Monday, May 11, 2009

Match The Lefty!

Below are the names of several left-handed first basemen (and Raul Ibanez, just for kicks), their number of plate appearances against left-handed pitching in 2009, and their line against left-handed pitching in 2009. Can you match the players and the stats?

1. Russell Branyan

2. Ryan Howard

3. Raul Ibanez

4. Prince Fielder

5. Carlos Delgado

6. Justin Morneau




A. 44 PAs, .220/.273/.293

B. 42 PAs, .359/.406/.564

C. 22 PAs, .333/.409/.556

D. 33 PAs, .250/.303/.464

E. 32 PAs, .276/.313/.586

F. 43 PAs, .235/.395/.382

The correct answers will be posted in the comments around 4:00 or so.

5 comments:

tracker said...

This smells of a setup, so (without cheating) I'll just start by matching The Muscle's name to one of the good lines

tracker said...

And Fielder's to one that shows him taking more walks than ever before. Give me...

1. B
2. E
3. A
4. F
5. C
6. D

PaulNoonan said...

Correct Answer

1. Russell Branyan – 32 PAs, .276/.313/.586 - E

2. Ryan Howard – 44 PAs, .220/.273/.293 - A

3. Raul Ibanez – 33 PAs, .250/.303/.464 - D

4. Prince Fielder – 43 PAs, .235/.395/.382 - F

5. Carlos Delgado – 22 PAs, .333/.409/.556 - C

6. Justin Morneau – 42 PAs, .359/.406/.564 - B

Jon said...

Given the sample sizes involved, isn't this sort of like asking someone to pick the best 5 Boy Meets World episodes? aka impossible


edit (b/c every episode is super-awesome, if that wasn't already clear)

PaulNoonan said...

No, not really. That's an opinion question, whereas this question has answers. It's more like a quiz asked with the expectation that the answers will not fit into the preconceived notions of most people.