Cool game to play to test your baseball knowledge

BBBrkrr · July 17, 2023 1:59PM

@GreenSneakers said:
1983 was the year I really got into collecting and remember that John Wathan card well. All those record breakers to start the Topps set were the superstars of the day. Except Wathan. And Milton. And Trillo. I always liked Lance Parrish but not him either. I guess really it was just Rickey.

Plus, Rickey had the coolest photo of any of the RBers that year. That is one badass photo.

Alfonz24 · July 17, 2023 2:18PM

My go to for players on 2 teams is Mike Morgan. Dodgers - Texas was .1%

RonSportscards · July 17, 2023 5:04PM

@GroceryRackPack said:

Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

GroceryRackPack · July 17, 2023 5:15PM

@RonSportscards said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

I picked Willie Davis: Dodgers & Expos....

I Spaced Out and ran out of guesses with Gary Carter gold glove

STLKabong · July 17, 2023 5:32PM

I totally brain-farted and used Ryan in the wrong spot.

GroceryRackPack · July 17, 2023 5:57PM

and now thinking Astros - Expos Rusty Staub

RonSportscards · July 17, 2023 8:44PM

@GroceryRackPack said:

@RonSportscards said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

I picked Willie Davis: Dodgers & Expos....

I Spaced Out and ran out of guesses with Gary Carter gold glove

So a "W" logo means Expos, but not Senators? Wha..?

And the stat square supposed to be the team the player achieved the stat, so Gary Carter shouldn't work in that square unless there's a red white and blue "M" logo.

This game is becoming less fun.

PaulMaul · July 18, 2023 6:04AM

So Expos count when you’re asked for Nationals? I would not have realized that.

Makes it kind of confusing. Two different Senators floating around, one would work for Twins, the other for Rangers.

brad31 · July 18, 2023 7:27AM

The Expos cheat code for the Nationals will make things easier for me. Know baseball in the 80s best.

GreenSneakers · July 18, 2023 9:32AM

I feel so much younger on this thread than I do on one’s about parallel inserts.

MarshallFaulk28 · July 18, 2023 10:06AM

@RonSportscards said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

@RonSportscards said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

I picked Willie Davis: Dodgers & Expos....

I Spaced Out and ran out of guesses with Gary Carter gold glove

So a "W" logo means Expos, but not Senators? Wha..?

And the stat square supposed to be the team the player achieved the stat, so Gary Carter shouldn't work in that square unless there's a red white and blue "M" logo.

This game is becoming less fun.

Yes, you have to follow the lineage of the team. The hockey game has a similar situation. If you see the Winnipeg Jets, you could pick Atlanta Thrashers players as that franchise moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg. You can't pick Winnipeg Jets players from the 90s and earlier though as that original Winnipeg team moved to Arizona.

countdouglas · July 19, 2023 2:17AM

I was surprised that my rarity score for today's game was 49, as I used some fairly well known players as my selections. Only the Tampa Bay All-Star might be considered a bit obscure, but yet, he was an All-Star, so it's not like he was just some scrub that barely played. I won't spoil today's game by revealing my picks just yet.

GroceryRackPack · July 19, 2023 9:17AM

I did not do very well on today's grid...

PaulMaul · July 19, 2023 10:17AM

It seems like every day one of the teams is the Rays, Marlins, Rockies, etc.

GroceryRackPack · July 19, 2023 11:08AM

I'm very poor on with Rays, Marlins, Rockies, or even on newer baseball...

with Retro baseball I know that I would be OK on that...

GreenSneakers · July 19, 2023 12:08PM

First time I had a right answer not credited (all star/100 rbi). I verified correct on baseball reference. Wish there was a feedback button so they could improve glitches.

PaulMaul · July 19, 2023 12:39PM

@GreenSneakers said:
First time I had a right answer not credited (all star/100 rbi). I verified correct on baseball reference. Wish there was a feedback button so they could improve glitches.

Was he an all star in a year where he had 100 RBI?

GreenSneakers · July 19, 2023 1:28PM

@PaulMaul said:

Was he an all star in a year where he had 100

Yes. Tony Lazzeri in 1933 (first AS game), had 104 RBI that season. He was rostered but didn’t get into the game, so maybe that’s it? But he has the AS designation that season on baseball reference.

Don’t ask how I knew all this off the top of my head but forgot to take the trash out this morning.

burghman · July 20, 2023 4:29AM

I learned that Hack Wilson was never an All Star. I assumed a guy in the HOF with 190 RBI one season would absolutely get in. Hard to do when that season - and almost his entire career - was a few years before the first All Star game even occurred

dontippet · July 20, 2023 5:20AM

@burghman said:
I learned that Hack Wilson was never an All Star. I assumed a guy in the HOF with 190 RBI one season would absolutely get in. Hard to do when that season - and almost his entire career - was a few years before the first All Star game even occurred

I made the exact same mistake.

brad31 · July 20, 2023 7:22AM

8 of 9 today. Could not for the life of me come up with a Royal/Pirate. Still trying for my first perfect one.

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 8:16AM

MarshallFaulk28 · July 20, 2023 8:27AM

@GroceryRackPack said:

Impressive! Were you trying to come up with someone other than Pete Rose for that last square? Pete has 91% of the picks right now. lol

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 8:50AM

@MarshallFaulk28 said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

Impressive! Were you trying to come up with someone other than Pete Rose for that last square? Pete has 91% of the picks right now. lol

I went with Joe Morgan and did not win the golden ticket

MarshallFaulk28 · July 20, 2023 8:57AM

@GroceryRackPack said:

@MarshallFaulk28 said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

Impressive! Were you trying to come up with someone other than Pete Rose for that last square? Pete has 91% of the picks right now. lol

I went with Joe Morgan and did not win the golden ticket

It's saying there are 37 possible answers... really? The Reds have that many career .300 hitters?

brad31 · July 20, 2023 9:10AM

I picked Sean Casey and he was one of them.

countdouglas · July 20, 2023 9:22AM

I was trying not to pick Pete Rose today, and I also ended up missing it.

Here was my grid yesterday. I was surprised at the low percentages, as these aren't really unknown players.

MarshallFaulk28 · July 20, 2023 9:27AM

@countdouglas said:
I was trying not to pick Pete Rose today, and I also ended up missing it.

Here was my grid yesterday. I was surprised at the low percentages, as these aren't really unknown players.

Nice choices. I think I also took Steinbach and Knoblauch in those squares.

I was also surprised yesterday picking Frank Thomas for the Oakland/100 RBI square and seeing it was only 1%.

My grid melted though when I tried Fred McGriff for Toronto/100 RBI. No dice!

MarshallFaulk28 · July 20, 2023 10:30AM

Immaculate Grid has launched their football game. We can actually pick guys from the 90s and earlier unlike that other knockoff game.

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 12:21PM

@MarshallFaulk28 said:
Immaculate Grid has launched their football game. We can actually pick guys from the 90s and earlier unlike that other knockoff game.

hey MarshallFaulk28,
could you share the link....

MarshallFaulk28 · July 20, 2023 12:27PM

@GroceryRackPack said:

@MarshallFaulk28 said:
Immaculate Grid has launched their football game. We can actually pick guys from the 90s and earlier unlike that other knockoff game.

hey MarshallFaulk28,
could you share the link....

Sure, try this!

https://www.immaculategrid.com/football

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 12:41PM

Oh Yeah...Now were cooking with gas....

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 1:05PM

Eagles - Vikings ???

MarshallFaulk28 · July 20, 2023 1:11PM

@GroceryRackPack said:
Eagles - Vikings ???

I took Randall Cunningham, but he's not a super rare one.

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 1:27PM

@MarshallFaulk28 said:

@GroceryRackPack said:
Eagles - Vikings ???

I took Randall Cunningham, but he's not a super rare one.

Good one...

shawther · July 20, 2023 6:10PM

Cris Carter is who I put.

GroceryRackPack · July 20, 2023 10:23PM

Starting 7/26/23, new Immaculate Grid games for existing sports will launch at 9am ET. In order to provide the most reliable and supported experience for our users as we expand to multiple sports, this time change will allow the Sports Reference team more flexibility to respond to issues and feedback in a timely manner. It also allows us to stop pulling all nighters

daltex · July 21, 2023 2:35AM

@GroceryRackPack said:

So I'm curious: for that last square are we looking for someone who hit .300 with 3000 PA with the Reds, or someone who had 3000 PA with the Reds but an overall .300 BA, or just anyone who hit .300 with 3000 PA who played for the Reds, or something else?

GreenSneakers · July 21, 2023 4:43AM

@daltex said:

@GroceryRackPack said:

So I'm curious: for that last square are we looking for someone who hit .300 with 3000 PA with the Reds, or someone who had 3000 PA with the Reds but an overall .300 BA, or just anyone who hit .300 with 3000 PA who played for the Reds, or something else?

From the rules:

For team and career stat: The player who reached the career stat simply had to play for the team at any point. For example, Randy Johnson would match for 3,000 strikeouts even though he had 2,162 for Seattle and 2,077 for Arizona. Career rate stats have minimums of 3,000 plate appearances and 1,000 innings.

countdouglas · July 21, 2023 8:25AM

Once you've played that day's grid, the game gives you links to all of the possible answers. It appeared to me to be any player with a lifetime batting average of .300+ over 3,000+ career plate appearances, that had at any time in their career played for the Reds.

GroceryRackPack · July 21, 2023 9:48AM

today's football grid is a Tough One...
3000+ yd Passing Season
Kurt Warner
Scott Mitchell
Richard Todd

MarshallFaulk28 · July 21, 2023 9:52AM

@GroceryRackPack said:
today's football grid is a Tough One...
3000+ yd Passing Season
Kurt Warner
Scott Mitchell
Richard Todd

Tough for me as well. I also took Warner and Mitchell. I couldn't think of any other Jet besides Namath. I'm struggling with most of the other squares.

GroceryRackPack · July 22, 2023 7:25AM

burghman · July 22, 2023 7:40AM

@MarshallFaulk28 said:

@GroceryRackPack said:
today's football grid is a Tough One...
3000+ yd Passing Season
Kurt Warner
Scott Mitchell
Richard Todd

Tough for me as well. I also took Warner and Mitchell. I couldn't think of any other Jet besides Namath. I'm struggling with most of the other squares.

I took a flyer on Esiason - wasn’t confident since he played before the pass-happy days and the Jets were late in his career, but he popped.

GroceryRackPack · July 23, 2023 8:56AM

Colts - Giants & Rams - Giants...let me think a little bit....
this is the best that I could do for right now...

MarshallFaulk28 · July 23, 2023 9:43PM

@GroceryRackPack said:
Colts - Giants & Rams - Giants...let me think a little bit....
this is the best that I could do for right now...

I ended up with Tito Wooten and Jason Sehorn for those 2 squares. I didn’t do so hot on some of the other squares though.

GroceryRackPack · July 24, 2023 8:13AM

I didn't do so well on today's Grid Iron...

MarshallFaulk28 · July 24, 2023 9:36AM

Not a bad day for me. I missed 1 pick on the football game (Washington/Seattle) and got immaculate on the baseball and hockey games.

The football game definitely had some obvious picks for some of them if you're not playing for a low rarity score.

New England/Tampa... gee... I wonder who played for those two. 🤔😀

GroceryRackPack · July 24, 2023 10:19AM

@MarshallFaulk28 said:
Not a bad day for me. I missed 1 pick on the football game (Washington/Seattle) and got immaculate on the baseball and hockey games.

The football game definitely had some obvious picks for some of them if you're not playing for a low rarity score.

New England/Tampa... gee... I wonder who played for those two. 🤔😀

I'd be lost on the hockey grid for sure...

GroceryRackPack · July 25, 2023 8:01AM

I did Ok on the baseball grid...

on today's football grid - I had 2 correct...

Cool game to play to test your baseball knowledge

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