Can you name the Baseball Lingo? by CountingCrowes

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Baseball Statistics Lingo Quiz

by CountingCrowes

Created Sep 29, 2009 in Sports
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	cocky:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:15 GMT		15 points
	nice quiz, but you need to take singular for a lot of these. Center field should work for center fielder.

	beck:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:21 GMT		9 points
	I agree with above - need to accept singular or plural (strikeout, for example) ... And, varied ways of saying things. I tried everything I could think of for WHIP, but never put "per" -- "Walks plus hits over/divided by innings pitched..."

	bmo1616:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:27 GMT		15 points
	Good idea, but poor set up. First off, BOS, SEA, NYM, etc. are not acronyms, just abbreviations for cities. And because you did use team names, don't use SF and TB when they could be used for the Giants and Rays respectively.

	Phizzle:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:27 GMT		8 points
	agreed with others... i sat there for a minute bewildered at why you wouldn't take strikeout for K. i've never seen WL as win/loss percentage either - usually it's used for a pitcher's actual win/loss record.

	GeoGod:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:43 GMT		11 points
	WHIP is usually walks plus hits per innings pitched

	Blaise:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:49 GMT		1 point
	Typed in Center Field and it didn't work, typed in Win loss percentage and also didn't work... weird. Loved the quiz other than that though. Would have gotten a 100%.

	Beej1221:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 03:56 GMT		4 points
	i agree with the layout comment. put the teams in one place and not just in the middle.

	Kazbar:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT		5 points
	"Stolen base" not counting for "Stolen bases"? "On base + slugging" not counting for "On-base percentage plus slugging percentage"? This is a very ticky-tack quiz, and thus, is hard to enjoy.

	kmoy11:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 09:24 GMT		5 points
	The name is misleading, it should be "Baseball Acronyms." Agree with all other commenters, there is definitely work to be done on this quiz.

	MMayes:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 13:24 GMT		4 points
	This is a good start. However I tried "on base plus slugging percentage" and didn't get it because I didn't have "percentage" after "on base". If you're going to use win/loss percentage, that should be W/L.

	hairball:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 14:56 GMT		2 points
	needs some work on what you can get for the answers...

	seanob:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 17:44 GMT		1 point
	agree with all the above, make some changes

	BigFlax:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT		2 points
	Needs a lot more variability in the possible answer choices. If you have K, that suggests a singular, and thus strikeout, not strikeouts. In addition, you take "first base" and "third base" but then require "center fielder." Additions are needed.

	Wes_Mantooth:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 19:31 GMT		1 point
	I agree with all of the above. These aren't all acronyms, most are just abbreviations. You need to include singulars. You should accept "walks plus hits per inning pitched" and "on base plus slugging" and "on base plus slugging percentage."

	y2jdilemma:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 21:26 GMT		2 points
	1B could also be first baseman. Thats what I tried first. I mean, when it didnt come up, I went to single...but I concur with the need to accept viable alternates.

	LinuxLinus:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 00:46 GMT		2 points
	Needs some work, but it's a good idea. I knew WHIP but couldn't get the phrase exactly right -- should take "walks plus hits" as well as "walks and hits".

	thefinestmuffins:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 03:28 GMT		1 point
	This is a fun quiz (got all but one! I knew WHIP was a pitching thing, but didn't know what it stood for.) However, many of these aren't acronyms: not just the teams (which didn't seem to fit the rest of the quiz) but things like AVG, SV, etc., which are abbreviations. Maybe this could be called "Baseball Lingo" instead? Or is that too broad?

	thefinestmuffins:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 03:29 GMT		1 point
	or maybe "Baseball Statistics Lingo," if you take out a few of these.

	bradwell:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 07:40 GMT		3 points
	ops and whip are the two least guessed (and both under 50%). while it may be unfair to make sweeping generalizations based on such a small sample size, this at least further evidence that most baseball fans are complete morons. hopefully, in the future, good baseball moms and dads wont teach their children such dirty words as "clutch," "win-loss record," and "david eckstein."

	smart_mom:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 20:44 GMT		-1 points
	Great quiz - I really enjoyed it! I didn't have any trouble with it not taking my answers - maybe you've already fixed the things people were complaining about; then again, maybe it's because I didn't even have a guess for WHIP or OPS!

	cocky:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 22:51 GMT		3 points
	I knew OPS and WHIP, but the way I phrased it didn't jive with what the quiz wanted.

	brianmcp:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 01:49 GMT		3 points
	I think it would be better to stick to scoring symbols, and also it would be a nice touch to differentiate between swinging strikeout and looking strikeout if you can manage a backwards K

	ereed6:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 08:53 GMT		2 points
	I can't believe i'm the first nerd to say this but slugging average is more accurate, so should also be accepted.

	lilychick:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT		2 points
	I couldn't come up with the correct phrasing for WHIP, dammit. I was so close! Anyway, I wanted to suggest that "AB" should accept "at bat" as a singular, please.

	DPerrone99:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 17:19 GMT		2 points
	Yeah WHIP was the only thing that tripped me up. I like the quiz. Why not throw some tougher statistical acronyms in like WAR or WPA

	Blaise:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 21:00 GMT		2 points
	@Bradwell, you are probably a follower of Fire Joe Morgan! Haha, love that site

	lftyg33:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 22:16 GMT		1 point
	i agree with DPerrone99. Someone should make another quiz for sabermetric terms. i would love to see people struggle with VORP and EQA!

	SF_Giants:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 18:58 GMT		1 point
	Fun quiz. Would be better if you stuck to statistical abbreviations and not teams. Also WHIP could be just "walks hits innings pitched".

	htimsetan:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 18:52 GMT		2 points
	yeah, you should make more options acceptable for WHIP, I couldn't get the exact phrasing right no matter what I tried.

	james23tennman:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 06:52 GMT		-2 points
	RBI officially stands for RUN Batted In, not RUNS Batted In.

	GobBluth:	Oct 28th, 2009 at 05:35 GMT		0 points
	A couple things 1) I would get rid of team/league abbreviations and stick with the "stats" as listed in the title 2) I would add some sabermetric stats such as ERA+ or VORP or even stuff such as K/IP, PB, or CI. Basically, get rid of the team abbreviations. Go to hell loser Red Sox fans, btw!

	adeutsch107:	Apr 8th, 2010 at 03:35 GMT		0 points
	you need to accept "inning pitched" for IP

	duhamell:	Apr 8th, 2010 at 03:43 GMT		1 point
	I found this to be a very easy quiz. There are many lesser known stats that you could have used.

	matthewmagiligan:	Nov 25th, 2010 at 17:02 GMT		1 point
	Cool!!!!

	matthewmagiligan:	Dec 23rd, 2010 at 00:06 GMT		1 point
	htimsetan is right about WHIP. I eventually got it right though. I missed CG, GS and OPS. I knew OPS, I just couldn't the right words out, like WHIP. I just gave up on it, unlike I did with WHIP.

	matthewmagiligan:	Dec 31st, 2010 at 21:00 GMT		1 point
	Got all of 'em this time

	Sanky:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 00:23 GMT		0 points
	SS could also be Split Squad, like in Spring Training games.