If Isaac Newton played baseball: designated hitter, rated 83
Isaac Newton would play designated hitter in baseball, rated 83 in Legends Draft MLB, the parody game where famous people play baseball. The position leans hardest on power and contact, where Isaac Newton rates 82 and 79. Best attribute: eye (90). A designated hitter with real power and a sharp eye. His eye and his power lead the card, and speed is the soft spot.
Photo: Godfrey Kneller, Public domain
Natural position
DH Designated hitter
Rating
83OVRPlays like: A physics minded slugger who understands every batted ball.
Play Legends Draft MLBBaseball ratings
Made up for the game, 40 to 99.
- Contact
- 79
- Power
- 82
- Eye
- 90
- Speed
- 45
- Fielding
- 70
- Arm
- 56
- Pitching
- 68
Where Isaac Newton fits
Each spot weighs the ratings its own way. Away from the natural spot a legend loses a few points; on the bench everyone plays at their natural rating.
- DHDesignated hitter, natural83
- 1BFirst base80
- 3BThird base71
- CCatcher69
- 2BSecond base68
Isaac Newton as a baseball player: scouting report
Isaac Newton wrote the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation, so he understands a batted ball better than anyone who has ever stepped into the box. He would be a designated hitter. His eye is the best mark on his card, and this is a man who split white light into its colors with a prism, so picking up the spin on a breaking ball should not trouble him.
His power is the second best mark on his card, and he can explain exactly why: a fast swing through a heavy bat delivers a lot of force, and that sends the ball a long way. He developed calculus, the mathematics of a ball's curving path, around the same time as Leibniz, and he built the first practical reflecting telescope, so tracking a pitch all the way in is second nature. His contact is solid, which puts the ball in play often enough to make the power count. He later served as Master of the Royal Mint and president of the Royal Society, and he would bring those same exacting standards to the clubhouse.
Speed is the soft spot, the lowest mark on his card, and a body at rest tends to stay at rest. He is a station to station runner, and his fielding and arm are below average, which is why designated hitter fits him best. First base is his next best spot and third base is a long way behind. Draft him in the middle rounds as a cleanup hitter, put speed in front of him and let the laws of physics take care of the rest.
Plays like A physics minded slugger who understands every batted ball
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Isaac Newton in other sports
- FootballDefensive lineman93OVR
- BasketballCenter80OVR
- HockeyDefenseman78OVR
- SoccerCenter back86OVR
- BaseballDesignated hitter83OVR
- GolfGolfer78OVR
Isaac Newton in real life
Real life
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
- Lived
- 1642 to 1727
- From
- Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Known as
- mathematician, philosopher, physicist, astronomer
- Honors
- Knight Bachelor
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Questions about Isaac Newton in baseball
- What position would Isaac Newton play in baseball?
- Designated hitter. In Legends Draft MLB the position leans hardest on power and contact, where Isaac Newton rates 82 and 79. The next best spots are first base (80) and third base (71).
- What is Isaac Newton's rating in Legends Draft MLB?
- 83 at designated hitter, the natural position. Away from it a legend loses a few points; on the bench everyone plays at their natural rating.
- What is Isaac Newton's best attribute?
- Eye, at 90. The weakest is contact, at 79.
- Are these ratings real?
- No. Legends Draft MLB is a parody game and the ratings are made up for fun, on a scale of 40 to 99. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone in it.
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