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Who's on 1st, 2nd, & ...?

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the homeruns somebody else hits.Casey Stengel

Challenge

Listed below is information collected about the nine starting members of a baseball team. However, when the information was collected the reporter forgot to record the postion of each player.

With a little thinking and reasoning, can you figure out what position each plays on the team:

Enjoy!

  1. Joe and the third baseman lived in the same building.
  2. Bob, Joe, Frank, and the catcher were beaten at golf by the second baseman.
  3. Ed is a very close friend of the catcher.
  4. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder.
  5. The shortstop, the third baseman and Frank each like to go to the races.
  6. The pitcher's wife is the third baseman's sister.
  7. Bill's sister was engaged to the second baseman.
  8. Bob and Harry each won $5.00 from the pitcher at poker.
  9. The catcher and the third baseman are married and each have two children.
  10. Jim decided to get a divorce.
  11. All of the battery and infield, excepting Harry, Joe, and Ed are shorter than Jim.
  12. Bill and the outfielders liked to play gin rummy together whenever they could.
  13. Jack is taller than Frank. Tom is shorter than Frank. Each of them weighted more than the first baseman.
  14. One of the outfielders was either Tom or Ed.
  15. Bill, Bob, and Jack, the centerfielder, and the right fielder are bachelors. The others were married.
  16. Bob, Ed, and the shortstop have motorcycles.

 

  Bill Bob Ed Frank Harry Jack Jim Joe Tom

Pitcher

 

                  

Catcher

 

                  

Shortstop

 

                  

1st

 

                  

2nd

 

                  

3rd

 

                  

Left fielder

 

                  

Center fielder

 

                  

Right Fielder

 

                  

 

Don't strike out.

 

 

 

Hint:

Use an elimination strategy.

Example Joe and third baseman lived .... Joe isn't the third baseman, put an X in the cell intersecting Joe and 3rd.

Continue identifying all the names who did something with another person in a different positions and elimate them, until you have all that is possible.

Clean up a bit and check to see if ...

  • You know a person's position that position for all the other players are marked (x) as eliminated.
  • You know who plays a position you can eliminate that position for all the player nameds.

Mark who is single and married.

After identifying all the names who did something with another person in a different positions, combine that information and the information of who is single and married. That's a little harder, but put it in combination with identifying the outfielders you should make progress.

 

 

Answers:

Pitcher Joe, Catcher Harry, Shortstop Bill, 1st Bob, 2nd Jack, 3rd Ed, Right field Tom, Left field Jim, Center field Frank

The numbers refer to clues.

 

Bill

single

Bob

single

 Ed

Frank

CF ∴

single

 Harry

Jack

single

 Jim Joe

Tom

RF ∴

single
Pitcher

6&15

x

6&15,8

x

 x x

8

X

6&15

x

11

x

★*

After Ed

14

x
Catcher

9&15

x

9&15,2

x

3

x

2

x

after OF, 2nd

★*

9&15

x

11

x

2

x

14

x
Shortstop

after OF, 2nd

★*

16

x

16

x

5

x

 x x

11

x

 x

14

x
1st  

★*

last

 x

13

x

 x

13

x

11

x

  

14

x
2nd

7

x

2

x

 

x

2

x

x

married

 

7&15

★*

11

x

2

x

14

x
3rd x x

★*

Only married left

5

x

 x x

11

x

1

x

14

x
Left fielder

15,12

x

 x

11

x

 

x

11

x

x

 

★*

 

11

x

14

x
Center fielder

15,12

x

15

x

11

x

 

★ *

11

x

15

x

15

x

11

x

x

 
Right Fielder

15,12

x

15

 

11

x

 

x

11

x

15

x

15

x

 

11

x

★*