MLB Crowd Favourite
Crowd Favourite
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How to play
One question and a board of the six most obvious answers to it, face down. Name one and it flips open worth its obviousness — how well known that player is next to the others who answer the same question. There is no survey behind the number; nobody has been asked anything. A name that is not on the board is an out, and three ends the round.
A board of the six most obvious answers, face down. There is no survey behind the numbers — each is an estimate of how well known a player is.
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San Francisco Giants players who scored 1,000+ runs
71 recognisable players answer this
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Each number is an obviousness estimate — how well known a player is next to the others who answer the same question. Nobody has been asked anything.
How to play MLB Crowd Favourite
A question with many right answers, and a board of the six most obvious ones face down. Name a player and if he is on the board the row flips open, worth its obviousness score. Name somebody who is not and you spend an out; three outs ends the round. A duplicate costs nothing, and a surname two rows share costs nothing either — being right in a way the site cannot read is not your mistake. Finding half the board is a win.
Strategy & tips
- Say the first name that comes to mind. This is the one game where the obvious answer is worth the most.
- Think about who a casual fan would name, not who a historian would. The board is ordered by how well known a player is, not by how good he was.
- Use a full name when a surname is shared. The board will tell you when it cannot choose between two men.
- Six rows out of dozens of valid answers means the deep cuts are not on the board at all. Save those for Deep Cut.
About MLB Crowd Favourite
Nobody has been asked anything to build this board, and the copy never suggests otherwise. The number on each row is an OBVIOUSNESS estimate: how well known a player is relative to the others who answer the same question, derived from the same recognisability scoring the rest of the site uses. Deep Cut runs the identical model upside down, which is why the two games can never disagree about who is obvious.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the number on each row come from?
Our own recognisability scoring. It is an estimate of how well known each player is next to the others who answer the same question — nobody has been asked anything, and no play data is involved.
Why is a right answer not on the board?
The board holds only the six most obvious answers. Plenty of correct names are not on it — that is what Deep Cut is for.
How many outs do I get?
Three, and only a name that is not on the board costs one. A duplicate is free, and so is a surname two rows share — the board tells you to be more specific rather than charging you for it.
What counts as winning?
Finding half the board. That is deliberately generous, and deliberately not a score threshold: the top row can be worth more than the bottom three together, so a score bar would make the game about guessing the number one answer.
Statistics come from Major League Baseball and cover every player since 1871, including the Negro Leagues, which MLB recognised as major leagues in 2020.