Popped a couple of beers this evening and started preparing for an upcoming draft. I opened my file that I have been keeping for about the last 80 Progressive/Theme leagues to see who I have used the most and who has performed. Some random stats....who are your most used players and best performers.

Most Games Charlie Hough 661
Most Wins Eddie Cicotte 148
Most Ks Big Game James Shields 1785
Most IP Big Daddy Rick Reuschel
Most Games Lou Gehrig 2026
Most Hits Lou Gehrig 2802
Most HRs Lou Gehrig 547
Most SB Willie Wilson 621
Highest Avg. (min 1000 AB) Nap Lajoie .349
Willie Wilson 165 Triples
3/24/2022 9:23 PM
Along these lines, I recently updated my franchise records for my two current prog teams. Guess I'll paste them here. These cover 1977-2005:

Atlanta Braves
PA: 803 Brett Butler 1993; 9281 Brett Butler career
AB: 721 Tom Paciorek 1981; 9281 Brett Butler career
R: 179 Chipper Jones 1999; 1562 Brett Butler career
H: 247 Tom Paciorek 1981; 2431 Brett Butler career
2B: 56 Jose Offerman 1999; 400 Dave Winfield career
3B: 16 Brett Butler 1985; 113 Brett Butler career
HR: 65 Andruw Jones 2005; 502 Dale Murphy career (8 different players with 50-HR seasons)
RBI: 205 Fred McGriff 1994; 1608 Dale Murphy career
BB: 159 Chipper Jones 1999; 1100 Brett Butler career
SO: 203 Gorman Thomas 1979; 1684 Dale Murphy career
HBP: 16 Jeff Blauser 1997; 69 Jeff Blauser career
SB: 36 Rafael Furcal 2005; 85 Rafael Furcal career (with only 3 career CS!)
CS: 12 Dave Winfield 1978; 20 Brett Butler, Shawon Dunston career (I don't like risking a CS, especially when my team can hit HR!)
AVG: .364 Chipper Jones 2001; AVG: .344 Tom Paciorek career (732/2131 AB)
OBP: .457 Chipper Jones 1999; .403 Chipper Jones career
SLG: .677 Fred McGriff 1994; .579 Bob Horner career
OPS: 1.106 Dale Murphy 1987; OPS: .957 Fred McGriff career
RC: 192.61 Fred McGriff 1994; RC: 1615.65 Dale Murphy career
GS: 55 Phil Niekro 1979; 633 Tom Glavine career
CG: 13 Phil Niekro 1978; 25 Phil Niekro career
SHO: 5 Phil Niekro 1978; 9 Phil Niekro career
W: 32 Tom Glavine 2000, Kevin Millwood 2000; 303 Tom Glavine career (8 different pitchers with 24-win seasons)
L: 26 Phil Niekro 1977; 182 Tom Glavine career
SV: 40 Steve Bedrosian 1984; 92 Doug Jones career
IP: 375 Phil Niekro 1979; 4084.2 Tom Glavine career
SO: 315 John Smoltz 1996; 2920 John Smoltz career
WHIP: 0.97 Jason Schmidt 2003; 1.23 John Smoltz career
ERA: 2.59 Jason Schmidt 2003; 3.67 John Smoltz career
Maybe the weirdest part of all those is that Dave Winfield holds my Braves' single-season record for caught stealing.

Seattle Mariners:
PA: 811 ichiro Suzuki 2004; 10257 Ken Griffey Jr.
AB: 753 Ichiro Suzuki 2004; 9006 Ken Griffey Jr.
R: 173 Ken Griffey Jr. 1999; 1892 Ken Griffey Jr.
H: 298 Ichiro Suzuki 2004; 2667 Ken Griffey Jr.
2B: 64 Edgar Martinez 1992; 539 Edgar Martinez
3B: 15 Tony Fernandez 1990; 62 Tony Fernandez
HR: 67 Ken Griffey Jr. 1998; 659 Ken Griffey Jr (7 50-HR seasons for Griffey, 5 50-HR seasons for other players)
RBI: 206 Shawn Green 1999; 2036 Ken Griffey Jr.
BB: 153 Edgar Martinez 1996; 1341 Edgar Martinez
SO: 183 Jim Presley 1986; 1668 Ken Griffey Jr.
HBP: 13 Edgar Martinez 1997, Tino Martinez 2003; 91 Ken Griffey Jr.
SB: 101 Dave Collins 1980; 242 Dave Collins
CS: 37 Dave Collins 1980; 74 Dave Collins
AVG: .396 Ichiro Suzuki 2004; .326 Ichiro Suzuki (min 1000 career hits); .317 Edgar Martinez (min 2000 career hits)
OBP: .472 Edgar Martinez 1995; .422 Edgar Martinez
SLG: .708 Ken Griffey Jr. 1993; .571 Ken Griffey Jr.
OPS: 1.147 Edgar Martinez 1995; .948 Ken Griffey Jr.
STRK: 47 Ichiro Suzuki 2004
RC: 205.97 Edgar Martinez 1995; 2006.58 Ken Griffey Jr.;
GP: 91 Dave Burba 1994; 683 Rick Honeycutt
GS: 50 Shane Rawley 1982; 499 David Wells
CG: 24 Ron Guidry 1978; 61 Ron Guidry
SHO: 5 Ron Guidry 1978; 10 Ron Guidry
W: 27 Erik Hanson 1990; 217 David Wells
L: 20 Rick Honeycutt 1979; 146 Ron Guidry
SV: 27 Bob Stoddard 1982; 63 Larry Andersen (I wonder if I overlooked someone)
IP: 340 Ron Guidry 1978; 3072 David Wells
SO: 294 Mark Langston 1987; 2152 Mark Langston
WHIP: 1.05 Mark Eichhorn 1986; 1.33 Derek Lowe (1017.2 IP)
ERA: 2.35 Mark Eichhorn 1986; 3.94 Derek Lowe (1017.2 IP)
3/30/2022 12:32 AM

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