Build Your Own Progressive $160 Million Core Team Topic

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The Build Your Own Progessive: Year 1

Want to get in on year one of a new progressive?  There have been different versions of building your own progressive and this unique progressive pits eras versus eras, teams versus teams as your build your own progressive team, advancing one year at a time.  The "Build Your Own" part: Take any historical team, that is your core.  We then have a league wide draft that is based on that team's W/L %.  The league will have 6 different eras, with four division representing each era.  Do you take a winner and add some key parts or try and turn a loser into a winner?   

Cap: $160 Million
Ballparks: Any ballpark used during your era
DH: None
AAA: None
Draft Picks: Max 7 per year (applicable after Year 1)
IR: Yes, no limit (especially for war era teams)
Injuries: No
Live: Current series only, not required
Years: 1885-2010 with only one instance of any given year-can't have two 1901 teams
Player occurences: One
Trades: No
Draft: No trading of draft slots or picking ahead, even if the team ahead of you can't take them.  Just stay in your slot.
Progression:1 year forward
1st Year Exception: If you don't have enough players to meet your percentage pick you will replace the # of players you are short with $500K or less players from your given year
 
Teams by Winning Percent (future draft order)

< 400% = 8 picks
1909 Senators .276
401-499% = 7 picks
1994 Mariners .434
1968 Mets .451
500-599% = 6 picks
1964 Dodgers .494
1988 Red Sox .512
1981 Astros .555
1892 Phillies .569
1927 A's .591
> 600% = 5 picks
1962 Giants .624
1949 Dodgers .630
1901 Pirates .647
1953 Yankees .656
1936 Yankees .667
1975 Reds .667
1915 Red Sox .669
1886 Wolverines .707
 

9/19/2011 8:42 PM (edited)
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1949 Brooklyn Dodgers (5 picks)
C   Roy Campanella, Bruce Edwards
1B Gil Hodges, Johnny Hopp
2B Jackie Robinson, Eddie Miksis
3B Billy Cox, Spider Jorgensen
SS Pee Wee Reese
OF Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Gene Hermanski, Luis Olmo
P  Don Newcombe, Preacher Roe, Ralph Branca
    Joe Hatten, Rex Barney, Carl Erskine, Erv Palica 
9/14/2011 9:21 PM
homiealiens
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Jack Chesbro 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $9,833,104
Ed Doheny 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $2,157,988
Sam Leever 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $4,930,821
Deacon Phillippe 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $9,977,257
Ed Poole 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $1,842,841
Jesse Tannehill 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $9,943,865
Rube Waddell 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $7,639,259
Snake Wiltse 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SP $6,360,806
Jiggs Donahue 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates C $1,299,042
George Yeager 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates C $1,848,061
Chief Zimmer 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates C $1,564,535
Kitty Bransfield 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 1B $4,503,604
Claude Ritchey 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 2B $4,286,670
Jimmy Burke 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 3B $2,224,319
Tommy Leach 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 3B $3,351,977
Bones Ely 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SS $1,788,873
Honus Wagner 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates SS $8,646,743
Ginger Beaumont 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates OF $5,953,478
Fred Clarke 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates OF $7,572,855
Lefty Davis 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates OF $3,456,599
9/14/2011 11:45 PM
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I'd like to claim my same starting year, different team - 1892 Philadelphia Phillies

 Keepers (16)
C Jack Clements
1B Roger Connor
2B Bill Hallman
3B Lave Cross
SS Bob Allen
OF Billy Hamilton
OF Ed Delahanty
C Tom Dowse
3B Charlie Reilly
3B Joe Mulvey

P Tim Keefe
P Gus Weyhing
P Kid Carsey
P Phil Knell
P Duke Esper
P Jack Taylor

6 picks
 
9/15/2011 1:30 PM (edited)
coled
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1915 Red Sox

Keepers
C- Pinch Thomas, Hick Cady
1B- Dick Hoblitzel, Del Gainer
2B- Heinie Wagner, Jack Barry
3B- Larry Gardner
SS- Heinie Wagner
OF- Tris Speaker, Duffy Lewis, Harry Hooper

P- Babe Ruth, Joe Wood, Carl Mays, Ernie Shore, Vean Gregg, Dutch Leonard, Rube Foster, Herb Pennock, Ralph Comstock

5 picks
9/15/2011 6:04 PM
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a slight change

1988 Redsox

Keepers:

C - Rick Cerone, Rich Gedman
1b - Dwight Evans
2b - Marty Barrett
3b - Wade Boggs
ss - Jody Reed
of - Mike Greenwell, Ellis Burks, Brady Anderson, Todd Benzinger, Jim Rice

P - Roger Clemens, Mike Boddicker, Bruce Hurst, Wes Gardner, Bob Stanley, Dennis Lamp, Lee Smith, Oil Can Boyd

6 picks


9/19/2011 9:30 AM (edited)
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1981 Astros

Keepers: Hitters
Alan Ashby
Cesar Cedeno
Joe Pittman
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Tony Scott
Luis Pujols
Kiko Garcia
Denny Walling
Dickie Thon

Keepers: Pitchers
Joe Niekro
Don Sutton
Bob Knepper
Nolan Ryan
Vern Ruhle
Joe Sambito
Dave Smith

6 picks
9/17/2011 1:07 PM
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1968 Mets:

C - Jerry Grote, J.C. Martin
1B - Ed Kranepool
2B - Ken Boswell
3B - Ed Charles
SS - Bud Harrelson
OF - Tommie Agee, Cleon Jones, Art Shamsky, Ron Swoboda
P - Don Cardwell, Al Jackson, Cal Koonce, Jerry Koosman, Jim Mc Andrew, Tom Seaver, Dick Selma, Ron Taylor

7 picks
9/17/2011 6:05 PM
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1994 Mariners
C: Dan Wilson, Bill Hassleman
1B: Tino Martinez, Reggie Jefferson
2B: Luis Sojo
3B: Edgar Martinez, Mike Blowers
SS: Felix Fermin, Alex Rodriguez
OF: Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Buhner
P: Randy Johnson, Chris Bosio, John Cummings, Bobby Ayala, Bill Risley, Rich Gossage, Jeff Nelson

+ 7 picks
 
9/19/2011 9:44 AM (edited)
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Posted by mac195 on 9/18/2011 1:36:00 AM (view original):
1994 Mariners
C: Dan Wilson, Bill Hassleman
1B: Tino Martinez, Reggie Jefferson
2B: Rich Amaral, Luis Sojo
3B: Edgar Martinez, Mike Blowers
SS: Felix Fermin
OF: Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Buhner
P: Randy Johnson, Chris Bosio, John Cummings, Bobby Ayala, Bill Risley, Rich Gossage, Jeff Nelson
+ 7 picks
IR: Alex Rodriguez
don't think you can have IR in the 1st season, homie can correct me if I'm wrong
9/18/2011 7:38 PM
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Am I mistaken or wasn't there only 5 draft picks in year one and 7 after that ?
9/19/2011 1:41 AM
homiealiens
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First year is based on your core team's winning percentage and the second year it is up to the owner, with a maximum of 7 picks
9/19/2011 7:36 AM
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For year one there are no IR.  IR is only used for players without a WIS season that year (think the war era players).  mac will be able to have A-Rod, but he would be a bench player year 1. 

9/19/2011 7:47 AM
mac195
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A-Rod is added to the regular roster and I will cut Amaral.

9/19/2011 9:43 AM
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1927 Philadelphia Athletics -91-63, .591 winning %

19 keepers --- need 6 picks

C - Mickey Cochrane
1B - Jimmie Foxx
2B - Eddie Collins, Max Bishop
SS - Joe Boley
3B - Sammy Hale, Jimmy Dykes
OF - Ty Cobb, Al Simmons, Zach Wheat, Bill Lamar, Walter French

P - Lefty Grove, Howard Ehmke, Jack Quinn, Rube Walberg, Eddie Rommel, Jing Johnson, Sam Gray

9/19/2011 2:11 PM
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