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 Sparta Hoplites are the fist of our great resim teams. Sure, we must consider the division they played in, arguably the worst in ATB. However, they were the only team to take advantage of the situation winning the title 13 times, tied for the best mark in the game. They were awarded the wild card two more times, and their 15 post season appearances was tied for the second best overall
How did they do it? Honestly I am not entirely sure and I look forward to the results of the balanced schedule resim at the end of the rankings. This was a top tier team that won 90 or more games 9 times, yet they accomplished this with Teddy Higuera as their “ace” and Joe Jackson as their main offensive threat. No other starting pitcher recorded an ERA and 4.00 and no other batter, despite a home park that increased offense dramatically, had an OPS over .800.
You’ll notice Sean submitted 17 lineups in a 12 week season, and this indirectly speaks to his drafting mindset. He subscribes to the practice of “the whole is greater than the sum its parts” and perhaps there is something to this. While the lineup had no traditionally great offensive players, each person played a specific role, and it was littered with above average players. Sandwiched between decent OBP threats such as Joe Jackson and Arky Vaughn, were extra base hit threats of Derek Lee (30 2B, 24 HR), Babe Herman (34 2B, 19 HR), Ed Delahanty (51 2B), and Cy Seymour (31 2B, 14 3B).
The starting rotation looked worse than reality thanks to Forbes Field. Their best pitcher was Kevin Brown (11 W, 4.03 ERA), while Mort Cooper and Teddy Higuera were all above average when considering park effects. John Denny was a good find in Rd 27, and let’s call him about league average (4.34, 1.40).
The bullpen was very good, featuring two top end relievers in Steve Reed and Rafael Soriano (see below), while Joel Pineiro, Kevin Saucier, and Aaron Fultz all performed better than the league average.
All this combined to give the Hoplites the 4th best run differential of the resims.
800 OPS Batters:
Joe Jackson: .801 OPS, .326 / .364 / .437, 234 H, 41 2B, 118 R
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Teddy Higuera: 3.97 ERA, 1.44 WHIP
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Steve Reed: 2.98 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 96 IP
Rafael Soriano: 2.95 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 35 Saves
Best Value Draft Pick
Rd 21: the aforementioned John Denny
Bust Draft Pick
Rd 8: Scott Rolen (.535 OPS and benched ½ way through he regulars season).
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
#11 – Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters
#10 – DC Chips
#9 – John McDonald Fanclub
#8 – Brighton Shadows
#7 – Ee-Yah Orators
#6 – St Louis White Rats
#5 – New Orleans Thrill
#4 – Sparta Hoplites
Only three teams remain, our World Champion Carnie’s, their NL pennant winning Fishbiscuits, the Gossamers, owners of the 2nd best regular season record.
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