Brewster Trivia

[usnspecialist]

So i will be trying a new recurring feature. As those of you who have been around the league awhile I know, I have an odd enjoyment of compiling spreadsheets full of (mostly) useless information about the league and its history. I figured it might be fun to put those to use here for common enjoyment. How I envision this going is that I will post a question and leave it up either until someone gets it or it is obvious nobody is going to, at which point I will edit the initial post with another question and bump the thread. Some basic things are listed below.

-Please quote this post when you answer, so that everyone knows what question you are guessing for.
-Honor system is in play here, you can find a lot of these out yourself by poking around in game or HTML leaderboards, but why ruin the fun (or "fun")
-If I reference "active" players, that is defined as having thrown at least 1/3 of an inning or taking 1 AB during the previous FULL season at the BBA level, in addition to not retiring (this will include guys in the UMEBA if they played in the BBA during that time span).
-Cutoff for active leaderboards are 500 IP (or 100 Saves), and 2000 AB.

QUESTION 15: Which BBA player has the most career WAR to NEVER have led the entire BBA (not individual league) in a season?

EDIT: I should say that all of these numbers are compiled using the stats+ leaderboards, which can differ for WAR from the HTML for some unknown reason.

[usnspecialist]

LEADERBOARD:
Ron Collins - 6 (2,5,9,10,11x2)
Tyler Simmons - 4 (7,8x2,9)
Fred Holmes - 2 (6,10)
Joe Lederer - 2 (3,13)
Kevin Spencer - 1 (1)
Jim Roberts - 1 (6)
Matt Rectenwald - 1 (7)
NONE- 1 (4)

[usnspecialist]

I realize the new guys are kinda fucked here in the beginning, but I will try to keep these relatively current so hopefully as you stay in (assuming this actually takes off), you will start to recognize some of the names.

[handaspencer]

So i will be trying a new recurring feature. As those of you who have been around the league awhile I know, I have an odd enjoyment of compiling spreadsheets full of (mostly) useless information about the league and its history. I figured it might be fun to put those to use here for common enjoyment. How I envision this going is that I will post a question and leave it up either until someone gets it or it is obvious nobody is going to, at which point I will edit the initial post with another question and bump the thread. Some basic things are listed below.

-Please quote this post when you answer, so that everyone knows what question you are guessing for.
-Honor system is in play here, you can find a lot of these out yourself by poking around in game or HTML leaderboards, but why ruin the fun (or "fun")
-If I reference "active" players, that is defined as having thrown at least 1/3 of an inning or taking 1 AB during the previous FULL season at the BBA level, in addition to not retiring (this will include guys in the UMEBA if they played in the BBA during that time span).
-Cutoff for active leaderboards are 500 IP (or 100 Saves), and 2000 AB.

QUESTION 1:
Which active BBA pitcher has the most WAR without throwing a shutout in their career?

Dan Cannon with the Rockville Pikeman has 49.7 career war with 0 career shutouts in 10 full seasons in the BBA.

[usnspecialist]

So i will be trying a new recurring feature. As those of you who have been around the league awhile I know, I have an odd enjoyment of compiling spreadsheets full of (mostly) useless information about the league and its history. I figured it might be fun to put those to use here for common enjoyment. How I envision this going is that I will post a question and leave it up either until someone gets it or it is obvious nobody is going to, at which point I will edit the initial post with another question and bump the thread. Some basic things are listed below.

-Please quote this post when you answer, so that everyone knows what question you are guessing for.
-Honor system is in play here, you can find a lot of these out yourself by poking around in game or HTML leaderboards, but why ruin the fun (or "fun")
-If I reference "active" players, that is defined as having thrown at least 1/3 of an inning or taking 1 AB during the previous FULL season at the BBA level, in addition to not retiring (this will include guys in the UMEBA if they played in the BBA during that time span).
-Cutoff for active leaderboards are 500 IP (or 100 Saves), and 2000 AB.

QUESTION 1:
Which active BBA pitcher has the most WAR without throwing a shutout in their career?

Dan Cannon with the Rockville Pikeman has 49.7 career war with 0 career shutouts in 10 full seasons in the BBA.

Either Kevin doesnt qualify as a new guy anymore, or he is hell bent on making a mockery of my theory (im choosing to ignore the possibility that he is a dirty rotten cheater).

[RonCo]

Looking at low stamina starters on good teams, I would have guessed Rockville's Bob Coleman without looking. But Cannon's an interesting answer.

[RonCo]

Either Kevin doesnt qualify as a new guy anymore, or he is hell bent on making a mockery of my theory (im choosing to ignore the possibility that he is a dirty rotten cheater).

Hey, don't rag on a guy for doing their homework.

[usnspecialist]

bumping for question 2, the answer to #1 was Dan Cannon.

[usnspecialist]

Either Kevin doesnt qualify as a new guy anymore, or he is hell bent on making a mockery of my theory (im choosing to ignore the possibility that he is a dirty rotten cheater).

Hey, don't rag on a guy for doing their homework.

credit where credit is due, he nailed it right out of the gate (and I thought that one wasnt the easiest one to start with).

[RonCo]

QUESTION 2:
Which active BBA pitcher has the highest Quality Start Percentage (100 starts minimum)?

Pure guess...Ken Walter.

[handaspencer]

Either Kevin doesnt qualify as a new guy anymore, or he is hell bent on making a mockery of my theory (im choosing to ignore the possibility that he is a dirty rotten cheater).

Hey, don't rag on a guy for doing their homework.

credit where credit is due, he nailed it right out of the gate (and I thought that one wasnt the easiest one to start with).

After winning 74 games I just wanted to finish 1st in something

[usnspecialist]

QUESTION 2:
Which active BBA pitcher has the highest Quality Start Percentage (100 starts minimum)?

Pure guess...Ken Walter.

That would have been one of my first guesses too, but he sits 18th at 57.69%.

[usnspecialist]

Hey, don't rag on a guy for doing their homework.

credit where credit is due, he nailed it right out of the gate (and I thought that one wasnt the easiest one to start with).

After winning 74 games I just wanted to finish 1st in something

well you may not finish there, but you certainly started there.

[RonCo]

QUESTION 2:
Which active BBA pitcher has the highest Quality Start Percentage (100 starts minimum)?

Pure guess...Ken Walter.

That would have been one of my first guesses too, but he sits 18th at 57.69%.

Chris Kelly?

[bcslouck]

Behner?

[bcslouck]

I'm not doing research. I'm just going with my gut on these.

[crobillard]

Arthur Dempster? Not even sure if I’m spelling it correctly but I don’t want to look it up. Dude in Rockville.

[usnspecialist]

No on Kelly, behner and dempster. Will look up their exact places when I get back to my computer.

[indiansfan]

Question 2 - QS - my guess is Gracia from California. Regularly pitches 200+ innings

[RonCo]

I'd go Ramos before Gracia...but that's just a gut feel. Both have got to be up there.