At the end of each season owners may submit a new lineup that is used in the 20 Resim competition. This competition is purely for speculation and is used as a gauge to determine who had the best draft. The true ATB champion remains the World Series winner.
20 seasons are automatically simulated and compiled. No lineup changes are allowed and injuries are turned off. Through a formula that considers Win-Loss record, Playoff Appearances, and Pythagorean Record the teams are ranked in order from worst to first.
Special thanks to Justin B who provided the formula and methodology behind the raw park OPS values, which provides a new way to interpret park factors.
The AL West Division winners apparently played above themselves in the ATB regular season. Just about everything broke right for Rusty Kuntz, so much so that their 92 regular season wins matched their best win total during the 20 re-sims.
In the resims, this was a solid team offensively and about average in pitching. They made the playoffs exactly half of the time but never had quite enough wins for a division title. They did tie for the division lead in Year 1 but ultimately lost in a tie breaker based on run differential.
Led by the immortal Ted Williams (see below) the All Stars also heavily relied on 21st rounder Elmer Flick (also see below) and 2nd Rounder Hugh Duffy. Duffy, roaming center, was particularly good batting .312 / .350 / .430 with 34 doubles. They key aspect of the balance of the lineup was lack of glaring hole. No other batter excelled, but every other regular combined to average a .672 OPS. Wade Boggs also recorded a notable .355 on base percentage.
The rotation was led by Al Orth and the bullpen JJ Putz. In between, starters Harvey Haddix (4.06 ERA) and Ben Sheets (4.07 ERA) were solid, but when one employs a 4-man rotation, the 4th leg needs to be better than Catfish Hunter (4.58 ERA).
The bullpen was a true bright spot. Aside from the three relievers listed below, Derek Lilliquist (3.27 ERA), Al Hrabosky (3.44 ERA), Bryan Harvey (3.42 ERA), and Pascual Perez (3.33 ERA) were all above average.
800 OPS Batters:
Ted Williams: .936 OPS, .320 / .437 / .500, 29 HR, 102 R, 100 RBI
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Al Orth: 3.45 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 19-13, 289 IP
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Steve Ontiveros: 3.25 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 93 IP
JJ Putz: 2.73 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 75 IP, 37 Saves
Rafael Perez: 3.02 ERA, 1.21 WHIP
Best Value Draft Pick
Rd 21: Elmer Flick (.714 OPS, 24 2B, 9 3B, 8 HR)
Bust Draft Pick
Rd 6: Candy Nelson was harmed by the 1800s reset. His new line for Rusty: .238 / .351 / .268
Tally so Far
#24 - Downsouth Brews
#23 - Leesburg Snow
#22 – dogphin29
#21 – Team America World Police
#21 – Uncle Robbie’s Daffiness Boys
#19 – Indiana Black Sox
#18 – Haven Tommyknockers
#17 – Planet 10 Red Lectroids
#16 – North Podunk Banana Bears
#15 – Willets Point “Mechanics”
#14 – Saginaw Slammers
#13 – Helena Handbasket
#12 – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
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