5 for 64 as erff - .078

1 for 2 as erff2

if combined i'm .091 but i suppose i ought not to count erff2.

forget that... ONLY count erff2. you're #1!

train is 7 for 38 (.18) and 30 for 38 in playoffs.

I played against ewd330 and he was the best I saw. He is not in a league with me now so I don't know how to find his current numbers. Yanks21 (7/48) .146 and bjb2378 (7/37) .190 are also in leagues with me and they both make your list.

Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 1/08/2009
This list will be akin to "Rate a world" lists. An arbitrary standard of success is set and one can take it for what it's worth. Oddly(he says sarcastically) the standard of success put the thread creator at the top of the list.

Hey, I got redlined for saying that!

I'm immune to redlines.

Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 1/08/2009My idea of success is playoff appearances.   I'm 27 for 32.   I have chosen to exclude my first three seasons of HJack(I took over a 42-120 team devoid of talent) and obviously my two years in Harold Reynolds(mid-season replacement).  I think only jakatias can exceed that level of success with owners over 25 seasons.I may start a thread.

I am, therefore, eliminating my 1 year rehab in Uecker, my 1 year public world experiment in Mantle, and my 1 year AL experiment in Happy Jack, my 1 midseason replacement in MG. And the first 4 years I have spent rehabbing Sergay's mess in Coop... that puts me at 9 for 11 in playoff appearances.

Looks like you have me beat!

You should start a thread trumpeting your accomplishments. Maybe even take some of hatt's success with your abandoned MG team into consideration.

Sadly, my guidelines dictate 25 completed seasons so I can't include your success in my "Look at me!!" thread.

This thread is beyond pointless... Are people really this stupid? I mean come on 10 seasons and counting championships... I couldn't think of a more biased metric...

Crap... I guess I better join a 'tard world and mop up some n00bs to raise my stats!

Quote: Originally Posted By Crump123 on 1/08/2009This thread is beyond pointless... Are people really this stupid

Did you really have to ask this question?

Hell, if we can exclude "replacements" I might actually find my way pretty high up there, surprisingly. Every team that I have ever run that was not a replacement has been a first place team, except for 1 season that I placed second. I have also been a "replacement" and have been able to take abandoned teams to the playoffs the same year they were abandoned (more than once) and even took one abandoned team all the way and won the WS. So, it's a double edged sword for me. No abandoned teams on my record, and overall, my record would be outstanding (Only Major Leagues seasons 1-6, Negro Leagues seasons 6-8, Hamilton Season 1 combine for an overall 853-605 record, or .709 winning pct.), however no abandoned teams on my record, and I'd have no WS championship.

Yes, i must register my disapproval and note that i saw the decline in western civilization occuring...

Sadly, I think mike has a point (outside of selectively excluding teams that is). I think the best measurement of the best gm is two fold (really more than that, but this is for simplicity's sake). Someone needs to come up with some magic formula of percentage of playoff appearances, then percentage of championships in those appearances. Minimum of 10 playoff appearances.

Getting to the playoffs is fantastic. Winning in the playoffs is the ultimate goal. Find some way to combine the 2 and you'll at least be able to make a valid claim to being a top GM. It won't say who's #1 and who's #20, but it will let you know who the top GMs are (with a few exceptions - mike is a top GM no matter how many playoff failures he has).