The WAR Games Efficiency Quiz

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Here's what I did: I made a list of all the pitchers with a Mets career pitching WAR (b-ref) of 4.4 or higher. For each respective pitcher, I took their career Mets innings pitched and divided it by their Mets career pitching WAR and came up with a WAR efficiency rating. So, for example, Jacob deGrom has a Mets career WAR of 3.1 and 140 1/3 Mets innings pitched, for a WAR rating of 45.27 (140 1/3 IP divided by 3.1 WAR), which is pretty super-damn good, by the way. So deGrom gives the Mets one pitching win above replacement for every 45.27 innings he pitches. Obviously, the lower the rating, the more efficient the pitcher. WAR-wise.

In this quiz, we're looking for the 15 Mets starting pitchers with the best Mets career WAR efficiency ratings. Starting pitchers only. Pitchers who were primarily relievers, including Armando Benitez and Billy Wagner, who have the 2nd and 3rd best WAR efficiency ratings, respectively, are not eligible answers. We used the entire Mets career stats of all starting pitchers on the list, so if deGrom made the top 15 (he didn't -- his career WAR is < 4.4), his relief outings, if any, would be included.

Edgy's quiz taking rules apply.

Scoring:

Each correct guess is worth 200 minus that pitcher's WAR efficiency ratings. So deGrom would be worth 154.73 points (200-45.27)

Deduct 20 points for each incorrect guess.

Good luck.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Guest

[Gwreck]

Tom S.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02

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Dwight G.

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Jerry K.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02
Dwight Gooden - 52.16

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Jon M.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02
Dwight Gooden - 52.16
Jon Matlack - 54.44

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Craig Swan

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Rick R.

[Ceetar]

JOHAN

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R.A. D.

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Pedro Martinez.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02 Gwreck
Johan Santana - 47.17 Ceetar
R.A. Dickey - 47.80 Gwreck
Dwight Gooden - 52.16 JCL
Rick Reed - 53.86 Gwreck
Jon Matlack - 54.44 JCL
Pedro Martinez - 60.08 G-Fafif

Not in top 15
Jerry Koosman - Gwreck
Craig Swan - RChuck

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Bret S.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02 Gwreck
Bret Saberhagen - 45.20 JCL
Johan Santana - 47.17 Ceetar
R.A. Dickey - 47.80 Gwreck
Dwight Gooden - 52.16 JCL
Rick Reed - 53.86 Gwreck
Jon Matlack - 54.44 JCL
Pedro Martinez - 60.08 G-Fafif

Not in top 15
Jerry Koosman - Gwreck
Craig Swan - RChuck

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Frankie V.

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Sid F.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02 Gwreck
Bret Saberhagen - 45.20 JCL
Johan Santana - 47.17 Ceetar
R.A. Dickey - 47.80 Gwreck
Dwight Gooden - 52.16 JCL
Rick Reed - 53.86 Gwreck
Jon Matlack - 54.44 JCL
Sid Fernandez - 57.21 JCL
Frank Viola - 58.38 G-Fafif
Pedro Martinez - 60.08 G-Fafif

Not in top 15
Jerry Koosman - Gwreck
Craig Swan - RChuck

[G-Fafif]

David C.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02 Gwreck
Bret Saberhagen - 45.20 JCL
Johan Santana - 47.17 Ceetar
R.A. Dickey - 47.80 Gwreck
Dwight Gooden - 52.16 JCL
Rick Reed - 53.86 Gwreck
Jon Matlack - 54.44 JCL
Sid Fernandez - 57.21 JCL
Frank Viola - 58.38 G-Fafif
Pedro Martinez - 60.08 G-Fafif

Not in top 15
Jerry Koosman - Gwreck
Craig Swan - RChuck
David Cone - G-Fafif

[Ceetar]

Oliver Perez.

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Ceetar wrote: Oliver Perez.

Ha ha. I like your style, kid, so I'm not gonna deduct 20 points from your score. My hunch is that if I included all pitchers, Ollie might score worse than anybody.

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Al L.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02 Gwreck
Bret Saberhagen - 45.20 JCL
Johan Santana - 47.17 Ceetar
R.A. Dickey - 47.80 Gwreck
Al Leiter - 48.57 JCL
Dwight Gooden - 52.16 JCL
Rick Reed - 53.86 Gwreck
Jon Matlack - 54.44 JCL
Sid Fernandez - 57.21 JCL
Frank Viola - 58.38 G-Fafif
Pedro Martinez - 60.08 G-Fafif

Not in top 15
Jerry Koosman - Gwreck
Craig Swan - RChuck
David Cone - G-Fafif

[Gwreck]

Ron D.

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Seaver - 40.02 WAR SCORE - 159.98 QUIZ SCORE Gwreck
Gooden- 52.16 WAR SCORE - 147.84 QUIZ SCORE JCL
Koosman - NOT IN TOP 15 - (-20) Gwreck
Matlack - 54.44 WAR SCORE - 145.56 JCL


Top 15 WAR Score
Tom Seaver - 40.02 Gwreck
Bret Saberhagen - 45.20 JCL
Johan Santana - 47.17 Ceetar
R.A. Dickey - 47.80 Gwreck
Al Leiter - 48.57 JCL
Dwight Gooden - 52.16 JCL
Rick Reed - 53.86 Gwreck
Jon Matlack - 54.44 JCL
Sid Fernandez - 57.21 JCL
Frank Viola - 58.38 G-Fafif
Pedro Martinez - 60.08 G-Fafif

Not in top 15
Jerry Koosman - Gwreck
Craig Swan - RChuck
David Cone - G-Fafif
Ron Darling - Gwreck

Edited October 13, 2014 by Guest

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Mike Hampton

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What about the other guy with the initials M.H.? Does he meet the minimum to qualify?

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Steve T.