About this Board
On Tuesday, October 27, 3 players took on MLB Deep Cut #34: “Name a player who played for the New York Yankees and won an MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year or World Series MVP.” The prompt had 85 valid answers, and players found 5 of them. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.
Answers and recap (spoilers)
The most popular answer was Alex Rodriguez, named by 33% of players. The rarest correct answer anyone found was Whitey Ford (1 player, 46 points). Nobody found the day's Sleeper: Don Larsen.
Named by players
- Alex Rodriguez (Alex Rodriguez (SS · SEA, TEX, NYY · 1994–2016)): 1 player, 33%, 7 points
- Derek Jeter (Derek Jeter (SS · NYY · 1995–2014)): 1 player, 33%, 9 points
- Roger Clemens (Roger Clemens (P · BOS, TOR, NYY, HOU, NYY · 1984–2007)): 1 player, 33%, 24 points
- Thurman Munson (Thurman Munson (C · NYY · 1969–1979)): 1 player, 33%, 26 points
- Whitey Ford (Whitey Ford (P · NYY · 1950–1967)): 1 player, 33%, 46 points
Nobody named
Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Ichiro Suzuki, Joe DiMaggio, Rickey Henderson, Carlos Beltran, Jose Canseco, Aaron Judge, Ivan Rodriguez, Don Baylor, Jason Giambi, Andrew McCutchen, Roger Maris, Lou Gehrig, Chris Chambliss, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, David Justice, Lou Piniella, Giancarlo Stanton, Chuck Knoblauch, Steve Sax, Phil Rizzuto, Rick Dempsey, Elston Howard, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Lowell, Randy Johnson, Joe Gordon, Josh Donaldson, Raul Mondesi, Bobby Richardson, Gil McDougald, Mariano Rivera, Bucky Dent, Hideki Matsui, Jackie Jensen, Eric Hinske, Ron Hansen, Scott Brosius, Tom Tresh, Tony Kubek, Gaylord Perry, Curt Blefary, Sparky Lyle, Ron Kittle, Steve Pearce, Angel Berroa, Dave Righetti, Lew Burdette, John Wetteland, Dwight Gooden, CC Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, Catfish Hunter, Bobby Shantz, Stan Bahnsen, David Cone, Steve Howe, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, Kerry Wood, Mike McCormick, Jim Konstanty, Corey Kluber, Doug Drabek, Ron Guidry, Gerrit Cole, Jose Rijo, Ralph Terry, Devin Williams, John Montefusco, Jack McDowell, Bob Grim, Andrew Bailey, Spud Chandler, Harry Byrd, Luis Gil.
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