Guides
Play smarter.
Know more ball.
How to get better at each game, and what we’ve found digging through a century and a half of rosters and career stats.
From the data
- From 1871 to today in nine teammatesEvery baseball player since the first season on record is connected by teammates. The shortest chain from 1871 to a 2026 rookie takes nine links, and Nolan Ryan is one of them.
- The center of every sportWhich player sits closest to everyone else who ever played? We measured every teammate chain in five sports. Baseball's answer is Tommy John.
- The players with the most teammatesNobody shared a clubhouse with more people than the journeymen. The top ten in every sport, and why they're the best links in Teammate Chain.
Strategy guides
- Teammate ChainHow to win Teammate ChainThink in team-seasons, not players. How to find the rookie-and-veteran bridges, use journeymen as hubs, and connect any two players in as few links as possible.
- Exact ChangeHow to win Exact ChangeOne big career to get close, then small change to finish. The numbers worth memorizing, and why hundreds of players with one career home run are your best friends.
- The Player StackHow to win The Player StackThe ten categories are not the same size. How to spot the big buckets, save them for the right career, and beat a target you can't see coming.
- The SpreadHow to win The SpreadPick the side first, then the size. How the scoring forgives a close miss, and the career benchmarks that turn a guess into an estimate.
- The ScatterHow to win The ScatterThe axes grow by square roots, and that changes where everyone sits. How to read the chart, place the stat you know first, and keep pins out of the corners.
- Career ArcHow to win Career ArcDraw the shape before the numbers. Rookie years, the peak, the shortened seasons that dip, and why missing a big season costs less than you think.
- Sports Under 150How to win Sports Under 150Ten nations, ten sports, a budget of 149. Why scarce sports are worth protecting, where to park a nation that ranks nowhere, and how to think one flag ahead.