Immaculate Grid: Show Off Your Useless Baseball Depth Knowledge!

[singaporesoxfan]

I’ve memorized a few of the team rotations for players in this article. Find it easier when they’ve gone through the Sox, so players such as Ken Brett, Bruce Chen, Alan Embree, and Royce Clayton are great.

https://www.mlb.com/news/baseball-players-who-played-on-the-most-teams-c282859016

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

I use Edwin Jackson every few days to be sure

I've been meaning to go back and study Juan Beniquez's career. I also owe SoSH for knowing Steve Pearce works for any AL East combo.

 

[simplicio]

I'm laughably bad at this, but it's fun.

I await the day where all 9 answers can be Rich Hill.

 

[CoolPapaBellhorn]

I use Edwin Jackson every few days to be sure

Octavio Dotel and Fernando Rodney are my go-to dart throws.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

It's a great game but I have found it very difficult. My knowledge of players outside the Sox and especially outside the AL East has diminished a ton as time passes. I've never been a fantasy baseball player. A lot of guys have just fallen out of my brain.

 

[Big Papa Smurph]

Octavio Dotel and Fernando Rodney are my go-to dart throws.

Edwin Jackson, Rich Hill, and Matt Stairs (I recently learned he played for the Rangers, Pirates and Tigers)

 

[Marciano490]

This is a @Marciano490 level humblebrag, right here, Jess. lol

Nah bro, I only talk about 10s.

 

[Reverend]

Nah bro, I only talk about 10s.

Is that like an NYC / LA 10 or like a Nebraska / Ohio 10?

(I can’t be bothered to find the reference in the archives, if it’s even still there.)

 

[nattysez]

Had my first 8 of 9 tonight and was so desperate for a guess on Detroit-SD that I was going to take the cheater's way out and guess Edwin Jackson, but I couldn't remember his name. Turns out old friend Jody Reed would also have worked in that spot.

 

[edoug]

6/9
Rarity Score- 421 I even had to play the Edwin Jackson card to get that.

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[Red(s)HawksFan]

The career accomplishment/team combos seem to be the easiest to nail the most common answer, probably because there are such limited options before even factoring in the team. The common teams thing often has odd choices reeking of recency bias. Didn't learn my lesson from the last time there was a Tiger/Rockie square and went with the same answer, and the common answer is still the same as it was last time.

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[Deweys New Stance]

9/9 with a 196 rarity score as I played it very safe today. Was tempted to use Mel Ott for the Giant with 500 dingers but didn't want to risk it.

Edit: Glad to see that with the B-Ref acquisition the game finally has a picture of Willie Mays

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[glennhoffmania]

This was one of the easier ones for me. 168

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[worm0082]

I was 6/6 until I hit the Rockies squares and went 0/3.

 

[SoxJox]

9/9 w/ 172.

Went with a "lesser" known for A's 500-HR club Jimmie Fox

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[DanoooME]

I was 6/6 until I hit the Rockies squares and went 0/3.

For some reason, I had the same issue with Tigers and 1/3. 7/9 overall after yesterday's 5/9 disaster.

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No idea why I went with Hank Greenberg and 500 HRs. Totally forgot Sheffield actually played in Detroit. My guess for Tigers/Rockies was Armando Galarraga. I had the wrong expansion team (he played for ARI).

 

[Scott Cooper's Grand Slam]

My first 8 of 9. Went with Canseco for As/500 dingers, and was surprised to find he ended with 462.

 

[Seels]

i suck shit at this. Rockies Padres and As? Can't imagine three teams I know less.

 

[Big Papa Smurph]

9/9 - Used Matt Stairs, which is basically cheating. Yorvit Torrealba being somewhere in the back of my brain makes me think there is something wrong with me.

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[moondog80]

How on earth are all these people remembering that

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CJ Cron

had

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54 PA with Detroit in the COVID season

?

 

[glennhoffmania]

How on earth are all these people remembering that

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CJ Cron

had

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54 PA with Detroit in the COVID season

?

Fantasy baseball.

 

[Yelling At Clouds]

Took me way too long to remember a certain ex-Tiger and Rockie:

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Jose Iglesias

 

[epraz]

I didn't read the fine print and today went right for Fisk as RotY/White Sox. Didn't realize that awards/stats combos need to match the correct uniform for the year they won the award. Makes sense.

It does make sense in some ways, but not in others--if it's a career milestone, you can provide any of the teams, not just the one the player accomplished the milestone with.

 

[CaptainLaddie]

I challenged @Brand Name on twitter to try to get all 9 players aren't wearing the hat of the team(s) in their photo, which might be impossible for mere mortals... but I bet she can get it done. (So if there's Philly/NYM, using Pedro works because his BB-Ref photo has him, rightfully, in a Red Sox hat. Also, players without hats count.)

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

Took me way too long to remember a certain ex-Tiger and Rockie:

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Jose Iglesias

You also forgot Todd Jones.

 

[MuppetAsteriskTalk]

i suck shit at this. Rockies Padres and As? Can't imagine three teams I know less.

Diamondbacks for me. At least the Padres and A's have some history from when I was a kid.

 

[MuppetAsteriskTalk]

I thought I would go for a less obvious Giant 500 HR guy and couldn't figure out why it rejected my answer.

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My brain is mush and spit out Willie Stargill when I clearly wanted Will McCovie.

 

[edoug]

I challenged @Brand Name on twitter to try to get all 9 players aren't wearing the hat of the team(s) in their photo, which might be impossible for mere mortals... but I bet she can get it done. (So if there's Philly/NYM, using Pedro works because his BB-Ref photo has him, rightfully, in a Red Sox hat. Also, players without hats count.)

I saw that tweet. I bet Jess can do it. She knows players that played before hats were invented. She's not even old. I'm a couple hundred years older than she is.

 

[ookami7m]

Yeah he's another good one. And he has a no-hitter, just in case!

See also Octavio Dotel got a nice 6% from him today on one square.

 

[koufax32]

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I’m irrationally proud of my Matt Nokes choice thanks to randomly remembering that Topps (89?) card from back in the day.

I would like to shake the bad of anyone who put Frank Thomas for their A’s 500 HR hitter. Speaking of which, who’s the 5th? Thomas, Foxx, McGuire, Jackson, ????

Rarity score of 192.

 

[mikeford]

How on earth are all these people remembering that

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CJ Cron

had

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54 PA with Detroit in the COVID season

?

Yeah I saw that as the #1 pick for that spot when I finished and was like "I don't remember this guy playing for EITHER of these teams"

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Yeah I saw that as the #1 pick for that spot when I finished and was like "I don't remember this guy playing for EITHER of these teams"

The wild thing is he's currently playing for one of those teams.

 

[mikeford]

The wild thing is he's currently playing for one of those teams.

I'll assume it's the Rockies to which I would ask does being on the 2023 Rockies really count? I mean, spiritually speaking anyway

 

[Big Papa Smurph]

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I’m irrationally proud of my Matt Nokes choice thanks to randomly remembering that Topps (89?) card from back in the day.

I would like to shake the bad of anyone who put Frank Thomas for their A’s 500 HR hitter. Speaking of which, who’s the 5th? Thomas, Foxx, McGuire, Jackson, ????

Rarity score of 192.

Willie McCovey played 11 games for Oakland in 1976.

 

[koufax32]

Willie McCovey played 11 games for Oakland in 1976.

Mind.
Blown.

 

[YTF]

Just my second day of playing. I only got 6 correct. The 500 home run club makes rarity scores difficult, but I was pretty happy with my three non HR guys. D/CR 7%, D/SD 1% and SF/SD 2%. Asking again if anyone might know if previous grids are available if you haven't already played them.

 

[cannonball 1729]

Just my second day of playing. I only got 6 correct. The 500 home run club makes rarity scores difficult, but I was pretty happy with my three non HR guys. D/CR 7%, D/SD 1% and SF/SD 2%. Asking again if anyone might know if previous grids are available if you haven't already played them.

Not currently. According to The Athletic, BBRef may make old grids available to subscribers, but for now you can find old grids but can't fill them out unless you have a printer and a pen.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Took me way too long to remember a certain ex-Tiger and Rockie:

Spoiler: D’oh!

Jose Iglesias

See this is a good example of what I said above. I know this player quite well! Could I have told you he was once a Colorado Rockie? Hell no!

I’m really good at the stats part, much less so at the teams part.

 

[koufax32]

Just my second day of playing. I only got 6 correct. The 500 home run club makes rarity scores difficult, but I was pretty happy with my three non HR guys. D/CR 7%, D/SD 1% and SF/SD 2%. Asking again if anyone might know if previous grids are available if you haven't already played them.

I’ve looked around a little bit but haven’t found that you can. That’s hardly gospel though.

 

[Green (Tongued) Monster]

I’ve looked around a little bit but haven’t found that you can. That’s hardly gospel though.

I was also interested in past grids and after looking around it seems like a common request. I would imagine this is available soon since there is demand and it will increase site traffic quite a bit.

 

[edoug]

Just my second day of playing. I only got 6 correct. The 500 home run club makes rarity scores difficult, but I was pretty happy with my three non HR guys. D/CR 7%, D/SD 1% and SF/SD 2%. Asking again if anyone might know if previous grids are available if you haven't already played them.

You can't. As far as I can tell from google searches, sorry.

 

[kenneycb]

I just want to complete them so I cheat and look up guys before entering. Would’ve been much better at this 10 years ago. Damn life getting in the way of knowing random baseball players.

 

[Brand Name]

8. The ONE time I'm going to ever dislike bottom-middle. All kinds of historical teams so hey. This was going to be good.

Spoiler: Immac Grid 7-14

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Felt pretty good about this one. Percentages on some of them were far off what I would have guessed though.

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[edoug]

7/9
RS- 230
Even when I'm right, I'm wrong.
I did get a lower percentage in one square than @Brand Name. That is cool. Not that it is a competition. If it was, Jess is Georgia Tech and I'm Cumberland.

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My guess for Reds .300 hitter was Tommy Helms. He did do it once but in only 46 AB. I am very happy with my lower right pick.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

8/9. I tried getting cute with Paul O’Neil but he never hit .300 for the Reds. That rat fucker.

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[Tony Pena's Gas Cloud]

Got a 21 on today's IG. The Reds .300 hitter was 10%, no one else was over 4%. Dug deep for some obscurities.

 

[Rudi Fingers]

9/9, got top left thanks to the “I remember him from the “super veteran” card I had of him from the box of baseball cards my friend’s older brother gave me” method! And I just found a picture of that card to post here, which brings back memories

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[Deweys New Stance]

9/9, rarity score of 46. I actually had the same bottom middle as @Brand Name ! Was going to use Ralph Garr for upper right but I chickened out...too bad.

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[Pablo's TB Lover]

I did have to look up the upper left corner today, then kicked myself even though he is at 0.2%. Usually 80s/90s baseball knowledge goes a long way with the rarity score, but one guy helped send me just over 100 since I didn't feel like double-checking more obscure names...

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