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

#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

LDS Game 4s Complete

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

• John McDonald advances on Turkey walk off homer
• Imre takes 3-1 series lead thanks to Ron Santo Grand Slam
• Beaters score lone runs in 7th, 8th, and 9th to win 4-3; lead 3-1
• Home Runs lead the way for Brighton, tying series at 2

Early LDS Game 3's Complete

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

Fanclub takes 3-0 lead and Imre is up 2-1.

Late LDS Game 2s Complete

Imre ties it; Fanclub opens up 2-0 lead

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

Early LDS Games Complete

Early games complete:  Dharma and John McDonald take opening game victories

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

Players of the Week

Babe Ruth (SPB): .426 / .523 / .926, 1.449 OPS, 7 HR, 15 R, 12 RBI, 25.9 RC

Tug McGraw (DIM): 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 11 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 9 K, 7 Sv, 0.35 WHIP, 0.23 RCERA

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Players of the Week - Clean Sweep for Dos Equis

Oscar Charleston (DIM): .408 / .464 / .776, 1.240 OPS, 4 HR, 13 R, 15 RBI, 19.8 RC

Jesse Tannehill (DIM): 2-0, 1.50 ERA, 24 IP, 10 H, 2 BB, 10 K, 0.50 WHIP, 0.87 RCERA

The Great, the Good, and the Ugly

It's been a while...

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Opps - Your ATB Pitcher All Stars!

Astute reader Mike S pointed out the problems in fielding an All Star team without a pitching staff.  Where were the rest of you!

American League
SP 1 - Pedro Martinez (DB)
SP 2 - Garland Braxton (SPB)
SP 3 - Lefty Grove (PRL)
SP 4 - Camillo Pascual (PRL)
SP 5 - Jesse Tannehill (DIM)

LR - Red Ryan (DC)

SEL - Alexander Torres (SM)
SER - Jeff Russell (SM)

CL L - Tug McGraw (DIM)
CL R - Tom Gordon (OFB)

National League
SP 1 - Kevin Appier (HH)
SP 2 - Joe Wood (BS)
SP 3 - Walter Johnson (CGS)
SP 4 - Greg Maddux (DI)
SP 5 - Joe Horlen (RPF)

LR - Russ Ford (HH)

SEL - John Hiller (HH)
SER - Rafael Soriano (SH)

CL L - BJ Ryan (HH)
CL R - Bobby Jenks (DI)

Your ATB 16 All Stars

American League
C - Deacon White (DC)
1B - Lou Gehrig (NYM)
2B - Fred Dunlap (WR)
3B - George Brett (SM)
SS - Willie Wells (TMS)
LF - Babe Ruth (SPB)
CF - Oscar Charleston (DIM)
RF - Orator Shaffer (SPB)

Backup OF - Ted WIlliams (OFB)
Backup OF - Turkey Stearnes (JMF)
Backup CI - Dan Brouthers (CM)
Backup MI - Lou Boudreau (SPB)
Backup C - Gabby Hartnett (DIM)
Backup - John McGraw (JMF)
Backup - Pete Reiser (SPB)

National League
C - Javy Lopez (BS)
1B - Jason Giambi (SH)
2B - Rogers Hornsby (BT)
3B - Chipper Jones (LG)
SS - Honus Wagner (HH)
LF - Barry Bonds (BSM)
CF - Mickey Mantle (IC)
RF - Heavy Jonson (RPF)

Backup OF - Ken Griffey Jr (HH)
Backup OF - George Stone (IA)
Backup CI - Norm Cash (BS)
Backup MI - Ross Barnes (RKA)
Backup C - King Kelley (BSM)
Backup - Reggie Jackson (SH)
Backup - Hugh Duffy (BT)

Trade Frenzy Continues - Three More to Announce

1)  Terrier sends Kevin Brown and Buster Posey to the Fishbiscuits in exchange for Roy Campanella

2) "Mechanics" send Hong-Chih Kuo to the Fishbscuits for Don Newcombe

3) Interesting Men send Hank Aaron to Helena for Luis Gonzalez

Dos Equis at it again, trade for Tim Raines

Tim Raines to Dos Equis in exchange for Jesse Burkett from Colorado

Fishbiscuits, Interesting Men Trade

Otherton sends Ken Singleton, Nellie Foxx and Ellis Kinder to Dosequis

Dosequis sends Jackie Robinson, Cy Blanton and Brad Lidge to Otherton

Over and Under Performers

I compared each batters OPS from this year versus their OPS from the career historical average.  Lets see whose over and under-performing.

Top 5 Over Performers

Willie Wells (TMS) - Talk about a bounce back year!  Last year with TJ's squad, Wells was a hard bust, putting up a .698 OPS (.308 OBP), a really poor figure for a Top 10 pick.  Apparently, the "P" makes the difference as this year for PJ, the shortstop is batting .307 / .388 / .586 with a .974 OPS. He's on pace for 34 home runs, almost 80% more than a year ago.

Judy Johnson (HH) - Sell high?  Johnson has had a great 1st half, batting .339 / .360 / .484 in 201 plate appearances, prompting Joe T to trade for him.  Last year, he batted .257 / .276 / .347 which should be cause for alarm.

Pete Hill (OFB) - Astute readers will notice that we're 3 for 3 in Negro Leaguers and that's simply because they've not accumulated a lot of historical playing time, and it stands to reason their year to year variability will be high.  Still, last year Hill sported a .718 OPS and this year it's .936.  He's batting 90 points higher and it'll be tough to sustain.

Javy Lopez (BS) - The slugging catcher always had pop, but this year he's added a .310 batting average, boosting his OBP by 40 points.  Add in the fact he's belting over twice as many home runs as he typically hits and you have one happy camper in David K, if it lasts of course.

Fred Lynn (SM) - If I were to conduct an in depth study, I do think Lynn would prove to be an exceptionally volatile batter.  His career average line is .261 / .330 / .430 and for Shamokin this year he's batting .291 / .352 / .611.  For the record, his career low OPS is .690 and this year it's .964.

Top 5 Under Performers

Derrek Lee (IC) - Lee is 100 points off his career batting average and it's just killing the Consultants.  His in season .570 OPS is by far the worst of any regular 1st basemen, and a full 209 points of his career average.  His week 5 stats were a bit improved (.610 OPS) but it just may be a long year for Derrek.

Pete Browning (CGS) - Playing home games in 1926 Braves Fields (94/94 - 80/80 - 70/70 - 20/20) is a chore, just ask Browning.  The career .306 batter is only hitting .230 this season.  His .531 OPS is atrocious, and almost 200 points off his normal mark.

Ben Zobrist (SM) - Utility extraordinaire Ben Zobrist is struggling this year, batting just .126 (!) in 151 plate appearances.  He's never been a great hitter (career slash line of .243 / .323 / .341) but Mike M didn't sign up for this.  His .252 OBP is third worst in ATB among every day players.

Frank Baker (DI) - "HOme Run" Baker just has one dinger this year and while he normally slugs .430, he's only managing .330 in ATB 16.

Oscar Charleston (DIM) - Well, I guess one can't complain if you 1st rounder is batting .303 / .384 / .581, but it sure is well off his last season line of .352 / .457 / .650.  Checking the .500 resims Charleston is about 100 points his resim average too.  Gotta expect Charleston to pick up the pace in the second half.

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Players of the Week

Sim 5

Lou Gehrig (NYM): .420 / .517 / .820, 5 HR, 13 R, 9 RBI

Jesse Tannehill (DIM): 2-0, 1.42 ERA, 25.1 IP, 15 H, 4 BB, 12 K, 0.75 WHIP