Oh what the hell...

1932-1952-1972-1992-2012

Posted by ronthegenius on 6/21/2022 5:48:00 PM (view original):

Posted by kstober on 6/20/2022 10:44:00 AM (view original):
NL Central: 1908-1928-1948-1968-1988. Yikes 2 out of the first 3 picks are in the NL Central. This will be either a brilliant choice or a bust. My track record on brilliance is not very good.

I’ve built my 28-48-68-88-08 team and am quite pleased with the offence. I think we’ll do well, although I’d much prefer Wagner and the 1908 pitching to Pujols and the 2008 pitching. Hope to see you in the final.

I looked at the same way you did. Pujols had a great year. Time will tell.

I just realized that I have '20, '21, '23, '24, '31 and '32 Ruth. So six of my seven teams have a pretty decent version Ruth on it. (No Ruths in the AL West)

Posted by schwarze on 6/23/2022 10:02:00 AM (view original):
I just realized that I have '20, '21, '23, '24, '31 and '32 Ruth. So six of my seven teams have a pretty decent version Ruth on it. (No Ruths in the AL West)

Somehow I wound up with only 1 on my 3 teams ... but it's the $26M one so that's saying something.

I won't go into all the detail with respect to my draft strategy, but I will say that I added another measure that I haven't used previously. In the previous juice drafts, I used a weighted average of OPS# and ERC# with an adjustment for defense to calculate a single standard deviation score for each team. This time, I added OPS+ and ERC+ to my database and calculated a second standard deviation score. For most teams, the two standard deviation scores are close to each other. But in some instances, there was a dramatic difference. I'm not sure which is the better measure yet, but I am hoping the + is a better measure than the #.

The deadball years (1908, 1909, 1910) get hurt with this second measure as these years show a much better ERC# than ERC+ and not surprisingly, much of the wighted innings come from these deadball pitchers, while the OPS+ isn't that much better than OPS# (there aren't as many deadball hitters used). One of my early picks was influenced by this new measure. By my calculations, the 1st overall pick, 1915-35-55-75-95 has the highest StdDev in the NL (+1.7) using the # measure. It's still near the top of the league using the + measure at +1.9. My selection of 1920-40-60-80-00) was +0.6 using the # measure but +2.0 using the + measure. This is the largest difference (1.4) of any team. The 1915 team has a weighted ERC# of 1.72 compared to the 1920 team's ERC# of 1.84 (league avg 1.81). But the weighted ERC+ for 1915 is 218 while the same measure for 1920 is 222 (league avg 206). The OPS# and OPS+ are both slightly higher for the 1920 team.

The only other point I will make is that I think the AL West is going to be the toughest division and the AL Central the weakest. I have all four AL West teams being above the league average while all four AL Central teams being below average. That being said, I agree with ronthegenius' 9th overall pick of 1928-48-68-88-08. I have that team well ahead of the other teams in this division. Maybe they will go 82-80 and get lucky in the playoff chaos. This is why I selected my last team from this division. It's also the reason I didn't select 1935-55-75-95-15 with pick #4 despite that team having the best STD scores in the entire league. (redcped gerabbed them at #5). I feel my 1937-57-77-97-17 team can win 85-90 games despite getting selected 4th in that division.

Good luck all.

Thanks for the shoutout, I think. The past few times schwarze has mentioned my teams in this tournament forum it’s been to point out that his advanced mathematical formulas had my teams at the very bottom with expected win percentages of 14 wins or so.
But that said, while those teams all outperformed his predictions to some degree, they did not do enough to advance to the next rounds.

So, here we are, in the final round with one lottery ticket of a mid-draft chance. I didn’t bother doing much pre-draft research as I wasn’t worried about finding the best overall combinations. With the 9th pick I just wanted to select the combination there I figured gave me the best chance of winning the division. Even is it turns out to be the 21st best team overall, if it wins the division it will have a chance in the crazy WIS playoff crapshoot. In this final round there is no consideration to trying to gather wins all year to get a high draft pick for the next round. It’s just get into the playoffs and hope for the best.

With that in mind, I didn’t expect to have a chance to pick first in any of the divisions with the 9th pick. But, what do you know, the pick came and the AL Central was still open for selection. So all research was focused there. I ended up with a difficult choice between the 28-48-68-88-08s and the 33-53-73-93-13s. I liked the hitting of the former with Ruth, Gehrig, Pujols, Hornsby, Williams, Boudreau, Boggs, etc and a bit of pitching with Gibson, Tiant, and Brecheen. I liked the pitching of the latter with Hubbell, Spahn, Kershaw, Harvey, etc and a bit of hitting. In the end I went with the 8s. The 3s ended up not being selected at all, so what do I know?

in the end, I’m happy with the squad I entered and I think it should have a chance to compete. Good luck all.

Pick 5: 1935-1955-1975-1995-2015
So the first four picks were all in the NL, so it seemed pretty silly to take a team there even if a few were quite desirable. I had a few AL West teams I liked, including the 1940-60-80-00-20 squad in particular. I also considered the 1928 team ron ended up with four picks later. But at the end, I decided the depth of the starting rotation with the three 2015 aces behind Maddux was too good to pass up.

Homers should play in the AL and I've got enough depth that Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays and Eddie Mathews are my 7-8-9 hitters. Arky Vaughan's defense at SS worries me some, and '75 Joe Morgan has been known to disappoint offensively, but I think this team should get to the playoffs and have the arms lined up to go deep.

Pick 11: 1921-1941-1961-1981-2001
The logical move would have been to take the best available NL team and have my top two picks in opposite leagues. But I couldn't find one I felt was anywhere close to a likely playoff team based on the picks already made. That 1940 team I really liked was still available, but I couldn't take a second team in the same division. The AL East and Central are weaker in pitching generally, so it seemed like grabbing the outstanding offense from this 21-41-61-81-01 team could be a chance to see how far bats can carry you in this round. It's probably the best offense I've ever used, good enough that even with a DH I can't find a place for '41 DiMaggio in the lineup. There's so much offense (Ruth-Hornsby-Williams-Bonds-Mantle-Cash-Schmidt in succession) that I made a last-minute decision to take out '01 A-Rod at SS and slide in '21 Dave Bancroft for added defense up the middle instead. Hornsby isn't great with the glove, and a weak MI is rarely a good idea with questionable pitching.

Oh yeah, about that pitching ... it's not great at all. The 118 IP from '01 Pedro will be valuable, but no one else in the rotation scares anyone. This team just has to outhit everyone, and I think it will have to because we'll probably give up 6-7 runs a game. The interleague games could be problematic against deadballers, but I think the whole AL faces that challenge. I do think the AL West likely produces the WC so it's something of an all-or-nothing shot here to try to slug our way to the top of the division while facing a schwarze team basically every other series.

Pick 16: 1905-1925-1945-1965-1985
By now we're looking at teams that are playoff longshots, but at least I still have a chance to take the 2nd team in an NL division. I liked the pitching on the 1904 and 1905 groups the best, and I felt the 1905 had more offensive depth so I went with it. No one else took 1904 either, so I'll take that as proof I made the better choice among those.

Compared with my AL teams, this offense is feeble. The catcher options were less than ideal, and a Bill Salkeld-Joe Torre platoon barely moves the excitement needle. I think the hardest call was whether to suffer the awful Hornsby defense at 2B or make him the DH and slide in someone who can field. I decided to take the illustrious Mr. Range, Snuffy Stirnweiss, and stick Cobb on the bench. 1B was a strange grouping, and I went with Phil Cavarretta's .355 AVG over some guys with more pop, so we'll see how that works out. If the pitching and defense can keep us in games, maybe we've got a shot at sneaking into the playoffs.

A definite plus is I picked the 1st or 2nd team in a division with each of my choices, so that augurs well. The minus is I might have made a bad choice or two and rendered that advantage pointless.

Good luck, everyone!

Just for fun, I will post my rosters here... (all numbers are normalized, i.e., #)
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1901-21-41-61-81 (pick #4 overall, pick #1 in NL East)
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C: '61 Howard (.352, .387, .543, B+/A/A+) & '61 Blanchard (.308, .382, .607, B/A-/C)
1B: '61 Cash (.365, .486, .656, B/C) & '01 Delahanty (.352, .432, .546, C-/C)
2B: '01 LaJoie (.417, .461, .649, C+/A+)
3B: '81 Schmidt (.320, .441, .653, B/A-)
SS: '01 Wagner (.351, .421, .512, C-/A+) w/'21 Bancroft (B/A+) as defensive replacement
LF: '21 Hornsby (.381, .453, .631, C/C+) - will also play 3B (C/C-) and DH & '21 Cobb (.371, .437, .482, C+/A-)
CF: '61 Mantle (.321, .448, .681, B/A)
RF: '21 Ruth (.360, .496, ..839, C/B) w/DiMaggio (.354, .433, .640, B-/A+) as defensive replacement
DH: '41 T.Williams (.403, .544, .732)
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Weighted average: .361, .457, .654 (155 OPS+)
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SP: '01 Young (443 ip, 1.97 erc#, .229 oav#, 0.96 whip#, 0.23 hr/9#, 198 erc+)
SP: '41 Wyatt (304, 2.19, .214, 1.06, 0.36, 173)
SP: '81 Righetti (160, 1.97, .200, 1.09, 0.08, 190)
SP: '61 Donovan (170, 2.15, .227, 1.02, 0.43, 180)
SP: '01 Orth (326, 2.22, .239, 1.03, 0.15, 164)
S/R: '21 B.Adams (170, 2.34, .237, 1.07, 0.29, 165)
RP: '81 Gossage (70, 1.20, .144, 0.79, 0.37, 312)
RP: '81 Fingers (116, 1.54, .201, 0.89, 0.33, 243)
RP: '81 Saucier (73, 1.75, .164, 0.98, 0.18, 214) - lefty
RP: '41 Starr (36, 2.07, .221, 1.00, 0.31, 183)
RP: '41 Pollet (75, 2.39, .214, 1.17, 0.15, 158) - lefty
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.99, .214, 1.00, 0.26 (196 ERC+)

Comment: I selected this team 4th overall mainly because it has the #1 overall ranked offense in the entire league. Also, my numbers show this team is the the only above-average team in the NL East. The difference over the 2nd best team in the NL East is the largest of the six divisions. Yes, the pitching leaves a lot to be desired, but if my offense can get to the opponents' SP and we can get to the bullpen, we all know how relievers fare in the sim.

1924-44-64-84-04 (pick #6 overall, pick #1 in AL East)
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C: '64 Torre (.326, .375, .502, A/A-/A+) & '24 G.Myatt (.326, .386, .510, C/D/B+)
1B: '04 Helton (.347, .466, .600, A/B+)
2B: '24 Hornsby (.411, .503, .692, C/C+) w/ '24 Frisch (B-/A+) as defensive replacement
3B: '04 Beltre (.334, .386, .609, A/A-) & '24 Frisch (.317, .383, .463, C/A)
SS: '84 Ripken Jr. (.304, .376, .502, B/A+)
LF: '04 Bonds (.362, .607, .799, B-/D+) w/ '44 Spence (A-/A+) as def replacement
CF: '44 Musial (.348, .442, .559, B+/B+)
RF: '24 Ruth (.362, .496, .733, C-/B-)
DH: '44 Wakefield (.357, .466, .591) & '84 J.Clark (.324, ..439, .544) & '44 B.Johnson (.325, .433, .543)
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Weighted Average: .347, .453, .611 (147 OPS+)
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SP: '04 R.Johnson (246, 1.70, .197, 0.89, 0.48, 233)
SP: '64 Horlen (211, 1.78, .198, 0.38, 209)
SP: '64 Koufax (223, 1.78, .196, 0.49, 205)
SP: '64 Chance (279, 1.83, .203, 1.04, 0.18, 205)
SP: '84 Gooden (218, 2.19, .205, 1.09, 0.29, 169)
RP: '84 W.Hernandez (141, 1.64, .193, 0.94, 0.32, 239)
RP: '44 J.Berry (118, 1.65, .193, 0.91, 0.42, 225)
RP: '04 Gordon (90, 1.35, .177, 0.86, 0.35, 297)
RP: '64 B.Henry (52, 1.45, .175, 0.87, 0.32, 252)
RP: '24 B.Adams (42, 1.46, .199, 0.85, 0.29, 265)
RP: '84 Searage (39, 1.29, .155, 0.94, 0.00, 302)
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.71, .195, 0.95, 0.35 (225 ERC+)

Comment: Similar to the previous pick, I selected this team because my numbers had it clearly the best team in the AL East division. It's one of the few teams that is above average in offense, defense & pitching. This team is a bit heavy with 1964 pitchers which results in their ERC+ STD score being a bit lower than the ERC# STD score. This does lower the gap between this team and redcped's 1921-2001 team (which I would've taken had it made it to pick 14)

1920-40-60-80-00 (pick #7 overall, pick #2 in NL West)
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C: '40 Foxx (.292, .405, .568, A/C/C+) & '40 Lombardi (.319, .383, .493, B/C-/C+)
1B: '00 Helton (.370, .456, .676, A-/B-)
2B: '20 Hornsby (.366, .435, .572, C/A-)
3B: '80 Brett (.386, .453, .656, B/A+) & '60 Boyer (.309, .375, .559, B/B-)
SS: '00 Garciaparra. (.365, .423, .568, B/B-) & '00 A.Rodriguez (.309, .409, .576, A/B)
LF: '20 Speaker (.375, .473, .559, B/B+)
CF: '40 DiMaggio (.347, .417, .614, B-/A)
RF: '20 J.Jackson (.370, .434, .587, C/B-)
DH: '20 Ruth (.363, .520, .846) and '60 T.Williams (.320, .452, .614)
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Weighted Average: .353, .444, .624 (146 OPS+)
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SP: '00 P/Martinez (217, 1.18, .160, 0.69, 0.49, 344)
SP: '00 K.Brown (230, 2.06 .211, 0.95, 0.59, 197)
SP: '20 B.Adams (277, 2.16, .241, 1.02, 0.32, 165)
SP: '40 Feller (337, 2.23, .205, 1.08, 0.35, 181)
S/R: '40 Bonham (105, 1.77, .219, 0.92, 0.34, 228)
S/R: '60 Brosnan (105, 2.08, .229, 1.04, 0.31, 181)
RP: '80 Richard (113, 1.49, .168, 0.94, 0.16, 251)
RP: '80 T.McGraw (92, 1.62, .196, 0.94, 0.30, 232)
RP: '80 Sambito (90, 1.83, .202, 0.98, 0.30, 204)
RP: '60 M,Bridges (27, 1.35, .165, 0.85, 0.31, 278)
RP: '60 McDaniel (123, 1.90, .211, 0.96, 0.54, 197)
RP: '80 Bystrom (36, 1.78 .197, 0.99, 0.25, 210)
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.84, .203, 0.94, 0.39 (222 ERC+)

Comment: When I selected this team, I was torn between this team and the similar 1940-to-2020 team. Both teams share 1940, 60, 80, 00. So it really came down to the awesome 1920 hitters (Hornsby, Speaker, Jackson & Ruth) vs those awesome 2020 pitchers. The deciding factor was the fact that my numbers showed the other two remaining AL West teams were just as good and I knew I would get one of them. It probably would have more sense to take the top team in the AL Central (1928-2008) than the second best team in the NL West (behind pedro's 1915-1995 team), but I do think this team is a solid wildcard contender in the NL. And as I mentioned above, using ERC+ and OPS+ instead of ERC# and OPS#, this team ranks right now the top of the NL.

1923-43-63-83-03 (pick #13 overall, pick #3 in AL East)
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C: '43 Dickey (.359, .449, .514, A/B-/B) & '03 J.Lopez (.329, .376, .671, B+/A/B-)
1B: '23 Ruth (.381, .532, .762, C/A+)
2B: '23 Frisch (.335, .388 .479, B/B) & '23 Hornsby (.370, .451, .623, C/D)
3B: '83 Boggs (.359, .445, .477, C/A-) & '23 Frisch will fill in at 3B (C+/B-)
SS: '83 Ripken Jr. (.306, .384, .494, B/B)
LF: '23 Speaker (.368, .457, .607, C/B+)
CF: '43 Musial (.359, .428, .581, B/B+)
RF: '23 K.Williams (.345, .427, .620, C/B+) & '63 Mantle (.322, .451, .623, A-/C+)
DH: '03 Bonds (.342, .527, .735) & '23 Hornsby
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Weighted Average: .350, .443, .596 (144 OPS+)
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SP: '63 Koufax (311, 1.71, .197, 0.93, 0.48, 209)
SP: '43 Chandler (267, 2.03, .221, 1.01, 0.23, 178)
SP: '03 J.Schmidt (208, 1.83, .201, 0.95, 0.46, 217)
SP: '43 Wyatt (192, 1.99, .210, 1.02, 0.33, 183)
SP: '03 P.Martinez (187 2.06, .212, 1.03, 0.24, 195)
SP: '63 Ellsworth (291, 2.23, ..219, 1.09, 0.40, 160) - may start against lefty-heavy teams
RP: '03 Gagne (83, 0.88, .133, 0.69, 0.16, 449)
RP: '43 Niggeling (54, 1.29, .159, 0.88, 0.00, 280)
RP: '83 Quisenberry (139, 1.76, .228, 0.93, 0.34, 220)
RP: '83 Niedenfuer (95, 1.50, .173, 0.90, 0.54, 251)
RP: '63 Woodeshick (114, 2.02, .195, 1.09, 0.22, 176)
RP: '83 S.Howe (69, 1.78, .221, 0.99, 0.25, 211)
RP: '63 Tiefenauer (30, 1.48, .203, 0.86, 0.28, 241)
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.77, .200, 0.95, 0.34 (221 ERC+)

Comment: There were six picks made between my last pick and this one. I knew I was going to have to take a second team in a division. I wanted to grab two teams from the stacked AL West as I assume the AL wildcard will come from this division, but crazyamos and toysboys both grabbed teams from this division (right before my turn), leaving just one left. So I then looked at 1919-1999 but that's a tough division with 3 of the top 8 picks from the NL West. I didn't like any of the teams from the NL East or AL Central. I liked two teams from the NL Central (1909-89 and 1912-92), and in retrospect, I guess I could've grabbed both, but I wasn't thinking along those lines at the time. So I went to the AL East. After picking three offensive-dominant teams, I wanted to get a team that had a strong bullpen. A team with Gagne & Niggeling certainly qualifies. This roster only has 12 hitters, b/c I wanted to roster a second LH SP (Ellsworth) to start against certain lefty-dominant teams. '63 Willie Mays was left off the roster (he would've been a def replacement anyway). 7076 plate appearances (786 per batting slot) should be plenty to get by. Maybe this team could win 85-88 games if they have a good record in 1-run games.

1937-57-77-97-17 (pick #14 overall, pick #4 in AL West)
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C: '97 Piazza (.361, .429, .625, C/A+/C-) & '77 T.Simmons (.318, .408, .493, B-/B/A)
1B: '37 Gehrig (.341, .458, .627, C/C-)
2B: '37 Gehringer (.359, .444, .502, A-/B)
3B: '77 Schmidt (.374, .394, .566, B/A+) & '57 E.Mathews (.293, .391, .531, B+/B-)
SS: '37 Bartell (.301, .366, .469, C+/A+) & '57 McDougald (.293, .364, .441, A-/A+)
LF: '57 Mantle (.369, .514, .664, C+/A-)
CF: '37 DiMaggio (.335, .398, .658, C-/A+)
RF: '97 L.Walker (.366, .449, .708, A/D-) & '57 W.Mays (.335, .411, .617, C+/A+)
DH: '57 T.Williams (.393, .527, .731) & L.Walker will also DH
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Weighted Average: .341, .437, .608 (144 OPS+)
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SP: '97 Maddux (233, 1.87, .236, 0.27, 210)
SP: '97 P.Martinez (242, 1.71, .184, 0.92, 0.48, 229)
SP: '97 Clemens (264, 1.94, .208, 0.99, 0.22, 210)
SP: '37 Stratton (174, 2.13, .224, 1.00, 0.33, 195)
SP: '77 Seaver (166, 1.88, 2.02, 0.95, 0.57, 206)
RP: '77 Gossage (133, 1.67, .170, 0.95, 0.53, 232)
RP: '77 Sutter (108, 1.40, .183, 0.86, 0.36, 278)
RP: '17 Kimbrel (69, 1.14, .143, 0.69, 0.51, 340)
RP: '17 A.Miller (63, 1.34, .147, 0.84, 0.27, 289)
RP: '17 Jansen (68, 1.27, .181, 0.75, 0.45, 311)
RP: '17 F.Rivero (75, 1.52, .175, 0.89, 0.32, 261)
RP: '17 C.Green (69, 1.13, .150, 0.75, 0.33, 344)
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.68, .192, 0.91, 0.37 (242 ERC+)

Comment: So when this pick came up, I was in the car on the way to the Grand Canyon, and had little to no service on my phone. I knew this would be my pick from the AL West (nobody else could pick from this division since I didn't have a team yet). So, I could have waited and instead selected my top choice from either the NL Central or AL Central. But I hadn't yet decided between 1909 and 1912 (NL Central) or between 1931 and 1933 (AL Central). I didn't want to hold things up, so I went ahead and grabbed this team now. As you can see the pitching (especially relief pitching) is very strong for this team (and all the AL West teams). Their 1664 innings in the fewest I have on any team, but I didn't waste any innings on extra starters. Everybody will be used here. I believe this team will battle 1940-2020 for the A.L. wildcard.

1912-32-52-72-92 (pick #20 overall, pick #4 in NL Central)
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C: '72 Fisk .306, .383, .559, C/A+/A+) & '32 S.Davis (.328, .399, .515, B/D/B)
1B: '32 Foxx (.356, .460, 740, B+/B)
2B: '72 Morgan (.299, .424, .444, A/A-) & '52 J.Robinson (.313, .443, .469, C/C)
3B: '12 F.Baker (.345, .402, .559, C+/A+) & '92 Sheffield (.337, .392, .587, B/B)
SS: '12 Wagner (.319, .389, .503, B+/A) & '32 Cronin (.310, .384, .480, B/B)
LF: '92 Bonds (.317, .464, .631, A-/C+) & '52 Mantle (.317, .394, .539, C-/A-)
CF: '12 Speaker (.381, .462, .585, C/A+)
RF: '52 Musial (.341, .435, .543, B+/B)
DH: '32 Ruth (.333, .480, .650) & '32 Gehrig (.341, .442, .610)
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Weighted Average: .334, .432, .577 (143 OPS+)
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SP: '12 W.Johnson (394, 1.67, .196, 0.92, 0.09, 218)
SP: '12 J.Wood (367, 2.10, .216, 1.03, 0.09, 174)
SP: '72 Sutton (285, 1.75, .196, 0.95, 0.41, 209)
SP: '72 Carlton (360, 2.05, .214, 1.03, 0.42, 178)
S/R: '92 Schilling (227, 2.01, .207, 1.03, 0.44, 182)
RP: '92 Beck (92, 1.56, .195, 0.87, 0.39, 235)
RP: '52 Fornieles (28, 1.39, .147, 0.91, 0.35, 274)
RP: '92 Eldred (101, 1.93, .208, 0.99, 0.32, 200)
RP: '52 S.Miller (93, 1.95, .203, 1.02, 0.29, 192)
RP: '72 McGraw (111, 1.99, .204, 1.08, 0.24, 184)
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.85, .202, 0.97, 0.27 (201 ERC+)

Comment: After researching, I was all set to take the 1909-to-1989 team, but pedrocerrano grabbed them right in front of me. Oh well. This is another example of my rankings showing different results depending on whether I used the + measure or the # measure. 1909 is ahead of 1912, +0.2 to -0.6 standard deviations (using # measure). But 1912 is ahead of 1909, -0.3 to -0.8 standard deviations (using + measure). I do like the 1912 defense, as it rates as the best in the division. Still, I think .500 is the best we can realistically hope for.

1931-51-71-91-11 (pick #21 overall, pick #3 in AL Central)
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C: '31 Cochrane (.339, .414, .546, B-/B/B-) & '11 Napoli (.322, .418, .619, A/A+/A)
1B: '31 Gehrig (.332, .437, .656, B-/D+)
2B: '51 J.Robinson (.339, .428, .524, A/B-) w/ '51 N.Fox (B/A) as def replacement
3B: '11 Bautista (.305, .451, .595, A/A+) & '71 Torre (.369, .428, .564, C+/D)
SS: '91 Ripken Jr. (.324, .374, .560, A/B) w/ '51 Joost (A-/A) as def replacement
LF: '51 T.Williams (.318, .457, .556, B+/C-)
CF: '31 Simmons (.380, .436, .635, B+/B-) & '71 Murcer (.340, .433, 552, B/B+)
RF: '51 Musial (.356, .448, .611, C/B+)... will also serve as def replacement at 1B (B+/A+)
DH: '31 Ruth (.363, .485, .694)
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Weighted Average: .338, .436, .598 (143 OPS+)
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SP: '71 Blue (314, 1.92, .197, 0.98, 0.50, 192)
SP: '31 Grove (308, 2.15, .221, 1.02, 0.37, 184)
SP: '11 Verlander (251, 1.90, .195, 0.94, 0.69, 202)
SP: '11 Kershaw (233, 2.04, .212, 1.00, 0.48, 185)
SP: '91 Clemens (272, 2.19, .222, 1.04, 0.43, 177)
RP: '91 Frohwirth (97, 1.59, .191, 0.96, 0.16, 244)
RP: '11 M.Adams (74, 1.29, .171, 0.80, 0.48, 296)
RP: '71 Brewer (82, 1.81, .200, 1.00, 0.42, 206)
RP: '91 Eichhorn (82, 1.70, .220, 0.93, 0.19, 228)
RP: '91 D.Henry (36, 1.11, .134, 0.83, 0.21, 349)
RP: '71 Mingori (57, 1.60, .173, 1.00, 0.29, 230)
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Weighted average (based on 1450 ips): 1.90, .203, 0.98, 0.44 (206 ERC+)

Comment: The two options I was considering here was between this 1931 team and the 1933 team with Hubbell, Spahn, Kershaw, Harvey, Fernandez, Uehara. Very strong pitching, but their offense was the worst in the division and the defense wasn't very good either. Plus, '53 Spahn never does well for me in these high cap leagues. Don't get me wrong. My 1931 team isn't very good either. But that's to be expected with the 21st overall pick. If ronthegenious' 1928 team wins the division with 82-84 wins, this team is probably in the range of 74-78 wins.