Resim Power Alley - #4, DC Chips

#4 – DC Chips
Owner: Steve C

Four teams remain to vie for the #1 ranked resimmer. In alphabetical order: DC Chips, Dumai’s Wells Oathbinders, Lusitiania Death Speakers, and the Sonoran Black Diamonds. Three of them advanced to the League Championship round, a number right about where you would expect in any given season.

Coming in at #4 are the DC Chips. We previously saw a natural divide between the 12th and 11th ranked teams, which were separated by 6 wins (77 vs 83). A similar divide now separates the 4th and 5th ranked teams. The Chps averaged 95 wins, five more than Fanclub, enough of a variance to know they were squarely the better club.

It’s obvious this was one of the elite teams – 95 average wins, a +142 RD, 8 seasons of 100 or morewins, a .900 OPS batter, and several great pitchers. One number that sticks out is 114 resim wins – not Max Win potential, but the actual number of wins recorded in one of the resims. Incredible. What exactly went right?

On offense, Tip O’Neill was his usual great self with a .935 OPS and 73 extra base hits. Eddie Mathews was also about average with 35 HR and a .815 OPS. The three biggest differences were Arky Vaughan who batted .319 / .410 / .445, Johnny Mize with an .800 OPS, and Jack Clark’s 35 homers.

Their rotation was top notch:
Braxton: 23-7, 3.50 ERA
Sanders: 19-10, 3.36 ERA
Conway: 12-4, 3.72 ERA
Scott: 17-12, 4.27 ERA

But their pen was the key to it all:

Joe Neale: 18-6, 202 IP, 1.87 ERA, 109 Appearances
Frank Killen: 13-3, 152 IP, 3.25 ERA, 101 Appearances
Mike Jackson: 7-1, 3.14 ERA, 52 IP

Interestingly, Killen is listed as a bust down below, and deservedly so. He averaged a 4.72 ERA over the 20 sims, had 4 seasons in the 5.00’s, and even had one season with a 6.46 ERA in 141 IP. This season however, he excelled, and it was his only time with an ERA under 3.50 and just the third time under 4.00

800 OPS Batters
Rd1 – Tip O’neill: .352 / .405 / .514, 51 2B, 14 3B, 11 HR, 113 R
Rd3 – Eddie Mathews: .265 / .341 / .469, 33 HR, 114 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd20 – Ben Sanders: 18-11, 3.50 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 255 IP, 239 K
Rd7 – Garland Braxton: 15-11, 3.83 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 236 IP, 135 K
FA – Pete Conway: 11-7, 3.85 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 156 IP, 151 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd9 – Joe Neale: 209 IP, 2.56 ERA, 0.94 WHIP
Rd16– Mike Jackson: 3.03 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 69 IP

Bust Draft Pick
Rd8 – Frank Killen. How the mighty have fallen. Once regarded as the best “per inning” pitcher in ATB, Killen has been reduced to a mop up role in future sims. His new average ERA is a worthless 4.72 after correcting for a major statistical error in his DMB line.

Value Draft Pick
Rd20 – Ben Sanders. How doe the Chips find great pitchers each year? This year Sanders in Round 20 and Conway as an in season free agent.