All Time Baseball: June 2014

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

All Time Manager Power Rankings Update - CORRECTION

1) 650 Pts - Justin Petronzi (+1 Chg)
2) 649 Pts - Lou Poulas (-1 Chg)
3) 628 Pts - Mike Smitko (0 Chg)
4) 609 Pts - Steve Chippendale (0 Chg)
5) 591 Pts - Jason Bernarndon (1 Chg)
6) 576 Pts - Sean Seeley (-1 Chg)
7) 563 Pts - Brad Peterson (0 Chg)
8) 543 Pts - Johnny Kondovski (0 Chg)
9) 540 Pts - Elliot Goldbetter (0 Chg)
10) 539 Pts - Joe Terry (0 Chg)
11) 532 Pts - TJ Olszewski (0 Chg)
12) 512 Pts - Jeff Burns (1 Chg)
13) 512 Pts - Mike Thanasides & Zach Bernstein (1 Chg)
14) 509 Pts - Shotgun Spratling (3 Chg)
15) 505 Pts - Matt Brody (0 Chg)
16) 495 Pts - David Kuenn (2 Chg)
17) 494 Pts - Jay Seeley (-1 Chg)
18) 494 Pts - Brian Barnes (2 Chg)
19) 489 Pts - Ivar Anderson (0 Chg)
20) 483 Pts - Joe Poulas (1 Chg)
21) 459 Pts - Joe Valenzano (5 Chg)
22) 447 Pts - Jay Hattem (3 Chg)
23) 434 Pts - Kevin Crowley (1 Chg)
24) 428 Pts - Leane Sarubbi (-2 Chg)
25) 375 Pts - Allen Cherulnik (6 Chg)
26) 370 Pts - Gary Gambino (3 Chg)
27) 306 Pts - Justin Burnson (-15 Chg)
28) 306 Pts - Scott Carter (7 Chg)
29) 297 Pts - Mike Green (7 Chg)
30) 297 Pts - Justin Bossert (NA Chg)
31) 275 Pts - Bruce Nalepka (7 Chg)
32) 267 Pts - Mike Murphy (5 Chg)
33) 260 Pts - Michael Rippe (-10 Chg)
34) 256 Pts - Larry Caggiano (5 Chg)
35) 238 Pts - Steve Gray / Tommy Bligh (-8 Chg)
36) 235 Pts - Jim Nugent (4 Chg)
37) 235 Pts - Richard Madachik (4 Chg)
38) 234 Pts - Matt Hinzpeter (-10 Chg)
39) 231 Pts - Mike Wishnick (3 Chg)
40) 231 Pts - Scott Salley (3 Chg)
41) 231 Pts - Al Hastick (NA Chg)
42) 225 Pts - Dennis Slinger (2 Chg)
43) 225 Pts - Ted Knorr (2 Chg)
44) 221 Pts - Ben Matsil (-14 Chg)
45) 216 Pts - Bob Lessard (1 Chg)
46) 216 Pts - PJ Dodds (NA Chg)
47) 213 Pts - Paul Nebenfuer (0 Chg)
48) 210 Pts - Devon Eckhart (-16 Chg)
49) 210 Pts - Andy Matsil (-16 Chg)
50) 210 Pts - Greg Stillwagon (-2 Chg)
51) 207 Pts - Jason Schwartz (-2 Chg)
52) 204 Pts - Greg Murphy (0 Chg)
53) 198 Pts - John Wolford (-3 Chg)
54) 194 Pts - Chris Kelly (-3 Chg)
55) 192 Pts - Adam Bloomquist (-21 Chg)
56) 188 Pts - Rod Aukamp (-3 Chg)
57) 188 Pts - Adam Luther (-3 Chg)
58) 185 Pts - Lee Wykes (-3 Chg)
59) 185 Pts - Bill Nyman (-3 Chg)
60) 173 Pts - Paul Taschereau Jr (-3 Chg)
61) 167 Pts - Neil Book (-3 Chg)
62) 164 Pts - Mario Iafrate & Russ Palmer (-3 Chg)

Justin is the new leader!!! I had a formula error.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/All%20Time%20Managers%20Through%20ATB%20XVI.xlsx

Hall of Famers for ATB XVI

The Hall of Fame page has been updated. New HOF'ers for this year are:

Player Cards Updated

New this year...

Improved batter and pitcher graphs
Pitchers: Added RCERA and K/BB
Batters: Added ATB Value and ATB Value Runs
(IF | OF | ARM) moved to the left. THese are only available in resim stat lines.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/Player_Cards.xlsm

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

All Time Great Resim - The Gossamers Dethroned

OK! 100 sims for another quick All Time Greatest ATB team competition. I eliminated the 'worst' 4 teams from our previous ATG competition and replaced them with the top 4 from ATB 16.

Eliminated
ATB 08 Van Nest Phighting Philbens (Jeff B)
ATB 11 Windy City Potato Pickers (Lou P)
ATB 12 Helena Handbaseket (Joe T)
ATB 15 John McDonald Fanclub (Joe V)

New Entrants
ATB 16 Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters
ATB 16 John McDonald Fanclub
ATB 16 Brighton Shadows
ATB 16 Dos Equis Interesting Men

After 100 resims (regular season only), here are the results:

It may not seem like much, but over the course of 100 seasons 0.8 wins and 8 runs is a clear victory for the Pinata Beaters, who have officially dethroned the Gold Country Gossamers as the best ATB team of all time. Well, almost officially. A few years ago I ran a much larger competition - season by season with playoffs - to crown a champion. That takes some time and have never repeated it. Since then, i have run quick "100 resims" and simply taken the average results of the regular season.

For now, Justin is the well deserved champion, but one day we'll have to see how his team fares in the post season of 100 sims to crown an ultimate champ.

Congrats JP!

Monday, June 16, 2014

Data for 20 Resims

Here are two worksheets for your perusal.

Standings Summary
Individual Player Detail

Good ride gents! I still will be updating season records, player cards, etc, but for all intents and purposes this season is now over. Thanks for playing!

I will leave you with this - top to bottom the NL was the superior league. Looking at the balanced resims, only 1 of the 12 AL teams improved their record, and that was by a margin of just 1 game. The rest of the league lost an average of 2.8 games. A little consolation for those NL'ers with seemingly poor records compared to their AL counterparts.

20 Resims #1 - Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters

And it wasn't even close....

Is this the best ATB team of all time? Will run a new all time great sim soon to find out.

800 OPS Batters:

1.102 – Babe Ruth

.800 – Orator Shaffer

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

2.78 – Garland Braxton

3.06 – Al Orth

3.23 – Jimmy Key (!)

3.31 – Monty Stratton

3.43 – Teddy Higuera

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.40 – Jacob McGee

2.46 – Tim Burke

2.52 – Al Grabowski

2.66 – Pat Jarvis

Every pitcher with more than 15 IP had an ERA under 3.43

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 14 – Jacob McGee

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 4 – Bullet Joe Rogan (by Colorado)

#24 - 61 W - Colorado Greensox
#23 - 67 W - Downsouth Brews
#22 - 70 W - Tampa Bay Muffin Stuffers
#21 - 72 W - Helena Handbasket
#20 - 70 W - New York Mammoths
#19 - 75 W - Washington Rain33
#18 - 76 W - Carlisle "Mechanics"
#17 - 78 W - Bostons Terrier
#17 - 79 W - Planet 10 Red Lectroids (tied)
#15 - 80 W - Riverside Park Furies
#14 - 81 W - Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#13 - 80 W - Sparta Hoplites
#12 - 82 W - Otherton Fishbiscuits
#11 - 84 W - Imre Artificers
#10 - 84 W - DC Chips
#9 - 86 W - Brawley Spider Monkeys
#8 - 87 W - Shamokin Miners
#7 - 86 W - Initech Consultants
#6 - 87 W - Dharma Islanders
#5 - 89 W - Little Generals
#4 - 89 W - Dos Equis Interesting Men
#3 - 91 W - Brighton Shadows
#2 - 91 W - John McDonald Fanclub
#1 - 103 W - Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters

20 Resims - #2 - John McDonald Fanclub

Such a good team, top to bottom.

800 OPS Batters:

.867 – Turkey Stearnes

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.68 – Mort Cooper

(Honorable Mentions to Cherokee Fisher, Bucky Walters, and Claude Hendrix, each at 3.80 or better)

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.42 – Eric Gagne

2.63 – Rob Murphy

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 25 – Cherokee Fisher

Bust Draft Pick

None

Saturday, June 14, 2014

20 Resims - #3 - Brighton Shadows

800 OPS Batters:

.845 – Norm Cash

.825 – Joe DiMaggio

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.17 – Joe Wood

3.56 – Ed Walsh

3.64 – Tiny Bonham

(Honorable Mention Dizzy Dean, 3.76)

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.89 – Tom Niedenfuer

2.94 – Mike Jackson

(Honorable Mention Keith Foulke, 3.02 in 128 IP)

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 22 – Doug Jones

Bust Draft Pick

None

Friday, June 13, 2014

20 Resims - #4 - Dos Equis Interesting Men

800 OPS Batters:

.984 – Oscar Charleston

.818 – Willie McCovey

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.00 – Jesse Tannehill

3.43 – Hal Newhouser

3.61 – Adam Wainright

3.72 – Mordecai Brown

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.46 – Scott Atchison

2.47 – Tug McGraw

2.57 – Ellis Kinder

(Plus Bruce Ruffin @ 2.89 in 41 IP)

Best Value Draft Pick

FA – Scott Atchison

Honorable Mention to Chino Smith, .717 OPS in Rd 27

Bust Draft Pick

None

Thursday, June 12, 2014

20 Resims - #5 - Little Generals

800 OPS Batters:

.808 – Carlos Delgado

.803 – Nap Lajoie

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.35 – Kevin Millwood

If you were to tell me at the start of the season that Carlos Delgado and Kevin Millwood where a team’s best hitter and pitcher, I would have told that team would be outside the top 10.

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.19 – Koji Uehera

2.91 – Paul Wilson

Best Value Draft Pick

Paul Wilson at 19. I would also like to see how John Reilly (Rd 22, .800 OPS in 200 AB a season) would perform in a full season.

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 5 – Harvey Haddix (4.43 ERA)

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

World Series Game 6 and 7 Complete

Spanish Harlem wins!

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/world_series_ATBXVI.htm

Series MVP? Ruth had 3 HR, 9 RBI and a .485 on-base thanks to 12 walks. But he killed so many rallies with strikeouts and stranding runners (DMB doesn't track LOB unfortunately), and batted a putrid .200

Teddy Higuera (2 GS, 14 IP, 3.21 ERA) was very good too, but in Game 4 did yield 4 earned runs in 7 innings.

My money is on Wade Boggs, who seemed to be in on every darn key rally the Beaters put together. His final line: .423 AVG, .545 OBP and 10 runs scored.

Congrats JP! And congrats JB on a terrific rookie campaign.

There will be a few more 20 resim posts and some website updates over the next week or two, but for all intents and purposes, this ends ATB 16. Have a great summer and see you again in January!

20 Resims - #6 - Dharma Islanders

800 OPS Batters:

.827 – Joe Jackson

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

2.83 – Greg Maddux

3.51 – Bill Swift (1935)

3.69 – Tim Lincecum

3.73 – Brandon Webb

3.74 – Jose Fernandez

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.81 – Bobby Jenks

2.96 – Dan Quisenberry

Best Value Draft Pick

No st.andouts, which speaks to well balanced draft. If pressed, I would choose Jenks at Rd 10

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 11 – Troy Tulowitzki (.574 OPS - .210 / .256 / .318)

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

20 Resims - #7 - Initech Consultants

They sadly missed the playoffs in the regular season, this is a good team.

800 OPS Batters:

.949 – Mickey Mantle

.839 – Ed Rile

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.47 – Addie Joss

3.60 – Tex Hughson

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.49 – Joe Nathan

2.54 – Cla Meredith

Best Value Draft Pick

FA – Mickey Vernon (.298 / .332 / .402)

Bust Draft Pick

No standouts

Monday, June 9, 2014

Game 5 in the Books

Dharma takes 3-2 series lead

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/world_series_ATBXVI.htm

Snider and Ruth Player Cards

Obviously there is wide gap between Babe Ruth and Duke Snider, but they are the two best batters on their respective teams this year. Here are their player cards.

Remember:

ATB All Time Record - Red Background/White Letter

Season Leader - Bold Red Font

Season Leader at the position - Bold Black Font

Ruth had a pretty good year.

Player Cards for World Series Game 5 Starters

Game 5 of the World Series is tonight at 9 PM. It features a great matchup between two greats of the game.

ATB 16 Player cards will be rolled out soon, here is a sneak peak.

20 Resims - #8 - Shamokin Miners

800 OPS Batters:
.801 – George Brett

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters
3.02 – Carl Hubbell
3.38 – Randy Jones
3.49 – Dave Brown
3.61 – Frank Sullivan

Sullivan had the worst ERA on the entire team

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers
2.76 – Alexander Torres
2.85 – Rod Beck

Best Value Draft Pick
Rd 28 - Torres

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 3 – Dobie Moore (Defense is important, but not for a .279 OBP tradeoff)

Sunday, June 8, 2014

World Series Game 5 Complete

Beaters win in a laugher

20 Resims - #9 - Brawley Spider Monkeys

800 OPS Batters:

1.025 – Barry Bonds

.845 – Jeff Bagwell

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

None

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.48 – Jonathan Papelbon

2.90 – Gabe White

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 24 – Cliff Politte (93 IP, 3.35 ERA)

Bust Draft Pick

None, but Yu Darvish (23rd Rd and 5.07 ERA) and Evan Longoria (Rd 27, .582 OPS) had no business in the starting lineup all year.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

20 Resims - #10 - DC Chips

800 OPS Batters:
.833 – Ty Cobb

Probably short a high end batter if Steve wanted to compete with the Top-5 caliber teams.

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters
3.40 – Dutch Leonard
3.69 – Wally Bunker

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers
2.33 – Red Ryan in an average of 227 IP
2.73 – Bill Henry (including an average of 12 GS)

Best Value Draft Pick
Rd 12 – Steve Evans (.286 / .340 / .453)

Bust Draft Pick
None. But I do begin to wonder Ozzie (.574 OPS) in the 5th is the best slot for him

Friday, June 6, 2014

World Series Games 2 and 3 Complete

Dharma takes a first ever ATB World Series twin bill, lead 2-1.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/world_series_ATBXVI.htm

20 Resims - #11 - Imre Artificers

800 OPS Batters:

.863 – Stan Musial

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.19 – Nip Winters

3.53 – Babe Adams

3.70 – Matt Harvey

3.71 – Danny Haren

The mistake was going starting pitching early on despite securing a stadium that yielded a great many singles.

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.91 – Hong-Chih Kuo

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 17 – Satchel Paige (A year not used before, hopefully it becomes a staple: 3.22 ERA, 1.10 WHIP)

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 5: Kevin Brown (4.01 ERA)

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Leaderboards Posted

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/All_Time_Leaders.htm

20 Resims - #12 - Otherton Fishbiscuits

800 OPS Batters

.941 OPS – Ted Wiliams

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.46 – Bill Bernhard

3.59 – Cy Blanton

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

None – 1 or 2 high end relievers may have pushed this team to the playoffs. Their offense was certainly good enough.

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 17 – George Stone (by Imre: .311 / .363 / .422)

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 5 – Cy Young (4.67 ERA, 1.50 WHIP)

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

World Series Game 1 Complete

Maddux struggled and Ruth went yard twice in a 9-1 Spanish Harlem win.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/world_series_ATBXVI.htm

World Series Page is Up

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/world_series_ATBXVI.htm

20 Resims - #13 - Sparta Hoplites

800 OPS Batters:

.907 – Tip O’Neill

.887 – Jason Giambi

.852 – Reggie Jackson

.830 – Bill Dickey

Honorable mention to Jim Thome at .799

This was a truly great offense, one that average a team OPS of .800, a superb mark considering no DH.

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

None

The offense came at a cost though. The idea of a great pen and serviceable starters didn’t pan out – the starters weren’t serviceable, averaging a 5.09 ERA

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

None

Best Value Draft Pick

No standouts

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 5 – Rod Carew. He is a legitimate player going forward, but .289 / .323 / .365 in a hitter’s park isn’t enough for a Top 5 pick.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

ALCS Game 7 Complete

It was a fitting end for an unforgettable series between the Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters and John McDonald Fanclub. Despite all wishes, someone had to be declared winner, and on this night anyway, it was Spanish Harlem, 5-4.

Fanclub took a 2 run lead into the ninth thanks in part to a Turkey Stearnes rope of a 2-run home run and a 4-hit night form Cupid Childs. It just wasn't enough though, since game 6 hero Eric Gagne, struggled as much as he was brilliant the night before.

Twenty four hours earlier the closer struck out Wade Boggs, Babe Ruth, and Orater Shaffer without any difficulty to finish the game and send the series to a Game 7. In an eerily comparable situation this night, he started the bottom of 9th in a similar fashion easily dispatching Ruth for the first out. After a brutal jinx from yours truly, Gagne gave up 4 consecutive singles to first tie the game, and then lose the game, on a Biz Mackey series ending, world series advancing single. Mackey, who threw out two Fanclub runners in the 9th and got on base at a .484 clip in the series, was the well deserved hero.

World Series starts tomorrow night at 9 PM.

Division Series Info

Come out and watch game 7 of the ALCS, tonight at 9 PM. It has been an incredible match-up so far, and very fitting to have a game 7.

On short rest, ace Mort Cooper takes the hill for the "underdog" Fanclub, after a good regular season (13-10, 3.54), the righty has stepped up his game a bit, holding Spanish Harlem to 4 earned runs in 11.1 innings.

He has quite a task ahead of him tonight though, lead by Babe Ruth who has clubbed 3 home runs in the series, the Beaters have 6 lefties in the lineup tonight.

Countering Cooper is #3 starter Teddy Higuera (13-5, 3.45 in the regular season). "The Mexican" was quite good in his only start of the series, lasting into the 9th yielding just 2 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks, and 7 strikeouts.

Fanclub's lineup has struggled in the series, batting just .252 / .282 / .323. However, Turkey Stearnes is heating up, hitting in three straight and homering last night. A hot Stearnes can be the difference maker.

Join us here 9 PM to watch the play by play live.

20 Resims - # 14 - Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars

800 OPS Batters:

.896 – Ross Barnes

.837 – Mark McGwire

.800 – Albert Belle

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

None

One great SP would have gone a long way to making this team top 10. The offense was quite good, but perhaps a starter in Rd 4 instead of Mike Trout (.238 / .330 / .373) would have been a better option.

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.75 – Jeff Zimmerman

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 15 – Lindy McDaniel (129 IP, 1.21 WHIP)

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 8 – Catfish Hunter (4.48 ERA)

Monday, June 2, 2014

ALCS Game 6 Complete

And we need a 7th. Stearnes was the hero, belting a HR and driving in 4.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/lcs_series_ATBXVI.htm

AL MVP

1) 60 Points-Babe Ruth - (12, 0, 0 / 12 ballots)
3) 34 Points-Oscar Charleston - (0, 11, 1 / 12 ballots)
2) 7 Points-Ted Williams - (0, 1, 4 / 5 ballots)
4) 3 Points-Turkey Stearnes - (0, 0, 3 / 3 ballots)
5) 2 Points-Fred Dunlap - (0, 0, 2 / 2 ballots)
8) 1 Points-Willie Wells - (0, 0, 1 / 1 ballots)
6) 1 Points-Red Ryan - (0, 0, 1 / 1 ballots)

Ho hum, just the best season in the history of ATB (arguably anyway).

Babe Ruth:
.313 AVG / .456 OBP / .790 SLG, 1.246 OPS, 38 2B, 79 HR, 167 R, 164 RBI, .455 ATB Value

Congrats Spanish Harlem!

20 Resims - # 15 - Riverside Park Furies

800 OPS Batters:

.932 – Heavy Johnson

.883 – Jimmie Foxx

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

None

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.68 – Rafael Betancourt

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 25 – Bill Risley (78 IP, 62 H, 3.45 ERA)

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 3 – Chris Carpenter

Sunday, June 1, 2014

ALCS Game 5 Complete

In a game much closer than the final 10-2 score indicates, Spanish Harlem wins behind a great start from Garland Braxton and 3 hits each from Buck Leonard and Biz Mackey.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/lcs_series_ATBXVI.htm

NLCS Game 7 Complete

Islanders win!!

Tim Lincecum turned in a great start, winning 3-1. All 3 Dharma runs came in the 6th when Goose Goslin, Joe Jackson, and Duke Snider singled; Todd Helton followed with and RBI double and that was all Lincecum needed.

Dharma Moves on to the ATB World Series. The ALCS is a bit behind with that series knotted at 2-2.

Early LCS Game 6 Complete

Dharma forces game 7 on a Shoeless bomb and a nice start from Bill Swift circa 1935.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/lcs_series_ATBXVI.htm

20 Resims - # 17 (tied) - Planet 10 Red Lectroids

800 OPS Batters:

.818 – Larry Walker

I don’t know that Walker is a 1st round pick, but there are very few folks that slug close to .500.

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

2.93 – Randy Johnson

3.25 – Lefty Grove

Wonderful, and even Lefty gets in on some good seasons. 214 IP and 202 H.

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

None

Best Value Draft Pick

Don’t like any in this spot, but wanted to mention Robb Nen in Rd 12 with a 3.22 ERA

Bust Draft Pick

None, but Adrian Beltre was perilously close in Rd 4. His .709 OPS is acceptable, but not his .289 OBP.

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