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Oracle of Baseball

Find a chain of teammates

Link any two major league players by a shortest possible list of teammates.

How connected is a player?

To find out how connected a given player is -- that is, how short the chains are from him to other players -- enter his name in the blank below.

If you're curious, here's a list of the most and least linkable people in baseball history.

Notes

Players who were traded for one another are considered by the Oracle to have played for the same team that year and will appear to be teammates.

Acknowledgements

The infrastructure for this application was written by Patrick Reynolds, who also maintains the well-known Oracle of Bacon, a similar application for actors and movies. The application is based on a suggestion by Jason McMahon.

Please e-mail any problems or suggestions

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.

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