RANDOM WALK through HISTORY -- MLB114963
After another very competitive season it's time to take another walk through history, randomly of course! Again I scrambled up teams from the entire history of baseball--since 1901. From the roughly 1900 teams still available, 240 were picked at random, and then randomly distributed, 10 each to 24 groups. No matter which set of teams you are assigned, you are sure to find a healthy mix of good players. And because each owner's teams are unique, we are assured 24 different rosters in terms of player years and teams played with.
Once 24 owners sign up, each will be assigned to a group according to the order of the last 2 digits of their owner rating at that time. Ties would be broken by the third digit. New owners are welcome. However, at group assignment, any owner without game play experience (owner rating of 1400) will be assigned a random rating between 1 and 10000.
The team you build must consist entirely of players found on any of the ten rosters assigned to your group. If a player has a split season, you can use any season that WIS lists as belonging to the team in your group. $200K (up to $225K) position players must come from any of the YEARS your teams played in, no matter what team they played for. Pitchers, however, must ALL come from the 10 teams in the group.
Cap: $80 MM. No WW, No AAA. Yes DH. 1300 min IP, 5500 min PA. Trades ok. No clones. Injuries on. Live play next series only.
Stadium must be one used by any of the 10 teams in your group (that season). You can look that up, as well as other useful information here.
When we're ready to start, the divisions will be randomly scrambled up. If you have any questions or comments, please post here or sitemail me.
GROUP TEAMS
1) 2006 NY Mets 1924 NY Giants 1938 Clev Indians 1960 KC Athletics 1911 Detroit Tigers
1918 Chicago Cubs 1924 Cinci Reds 2009 TX Rangers 1951 Chicago Cubs 1931 Pitt Pirates
2) 1962 Pitt Pirates 2005 Milw Brewers 2012 St Louis Cards 1954 Balt Orioles 1999 TX Rangers
1912 St Louis Cards 1988 San Diego 1984 Chicago Wht Sox 1951 Cinci Reds 1996 Atlanta Braves
3) 1920 SL Browns (Balt) 1926 Clev Indians 2005 LA Dodgers 1960 Cinci Reds 2003 Pitt Pirates
1910 Wsh Sentrs (MN) 1925 Phila Phils 1987 Detroit Tigers 2004 Minn Twins 1996 TX Rangers
4) 1993 Calif Angels 1991 KC Royals 1941 Detroit Tigers 1919 Boston Braves 1961 Clev Indians
1994 San Diego 1986 TX Rangers 1987 Houston 1950 Phila Athletics 1930 Phila Athletics
5) 1931 Phila Phils 1948 SL Browns (Balt) 1959 Phila Phils 1949 NY Yankees 1971 Minn Twins
1907 Cleveland Naps 2012 KC Royals 1995 Pitt Pirates 1988 Atlanta Braves 1983 Phila Phils
6) 1937 Phila Phils 1926 St Louis Cards 1957 Boston Red Sox 1979 Houston 1946 Bkln Dodgers
1988 LA Dodgers 1911 Wsh Sentrs (MN) 1953 Cinci Reds 1975 Calif Angels 1929 SL Browns (Balt)
7) 2015 Tampa Bay 1959 Wsh Sentrs (MN) 1930 Clev Indians 1980 Minn Twins 1934 Chicago Cubs
1999 San Diego 2014 Phila Phils 1937 Cinci Reds 1999 KC Royals 1911 NY Highlanders
8) 1934 Clev Indians 2004 Anahm Angels 1980 Boston Red Sox 1925 Boston Braves 2013 KC Royals
1943 Cinci Reds 1906 Chicago Cubs 1952 Chicago Cubs 1993 Pitt Pirates 2015 Clev Indians
9) 1914 Phila Athletics 1917 NY Giants 2001 Cinci Reds 1989 Milw Brewers 1933 Boston Red Sox
1930 Bkln Robins 2001 Tampa Bay 1987 NY Mets 1978 KC Royals 2002 Sea Mariners
10) 1973 Balt Orioles 1935 NY Giants 2008 Anahm Angels 1950 Cinci Reds 2005 Chicago Wht Sox
1986 Sea Mariners 1903 Bkln Superbas 1949 Detroit Tigers 2000 Toronto 1971 Clev Indians
11) 1966 NY Yankees 1973 Clev Indians 1909 Phila Phils 2003 Houston 1971 Chicago Cubs
1975 Chicago Wht Sox 1973 San Diego 1944 Cinci Reds 1942 Chicago Wht Sox 1953 St Louis Cards
12) 1981 Phila Phils 1920 Chicago Cubs 1957 KC Athletics 1956 Cinci Reds 1918 Clev Indians
2009 Sea Mariners 1947 Boston Braves 1992 St Louis Cards 2005 Tampa Bay 1936 NY Yankees
13) 2014 Arizona DBacks 1913 Boston Red Sox 1950 Chicago Wht Sox 1954 Milw Braves 1927 Cinci Reds
1942 Detroit Tigers 1941 Chicago Wht Sox 2012 LA Dodgers 1963 Chicago Cubs 1993 Chicago Cubs
14) 1987 Balt Orioles 1952 Cinci Reds 1907 Chicago Wht Sox 1989 Oakland A's 1982 Pitt Pirates
1929 Chicago Wht Sox 1990 TX Rangers 2008 St Louis Cards 1988 Pitt Pirates 1985 NY Yankees
15) 1985 SF Giants 1945 NY Yankees 2008 Balt Orioles 1977 Houston 2007 San Diego
1970 Phila Phils 1979 Minn Twins 1914 Detroit Tigers 1956 NY Yankees 1976 Montreal Expos
16) 2014 Anahm Angels 1979 Toronto 1955 Chicago Cubs 1955 Bkln Dodgers 1912 Cleveland Naps
2000 Tampa Bay 1981 Houston 1990 Minn Twins 1994 Balt Orioles 2002 FL Marlins
17) 1931 Clev Indians 2011 Houston 1949 Boston Braves 1944 Detroit Tigers 1986 Toronto
2011 Toronto 1924 Boston Red Sox 2014 Clev Indians 1989 San Diego 1909 Pitt Pirates
18) 1995 Phila Phils 2002 KC Royals 1922 Chicago Wht Sox 1954 Chicago Wht Sox 1998 Clev Indians
1982 Chicago Wht Sox 1982 NY Mets 2004 Tampa Bay 1917 Wsh Sentrs (MN) 1986 Clev Indians
19) 2008 Detroit Tigers 1981 St Louis Cards 1976 Cinci Reds 2004 San Diego 2010 Anahm Angels
1970 Pitt Pirates 2010 San Diego 1907 SL Browns (Balt) 1974 NY Mets 2011 Phila Phils
20) 2006 Milw Brewers 1928 NY Yankees 2012 Minn Twins 2001 St Louis Cards 1998 Minn Twins
1976 Pitt Pirates 1918 Boston Braves 1905 Bkln Superbas 1982 Balt Orioles 2003 San Diego
21) 1905 Chicago Wht Sox 2000 Chicago Cubs 1998 NY Yankees 1938 St Louis Cards 1962 Cinci Reds
1948 Phila Phils 1947 NY Giants 1953 Phila Athletics 1986 Minn Twins 1994 SF Giants
22) 1969 Oakland A's 1927 Phila Athletics 1955 Cinci Reds 1956 NY Giants 1907 St Louis Cards
1924 Phila Phils 1949 SL Browns (Balt) 1993 Cinci Reds 1954 Pitt Pirates 1933 Chicago Wht Sox
23) 1929 Chicago Cubs 2007 Sea Mariners 2002 Tampa Bay 2005 St Louis Cards 1952 Phila Athletics
2001 Arizona DBacks 1998 Boston Red Sox 1904 Phila Phils 1984 Clev Indians 1981 Chicago Wht Sox
24) 2012 Balt Orioles 2013 St Louis Cards 1912 Detroit Tigers 1996 San Diego 1986 Boston Red Sox
2009 NY Yankees 1999 Chicago Wht Sox 1906 Boston Beaneaters 1935 NY Yankees 1988 Houston
HISTORICAL RECORD
SEASON 2 - MVP Joe DiMaggio '48 CY YOUNG Jim Bunning '66 WS MVP Reggie Smith '73
SEASON 1 - MVP Mel Ott '38 CY YOUNG Ed Walsh '10 WS MVP David Wright 2007
SEASON 9 - MVP Ed Morgan '30 CY YOUNG Orval Overall '07 WS MVP Jack Pfiester '07
SEASON 8 - MVP Ken Williams '23 CY YOUNG Don Sutton '72 WS MVP Rick Wilkins '93
SEASON 7 - MVP Ted Williams '48 CY YOUNG Pedro Martínez '97 WS MVP Don Drysdale '62
SEASON 6 - MVP Ted Williams '41 CY YOUNG Tully Sparks '06 WS MVP Gaylord Perry '66
SEASON 5 - MVP Mickey Mantle '54 CY YOUNG Lefty Grove '31 WS MVP John Olerud 2001
SEASON 4 - MVP Babe Ruth '28 CY YOUNG Joe McGinnity '04 WS MVP Joe McGinnity '04
SEASON 3 - MVP Mel Ott '32 CY YOUNG Cy Young '01 WS MVP Hank Aaron '58
SEASON 2 - MVP Babe Ruth '19 CY YOUNG Addie Joss '08 WS MVP Addie Joss '05
SEASON 1 - MVP George Sisler '20 CY YOUNG Christy Mathewson '07 WS MVP Don Sutton '81
SEASON 9 - MVP Babe Ruth '24 CY YOUNG Tully Sparks '06 WS MVP Chris Short '64
SEASON 8 - MVP Tim Raines '84 CY YOUNG Nolan Ryan '73 WS MVP Mike Schmidt '84
SEASON 7 - MVP Babe Ruth '30 CY YOUNG Addie Joss '08 WS MVP Bobby Bonilla '91
SEASON 6 - MVP Mickey Mantle '55 CY YOUNG Joe McGinnity '04 WS MVP Phil Niekro '74
SEASON 5 - MVP Hank Aaron '57 CY YOUNG Walter Johnson '18 WS MVP Walter Johnson '18
SEASON 4 - MVP Ted Williams '51 CY YOUNG Carl Hubbell '33 WS MVP Sonny Siebert '65
SEASON 3 - MVP Albert Pujols 2003 CY YOUNG Eddie Cicotte '19 WS MVP Jimmie Foxx '28
SEASON 2 - MVP Joe Medwick '37 CY YOUNG Pete Alexander '15 WS MVP John McGraw '01
SEASON 1 - MVP Albert Pujols 2004 CY YOUNG George McQuillan '08 WS MVP Jim Rice '86
SEASON 9 - MVP Hank Greenberg '40 CY YOUNG Pete Alexander '15 WS MVP Rickey Henderson '88
SEASON 8 - MVP Babe Ruth '30 CY YOUNG Walter Johnson '18 - WS MVP Jamie Moyer 2002
SEASON 7 - MVP Babe Ruth '21 - CY YOUNG Christy Mathewson '08 WS MVP Sammy Sosa '96
SEASON 6 - MVP Cy Seymour '05 - CY YOUNG Walter Johnson '13 - WS MVP George Stone '07
SEASON 5 - MVP Babe Ruth '26 - CY YOUNG Christy Mathewson '07 WS MVP Rogers Hornsby '22
SEASON 4 - MVP Joe DiMaggio '39 CY YOUNG Christy Mathewson '05 WS MVP Wally Berger '33
SEASON 3 - MVP Ted Williams '47 CY YOUNG Ron Guidry '78 - WS MVP Dwight Gooden '85
SEASON 2 - MVP Ty Cobb '09 - CY YOUNG Mike Cuellar '69 - WS MVP Robinson Canó 2006
SEASON 1 - MVP Albert Pujols 2008 CY YOUNG Juan Marichal '63 - WS MVP Kevin Brown '98