Immaculate Grid

[cal sharpie]

LAD/FLA: Jim Eisenreich 0.4%
LAD/TEX: Todd Zeile 0.5%
LAD 300 hits: Eddie Murray 19%
LAA/MIA: Devon White 8%
LAA/TEX: Josh Hamilton 28%
LAA/300 hits: Rod Carew 41%
BOIS/MIA: Mike Lowell 18%
BOS/TEX: Mike Napoli 12%
BOS/300 hits: Tris Speaker 5%

[batmagadanleadoff]

I also guessed Williams wrong. Todd Zeile would have been good for at least 2 squares today

Williams missed too much time due to his military commitments. And he walked a heck of a lot. Still, with all that working against hm, he only missed by less than two seasons worth of hits. Rickey Henderson and Eddie Murray are good answers. Henderson also played for the Dodgers, so 3,000 hits in the LA box, too.

[Frayed Knot]

A rare immaculate for me.
Tonight's starter Andrew Heaney would work in each of the four upper/left squares: TEX/LAD, TEX/LAA, MIA/LAD, MIA/LAA

[Benjamin Grimm]

I got my first eight guesses correct, but couldn't come up with an Oriole/Giant. I considered Casey Stengel, but went with Mike Cuellar. Both would have been wrong.

Orioles/Reds: Milt Pappas 3%
Orioles/Giants: --
Orioles/.300: George Sisler 19%
Astros/Reds: Joe Morgan 45%
Astros/Giants: JD Davis 4%
Astros/.300: Jose Altuve 95%
Padres/Reds: Randy Myers 3%
Padres/Giants: Kevin Mitchell 5%
Padres/.300 Tony Gwynn 96%

[cal sharpie]

Orioles/Reds: Frank Robinson 45%
Orioles/Giants: Tom O'Malley 0.3%
Orioles/.300: George Sisler 20%
Astros/Reds: Cesar Cedeno 3%
Astros/Giants: Dave Bergman 0.1%
Astros/.300: Jose Altuve 92%
Padres/Reds: Mike Cameron 2%
Padres/Giants: Gaylord Perry 3%
Padres/.300: Tony Gwynn 95%

Helped again by being in the Bay Area in the '70's/early '80's so my Giant knowledge of that time is good.

[Frayed Knot]

The odds of me even thinking about Tom O'Malley period much less knowing that he was a Giant AND that he was an Oriole are actually less than zero.


And in case anyone is wondering if there's a minimum number of ABs needed for the career .300 BA, the answer is no. I went with John Paciorek (brother of brief '85 NYM Tom) who went 3-for-3 in his only ML game for the Astros career .300 hitter. It was accepted.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I got my first eight guesses correct, but couldn't come up with an Oriole/Giant

Same here. Eight out of nine. Can't believe that the Orioles/Giants cell stumped me being that both of those teams have been around for more than 100 years. Maybe somebody'll come to me later.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I completed the Mets column today: Twins (Tim Teufel), Pirates (Jon Niese) and Rays (Lucas Duda). I got Rick Aguilera for Cubs/Twins and Travis d'Arnaud for Rays/Braves. I then tried to play the LaTroy Hawkins card for Rays/Cubs and failed, so I gave up.

What's interesting here is I think I was the first one to play the game today! When I entered Jon Niese for Mets/Pirates, the number in the corner was 100%. I then refreshed the page and it went down to 50%. Refreshed again, 33%. Once more, 25%. Now it's down to a much more reasonable 0.8%.

[Fman99]

My best rarity score yet...

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 151 9/9:
Rarity: 56
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ATL/MIN - Bartolo Colon 5%
NYM/MIN - Carlos Gomez 3%
CHC/MIN - LaTroy Hawkins 10%
ATL/PIT - Octavio Dotel 2%
NYM/PIT - Derek Bell 0.3%
CHC/PIT - Rich Hill 12%
ATL/TB - Fred McGriff 17%
NYM/TB - Bubba Trammell 0.8%
CHC/TB - Edwin Jackson 7%

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Only missed the Ray-Cub today. Turns out its not Octavio Dotel

[batmagadanleadoff]

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 151 9/9:
Rarity: 7
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[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Gene Clines was my Met-Pirate

Gene Simmons was my god of thunder

[batmagadanleadoff]

Eight out of nine. Had no idea on the 40 save Clevelander. The first two columns are all one-time Mets, thanks to the Royals and Mariners card threads I recently posted.

[Frayed Knot]

Could have had another Met with Isringhausen as the StL 40 save guy.


I knew not a KCR/CLE or a KCR/WAS

[Fman99]

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Rarity: 84
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40HR/SS - Manny Ramirez 1%
COL/SS - Troy Tulowitzki 9%
MVP/SS - Ichiro 3%
40HR/NYY - Maris 19%
COL/NYY - Adam Ottavino 9%
NYY/MVP - Mantle 17%
300BA/40HR - Rogers Hornsby 0.3%
300BA/COL - Todd Helton 22%
300BA/MVP - Barry Bonds 3%

[DocTee]

Immaculate Grid #4, Rarity Score of 62:

40HR/SS - Rafael Palmeiro (.6%)
COL/SS - Troy Tulowitzki (9%)
MVP/SS - Ken Griffey Jr (3%)
40HR/NYY - Aaron Judge (19%)
COL/NYY - Joe Girardi (3%)
NYY/MVP - Thurman Munson (4%)
300BA/40HR - Alex Rodriguez (6%)
300BA/COL - Larry Walker (16%)
300BA/MVP - Joe Mauer (2%)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Today's was easy even if you, like me, aren't entirely sure what Silver Sluggers are.

[dgwphotography]

I think the Saturday immaculate grid is the antithesis of the Sunday Times crossword


⚾️ Immaculate Grid 153 9/9:
Rarity: 77
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[Chad ochoseis]

Saturday is definitely the easy one. I got my first and only immaculate grid last week.

8 today. I forgot that Jeets was never named MVP.

[Edgy MD]

I think the Saturday immaculate grid is the antithesis of the Sunday Times crossword


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Rarity: 77
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Yeah, today is a good day to look beyond getting nine out of nine and aiming for a good rarity score. I got a 77 too.

[cal sharpie]

Pulled an Immaculate 27 today:

Slugger/40+ Cecil Fielder 0.5%
Slugger/Col Dante Bichette 6%
Slugger/MVP Dale Murphy 0.9%
MFY/40+ Curtis Granderson 6%
MFY/Col Denny Neagle 2%
MFY/MVP Yogi Berra 7%
.300/40+ Willie Mays 3%
.300/Col Matt Holliday 2%
.300/MVP Ernie Banks 0.2%

First time I kept everyone under 10%.

[Fman99]

Today's was easy even if you, like me, aren't entirely sure what Silver Sluggers are.

I hadn't noticed previously that the Saturday puzzles were easier than the rest. But I agree - the only challenge for me was coming up with a COL/NYY guy.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

My Yankee rockie was Ottavino, oh I see yours was too.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I think the Saturday immaculate grid is the antithesis of the Sunday Times crossword


⚾️ Immaculate Grid 153 9/9:
Rarity: 77
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Yeah, today is a good day to look beyond getting nine out of nine and aiming for a good rarity score. I got a 77 too.

I think it's harder to get a low rarity score on puzzle's like today's that are easier and full of statistical categories. The lowest rarity scores, I would think, come when all six categories are teams.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Rarity: 89
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Fairly is the answer to a trivia question that came in handy on today's puzzle: the first player to have played for both Canadian teams.

I think that this is the first time that I played a National instead of an Expo.