League Name: Contraction GM Challenge v4
Salary Cap: None

Description: For version four, we will use is 1972. We have 16 owners committed. The draft order for team selection is reverse order of win% from the previous season at game 120 (new owners pick last). Each owner will select one team from the 1972 season (8 AL and 8 NL teams must be selected).

CHANGE IN DRAFT RULES - PLEASE READ BEFORE SELECTING YOUR TEAM

Once the 16 teams are selected, there will be a player dispersal draft, where players from undrafted teams will be selected. The draft order for each round is based on inverse real-life regular season record. But not all teams will have a draft pick in every round.

Here's how the draft will work:

Teams with real-life win% .500 to .599 will start drafting in round 2
Teams with real-life win% .600 and up will start drafting in round 3

Also
Teams with real-life win% <.400 will draft 8 players
Teams with real-life win% .400 to .449 will draft 7 players
Teams with real-life win% .450 to .499 will draft 6 players
Teams with real-life win% .500 to .549 will draft 5 players
Teams with real-life win% .550 to .599 will draft 4 players
Teams with real-life win% .600 and up will draft 3 players

The total number of players drafted depends on the teams selected (approx. 80 players will be selected). Only players from the teams not selected are eligible to be taken. AL teams can take NL players and vice-versa.

$$$ Bonus: In order to make things more interesting, I will donate my theme league creator $$$ credit to the team that has the best differential between the sim regular season win% and the team's real-life win%.

Subsequent Years:The team that has the best record at the 120-game mark will get to choose the season that is used for the next iteration of this theme (after I survey how many owners are returning). The draft order for teams for the next iteration will be in inverse order of sim win% at the 120-game mark. In case of ties, I will use the sim expected win%. Any new owners will pick last.

Other Details
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: Only picks and/or drafted players before season
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
SLL: Not allowed
Ballpark: The ballpark that your team called home
Team Name: Use actual team name and win% (i.e., New York Yankees .636)
Division Alignment: 4 x 4 (8 AL, 8 NL) Based on East/West as much as possible. Balanced schedule, no interleague play.

Multi-team players: I only want one occurance of a player in the league, so for players with multiple teams, only the full-season "player card" will be eligible and the team that he played for last during the season will get ownership of that player. For example, 2009 Matt Holliday belongs to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Site-mail list:
abfball60; calhoop; combalt; llcoach; markeking; mikemiele; mllama54; mpitt76; newarkwilder; odalisgagne; ronthegenius; schwarze; sgsmith; specsman; thejuice6; umdterp397

Available Players (83 players taken)

CATCHER
Barton, Bob
** Billings, Dick - mpitt76
Blefary, Curt
Boccabella, John
Corrales, Pat
** Dyer, Duffy - llcoach
** Edwards, Johnny - newarkwilder
Fahey, Bill
Felske, John
** Fisk, Carlton - abfball60
** Freehan, Bill - combalt
** Grote, Jerry - schwarze
Haller, Tom
Howard, Larry
Humphrey, Terry
Kendall, Fred
King, Hal
** McCarver, Tim - ronthegenius
Montgomery, Bob
Porter, Darrell
** Rodriguez, Ellie - sgsmith
** Sims, Duke - markeking

FIRST BASE
Beauchamp, Jim
Biittner, Larry
Breeden, Hal
Burda, Bob
** Cash, Norm - ronthegenius
Cater, Danny
** Colbert, Nate - schwarze
** Howard, Frank - odalisgagne
Jata, Paul
Jorgensen, Mike
Josephson, Duane
Kranepool, Ed
** May, Lee - mpitt76
** Scott, George - specsman

SECOND BASE
Barnes, Lute
Boswell, Ken
Clark, Ron
Fenwick, Bobby
** Griffin, Doug - thejuice6
Harris, Vic
** Heise, Bob - specsman
** Helms, Tommy - mikemiele
** Hunt, Ron - markeking
Jestadt, Garry
Kennedy, John
Martinez, Marty
** Martinez, Ted - newarkwilder
** McAuliffe, Dick - calhoop
Ragland, Tom
Randle, Len
Stanley, Fred
** Taylor, Tony - thejuice6
** Theobald, Ron - ronthegenius
Thomas, Derrel
Torres, Hector

THIRD BASE
** Bailey, Bob - combalt
Campbell, Dave
Ferraro, Mike
Fregosi, Jim
** Garrett, Wayne - mpitt76
Jones, Dalton
Laboy, Coco
** Nelson, Dave - mikemiele
O'Brien, Syd
** Petrocelli, Rico - calhoop
** Rader, Doug - odalisgage
Roberts, Dave
** Rodriguez, Aurelio - newarkwilder

SHORTSTOP
** Aparicio, Luis - abfball60
** Auerbach, Rick - llcoach
Beniquez, Juan
** Brinkman, Ed - mllama54
** Foli, Tim - mikemiele
** Harrah, Toby - markeking
** Harrelson, Bud - umdterp397
Hernandez, Enzo
Mason, Jim
Metzger, Roger

OUTFIELD
Agee, Tommie
Alou, Jesus
** Briggs, Johnny - combalt
Brown, Gates
Brown, Ike
Brown, Ollie
Burroughs, Jeff
** Cedeno, Cesar - umdterp397
** Conigliaro, Billy - combalt
Davis, Brock
Day, Boots
Evans, Dwight
Fairey, Jim
** Fairly, Ron - llcoach
Ford, Ted
Gagliano, Phil
Gaston, Cito
Grieve, Tom
** Harper, Tommy - abfball60
Horton, Willie
Jeter, Johnny
Jones, Cleon
** Kaline, Al - mllama54
Kosco, Andy
Lahoud, Joe
** Lee, Leron - sgsmith
Lovitto, Joe
** Maddox, Elliott - mikemiele
Marshall, Dave
Mashore, Clyde
** May, Dave - abfball60
** Mays, Willie - mpitt76
Miller, Norm
Miller, Rick
Milner, John
Morales, Jerry
Northrup, Jim
Oglivie, Ben
Reynolds, Tommie
Schneck, Dave
** Singleton, Ken - schwarze
** Smith, Reggie - llcoach
Stahl, Larry
** Stanley, Mickey - abfball60
** Staub, Rusty - sgsmith
Stewart, Jimmy
** Watson, Bob - mllama54
Woods, Ron
** Wynn, Jimmy - combalt
** Yastrzemski, Carl - calhoop

PITCHER
Acosta, Ed
** Arlin, Steve - schwarze
** Bell, Jerry - newarkwilder
Bolin, Bobby
Bosman, Dick
Brett, Ken
Broberg, Pete
Caldwell, Mike
Capra, Buzz
Colborn, Jim
** Coleman, Joe - abfball60
Corkins, Mike
Culp, Ray
** Culver, George - llcoach
Curtis, John
** Dierker, Larry - ronthegenius
Forsch, Ken
Frisella, Danny
** Fryman, Woodie - specsman
Gentry, Gary
Gilbert, Joe
** Gladding, Fred - ronthegenius
Gogolewski, Bill
Greif, Bill
Griffin, Tom
Hand, Rich
Hiller, John
Hinton, Rich
** Kirby, Clay - umdterp397
Koosman, Jerry
Krausse, Lew
** LaGrow, Lerrin - markeking
** Lee, Bill - newarkwilder
** Lindblad, Paul - ronthegenius
** Linzy, Frank - sgsmith
Lockwood, Skip
** Lolich, Mickey - umdterp397
** Lonborg, Jim - mllama54
** Marshall, Mike - schwarze
** Matlack, Jon - markeking
McAnally, Ernie
** McAndrew, Jim - mikemiele
McGlothen, Lynn
** McGraw, Tug - mikemiele
** Moore, Balor - thejuice6
Morton, Carl
Newhauser, Don
Niekro, Joe
Norman, Fred
Panther, Jim
Parsons, Bill
** Pattin, Marty - calhoop
** Paul, Mike - markeking
Peters, Gary
Pina, Horacio
Rauch, Bob
Ray, Jim
Renko, Steve
Reuss, Jerry
Roberts, Dave
Roland, Jim
Ross, Gary
Ryerson, Gary
Sadecki, Ray
Sanders, Ken
Schaeffer, Mark
Scherman, Fred
** Seaver, Tom - schwarze
** Seelbach, Chuck - umdterp397
** Shellenback, Jim - odalisgagne
Siebert, Sonny
Slaton, Jim
** Slayback, Bill - sgsmith
Stanhouse, Don
Stephenson, Earl
** Stoneman, Bill - calhoop
Strohmayer, John
Strom, Brent
Tatum, Ken
Taylor, Chuck
** Tiant, Luis - ronthegenius
** Timmermann, Tom - umdterp397
** Torrez, Mike - schwarze
** Walker, Tom - mpitt76
** Wilson, Don - ronthegenius
York, Jim
** Zachary, Chris - combalt

Round 1 (7 picks)

Owner	Player
ronthegenius	Tiant, Luis
schwarze	Seaver, Tom
umdterp397	Cedeno, Cesar
abfball60	Fisk, Carlton
mikemiele	McGraw, Tug
combalt	Wynn, Jimmy
markeking	Matlack, John

Round 2 (13 picks)

Owner	Player
ronthegenius	Wilson, Don
schwarze	Marshall, Mike
umdterp397	Lolich, Mickey
abfball60	Coleman, Joe
mikemiele	McAndrew, Jim
combalt	Freehan, Bill
markeking	Hunt, Ron
mpitt76	May, Lee
calhoop	Stoneman, Bill
llcoach	Smith, Reggie
sgsmith	Rodriguez, Ellie
newarkwilder	Edwards, Johnny
mllama54	Watson, Bob

Round 3 (16 picks)

Owner	Player
ronthegenius	Gladding, Fred
schwarze	Colbert, Nate
umdterp397	Timmerman, Tom
abfball60	Harper, Tommy
mikemiele	Foli, Tim
combalt	Briggs, Johnny
markeking	Paul, Mike
mpitt76	Billings, Dick
calhoop	Pattin, Marty
llcoach	Culver, George
newarkwilder	Bell, Jerry
sgsmith	Lee, Leron
mllama54	Kaline, Al
thejuice6	Moore, Balor
odalisgagne	Radar, Doug
specsman	Fryman, Woodie

Round 4
Wednesday, April 21 (all times EDT)

Time	Owner	Player
08:00 AM	ronthegenius	Dierker, Larry
09:00 AM	schwarze	Torrez, Mike
10:00 AM	umdterp397	Kirby, Clay
11:00 AM	abfball60	May, Dave
12:00 PM	mikemiele	Helms, Tommy
01:00 PM	combalt	Zachary, Chris
02:00 PM	markeking	LaGrow, Lerrin
03:00 PM	mpitt76	Walker, Tom
04:00 PM	calhoop	Petrocelli, Rico
05:00 PM	llcoach	Dyer, Duffy
06:00 PM	newarkwilder	Rodriguez, Aurelio
07:00 PM	sgsmith	Slayback, Bill
08:00 PM	mllama54	Brinkman, Ed
09:00 PM	thejuice6	Griffin, Doug
10:00 PM	odalisgagne	Shellenback, Jim
11:00 PM	specsman	Scott, George

List of Multi-Team Players. The team listed bold is the team the player is eligible to play for.

BATTERS
Alou, Matty (Oak, StL)
Alyea, Brant (Oak, StL)
Anderson, Dwain (Oak, StL)
Bateman, John (Mon, Phi)
Blefary, Curt (Oak, SD)
Brown, Ollie (Mil, Oak, SD)
Carbo, Bernie (Cin, StL)
Cepeda, Orlando (Atl, Oak)
Clark, Ron (Mil, Oak)
Corrales, Pat (Cin, SD)
Davis, Tommy (Bal, ChC)
Hague, Joe (Cin, StL)
Hendricks, Ellie (Bal, ChC)
Hiatt, Jack (Cal, Hou)
Howard, Frank (Det, Tex)
Jones, Dalton (Det, Tex)
Kosco, Andy (Bos, Cal)
Kubiak, Ted (Oak, Tex)
Martinez, Marty (Oak, StL, Tex)
Maxvill, Dal (Oak, StL)
Mays, Willie (NYM, SF)
McCarver, Tim (Mon, Phi)
Mincher, Don (Oak, Tex)
O'Brien, Syd (Cal, Mil)
Oliver, Bob (Cal, KC)
Sims, Duke (Det, LA)
Spiezio, Ed (ChW, SD)
Stanley, Fred (Cle, SD)
Voss, Bill (Mil, Oak, StL)

PITCHERS
Aker, Jack (ChC, NYY)
Barber, Steve (Atl, Cal)
Blasingame, Wade (Hou, NYY)
Cox, Casey (NYY, Tex)
Cumberland, John (SF, StL)
Drabowsky, Moe (ChW, StL)
Fisher, Eddie (Cal, ChW)
Fryman, Woodie (Det, Phi)
Hinton, Rich (NYY, Tex)
Hoerner, Joe (Atl, Phi)
Kilkenny, Mike (Cle, Det, Oak, SD)
McLain, Denny (Atl, Oak)
Murphy, Tom (Cal, KC)
Nash, Jim (Atl, Phi)
Neibauer, Gary (Atl, Phi)
Palmer, Lowell (Cle, StL)
Perranoski, Ron (Det, LA)
Phoebus, Tom (ChC, SD)
Roland, Jim (NYY, Oak, Tex)
Segui, Diego (Oak, StL)
Taylor, Chuck (Mil, NYM)

3-Team Tie-Breaker:

Rd 2: Cubs, Red Sox, Dodgers
Rd 3: Red Sox, Dodgers, Cubs
Rd 4: Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox
Rd 5: Dodgers, Red Sox, Cubs
Rd 6: Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers

2-Team Tie-Breaker:

Rd 2: Cubs, Dodgers
Rd 3: Dodgers, Cubs
Rd 4: Dodgers, Cubs
Rd 5: Cubs, Dodgers
Rd 6: Dodgers, Cubs

Those are good changes to try to get more balance in the league!

Maybe so...but couldn't we wait one more year since I finally got a good draft pick?