FOFC Highlander, 5/19/06: The Streak

[Chas in Cinti]

Welcome to today's edition of Highlander. See here (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=49716) for the introductory game and the ideas behind it.

Hitting the Baseball Diamond for todays game. We have Persimmon Pflaggstettler, a New Zealander RF with a knack for the base hit. He's a .320 hitter. If Persimmon has 4 AB per game, and plays 150 games. What is the longest hitting streak (i.e. consecutive games with at least one hit) he will have?

I will use a random number generator to produce a number between 1 and 1000. If less than or equal to 320, hit. Else out. I will then count the number of hits PER Game, and see what the longest hit streak he has for the season.

Due to work travel, I'll run the game around 8 PM, so that will be the deadline for today. Next game should be run by the winner on Monday! Please submit Private Message with your answer in the subject line.

Batter Up!

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Highlander winners to date:
Chas in Cinti (5/18/06)
Pumpy Tudors (5/16/06)
wbatl (5/15/06)
Wolfpack (5/17/06)

[Barkeep49]

Well I hope to win as I have my own baseball theme challenge in mind. Mine is sent.

[BrianD]

This is the longest consecutive number of games with a hit right? Not the number of consecutive at bats with a hit?

[Eaglesfan27]

This is the longest consecutive number of games with a hit right? Not the number of consecutive at bats with a hit?

I thought it was the consecutive number of bats with a hit from the phrasing of the initial post.

[Raiders Army]

This is the longest consecutive number of games with a hit right? Not the number of consecutive at bats with a hit?
That's how I interpreted it.

[BrianD]

OK, still confused.

[Toddzilla]

In baseball parlance, a "hitting streak" connotates the number of consecutive games a player goes with a hit.

[Eaglesfan27]

I will then count the number of hits PER Game


That phrase made me think he was talking about the longest consecutive hit streak, and not the longest consecutive streak of games with a hit. There is no need to keep track of hits per game, just yes or no he got a hit in this game, if you are going for the longest hitting streak in the conventional sense of games with a hit.

[BrianD]

There is also not a need to count the hits per game if the streak is consecutive at-bats. Might as well just look at 600 at-bats then.

I've got my answer in assuming the hitting streak is counting the number of games with a hit. If my assumption is wrong, I won't win...pretty much the same result as if my assumption is right. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Either way my answer is probably off too. Just wanted to post my reasoning so my answer doesn't get laughed at too much ;)

[BrianD]

Good call. I think we should both be safe at this point. :)

[Chas in Cinti]

oops... sorry guys, was on an airplane... the streak is consecutive GAMES... fixed in first post as well!

-Chas

P.S. Anyone want to send in another, I'll extend until 10pm

[Chas in Cinti]

Bumpity Bump... 20 minutes left, need more entries... :)

-Chas

[Chas in Cinti]

Game Closed. Results to Follow!

Regards,
Chas

[Chas in Cinti]

Persimmon Pflagstettler had a poor season. Although a career 0.320 hitter, he struggled to a 0.303 season with 182 hits on the season. As a result, he only had 4 hitting streaks of over 7 games. The longest was games 103-115 for a 13 game hit streak. The results?

Out in Left Field:
panerd: 1
RPI-Fan: 26
kingfc22: 24
Sublime2: 32

Slapper to Third:
Mustang: 7
Pumpy Tudors: 19
BrianD: 19

Solid Single up the Middle:
Quiksand: 9
Anxiety: 16
TredWel: 16
Raiders Army: 10

Ground Rule Double:
Eaglesfan27: 15
Maple Leafs: 12
Passacaglia: 11
Huckleberry: 11
Wolfpack: 15
wbatl1: 14
Butter_of_69: 12
Barkeep49: 15

HOME RUN!
Toddzilla: 13

I think we'll start the next game on Monday with Toddzilla's entry. Keep the standard intro as provided in the initial post with a history of winners. Also, you guys HAVE to get better at providing your answers in the subject line... the navigation of PM's SUCK! :)

Hope you all had fun! I'm hoping for another go sometime soon!

-Chas

[panerd]

I misread and thought it was how long he could go from some starting point without going hitless. I didn't realize it was throughout a whole season. The one looks pretty stupid I guess.

[wbatl1]

I misread and thought it was how long he could go from some starting point without going hitless. I didn't realize it was throughout a whole season. The one looks pretty stupid I guess.

Excuses, excuses:D

Only one off, oh well.

[Toddzilla]

w00t!

I guess having a spreadsheet handy for all kinds of silly baseball related folly finally paid off.

New Highlander Puzzle will debut on Monday Morning!

[Chas in Cinti]

Bump...