These are the results of 100 baseline resims (ended up being 95 seasons due to a silly mistake on my part, though I will continue to call it the 100 sim baseline). Each season was run in neutral parks. Injuries were turned on, each team had a strict 5 man rotation, and the schedule was set for 154 games. To date, we've completed the catcher review. Here is a link to the full detail by position.
At first base, and at no surprise, Lou Gehrig stands out as one of the truly elite batters in ATB. In the re-sims he averaged 37 HR and 34 doubles while maintaining a stellar slash line of .297 / .375 / .584 with a .959 OPS. His OPS is 120 points better than the next best first basemen, and he's one of only four players in the entire game to average an OPS of .850 or better.
Behind Gehrig are 5 very good options, each with OPS scores over .800. Somewhat surprisingly, this list does not include 1969 Willie McCovey or 2008 Albert Pujols. Even more shocking, is that 1961 Norm Cash heads the list among tier 2 players. His slash line averaged .297 / .388 / .451.
1932 Jimmie Foxx and 1998 Mark McGwire are low OBP high power options, belting 39 and 43 respectively. Dan Brouthers is a cheap option and underrated - .302 / .376 / .435 with 24 stolen bases.
The top 15 work out in the following manner:
01) 0.297 / 0.375 / 0.584 - 1927 Gehrig,Lou
02) 0.297 / 0.388 / 0.451 - 1961 Cash,Norm
03) 0.256 / 0.340 / 0.475 - 1932 Foxx,Jimmie
04) 0.206 / 0.341 / 0.462 - 1998 McGwire,Mark
05) 0.302 / 0.376 / 0.435 - 1886 Brouthers,Dan
06) 0.276 / 0.327 / 0.488 - 1994 Bagwell,Jeff
07) 0.256 / 0.327 / 0.460 - 1969 McCovey,Willie
08) 0.269 / 0.344 / 0.409 - 2008 Pujols,Albert
09) 0.303 / 0.352 / 0.395 - 1938 Leonard,Buck
10) 0.282 / 0.354 / 0.380 - 1993 Olerud,John
11) 0.269 / 0.328 / 0.417 - 1932 Terry,Bill
12) 0.286 / 0.324 / 0.400 - 1920 Sisler,George
13) 0.299 / 0.346 / 0.360 - 1974 Carew,Rod
14) 0.299 / 0.344 / 0.366 - 1977 Carew,Rod
15) 0.245 / 0.309 / 0.367 - 1885 Orr,Dave
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