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Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:18 PM

Okay, Trivia Time! Inspired by the Jason Tyner thread, I generated a list of the single-iest Mets of all time. I took only the players with 500 or more at bats as a Met. (Through Sunday's game, that would be 135 players.) I then calculated their "singles percentage." In other words, what percentage of their hits were singles. The "winner" had a singles percentage of 88.39. There are twenty Mets with an all-time singles percentage over 80. Three of them are pitchers. (The three pitchers rank number 4, 13, and 14.) The all-time lowest singles percentage belongs to a player whose 50.51 is almost four points better than the runner-up, who has a 54.24. Question: Who's the guy with the highest, who's the guy with the lowest? Please make only two guesses each (one for high and one for low) until your guess is acknowledged. If you make any additional guesses I'll probably ignore them, just for sanity's sake. When I respond to your guess, I'll give the actual rank of the player. When this little quiz runs its course, I'll post the full list of 135 players. GO!

Gwreck May 12 2008 12:19 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 12 2008 12:22 PM

Edit (can't read directions) High: Mookie Wilson Low: Kingman

Frayed Knot May 12 2008 12:20 PM

Low = Millan High = Strawberry

AG/DC May 12 2008 12:22 PM

Highest percentage of hits for singles would be Tim Foli. Highest percentage of hits for singles would be David Arthur Kingman.

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:25 PM

Gwreck wrote: Edit (can't read directions) High: Mookie Wilson Low: Kingman Mookie, middle of the pack, 53rd place, 73.74% Kong, almost! 132 out of 135, 54.81%

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:26 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Low = Millan High = Strawberry Millan: 10th place, 82.37% Strawberry: 134th place! 54.24%

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:27 PM

AG/DC wrote: Highest percentage of hits for singles would be Tim Foli. Highest percentage of hits for singles would be David Arthur Kingman. Kingman: see above. Foli: 23rd place, 78.86% And yes, the three pitchers are Koosman (4th place), Gooden (13th) and Seaver (14th)

AG/DC May 12 2008 12:30 PM

May I guess again?

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:32 PM

Yep. Once your guess is acknowledged, you can go again. (I'm just trying to avoid having somebody tossing out dozens of guesses at a time.)

AG/DC May 12 2008 12:36 PM

Jose

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:39 PM

DING DING DING! Jose Oquendo had a singles percentage of 88.39, the highest in Mets history for players with over 500 at bats. (He had 517 at bats and 112 hits, 99 of which were singles.)

Frayed Knot May 12 2008 12:40 PM

Good Lord!, 9 Mets had a higher pct of singles than Felix Millan?!?!? Bud Harrelson

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:42 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Bud Harrelson If my arbitrary cutoff was 1,000 at bats instead of 500, Bud Harrelson would be our winner. As it is, he comes in in sixth place with an 83.09%. (And Darryl Strawberry, instead of being second best, would be the all-time champ, but by a narrow margin.)

Fman99 May 12 2008 12:46 PM

Guessing. NOT CHEATING. :P Highest: Bud Harrelson Lowest: HoJo

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:49 PM

Harrelson, see above. HoJo: 130th out of 135, 57.47%

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 12:54 PM

What we've learned so far: 1 Oquendo, José 88.39 4 Koosman, Jerry 84.69 6 Harrelson, Bud 83.09 10 Millan, Felix 82.37 13 Gooden, Dwight 81.25 14 Seaver, Tom 80.82 23 Foli, Tim 78.86 53 Wilson, Mookie 73.74 130 Johnson, Howard 57.47 132 Kingman, Dave 54.81 134 Strawberry, Darryl 54.24 135 ??? 50.51

AG/DC May 12 2008 01:00 PM

Mke Cameron.

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 01:01 PM

Mike Cameron it is!

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2008 01:04 PM

AB H XBH 1B Pct. 1 Oquendo, José 517 112 13 88.39 2 Bailor, Bob 797 212 28 86.79 3 Treviño, Alex 733 192 28 85.42 4 Koosman, Jerry 807 98 15 84.69 5 Kanehl, Rod 796 192 32 83.33 6 Harrelson, Bud 4390 1029 174 83.09 7 McMillan, Roy 1127 255 44 82.75 8 Backman, Wally 2369 670 116 82.69 9 Cannizzaro, Chris 581 137 24 82.48 10 Millan, Felix 2677 743 131 82.37 11 Flynn, Doug 2137 500 89 82.20 12 Vizcaino, José 1282 361 67 81.44 13 Gooden, Dwight 730 144 27 81.25 14 Seaver, Tom 975 146 28 80.82 15 Ordóñez, Rey 2937 720 140 80.56 16 Phillips, Mike 731 183 36 80.33 17 Santana, Rafael 1514 376 74 80.32 18 Giles, Brian 545 127 25 80.31 19 Grote, Jerry 3881 994 196 80.28 20 Taveras, Frank 1480 389 77 80.21 21 Hahn, Don 800 189 38 79.89 22 Gardenhire, Ron 710 165 34 79.39 23 Foli, Tim 719 175 37 78.86 24 Coleman, Vince 880 238 51 78.57 25 Maddox, Elliott 1024 261 57 78.16 26 Orsulak, Joe 991 274 60 78.10 27 Martinez, Ted 1068 251 55 78.09 28 Gonder, Jesse 572 155 34 78.06 29 Hiller, Chuck 594 144 32 77.78 30 Hodges, Ron 1426 342 77 77.49 31 Boswell, Ken 2116 528 120 77.27 32 Unser, Del 807 219 50 77.17 33 Weis, Al 653 125 29 76.80 34 Randle, Lenny 950 258 60 76.74 35 Magadan, Dave 2088 610 142 76.72 36 Hunt, Ron 1683 474 111 76.58 37 Franco, Matt 621 158 37 76.58 38 Cedeño, Roger 1448 404 95 76.49 39 Brooks, Hubie 2400 640 152 76.25 40 Buchek, Jerry 603 132 32 75.76 41 Torre, Joe 722 193 47 75.65 42 Miller, Keith 772 204 51 75.00 43 Garrett, Wayne 2817 667 168 74.81 44 Dyer, Duffy 1050 230 58 74.78 45 Johnson, Lance 947 309 78 74.76 46 Vail, Mike 584 153 39 74.51 47 Lo Duca, Paul 957 284 73 74.30 48 Jones, Cleon 4223 1188 308 74.07 49 Kranepool, Ed 5436 1418 368 74.05 50 Knight, Ray 850 230 60 73.91 51 Alomar, Roberto 853 226 59 73.89 52 Boisclair, Bruce 917 241 63 73.86 53 Wilson, Mookie 4027 1112 292 73.74 54 Neal, Charlie 761 189 50 73.54 55 Payton, Jay 1154 321 85 73.52 56 Baerga, Carlos 1061 283 75 73.50 57 Hernandez, Keith 3164 939 249 73.48 58 Chavez, Endy 546 158 42 73.42 59 Charles, Ed 861 214 57 73.36 60 Lyons, Barry 545 131 35 73.28 61 Lopez, Luis 548 137 37 72.99 62 Henderson, Rickey 534 159 43 72.96 63 Christopher, Joe 1400 371 101 72.78 64 Davis, Tommy 577 174 48 72.41 65 Valentine, Ellis 506 132 37 71.97 66 Henderson, Steve 1800 516 145 71.90 67 Marshall, Dave 559 136 39 71.32 68 Montanez, Willie 1019 252 73 71.03 69 Carreon, Mark 596 162 47 70.99 70 McEwing, Joe 1048 255 74 70.98 71 Wilson, Vance 649 165 48 70.91 72 Sasser, Mackey 944 267 78 70.79 73 Matsui, Kaz 857 219 64 70.78 74 Perez, Timo 1078 297 87 70.71 75 Jorgensen, Mike 800 187 55 70.59 76 Shinjo, Tsuyoshi 514 129 38 70.54 77 Heep, Danny 918 241 71 70.54 78 Ochoa, Alex 557 152 45 70.39 79 Staub, Rusty 2571 709 212 70.10 80 Mazzilli, Lee 3013 796 238 70.10 81 Stearns, John 2679 695 208 70.07 82 Lewis, Johnny 677 153 46 69.93 83 Swoboda, Ron 2212 536 162 69.78 84 Phillips, Jason 791 207 63 69.57 85 Alfonzo, Edgardo 3897 1136 346 69.54 86 Thomas, Frank 1188 311 95 69.45 87 Reyes, José 2657 751 230 69.37 88 Smith, Charley 942 228 71 68.86 89 Jefferies, Gregg 1713 472 147 68.86 90 Carter, Gary 2176 542 169 68.82 91 Youngblood, Joel 1897 519 164 68.40 92 Shamsky, Art 1186 316 101 68.04 93 Darling, Ron 519 75 24 68.00 94 Agee, Tommie 2416 632 203 67.88 95 Dykstra, Lenny 1686 469 151 67.80 96 Elster, Kevin 1584 355 115 67.61 97 O'Brien, Charlie 580 123 40 67.48 98 Pratt, Todd 555 147 48 67.35 99 Boyer, Ken 662 171 56 67.25 100 Huskey, Butch 1385 366 121 66.94 101 Zeile, Todd 1423 368 122 66.85 102 Foster, George 2389 602 200 66.78 103 Hickman, Jim 1824 439 147 66.51 104 Olerud, John 1662 524 177 66.22 105 Green, Shawn 559 159 54 66.04 106 Kent, Jeff 1831 510 175 65.69 107 Bell, Derek 546 145 50 65.52 108 Vaughn, Mo 566 141 49 65.25 109 Agbayani, Benny 937 264 92 65.15 110 Murray, Eddie 1161 318 111 65.09 111 Everett, Carl 924 231 81 64.94 112 Milner, John 2389 586 206 64.85 113 Clendenon, Donn 861 230 81 64.78 114 Boston, Daryl 910 242 86 64.46 115 McReynolds, Kevin 2910 791 289 63.46 116 Brogna, Rico 814 237 89 62.45 117 Teufel, Tim 1279 328 125 61.89 118 McRae, Brian 995 248 95 61.69 119 Wigginton, Ty 1001 270 104 61.48 120 Gilkey, Bernard 1353 370 146 60.54 121 Wright, David 2157 666 265 60.21 122 Burnitz, Jeromy 1119 265 106 60.00 123 Thompson, Ryan 997 238 96 59.66 124 Ventura, Robin 1513 394 159 59.64 125 Piazza, Mike 3478 1028 415 59.63 126 Floyd, Cliff 1643 440 178 59.55 127 Hundley, Todd 2549 612 249 59.31 128 Valentin, José 550 144 60 58.33 129 Bonilla, Bobby 1779 481 201 58.21 130 Johnson, Howard 3968 997 424 57.47 131 Delgado, Carlos 1189 308 135 56.17 132 Kingman, Dave 2323 509 230 54.81 133 Beltran, Carlos 1767 477 218 54.30 134 Strawberry, Darryl 3903 1025 469 54.24 135 Cameron, Mike 801 198 98 50.51

Fman99 May 12 2008 01:12 PM

I feel vindicated by my own ability to place both of my guesses in the top/bottom 10.