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.
Matt B’s “Mechanics” almost recorded ATB history. Had 5th starter Mordecai Brown just given up a handful of less earned runs per year, he would have been listed under the “Sub 4.00 ERA Starters” for the first time in league history. Brown, loved by so many, for so many years, is typically a perennial disappointment in ATB. This year, while not dominant, he was a league average pitcher thanks to the pitcher friendly home turf of Willets Point, which had the second lowest Raw OPS in the league. Brown went 11-11 with a 4.04 ERA and 1.36 WHIP in 197 innings.
The rest of the pitching rotation was good as well with each member easily besting a 4.00 ERA. Garland Braxton was the best of them, giving up 206 hits in 230 innings.
The major issue for Willets Point was scoring runs. The park didn’t help matters much, but once you go past their first three offensive picks (Tip O’Neill, Larry Walker, and Fred Lynn) there wasn’t much quality to go around.
Troy Tulowitzki (see below) was a major bust as was Johnny Bench (.591 OPS).
Still, Willets Point was a good team in sims, making the playoffs as a Wild Card 8 times and maxing out as a 91 win team in Sim 17.
800 OPS Batters:
Tip O’Neill: .825 OPS
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Garland Braxton: 3.51 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 12 W
Eddie Cicotte: 3.77 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
Willie Mitchell: 3.57 ERA
Clayton Kershaw: 3.87 ERA
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Dale Murray: 3.10 ERA, 124 IP
Best Value Draft Pick
RD 19: Dale Murray 17 Saves
Bust Draft Pick
Rd 5: Troy Tulowitzki .253 / .304 / .314
Division Summary
Not a particularly good showing in the AL West.
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”
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