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As requested in the other quiz:

Can you name the all-time best players (as per WAR) whose first major league game was with the New York Mets?


Degree of difficulty: there are some layups here, but also several harder ones. This list goes through anyone who had at least 20 career WAR. We'll take the two Hall of Famers off the board to start:

 

[th]Name[/th][th]WAR[/th]
[td]Tom Seaver[/td][td]109.9[/td]
[td]Nolan Ryan[/td][td]81.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]53.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]53.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]49.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]47.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]40.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]39.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]37.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]32.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]29.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]26.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.3[/td]
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How long can you go in order for?

 

[th]Name[/th][th]WAR[/th]
[td]Tom Seaver[/td][td]109.9[/td]
[td]Nolan Ryan[/td][td]81.3[/td]
[td]Jerry Koosman[/td][td]53.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]53.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]49.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]47.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]40.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]39.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]37.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]32.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]29.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]26.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.3[/td]
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Both are probably still high up, despite their crash and burn endings…I’ll go with Doc first though as my guess
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[th]Name[/th][th]WAR[/th]
[td]Tom Seaver[/td][td]109.9[/td]
[td]Nolan Ryan[/td][td]81.3[/td]
[td]Jerry Koosman[/td][td]53.7[/td]
[td]Dwight Gooden[/td][td]53.0[/td]
[td]David Wright[/td][td]49.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]47.9[/td]
[td]Amos Otis[/td][td]42.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]40.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]39.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]37.0[/td]
[td]Ron Hunt[/td][td]32.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]29.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]26.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.4[/td]
[td]Rick Aguilera[/td][td]21.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.3[/td]
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Jim Hickman (13.0) and Lucas Duda (7.6) did not make this list.

 

[th]Name[/th][th]WAR[/th]
[td]Tom Seaver[/td][td]109.9[/td]
[td]Nolan Ryan[/td][td]81.3[/td]
[td]Jerry Koosman[/td][td]53.7[/td]
[td]Dwight Gooden[/td][td]53.0[/td]
[td]David Wright[/td][td]49.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]47.9[/td]
[td]Amos Otis[/td][td]42.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.2[/td]
[td]Ken Singleton[/td][td]41.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]40.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]39.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]37.0[/td]
[td]Ron Hunt[/td][td]32.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]29.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]26.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.4[/td]
[td]Rick Aguilera[/td][td]21.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.3[/td]
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The first 17 games of Justin Turner's MLB career were with the Baltimore Orioles.

 

[th]Name[/th][th]WAR[/th]
[td]Tom Seaver[/td][td]109.9[/td]
[td]Nolan Ryan[/td][td]81.3[/td]
[td]Jerry Koosman[/td][td]53.7[/td]
[td]Dwight Gooden[/td][td]53.0[/td]
[td]David Wright[/td][td]49.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]47.9[/td]
[td]Amos Otis[/td][td]42.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.4[/td]
[td][/td][td]42.2[/td]
[td]Ken Singleton[/td][td]41.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]40.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]39.4[/td]
[td]Jose Reyes[/td][td]37.0[/td]
[td]Ron Hunt[/td][td]32.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]29.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]26.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.3[/td]
[td]Jesse Orosco[/td][td]23.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.4[/td]
[td]Rick Aguilera[/td][td]21.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]20.8[/td]
[td]Buddy Harrelson[/td][td]20.3[/td]
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Hey, that is consecuguessing! Minus 50 points! Or something!

 

I just realized I left a low-hanging fruit from the 86 team. But I'll leave it for somebody else.

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The judges are construing Edgy’s guess as the guy on the left, who I think is Daniel Murphy (??) and not the guy on the right, who I doubt is on the list.

 

[th]Name[/th][th]WAR[/th]
[td]Tom Seaver[/td][td]109.9[/td]
[td]Nolan Ryan[/td][td]81.3[/td]
[td]Jerry Koosman[/td][td]53.7[/td]
[td]Dwight Gooden[/td][td]53.0[/td]
[td]David Wright[/td][td]49.1[/td]
[td]Jacob deGrom[/td][td]47.9[/td]
[td]Amos Otis[/td][td]42.8[/td]
[td]Lenny Dykstra[/td][td]42.4[/td]
[td]Darryl Strawberry[/td][td]42.2[/td]
[td]Ken Singleton[/td][td]41.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]40.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]39.4[/td]
[td]Jose Reyes[/td][td]37.0[/td]
[td]Ron Hunt[/td][td]32.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]29.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]28.3[/td]
[td][/td][td]26.1[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.3[/td]
[td]Jesse Orosco[/td][td]23.2[/td]
[td][/td][td]23.0[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.7[/td]
[td][/td][td]22.4[/td]
[td]Rick Aguilera[/td][td]21.9[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.8[/td]
[td][/td][td]21.1[/td]
[td]Daniel Murphy[/td][td]20.8[/td]
[td]Buddy Harrelson[/td][td]20.3[/td]
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Ron and Sid from the 86 team too. And Kevin Mitchell.

 

Hey, that is consecuguessing! Minus 50 points! Dock his per diems or something!

 

Well, only one is correct. Sid didn’t debut as a Met, and Ronnie didn’t make the list.

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