its early.... but...

Houston Honey Badgers

106-17

0.862

-

21-6

21-7

9-4

817

343

0.838

Southpaw85

seen better?


https://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/playerstats.asp?teamid=1574795

Houston Honey Badgers

139-23

0.858

-

33-9

27-7

11-4

1068

463

0.830

Southpaw85

bad news
this team ran into greg maddux round 1.
honey badgers fall 3 games to 1.
the sim giveth and the sim taketh away.

139 might be the most wins ever. There are a bunch of league links in the Progressive Draft Database Forum, and the highest one I saw was 131 wins. And of course, that team didn't win the World Series either...

It's an interesting question...looking through my old files I believe my best ever team was the 1986 Houston Mustangs in the NWP. They went 126-36 (.778) in the regular season, went 3-0, 4-1, 4-0 in the playoffs. Led the league in runs (1046) and fewest runs allowed (482). That's a +564 run differential...which I am guessing not too many teams have exceeded.

The pitching staff included:
Mike Scott: 30-5, 2.35
Nolan Ryan: 20-2, 2.07
Floyd Youmans: 26-6, 2.68
Rick Rhoden: 24-6, 3.23

My personal best is a 1931 team (New York Yaks) that went 128-34. Staff included Lefty Grove (34-6, 2.99) and a couple of guys I'd barely heard of when I drafted them: Bob Smith (30-10, 3.89) and Bill Walker (24-2, 2.38).

But it being 1931 we won mostly by bashing the other teams' heads in with our bats, which included Babe Ruth narrowly missing a 50 HR, .400 season when he finished with 49 HR, 172 RBI, and a line of .399/.537/.716.

And we didn't even choke in the playoffs!

In the inaugural season of kallison1's True Rookie Progressive, my team won 117 games...and missed the playoffs! Started as a 16-team league, and the division winner won 119! He then won 6 titles. The other two teams in the division won 3 each. I finally won one many seasons later. And the league just ended.

In the NWP - EE progressive contrarian started, our best Jesuits squad went 127-35, and then 8-1 in the playoffs to win the world series. (16-team league) 1273 runs, 732 RA - that +541 run differential can't match contrarian's but it's close.

It was dual era - 1894/1959 seasons.

Offense led by:
Billy Hamilton (.394/.504/.490, 270 hits, 192 runs, 20 + plays in corner outfiled)
Willie Mays (.331/.383/.640, 40/46 steals, 166 Rs, 192 RBIs, 227 hits, 50 HRs)
Ernie Banks (.318/.376/.530, 37 HRs, 201 RBIs, 16 + plays at SS)

Pitching led by:
Amos Rusie (53-9 in 81 starts - a league win record that of course will never be broken)
Don Mossi (3.70 ERA, 42-3 by pitching 81 games of relief as part of a tandem pairing)

Obviously a stacked team, but in 26 seasons, the Jesuits have:
-22 100-win teams, only 1 team with less than 96 wins, and never a losing record
-23 division titles
-13 pennants
-8 world series

So this league has been a special run....

Wow, that is some run, fellow crazy person! To sustain it for 26 seasons without major downtime for rebuilds is incredible.

I've been meaning to start a thread in the Prog Draft Database forum asking owners about great runs/dynasty teams. With my New York Yaks I won 7 championships/8 pennants in 10 seasons (1911-20) and then five straight titles from 1937-41. I think the team is my SLB masterpiece. Doubt I'll ever paint a better one.