Posted by schwarze on 8/16/2023 12:12:00 PM (view original):
League 1: Playoff Teams
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NL East: 1901-02 Pirates (pedrocerrano) - pick #1
NL Central: 1909-10 Cubs (footballmm11) - pick #7
NL West: 1909-10 Athletics (redcped) - pick #4
NL Wildcard: 11911-12 Cubs (joerat) - pick #24
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AL East: 1902-03 Pirates (schwarze) - pick #2
AL Central: 1904-05 Giants (pedrocerrano) - pick #6
AL West: 1910-11 Athletics (footballmm11) - pick #3
AL Wildcard: 1908-09 Cubs (ybjsports) - pick #10
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Top 3 Runs Scoring Teams
1919-20 Indians (redcped)
1901-02 Pirates (pedrocerrano)
1910-11 Giants (footballmm11)
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Top 3 Pitching Teams
1909-10 Cubs (footballmm11)
1914-15 Red Sox (richiebrown6)
1908-09 Cubs (ybjsports)
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Top 3 Defensive Teams
1908-09 Pirates (barracuda3)
1912-13 Athletics (toysboys)
1911-12 Cubs (joerat1)
Other Advancing Teams
Since 50% of the round 5 teams will advance to round 6, I will make a generic assumption that exactly 12 teams (6 NL & 6 AL) from each league teams will advance. Besides the 8 projected playoff teams listed above, here are the 4 additional teams that I think have the best shot of advancing.
NL: 1905-06 Giants (schwarze) - pick #15
NL: 1908-09 Giants (calhoop) - pick #22
AL: 1912-13 Athletics (toysboys) - pick #16
AL: 1919-20 Indians (redcped) - pick #14
NL East: 1901-02 Pirates (pedrocerrano) -->
Correct, won 96 games, got #1 seed
NL Central: 1909-10 Cubs (footballmm11) -->
Incorrect, won 79 games, had division best .524 Exp Win%, due to 22-31 in 1-run games
NL West: 1909-10 Athletics (redcped) -->
Correct, won 82 games in weak division
NL Wildcard: 1911-12 Cubs (joerat) -->
Incorrect, finished won 78 games, 16 games out of wildcard spot
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AL East: 1902-03 Pirates (schwarze) -->
Correct, won 91 games, got #1 seed
AL Central: 1904-05 Giants (pedrocerrano) -->
Incorrect, won 81 games, unlucky in 1-run games at 24-32
AL West: 1910-11 Athletics (footballmm11) -->
Incorrect, won 77 games, but .521 Exp Win% only .002 behind division winner
AL Wildcard: 1908-09 Cubs (ybjsports) -->
Close enough, won a weak AL West division with 82 wins, edged out 1910-11 A's by 5 games
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Top 3 Runs Scoring Teams
1919-20 Indians (redcped) -->
Correct, with '20 Ruth, scored 116 more runs than second place
1901-02 Pirates (pedrocerrano) -->
Incorrect, finished 6th in runs scored, but only 19 runs out of 2nd
1910-11 Giants (footballmm11) -->
Correct, finished 3rd in runs scored, just 4 runs behind 1912-13 A's
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Top 3 Pitching Teams
1909-10 Cubs (footballmm11) -->
Correct, finished with 150 fewer runs allowed than league average
1914-15 Red Sox (richiebrown6) -->
Incorrect, finished 12th place, only 12 runs better than league average.
1908-09 Cubs (ybjsports) -->
Correct, finished 15 runs out of 1st and 3 runs behind 06-07 Cubs.
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Top 3 Defensive Teams
1908-09 Pirates (barracuda3) -->
Close enough, they were 1st in + plays and league average in fielding%
1912-13 Athletics (toysboys) -->
Close enough, they were 5th in + plays and 1st in fielding%
1911-12 Cubs (joerat1) -->
Close enough, they were 2nd in + plays and league average in fielding%
Other Advancing Teams
Since 50% of the round 5 teams will advance to round 6, I will make a generic assumption that exactly 12 teams (6 NL & 6 AL) from each league teams will advance. Besides the 8 projected playoff teams listed above, here are the 4 additional teams that I think have the best shot of advancing.
NL: 1905-06 Giants (schwarze) - pick #15
--> Correct, they won 93 games, second best in league
NL: 1908-09 Giants (calhoop) - pick #22 -->
Incorrect, they won only 75 games and were lucky to get that many
AL: 1912-13 Athletics (toysboys) - pick #16
--> Incorrect, just missed with 80 wins, thanks to a 3-7 record down the stretch
AL: 1919-20 Indians (redcped) - pick #14 -->
Correct, won 87 games and made the playoffs as a wildcard team