Welcome to the 16th Annual WIS Championship

The WIS Championship involves 96 owners, each playing in six leagues (with different themes). The top 24 owners advance to Round 2, where they play in another 6 leagues. That's over 58,000 games played over the course of six months.

In 2004, ballantine proved that he was the best WIS owner in the world as he averaged 103 wins in round 1 and 93 wins (against the best of the best) in round 2. All 12 of his teams made the playoffs and four of those won the World Series.

In 2005, ronthegenius became #1 player as he averaged 99 wins in round 1 and 93 wins in round 2. Nine of his 12 teams made the playoffs and four of those won the World Series.

In 2006, ArlenWilliam captured the title with a strong round 2 performance, averaging almost 94 wins per team (next best was < 90). He had 9 of 12 teams make the playoffs, including 5 of 6 in the round 2.

In 2007, JohnGPF outlasted 2004 champion ballantine with a dominating round 1 performace (94 wins per team) followed by a solid round 2 effort (88 wins). He saw 9 of his 12 teams make the playoffs.

In 2008, jfranco77 won the closest race (to date) by edging out bigmc by only eight points (898-890). His dominant first round (98 wins per team) gave him the big lead. Overall, he had 7 of 12 teams make the playoffs with two WS titles.

In 2009, wildthings1 won an average of 96 games in each round and he had 10 of 12 teams make the playoffs. His final margin of victory (943-888) was the largest since ballantine in 2004.

In 2010, rbow923 improved on his 5th place finish in 2009, by averaging a consistent 94 wins over rounds 1-2, getting 11 of 12 teams into the playoffs and winning 2 World Series titles. Previous champions wildthings1 (3rd), ballantine (7th) and jfranco77 (9th) all finished in the top 10.

In 2011, brianjw kept rbow923 from being the first 2-time champion, by winning in the closest race ever (992 to 989). Brian's strength was his consistency. He only won one World Series, but he averaged over 95 wins and saw all 12 teams make the playoffs. It's the third time in the 4 years that a first-time entrant has won the Championship.

In 2012, mildnhazy used a strong round 2 playoff performance to prevent brianjw from winning back to back tournaments. Overall, his 12 teams averaged over 93 wins, 9 made the playoffs (four winning over 100 games), and two won the World Series.

In 2013, brianjw became the first two-time champion (almost three in a row) with a dominating performance in both rounds. He averaged over 100 wins per team in round 1 and over 94 wins per team in round 2. His 11 playoff teams resulted in 3 World Series championships. The second place overall finisher was closer to 12th place than to 1st place.

In 2014, WaitNSee won it all in his first Championship appearance. Although his 12 teams averaged only 91 wins in the regular season, he had very strong playoffs results, making 5 World Series (out of 9 playoff teams), winning twice. He outscored discodemo by 37 points in the Round 2 playoffs to win the Championship by only 7 points (the third closest margin ever).

In 2015, WaitNSee became the second 2-time champ and the first to go back-to-back. His 12 teams averaged 93 wins in the regular season. His 9 playoff teams resulted in 3 World Series wins. He edged out brianjw by only 17 points.

In 2016, WaitNSee asserted his dominance by completing the first-ever three-peat. He set numerous records including margin of victory (162.5 points) and total points (1,067). His 3 World Series wins in Round 2 alone (after also winning 3 in Round 1) only further distanced him from the competition. He retired after winning.

In 2017, brianjw returned to the top with a balanced performance that saw him win 3 World Series with 10 playoff teams. He more than doubled his point lead during a brutal Round 2, making a strong statement on his way to a third title.

In 2018, ozomatli completed his ascent to the top by averaging 96 wins per team. He led wire to wire in both rounds and had 6 of his 11 playoff teams reach the World Series (3 won). His 1,015 total points were the third most in tournament history.

Here are the Top 24 Owners from the past 15 tournaments:

2004						2005
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	ballantine	9	eddiedzen	17	ronthegenius	1	ronthegenius	9	bardin	17	jnewfry
2	shaybee	10	bardin	18	cpmitchno1	2	eddiedzen	10	markeking	18	bosoxfan
3	jnewfry	11	burnelr	19	98greenc5	3	shaybee	11	xnay	19	bgfoot1000
4	mildnhazy	12	combalt	20	tracyr	4	mildnhazy	12	sford	20	dan6768
5	schwarze	13	xnay	21	per_gessle	5	kujayhawk	13	cstrohmier	21	dsmba
6	bbracey	14	whiteslave	22	mirky	6	ballantine	14	schwarze	22	burnelr
7t	zackaryl	15	wportal	23	PennQuaker	7	calhoop	15	newarkwilder	23t	ARodsagent
7t	Oli35	16	dsmba	24	danpsull71	8	whiteslave	16	tracyr	23t	beta333
	2006						2007
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	ArlenWilliam	9	eddiedzen	17	jnewfry	1	JohnGPF	9	SpotSell	17	sford
2	PennQuaker	10	newarkwilder	18	shaybee	2	ballantine	10	mensu1954	18	newarkwilder
3	bigmc	11	per_gessle	19	mpitt76	3	combalt	11	malinowt	19	oskies
4	ARomano	12	wportal	20	bardin	4	ArlenWilliam	12	bigmc	20	calhoop
5	mensu1954	13	combalt	21	pinstripes5	5	schwarze	13	Yabahos	21	pmacuski
6	Midge	14	wetwillytwo	22	Yabahos	6	homiealiens	14	ctorkelson	22	cstrohmier
7	schwarze	15	sford	23	xnay	7	wportal	15	jetscanes	23	Relkcirts
8	JohnGPF	16	dsmba	24	smeric	8	Whiteslave	16	bardin	24	markeking
	2008						2009
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	jfranco77	9	ARomano	17	Area51man	1	wildthings1	9	ennam_iv	17	sford
2	bigmc	10	oskies	18	BCBSMA	2	sgsmith	10	elonsmitty	18	markeking
3t	mensu1954	11	malinowt	19	newarkwilder	3	schwarze	11	bardin	19	msleath
3t	wportal	12	PennQuaker	20	markeking	4	PennQuaker	12	mpitt76	20	profcake
5	schwarze	13	mildnhazy	21	jnewfry	5	rbow923	13	pugs	21	eman_wi
6	JohnGPF	14	contrarian23	22	ballantine	6	bigmc	14	acn24	22	ctorkelson
7	homiealiens	15	sgsmith	23	ryan_horner	7	mildnhazy	15	calhoop	23	ballantine
8	mpitt76	16	Yabahos	24	calhoop	8	wetwillytwo	16	jetscanes	24	The Taint
	2010						2011
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	rbow923	9	jfranco77	17	odalisgagne	1	brianjw	9	schwarze	17	ryan_horner
2	alleyviper	10	mensu1954	18	tracyr	2	rbow923	10	profcake	18	besterateam
3	wildthings1	11	schwarze	19	tulsaslide	3	buddhagamer	11	mildnhazy	19	mensu1954
4	tjefferson	12	mildnhazy	20	ryan_horner	4	tjefferson	12	wildthings1	20	dougpalm
5	shaybee	13	bigmc	21	ronthegenius	5	discodemo	13	ncmusician_7	21	elonsmitty
6	ybjsports	14	batandball	22	marlowe	6	alleyviper	14	ybjsports	22	ejstockman
7	ballantine	15	contrarian23	23	footballmm11	7	Yabahos	15t	bighooze	23	newarkwilder
8	bardin	16	calhoop	24	beirnej1	8	batandball	15t	bigmc	24	ballantine
	2012						2013
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	mildnhazy	9	ryan_horner	17	cubbies84	1	brianjw	9	mensu1954	17	dougpalm
2	brianjw	10t	tjefferson	18	bighooze	2	yankeeso7	10	bardin	18	crystalao
3	dougpalm	10t	jfranco77	19	jjgreen14	3	rbow923	11	tjefferson	19	koyunlu
4	alleyviper	12	shaybee	20	hacker7	4	discodemo	12	mpitt76	20	ryan_horner
5	jbohrman	13	ybjsports	21	wetwillytwo	5	schwarze	13	beauchamp	21	newarkwilder
6	discodemo	14	bardin	22	muckles6	6	ybjsports	14	jbohrman	22	jfranco77
7	buddhagamer	15	mensu1954	23	tulsaslide	7	mildnhazy	15	markeking	23	njbigwig
8	schwarze	16	yankeeso7	24	profcake	8	jjgreen14	16	justinlee_24	24	profcake
	2014						2015
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	WaitNSee	9	contrarian23	17	mildnhazy	1	WaitNSee	9	rbow923	17	slainte
2	discodemo	10	sford	18	rmdriskill	2	brianjw	10	ybjsports	18	alleyviper
3	jbohrman	11	rickysdad44	19	jjgreen14	3	discodemo	11	jmissirlis	19	cubbies84
4	schwarze	12	rbow923	20	crystalao	4	jbohrman	12	mildnhazy	20	buddhagamer
5	jmissirlis	13	yankeeso7	21	mpitt76	5	ArlenWilliam	13	dougpalm	21	markeking
6	brianjw	14	buddhagamer	22	mllama54	6	bigmc	14	bardin	22	ejstockman
7	ybjsports	15	dougpalm	23	Jdh34	7	justinlee_24	15	yankeeso7	23	Donburgh
8	bardin	16	alleyviper	24	calhoop	8	NappyRootz	16	Relkcirts	24	Lazerhawks
	2016						2017
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	WaitNSee	9	ozomatli	17	bighooze	1	brianjw	9	rbow923	17	frank_drebin
2	doctorcc	10	bigmc	18	justinlee_24	2	doctorcc	10	buddhagamer	18	magicdreamer
3	crystalao	11	barracuda3	19	tjefferson	3	ozomatli	11	calhoop	19	batandball
4	discodemo	12	schwarze	20	jschirn	4	schwarze	12	Fusion27s	20	mllama54
5	mildnhazy	13	buddhagamer	21	XJchessman	5	discodemo	13	Relkcirts	21	jbohrman
6	jbohrman	14	Relkcirts	22	Fusion27s	6	jfranco77	14	redwingscup	22	charliembg
7	jfranco77	15	duece_duece	23	fooolishfool	7	dougpalm	15	beauchamp	23	barracuda3
8	glowguy	16	rbow923	24	markeking	8	mildnhazy	16	bighooze	24	Jtpsops
	2018
Rk	Name	Rk	Name	Rk	Name
1	ozomatli	9	justinlee_24	17	mdc2276
2	jmissirlis	10	rbow923	18	magicdreamer
3	discodemo	11	dippedncrack / schwarze	19	Donburgh
4	wink0094	12	buddhagamer	20	Humdogs
5	jfranco77	13	jbohrman	21	Jdh34
6	crystalao	14	redcped	22	odalisgagne
7	brianjw	15	dougpalm	23	ejstockman
8	mildnhazy	16	newarkwilder	24	mpitt76

Who is the Best Sim Baseball Owner in WIS?

In order to be considered the best, you need to have success over a broad range of different themes at various salary caps. This tournament will absolutely determine who the best WIS owner is. The winner will have had to put together 12 solid teams over a 5-month time period. Serious WIS owners only. Here's how it works:

* The field is typically limited to 96 owners. In order to guarantee your spot in this Championship Event, you will need to purchase a $15 GC. See below for instructions on purchasing a GC.

* In Round 1, there will be 6 different themes we'll each be involved in. Assuming 96 owners, there will be four instances of each of the six themes. All twenty-four leagues (4 * 6 = 24) will be started at the same time. Points will be awarded based on wins and playoffs success. Points = Regular season wins + playoff wins + 10 points for winning the World Series. Note that this formula has been updated for 2019.

* The top 24 owners in cumulative points from Round 1 (regardless of which leagues they were in) will advance to round 2. In Round 2, there will be another 6 themes (different from the first six themes). The same points formula will be used in round 2. Round 1 results will not be completely ignored in the final score. The weighting will be 33% for Round 1 and 67% for Round 2.... In other words, the cumulative Round 1 score will be divided by 2 and added to the Round 2 score to determine the Best Owner in WIS.

* The leagues will not be determined randomly, but the divisions within each league will be. Once the 96 owners have purchased the $15 GC, then I will use a complex formula, originally developed by schwarze and updated by ozomatli, to rank every entrant and use this ranking for the league alignments for Round 1. This will essentially distribute the higher-ranking owners into different leagues.

* The formula to rank the owners will be based on your historical stats on WIS. If you participated in any of the previous WIS Championship(s), then how you fared in those will also come into play (more weight given to more recent performances). The more tournaments you play in, the more weight this factor will have in your overall rating. The final piece of the ranking formula is recency -- how you have done since your last appearance in the tournament, relative to other owners.

* In the event that one or more of the top 24 owners from Round 1 decide not to enter round 2, then the next best owners(s) from Round 1 will advance. In case of ties, the tie-breakers will be (1) regular season wins (2) playoff wins (3) best single team overall point total (4) second best single team overall point total, etc.

* As far as prizes, assuming 96 teams, we'll have $1440 in gift certificates plus admin will be adding $300. That's $1740 worth of GC to distribute. All teams advancing to Round 2 will be guaranteed at least $30 in GC. If more or less than 96 owners participate, the prizes will be adjusted accordingly (see below).


Prize Structure (based on 96 teams)

Place	Prize Amt
1st	$250
2nd	$200
3rd	$150
4th	$120
5th	$100
6th	$90
7th	$80
8th	$70
9th	$60
10th	$50
11th	$40
12th	$40
13th-24th	$30
25th-26th	$10

The team with the best regular season record in each of the six Round 1 themes will each receive $15 (ties split).

The prize is nice but what we're all really after is the recognition as being the BEST.

* As far as the themes go, different cap levels will be used. There will be two lower cap (< 100M), two mid-cap (>= 100M & <= 120M) and two higher cap (> 120M) themes included. There will not be any drafts in Round 1. There will be at least one but not more than two drafts in Round 2.

If you are interested, please post here. I don't expect that we'll start playing any games for at least 6 weeks, as it will take a bit of time to fill the tournament, create rosters, verify rosters, etc.

** The themes for Round 1 can be found HERE

The roster deadlines will be posted below

Owner List
(Bold = Purchased GC)

1.	ozomatli	<-- Defending Champion
2.	justinlee_24
3.	mensu1954
4.	contrarian23
5.	wink0094
6.	brianjw	<-- 3x Champion
7.	Humdogs
8.	trd3
9.	redcped
10.	buddhagamer
11.	spoonfed
12.	Chisock
13.	Jtpsops
14.	jfranco77	<-- 2008 Champion
15.	discodemo
16.	calhoop
17.	garmansouth
18.	mpitt76
19.	beauchamp
20.	rbow923	<-- 2010 Champion
21.	Fusion27s
22.	Jdh34
23.	zlionsfan
24.	jbohrman
25.	NebHusker
26.	thebubbaq
27.	bluecrew65	<-- replaced by redwingscup
28.	tridentric
29.	ejstockman
30.	Donburgh	<-- replaced by marvin_katko
31.	bheid408
32.	newarkwilder
33.	DoctorKz
34.	nordawg
35.	mick33
36.	gigrant
37.	marinerrott
38.	markeking
39.	BigScungil
40.	odalisgagne
41.	donaldjtrump
42.	milest
43.	crystalao
44.	skunk206
45.	mildnhazy	<-- 2012 Champion
46.	DarthDurron
47.	mllama54
48.	daddyzander
49.	tajohn
50.	skinndogg
51.	npg32433
52.	thehuseman
53.	ballsweatsux
54.	ledfoot
55.	jmissirlis
56.	midknight
57.	sford
58.	cubbies84
59.	mjkrunner
60.	razorclams
61.	jackedjamie	<-- replaced by vilefileman
62.	moses_k
63.	jetscanes
64.	toddcommish
65.	dougpalm
66.	northof49
67.	winnetka1
68.	schwarze
69.	Pebo
70.	big_dowg
71.	thunder1008
72.	stlbombers
73.	gwhouse
74.	mickr9
75.	CLWECW
76.	firesalt
77.	greenies
78.	clayolson1
79.	Ginge1	<-- replaced by dippedncrack
80.	hurst47
81.	doctorcc
82.	barracuda3
83.	sjh0825
84.	jrnyfan01
85.	deathdealer
86.	tigerrott
87.	batandball
88.	farleyfustle	<-- replaced by doctorwoo
89.	frank_drebin
90.	magicdreamer
91.	crazyamos	<-- replaced by dahsdebater
92.	Relkcirts
93.	The Taint

94. sohio4ever
95. tab316us
96. loyalcanuck

Once you sign up, you can go ahead and purchase the $15 gift certificate.

Instructions for purchasing the $15 gift certificate can be found HERE

Sitemail List (96)
ballsweatsux; barracuda3; batandball; beauchamp; bheid408; big_dowg; BigScungil; brianjw; buddhagamer; calhoop; Chisock; clayolson1; CLWECW; contrarian23; crystalao; cubbies84; daddyzander; dahsdebater; DarthDurron; deathdealer; dippedncrack; discodemo; doctorcc; doctorwoo; DoctorKz; donaldjtrump; dougpalm; ejstockman; firesalt; frank_drebin; Fusion27s; garmansouth; gigrant; greenies; gwhouse; Humdogs; hurst47; jbohrman; Jdh34; jetscanes; jfranco77; Jtpsops; jmissirlis; jrnyfan01; justinlee_24; ledfoot; loyalcanuck; magicdreamer; marinerrott; markeking; marvin_katko; mensu1954; mick33; mickr9; midknight; mildnhazy; milest; mjkrunner; mllama54; moses_k; mpitt76; NebHusker; newarkwilder; nordawg; northof49; npg32433; odalisgagne; ozomatli; Pebo; razorclams; rbow923; redcped; redwingscup; Relkcirts; schwarze; sford; sjh0825; skinndogg; skunk206; sohio4ever; spoonfed; stlbombers; tab316us; tajohn; The Taint; thebubbaq; thehuseman; thunder1008; tigerrott; toddcommish; trd3; tridentric; vilefileman; wink0094; winnetka1; zlionsfan

Here are the deadlines for getting your Round 1 rosters in.

There are three deadlines. You must have at least two teams entered by the first deadline. You need to have at least four teams entered by the second deadline. At the final deadline, you need to have ALL SIX teams entered.

The penalty for being late is 1 point per team, per day late. The penalty points will be cancelled if you get all SIX teams in by the last deadline.

The first deadline is Sunday, July 14.
The second deadline is Sunday, July 28.
The final deadline is Sunday, August 4.

If you accumulate 10 penalty points, I will have no choice but to replace you. Owners who join with fewer than 2 weeks til the first deadline will be exempt from penalty points, but still will need to have all six teams in by the final deadline.

Signups are now open.

In.

Haven't played since 2013...count me in.

It's been a few years for me too...after getting humbled this past weekend at the Indie500 crossword tournament in DC, my ego certainly doesn't need another bruising...but a bruising it will surely get.

IN

I'm in.

I'm in.

I’m in

I’ll play again.