I’ve looked at the season stats for every year between 1894 and 2021 and I’ve pulled out the three teams from every season that were the closest to “0” run differential (the gap between how many runs they scored that year and how many runs they allowed). It’s a pretty interesting list. We’re talking teams that may have scored a ton of runs, but – if so, they also gave up a ton. We’re talking teams that may have had a great pitching staff that didn’t give up too many runs – but that means their offense was as putrid as the pitching staff was good. You’ll see some of your favorite teams on here but, for the most part, you’ll see some teams that don’t usually get used a lot by most of us.

The four leagues will be broken up into four 32-team offerings. Therefore, even the team picking last will still get a choice of nine teams to pick from. The split will be 1894-1925, 1926-1957, 1958-1989 and 1990-2021. Alignment for each league will be chronological. If 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897 are all chosen by someone in League 1, then they know they’ll make up the N.L. East Division.

Each season has three teams listed. You must roster 8 players from each of the three teams. That’s 24 players. You then get to pick ONE Free Agent from your season from any of the other teams that played that season. The key here is that your Free Agent can’t be over $9,000,000 in salary.

Based on the final W/L totals of Round 3, the draft order for this league is listed below. There will only be one round of drafting in each league.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

NO CAP – Build the best roster you can from your three teams (and your one Free Agent) that season.

Federal League players are available as Free Agents in 1914 and 1915

Clones: None.

Designated Hitter: Yes – in all four leagues

Waiver Wire: No

Injuries – Turned On

Trades: No

A.A.A.: No

You may use either partial or full season stats of any player who had a split season - as long as the stats indicate it was for your franchise.

Stadium – Any stadium that one of your three teams used during that particular season.

Here are the teams in this League that you get to choose from:


1926: New York Giants / Detroit Tigers / Washington Senators
1927: Cincinnati Reds / Chicago White Sox / Detroit Tigers
1928: Washington Senators / Cincinnati Reds / Brooklyn Robins
1929: Detroit Tigers / St. Louis Browns / Cleveland Indians
1930: Cleveland Indians / Pittsburgh Pirates / Detroit Tigers
1931: Brooklyn Robins / Chicago Cubs / Cleveland Indians
1932: Boston Braves / Brooklyn Dodgers / Detroit Tigers
1933: Philadelphia Athletics / Boston Braves / Cleveland Indians
1934: Pittsburgh Pirates / Boston Braves / Boston Red Sox
1935: Boston Red Sox / Chicago White Sox / Cleveland Indians
1936: St. Louis Cardinals / Boston Red Sox / Cincinnati Reds
1937: Boston Bees / Boston Red Sox / Cleveland Indians
1938: St. Louis Cardinals / Brooklyn Dodgers / Chicago White Sox
1939: New York Giants / Chicago White Sox / Chicago Cubs
1940: New York Giants / Pittsburgh Pirates / Chicago Cubs
1941: Chicago Cubs / Cleveland Indians / Chicago White Sox
1942: Pittsburgh Pirates / Detroit Tigers / Cincinnati Reds
1943: Chicago White Sox / St. Louis Browns / Chicago Cubs
1944: Chicago Cubs / Cleveland Indians / Cincinnati Reds
1945: New York Giants / Boston Braves / Cleveland Indians
1946: Boston Braves / Chicago White Sox / Chicago Cubs
1947: Philadelphia Athletics / Boston Red Sox / New York Giants
1948: Pittsburgh Pirates / Philadelphia Athletics / Detroit Tigers
1949: Boston Braves / Philadelphia Phillies / Philadelphia Athletics
1950: St. Louis Cardinals / Boston Braves / Cincinnati Reds
1951: St. Louis Cardinals / Philadelphia Athletics / Philadelphia Phillies
1952: Chicago Cubs / Washington Senators / Boston Red Sox
1953: New York Giants / Boston Red Sox / Philadelphia Phillies
1954: Brooklyn Dodgers / St. Louis Cardinals / Boston Red Sox
1955: New York Giants / Philadelphia Phillies / Cincinnati Reds
1956: St. Louis Cardinals / Boston Red Sox / Pittsburgh Pirates
1957: Detroit Tigers / Baltimore Orioles / Cincinnati Reds

THE DRAFT ORDER AND THEIR PICKS:

LEAGUE TWO

(01) 1944: RONTHEGENIUS
(02) 1933: PEDROCERRANO
(03) 1957: DARTHDURRON
(04) 1954: SCHWARZE
(05) 1927: REDCPED
(06) 1947: THEJUICE6
(07) 1928: NOCOMM999
(08) 1936: MARKEKING
(09) 1937: DARTHDURRON
(10) 1951: SCHWARZE
(11) 1939: MLLAMA54
(12) 1942: 3DAYROTATION
(13) 1950: REDCPED
(14) 1940: SCHWARZE
(15) 1955: CALHOOP
(16) 1946: TOYSBOYS
(17) 1956: GLOWGUY
(18) 1952: JOERAT1
(19) 1935: JTPSOPS
(20) 1931: KSTOBER
(21) 1945: SCHWARZE
(22) 1926: CHISOCK
(23) 1953: MLLAMA54
(24) 1943: THEJUICE6

I'm going with 1944

Of course you are - I'll take 1933

I'll take a show with 1957

I won’t be able to draft until late tonight at the earliest. I’m at work and have an evening commitment too.

I know I should lean pitching here, but I can't pass up a roster that contains Stan Musial, Duke Snider, Ted Williams, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, etc.. Fully expecting to complain about all the blown leads this terrible pitching staff gives up.

1954: Brooklyn Dodgers / St. Louis Cardinals / Boston Red Sox

I know I should lean pitching here..

How do you do that exactly in this league??

Maybe I should have spent a little more time building rosters, but I can be happy enough with:

1927: Cincinnati Reds / Chicago White Sox / Detroit Tigers

We'll go with 1947 Athletics, Red Sox and Giants

1939 New York Giants/Chicago White Sox/Chicago Cubs