20 Resims Files

Here are two summary files that contain resim data:

Summary of Results
Team Data by Player

Enjoy!

20 Resims Summary - #1, Gold Country Gossamers

#1 – Gold Country Gossamers
Owner: Justin B
Activity Level: Moderate
Park Factor: Let’s just list it:
110/98 – Singles
94/90 – Doubles
96/100 – Triples
22/22 – Home Runs

Has the face of ATB changed forever? This, and not just naming the best team, is the most pertinent question we can ask ourselves in reviewing our 20-resims. With one of the best pitching staffs we’ve ever seen, and 180 more wins than any other team in the 20-resims, it’s clear the Gossamers were the best team in ATB this year. But what is the long term impact on draft strategy and team composition?

First, a few words the ATB XIII Gossamers. We know from the regular season Gold Country focuses on great pitching and even better defense. Perhaps just as important was there platoon strategy. With early draft picks mostly going towards pitching, Justin had to mix and match with his offense and the result was unofficial ATB record of six (!) platoons. Only Eddie Collins (.381 OBP), Pop Lloyd (.354 OPB), and Richie Ashburn (.363) were full time players. The rest of the lineup were successful, even if lacking star quality:

Catcher: Aaron Robinson (.677 OPS) and Bill Freehan (.628 OPS)
First Base: John Olerud (.378 OBP) and Frank Chance (.367 OBP)
Third Base: Stan Hack (.608 OPS – the only truly bad player) and Ezra Sutton (.355 OPS)
Left Field: Fred Clarke (.767 OPS) and Joe Kelley (.352 OBP)
Right Field: Al Kaline (.714 OPS) and And Van Slyke (.689 OPS)
DH: Bobby Murcer (.778 OPS) and Magglio Ordonez (.718 OPS)

As you’ll see below, the pitching staff was incredible. While many of the names we already associate with greatness, pitchers such as Arthur Rhodes, John Wetteland, and Jesse Tannehill are as much a product of their environment as it is of their true talent level.

Their best regulars were as follows:

Vg/48 with Vg arm - Catcher
Vg/91 – First Base
Ex/59 – Second Base
Ex/74 – Shortstop
Ex/61 – Third Base
Ex/70 – Left Field
Ex/100 – Center Field
Ex/62 – Right Field

Now back to the question at hand. Had I left this season with the paragraph above, the answer would have been no. A single great season without a World Series Championship would have convinced few the merits of a total pitching and defense strategy. However, my curiosity led me to substitute the worst team in the 100 resims with the Gossamers.

The results? In 50 resims this time, another clear and astounding victory for Justin B. In his first year in our league, he put together the single greatest team we’ve ever seen:

91 Wins – Gold Country Gossamers
87 Wins – Lusitania Death Speakers
86 Wins – Pangea T-Rex
84 Wins – DC Chips (X)
84 Wins – Manetheren Red Eagles

(Of course, the standings after the Gossamers don’t match what we saw over 100 re-sims, which does leave some open some loose ends to tackle for another day.)

Congratulations Justin B! Next season look for at least one team to fight you for the same players.

800 OPS Batters
None!

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Every dang one of em’:
Rd 1 – Pedro Martinez: 22-7, 2.49 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 273 IP, 280 K
Rd 4 – Scott Stratton: 17-11, 3.49, 1.23 WHIP, 249 IP, 228 K
Rd 5 – Jesse Tannehill: 16-11, 3.63 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 244 IP, 124 K
Rd 14 – Cliff Lee: 15-13, 3.71 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 237 IP, 118 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Who wasn’t?
Rd 10 – Rafael Betancourt: 8-5, 2.43 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 112 IP, 80 K, 24 Sv
Rd 12 – Bruce Sutter: 8-3, 2.44 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 118 IP, 121 K
Rd 15 – Steve Howe: 5-5, 2.38 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 70 IP, 16 K, 22 Sv
Rd 17 – Arthur Rhodes: 4-1, 2.77 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 64 IP, 57 K
Rd 22 – John Wetteland: 2-3, 3.13 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 21 IP, 18 K
Rd 23 – Mike Myers: 5-3, 2.57 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 50 IP, 32 K

The only pitcher on the entire staff not listed in the two categories above was Brett Saberhagen. And he had a 3.37 ERA, 1.29 WHIP in 33 IP.

And before anyone cries park factor, the only extreme rating in this park was HR factor, and idea we’ve seen at least a dozen times already

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 9 – Paul Waner. After a .592 OPS in 55 games he was dropped.

Value Draft Pick
Any one of those late round relievers will do, but Cliff Lee , whom nobody that was an especially good pick, gets the nod.


Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors
#6, 85 Wins – DC Chips
#5, 81 Wins – John McDonald Fanclub
#4, 86 Wins – Londonderry Machine
#3, 93 Wins – Big Dan and the Ladys
#2, 93 Wins – Newark Slam Dumps
#1, 102 Wins – Gold Country Gossamers

20 Resims Summary - #2, Newark Slam Dumps

#2 – Newark Slam Dumps
Owner: Sean S
Activity Level: Extremely High
Park Factor: About Average (Increase hits, decrease home runs)



With a 2nd ranked offense and 13 division titles in the toughest of the three division, Sean and Jay’s Newark Slam Dumps were a team to be reckoned with. Having underperformed in the regular season, many thought the Dumps were a long shot to go deep in the playoffs. However, with the league’s second best regular season run differential, there were signs that this squad was top-3 in the league. They tied for the league best Max Win Potential at 110.

Led by 1st Rounder and league MVP Mickey Mantle, their offense was of course a vital key to their success. Aside from the great trio listed below (and who would have thought Heilmann was a legit 2nd rounder) their lineup also featured a high on-base catcher (Mickey Cochrane, .378), third basemen (Wade Boggs, .382), and platoon of left fielders (Sherry Magee, .370 and Roy Thomas, .380).

Finally, we saw a recurrence of the correct Randy Johnson year (2004) and it paid off. With Bill Bernhard, Teddy Higuera, Joel Horlen, and Hank Aguirre every starter had an ERA under 4.50. While that makes for a very good rotation, the bullpen was even better. Four are listed below in the “Sub-3.25 ERA Reliever” heading and three more were close to making the cut as well.

Any other season, this team or our #3 Lady’s could easily have been ranked #1 in the league. But as mentioned yesterday, neither team was close to the level of the top team in ATB XIII (and perhaps the top team of all time?)

800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Mickey Mantle: .925 OPS, .327 / .436 / .489, 22 HR, 120 R, 108 RBI
Rd 2 – Harry Heilmann: .803 OPS, .312 / .370 / .434, 33 2B
Rd 7 – Frank Robinson: .815 OPS, .277 / .347 / .467, 33 HR, 102 R, 136 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd 1 – Randy Johnson: 16-9, 3.42 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 225 IP, 187 K
Rd 4 – Bill Bernhard: 14-11, 3.98 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 227 IP, 77 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 11 – Rafael Soriano: 3-3, 2.88 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 37 IP, 38 K, 20 Sv
Rd 13 – Rob Murphy: 3-4, 2.57 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 44 IP, 20 K, 23 Sv
Rd 20 – Buddy Groom: 5-4, 3.07 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 50 IP, 23 Sv
Rd 22 – Huston Street: 5-3, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 54 IP, 40 K
Honorable mentions, just to show the depth of this pen: Jim Poole (3.30, 62 IP), Tim Keefe (3.45, 52 IP), and Darren O’Day (2.90, 3 IP  60 total in the 20 Sims)

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 6 – Hank Aguirre: 4.46 ERA, 1.47 WHIP. Not that he is terrible, he just could have been had 5 rounds later. It would have been interesting to see what this team could have done, with, say, 9th Rounder Chris Carpenter (3.77 ERA, 281 IP) instead.

Value Draft Pick
Part of me wants to list Frank Robinson, who went as the 112th pick of the draft, but we will stick with Huston Street. Street stunk in the regular season, but it was a great late pick, especially considering the Lady’s wanted him too. Left out of the 100 re-sims in error, Street is a relative unknown but pitches like a top tier reliever.


Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors
#6, 85 Wins – DC Chips
#5, 81 Wins – John McDonald Fanclub
#4, 86 Wins – Londonderry Machine
#3, 93 Wins – Big Dan and the Ladys
#2, 93 Wins – Newark Slam Dumps

20 Resims Summary - #3, Big Dan and The Lady's

#3 – Big Dan and the Lady’s
Owner: Mike S
Activity Level: Low
Park Factor: Above Avg 1B, 2B, and 3B; below average HR


There is a tremendous gulf between the third ranked Lady’s and the 4th ranked Machine. The Top 3 teams are clearly superior to all other teams before them, and further, the top ranked team is another significant leap better still.

Mike S as known as a pioneer of sorts, being the first to focus almost entirely on OBP, forsaking all power. This season his squad was more balanced, finishing 3rd in OBP and 6th from the bottom in slugging. In addition to Jason Giambi and Dan Brouthers (listed below), four other regulars had OBP’s at .370 or higher. Among them, the Lady’s employed two on-base only specialists, Candy Nelson (.449 OBP, .698 OPS) and Frank Fennely (.385 OPS, .716 OPS).

Starting pitching was a strong point. Three starters had ERA’s below 4.00 and the remainder of the rotation where all below 4.40. Somewhat of a surprise was the bullpen, were only one member (Jeff Zimmerman) recorded and ERA under 3.25, and only by a narrow margin.

Overall, the Lady’s made the playoffs all 20 seasons (16 division titles) and never once finished with fewer than 87 wins, and fifteen times the finished in the 90’s. They were in fact tied in total wins with our #2 team, but received the lower ranking due to their slightly inferior run differential.

800 OPS Batters
Rd 2 – Dan Brouthers: .854 OPS, .327 / .392 / .462, 40 2B, 117 R, 97 RBI
Rd 3 – Jason Giambi: .833 OPS, .284 / .384 / .448, 34 2B, 23 HR, 101 R, 116 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd 1 – Lady Baldwin: 17-10, 3.44 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 246 IP, 302 K
Rd 4 – Ben Sanders: 15-11, 3.93 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 234 IP, 225 K
Rd 7 – Charlie Buffinton: 7-4, 3.58 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 95 IP, 94 K, 15 GS

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 10 – Jeff Zimmermann: 5-6, 3.20 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 115 IP, 59 K, 31 Sv

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 17 – Buck Ewing. Not a major thing, but Ewing was drafted as a 1st string catcher and batted .234 / .260 / .312, but not much else can be expected from a 17th round catcher

Value Draft Pick
Rd 29 – Charley Jones: .354 OBP, .399 SLG in 190 AB per sim
Also note Josh Hamilton who batted .343 / .388 / .492 in 951 total at bats



Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors
#6, 85 Wins – DC Chips
#5, 81 Wins – John McDonald Fanclub
#4, 86 Wins – Londonderry Machine
#3, 93 Wins – Big Dan and the Ladys

20 Resims Summary - #4, Londonderry Machine

#4 – Londonderry Machine
Owner: Brad P
Activity Level: Moderate
Park Factor: About average

With a #4 ranking, the Machine are labeled “the best team to miss the playoffs” in the regular season. Only a handful of teams performed this much below their resim averages and no team lost as much due to bad luck as this one.

The resims proved this was a very good team, making the playoffs 70% of the time and ending as division winners 5 times. While they didn’t have as high a Max Wins or a Max Win Potential as others, neither did they have as low ceiling. Only four times did their win total dip below 80.

The only glaring flaw on this team was the starting pitching. Despite Babe Adams, no starter kept their ERA in the three’s, which maybe more of an indictment on their defense than anything else. The more ATB owners turn to defense, the harder it is not to focus on it. With 3 Av and only 1 Ex defender taking the field, it is very difficult for pitchers to perform up to expectations.

Finally, Ross Barnes was the real thing and will be a legit top 5 pick going forward. In the twenty resims, overall he was

2nd in Batting Average
3rd in Triples
6th in On Base Percentage
6th in Runs Created and RC/27
6th in OPS

Basically, he bats like Tip O’Neill but plays stellar (Ex) defense at one of the weakest positions, 2nd base.

Comparing him directly to his second base brethren, it is clear he is now the best in game:



800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Ross Barnes: .893 OPS, .346 / .421 / .472, 29 2B, 23 3B, 101 R, 120 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 9 – Dennis Eckersley: 5-5, 2.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 79 IP, 65 K, 38 Sv

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 3 – Billy Hamilton. I might be overly harsh because the man had a .378 OBP, but with so many good CF and on a team where only one person reached 20 HR, perhaps this 3rd pick could have been used on someone like Duke Snider (.283 / .349 / 464) or another legit starter a la Cannonball Titcomb or Ben Sanders.

Value Draft Pick
Rd 30 – Joey Votto. It’s only a total of 1400 at bats over 20 seasons, but Votto batted .281 / .351 / .427

Honorable mention to Ross Barnes. A gutsy call for Brad to take this unknown in the 1st round, but it easily was worth it.


Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors
#6, 85 Wins – DC Chips
#5, 81 Wins – John McDonald Fanclub
#4, 86 Wins – Londonderry Machine

20 Resims Summary - #5, John McDonald Fanclub

#5 – John McDonald Fanclub
Owner: Jason B
Activity Level: Low
Park Factor: Very High 1B, 2B, 3B, low HR

Surprise! Due to the Fanclub’s inauspicious start to the season and poor September, nobody realized this was in fact a very good team. Led by the 2nd best pitching in the league, John McDonald won on average 85 games per season. 16 times they were above .500 and had at least 90 wins on five different occasions.

With a great defense behind them, three starters held ERA’s under 4.00 while the last two, Guy Hecker and Dwight Gooden, were good starters as well. Both returned ERA’s at 4.30 or better. Seven different relievers had ERA’s in the three’s.

Offensively, this team hit its share of extra base hits, was better than average in stolen bases, and was Top 10 in batting average. Where it suffered was on-base percentage. Outside of their top to picks, Norm Cash (see below) and Tris Speaker (.334 / .397 / .400, 103 R, 62 SB), no other batter on their entire team could muster a .345 OBP. Catcher Ivan Rodriguez could only manage .257.

800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Norm Cash: .841 OPS, .301 / .385 / .456, 23 HR, 93 R, 95 RBI
Rd 6 – Albert Belle: .845 OPS, .291 / .341 / .484, 29 HR, 92 R, 105 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd 3 – Cy Blanton: 14-10, 3.45 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 218 IP, 127 K
Rd 9 – Ron Guidry: 12-11, 3.97 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 201 IP, 158 K
Rd 22 – Silver King: 8-7, 3.97 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 134 IP, 60 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 10 – Gabe White: 6-5, 2.83 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 87 IP, 67 K
Rd 24 – Dan Quisenberry: 7-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 157 IP, 42 K

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 12 – Joe Tinker. Yeah, he is a defensive minded specialist but you can’t have someone batting .236 / .264 / .311 in your every day lineup.

Value Draft Pick
Rd 22 – Silver King (see above)


Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors
#6, 85 Wins – DC Chips
#5, 81 Wins – John McDonald Fanclub

20 Resims Summary - #6, DC Chips

#6 – DC Chips
Owner: Steve C
Activity Level: High
Park Factor: Pitchers

There are several aspects of the 6th ranked ATB champions for us to wonder about. First and foremost, and I know I have harped on this, despite 300 days lost due to injury, including significant missed time for several stars, Steve piloted his team to more regular season wins than the injury free 20-resims. Frankly, this is incredible and a testament to his lineup and rotation diligence and creativity.

Second, the Chips had the largest spread between their min and max wins, ranging from 11 games below .500 to 19 games above. Their max win potential was tied for the best in the entire league. Players like Ty Cobb, Rickey Henderson, Lefty Grove, and Bobby Shantz have such wide swings in their performance it makes for a roller coaster 20 re-sims. This team only had 11 seasons above .500.

Third - Lefty Grove. Finally he did well!

Fourth – Bobby Shantz. Dropped outright by Hathsin in May, Steve and foresight to pick him up as a free agent and it paid great dividends.

The knock on this squad are the batting selections made between rounds 7 and 16, none of which achieved a .700 OPS. Had the Chips gotten more from their offense here, they would have been a top-3 team.

800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Ty Cobb: .801 OPS, .315 / .353 / .446, 37 2B, 18 3B, 91 R, 31 SB

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd 9 – Lefty Grove: 8-7, 3.58 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 133 IP, 88 K
Rd 13 – Fergie Jenkins: 13-12, 3.83 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 211 IP, 130 K
FA – Bob Ojeda: 11-9, 3.72 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 182 IP, 75 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 5 – Joe Neale: 11-5, 3.16 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 179 IP. 133 K
Rd 6 – Mariano Rivera: 11-7, 2.28 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 157 IP, 122 K, 23 Sv

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 7 – Willie Mays: .241 / .289 / .404, .693 OPS in a platoon

Value Draft Pick
Rd 26 – Whit Wyatt: 3.66 ERA, 76 IP


Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors
#6, 85 Wins – DC Chips

20 Resims Summary - #7, Hathsin Survivors

#8 – Hathsin Survivors
Owner: Lou P
Activity Level: High
Park Factor: Increase 1B, 2B, 3B and suppress HR

This was a fun, if not particularly good, team. Bludgeoning opponents with a solid offense playing in an extreme hitters park, Hathsin scored the most runs of any team in the resims at 871. Their starting offense averaged an .791 OPS with three different people scoring 100 runs. Further, three ‘new to ATB’ players were a success too – catcher Fred Carroll (.407 OBP), George Hall (see below), and Ed Swartwood (see below).

For all that, Lou had a terrible draft picking many of these players up too early at the expense of the pitching staff, ranked 3rd to last in the game. Hall played out of position with a 300 Error Rate and Lou then traded up for Charlie Gehringer of all people then played him out of position too. With this awful defense and the addition of a batters park, even proven greats like Walter Johnson (4.36 ERA) struggled.

800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Ted Williams: .982 OPS, .349 / .452 / .530, 31 HR, 125 R, 130 RBI
Rd 7 – George Hall: .860 OPS, .329 / .477 / .484, 25 3B, 107 RBI
Rd 14 – Frank Thomas: .835 OPS in a platoon
Rd 25 – Ed Swartwood: .812 OPS, .320 / .377 / .436

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
None

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 6 – Cal Mcvey: .733 OPS in bandbox playing the deepest position in ATB, center field. He's not a bad player, and actually starter quality, but could have been had 10 rounds later.

Value Draft Pick
Rd 25 – Swartwood

Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#7, 84 Wins – Hathsin Survivors

20 Resims Summary - #8, Rusty Kuntz All Stars

#8 – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
Owner: Shotgun S
Activity Level: High
Park Factor: Increase 1B, 2B, 3B heavily suppress HR

Shotgun’s team was very interesting to investigate. On one hand, the reached 96 wins in one of the re-sim’s and were our first team with a 99 Max Win Potential. On the other hand they also suffered through a 95 loss season and have no standout batters or starting pitchers.

A playoff team in regular season and the re-sims, Shotgun did something no other team has done so far – avoided the clunker. One has to look all the way down the draft board to Rd 22 before they find a player with and OPS below .700, and that’s the backup third basemen relegated to 8 AB’s per season. The next pick by the way was Kevin Mitchell who compiled a .777 OPS (in 84 AB).

On the pitching side of the house, only one player on the whole team averaged a 5+ ERA, and that was 25th rounder Lefty Gomez. (Of course he did start 30 games as the last starter in a 4-man rotation, and that did not help the win/loss record).

In a nutshell, Shotgun played it very safe and the result was a playoff contender 85% of the time.

800 OPS Batters
None. Quite incredible for the 8th ranked team with home games in a batters park not to average one player with an OPS of .800

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None.

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 10 – JJ Putz: 5-5, 2.71 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 68 IP, 58 K, 36 Sv

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 8 – Joe Wood. Not a true bust, but Wood average a 4.46 ERA in 248 IP. Rusty needed a bit more from their #2.

Value Draft Pick
Rd 30 – Chicken Wolf: 112 AB, .307 AVG, .356 OBP



Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket
#8, 83 Wins – Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars

20 Resims Summary - #9, Helena Handbasket

#9 – Helena Handbasket
Owner: Joe T
Activity Level: High
Park Factor: Increase 1B, 2B, 3B heavily suppress HR


Two things immediately come to mind when reviewing Helana’s data. The first is Robbie Alomar in Round 4! C’mon Joe T, you know better! With such a poor offense, Alomar really hindered the Handbasket’s this year. His defense was very good, not great, and a .615 OPS in a Top-5 round hurts, especially since he went with Ozzie Smith in Rd 9.

The second is the win disparity between the regular season and resims. With 95 wins in ATB XIII, Joe was the third ranked team and a division winner. He made weekly lineup changes and multiple Free Agent moves and should be credited for his managerial skills, this team shined under his soft hands.

Helena made the playoffs 9 teams and had our best single season yet – a 97 win, +118 run differential in resim #6.

800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Oscar Charleston: .805 OPS, .303 / .348 / .458, 20 HR, 91 R, 98 RBI

Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd 9 – Chris Carpenter: 17-16, 3.77 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 281 IP, 115 K

Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 10 – Eric Gagne: 4-3, 2.36 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 63 IP, 85 K, 21 Sv
Rd 12 – BJ Ryan: 5-4, 2.36 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 64 IP, 58 K, 21 Sv

Bust Draft Pick
Rd 4 – Roberto Alomar: .615 OPS, .240 / .320 / .294, 2 HR, 38 RBI

Value Draft Pick
No standouts, but Kenny Williams in Rd 21 was a nice pinch hitter/backup. He had a .774 OPS in 60 AB per year.

Sweet Free Agent Pickup
Reliever Peter Moylan – 6-2, 3.86 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 108 IP


Overall Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
#11, 83 Wins – Otherton Fish Biscuits
#10, 83 Wins – Kakadu Didgeridoos
#9, 83 Wins – Helena Handbasket