I’ve looked at the season stats for every year between 1894 and 2021 and I’ve pulled out the three teams from every season that were the closest to “0” run differential (the gap between how many runs they scored that year and how many runs they allowed). It’s a pretty interesting list. We’re talking teams that may have scored a ton of runs, but – if so, they also gave up a ton. We’re talking teams that may have had a great pitching staff that didn’t give up too many runs – but that means their offense was as putrid as the pitching staff was good. You’ll see some of your favorite teams on here but, for the most part, you’ll see some teams that don’t usually get used a lot by most of us.

The four leagues will be broken up into four 32-team offerings. Therefore, even the team picking last will still get a choice of nine teams to pick from. The split will be 1894-1925, 1926-1957, 1958-1989 and 1990-2021. Alignment for each league will be chronological. If 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897 are all chosen by someone in League 1, then they know they’ll make up the N.L. East Division.

Each season has three teams listed. You must roster 8 players from each of the three teams. That’s 24 players. You then get to pick ONE Free Agent from your season from any of the other teams that played that season. The key here is that your Free Agent can’t be over $9,000,000 in salary.

Based on the final W/L totals of Round 3, the draft order for this league is listed below. There will only be one round of drafting in each league.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

NO CAP – Build the best roster you can from your three teams (and your one Free Agent) that season.

Federal League players are available as Free Agents in 1914 and 1915

Clones: None.

Designated Hitter: Yes – in all four leagues

Waiver Wire: No

Injuries – Turned On

Trades: No

A.A.A.: No

You may use either partial or full season stats of any player who had a split season - as long as the stats indicate it was for your franchise.

Stadium – Any stadium that one of your three teams used during that particular season.

Here are the teams in this League that you get to choose from:


1958: Chicago White Sox / Boston Red Sox / Chicago Cubs
1959: Chicago Cubs / Detroit Tigers / Cincinnati Reds
1960: St. Louis Cardinals / Detroit Tigers / Cleveland Indians
1961: St. Louis Cardinals / Pittsburgh Pirates / Cleveland Indians
1962: Los Angeles Angels / Baltimore Orioles / Chicago White Sox
1963: Detroit Tigers / Chicago Cubs / Baltimore Orioles
1964: Los Angeles Angels / Cleveland Indians / Detroit Tigers
1965: New York Yankees / Philadelphia Phillies / St. Louis Cardinals
1966: New York Yankees / St. Louis Cardinals / Detroit Tigers
1967: California Angels / Pittsburgh Pirates / Atlanta Braves
1968: New York Yankees / Boston Red Sox / Chicago Cubs
1969: Boston Red Sox / Houston Astros / Cincinnati Reds
1970: California Angels / San Francisco Giants / St. Louis Cardinals
1971: New York Yankees / Cincinnati Reds / Houston Astros
1972: Minnesota Twins / San Francisco Giants / Boston Red Sox
1973: Kansas City Royals / Pittsburgh Pirates / Houston Astros
1974: Texas Rangers / Montreal Expos / Minnesota Twins
1975: New York Mets / San Francisco Giants / Cleveland Indians
1976: Cleveland Indians / Baltimore Orioles / Minnesota Twins
1977: California Angels / Houston Astros / San Francisco Giants
1978: San Diego Padres / Montreal Expos / San Francisco Giants
1979: Houston Astros / Chicago Cubs / Los Angeles Dodgers
1980: Texas Rangers / Pittsburgh Pirates / Boston Red Sox
1981: San Francisco Giants / Baltimore Orioles / Cleveland Indians
1982: New York Yankees / San Diego Padres / Philadelphia Phillies
1983: Houston Astros / San Diego Padres / Pittsburgh Pirates
1984: St. Louis Cardinals / Minnesota Twins / California Angels
1985: Houston Astros / Montreal Expos / Philadelphia Phillies
1986: Cincinnati Reds / Cleveland Indians / St. Louis Cardinals
1987: Oakland Athletics / Boston Red Sox / Chicago White Sox
1988: New York Yankees / San Diego Padres / Houston Astros
1989: Los Angeles Dodgers / Montreal Expos / Minnesota Twins

THE DRAFT ORDER AND THEIR PICKS:

LEAGUE THREE

(01) 1969: SCHWARZE
(02) 1959: YBJSPORTS
(03) 1971: PEDROCERRANO
(04) 1970: MLLAMA54
(05) 1977: PARKING31
(06) 1966: DARTHDURRON
(07) 1987: WALLYPIPP
(08) 1976: SCHWARZE
(09) 1958: CRAZYAMOS
(10) 1982: SCHWARZE
(11) 1978: STEVEIZZY
(12) 1985: KSTOBER
(13) 1989: MARKEKING
(14) 1968: GLOWGUY
(15) 1964: DARNY10
(16) 1979: DARTHDURRON
(17) 1967: NOCOMM999
(18) 1986: RONTHEGENIUS
(19) 1973: PMARS2001
(20) 1960: REDCPED
(21) 1972: THEJUICE6
(22) 1963: SCHWARZE
(23) 1983: TOYSBOYS
(24) 1975: JTPSOPS

I'm sure this selection will turn out about as well as my 1961 Mantle/Cash pick from round 2 (great offense, bad pitching, finished below .500). But I just can't pass up the offense that this group provides...

1969: Boston Red Sox / Houston Astros / Cincinnati Reds

That '69 team looks to be the cream of the crop... by far.

I'm claiming...

1 9 5 9

Not overly confident in this pick - 1971

Damn it pedro! Stay out of my division.

1970 California Angels / San Francisco Giants / St Louis Cardinals

Posted by schwarze on 2/4/2022 5:08:00 PM (view original):
Damn it pedro! Stay out of my division.

Pretty hard to stay out of your division - you're in 63% of them

Posted by pedrocerrano on 2/4/2022 5:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by schwarze on 2/4/2022 5:08:00 PM (view original):
Damn it pedro! Stay out of my division.

Pretty hard to stay out of your division - you're in 63% of them

lol.....ain't that the truth

1969, 1970, 1971... three of the top four picks in this league all in the same division - that should be fun.

Posted by schwarze on 2/4/2022 6:08:00 PM (view original):
1969, 1970, 1971... three of the top four picks in this league all in the same division - that should be fun.

Depending on the other seasons picked, you could get split 2-1 and possibly even be where the leagues split.

Also sorry I’m not able to pick for a while here. I’ve offered this to parking31 in a swap he asked about.

I'm taking 1977, but can't access SM from work. Can someone SM next for me. Thank you!

Sure