All Time Great Team Update

Last summer I ran an All Time Greatest team competition, where 32 teams were selected to compete in a series of 100 sims, including postseasons.  Ultimately, a team of my own, the Manetheren Red Eagles, narrowly beat out the Lusitania Death Speakers squad for the title.

By the end of the last ATB season it was clear at least one new team could make a claim for being the all time greatest in our league's history.  During the seasonal wrap up I quickly ran 50 seasons and found that yes, the Gold Country Gossamers may in fact be the best team of all time.

This weekend I re-did the 100 sims, only without keeping track of the playoffs.  I ran 117,800 games to see which squad truly should be considered the best ever.

ATB XIII also was home to two other very good teams, the Newark Slam Dumps and "Big Dan and the Lady's".  In the 20-sim wrapup, these two teams were #2 and #3 in the league by a healthy margin.  These squads too were added to the latest All Time Great team competition.

To make room, the bottom three teams in the original competition were eliminated:  Harlem Rangers (ATB X), John McDonald Fanclub (ATB XI), White Meadow Lake Black Stones (ATB XI).  Congrats to these teams for making the competition, it's not a knock to be eliminated from this mix of teams.

Still #1, and by a large margin again, are Justin B's Gold Country Gossamers.


1) 0.586 Wpct - Gold Country Gossamers XIII (Justin B)
2) 0.554 Wpct - Lusitania Death Speakers XII (Mike S)
3) 0.554 Wpct - Manetheren Red Eagles IX (Lou P)
4) 0.550 Wpct - Pangea Tyrannosaurus Rex X (Justin P)
5) 0.540 Wpct - Newark Slam Dumps XIII (Sean S)
6) 0.539 Wpct - DC Chips X (Steve C)
7) 0.534 Wpct - Franklin Lakes Pill Poppers VII (Justin P)
8) 0.519 Wpct - DC Chips XII (Steve C)
9) 0.519 Wpct - La Chap au Sts Neanderthals XI (Justin P)
10) 0.518 Wpct - Big Dan and the Lady's XIII (Mike S)
11) 0.515 Wpct - Sonoran Black Diamonds XII (Justin P)
12) 0.513 Wpct - Dumai's Wells Oathbinders XII (Lou P)
13) 0.506 Wpct - Bellevue Freakin' Franch XI (Brad P)
14) 0.505 Wpct - Malkier Golden Cranes X (Mike S)
15) 0.500 Wpct - Franklin Lake Pillpoppers VIII (Justin P)
16) 0.497 Wpct - CosaNostra Deliverators IX (Mike S)
17) 0.494 Wpct - Hudson County Holy Rollers VIII (Mike S)
18) 0.494 Wpct - County Wicklow Ftg Shillelaghs IX (TJ O)
19) 0.491 Wpct - Dyersville Black Sox IX (Mike T)
20) 0.490 Wpct - Staten Island Dumpers X (Sean S)
21) 0.480 Wpct - Van Nest Phight Philben VIII (Jeff B)
22) 0.478 Wpct - Windy City Potato Pocketers XI (Lou P)
23) 0.478 Wpct - Helena Handbasket XII (Joe T)
24) 0.476 Wpct - Winterfell Direwolves X (Lou P)
25) 0.471 Wpct - Discordia Low Men VII (Lou P)
26) 0.466 Wpct - Lima de Equipo X (Brad P)
27) 0.463 Wpct - Pittsburgh Pulverizers VII (Sean S)
28) 0.460 Wpct - John McDonald Fanclub X (Jason B)
29) 0.459 Wpct - John McDonald Fanclub XII (Jason B)
30) 0.453 Wpct - Planet 10 XI (Ivar A)
31) 0.450 Wpct - Team Chutney VII (Brad P)
32) 0.450 Wpct - St. Louis Slammers VIII (PC)


One other time to note - the Red Eagles and Death Speakers are still virtually identical.  After 117,000 games the two are only separated by a grand total of 6 wins.  With such a large sample, 6 games is meaningless.  Quite amazing.


Here's a file with a bit more detail.