Quick Quiz

[CubColtPacer]

For those that like this, here is a quiz to help see if your perceptions line up with what is happening on the field (along with some statistical quirks). Feel free to take guesses in the posts below or just look at the spoiler tags. Some are obvious, and some may surprise. Ask your own as well!

 

1) Which unit is ranked higher in the NL: offense runs scored, starters ERA, or bullpen ERA?

 

Answer:

 

The bullpen ERA is 12th in the NL which is best. Runs scored and starters ERA are both 14th

 

 

2) There are two Cubs players ranked in the top 17 of the majors in LD percentage. Name them.

 

Answer:

 

Darwin Barney with 25.9% and Bryan LaHair with 25.4%

 

 

3) This Cubs player has the 5th highest BABIP in baseball so far:

 

Answer:

 

Bryan LaHair at .392

 

 

4) This Cubs player has the 10th highest GB percentage in baseball:

 

Answer:

 

Ian Stewart with 56.5%

 

 

5) This Cubs player has the 3rd highest HR/FB rate in baseball:

 

Answer:

 

This is also LaHair with a 30.8%

 

 

6) Which Cubs starter is in the top 20 in K/9?

 

Answer:

 

Jeff Samarzdija, 18th best with 8.92 K/9

 

 

7) Which Cubs starter is in the worst 30 of HR/9?

 

 

Matt Garza, 28th worst with 1.24 HR/9

 

 

8) What Cubs starter has given up one of the 10 highest BABIPs in the league?

 

Jeff Samarzdija, 9th highest at .332

 

 

9) There are 3 Cubs in the top 10 of defensive WAR on either fangraphs or baseball reference. Who are they?

 

Answer:

 

Alfonso Soriano on fangraphs, Darwin Barney and Starlin Castro on BR

 

[Guest]

This is awesome.

[UMFan83]

Good stuff!

 

 

1. Wrong. I took the trap and guessed starter's ERA. I didnt realize it fell off so much

2. Got Barney, but for some reason guessed Castro and not LaHair

3. Got this one

4. Guesed Castro and got it wrong

5. Got this one

6. Got this one but it was mostly a guess

7. Got this one, just a guess that it wouldnt be an obvious starter like Volstad

8. Guessed Maholm, wouldnt have guessed Shark

9. Got Barney and Castro as I have read that on here, but guessed LaHair for the other one.

 

[jersey cubs fan]

 

There's a bomb on a bus?

 

I actually just looked at a couple of these earlier, knew some others, and made some guesses so all I missed was #8.

[Vanilla Ice]

I whiffed on #1, got #2 half right, and nailed the rest