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50/50 Mystery Lineup Challenge: Starting Rotation

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cjedmonton

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Sep 20, 2009
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Great White North
Thanks to the 27 who entered.

The next step is to reveal and score your starting rotation.

As a reminder, each contestant must be willing to score their own lineup. It's extremely easy (and hopefully fun) to do, but no one will do it for you. Participation is required if you want a chance to win!

Deciphering Your Numbers

The 1st number for each of your starting pitchers refers to their rank as one of the top 50 winningest pitchers in baseball history.

The 2nd number refers to the single season win total during that pitcher's career you will use to score their line (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc...). All single seasons are created equally, no matter how many wins, starts, or innings they pitched.

If the 2nd number is greater than the length of that pitcher's career, simply continue counting from Year 1 until you get to your 2nd number.

Example: You drew Sandy Koufax with 31 as his 2nd number. Since Koufax only played 12 years, you'd have to go through his career twice (24), and up to his 7th season to get to 31. You would use his win total in Year 7 to score his line.

Scoring

Once you determine each player and the single season you will be using, locate their win total for that year.

Non-Hall of Famer: 1 point for each win
Hall of Famer: 2 points for each win

Add up the scores for all 5 starting pitchers and post your score in this thread.

I will keep this thread open until sometime on Friday the 28th. Once it is closed, that's it! If you didn't post your score, you lose those points.

Contestants are encouraged to spot check each other`s posted total.

A similar thread will be introduced for the remaining positions.

If you have any questions, be sure to ask! Good luck and have fun.

Field

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Top 50

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Stats (please ignore the rank on this page, as it does not provide a unique number for tied players)

Major League Baseball Stats | MLB.com: Stats
 
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Sjrmn91

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Apr 29, 2009
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Minnesota
Starting Pitcher 1 27-48: R. Roberts- 10 wins
Starting Pitcher 2 17-36: G. Perry- 18 wins
Starting Pitcher 3 11-35: S. Carlton- 15 wins
Starting Pitcher 4 16-22: P. Niekro- 16 wins
Starting Pitcher 5 23- 39: L. Grove- 20 wins


x2 HOF multiplier for all equals final score of 158.
 

wildcat4

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Aug 7, 2008
652
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Southern Illinois
Starting Pitcher 1... 4-27: C.Mathewson - 25 wins (1909 season)
Starting Pitcher 2... 19-48: C.Radbourn - 59 wins (1884 season)
Starting Pitcher 3... 13-15: E.Plank - 21 wins (1915 season)
Starting Pitcher 4... 44-45: B.Gibson - 20 wins (1969 season)
Starting Pitcher 5... 2-21: W.Johnson - 5 wins (1927 season)

All are Hall of Famers... 130 wins x 2... score of 260.
 

homerun28aa

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Jun 8, 2011
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Starting Pitcher #1-Walter Johnson (15 Wins) (x2 HOFer)= 30 points
Starting Pitcher #2-Tony Mulane (23 Wins) NOT HOF=23 points
Starting Pitcher #3-Gaylord Perry (21 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=42 points
Starting Pitcher #4-Eddie Plank (23 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=46 points
Starting Pitcher #5-Warren Spahn (21 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=42 points

Total points=183 points
 

Hendersonfan

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May 2, 2011
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Buckeye Country
Starting Pitcher 1 - Cy Young - 12th Season (1901) 33 Wins * 2 (HOF) = 66
Starting Pitcher 2 - Walter Johnson - 38th Season (1925) 20 Wins * 2 (HOF) = 40
Starting Pitcher 3 - John Clarkson - 1st Season (1882) 1 Win * 2 (HOF) = 2
Starting Pitcher 4 - Tom Seaver - 50th Season (1976) 14 Wins * 2 (HOF) = 28
Starting Pitcher 5 - Early Wynn - 35th Season (1952) 23 Wins * 2 (HOF) = 46
Wins for starting rotation (66+40+2+28+46) = 182
 
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mredsox89

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Miami/Boston
SP 1: 18-44, Seaver-18 x2 = 36
SP 2: 25-38, T. John-13x1 = 13
SP 3: 5-45, Spahn-21x2 = 42
SP 4: 15-48, Sutton-11x2 =22
SP 5: 7-10, Nichols-21x2 =42

Total = 155
 

TramFan3

Member
Dec 7, 2008
317
10
Cy Young 36
Grover Alexander 21
Kid Nichols 11
Steve Carlton 23
Gaylord Perry 3
94 Wins
All HOF, so 188
Thanks for nothing, compiler.
 

Y4NK335

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Aug 7, 2008
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TBD
ALL HOF (x2)
3/47Alexander, G30 wins30 x 2 = 60
4/46Mathewson, C26 wins26 x 2 = 52
5/45Spahn, W21 wins21 x 2 = 42
6/44Galvin, J20 wins20 x 2 = 40
7/43Nichols, K21 wins21 x 2 = 42
TOTAL236
 

aarne13

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Oct 15, 2008
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The Permian Basin
E.Plank- 14 wins x 2 = 28
Mussina - 17 wins x 1= 17
Clemens - 9 wins x 1 = 9 :x
R.Johnson- 6 wins x 1= 6 :benson:
Morris- 16 wins x 1 = 16

yeesh. 76
 

Anthony K.

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Aug 7, 2008
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Enterprise, Alabama
Blyleven - 10 HOF - 20
Niekro - 16 HOF - 32
Maddux - 16
Galvin - 13 HOF - 26
Johnson - 20

Total: 104

Of course, two guaranteed HoF in my rotation, but cannot count them yet :( Also, I was about two years off on Galvin. Could have gotten somewhere in the 40 win mark anywhere from like 2-6 years earlier.
 

Gwynn545

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Aug 29, 2008
5,526
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North Seattle
Starting Pitcher #1-Spahn (6 Wins) (x2 HOFer)= 12 points
Starting Pitcher #2-Keefe (6 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=12 points
Starting Pitcher #3-Seaver (16 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=32 points
Starting Pitcher #4-Carlton (24 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=48 points
Starting Pitcher #5-W. Johnson (25 Wins) (x2 HOFer)=50 points

Total points=154 points

Dang...Keefe had a stretch of 6-7 years averaging about 40 wins...I get his rookie year= 6!
Spahn averages 20+ but I got his last year = 6...
::facepalm::
 

WaxPax

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SP1 10/31 Tim Keefe 17 x2 HOF=34
SP2 11/23 Steve Carlton 6 x2HOF=12
SP3 12/26 John Clarkson 10 x2 HOF=20
Sp4 3/11 Grover Alexander 15x2HOF =30
SP5 8/24 Gregg Maddox 2 = 2

Total score = 98

I missed Keefe’s 41 win season by 1 :benson: Clarkson’s 53 win season by 1:benson:, and Alexander’s 27 win season by 1:benson:…I managed to get Carlton’s next to last year:benson:, and Maddox’s first season:benson:….What potential this had… UGH , and yes it was worth 5 Benson's...LOL
 

oiccup41

Member
Aug 27, 2010
707
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Maine
Can't believe that I forgot to add my closer. :mad:

3-7 - Pete Alexander - 30 wins x2=60
21-41 - Tom Glavine - 13 wins
1-19 - Cy Young - 21 wins x2=42
42-46 - Jack Morris - 21 wins
17-31 - Gaylord Perry - 21 wins x2=42

Total = 178
 

cjedmonton

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Sep 20, 2009
1,891
316
Great White North
Can't believe that I forgot to add my closer. :mad:

It's not too late! Fire off your numbers before Friday and you're good.

It doesn't look like anyone's having issues with the scoring.

Here's the current leaderboard.

1st wildcat4 260
2nd Y4NK335 236
3rd TramFan3 188
4th homerun28aa 183
5th oiccup41 178
6th Sjrmn91 158
7th mredsox89 155
8th Gwynn545 154
9th Anthony K. 104
10th WaxPax 98
11th aarne13 76

The next thread will roll out on Friday and will include your Closer, Catcher, and DH.
 

muskiesfan

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Aug 7, 2008
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Murfreesboro, TN
SP1 12/35- John Clarkson (HOF), 16x2= 32
SP2 8/27- Greg Maddux, 19x1= 19
SP3 16/20- Phil Niekro (HOF), 11x2= 22
SP4 40/50- Ted Lyons (HOF), 22x2= 44
SP5 25/35- Tommy John, 13x1= 13

Total- 130

I didn't do so well on that one. :lol:
 

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