Quiz

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 11:49 AM

What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

Edgy MD
Mar 30 2020 11:53 AM
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I'll go with 69, Ted!

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 11:56 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:

I'll go with 69, Ted!

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Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 30 2020 12:05 PM
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82

It's just a stupid number. I don;t even think NASCAR has an 82

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 12:09 PM
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Tough to find a picture of the back of Johnny Lazor's uni, but he wore #82.

Great baseball name, too.

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Benjamin Grimm
Mar 30 2020 12:18 PM
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I'll guess -15.

Or maybe -43. I'm not sure.

Or how about 0.05?

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 12:21 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

I'll guess -15.

Or maybe -43. I'm not sure.

OK. I'll award you a chicken dinner for your cleverness, but I can't declare you the quiz winner.

Let's do this again.

What's the lowest positive whole number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 30 2020 12:27 PM
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Johnny Lazar also wrecked in the final lap at Darlington, losing to Junior Johnson and Dick Trickle

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 30 2020 12:37 PM
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94

LWFS
Mar 30 2020 12:39 PM
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91

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 30 2020 12:44 PM
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Carlos Gomez wore 91 this year!

LWFS
Mar 30 2020 12:45 PM
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Fine, 86

MFS62
Mar 30 2020 12:50 PM
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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=34367 time=1585590547 user_id=68]
What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

Cliff Johnson wore 00 and Al Oliver wore 0.

I'll leave it to the mathematicians here to discuss which is lower.

Later

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 12:52 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
94

Jose Mesa

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Ceetar
Mar 30 2020 12:53 PM
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79?

I feel like we just passed all the high numbers now with 'I was born that year, I guess it works' so I'm surprised there are any.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 12:54 PM
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=LWFS post_id=34381 time=1585593941 user_id=84]Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 12:55 PM
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79?

I feel like we just passed all the high numbers now with 'I was born that year, I guess it works' so I'm surprised there are any.

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LWFS
Mar 30 2020 01:00 PM
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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=34385 time=1585594473 user_id=68]
=LWFS post_id=34381 time=1585593941 user_id=84]Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

YAAAAAAAY

MFS62
Mar 30 2020 01:02 PM
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Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

Wasn't the original question "the lowest"?

That would be the highest.

I thought you might be thinking that Eddie Gadel's 1/8 was the lowest, and maybe, when he went into his crouch, it was technically the lowest.

Later

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 01:03 PM
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Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

Wasn't the original question "the lowest"?

That would be the highest.

What are you talking about?

MFS62
Mar 30 2020 01:06 PM
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Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

Wasn't the original question "the lowest"?

That would be the highest.

What are you talking about?

This, in your own words:
What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

Later

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 01:11 PM
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Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

Wasn't the original question "the lowest"?

That would be the highest.

What are you talking about?

This, in your own words:
What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

So?

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 01:13 PM
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Fine, 86

I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn.

That makes you the winner.

Wasn't the original question "the lowest"?

That would be the highest.

What are you talking about?

This, in your own words:
What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

So?

I'd try and explain where you're confused here but I can't explain it any better than with the very words that you just quoted. Just stare at those rules and concentrate. You highlighted "lowest" when you should've highlighted "never".

MFS62
Mar 30 2020 01:16 PM
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Aha!

My bad.

Later

Edgy MD
Mar 30 2020 09:43 PM
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batmagadanleadoff
Mar 30 2020 10:13 PM
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And the Mets 1986 batboys, but I couldn't find a good picture of them, though I tried. Backman doesn't count, though I suppose I shoulda specified "players" in the question. Jeez are youse picky. Picky, picky picky.

kcmets
Mar 31 2020 05:15 AM
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What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

I'm still confused. The lowest number according to multiple sources is 80.

Unfortunately, the newest links saying 80 is the number are from 08/2018.

Baseball Almanac has a listing by team of all numbers ever worn, but that's

a lot of clicking and checking.

seawolf17
Mar 31 2020 06:30 AM
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Ryan Eades of the Twins, apparently.

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kcmets
Mar 31 2020 06:50 AM
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And there ya go, thanks...

seawolf17
Mar 31 2020 07:23 AM
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Baseball Reference does uniform numbers by season, thankfully. It's buried down at the bottom among their random links.

Edgy MD
Mar 31 2020 08:07 AM
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And the Mets 1986 batboys, but I couldn't find a good picture of them, though I tried. Backman doesn't count, though I suppose I shoulda specified "players" in the question. Jeez are youse picky. Picky, picky picky.

Fuck and yes.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 31 2020 08:38 AM
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=seawolf17 post_id=34421 time=1585661009 user_id=91]
Baseball Reference does uniform numbers by season, thankfully. It's buried down at the bottom among their random links.

Lots of ambiguity for a data site though. When 2 numbers in one season are listed it doesn't specify the dates worn, so it can't be cross-referenced with stats by number. Its source data had the same issue, and definitely not 100% convinced of its accuracy. It's relatively easy to find omissions and errors in that data you wouldn;t necessarily see in say, RBIs or batting averages

HahnSolo
Mar 31 2020 08:46 AM
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The 86 Bat boys. Always thought it was weird they were so front and center in the celebration. Hard not to get caught in the moment I guess.

LWFS
Apr 01 2020 07:42 AM
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I mean... without Paul, Carter's up there in the bottom of the 10th trying to fist a 2-1 pitch into left with, y'know, air.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Apr 01 2020 07:47 AM
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I felt like the first names on the backs of the jerseys humanized the 86 batboys and made them a part of the club. Nobody knows the first name of the batboys anymore.

Mets used to issue numberless jerseys to the batboys. I always felt it was better than some clubs who'd dress them in "BB". I think that Yankees did that for a while.

I'm not even sure what the Met bbs wear anymore

Edgy MD
Apr 01 2020 08:06 AM
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I think they've been wearing BB in recent seasons. Wearing the last two digits of the season has been problematic since 2010, so they went to blanks, I think, followed by BBs.

It was easier to spot when the Mets had batboys as big as Lucas Duda.

Willets Point
Apr 01 2020 08:55 AM
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Who was the enormously large bat boy?

kcmets
Apr 01 2020 09:07 AM
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Funny, I was thinking of monsterously huge guy before but was on my phone and didn't

post. I'm sure I've spelled monsterously wrong but my browser recommendations for a

replacement look even worse?

Frayed Knot
Apr 01 2020 11:23 AM
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Willets Point wrote:

Who was the enormously large bat boy?

Jim

Willets Point
Apr 01 2020 02:35 PM
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Thanks!

Edgy MD
Apr 01 2020 02:39 PM
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Jim was a special guest star in Benny Agbayani's career highlight.

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Willets Point
Apr 01 2020 02:41 PM
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Are we sure that Jim wasn't a BatAdult?

Edgy MD
Apr 01 2020 04:24 PM
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I think he worked a year or two after that, and his frame filled out even more.

41Forever
Apr 01 2020 04:24 PM
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Strawberry was talking about the 1986 team on the Baseball Tonight podcast. Olney was declaring the 1998 MFYs as the greatest team in the history of baseball -- that's not hyperbole -- and Straw said the 1986 Mets were better. He said the competition was tougher in 1986, with even Olney fessing that the Yankees beat up on the expansion Devil Rays. Straw had interesting things to say about Gary Carter, calling him one of his mentors. He said he admired Carter's abilities and his happiness.

It's a good episode, aside from Olney's MFY fanboyness and his not mentioning the batboys.