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1921 Rabbit Maranville - $5,679,397

$174,694,436

Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
1	1	jonstephen25	Ruth, Babe	OF	1921	26,701,562	26,701,562
1	2	schwarze	Hornsby, Rogers	2B	1924	19,727,098	19,727,098
1	3	3dayrotation	Gehrig, Lou	1B	1927	22,558,810	22,558,810
1	4	footballmm11	Johnson, Walter	SP	1924	10,346,182	10,346,182
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
2	5	footballmm11	Vance, Dazzy	SP	1924	11,875,690	22,221,872
2	6	schwarze	Sisler, George	1B	1920	11,418,451	31,145,549
2	7	3dayrotation	Foxx, Jimmie	3B	1929	7,896,458	30,455,268
2	8	jonstephen25	Adams, Babe	SP	1920	8,400,455	35,102,017
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
3	9	footballmm11	Speaker, Tris	OF	1920	10,627,526	32,849,398
3	10	3dayrotation	Simmons, Al	OF	1929	10,170,113	40,625,381
3	11	schwarze	Braxton, Garland	SP	1928	8,082,484	39,228,033
3	12	jonstephen25	Heilmann, Harry	OF	1923	9,886,067	44,988,084
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
4	13	footballmm11	Luque, Dolf	SP	1923	12,455,991	45,305,389
4	14	schwarze	Frisch, Frankie	3B	1924	8,043,086	47,271,119
4	15	3dayrotation	Cobb, Ty	OF	1922	9,497,786	50,123,167
4	16	jonstephen25	Grimes, Burleigh	SP	1920	10,799,780	55,787,864
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
5	17	footballmm11	Collins, Eddie	2B	1920	9,086,045	54,391,434
5	18	schwarze	Rixey, Eppa	SP	1924	8,351,895	55,623,014
5	19	3dayrotation	Cochrane, Mickey	C	1927	5,335,748	55,458,915
5	20	jonstephen25	Jackson, Travis	SS	1929	6,895,051	62,682,915
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
6	21	footballmm11	Waner, Paul	OF	1927	9,676,145	64,067,579
6	22	3dayrotation	O'Doul, Lefty	OF	1929	9,777,442	65,236,357
6	23	schwarze	Moore, Wilcy	RP	1927	7,705,580	63,328,594
6	24	jonstephen25	Ott, Mel	OF	1929	8,301,393	70,984,308
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
7	25	schwarze	Bancroft, Dave	SS	1921	7,449,467	70,778,061
7	26	footballmm11	Traynor, Pie	3B	1925	6,704,096	70,771,675
7	27	3dayrotation	Donohue, Pete	SP	1925	11,050,028	76,286,385
7	28	jonstephen25	Miljus, Johnny	RP	1927	2,880,516	73,864,824
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
8	29	footballmm11	Hollocher, Charlie	SS	1920	3,817,929	74,589,604
8	30	schwarze	Jackson, Joe	OF	1920	8,653,483	79,431,544
8	31	jonstephen25	Grabowski, Al	RP	1929	2,224,288	76,089,112
8	32	3dayrotation	Ehmke, Howard	RP	1926	5,455,705	81,742,090
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
9	33	footballmm11	Haid, Hal	RP	1928	1,728,394	76,317,998
9	34	jonstephen25	Grove, Lefty	SP	1928	8,744,022	84,833,134
9	35	schwarze	Williams, Ken	OF	1923	8,731,148	88,162,692
9	36	3dayrotation	Mays, Carl	SP	1926	8,712,039	90,454,129
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
10	37	footballmm11	Goslin, Goose	OF	1926	7,509,780	83,827,778
10	38	jonstephen25	Dibut, Pedro	RP	1924	1,329,352	86,162,486
10	39	schwarze	Coveleski, Stan	SP	1920	10,318,296	98,480,988
10	40	3dayrotation	Napier, Buddy	RP	1920	1,437,391	91,891,520
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
11	41	footballmm11	Howe, Les	RP	1923	1,183,935	85,011,713
11	42	jonstephen25	Cooney, Johnny	RP	1922	946,597	87,109,083
11	43	3dayrotation	Stone, Arnie	RP	1924	1,979,596	93,871,116
11	44	schwarze	Barnes, Virgil	RP	1922	1,582,843	100,063,831
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
12	45	footballmm11	Burns, Dennis	RP	1923	849,583	85,861,296
12	46	jonstephen25	Alexander, Pete	SP	1920	10,921,525	98,030,608
12	47	3dayrotation	Pennock, Herb	SP	1928	6,631,203	100,502,319
12	48	schwarze	Lucas, Red	SP	1927	8,203,325	108,267,156
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
13	49	footballmm11	Faber, Red	SP	1921	10,611,401	96,472,697
13	50	jonstephen25	Cooper, Wilbur	SP	1920	9,781,208	107,811,816
13	51	3dayrotation	Benton, Rube	RP	1924	4,835,234	105,337,553
13	52	schwarze	Schang, Wally	C	1921	4,838,676	113,105,832
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
14	53	footballmm11	League Park II	Park	-----	2,000,000	98,472,697
14	54	3dayrotation	Smith, Sherry	RP	1920	3,583,127	108,920,680
14	55	jonstephen25	Bottomley, Jim	1B	1928	6,980,167	114,791,983
14	56	schwarze	Lyons, Ted	SP	1927	10,282,049	123,387,881
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
15	57	footballmm11	Farrell, Doc	SS	1927	2,000,383	100,473,080
15	58	3dayrotation	Lazzeri, Tony	2B	1929	7,461,007	116,381,687
15	59	jonstephen25	Lindstrom, Freddy	3B	1928	7,094,831	121,886,814
15	60	schwarze	Hargrave, Bubbles	C2	1923	5,320,140	128,708,021
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
16	61	footballmm11	Hartnett, Gabby	C	1928	5,092,508	105,565,588
16	62	3dayrotation	Wingfield, Ted	RP	1924	739,079	117,120,766
16	63	jonstephen25	Grantham, George	2B	1929	4,863,307	126,750,121
16	64	schwarze	Cuyler, Kiki	OF	1925	8,520,696	137,228,717
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
17	65	footballmm11	D ykes, Jimmy	SS	1929	4,531,762	110,097,350
17	66	3dayrotation	Gudat, Marv	RP	1929	686,098	117,806,864
17	67	jonstephen25	Gehringer, Charlie	2B	1929	7,246,087	133,996,208
17	68	schwarze	Mails, Duster	RP	1920	1,921,598	139,150,315
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
18	69	footballmm11	Morton, Guy	RP	1921	3,679,431	113,776,781
18	70	3dayrotation	McQuaid, Herb	RP	1923	989,994	118,796,858
18	71	jonstephen25	O'Farrell, Bob	C	1923	5,421,326	139,417,534
18	72	schwarze	Heimach, Fred	RP	1926	910,262	140,060,577
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
19	73	footballmm11	Sewell, Joe	SS	1923	6,672,162	120,448,943
19	74	3dayrotation	Mohart, George	RP	1920	953,303	119,750,161
19	75	jonstephen25	Bengough, Benny	C2	1926	1,927,056	141,344,590
19	76	schwarze	Shea, Red	RP	1921	828,467	140,889,044
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
20	77	3dayrotation	Cooney, Jimmy	SS	1924	3,856,763	123,606,924
20	78	footballmm11	Smith, Earl	C2	1924	2,181,986	122,630,929
20	79	schwarze	Russell, Reb	OF	1922	3,185,327	144,074,371
20	80	jonstephen25	Schulte, Johnny	C3	1927	2,656,602	144,001,192
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
21	81	footballmm11	Fonseca, Lew	1B	1929	7,946,560	130,577,489
21	82	3dayrotation	Bohne, Sam	SS	1924	2,794,927	126,401,851
21	83	jonstephen25	Mostil, Johnny	OF	1923	5,744,209	149,745,401
21	84	schwarze	Klein, Chuck	OF	1929	7,757,014	151,831,385
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
22	85	3dayrotation	Wrightstone, Russ	OF	1925	2,808,803	129,210,654
22	86	footballmm11	McNamara, Tim	RP	1922	2,089,728	132,667,217
22	87	jonstephen25	Wilson, Hack	OF	1929	7,807,743	157,553,144
22	88	schwarze	Williams, Cy	OF	1929	927,337	152,758,722
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
23	89	3dayrotation	Brooks, Mandy	OF	1925	3,461,568	132,672,222
23	90	footballmm11	Herman, Babe	OF	1929	7,097,195	139,764,412
23	91	schwarze	Moore, Eddie	OF	1924	3,183,444	155,942,166
23	92	jonstephen25	Manush, Heinie	OF	1928	9,201,249	166,754,393
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
24	93	3dayrotation	Collins, Pat	C	1922	2,094,297	134,766,519
24	94	footballmm11	Jacobson, Baby Doll	OF	1920	7,939,523	147,703,935
24	95	schwarze	Bell, Les	SS	1923	755,798	156,697,964
24	96	jonstephen25	Ehrhardt, Rube	RP	1924	2,260,646	169,015,039
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
25	97	3dayrotation	Jones, Sam	SP	1921	9,787,632	144,554,151
25	98	footballmm11	Bassler, Johnny	C	1924	4,754,574	152,458,509
25	99	schwarze	Sportsman Park III	Park	----	2,000,000	158,697,964
25	100	jonstephen25	Wrigley Field	Park	----	2,000,000	171,015,039
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Round	Pick	OWNER	PLAYER, POS	Pos	Year	Salary	Cumul. Salary
26	101	3dayrotation	Baker Bowl	Park	----	2,000,000	146,554,151
26	102	footballmm11	Vangilder, Elam	SP	1922	8,243,336	160,701,845
26	103	schwarze	Whitehill, Earl	RP	1923	929,018	159,626,982
26	104	jonstephen25	Maranville, Rabbit	2B	1921	5,679,397	176,694,436

Posted by schwarze on 5/14/2020 4:27:00 PM (view original):

Posted by footballmm11 on 5/14/2020 4:13:00 PM (view original):
So, given this was a 3-player draft at the top, who would you all have taken with #4?

Also curious if schwarze was really considering League Park or not given I burned a 14th rounder on it!

7.0.1

I actually would have been fine picking 4th in this draft. I wouldn't have take Gehrig 3rd. In fact, had Hornsby went #1, I would have strongly considered taking Dazzy Vance at #2. In my opinion, he's by far the best pitcher in this decade. Outfield is so deep, I may have passed on Ruth, given that 8 teams in the division are throwing deadball pitchers. I only took Hornsby because of his super high AVG and the fact he plays 2B.

I wasn't considering a ballpark that early and I was also trying to keep my options open as Hornsby & Ken Williams do have a little HR pop. And I added Klein later. There isn't a lot of HR power in the 1900's and 1910's so I do want to have some home field advantage against those teams so I probably was never taking a big negative HR park. I almost took the Baker Bowl to see if I could score 8+ runs a game. But that park had HR factors a little too high for my taste. I do have a lot of doubles and triples and since there aren't a lot of big triples parks in the 1920's, I went with Sportsman III (which I don't think I've ever used before).

Glad to hear that. I debated between Walter Johnson, Luque, and Vance for my #4/5 picks and also considered briefly George Sisler. My cheat sheet used $/IP as the baseline so I initially had Johnson and Luque queued up but didn't realize Johnson's "best" season was due mostly to his great hitting. I still ended up liking his 1924 season enough to draft him, but ended up switching to Vance as he is the best pure SP.

Posted by schwarze on 5/14/2020 4:27:00 PM (view original):

Posted by footballmm11 on 5/14/2020 4:13:00 PM (view original):
So, given this was a 3-player draft at the top, who would you all have taken with #4?

Also curious if schwarze was really considering League Park or not given I burned a 14th rounder on it!

7.0.1

I actually would have been fine picking 4th in this draft. I wouldn't have take Gehrig 3rd. In fact, had Hornsby went #1, I would have strongly considered taking Dazzy Vance at #2. In my opinion, he's by far the best pitcher in this decade. Outfield is so deep, I may have passed on Ruth, given that 8 teams in the division are throwing deadball pitchers. I only took Hornsby because of his super high AVG and the fact he plays 2B.

I wasn't considering a ballpark that early and I was also trying to keep my options open as Hornsby & Ken Williams do have a little HR pop. And I added Klein later. There isn't a lot of HR power in the 1900's and 1910's so I do want to have some home field advantage against those teams so I probably was never taking a big negative HR park. I almost took the Baker Bowl to see if I could score 8+ runs a game. But that park had HR factors a little too high for my taste. I do have a lot of doubles and triples and since there aren't a lot of big triples parks in the 1920's, I went with Sportsman III (which I don't think I've ever used before).

Glad to hear that. I debated between Walter Johnson, Luque, and Vance for my #4/5 picks and also considered briefly George Sisler. My cheat sheet used $/IP as the baseline so I initially had Johnson and Luque queued up but didn't realize Johnson's "best" season was due mostly to his great hitting. I still ended up liking his 1924 season enough to draft him, but ended up switching to Vance as he is the best pure SP.

Just for posterity, here are my thoughts on my draft and how my team shakes out heading into the season:

DRAFT THOUGHTS:

1st Round: SP Walter Johnson
2nd Round: SP Dazzy Vance
Essentially, these were pick 1A and 1B as I was definitely going to have the top pick in Rd 2 after the first 3 picks went. I had Ruth, Hornsby and Gehrig as the top 3 overall. Initially, my cheat sheet rated Walter Johnson and Dolf Luque as the top 2 pitchers but it was actually 1925 Johnson due to his superior hitting abilities (I use $/IP as a first cut at "quality"). After realizing the issue with pitcher hitting, I dove back in and settled on Johnson and Vance. With Johnson, I liked his (more expensive) 1924 season enough that I could take that and decide later whether to go with '24 or '25. And Vance I had as just a superior pitcher to Luque, who had slightly more innings and slightly better hitting.

I also briefly considered Garland Braxton (best ERC# of any SP, but "only" 230 IP) and George Sisler (as the top hitter, but just not good enough). I ultimately decided without one of the top 3 hitters I was going to have to have the best pitching/defense so I started with the top 2 pitchers.

3rd Round: OF Tris Speaker
I actually had Dolf Luque still as the top player on my board and almost went with him but decided to grab a hitter just for balance and optionality later on. I agree with schwarze that OF is deep but Speaker was an elite combination of hitting production, defense, and at-bats. He actually had a couple different seasons I was considering so I took his most expensive for the optionality later on, but I did end up keeping that top salary season.

4th Round: SP Dolf Luque
I may be missing something but I think Luque is arguably the 2nd-best pitcher in this decade. He threw 339 innings, his ERC# was 6th-best and the only guys ahead of him were two Dazzy Vance seasons and three guys who threw 277, 230, and 225 IP. So I was very happy to grab him here, though I did also consider Ty Cobb and Frankie Frisch as well. Naturally, they went with the next two picks.

5th Round: 2B Eddie Collins
Cobb, Frisch, and Collins were my top 3 hitters I looked at in the 4th Round, so I hoped one would fall to me here and luckily after Cobb and Frisch went, Collins did slip to me. 2B is actually very deep in the 20s when you only have to go 4 deep. You have obviously Hornsby at the top, but then Collins, Frisch, and Lazzeri are all really good as well, with Grantham, Gehringer, and a couple others as well.

However, I saw that schwarze took Frisch after taking Hornsby which meant he was going to play him at 3B or SS so that shrunk the pool a bit and made Collins even more attractive. I thought about Travis Jackson as SS is thinner, but felt he just wasn't good enough to warrant going ahead of Collins.

6th Round: OF Paul Waner
I really struggled with this pick. There were just so many OF left, and all were pretty close with your pick of defense, offense, combination, whatever. I really looked hard at SS Dave Bancroft but again just didn't think he was quite a good enough hitter. I finally opted for Paul Waner who wasn't the best hitter or best fielder but was the best combination. He also has good 1B fielding ratings which gives some more optionality (which I will probably end up using! more on that later). I also looked hard at Lefty O'Doul (better hitter, worse fielder) and Bancroft.

7th Round: 3B Pie Traynor
Of course, schwarze snuck a few hundred thousand $ under me for the first time and snaked Bancroft with the first pick of the round. Ugh. I now knew I needed Charlie Hollocher at SS since I wanted a very good fielder there but I was deciding between his most expensive season and his lower-PA season with the A+ range. I wanted to take the most expensive season and decide later, but that put me JUST above schwarze and I didn't want that so I went with Pie Traynor who got me just $7,000 below schwarze and had the best defense of any reasonably hitting 3B, which is the shallowest position in the 1920s.

Looking back, this was probably a reach/overreaction. Traynor ended up as my worst hitter and I may even platoon him, which is not a good look for my 7th pick. But the range is great and I need great defense so we'll see.

8th Round: SS Charlie Hollocher
3dayrotation still needed a SS so I couldn't wait on Hollocher as I had no other option I liked. The question was which season to take. I decided to go with his 389 PA, but A+ range 1920 season and forego the option for his slightly-worse quality but full-PA season with A- range. I decided to pair the left-handed hitting Hollocher with righty Doc Farrell who has a great-hitting 168 PA season and some reasonable SS defense (D/B+) in a nice little platoon. Locking in Hollocher did cost me the top reliever on the board in Al Grabowski--and I probably could have waited on Hollocher--but with my strategy I couldn't afford to risk losing him.

9th Round: RP Hal Haid
Time to lock in some reliever innings. I don't spend much time in the 1920s so it was fun to choose constantly between 300 innings or like 40 innings, with little in between. Haid at least had 50 IP, so he'll be (one of) my closer(s).

10th Round: OF Goose Goslin
At this point, I was starting to realize that I had no power, everyone else had a bunch, and I wasn't likely to be able to catch up. Goslin was the best hitting option on the board (his 1928 season with 556 PA but D+/C+ defense) and also had a full 709 PA season with slightly worse hitting but better fielding (C/A-). I drafted the latter season as it was more expensive but knew I was very likely to take 1928, which I ultimately did.

11th Round: RP Les Howe
12th Round: RP Dennis Burns
13th Round: SP Red Faber
The run on relievers continued. Starting with Al Grabowski (3rd pick of the 8th round), 10 of the next 15 picks were RP, including 6 in a row at the end of that streak (which ended with my pick of Burns). That shifted things so that the next best remaining pitchers were actually starters and so the reliever run was immediately followed by 5 straight SP, of which Faber was the 4th one taken. I had my eye on Faber or Lucas, so once Lucas went right ahead of me, I moved on Faber quickly.

14th Round: League Park II
I've now decided I need a minus-HR park and the question is whether to go pure pitcher's park in Griffith Stadium (-2/-2 for HR but also 0/-1/+1 for 1B/2B/3B) or non-HR hitters park in League Park II (-2/-2 for HR but +2/+3/0 for 1B/2B/3B). Speaker is a fantastic doubles hitter and Traynor, Collins, Goslin, and Waner are all very good doubles guys as well. If I could lock in League Park, I could really go all-in on my other hitters, but if I lost out on it, those would be wasted picks. I was certain that 3dayrotation and jonstephen25 wouldn't neuter Ruth or Gehrig by taking a -2 HR park, but at the time schwarze had Hornsby (25 HR), Frisch, Sisler, Joe Jackson, and Bancroft--all pretty low HR guys. He had drafted Ken Williams but even he only had 29 HR. Ultimately, I didn't have anyone else I really loved and liked the idea of putting together a doubles team, so I locked in the ballpark.

15th Round: SS Doc Farrell
At this point, nearly all the important PA/IP are either locked in, or I have so many options I coudln't even choose (this was a Catcher and 1B). So I figured I needed to lock up the only option I had to platoon with Hollocher at SS.

16th Round: C Gabby Hartnett
I had Hargrave and Hartnett as my top two remaining catchers, as both had good hitting, good doubles, and good arms. When schwarze took Hargrave, I jumped on Hartnett.

17th Round: 3B/SS Jimmy *****
I finally had some time to dive in on some research and ended up really liking Jimmy ***** 1929 season. His primary position is at SS, but he was a better fielder at 3B (D/A+) with the best range factor of any 3B season with .800+ OPS (except for his own 1925 season). Jimmie Foxx and Hornsby were the only other 3B without terrible fielding to have .900+ OPS. Traynor was my worst hitter and needed at least some support for rest, so I went with *****. More on my 3B combo to come, but I'm optimistic they can be a good tag team.

18th Round: RP Guy Morton
19th Round: SS Joe Sewell
20th Round: C Earl Smith
21st Round: 1B Lew Fonseca
Morton (RP innings), Sewell (backup SS at-bats), and Smith (my platoon partner for Hartnett) all filled some holes. I finally needed to grab a 1B and went with Fonseca for his A-/A- defense and solid hitting over some more offense-first options. I figured I could always grab a better hitting OF and slide Waner to 1B if I wanted more offense, and I may just end up doing some of that.

22nd Round: RP Tim McNamara
23rd Round: OF Babe Herman
24th Round: OF Baby Doll Jacobson
25th Round: C Johnny Bassler
Herman was my elite bat off the bench, but he's actually so good I might end up playing him some over Fonseca (sliding Waner over to 1B), though his D/D+ defense isn't great. Baby Doll Jacobson is my OF defensive replacement as I chose his A+ range season, plus he has very good doubles numbers and his name is just too good to pass up. Bassler gives me some insurance at catcher as Hartnett and Smith are a tad light on at-bats and it's not a position you can easily slide someone into. Plus, he's a lefty so can platoon with Hartnett when Smith needs a breather.

26th Round: SP Elam Vangilder
I needed one innings eater and Vangilder is a pretty decent pitcher and a very good hitting pitcher. I have no idea if that's useful or if it is if I can even find a way to use it, but worst case, he'll just soak up low-leverage innings for me.


ANALYSIS:
After taking some time post-draft to look at my team, I'm pretty happy with how things ended up, though I think it's an uphill battle with my lack of offense.

Given I went with a no-HR, all-doubles, pitching-and-defense team, I think things ended up with a pretty good balance. At the infield spots, my main starters are all B- or better at both fielding and range. At SS, Hollocher is actually a very close hitter compared to Jackson and Bancroft, the top two SS options. His OPS is slightly worse but his OBP is better than both and is not just more important than SLG overall but especially for me. The downside is you get just 389 PA, but while Farrell isn't as good of a defender (D/B+), he is BY FAR the best hitting SS option. At .970 OPS#, the only other SS options within 100 points of him are Joe Sewell (my 3rd string SS!) and Les Bell, who has just 64 PA. Frankie Frisch at .851 is next and that season wasn't even drafted! I think Hollocher/Farrell/Sewell will come very close to Jackson/Bancroft in total production, if not exceed it.

At 3B, the hitting options are very limited. For 3B seasons with at least C- range, only Hornsby and Foxx have better hitting seasons than *****. Limiting to A- range or better, you get one Foxx season (.948 OPS#, not used), ***** (.926), Frisch (.846, 80 points below *****) and then Traynor (.818). Traynor is the best hitting option of elite 3B defenders and ***** is the best hitting options of decent 3B defenders. Foxx and Frisch were long gone anyway (and Hornsby doesn't count as he's being played as a 2B) so the only real comparisons are Freddy Lindstrom and Pinky Whitney, but both are just slightly better hitters than Traynor but with B or B+ range, not A+. They are better feilders than ***** with B or A- fielding, but again worse range and much worse hitting.

At 2B, Collins doesn't have the elite range but with B/B+ defense he is very solid at both and his .919 OPS# far outpaces any other decent fielding option (non-Hornsby division). Lazzeri, Grantham, and Gehringer are all in the same range or slightly better as hitters but you're sacrificing fielding and/or range.

At 1B, the best OPS# of players with at least a B- in both fielding and range outside of Lou Gehrig are Paul Waner and Lew Fonseca, both on my roster. They are both (.979 for Waner, .934 for Fonseca) well ahead of Bill Terry, the next best option.

So in the infield, I feel good about my defense and all of them can hit very well plus I have some great hitting options (with worse fielding) to back them up if needed (*****, Farrell, Sewell, Waner).

In my outfield, I placed more of a premium on hitting than defense, so I don't have an elite A-range OF. Speaker at B/B+ will be my everyday CF, with Waner (B/B), Goose Goslin (D+/C+), and Babe Herman (D/D+) flanking him. However, they are all great hitters and great non-HR hitters at that and I'm hoping that IF defense is more important than OF defense, especially the corner OF spots where I may start Goslin and Herman against RHP. Baby Doll is a good defensive replacement (B+/A+) but I'm not even sure that the sim can correctly have him replace Goslin in the lineup, but put Jacobson in CF and slide Speaker over to a corner spot, which is what it should do.

My pitching has to be my advantage at least in my division and I think Vance, Johnson, and Luque are easily the best rotation in the division. But are they the best by a big enough margin? schwarze has three pretty good starters as well but all are in the 250 IP range and his bullpen is quite weak. The other two teams focused more on offense (especially 3dayrotation) so I will need to claw back some edge there. My relievers aren't great but nobody's are really. I have 3 very good ones, but they total just 111 innings. Luckily, though, my top 3 starters total 957, so that's 1,168 innings by those 6 guys.

Overall, I felt I was at a disadvantage without Ruth, Gehrig or Sisler, so my formula to win ended up as:
- Get the best pitching in the division
- Get elite infield defense (especially range) and decent outfield defense
- Maximize offensive output by combining elite 2-way players (Speaker, Collins, Waner), elite-hitting but low-PA platoon options (Farrell, Smith) and very good hitting bench players to both give optionality for more offense (at the expense of defense) and allow for platoons/pinch-hitting/double switches to maximize at-bats by elite hitters.
- Use my ballpark to both tailor it to my hitters and neutralize the hitters of my division rivals.

We'll see if it's enough!

Good writeup. I will add mine, albeit a shorter version.

Round 1 (overall #2 pick) - Rogers Honrsby
When I found out my draft spot, I was hoping Ruth would go first, otherwise I would have a hard choice between Ruth and Vance. Ruth always normalizes well, but having to play a large percentage of games vs. deadball pitchers did not excite me. I grabbed Rogers Hornsby due to his .424 average and his HR total wasn't that outrageous. And yes, I know second base is 4-5 deep, but c'mon... ..424!

Round 2 - George Sisler
I was really hoping that Vance would slide back to me, but it wasn't surprising he didn't. So many good OFs I could take here, and I briefly considered picking Babe Adams here, but his OAV vs all those 1900's and 1910's high average hitters scared me. 1B isn't that deep in the 1920's so George Sisler gives me another .400 hitter.

Round 3 - Garland Braxton
Not shocking Adams went. I would've strongly considered Tris Speaker here, but he was also gone. I thought about grabbing Frankie Frisch now (whom I targeted before the draft started). Somehow Garland Braxton is still left - so I take him. I do like Dolf Luque but he is better suited in a league with more HR hitting. I'd rather cut down on the pitcher's whip facing all those 1900's and 1910's hitters.

Round 4 - Frankie Frisch
So tempting to take Ty Cobb here. But I already have my outfielders. Based on who still needs OFs and what's left, I'm pretty sure I will get Joe Jackson and Ken Williams as my top 2 outfielders. I love switch hitters and so I lock up my third baseman.

Round 5 - Eppa Rixey
It was a bit too early to take a SS. I am still waiting on my OFs. No RPs worth taking this early. I knew I was platooning at catcher. So Rixey was my default pick. Best SP left.

Round 6 - Wilcy Moore
This pick sort of came to me at the last minute. He's terrible as a SP because of his low IP/G (and most people don't know how best to use him), but given the lack of good RP's in the 1920's, Moore is my full-time setup RP. While everybody else uses 3-4 picks to grab these 40-60 IP guys, I got a pretty decent 220 inning relief pitcher in one round - this is the main reason I didn't jump into the RP run earlier.

Round 7 - Dave Bancroft
I was targeting Bancroft this entire draft. I liked him over Travis Jackson. Did I mention that I love switch hitters? He has great range, a decent fielding rating, decent onbase% and plenty of plate appearances. And based on footballmm11's comments, I picked him at the exact right time. Had I missed Bancroft, I would have been fine with 1922 Hollocher as my everyday SS.

Round 8 - Joe Jackson
Round 9 - Ken Williams
Johnny Miljus goes off the board, Al Grabowski and Hal Haid too... and I can feel the RP run coming soon. But I wanted to lock up my two big OF bats. This is why I drafted Wilcy Moore.

Round 10 - Stan Coveleski
Some short-inning relievers get taken. I just can't waste a pick this early on a guy with 30 innings. Stan Coveleski was the best SP left.

Round 11 - Virgil Barnes
OK - so I finally grabbed a true reliever. At least he has 55 innings.

Round 12 - Red Lucas
After Alexander and Pennock went, I figured I'd better get my fourth SP. Lucas was the next guy on my list. Faber and Cooper went right after so I think I made the right decision here.

Round 13 - Wally Schang
One of my favorite catchers to use in any league format. There are actually a lot of catcher options in the 1920's, so it wasn't critical; to make the pick now, but there was nothing else I really needed. Might as well take my favorite. Oh, and he's a switch hitter.

Round 14 - Ted Lyons
The relief pitching is so think that I grabbed Ted Lyons as a long-reliever. His stats aren't any worse than the top RPs on the board.

Round 15 - Bubbles Hargrave
It was a tossup between Hartnett and Hargrave. Who doesn't want a player they call "Bubbles" on his roster?

Round 16 - Kiki Cuyler
This is essentially the last player I need. The last 9 rounds are just fillers (pinch hitters, defensive replacements, more innings). I took Cutler over Chuck Klein's 43 HRs due to the deadball pitching.

Round 17 - Duster Mails
Round 18 - Fred Heimach
Round 19 - Red Shea
These are the best RPs left. I need warm bodies to throw when Wilcy Moore gets tired from pitching his fourth game in a row.

Round 20 - Reb Russell
Round 21 - Chuck Klein
Round 22 - Cy Williams
Round 23 - Eddie Moore
Yep - I took four outfielders in a row, mostly to use as pinch hitters, although I may be able to find a few spots to get Chuck Klein into the starting lineup.

Round 24 - Les Bell
I didn't really need him, but he is a great backup SS who can field and also pinch hit

Round 25 - Earl Whitehill
I will probably put him on Rest all year. A great 16x16 theme "screw everybody else" pick. And the inspiration for my team name.

There is so much talent in the 1920's, I bet I could build a roster from the undrafted players and win over 81 games in an open league.