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I'll send a prize to the person with the best score on this baseball quiz

EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭
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Of course, HONESTY counts.

And, of course, NO CHEATING. Must do quiz from memory.

I got a measly 47 (out of 100). I know some folks here will do much better.

Happy New Years, all.

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  • brian26brian26 Posts: 826
    Dont like the format (ten names in each group). My first choice was Babe Ruth, then Mays. Mays wasnt popping up, but because it was in the first group.
  • hhmag70hhmag70 Posts: 2,107
    47/100, tougher than it seems because so many were in the same group as others.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    once you get the group idea it becomes easier to understand, but more difficult to select players.....i went with as many players as i could recall locally, then famously, and then tried to envision some names within my own collection, and still........

    i only got 54. image

    thanks for the link, that was fun.
  • greencrowgreencrow Posts: 867
    34
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    53

    that was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I found myself sitting there for what seemed like an eternity trying to come up with a name... any name. I resorted to mentally going through Dodger rosters through the years (after the obvious other-worldly superstars of the sport's history). Took me the longest time to remember guys like Don Newcombe and Maury Wills - I've met both of them, could picture their faces, and for some reason was drawing a complete blank on their names.

    I gotta say I was more than pleasantly surprised to type in "Brett Butler" and not only have him make the list, but come in at 291-300.

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  • SethroSethro Posts: 671 ✭✭
    47 out of 100. I think there should be a prize for matching your score. But seriously folks, I was totally blanking out, and then just started to guess. I really didn't think Garry Maddox would be on the list, and he was, so I got a point (and other times) for wild guesses. Anyway, a fun way to kill twenty minutes instead of cleaning the house, my New Year's resolution.
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  • tribefan1979tribefan1979 Posts: 49
    I got 53.

    It was funny how in the last five minutes I was just throwing random names out there and I got hits on a lot of them. Fun game.
  • csmtampacsmtampa Posts: 1,828 ✭
    53/100 answers correct


    The grouping of the players made it hard to come up with more.
  • EAsportsEAsports Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭
    59/100

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    Harder than you'd think, because guys you think of are already in another group.
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  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    I got 73 correct, including all of the first 30 groups.

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  • SheamasterSheamaster Posts: 542 ✭✭✭
    62
  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    51

    Went the last 4 minutes without getting a single one
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  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    49.

    A word to the wise, typing in Bob Uecker, Woody Held, and Rusty Kuntz was a waste of time for me.image
  • MphilkingMphilking Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    That was fun!
    52 for me.
  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    I got 64.

    The hardest part was wondering if the spelling was correct........instead of the name being already used or no good.
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  • jswietonjswieton Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭
    My score was pretty pathetic, I only scored a 35. I think the spelling might have killed me.
  • jimmygjimmyg Posts: 139 ✭✭
    Argh, 53 for me. Most of the lower ones I got due to my mad 80s baseball card knowledge.
  • Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    I got a 41.... I'm going to forward it to my dad, if he gets the spelling right he would probably get 70+
  • TonyCTonyC Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭
    I got 47, my son got 56.
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  • tnsprotnspro Posts: 787 ✭✭✭
    33 - spent 20 minutes doing it and will now spend 30 minutes figuring out why they are grouped in 10...

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  • wronglegwrongleg Posts: 441 ✭✭
    65
  • EAsportsEAsports Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>33 - spent 20 minutes doing it and will now spend 30 minutes figuring out why they are grouped in 10... >>



    They're ranked, 1-1000, broken up into groups of ten.

    If you pick any of the first ten, you get the first chunk, and so on.

    So, at the risk of *spoilers*, for this quiz, Babe Ruth=Hank Aaron=Ty Cobb.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    34

    << <i>You got 34 out of 100 answers correct >>




    I can't believe I got one by using Ed Kranepool, lol
    Good for you.
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    62
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    56, and yes, that was a lot harder than it seems.
  • zendudezendude Posts: 210 ✭✭✭

    54/100. The last few minutes are brutal. It seems odd that there's some Hall of Famers in the 900's.
  • bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭
    54, and yes the spelling is always a killer on sporcle quizzes.

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  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,764 ✭✭✭✭
    I got 44. That was tough, but fun!
  • ga5150ga5150 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭
    Only 40 for me. I tried to go through each years card sets and type in the star cards I could remember.

  • firstbase23firstbase23 Posts: 461 ✭✭✭
    I got 52.
  • Yankees001Yankees001 Posts: 1,496 ✭
    48/100

    Nice quize.

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  • Brock21Brock21 Posts: 121
    62 - and if I could have spelled Trammell - 63.......
  • cadets68cadets68 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭
    I got 70/100

    Wow that was tough.

    I got a whole bunch by using random Brewers. Jeff Cirillo and Greg Vaughn. When I got them I started using any players from the 70's & 80's who were good but not great. That got me tons that I never would have gotten.

    I got the first 15 then missed some very easy guys. How did I miss Sammy Sosa? UGH

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  • brian26brian26 Posts: 826
    Got 65/100. Should have had 66, but Gene Tenace didn't work for me. Must have spelled it Tennace instead.
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭
    66

    Benefit of being old, I guess.
  • Mdube16Mdube16 Posts: 744 ✭✭
    51

    That was tough
  • matthewbschultz83matthewbschultz83 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭
    58/100
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  • ArchStantonArchStanton Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭
    34
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    44
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  • BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That was tougher then I thought. I scored 51/100
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  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    62! Started typing line ups (1970) after I figured out what was what. image
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  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    You got 62 out of 100 answers correct

    that was quite randomimage
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  • hookemhookem Posts: 971 ✭✭
    33
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  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    53/100

    I was surprised Mariano Rivera was so low (211+)

    After the first 10 groups or so it was all guesses
    so I started going through Topps checklists in my head
    first 71T then 92 Bowman etc LOL
  • kmnortonkmnorton Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    bah, 56/100
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  • EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I got 73 correct, including all of the first 30 groups.

    Nick >>



    looks like 73 is the number to beat
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭✭
    57/100

    Got on a roll when I stopped looking at the other names in the groups. Just started typing names by positions that I grew up with, 70's and 80's.
  • jessherronjessherron Posts: 182 ✭✭
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  • jessherronjessherron Posts: 182 ✭✭
    64
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  • ToroToro Posts: 1,515
    60 of 100.....some of the names were very surprising......top 1000 players? It may have been by position. It was a pain typing in the names when they were already in a group....I thought I typed in quite a few of today's stars and they didn't show up.
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