Welcome to the 32nd season of Build-A-Blacklist. Theme details are below, but here's how this will work:
After each season, 10 new players will be added to the permanent blacklist, as follows:
AL MVP
NL MVP
AL Cy Young
NL Cy Young
AL Fireman
NL Fireman
League HR Champion (ties broken by highest AVG first, then RBI)
League SB Champion (ties broken by highest AVG first, then RBI)
League AVG Champion (ties broken by highest HR first, then RBI)
And the tenth man will be chosen by the owner of the World Series-losing team. He gets to blacklist one player from his opponent's roster who had a salary greater than $1M. A small measure of revenge.
If the same player wins both leagues' MVP or Cy Young or Fireman awards in the same season, then I'll look at the second place finisher in each league and blacklist the one whose team had the most regular season wins. If a player wins the MVP but is also the league HR, SB, or AVG champ, then second place in the HR, SB, or AVG race will be added to the blacklist. No matter what, 10 new players will be blacklisted after each season. Once a player is blacklisted, ALL seasons of that player are blacklisted and may never be used again. Details below...
MLB129097
$120M
No AAA
No DH
No Clones
Any player except those blacklisted
Any stadium
24 teams, randomly aligned
WW allowed
Injuries on
WALL OF CHAMPIONS
Season I - WaitNSee
Season II - mxw6
Season III - WaitNSee
Season IV - ejstockman
Season V - Skunk206
Season VI - cholatse
Season VII - DoctorKz
Season VIII - pennsylvania
Season IX - duece_duece
Season X - WaitNSee
Season XI - WaitNSee
Season XII - WaitNSee
Season XIII - Skunk206
Season XIV - duece_duece 2-time champ
Season XV - ozomatli
Season XVI - Skunk206 3-time champ
Season XVII - redwingscup
Season XVIII - redwingscup 2-time champ
Season XIX - WaitNSee
Season XX - frank_drebin
Season XXI - dorkster
Season XXII - newarkwilder
Season XXIII - WaitNSee 7-time champ
Season XXIV - pennsylvania 2-time champ
Season XXV - Donburgh
Season XXVI - Donburgh 2-time champ
Season XXVII - Fusion27s
Season XXVIII - SteveIzzy
Season XXIX - teamhydro
Season XXX - SteveIzzy 2-time champ
Season XXXI - apbc
Season I Blacklist
AL MVP - Ty Cobb
NL MVP - Mickey Mantle
AL Cy Young - Ed Walsh (Addie Joss blacklisted as runner-up on team with most wins)
NL Cy Young - Ed Walsh
AL Fireman - Dennis Eckersley
NL Fireman - Mariano Rivera
HR Champ - Babe Ruth
SB Champ - Rickey Henderson
AVG Champ - Tip O'Neill
WS Wild Card - Willie McGee
Season II Blacklist
AL MVP - Pete Rose
NL MVP - Ted Williams
AL Cy Young - Pete Alexander
NL Cy Young - Christy Mathewson
AL Fireman - Koji Uehara
NL Fireman - Craig Kimbrel
HR Champ - Ted Kluszewski
SB Champ - Billy Hamilton
AVG Champ - Nap Lajoie
WS Wild Card - Walter Johnson
Season III Blacklist
AL MVP - Joe Jackson
NL MVP - Kenny Lofton
AL Cy Young - Claude Hendrix
NL Cy Young - Mordecai Brown
AL Fireman - Eric Gagne
NL Fireman - Joey Devine
HR Champ - Jimmie Foxx
SB Champ - Vince Coleman
AVG Champ - George Sisler
WS Wild Card - Tris Speaker
Season IV Blacklist
AL MVP - Lou Gehrig
NL MVP - Hugh Duffy
AL Cy Young - Pedro Martinez
NL Cy Young - Silver King
AL Fireman - Rich Gossage
NL Fireman - Zane Smith
HR Champ - Lou Gehrig (Cy Williams blacklisted as runner-up)
SB Champ - Willie Wilson
AVG Champ - Ed Delahanty
WS Wild Card - Zeke Bonura
Season V Blacklist
AL MVP - Roger Connor
NL MVP - Joe Dimaggio
AL Cy Young - Greg Maddux
NL Cy Young - Cy Young
AL Fireman - Jake Northrop
NL Fireman - Dan Quisenberry
HR Champ - Ralph Kiner
SB Champ - Tim Raines
AVG Champ - Miguel Dilone
WS Wild Card - Bob Gibson
Season VI Blacklist
AL MVP - Ken Williams
NL MVP - Willie Mays
AL Cy Young - Sandy Koufax
NL Cy Young - Babe Adams
AL Fireman - Cisco Carlos
NL Fireman - Cla Meredith
HR Champ - Larry Walker
SB Champ - Pete Browning
AVG Champ - Jose Reyes
WS Wild Card - Fred Toney
Season VII Blacklist
AL MVP - Barry Bonds
NL MVP - Harry Heilmann
AL Cy Young - Russ Ford
NL Cy Young - Eddie Cicotte
AL Fireman - Mike Adams
NL Fireman - Vida Blue
HR Champ - Carl Yastrzemski
SB Champ - Maury Wills
AVG Champ - Tommy Tucker
WS Wild Card - Dutch Leonard
Season VIII Blacklist
AL MVP - Dan Brouthers
NL MVP - Dan Brouthers (Willie McCovey blacklisted as runner-up on team with most wins)
AL Cy Young - Tim Keefe
NL Cy Young - Jack Chesbro
AL Fireman - Billy Wagner
NL Fireman - Hong-Chih Kuo
HR Champ - Kevin Mitchell
SB Champ - Willie Keeler
AVG Champ - Willie Keeler (King Kelly blacklisted as runner-up)
WS Wild Card - Elton Chamberlain
Season IX Blacklist
AL MVP - Tony Gwynn
NL MVP - Hack Wilson
AL Cy Young - Catfish Hunter
NL Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw
AL Fireman - John Smoltz
NL Fireman - Sean Doolittle
HR Champ - Hank Greenberg
SB Champ - Hub Collins
AVG Champ - Goose Goslin
WS Wild Card - Bob Caruthers
Season X Blacklist
AL MVP - Mike Schmidt
NL MVP - Joe Kelley
AL Cy Young - Jonathan Papelbon (Ed Reulbach gets blacklisted since Papelbon won Fireman)
NL Cy Young - John Tudor
AL Fireman - Jonathan Papelbon
NL Fireman - George McQuillan
HR Champ - Mike Schmidt (Mark McGwire gets blacklisted since Schmidt was AL MVP)
SB Champ - Bill Lange
AVG Champ - Al Simmons
WS Wild Card - Frankie Frisch
Season XI Blacklist
AL MVP - Todd Helton
NL MVP - Stan Musial
AL Cy Young - Joe Wood
NL Cy Young - Eddie Plank
AL Fireman - JJ Putz
NL Fireman - Bruce Sutter
HR Champ - Mel Ott
SB Champ - John McGraw
AVG Champ - Honus Wagner
WS Wild Card - George Brett
Season XII Blacklist
AL MVP - Richie Ashburn
NL MVP - Bernie Williams
AL Cy Young - Jake Arrieta
NL Cy Young - Lady Baldwin
AL Fireman - Rafael Soriano
NL Fireman - Bryan Harvey
HR Champ - Rogers Hornsby
SB Champ - Jake Stenzel
AVG Champ - Tuck Turner
WS Wild Card - Max Carey
Season XIII Blacklist
AL MVP - Henry Larkin
NL MVP - Jimmy Sheckard
AL Cy Young - Joe Horlen
NL Cy Young - Bill Bernhard
AL Fireman - Joaquin Benoit
NL Fireman - Norm Charlton
HR Champ - Lefty O'Doul
SB Champ - Arlie Latham
AVG Champ - Cy Seymour
WS Wild Card - Ferdie Schupp
Season XIV Blacklist
AL MVP - Jesse Burkett
NL MVP - Pete Reiser
AL Cy Young - Doc White
NL Cy Young - Chief Bender
AL Fireman - Johnny Niggeling
NL Fireman - Johnny NIggeling (Fernando Rodney gets blacklisted as his team won more games than AL Fireman runner-up)
HR Champ - Roger Maris
SB Champ - Eric Davis
AVG Champ - Hughie Jennings
WS Wild Card - Arky Vaughan
Season XV Blacklist
AL MVP - Snuffy Stirnweiss
NL MVP - Sam Thompson
AL Cy Young - Scott Stratton
NL Cy Young - Don Sutton
AL Fireman - Trevor Hoffman
NL Fireman - Steve Karsay
HR Champ - Hank Aaron
SB Champ - Tom Brown
AVG Champ - Sam Thompson (Chuck Klein earns blacklist as runner-up since Thompson was an MVP)
WS Wild Card - Benny Kauff
Season XVI Blacklist
NL MVP - Joe Medwick
AL MVP - Johnny Mize
NL Cy Young - Charlie Buffinton
AL Cy Young - Luis Tiant
NL Fireman - Bill George
AL Fireman - Jason Isringhausen
HR Champ - Dolph Camilli
AVG Champ - Elmer Flick
SB Champ - George Davis
WS Wild Card - Zack Greinke
Season XVII Blacklist
NL MVP - Sammy Sosa
AL MVP - Lance Berkman
NL Cy Young - Jack Pfiester
AL Cy Young - Ed Seward
NL Fireman - Zach Britton
AL Fireman - Andrew Miller
HR Champ - Frank Robinson
AVG Champ - Sam Crawford
SB Champ - Lou Brock
WS Wild Card - Bob Milacki
Season XVIII Blacklist
NL MVP - Cap Anson
AL MVP - Kiki Cuyler
NL Cy Young - Noodles Hahn
AL Cy Young - Carl Hubbell
NL Fireman - Wade Davis
AL Fireman - Aroldis Chapman
HR Champ - Matt Williams
AVG Champ - Anson (Charlie Hickman blacklisted as runner-up)
SB Champ - Joe Morgan
WS Wild Card - Frank Baker
Season XIX Blacklist
NL MVP - Heinie Manush
AL MVP - Mike Trout
NL Cy Young - Harry Krause
AL Cy Young - Ron Guidry
NL Fireman - Kenley Jansen
AL Fireman - Joe Nathan
HR Champ - Andre Dawson
AVG Champ - Eddie Collins
SB Champ - Sam Rice
WS Wild Card - Art Nehf
Season XX Blacklist
NL MVP - Rod Carew
AL MVP - John Reilly
NL Cy Young - Hal Newhouser
AL Cy Young - Spud Chandler
NL Fireman - Rafael Betancourt
AL Fireman - Rafael Betancourt (Mike Jackson blacklisted as runner-up)
HR Champ - Ripper Collins
SB Champ - Fred Clarke
AVG Champ - Rod Carew (Elston Howard blacklisted as 3rd place; Carew was MVP and Fred Clarke was SB champ)
WS Wild Card - Charlie Gehringer
Season XXI Blacklist
NL MVP - Heinie Zimmerman
AL MVP - Lenny Dykstra
NL Cy Young - Frank Smith
AL Cy Young - Dazzy Vance
NL Fireman - Chad Green
AL Fireman - Sergio Romo
HR Champ - Willie Stargell
SB Champ - Ichiro Suzuki
AVG Champ - Roberto Alomar
WS Wild Card - Wade Boggs
Season XXII Blacklist
NL MVP - Albert Pujols
AL MVP - Edd Roush
NL Cy Young - Joe McGinnity
AL Cy Young - Charlie Ferguson
NL Fireman - David Robertson
AL Fireman - B.J. Ryan
HR Champ - Vladimir Guerrero
SB Champ - Jose Altuve
AVG Champ - George Stone
WS Wild Card - Pete Conway
Season XXIII Blacklist
NL MVP - Tommy Holmes
AL MVP - Bill Terry
NL Cy Young - Howie Camnitz
AL Cy Young - Hippo Vaughn
NL Fireman - Jeff Reardon
AL Fireman - Pat Neshek
HR Champ - Dick Allen
SB Champ - Luis Castillo
AVG Champ - Jim Bottomley
WS Wild Card - Elmer Steele
Season XXIV Blacklist
NL MVP - Bobby Murcer
AL MVP - Paul Waner
NL Cy Young - Rube Waddell
AL Cy Young - Gus Weyhing
NL Fireman - Takashi Saito (Jake McGee blacklisted in tie-breaker)
AL Fireman - Takashi Saito
HR Champ - Albert Belle
AVG Champ - Harry Walker
SB Champ - Eric Young
WS Wild Card - Gregg Jefferies
Season XXV Blacklist
NL MVP - Al Kaline
AL MVP - Elmer Smith
NL Cy Young - Randy Johnson
AL Cy Young - Mike Scott
NL Fireman - Neftali Feliz
AL Fireman - Steve Ontiveros
HR Champ - Ryan Howard
AVG Champ - Babe Herman
SB Champ - Jimmy Ryan
WS Wildcard - Orval Overall
Season XXVI Blacklist
NL MVP - Duke Snider
AL MVP - John Olerud
NL Cy Young - Orel Hershiser
AL Cy Young - Johan Santana
NL Fireman - Adam Warren
AL Fireman - Armando Benitez
HR Champ - Frank Thomas
AVG Champ - Chipper Jones
SB Champ - Buck Ewing
WS Wildcard - Bryce Harper
Season XXVII Blacklist
NL MVP - Will Clark
AL MVP - Jeff Bagwell
NL Cy Young - Stan Coveleski
AL Cy Young - Barney Pelty
NL Fireman - Doug Fister
AL Fireman - Bobby Jenks
HR Champ - Jeff Bagwell (Hal Trosky blacklisted as runner-up)
AVG Champ - Jeff Bagwell (Bill Dickey blacklisted as runner-up)
SB Champ - Dave Collins
WS Wild Card - Mort Cooper
Season XXVIII Blacklist
NL MVP - Jason Giambi
AL MVP - D.J. Lemahieu
NL Cy Young - Tully Sparks
AL Cy Young - Don Drysdale
NL Fireman - Blake Treinen (Edwin Diaz blacklisted in tiebreaker)
AL Fireman - Blake Treinen
HR Champ - Earl Averill
AVG Champ - Magglio Ordonez
SB Champ - Harry Stovey
WS Wild Card - Jacob deGrom
Season XXIX Blacklist
NL MVP - Cody Bellinger
AL MVP - Norm Cash
NL Cy Young - Dean Chance
AL Cy Young - Jeff Tesreau
NL Fireman - Greg Holland
AL Fireman - Steve Howe
HR Champ - Prince Fielder
AVG Champ - Al Wingo
SB Champ - Carlos Beltran
WS Wild Card - Ozzie Smith
Season XXX Blacklist
NL MVP - Lew Fonseca
AL MVP - Kirby Puckett
NL Cy Young - Frank Owen
AL Cy Young - Aaron Nola
NL Fireman - John Wetteland
AL Fireman - Brandon Workman
HR Champ - Billy Williams
AVG Champ - Mike Tiernan
SB Champ - Ron LeFlore
WS Wild Card - Chris Sale
Season XXXI Blacklist
NL MVP - Ken Caminiti
AL MVP - Lloyd Waner
NL Cy Young - Jim Hearn
AL Cy Young - Ed Morris
NL Fireman - Robb Nen
AL Fireman - Matt Albers
HR Champ - Jim Gentile
AVG Champ - Lloyd Waner (Jimmy Williams blacklisted as runner-up)
SB Champ - Mookie Betts
WS Wild Card - Joe Mauer