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Willets Point Aug 02 2007 09:57 AM

Julio Franco was released by the Braves yesterday. In his long career, how many pitchers do you think he's faced? Bonus questions: How many of those pitchers are already retired? How many of the pitchers Franco faced are now in the Hall of Fame? No looking up the answers! Closest without going over wins. Once some folks have taken some guesses, I'll share the great resource that was the source of this trivia question.

metirish Aug 02 2007 09:59 AM

Pitchers faced = 1289

seawolf17 Aug 02 2007 10:06 AM

Let's see. He's played 23 seasons. Figure an average of about 110 games a season, because he's been a part-timer the second half of his career. That's about 2500 games. Figure 3+ ABs a game, so let's say that's 8000 ABs. I think Irish's guess is pretty close, but I'll go lower; say 1200 even. Of those, let's say 50% are retired. 600. How many HoFers? 9.

Edgy DC Aug 02 2007 10:07 AM

He's faced 617 pitchers, 489 of which are retired, 9 of which are in the Hall of Fame

Johnny Dickshot Aug 02 2007 10:08 AM

I have no clue. I'll say 600 pitchers, 20 Hall of Famers, 450 retired.

TransMonk Aug 02 2007 10:13 AM

1200 total pitchers sounds about right per seawolf's math above, I would think closer to 75% have retired, so I'd say 900, 8 HOFers.

Nymr83 Aug 02 2007 10:24 AM Re: Trivia Thursday

Willets Point wrote: Julio Franco was released by the Braves yesterday. In his long career, how many pitchers do you think he's faced? Bonus questions: How many of those pitchers are already retired? How many of the pitchers Franco faced are now in the Hall of Fame? No looking up the answers! Closest without going over wins. Once some folks have taken some guesses, I'll share the great resource that was the source of this trivia question. I'll guess he faced about 2600 different pitchers, that 2400 of them are now officially retired, and that 6 of them are now in the Hall of Fame Hall of Famers that I would guess he faced: Steve Carlton, Dennis Eckersley, Ferguie Jenkins, Nolan Ryan, Bruce Sutter, Phil Niekro. that last number should skyrocket soon as I'm sure he has faced Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens, whatever modern era relievers get in (Rivera? Hoffman?) and the 3-5 starters currently pitching that aren't locks yet but will get there

Willets Point Aug 02 2007 10:31 AM

TransMonk wrote: 1200 total pitchers sounds about right per seawolf's math above, I would think closer to 75% have retired, so I'd say 900, 8 HOFers. Monk gets 1 point for correctly guessing the HOF pitchers. I'll take guesses on who those 8 pitchers are for more points.

DocTee Aug 02 2007 10:35 AM

1100 pitchers, 966 retired. HoF: Ryan Carlton Sutter Seaver Eckersley Perry Niekro Jenkins

Benjamin Grimm Aug 02 2007 10:36 AM

8 Hall of Famers? Namor listed six: Steve Carlton, Dennis Eckersley, Ferguie Jenkins, Nolan Ryan, Bruce Sutter, Phil Niekro I'm going to guess that he faced Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers. Are those the correct eight?

Willets Point Aug 02 2007 11:47 AM

1. Carlton (.125 points NYMR) 2. Eckersley (.125 points NYMR) 3. Fingers (.125 points Yancy) 4. Niekro (.125 points NYMR) 5. _____________ 6. Perry (.125 points DocTee) 7. Seaver (.125 points DocTee) 8. _____________

HahnSolo Aug 02 2007 11:57 AM

Jim Palmer?

Gwreck Aug 02 2007 12:08 PM

Don Sutton.

Willets Point Aug 02 2007 12:13 PM

1. Carlton (.125 points NYMR) 2. Eckersley (.125 points NYMR) 3. Fingers (.125 points Yancy) 4. Niekro (.125 points NYMR) 5. Palmer (.125 points HahnSolo) 6. Perry (.125 points DocTee) 7. Seaver (.125 points DocTee) 8. Sutton (.125 points Gwreck) Good job. Any more guesses on total # of pitchers and number of retired pitchers.

Willets Point Aug 02 2007 02:30 PM

Guess I shouldn't run a trivia quiz against a day game. The answers: Julio Franco faced 1167 different pitchers in his career (DocTee's guess of 1100 is closest without going over). 857 of those pitchers are now retired (Seawolf's guess of 600 is closest without going over) Final Score: DocTee 1.25 TransMonk 1 Seawolf 1 Nymr .375 Yancy .125 HahnSolo .125 Gwreck .125 And the source of this trivia is the Baseball-Reference weblog Stat of the Day.