I've had this idea kicking around for awhile now - let's see if we can get it to come to fruition....

Choose a player that played for (at least) 4 different franchises in 4 consecutive seasons, and surround him with teammates from each squad. Use baseballreference.com to determine keystone player eligibility

Your selection, plus 6 teammates from each of the 4 franchises will make up your 25-man roster. The teammates must be from the franchises & years chosen( NO TWISTING).

Examples:

Wally Backman played for the '88 Mets, '89 Twins, '90 Pirates and '91 Phillies...... Pretty straightforward - any Backman season from '88-91 + 6 teammates each from the 4 teams listed.

Brett Tomko pitched for the '05 Giants, '06 Dodgers, '07 Dodgers & Padres and '08 Padres & Royals..... Little bit of a wrinkle as there are split seasons - you'd use the '07 Padres & '08 Royals to meet the 4 different franchise requirement.

Dick Schofield played for the '64 Pirates, '65 Pirates & Giants, '66 Giants, Yankees & Dodgers and '67 Dodgers....... Another wrinkle, as Schofield played for 3 teams in '66. You'd go PIT, SF, NYY & LA (64 thru 67, respectively) in this instance.

Julio Franco played for the '93 Rangers, '94 Chisox, '95 Did Not Play, '96 Indians and '97 Indians & Brewers.......yet another wrinkle. This involves a season that is missed due to injury, playing over seas, etc. As long as the 4 franchise requirement is met, and the seasons chosen are concurrent(allowing for the gap) it will be allowed.

$100M cap - that should keep everyone on an even keel
No to DH, clones, trades, live play, injuries or AAA - so draft accordingly
Use a park from one of the 4 franchises/years chosen
Let's shoot for a 24-team league
Teams will be aligned chronologically

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of combinations - players are exclusive to each owner. Please list your player & his 4 teams/years when signing up.

I'll make my selection after 12 have signed up & a league # will be created - any questions, let 'em fly.....

Hope to see you all soon

Interested owners & players/teams/years selected:

1. szczubelek - Willie Horton (76 DET, 77 TEX, 78 CLE, 79 SEA)
2. fatguyrd - Jay Bruce (16 CIN, 17 CLE, 18 NYM, 19 SEA)
3. Bradsher - Norm Siebern (65 BAL, 66 CAL, 67 SFG, 68 BOS)
4. hoopsrus - Adam Rosales (15 TEX, 16 SDP, 17 ARZ, 18 CLE)
5. gyrene - Ozzie Virgil (61 DET, 62 BAL, 65 PIT, 66 SFG)
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7. bsm7 - Kenny Lofton (02 CHW, 03 CHC, 04 NYY, 05 PHI)
8. finn2030 - Greg Colbrunn (96 FLA, 97 ATL, 98 COL, 99 ARZ)
9. ddodge02 - John Mabry (01 FLA, 02 OAK, 03 SEA, 04 STL)
10. 3dayrotation - Rickey Henderson (99 NY, 00 SEA, 01 SDP, 02 BOS)
11. fatboydad54 - Sal Maglie (55 NYG, 56 CLE, 57 BRO, 58 NYY)
12. nockahoma - Hoyt Wilhelm (69 CAL, 70 CHC, 71 ATL, 72 LAD)
13. Got_Worms - Don Baylor (85 NYY, 86 BOS, 87 MIN, 88 OAK)
14. sawbuxx - Bill Campbell (84 PHI, 85 STL, 86 DET, 87 MON)
15. SteveIzzy - Charlie Hemphill (99 STL-N, 01 BOS-A, 02 CLE, 03 STL-A)
16. midknight - Billy Martin (57 NYY, 58 DET, 59 CLE, 60 CIN)
17. dlchow - Joe Smith (15 LAA, 16 CHC, 17 CLE, 18 HOU)
18. mllama54 - Bret Boone (98 CIN, 99 ATL, 00 SDP, 01 SEA)
19. specsman - Chris Hammond (02 ATL, 03 NYY, 04 OAK, 05 SDP)
20. Rattlers - Joe Blanton (13 LAA, 15 PIT, 16 LAD, 17 WAS)
21. dhomard - Paul Assenmacher (92 CHC, 93 NYY, 94 CHW, 95 CLE)
22. soxyanks12 - Dan Brouthers (93 BRO, 94 BAL, 95 LOU, 96 PHI)
23. finn2030 - Zeb Terry (17 CHW, 18 BSB, 19 PIT, 20 CHC)
24. fatguyrd - Dick Allen (69 PHI, 70 STL, 71 LAD, 72 CHW)

Waitlist

I’d like to play. Have a question though. If a player plays for multiple teams in a season do we just pick one?

The player I am thinking about using is Willie Horton. He plays for Detroit in ‘76, Texas in ‘77, Cleveland, Oakland and Toronto in ‘78 then Seattle in ‘79. So I am guessing I would just pick one of the 3 in ‘78

Also would I have to use a Horton season from ‘76 to ‘79 or just the teammates from those seasons

Welcome aboard, zube

'78 would be your choice of CLE, OAK or TOR

you have to use a Horton season between the years you choose(76-79 in this instance) - 6 players each(no twisting), from the teams selected + your player = 25

Ok put me down for Willie Horton 76-79

still working on who I’m choosing in 78

I’ll be using 78 Cleveland

Jay Bruce 2019 Mariners,18 Mets, 17 Indians, 16 Reds.

I'll try Norm Siebern
'65 Orioles
'66 Angels
'67 Giants
'68 Red Sox

think I may try to put together a team using utility-infielder Adam Rosales - 2015-2018

18 Indians
17 Dbacks
16 Padres
15 Rangers

Gonna go with Ozzie Virgil: '61 DET, '62 BAL, ('63 & '64 DNP), '65 PIT & '66 SFG.

Hot damn!!

Welcome, one and all.

I'm thinking about Kingman, but not sure he qualifies. He played for 4 teams in 1977, including the Mets.... He played for the Mets in 1976, but Cubs in both 78 and 79. He played for at least 4 franchises in 4 consecutive seasons. I'm sure about the back to back "Cubs only" seasons however. Please let me know.

This looks like fun. I will join with Kenny Lofton. He has so many to pick from, while still being, in my opinion, a very underrated player.
Look at the available years: 2001 Cleveland, 2002 Chisox and SF, 2003 Pittsburgh and Chicubs, 2004 NYY, 2005 Philadelphia, 2006 LAD, 2007 Texas (and back to Cleveland!)

I will be using 2002 Chisox, 2003 Chicubs, 2004 NYY, and 2005 Phils. I will use his 2005 season.

Funny, but I won't even be able to use some of his great Cleveland seasons, and they won't be represented here by him, but maybe another time.
Let's see if I can find enough pitching with this combo.

Posted by redwingscup on 11/15/2019 11:23:00 AM (view original):
I'm thinking about Kingman, but not sure he qualifies. He played for 4 teams in 1977, including the Mets.... He played for the Mets in 1976, but Cubs in both 78 and 79. He played for at least 4 franchises in 4 consecutive seasons. I'm sure about the back to back "Cubs only" seasons however. Please let me know.

Kingman, in this particular instance, is a 'no-go'

the back-to-back Cubs seasons is the snafu