Here's how my entry would've looked for the 1990's Yankees:
1. What was your team's winning percentage for the decade? (1 pt, to whoever is closer)
0.559 - I was torn between going higher because of the late decade dominance or lower because of the early decade futility. I should've gone lower, as the actual was 0.548.
2. How many postseason appearances did your team make? (1 pt)
5 - This one was easy for me.
3. Place each of the 10 seasons in order by team winning percentage:
(1 point for each season in the correct slot)
1. 1998 - 1 pt
2. 1999 - actually 1994
3. 1994 - actually 1999
4. 1997 - 1 pt
5. 1996 - 1 pt
6. 1995 - 1 pt
7. 1993 - 1 pt
8. 1992 - 1 pt
9. 1990 - actually 1991
10. 1991 - actually 1990
I did better than expected here, but I had no doubt that 1998 was tops and 1990-93 were the bottom four.
4. Over the next 3 questions, we'll put together a roster for your team. Name the player who was your team's regular starter at each defensive position the most years: (1 pt each)
(This is the player that BB-Ref lists most frequently as the starter on the positional starters page, not necessarily the player who started the most games at that position. In the case of a tie, either player will work.)
C: Jorge Posada - No, actually was Mike Stanley. I had forgotten about Stanley and Matt Nokes, and couldn't remember when Posada took over (1998). Joe Girardi had 1996 and 1997.
1B: Don Mattingly - Yes! Mattingly was my favorite player growing up.
2B: Steve Sax - No, actually was Pat Kelly. I forgot about him, and Sax went back to 1989, but Kelly had 4 years to Sax's 3. I avoided Knoblauch, though.
3B: Wade Boggs - Yes!
SS: Derek Jeter - Yes!
LF: Hensley Meulens - No, actually was Chad Curtis/Gerald Williams/Mel Hall - I almost put Mel Hall, but thought I remembered him as a strong armed right fielder. You have to go back to the early 70's to find Roy White as the regular left fielder for more than 3 consecutive seasons.
CF: Bernie Williams - Yes!
RF: Paul O'Neill - Yes!
5. Name the top 5 starting pitchers by games started:
(Scoring: 1 pt for each player correctly on the list, 0.25 additional points for placing them in the right slot)
1. Jimmy Key - actually Andy Pettitte - 1 pt
2. Andy Pettitte - actually David Cone - 1 pt
3. David Cone - actually Scott Kamieniecki - 1 pt - Kamieniecki had 4 seasons with ERA+ over 100.
4. David Wells - actually Jimmy Key
5. Pascual Perez - actually Melido Perez - I had the wrong Perez!
6. Name the top 5 relief pitchers by relief appearances (G-GS):
(Scoring: 1 pt for each player correctly on the list, 0.25 additional points for placing them in the right slot)
1. Steve Howe - actually Mariano Rivera - 1 pt
2. Steve Farr - actually Jeff Nelson
3. Jeff Nelson - actually Steve Howe - 1 pt
4. Mariano Rivera - actually Mike Stanton - 1 pt
5. Eric Plunk - actually Bob Wickman
I have no comment on this section other than to say that this was a question I added after having already done some looking at other relief options which confused me a bit, so that's my excuse.
7. For each team, below is the draftee that has produced the most WAR (BB-Ref) from each draft class. Put them in order of draft pick, as if they had been drafted in the same draft.
(Only do your team. 2 points if you've got a player in the right slot, 1 point if you're off by one.)
1990's Yankees Picks:
Derek Jeter (1992) - Yes! 6th pick - 2 pts.
Eric Milton (1996) - Yes! 20th pick - 2 pts.
Ed Yarnall (1993) - No, Mark Prior (1998) - 43rd pick, didn't sign, of course.
Case Blake (1995) - No, Lyle Mouton (1991) - 126th pick
Andy Phillips (1999) - No, but just off by one. Randy Choate (1997) - 169th pick - 1 pt.
Andy Pettitte (1990) - No, but just off by one. I remembered him being a later pick. Andy Phillips (1999) - 231st pick - 1 pt.
Lyle Mouton (1991) - No, Andy Pettitte (1990) - 594th pick
Mark Prior (1998) - No, didn't realize the Yanks went that high on him. Jason Grilli (1994) - 675th
Randy Choate (1997) - No, Ed Yarnall (1993) - 1231st
Jason Grilli (1994) - No, Case Blake (1995) - 1259th
Other notables:
1990 - 1st round Carl Everett (10th), 24th round Jorge Posada (646th)
1995 - 20th round Mike Lowell (562nd)
1996 - 3rd round Nick Johnson (89th)
The rest never earned more than a couple of WAR in their careers.
8. Name 5 players who played the final game of their major league career for your team in this decade: (1 pt each)
Cecil Fielder - No, went on to Anaheim and Cleveland in 1998
Jim Abbott - No, went on to several teams
Don Mattingly - Yes, 1995
Wade Boggs - No, went to Rays
Andy Hawkins - No, Yankees released in May 1991, he signed with the A's and had 15 starts before being released for the final time in August.
This was much harder than I thought.
9. Name 1 player who led their league (AL for Tribe, NL for Cards) in a statistic. Name the player, the statistic (e.g. HR's, RBI, etc.), and the year he led the league. (1 pt for each component = 3 pts total)
(Only stats listed on the standard annual BB-Ref leaderboards are eligible. I don't need the numeric league leading tally, just the stat name)
Player: Derek Jeter
Year: 1998
Stat: Average
2 points. Jeter did lead the league in something in 1998, but it was runs scored.
27 points total - a good Yankees number.