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:
1990: Detroit Tigers / Cleveland Indians / Kansas City Royals
1991: St. Louis Cardinals / Kansas City Royals / California Angels
1992: Detroit Tigers / San Diego Padres / New York Yankees
1993: Los Angeles Dodgers / Chicago Cubs / Seattle Mariners
1994: Philadelphia Phillies / San Francisco Giants / Toronto Blue Jays
1995: Colorado Rockies / San Diego Padres / Chicago White Sox
1996: Boston Red Sox / Colorado Rockies / Cincinnati Reds
1997: Colorado Rockies / Detroit Tigers / Boston Red Sox
1998: Anaheim Angels / Seattle Mariners / Los Angeles Dodgers
1999: Pittsburgh Pirates / Philadelphia Phillies / Los Angeles Dodgers
2000: Anaheim Angels / Detroit Tigers / Houston Astros
2001: Minnesota Twins / Chicago White Sox / Florida Marlins
2002: Montreal Expos / Philadelphia Phillies / Toronto Blue Jays
2003: Los Angeles Dodgers / Montreal Expos / Anaheim Angels
2004: Florida Marlins / Baltimore Orioles / Cleveland Indians
2005: Texas Rangers / Florida Marlins / Chicago Cubs
2006: Houston Astros / Boston Red Sox / Colorado Rockies
2007: Los Angeles Dodgers / Minnesota Twins / Arizona Diamondbacks
2008: Arizona Diamondbacks / Florida Marlins / Houston Astros
2009: Florida Marlins / Detroit Tigers / Chicago White Sox
2010: Florida Marlins / Detroit Tigers / New York Mets
2011: Cincinnati Reds / San Francisco Giants / Toronto Blue Jays
2012: Baltimore Orioles / Philadelphia Phillies / Pittsburgh Pirates
2013: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim / New York Yankees / Arizona Diamondbacks
2014: Cleveland Indians / New York Mets / Milwaukee Brewers
2015: Minnesota Twins / Tampa Bay Rays / Arizona Diamondbacks
2016: Houston Astros / Texas Rangers / New York Yankees
2017: Texas Rangers / Tampa Bay Rays / Los Angeles Angels
2018: Los Angeles Angels / Colorado Rockies / Pittsburgh Pirates
2019: Cincinnati Reds / Milwaukee Brewers / Philadelphia Phillies
2020: San Francisco Giants / Houston Astros / Cincinnati Reds
2021: Cleveland Indians / San Diego Padres / Philadelphia Phillies
2/7/2022 6:11 PM (edited)