The Thursday Thinker: Young Catchers

by Kyle Lobner on Feb 24, 2011 12:01 PM CST in Events

By mentioning Jonathan Lucroy this many times, I hope I'm ensuring that you'll get at least one answer right on the quiz.

By now, you've most likely heard that Jonathan Lucroy is unlikely to be ready for Opening Day after breaking the pinkie finger on his right hand yesterday. Fortunately, even if he has to open the season on the DL he should be ready to go by mid-April.

Sometimes we forget that Lucroy is still pretty young: He won't turn 25 until June. By starting 75 games last season he put himself in some relatively elite company: There are only eight catchers in Brewer history who have caught at least 75 games before the end of their age 25 season. How many can you name in five minutes?

The rules remain the same: Post your score in the comments but do not comment on any specific answer until after 6 pm Central time, so everyone gets a chance to try it out without having it spoiled for them. And, of course, there's no reason to cheat here, because there aren't any prizes.

Someone probably will get all of these. If it's you, post your time along with your score.

Have fun, and don't forget to post your score in the comments!

Side note: At this time a week from now we'll be discussing spring training games, so this is the last Thinker of the 2010-2011 offseason. I hope you've enjoyed them, and they'll likely return next winter.

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6

Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.

by sjlee on Feb 24, 2011 12:33 PM CST reply actions

5

by Oakland Brewer Fan on Feb 24, 2011 1:30 PM CST reply actions

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"What Would Jesus Do? You're damn right he'd do a wheelie" ~ Daniel Tosh

by stempke on Feb 24, 2011 1:33 PM CST reply actions

8... with :11 remaining, Randomly guessing the last 2.

Twitterize me: @mykenk

by Mykenk on Feb 24, 2011 1:36 PM CST reply actions

Just the 4

If anybody want another baseball quiz on sporcle I came across this which is rather tricky but only requires knowledge of current players

by Saltire on Feb 24, 2011 2:24 PM CST reply actions

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Missed Tigers, A’s, Angels, Padres. Thought of the correct Angel, but couldn’t come up with the name

by dikapalooza on Feb 25, 2011 6:15 PM CST up reply actions

23

That’s significantly better than I expected.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Feb 27, 2011 3:23 PM CST up reply actions

apparently

they had to catch those 75 games WITH THE BREWERS…. otherwise, I think there would be a few more.

by keephopealive on Feb 24, 2011 2:41 PM CST reply actions

8

1:10 remaining. I was pretty stoked.

by wrongallalong on Feb 24, 2011 2:49 PM CST reply actions

#1 is a good Brewers what-if

Three years after they traded him he put up 8+ WAR in one of the best seasons from a catcher in major league history, and in the same season that the Brewers posted their best record in franchise history. Makes you wonder what the extra 6-7 WAR could have resulted in.

(Hopefully that isn’t giving away too much)

Ryan Braun: He loves it. -- Four pitchers in history with 8.5+ WAR and <250 IP seasons: Greg Maddux (age 29), Pedro Martinez (age 28), Roger Clemens (age 27), Zack Greinke (age 25).

by SRB on Feb 24, 2011 3:30 PM CST reply actions

Darrell Porter

He was the first guy I typed. They were seven games back that year, and Charlie Moore had a decent year, so I’m guessing he had a positive WAR. The bigger difference would have been a healthy Larry Hisle.

by keephopealive on Feb 24, 2011 9:28 PM CST up reply actions

Good point, I didn't realize Baltimore had 102 wins that year.

Porter was worth like 6 WAR more than Moore/Martinez though (8.4 WAR!), so with the added impact of making Baltimore play a much better team, it probably would have made it a dead heat. Of course, the Orioles lost in the World Series anyways, so who knows.

Ryan Braun: He loves it. -- Four pitchers in history with 8.5+ WAR and <250 IP seasons: Greg Maddux (age 29), Pedro Martinez (age 28), Roger Clemens (age 27), Zack Greinke (age 25).

by SRB on Feb 24, 2011 10:17 PM CST up reply actions

4

note: marcus hanel is not a valid response. Neither is Jason Kendall. Hope I didn’t save you too much time!

by PagsBrewCrew on Feb 24, 2011 3:57 PM CST reply actions

6.

Pleased.

I’m not smart enough to look at the other stuff and do anything but drool and mumble.

by Rubie Q on Feb 24, 2011 3:59 PM CST reply actions

yep...

that’s the maximum score I would have had

by PagsBrewCrew on Feb 24, 2011 4:00 PM CST up reply actions

22.5% didn't get lucroy

I hope I haven’t given away too much:P

by PagsBrewCrew on Feb 24, 2011 3:59 PM CST reply actions

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Missed the guy with 114 games. Never heard of him.

by cmow on Feb 24, 2011 5:44 PM CST reply actions

I got all but him, too

I kicked myself because it is so ridiculous he was an all-star.

I never use a big word when a diminutive word would suffice.

by TheJay on Feb 24, 2011 5:55 PM CST up reply actions

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"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
BCB Fantasy Football League 1 Champ

by Hyatt on Feb 25, 2011 10:52 AM CST reply actions

5

Shoulda had 2 more…brain fart

by stryker1976 on Feb 25, 2011 5:37 PM CST reply actions

7

Also missing the one with 114 games, should have randomly guessed the name

by dikapalooza on Feb 25, 2011 6:08 PM CST reply actions

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