15
2. 79
3. 44
4. 10
5. 18
May 10th, 2010 at 8:28 am
1. 26
2. 81
3. 17
4. 16
5. 23
May 10th, 2010 at 8:47 am
1) 17
2) 82
3) 44
4) 14
5) 17
May 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
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May 10th, 2010 at 9:28 am
1) 19
2) 79
3) 32
4) 12
5) 20
May 10th, 2010 at 9:42 am
1. 16
2. 74
3. 36
4. 13
5. 16
May 10th, 2010 at 9:54 am
1. Total team HR 16
2. Highest game score 71
3. Total RBI by National League #8 hitters 30
4. Total bases by Kelly Johnson, ARI 18
5. Total earned runs allowed by Cardinals pitching staff 29
May 10th, 2010 at 9:54 am
1. 25
2. 76
3. 34
4. 11
5. 26
May 10th, 2010 at 9:56 am
1. 17
2. 79
3. 26
4. 9
5. 26
May 10th, 2010 at 10:03 am
1. 28
2. 80
3. 19
4. 8
5. 19
May 10th, 2010 at 10:13 am
1) 15
2) 77
3) 14
4) 18
5) 25
May 10th, 2010 at 10:14 am
1. Total team HR by Mariners, Astros, Indians, Braves, and Athletics (at this writing, these are the 5 teams with the fewest homers in the majors.): 25
2. Highest game score posted by any Giants starting pitcher: 82
3. Total RBI by National League #8 hitters (includes any player hitting in the #8 spot, such as pinch-hitters.): 33
4. Total bases by Kelly Johnson: ARI 15
5. Total earned runs allowed by Cardinals pitching staff: 25
May 10th, 2010 at 10:16 am
1. 35
2. 87
3. 32
4. 14
5. 26
May 10th, 2010 at 10:48 am
1) 28
2) 83
3) 12
4) 8
5) 27
May 10th, 2010 at 11:02 am
1) 19
2) 78
3) 28
4) 16
5) 22
May 10th, 2010 at 11:04 am
First time participating in this; it's harder than it looks!
1. 18
2. 79
3. 32
4. 11
5. 20
May 10th, 2010 at 11:25 am
1. 21
2. 78
3. 31
4. 14
5. 21
May 10th, 2010 at 11:38 am
1. 23
2. 76
3. 26
4. 16
5. 25
May 10th, 2010 at 11:38 am
1. 26
2. 73
3. 27
4. 10
5. 25
May 10th, 2010 at 11:40 am
1) 21
2) 77
3) 30
4) 13
5) 23
May 10th, 2010 at 11:48 am
1.25
2. 70
3. 25
4. 15
5. 30
May 10th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
1. 27
2. 72
3. 29
4. 16
5. 30
May 10th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
1. 45
2. 81
3. 57
4. 14
5. 28
May 10th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
1. 20
2. 78
3. 33
4. 10
5. 15
May 10th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
1. Total team HR by Mariners, Astros, Indians, Braves, and Athletics (at this writing, these are the 5 teams with the fewest homers in the majors.) 25
2. Highest game score posted by any Giants starting pitcher 78
3. Total RBI by National League #8 hitters (includes any player hitting in the #8 spot, such as pinch-hitters.) 40
4. Total bases by Kelly Johnson, ARI 30
5. Total earned runs allowed by Cardinals pitching staff 20
May 10th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
1. 25
2. 75
3. 28
4. 14
5. 22
May 10th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
1. 17
2. 80
3. 19
4. 40
5. 9
6. 12
May 10th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
1. 24
2. 75
3. 28
4. 11
5. 23
May 10th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
1. 21
2. 80
3. 40
4. 12
5. 20
May 10th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
1. 27
2. 82
3. 24
4. 14
5. 16
May 10th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
1. 23
2. 77
3. 43
4. 11
5. 19
May 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Whoops! Don't know how I got 6 answers...
It should be:
1. 17
2. 80
3. 40
4. 9
5. 12
May 10th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Let's see what JT does with his "well-thought-out" entry this week.
Also, for those of you keeping long-term score, having thought about it, I think the best way to do it is award points for rank. Let's say we have 40 entries. The person finishing first should get 40 points, second place is 39 points, etc etc, all the way down to the last person getting 1 point and anybody who didn't enter that week getting zero.
This helps to eliminate different weeks from counting more or less depending on the nature of the questions, and directly rewards each player for how he or she did relative to everybody else.
May 10th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
1. 25
2. 80
3. 42
4. 10
5. 26
May 10th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
1. 18
2. 82
3. 36
4. 12
5. 19
May 10th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
1. 18
2. 72
3. 30
4. 9
5. 21
May 10th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I've made no claims to well-thought-outness with my entry. In fact, if I do poorly, I assure you I spent no time on it whatsoever.
With your scoring system, one gets more points for winning a week with more entries. Maybe that's a good thing. But one could also finish 20th out of 60 and get more points than someone who wins a week with 30 entries.
May 10th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
1. 20 (side bet: Grady Sizemore finally hits one on Sunday at Camden Yards)
2. 75
3. 32
4. 12
5. 18
May 10th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
1. 14
2. 75 (by #75)
3. 32
4. 10
5. 13
May 11th, 2010 at 3:21 am
Andy, i think its not good to measure the top points at the number of entries because someone has not really a better guess when there are 40 entries than 50, but donating him 10 more points is a 25% increase. So a
May 11th, 2010 at 3:34 am
(dont´t press enter while you are writing your comment 🙁 )
Andy, i think its not good to measure the top points at the number of entries because someone has not really a better guess when there are 40 entries than 50, but donating him 10 more points is a 25% increase. So a fixed number of awarded places is more significant. For example i got a TOP 10 overall ranking, meaning 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 points are given to the TOP 10. For tied places the points are shared, meaning two T1 will get 9,5 points each, and 3 T2 will get 8 points -- (9+8+7)/3 -- .
Assuming this i get the following Overall ranking
1 Brian O - 0+0+4+8+8,5 = 20,5
2 Jahiegel - 0,33+10+0+9,5+0 = 19,83
3 Mark - 0+9+10+0+0 = 19
4 Josh W. - 0+0+8,5+9,5+0 = 18
T5 Koma - 8+0+6,5+0+0 = 14,5
T5 BSK - 0+8+6,5+0+0 = 14,5
7 KennO - 0+0+0+7+5,5 = 12,5
8 Johnny Twisto - 0,33+6+0+5,5+0 = 11,83
T9 Kris - 10+0+0+0+0 = 10
T9 Elkboy - 0+0+0+0+10 = 10
May 11th, 2010 at 3:52 am
1. 15
2. 68
3. 34
4. 15
5. 22
May 11th, 2010 at 7:38 am
Koma, I disagree. The same score with 50 entries IS better than with 40 entries because 10 more people entered and you still beat them. That being said I think we can assign points to the top 20 finishers only and it would be fine.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Hm,
i think we all 3 (JT, Andy, Koma) are partially right
1. its like JT said that finishing 20th with 60 entries would be better than winning a 30-entry round, even if you give points only to the TOP 20, as long as you give someone beating 60% of the pack (the 20th of 60) so many more points than someone who beats 90% (5th of 50).
2. its more difficult to win a 60-entries round than a 30 or 50 entries round.
3. so you have to give the top positions more points not in a linear way like 30,29,28,27... , but something like 30,25,21,18,16,15,14,13... , or to say it in percentages 100%,80%,65%,55%,50%, ... ,3%,2%,1% of the number of entries.
May 14th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
The question is also: Should this be a HRs total or a OBP?
If someone enters 9 weeks, and is in the top 20 6 times, is that better or worse than someone who enters 20 weeks, and is in the top 20 8 times?
All the systems so far reward persistent participation.