27 November 2008

Free-Agent Quiz

I used to love this game, but then half the flipper things kept falling out/wouldn't stand up causing me to be unable to play anymore. Sadness.


I'm going to give you a few comparisons between free-agent players. Your job is to look through them and decide which you would rather have. The answers are at the bottom.

Comparison 1- Second Basemen
Player 1- .290/.365/.430, 6 HR, 18 2B, 300 AB, OPS+ 111
Player 2- .305/.367/.450, 8 HR, 29 2B, 407 AB, OPS+ 107

Comparison 2- Left Fielders
Player 1- .321/.436/.563, 22 HR, 77 RBI, 414 AB, OPS+ 163
Player 2- .250/.367/.507, 33 HR, 86 RBI, 536 AB, OPS+ 125
Player 3- .293/.325/.433, 15 HR, 84 RBI, 557 AB, OPS+ 97
Player 4- .293/.358/.479, 23 HR, 110 RBI, 635 AB, OPS+ 124

Comparison 3- Starting Pitchers
Player 1- 198.3 IP, 3.09 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 158 K, 47 BB, ERA+ 139
Player 2- 211 IP, 3.24 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 147 K, 45 BB, ERA+ 131

Comparison 4- Starting Pitchers
Player 1- 221.1 IP, 4.07 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 231 K, 86 BB, ERA+ 105
Player 2- 184 IP, 3.91 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 173 K, 43 BB, ERA+ 117

Comparison 5- Starting Pitchers
Player 1- 196.7 IP, 1.51 WHIP, ERA +91
Player 2- 190.1 IP, 1.38 WHIP, ERA+ 93

Comparison 6- Closers
Player 1- 66.1 IP, 84 K, 18 BB, 3.26 ERA, ERA+ 137
Player 2- 68.3 IP, 77 K, 34 BB, 2.24 ERA, ERA+ 198

Answers (The first player is Player 1 and the second is Player 2):
1) Ramon Vazquez, Orlando Hudson; 2) Milton Bradley, Pat Burrell, Garrett Anderson, Raul IbaƱez; 3) Ben Sheets, Derek Lowe; 4) AJ Burnett, Randy Johnson; 5) Jon Garland, Randy Wolf 6) Kerry Wood, Francisco Rodriguez

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