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Oracle of Baseball

Posted by Neil on June 17, 2013

Want to find a chain of teammates between any two players in MLB history, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-style? Then check out our Oracle of Baseball, which can help you find things like this:

Chain from Mickey Mantle to Mike Trout

Mickey Mantle played with Bobby Murcer for the 1965 New York Yankees
Bobby Murcer played with Otis Nixon for the 1983 New York Yankees
Otis Nixon played with Torii Hunter for the 1998 Minnesota Twins
Torii Hunter played with Mike Trout for the 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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5 Responses to “Oracle of Baseball”

  1. Reggie Jefferson Says: June 18th, 2013 at 3:29 am

    Couldn't help but notice that mugshots of nearly every player up to a certain point have been added, but only to the minor league player pages. Will they ever make their debut on the main player pages?

  2. Argenis Carrizalez Says: June 19th, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Which MLB teams are more producers in the first five innings?

  3. Charles Saeger Says: June 19th, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    The real finding here is that major league teams gave Otis Nixon a job for fifteen years.

  4. Cam Says: June 21st, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Only 7 steps from Dan Brouthers to Yasiel Puig. Found that interesting

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