This is the sixth entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy … Read more
Year Player WS 1985 Howard Johnson 168.5 1998 Mike Piazza 154.4 1983 Keith Hernandez 141.5 1966 Jerry Grote 121.1 1987 Kevin McReynolds 103.8 1984 Sid Fernandez 101.7 1998 Al Leiter 100.2 1975 John Stearns 92.9 1968 Tommie Agee 86.3 1982 Ron Darling 83.9 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey and Doug Snyder Sr. Select one of … Read more
Year Player WS 1965 Cesar Tovar 144 1960 Earl Battey 132.1 1954 Roy Sievers 126.8 1963 Jim Perry 124.3 1950 Mickey Vernon 121.1 2000 Johan Santana 119.2 2004 Joe Nathan 107.5 1982 Tom Brunansky 97.5 1976 Roy Smalley 96.8 1982 Greg Gagne 90.9 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Paul Ivice and Doug Snyder Sr. Select … Read more
Year Player WS 1977 Cecil Cooper 201.7 1973 Don Money 147.9 1978 Ben Oglivie 146.4 1972 George C. Scott 105.3 1996 Jeromy Burnitz 100.9 1977 Mike Caldwell 91.2 2010 Carlos Gomez 81.5 1971 John Briggs 79.7 1986 Rob Deer 79.6 1992 Jose Valentin 74.8 Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Paul Ivice, Michael Murray, Jon Winkler, … Read more
Year Player WS 1974 Pedro Guerrero 183.5 2006 Andre Ethier 173.3 1965 Claude Osteen 144.6 1976 Dusty Baker 139.7 2000 Shawn Green 126.9 1975 Burt Hooton 122 1998 Gary Sheffield 107.7 1964 Jim Brewer 96.1 2012 Adrian Gonzalez 94.4 1979 Jerry Reuss 91.4 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Michael Danes, Paul Ivice, Michael Murray, Jon … Read more
Year Player WS 1970 Amos Otis 286.8 1973 Hal McRae 173 1972 John Mayberry 133.6 1971 Freddie Patek 119.2 1988 Jeff Montgomery 109.3 2011 Lorenzo Cain 100.7 1987 Danny Tartabull 100.7 2011 Alcides Escobar 92.7 1977 Darrell Porter 86 1970 Cookie Rojas 75.7 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Michael Danes, Jon Winkler, Brian Bohem, Michael … Read more
Year Player WS 1990 Jeff Bagwell 381.1 1982 Kevin Bass 106.2 1983 Mike Scott 102.1 1979 Craig Reynolds 91.1 1975 Enos Cabell 83.8 1981 Phil Garner 80.2 1976 Art Howe 79.4 1968 Denis Menke 78.6 1981 Bob Knepper 76.5 1995 Derek Bell 73 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Paul Ivice, Jon … Read more
The last two articles have hinted how Moneyball’s heavy emphasis on analytics may actually bring baseball back to an old school style. The pendulum has swung so far in one direction that the inefficiency in the market in the two previous cases has been on an old school approach that we thought may be long … Read more
Year Player WS 2006 Hanley Ramirez 163.2 1999 Mike Lowell 122.9 1993 Gary Sheffield 97.9 1998 Derrek Lee 93.7 1997 Cliff Floyd 92.4 2002 Dontrelle Willis 64.8 2013 Derek Dietrich 64.1 1998 Preston Wilson 61.1 2003 Juan Pierre 57.2 2006 Ricky Nolasco 52.2 Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Jon Winkler, Brian Bohem, Tom … Read more
Year Player WS 1960 Norm Cash 310.1 2008 Miguel Cabrera 272.1 1982 Chet Lemon 146.1 2004 Carlos Guillen 104.9 1953 Ray Boone 100.9 1960 Rocky Colavito 93.5 1996 Damion Easley 93 1991 Mickey Tettleton 88.9 2005 Placido Polanco 88.7 1971 Aurelio Rodriguez 85 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey Select one of the four choices then … Read more
