Announcing the High Heat Stats Player Quiz!

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I’m very, very sorry to announce the High Heat Stats Player Quiz, as whatever free time you had is about to be sucked up.

This quiz is totally free (at some point you might have to watch a video ad when you begin a new session).

To learn more about the quiz, go to the quiz page. Note that you can reach this page from the button on the navigation bar at the top saying “Player Quiz”. From there, there’s a link to launch the actual quiz.

Thanks to Sean Lahman for the use of his database, and to Aaron M. for coding this to my specifications.

Go crazy, folks!

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Dr. Doom

11 years ago

AMAZING!

Thanks for this. I do have one feature request (but only if it’s easy). It would be nice if there were a “show answer” button or something. That would make it easy to figure out if you really get stumped. Just a thought.

Dr. Doom

11 years ago

Reply to Dr. Doom

Oh I see. If I guess wrong, the right answer comes up. Never mind. Thanks for this, though!

bstar

11 years ago

Holy shith. Yeah, this seems more fun than a Rangers-Astros game, I gotta admit. Minor quibble: is it possible to list the player’s primary defensive position first? In the years where the player played multiple positions, this feature seems to list positions roughly according to this order: 1B-2B-SS-3B-CF-DH-LF-RF (not sure about catcher yet) It lists them in this order irregardless of how many games are played at each position. Here’s an example: 1973 KC pos: 3B, DH, LF 1974 KC pos: 3B, DH, LF 1975 KC pos: 3B, DH, LF This implies that we should be looking for a third… Read more »

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Andy

11 years ago

Reply to bstar

It’s supposed to be ranked by games–it was an oversight. I’ll see if I can get that fixed. The guy who coded this is a friend of a friend and he’s pretty damn awesome.

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John Autin

11 years ago

Oh, dear. Fun, fun, fun!

As noted, the positional info can be confusing. Bing Miller (whom I wasn’t going to guess anyway) was listed *only* as 1B with the 1926 Browns — B-R has him playing only OF for them, no 1B.

Luis Gomez

11 years ago

Andy, are you trying to get me fired? (or divorced)

This reminds me of a game I used to play with my brother, in which someone would read a player´s stats in a baseball card and the other tried to guess the player´s name.

Great job, Andy!

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John Autin

11 years ago

Humbling, it is. I never would have believed that John Lowenstein ever stole 36 bases in a season!

Dr. Doom

11 years ago

Oh, and I officially LOVE being able to filter by PAs. That means you can start easy (I went with 8000 PAs) until you feel like you’ve got a pretty good handle on those, and then add 500 or 1000 at a time. It’s pretty amazing.

bstar

11 years ago

Reply to Dr. Doom

I started with 3000 PA and playing after 1980, because the seventies is when I started watching baseball. If I go before, I tend to only get the obvious ones. I need to brush up on my pre-1975 baseball.

This is ridiculously addictive.

Luis Gomez

11 years ago

I just finished 68 of 100, with 3000+ PA, batters playing after 1970.

Who knows I would have guessed Tito Fuentes correctly?

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John Autin

11 years ago

I started with 1,000 PAs and playing since 1893. No wonder I suck! 🙂

cubbies

11 years ago

LOVE this game. ill be busy for months with this thing.

one question: is there a reason why it doesnt have career totals? i know a lot of players by their totals, and i feel just a little bit jipped when i cant see the numbers. thoughts on adding them?