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.
This is why we play the games. The North Podunk Banana bears had the second most wins in ATB this season and sported an outstanding +143 Run Differential, tops in the National League. However, in the 20 resims they never approached either of these figures and come in as a very disappointing 17th ranked team. With 96 regular season wins and a max win potential of 97, the Bears received just about every break possible en route to their NL East Division Title.
What happened? First, and perhaps foremost, owner Mike G was the most active owner in our leagues history. In a 13 week season (12 weeks of regular season, plus 1 week of playoffs) Mike submitted an unheard of 26 lineups. It is entirely possible that his active hand and lineup machinations allowed the Banana Bears to over perform.
On the other hand, it may have just been pure luck. Let’s take a more in depth look at some of the regulars:
Somewhat speechless here. Reggie Jackson had a career type year, coming in with an .876 OPS vs. a resim average OPS of .770 (which by the way was directly in line with his career ATB average of .770). Lenny Dykstra and Jim Genitely also significantly outperformed their resim averages.
The excellence of pitching staff was even more pronounced, every regular except Harry Brecheen outperformed their 20 resim baseline in the ATB regular season. And Brecheen did exactly as he was supposed to. Look at third starter Lefty Gomez, almost a full run and half better then he should have been.
In all, the Banana Bears made the playoffs just three times but they were still a good team. They had a winning record 10 times, including 7 occasions with Wins in the mid 80’s or better.
Mike G had an awesome year. Hey may not have had an awesome team, but he had a good one, and as so many owners can attest, not many can say that in a rookie season.
800 OPS Batters:
George Brett: .809 OPS, 91 Runs
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Harry Brecheen: 12 W, 3.63 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
Jesse Tannehill: 12 W, 3.70 ERA, 1.24 WHIP
Kevin Millwood: 13 W, 3.88 ERA, 1.30 WHIP
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
John Smoltz: 3.05 ERA, 36 IIP
Best Value Draft Pick
Rd 24: Ryan Braun - .285 / .336 / .443 in a platoon
Bust Draft Pick
Rd 2: Joe Morgan batting .229 with a .329 OBP. In general, many owners, including myself, panicked when the great infielders were taken early. We all decided to jump on the next best available, but situations like this occurred too often. This simply isn’t enough offense for a second round selection.
#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
Wow...that is quit the gap!
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