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  • #1

    Decisions, decisions...

    A trivia question about pitching decisions:

    Which pitcher received a No Decision in the highest percentage of his starts? Or another way of asking the same question, which pitcher factored into the decision in the lowest percentage of his starts...)

    We're looking for the career record holder and the single-season record holders (two players are tied for the single-season record). Minimum 100 starts for the career record and a minimum of 20 starts for the single season record.

    No cheating please.
    My top 10 players:

    1. Babe Ruth
    2. Barry Bonds
    3. Ty Cobb
    4. Ted Williams
    5. Willie Mays
    6. Alex Rodriguez
    7. Hank Aaron
    8. Honus Wagner
    9. Lou Gehrig
    10. Mickey Mantle
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  • #2
    double post
    Last edited by Brooklyn; 06-04-2012, 08:36 AM.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by GiambiJuice View Post
      A trivia question about pitching decisions:

      Which pitcher received a No Decision in the highest percentage of his starts? Or another way of asking the same question, which pitcher factored into the decision in the lowest percentage of his starts...)


      We're looking for the career record holder and the single-season record holders (two players are tied for the single-season record). Minimum 100 starts for the career record and a minimum of 20 starts for the single season record.

      No cheating please.
      Probably not the record, but I recently not noticed oswalt had a lot In 2009. He was 8-6 in 30 starts. Blyleven also had one year with a lot of no decisions - In 1979 he went 12-5 in 37 starts, which is a lower percentage then oswalt. I think his 20 no decisions are the most no decisions in a season - since you said two players tied, this isn't a percentage that would be easily tied so guessing there is a lower number

      At the pace lee is going (2 decisions in 8 starts) he might be the answer at the end of the year
      Last edited by Brooklyn; 06-02-2012, 04:58 AM.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Brooklyn View Post
        Probably not the record, but I recently not noticed oswalt had a lot In 2009. He was 8-6 in 30 starts. Blyleven also had one year with a lot of no decisions - In 1979 he went 12-5 in 37 starts, which is a lower percentage then oswalt. I think his 20 no decisions are the most no decisions in a season - since you said two players tied, this isn't a percentage that would be easily tied so guessing there is a lower number

        At the pace lee is going (2 decisions in 8 starts) he might be the answer at the end of the year
        Good guess, but incorrect.
        My top 10 players:

        1. Babe Ruth
        2. Barry Bonds
        3. Ty Cobb
        4. Ted Williams
        5. Willie Mays
        6. Alex Rodriguez
        7. Hank Aaron
        8. Honus Wagner
        9. Lou Gehrig
        10. Mickey Mantle

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        • #5
          Don Gullett? I wouldnt know what year if he was one of the answers.
          "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

          "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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          • #6
            Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
            Don Gullett? I wouldnt know what year if he was one of the answers.
            Don Gullet is incorrect.
            My top 10 players:

            1. Babe Ruth
            2. Barry Bonds
            3. Ty Cobb
            4. Ted Williams
            5. Willie Mays
            6. Alex Rodriguez
            7. Hank Aaron
            8. Honus Wagner
            9. Lou Gehrig
            10. Mickey Mantle

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            • #7
              Here are a couple of hints. One of the guys tied for the single season record was a former Cy Young winner and the other pitched for over 20 years and more than 10 teams. The guy who holds the career record was a 1st round pick of the Yankees during the 1990's but was traded away before he ever pitched a Major League game for them.
              Last edited by GiambiJuice; 06-04-2012, 07:44 AM.
              My top 10 players:

              1. Babe Ruth
              2. Barry Bonds
              3. Ty Cobb
              4. Ted Williams
              5. Willie Mays
              6. Alex Rodriguez
              7. Hank Aaron
              8. Honus Wagner
              9. Lou Gehrig
              10. Mickey Mantle

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              • #8
                Mike Morgan?
                "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by GiambiJuice View Post
                  Here are a couple of hints. One of the guys tied for the single season record was a former Cy Young winner and the other pitched for over 20 years and more than 10 teams.
                  The latter sounds like Mike Morgan

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                  • #10
                    Maybe Tim Lincecum for the single season or Felix Hernandez.
                    "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                    "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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                    • #11
                      Mark Prior was a Yankee first rounder if I recall.
                      "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                      "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
                        Mike Morgan?
                        Mike Morgan is correct. In 1998 Morgan went 4-3 for a total of 7 decisions in 22 starts.
                        My top 10 players:

                        1. Babe Ruth
                        2. Barry Bonds
                        3. Ty Cobb
                        4. Ted Williams
                        5. Willie Mays
                        6. Alex Rodriguez
                        7. Hank Aaron
                        8. Honus Wagner
                        9. Lou Gehrig
                        10. Mickey Mantle

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
                          Maybe Tim Lincecum for the single season or Felix Hernandez.
                          Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
                          Mark Prior was a Yankee first rounder if I recall.
                          All incorrect.
                          My top 10 players:

                          1. Babe Ruth
                          2. Barry Bonds
                          3. Ty Cobb
                          4. Ted Williams
                          5. Willie Mays
                          6. Alex Rodriguez
                          7. Hank Aaron
                          8. Honus Wagner
                          9. Lou Gehrig
                          10. Mickey Mantle

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by GiambiJuice View Post
                            The guy who holds the career record was a 1st round pick of the Yankees during the 1990's but was traded away before he ever pitched a Major League game for them.
                            Eric Milton?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Brooklyn View Post
                              Eric Milton?
                              Eric Milton is correct. He compiled a record of 89-85, for a total of 174 decisions in 270 starts. So he had a decision in only 64.4% of his starts.
                              My top 10 players:

                              1. Babe Ruth
                              2. Barry Bonds
                              3. Ty Cobb
                              4. Ted Williams
                              5. Willie Mays
                              6. Alex Rodriguez
                              7. Hank Aaron
                              8. Honus Wagner
                              9. Lou Gehrig
                              10. Mickey Mantle

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