Can you pick the players on some of the best MLB infields of all time, given the year, team and position? by rockgolf

Can you pick the players on some of the best MLB infields of all time, given the year, team and position?

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Source: Baseball-Statistics.com
Like a card deck, there are 13 sets of 4 players. Given the year, team & position (1B, 2B, 3B & SS), can you pick the infields that are considered among the greatest in baseball history?
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Created Aug 8, 2012 in Sports
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	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 00:42 GMT		2 points
	Are these actually the 13 best infields in Baseball history? I don't know. I took these lists from two sources. One on Baseball-Statistic.com is link atop the quiz and gives the first ten teams. A second list from the MLB network's "Prime 9" program was already made into a Sporcle quiz by gradeck at http://www.sporcle.com/games/gradeck/top-mlb-infields-of-all-time The two lists only shared two teams: the 1906 Cubs & the 1999 Mets. Both reference the mid-1970's Reds, but otherwise they aren't even close. The quiz is spread across over 100 years of baseball and the Orioles are the only team represent twice, so there should be enough variety for baseball aficionados to connect the players with the right team.

	shorts:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 05:29 GMT		9 points
	This would be a fun quiz if it wasn't a minefield. I would include the $100,000 infield though.

	floydpink:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 05:59 GMT		10 points
	Agree with shorts (and expressed the same opinion on the Spielberg films). Minefields are only cool on very rare occasions, and if I had known this was one of them I would not have played. It's just not fun to invest time thinking carefully and then have it all disappear because of one error.

	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 11:17 GMT		5 points
	@shorts & @pinkfloyd: Since that seems to be the popular opinion, mines removed.

	hscer:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 12:52 GMT		3 points
	Not sure there's a workaround since I think I have a general idea about how the quiz was written, but the current format prevents the quiz from correctly identifying the wrong answers at the end.

	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 13:25 GMT		1 point
	@hscer: Can you be specific? The answers are coded so that all teammates are alternate answers in 4 cases. Only the first is displayed.

	ouachiouat:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 15:16 GMT		2 points
	rockgolf, I think hscer's saying that he/she had gotten an answer correct while taking the quiz and then at the end had it marked wrong. That happened quite a bit for me. I got Schmidt for the 1980 Phillies, but then at the end, it showed up red. The same thing happened with Robinson, Ripken, Santo, Aparicio, Reese, and Yount. With each of those, I was given one corresponding answer shown as correct that I missed (e.g. I know I missed Trillo from the '80 Phils, but he showed up as green; the same thing happened with Beckert/Santo--missed Beckert, got Santo, but the colors at the end showed otherwise). There's a reason behind this, as I found out when I commented as having a similar issue on another quiz, but I'm not sure if I'm worthy enough to explain the whys even though I somewhat understand it.

	ouachiouat:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 15:24 GMT		1 point
	Here's my attempt at explaining it. I may have clicked Schmidt as the heart instead of the spade. It marked it correct when taking the quiz, but afterwards, since all 2Bs are marked as hearts and I had gotten the heart 'correct' (albeit as an alternate), it gave me credit for it and no credit for the spade (which I missed when guessing someone other than Trillo). I'm not sure clickables are the best format for quizzes with multiple correct / alternate answers for this reason, as it will really screw up the results--I'm sure a lot more than 37.3% of people know Schmidt was the 3B for the '80 Phillies, but he's been counted as missed because they pick him for a suit other than spades and then miss the corresponding player like I did with Trillo. This comment may be pretty confusing, but I think this is what's going on. As I mentioned above, I may not be worthy enough to explain the why, so someone else can feel free to have a shot at it, too.

	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 15:42 GMT		1 point
	@ouachiouat: That's a good explanation. Wish I had a simple fix.

	Outlander:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 16:01 GMT		1 point
	The quiz says I got Ron Santo wrong which was not the case. It seems like it is happening to many people because I'm sure more than 27% of the people know what position and team Ron Santo played for.

	gta3ganghater:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 16:03 GMT		5 points
	Why not just show each team and then specify which position you're asking for so there is only one answer? It would also make it easier to keep track of which positions on each team you've already gotten if you have to go back.

	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 17:28 GMT		1 point
	@gta3ganghater: (I applaud the name.) Not a bad idea, but it would mean you have to get not just the team right for each player, but the position. But I'll go with the flow. If you like gta3's suggestion, vote that comment up. I'll go with the trend.

	sweett310:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 18:25 GMT		1 point
	I do like the quiz as is, but it could definitely be enhanced with gta3ganghater's suggestion.

	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 18:46 GMT		4 points
	Okay, I now list the year, team and position for each clue. But I've also listed the position in the answers, so you only have to look through 13 shortstops instead of all 52 players.

	mellybmel:	Aug 10th, 2012 at 02:16 GMT		0 points
	Really fun, and I love that it's a minefield. Looking forward to more like these.

	sexybeast:	Aug 10th, 2012 at 06:12 GMT		1 point
	i'd definitely put the $100,000 infield on here. i also think the '36 yankees (lou gehrig, tony lazzeri, red rolfe, frank crosseti), '38 red sox (jimmie foxx, bobby doerr, pinky higgins, joe cronin), '25 giants 5 hall of famers for 4 infield spots (bill terry, george kelly, travis jackson, freddie lindstrom, frankie frisch) just to name a few

	cmrncraz15:	May 5th, 2013 at 16:35 GMT		1 point
	Nicely done.