There are a bunch of things I want to post regarding this tournament, so I am creating this thread to do so.

Best Record to not make the playoffs. (I will update this as needed).
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League 1: Braves ---> schwarze 90-72 (3rd best overall record, 3 games behind ff09)
League 2: Athletics --> eblankenstei 90-72 (3rd best overall record, 2 games behind schwarze)
League 3: Cardinals --> ronthegenius 87-75 (4th best overall record, 5 games behind eblankenstei)
League 4: Indians --> thejuice6 89-73 (tied for 3rd best overall record, 2 games behind emanes10)
League 5: Cubs --> kstober 86-76 (tied for 4th best overall record, 7 games behind schwarze)
League 6: Orioles --> footballmm11 95-67 (2nd best overall record, 1 game behind emanes10)
League 7: Dodgers --> pedrocerrano 93-69 (tied for 2nd best overall record, 2 games behind schwarze)
League 8: Red Sox --> mllama54 90-72 (3rd best overall record, 1 game behind emanes10)
League 9: Giants --> bigsteve12 87-75 (5th best overall record, 5 games behind emanes10)
League 10: Tigers --> schwarze 90-72 (3rd best overall record, 6 games behind footballmm11)
League 11 Phillies --> mllama54 92-70 (3rd best overall, 2 games behind emanes10)
League 12 Twins --> pedrocerrano 97-65 (2nd best overall, 1 game behind footballmm11)
League 13 Pirates --> ybjsports 89-73 (4th best overall, 13 games behind njbigwig)
League 14 White Sox --> ybjsports 87-75 (4th best record, 1 game behind 3dayrotation)
League 15 Reds --> njbigwig 95-67 (2nd best record, 2 games behind footballmm11)
League 16 Yankees --> DarthDurron 87-75 (3rd best record, 9 games behind schwarze)

Best Exp Win% to not make the playoffs. (I will update this as needed).
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League 1: Braves ---> schwarze .575 (2nd best)
League 2: Athletics --> nocomm999 .571 (2nd best)
League 3: Cardinals --> ronthegenius .556 (best)
League 4: Indians --> schwarze .551 (2nd best)
League 5: Cubs --> kstober .546 (3rd best)
League 6: Orioles --> footballmm11 .572 (2nd best)
League 7: Dodgers --> pedrocerrano .555 (3rd best)
League 8: Red Sox --> schwarze .566 (4th best)
League 9: Giants --> pedrocerrano .546 (4th best)
League 10: Tigers --> schwarze .547 (3rd best)
League 11: Phillies --> schwarze .568 (3rd best)
League 12: Twins --> nocomm999 .546 (3rd best)
League 13: Pirates --> footballmm11 .556 (4th best)
League 14: White Sox --> pedrocerrano .570 (2nd best)
League 15: Reds --> njbigwig .568 (2nd best)
League 16: Yankees --> ronthegenius .556 (3rd best)

Did the team with the best record in the league make it to round 2?
(NO means they lost in the LCS)
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League 1: Braves ---> footballmm11 95-67 (.614 exp win%) - NO
League 2: Athletics --> schwarze 92-70 (.581) - YES
League 3: Cardinals --> eblankenstei 92-70 (.544) - NO
League 4: Indians --> footballmm11 91-71 (.562) - YES
League 5: Cubs --> schwarze 93-69 (.544) - NO
League 6: Orioles --> emanes10 96-67 (.599) - YES
League 7: Dodgers --> schwarze 95-57 (.572) - NO
League 8: Red Sox --> chewy3344 100-62 (.594) - YES
League 9: Giants --> emanes10 92-70 (.552) - NO
League 10: Tigers --> footballmm11 96-66 (.553) - NO
League 11: Phillies --> footballmm11 96-66 (.587) - YES
League 12: Twins --> footballmm11 98-64 (.580) - YES
League 13 Pirates --> njbigwig 102-60 (.585) - NO
League 14 White Sox --> nocomm999 9270 (.618) - NO
League 15 Reds --> footballmm11 97-65 (.563) - YES
League 16 Yankees --> schwarze 96-66 (.598) - NO

Teams that got outscored on the season (Exp Win% < .500) that made the playoffs:
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League 1: Braves ---> njbigwig .495 Exp Win% (NL East) - Wins World Series
League 1: Braves ---> ronthegenius .461 (AL East) - Loses World Series
League 2: Athletics --> calhoop .499 (NL West) - Wins World Series
League 3: Cardinals --> No
League 4: Indians --> No
League 5: Cubs --> nocomm999 .497 (NL West) - Wins World Series
League 6: Orioles --> No
League 7: Dodgers --> mpitt76 .497 (NL West) - Lost World Series
League 8: Red Sox --> ronthegenius .490 (AL East) - Lost LCS
League 9: Giants --> No
League 10: Tigers --> No
League 11: Phillies --> nocomm999 .495 (AL West) - Lost World Series
League 12: Twins --> Jtpsops .469 (AL West) - Lost LCS
League 13 Pirates --> No
League 14 White Sox --> schwarze .483 (AL East) - Lost LCS
League 15 Reds --> No
League 16 Yankees --> No

I kept track of the three hitters with the most total Home Runs and the three pitchers with the most total Wins for each franchise. Here are the top 10 overall for one franchise for the entire first round:
Home Runs:

Ruth	738
Gehrig	441
Schmidt	409
T. Williams	396
Aaron	376
Mantle	372
Mays	344
Bonds	340
Ott	290
Greenberg	289

Wins

W. Johnson	293
Palmer	186
C. Young	185
Mathewson	182
Walsh	173
Joss	155
Maddux	151
Gibson	119
B. Adams	105
Kershaw	99

Posted by schwarze on 5/2/2026 7:54:00 AM (view original):
Did the team with the best record in the league make it to round 2?
(NO means they lost in the LCS)
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League 1: Braves ---> footballmm11 95-67 (.614 exp win%) - NO
League 2: Athletics --> schwarze 92-70 (.581) - YES
League 3: Cardinals --> eblankenstei 92-70 (.544) - NO
League 4: Indians --> footballmm11 91-71 (.562) - YES
League 5: Cubs --> schwarze 93-69 (.544) - NO
League 6: Orioles --> emanes10 96-67 (.599) - YES
League 7: Dodgers --> schwarze 95-57 (.572) - NO
League 8: Red Sox --> chewy3344 100-62 (.594) - YES
League 9: Giants --> emanes10 92-70 (.552) - NO
League 10: Tigers --> footballmm11 96-66 (.553) - NO
League 11: Phillies --> footballmm11 96-66 (.587) - YES
League 12: Twins --> footballmm11 98-64 (.580) - YES
League 13 Pirates --> njbigwig 102-60 (.585) - NO
League 14 White Sox --> nocomm999 9270 (.618) - NO
League 15 Reds --> footballmm11 97-65 (.563) - YES
League 16 Yankees --> schwarze 96-66 (.598) - NO

Nine times (out of 16) did the team with the *best* record fail to make it to round 2. That will not happen with the new Franchise Draft tournament.

Congrats to footballmm11 for compiling the most regular season wins across all 16 leagues.

	Atl	Oak	StL	Cle	ChC	Bal	LAD	Bos	SFG	Det	Phi	Min	Pit	ChW	Cin	NYY
League No	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Tot W	Lgs	Win%
footballmm11	95	92	86	91	87	95	90	76	82	96	96	98	85	90	97	90	1446	16	0.558
schwarze	90	92	80	83	93	77	95	89	91	90	91	81	90	83	93	96	1414	16	0.546
njbigwig	87	88	91	89	82	82	82	86	74	80	89	88	102	78	95	85	1378	16	0.532
ronthegenius	84	75	87	82	80	89	85	86	91	80	89	66	80	75	87	85	1321	16	0.510
nocomm999	85	85	79	73	86	78	85	80	77	89	89	82	82	92	72	74	1308	16	0.505
chewy3344	82	87	70	79	77	80	87	100	80	74	70	70	79	77	84	82	1278	16	0.493
DarthDurron	83	76	77	79	77	78	77	78	79	73	84	80	83	68	85	87	1264	16	0.488
ff09	93	81	84	66	71	71	81	69	77	84	71	72	81	83	89	83	1256	16	0.485
3dayrotation	79	71	74	80	82	79	69	81	73	79	65	77	83	88	88	79	1247	16	0.481
mllama54	67	73	72	80	78	79	69	90	72	74	92	84	67	76	76	80	1229	16	0.474
calhoop	71	82	85	73	70	71	65	55	88	75	61	57	62	86	40	82	1123	16	0.433
thejuice6	87	76	81	89	83	70	68	83	76	74	76	85			84	78	1110	14	0.489
emanes10			88	91	90	96	93	91	92	91	94	83					909	10	0.561
pedrocerrano							93	89	86	84	90	97	86	84	79	76	864	10	0.533
eblankenstei	83	90	92	78	81	78	75	73									650	8	0.502
bigsteve12	69	80							87	82	71	93			76	76	634	8	0.489
Jtpsops									71	71	68	83	71	79	72	74	589	8	0.454
kstober	75	80	76	87	86	87											491	6	0.505
mpitt76					73	87	82	70									312	4	0.481
happyhours													73	77	79	69	298	4	0.460
bheid408	66	68	74	76													284	4	0.438
ybjsports													89	87			176	2	0.543
ejstockman													83	73			156	2	0.481

Bold = Win division
Blue highlight = win World Series (advance to round 2)
Gold highlight = lost World Series (advance to round 2)

Posted by schwarze on 7/1/2026 3:20:00 PM (view original):
Congrats to footballmm11 for compiling the most regular season wins across all 16 leagues.

Appreciate that, but also gotta give a shoutout to emanes10 who had the best Win% (but only played in about half the leagues so his win total was lower)

Here are the round 2 final league standings.

AL World Series Winners & NL World Series Losers (from Round 1)
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MLB144421 Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
East	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Standing on Shoulders of Giants	92-70	0.568	-	5-5	W2	x	54-27	38-43	0-0	0	ronthegenius	137816
Bigwig's Cardinals II	86-76	0.531	6	3-7	L2	-	43-38	43-38	0-0	0	njbigwig	36068
Dunn Drafting	78-84	0.481	14	4-6	W3	-	41-40	37-44	0-0	0	DarthDurron	37963
City of Angels	73-89	0.451	19	5-5	L3	-	38-43	35-46	0-0	0	mpitt76	28121
West	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Lofton Was a Phillie?	88-74	0.543	-	7-3	L1	x	35-46	53-28	0-0	0	nocomm999	65134
Cubs with Major Lee	85-77	0.525	3	7-3	W3	-	43-38	42-39	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
Skull and Bones	79-83	0.488	9	5-5	L5	-	40-41	39-42	0-0	0	ejstockman	99727
These Are the Braves I Know	77-85	0.475	11	4-6	W1	-	39-42	38-43	0-0	0	ronthegenius	137816
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Yankees with Major Ruth	102-60	0.630	-	8-2	W6	x	55-26	47-34	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
Indians with Major Boudreau	92-70	0.568	10	6-4	W1	-	47-34	45-36	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
White Sox with Major Big Hurt	91-71	0.562	11	5-5	L3	-	45-36	46-35	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
Nomar Mr. Nice Guy	85-77	0.525	17	3-7	L1	-	39-42	46-35	0-0	0	emanes10	24416
West	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Twins with Major Carew	91-71	0.562	-	6-4	W3	x	45-36	46-35	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
Birds on the Wire	78-84	0.481	13	7-3	W1	-	43-38	35-46	0-0	0	emanes10	24416
Al Simmons Was a Tiger?	67-95	0.414	24	4-6	L1	-	33-48	34-47	0-0	0	nocomm999	65134
Round 2 Franchise Athletics	32-130	0.198	59	1-9	L6	-	19-62	13-68	0-0	0	calhoop	-33990

NL World Series Winners & AL World Series Losers (from Round 1)
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MLB144724 Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
East	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Carl Hubbell at Candlestick	93-69	0.574	-	7-3	W1	x	46-35	47-34	0-0	0	schwarze	294087
Bigwig's Braves	86-76	0.531	7	6-4	L1	-	42-39	44-37	0-0	0	njbigwig	36068
Phillies with Major Carlton	79-83	0.488	14	2-8	L1	-	43-38	36-45	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
PNC Pirates	73-89	0.451	20	5-5	W1	-	37-44	36-45	0-0	0	pedrocerrano	152684
West	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Dodgers with Major Koufax	90-72	0.556	-	5-5	L1	x	52-29	38-43	0-0	0	footballmm11	60880
Noodles Down the Gullet v2	86-76	0.531	4	5-5	W1	-	42-39	44-37	0-0	0	ff09	26969
Cards Againast Humanity	81-81	0.500	9	4-6	L4	-	43-38	38-43	0-0	0	emanes10	24416
Ashburn in Chicago	73-89	0.451	17	6-4	W5	-	38-43	35-46	0-0	0	nocomm999	65134
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Boston’s 16th Best Ted Williams	93-69	0.574	-	6-4	W2	x	48-33	45-36	0-0	0	chewy3344	4837
This Guy Here is Dead	89-73	0.549	4	4-6	L2	-	46-35	43-38	0-0	0	emanes10	24416
Motor City Madmen	86-76	0.531	7	4-6	W2	-	46-35	40-41	0-0	0	pedrocerrano	152684
Round 2 Franchise Yankees	85-77	0.525	8	5-5	L2	-	45-36	40-41	0-0	0	calhoop	-33990
West	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK	M	Home	Away	Live	GPL	Owner	Rating
Amazing A's Making Plays	94-68	0.580	-	8-2	W4	x	48-33	46-35	0-0	0	schwarze	294087
.happy, taffy of	82-80	0.506	12	4-6	L2	-	41-40	41-40	0-0	0	3dayrotation	-143947
Walter Johnson & 24 other guys	69-93	0.426	25	6-4	W2	-	32-49	37-44	0-0	0	thejuice6	-28767
Charm City	37-125	0.228	57	3-7	L4	-	20-61	17-64	0-0	0	mpitt76	28121

In League 1, my Giants beat chewy's Red Sox 4-1 in the World Series
In League 2, footballmm11's Yankees beat ronthegenuis' Giants 4-0 in the World Series.

I will have admin send out the prizes.