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General Manager – Amateur Draft Scorecard

Derek Bain — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 14:57:56 +0000

The following article represents the first of a three-part series focusing on the cumulative and average outcomes sustained by players drafted, signed or acquired via trades by every General Manager in Major League Baseball since 1950. My initial review of General Managers will be constrained to players selected in the Amateur Draft (and subsequently signed to their first MLB contract) along with individuals signed as amateur free agents. The second piece will concentrate on players exchanged in trades while the third will address free agent acquisitions. In “Hardball Retrospective: Evaluating Scouting and Development Outcomes for the Modern-Era Franchises”, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original team. Therefore, Ty Cobb is listed on the Tigers roster for the duration of his career while the Mets declare Tom Seaver and the Pirates claim Barry Bonds. I calculated revised standings for every season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills. The General Manager Scorecard results from further research exploring the databases that I utilized while writing “Hardball Retrospective”. My findings include the career Win Shares and Wins Above Replacement totals for all players signed to their first Major League Baseball contract by every General Manager from 1950 through the 2013 season. I will provide outcomes calculated by the plate appearance (PA) and batters facing pitcher (BFP) totals. I have restricted the conclusions to the 1950-2013 timeframe in an effort to correspond with the entries in the Baseball America Executive Database. Furthermore, I have omitted all transactions except for the player’s initial MLB contract; the General Managers are not evaluated on trades, players drafted but not signed, etc. “Hardball Retrospective” is available in digital format on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, GooglePlay, iTunes and KoboBooks. The paperback edition is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and CreateSpace. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here.

Terminology

OWAR – Wins Above Replacement for players on “original” teams OWS – Win Shares for players on “original” teams OPW% – Pythagorean Won-Loss record for the “original” teams WS/10K_PA_BFP – Win Shares per 10000 Plate Appearances + Batters Facing Pitcher WAR/10K_PA_BFP – Wins Above Replacement per 10000 Plate Appearances + Batters Facing Pitcher

The General Manager Scorecard

1) Bill Wood WS/10K_PA_BFP: 241.48 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 31.88 Houston prospered greatly during Bill Wood’s tenure with the ballclub. Wood restocked the farm system through the amateur draft, scoring hits with Luis E. Gonzalez and Kenny Lofton (1988), Todd Jones and Shane Reynolds (1989), Phil Nevin (1992) and Billy Wagner (1993). Amateur free agents such as Bobby Abreu (1990), Richard Hidalgo and Melvin Mora (1991) along with Carlos Guillen (1992) augmented the Astros’ offense. While Wood was replaced by Bob Watson in October 1993, the organization reaped the benefits of his acumen as the ballclub made 12 successive playoff appearances from 1997-2008. The “Original” Astros topped the National League OWAR leader board seven times while clinching the OWS title on six occasions in this stretch. T2) Bobby Cox WS/10K_PA_BFP: 225.93 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 26.03 Bobby Cox held the GM post in Atlanta from October 1985 through the 1990 campaign. Cox acquired Javy Lopez as amateur free agent in 1987 and purchased Vinny Castilla from Saltillo of the Mexican League in March of 1990. First-rounder Chipper Jones was the prize of Cox’s amateur draft selections in June, 1990. Other notable draftees under Cox include Kent Mercker (1986), Mike W. Stanton (1987), Steve Avery (1988) and Ryan Klesko (1990). Subsequently the “Original” Braves gained entry to the National League playoffs in 11 of the next 16 seasons. T2) Hank Peters WS/10K_PA_BFP: 217.15 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 26.33 Hank Peters displayed remarkable insight as a talent evaluator for the Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians. In his lone season at the helm of the A’s, Peters secured Sal Bando, Rick Monday and Gene Tenace in the inaugural amateur draft of 1965. One decade later, Peters commence a twelve-year stint at the helm of the Orioles’ front office. He selected the “Iron Man” Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Boddicker in the ’78 draft along with Steve Finley and David Segui in ’87. Highlights from 4 seasons with the Tribe include the acquisitions of Brian S. Giles and Jim Thome (1989) in conjunction with the first-round (13^th overall) pick in the 1991 draft – Manny Ramirez. Bando, Monday and Tenace supplied significant contributions to the five consecutive playoff appearances for Oakland in the mid-1970’s. Ripken lifted the “Original” O’s to three successive pennants (1982-84) while the Indians played in eight postseasons out of eleven (1995-2005). 4) Walt Jocketty WS/10K_PA_BFP: 213.12 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 27.88 Walt Jocketty logged 13 seasons as the General Manager of the Cardinals (October 1994 – October 2007). He’s occupied the same role for the Reds in April 2008. The 13^th-round selection of Albert Pujols transcends the list of Jocketty’s acquisitions for St. Louis. Other Redbirds of note that were obtained during his administration include J.D. Drew, Dan Haren and Yadier Molina. Jocketty signed Reds’ flamethrower Aroldis Chapman as an amateur free agent in 2010. The “Original” Cardinals achieved seven playoff berths in a thirteen-year span (2001-2013). 5) Larry Himes WS/10K_PA_BFP: 211.03 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 28.08 Larry Himes presided over four amateur drafts for the Chicago White Sox (1988-1990). His first-round selections: Jack McDowell (1987), Robin Ventura (1988), Frank E. Thomas (1989), Alex Fernandez (1990). Ray Durham (1990, 5^th Round) accrued 238 Win Shares in his career. However, Himes was unable to replicate his draft-day mojo with the Cubbies. Kyle Farnsworth tops the Himes/Cubs list with 70 career Win Shares. The “Original” White Sox secured the American League pennant in 1991 along with two divisional titles in ’92 and ’96. T6) Chub Feeney WS/10K_PA_BFP: 233.63 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 24.00 Chub Feeney directed the Giants’ front office for 24 years. Focusing on his outcomes from 1950 through 1968, Feeney outshines the competition. Feeney signed the crown jewel of his administration, Willie Mays, in 1950. The “Say Hey Kid” accumulated 639 Win Shares and 136 WAR, earned All-Star appearances in 20 successive seasons and blasted 660 round-trippers while setting the standard of defensive excellence in center field. He acquired future Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda (1955), Willie McCovey (1955), Juan Marichal (1957) and Gaylord Perry (1958) as amateur free agents. Other distinguished ballplayers procured by Feeney include Felipe Alou, Bobby Bonds, Jose Cardenal and Bill White along with amateur draftees George Foster and Garry Maddox. The “Original” Giants reeled off seven consecutive pennants from 1962-68. T6) Dick Wagner WS/10K_PA_BFP: 226.43 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 24.15 Dick Wagner earned high marks for his draft selections for the Reds (1978-1983) and the Astros (1986-87). Craig Biggio (1987) accrued 426 Win Shares and 54 WAR to top the list of Wagner’s draftees. Cincinnati improved significantly with a trio of outfielders selected in the early Eighties (Eric Davis, Paul O’Neill, Danny Tartabull) along with moundsmen Charlie Leibrandt and Jeff Montgomery. This quintet led the “Original” Reds to four pennants and two division titles from 1987 through 1995. 8) Gabe Paul WS/10K_PA_BFP: 214.78 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 23.39 Gabe Paul achieved executive status in the Cincinnati front office at the conclusion of the 1951 campaign. His career as a General Manager spanned four organizations across three decades. Eight ballplayers acquired by Paul recorded at least 300 Win Shares or 40 Wins Above Replacement during their careers including Pete Rose, Frank Robinson, Tony Perez, Vada Pinson, Buddy Bell, Dennis Eckersley, Tommy John and Luis Tiant. His GM scorecard is reinforced by the procurement of Tommie Agee, Leo Cardenas, Mike Cuellar, Curt Flood, Jim Maloney, Willie McGee, Claude Osteen and Cesar Tovar. The “Original” Reds notched six seasons atop the Senior Circuit leader boards in OWAR during the Sixties and collected two pennants with four division titles in an eight-year stretch covering 1969-1976. 9) Harding Peterson WS/10K_PA_BFP: 208.07 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 24.28 Harding Peterson’s tenure as the GM of the Yankees lasted a mere eight months, yet he succeeded in signing amateur free agent Mariano Rivera while selecting Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada in the 1990 draft. All contributed to the “Original” Yankees run of nine playoff appearances in 17 seasons from 1997-2013. Key players obtained in Peterson’s administration for the Pirates include Bobby Bonilla and Jay Buhner. T10) Jack McKeon WS/10K_PA_BFP: 213.09 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 23.07 “Trader” Jack McKeon asserts Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Roberto Alomar among his esteemed acquisitions. Both players topped the 350 Win Share mark and 50 WAR in their respective careers. McKeon held the Padres’ GM post throughout the Eighties and shared an affinity for talent procurement via amateur free agency (Alomar, Carlos Baerga, Benito Santiago, Jose Valentin) and the draft pool (Gwynn, Andy Benes, John Kruk and Kevin McReynolds). San Diego paced the National League in OWS three times in five seasons from 1988-1992 and made the playoffs in three successive campaigns (1994-96). T10) Dick O’Connell WS/10K_PA_BFP: 213.41 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 22.99 Dick O’Connell amassed a wealth of talent during two stints as General Manager for the Red Sox. In his first term in office, O’Connell inked deals with free agent amateurs Rico Petrocelli (1961) and George Scott (1962). Returning to the post in October 1965, he selected a string of future American League All-Stars in the amateur drafts including the trifecta of Cecil Cooper, Bill F. Lee and Ben Oglivie in 1968. Carlton Fisk (’67), Dwight Evans (’69) and Wade Boggs (’76) all surpassed 50 career WAR and 300 Win Shares. Bruce Hurst, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Bob Stanley and John Tudor underscore the list of Boston luminaries chosen in the O’Connell years. The “Original” Red Sox collected four division titles from 1969-1977 and seized American League pennants in 1985 and 1988. 12) Gene Michael WS/10K_PA_BFP: 214.47 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 22.58 Gene “Stick” Michael served two terms as the Yankees’ General Manager. His first stint is notable for the selections of Fred McGriff and Bob Tewksbury in the 1981 draft and the signing of Jose Rijo as an amateur free agent in 1980. One decade later he chose Derek Jeter with the sixth pick in the first round of the 1992 draft. “The Captain” amassed 407 Win Shares in his 20-year career. Mike Lowell, a 20^th round draftee in ’95, registered 23 career WAR. 13) Charles Finley WS/10K_PA_BFP: 212.31 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 23.05 The Athletics owner handled the General Manager responsibilities from October 1967 through the 1980 campaign. Finley procured several proficient outfielders in this dual role including George Hendrick, Chet Lemon and Dwayne Murphy as well as infielder Phil Garner and starting pitcher Mike Morgan. The icing on the cake was Finley’s selection of Rickey Henderson in the fourth round of the 1976 amateur draft. “The Man of Steal” holds the MLB record with 2,295 runs scored and 1,406 stolen bases. Henderson compiled 543 Win Shares and 115 WAR in his 25-year career. The “Original” Athletics achieved four straight playoff berths from 1981-84. 14) John Mullen WS/10K_PA_BFP: 202.85 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 25.60 John Mullen assembled a talented crew during his stint as the Atlanta GM in the first half of the Eighties. Laying the foundation of the Braves juggernaut in the 1990’s, Mullen drafted Brett Butler (1979), Ron Gant (1983), Tom Glavine (1984) and David Justice (1985). He supplemented the group with second-tier stars including Jeff Blauser, Al Martin and Zane Smith. 15) Tom Grieve WS/10K_PA_BFP: 199.99 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 25.80 The Rangers recorded four playoff appearances in a seven-year span (1993-99) primarily on the strength of the roster assembled by Tom Grieve. Unlike many of his counterparts, Grieve capitalized on the pipeline of Caribbean-born talent, signing amateur free agents Sammy Sosa (1985), Wilson Alvarez (1986), Juan Gonzalez (1986) and Ivan Rodriguez (1988). The Rangers’ first-round selection in ’86, Kevin J. Brown, yielded the highest WAR value (64) among Grieve’s acquisitions. 16) Gerry Hunsicker WS/10K_PA_BFP: 196.65 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 26.58 Lance Berkman heads the class of Astros acquired by Gerry Hunsicker during his 9-year stint as Houston GM (Nov. 1995-Oct. 2004). A first-rounder in ’97 and five-time All-Star in 15 seasons, Berkman notched 309 Win Shares and 54 WAR in his career. Hunsicker’s supporting cast comprises Roy Oswalt (1996) and a dynamic duo from the 2004 draft, Hunter Pence and Ben Zobrist. 17) Joe Brown WS/10K_PA_BFP: 210.27 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 22.49 Timing is everything. Joe Brown answered the call, returning to Pittsburgh as the interim GM one month prior to selecting Barry Bonds in the 1985 amateur draft. He acquired a multitude of gifted ballplayers throughout his primary term in the Pirates front office (1956-1976). Bonds amassed incredible numbers during his 22-year career including 694 Win Shares and 156 WAR. Four Bucs registered at least 30 WAR and 300 Win Shares: Willie “Pops” Stargell, Dave “Cobra” Parker, Willie Randolph and Al Oliver. Brown’s All-Star roster also consists of Bob Bailey, John Candelaria (37 WAR), Richie Hebner, Don Money, Manny Sanguillen, Kent Tekulve, Bob Veale and Richie Zisk. The “Original” Bucs tallied three pennants in the Seventies. T18) Gord Ash WS/10K_PA_BFP: 211.54 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 21.82 Gord Ash displayed shrewd drafting skills in his seven seasons as the Toronto GM. Ash selected Roy Halladay (64 WAR) in 1995. Two years later he nailed the trifecta with Orlando Hudson, Vernon Wells and Michael Young. The “Original” Blue Jays won the American League Eastern division in three successive campaigns (2001-03) and added another title in 2005. T18) Mike Port WS/10K_PA_BFP: 197.50 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 25.07 Mike Port laid the groundwork for the Angels’ success in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Jim Edmonds earned 319 Win Shares and 67 WAR with his batting skills and defensive wizardry in center field. Tim “Kingfish” Salmon and Garret Anderson augmented the Halos’ firepower while 5-time All Star lefthander Chuck Finley anchored the pitching staff. Port also chose Jon Lester in the second round of the 2002 draft as the interim GM for the Red Sox. The “Original” Angels netted two division titles and two wild-card berths from 1995-2005. 20) Lou Gorman WS/10K_PA_BFP: 201.48 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 23.81 Lou Gorman selected Jeff Bagwell and Mo Vaughn in the June 1989 Amateur Draft. “Bagpipes” amassed 379 Win Shares and 73 WAR in his 15-year big league career while the “Hit Dog” tallied 21 WAR. Curt Schilling edges Bagwell with a 74 WAR. Brady Anderson, Bud Black, Dave Henderson, Aaron Sele and John Valentin supplement the register of Gorman draftees with at least 20 career WAR. The “Original” Red Sox achieved three pennants and two division titles in the 1990’s. 21) Calvin Griffith WS/10K_PA_BFP: 204.71 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 22.60 The owner of the Senators/Twins franchise effectively held the title of General Manager through July, 1984. He acquired future Hall of Famers via amateur free agency (Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew) and through the First-Year Player Draft (Bert Blyleven, Kirby Puckett). Carew tops the list with 384 career Win Shares while Blyleven leads the way with 85 career WAR. Reggie Smith and Graig Nettles eclipsed 300 Win Shares and 50 WAR in their careers. Other players signed by Griffith with at least 200 career Win Shares and/or 20 career WAR include Bob Allison, Jay Bell, Rick Dempsey, Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Camilo Pascual, Pete Runnels and Frank Viola. The “Original” Twins secured five pennants in the Sixties. 22) Lee MacPhail WS/10K_PA_BFP: 197.04 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 24.21 Lee MacPhail contributed greatly to the Orioles’ success in the Seventies. Baltimore’s top executive from 1959-1965 inked Hall of Fame right-hander Jim Palmer (308 career Win Shares, 66 WAR) to his first professional baseball contract in 1963. O’s contributors surpassing the 20 career WAR mark and signed by MacPhail include Mark Belanger, Dean Chance, Davey Johnson, Dave McNally and Boog Powell. MacPhail recorded seven full seasons at the head of the Yankees’ front office (1967-73) and drafted Ron Guidry and Thurman Munson during his stint in New York. The “Original” Orioles paced the American League in OWS from 1970-73 and delivered back-to-back pennants in 1972-73. 23) Dallas Green WS/10K_PA_BFP: 193.06 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 25.65 Dallas Green guided the Cubs’ front office for six seasons in the mid-Eighties. He came up aces with the selections of Greg Maddux and Jamie Moyer in the 1984 Amateur Draft then replicated the feat in the subsequent draft when he chose Mark Grace and Rafael Palmeiro. Maddux and Palmeiro exceeded 400 Win Shares in their careers. The foursome boosted the “Original” Cubs to eight playoff berths in an 11-year stretch (1988-1998) capped by the 1989 National League pennant. 24) Frank Lane WS/10K_PA_BFP: 207.76 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 21.75 “Trader” Frank Lane aka “Frantic Frank”, “Trade Lane” and “The Wheeler Dealer” ascended to the role of General Manager with the Chicago White Sox in 1948. Lane spent seven season with the Pale Hose then drifted through short stints as the chief executive for the Cardinals (1956-57), Indians (1958-60), Athletics (1961) and Brewers (1971-72). Lane’s top acquisitions consisted of Luis Aparicio, Earl Battey, Norm Cash (312 career Win Shares, 51 WAR), Jim Landis, “Sudden” Sam McDowell Johnny Romano and Sonny Siebert. 25) Paul Richards WS/10K_PA_BFP: 216.25 WAR/10K_PA_BFP: 20.25 Joe L. Morgan caps the list of ballplayers acquired by Paul Richards during his front office tenure in Baltimore (1955-58), Houston (1962-65) and Atlanta (1967-1972). Morgan registered 507 Win Shares and 83 WAR in his 22-year career. Richards’ star-studded squad is augmented by Dusty Baker, Larry Dierker, Ron Hansen, Milt Pappas, Mickey Rivers, Brooks Robinson, Rusty Staub, Bob Watson and Don Wilson. The “Original” Astros paced the Senior Circuit in OWAR six times from 1972-1980 and made four playoff appearances in the same timeframe.

Executives Ranked By Win Shares per 10,000 PA+BFP

At least 75,000 PA+BFP to qualify
Player-Seasons, Executives since 1950

Executive	PA	BFP	PA+BFP	Total WS	Total WAR	WS/10K PA+BFP	WAR/10K PA+BFP
Bill Wood	62024	31573	93597	2260.16	298.36	241.48	31.88
Chub Feeney	220568	119521	340089	7945.59	816.14	233.63	24.00
Dick Wagner	71262	52260	123522	2796.86	298.33	226.43	24.15
Bobby Cox	45425	34282	79707	1800.82	207.49	225.93	26.03
Hank Peters	120922	100803	221725	4814.81	583.73	217.15	26.33
Paul Richards	124269	75228	199497	4314.2	404	216.25	20.25
Gabe Paul	197814	151349	349163	7499.43	816.84	214.78	23.39
Gene Michael	49810	38866	88676	1901.87	200.2	214.47	22.58
Dick O’Connell	139600	102594	242194	5168.59	556.7	213.41	22.99
Walt Jocketty	69283	56442	125725	2679.4	350.57	213.12	27.88
Jack McKeon	87837	63453	151290	3223.81	348.99	213.09	23.07
Charles Finley	71763	59313	131076	2782.82	302.14	212.31	23.05
Gord Ash	60471	32582	93053	1968.47	203.05	211.54	21.82
Larry Himes	36134	49604	85738	1809.37	240.72	211.03	28.08
Joe Brown	211668	182629	394297	8291.07	886.59	210.27	22.49
Harding Peterson	63408	60236	123644	2572.68	300.22	208.07	24.28
Frank Lane	85469	59313	144782	3007.96	314.89	207.76	21.75
Cedric Tallis	80876	60004	140880	2924.22	303.36	207.57	21.53
Sandy Alderson	128855	75588	204443	4239.95	428.73	207.39	20.97
Harry Dalton	196865	120813	317678	6560.62	617.26	206.52	19.43
Spec Richardson	67578	45758	113336	2327.85	194.26	205.39	17.14
Calvin Griffith	223435	190092	413527	8465.15	934.7	204.71	22.60
Jim Fanning	57395	48616	106011	2167.29	224.69	204.44	21.19
Dan Duquette	67338	50198	117536	2400.99	250.6	204.28	21.32
John Quinn	188445	190902	379347	7722.99	845.14	203.59	22.28
John Mullen	45172	53973	99145	2011.14	253.81	202.85	25.60
Ed Short	42240	39358	81598	1653.99	161.05	202.70	19.74
Lou Gorman	93588	81805	175393	3533.86	417.66	201.48	23.81
Frank Cashen	118680	137303	255983	5119.32	522.3	199.99	20.40
Tom Grieve	83391	84437	167828	3356.31	432.98	199.99	25.80
Joe McDonald	82022	72601	154623	3071.96	271.44	198.67	17.55
Buzzie Bavasi	238579	216838	455417	9022.18	907.34	198.11	19.92
Mike Port	61259	51025	102830	2217.58	281.5	197.50	25.07
Lee MacPhail	71862	112284	184146	3628.48	445.73	197.04	24.21
Gerry Hunsicker	32262	45211	77473	1523.52	205.89	196.65	26.58
Al Rosen	48377	41220	89597	1754.93	167.1	195.87	18.65
Pat Gillick	175095	193057	368152	7201.33	850.41	195.61	23.10
Woody Woodward	85621	101102	186723	3640.45	407.09	194.97	21.80
George Weiss	165406	152824	318230	6159.37	589.25	193.55	18.52
Dallas Green	65336	61025	126361	2439.52	324.09	193.06	25.65
John McHale	98837	79195	178032	3436.22	271.49	193.01	15.25
Bob Howsam	99630	136006	253632	4527.49	328.47	192.14	13.94
Bing Devine	126197	126509	252706	4854.34	492.08	192.09	19.47
Terry Ryan	56357	51825	108182	2077.21	170.36	192.01	15.75
Dave Dombrowski	152284	132562	284846	5463.4	543.67	191.80	19.09
Joe Garagiola	68923	69175	138098	2640.99	268.99	191.24	19.48
Murray Cook	37585	70038	107623	2058.18	273.05	191.24	25.37
Fred Claire	98971	98320	197291	3771.64	427.45	191.17	21.67
Jim Bowden	50838	47274	98112	1871.31	196.75	190.73	20.05
Joe Burke	53227	72651	125878	2387.27	293.47	189.65	23.31
Bob Quinn, Sr.	46553	38068	84621	1604.31	120.41	189.59	14.23
Ron Schueler	47917	54165	102082	1931.03	187.67	189.16	18.38
Paul Owens	101696	92851	194547	3670.31	309.17	188.66	15.89
Ed Wade	41737	52232	93969	1766.38	225.79	187.97	24.03
Dan O’Brien	54240	91815	155509	2742.65	293.13	187.78	20.07
Herk Robinson	68410	54026	122436	2291.35	230.83	187.15	18.85
Jim Campbell	97600	107048	204648	3826.03	358.53	186.96	17.52
Brian Cashman	40686	54541	95227	1777.03	209.88	186.61	22.04
Al Campanis	129690	148679	278369	5187.3	535.92	186.35	19.25
Doug Melvin	66641	71661	138302	2562.59	309.01	185.29	22.34
Hank Greenberg	58963	88699	147662	2732.14	286.87	185.03	19.43
John Hart	61266	79287	140553	2593.63	316.84	184.53	22.54
Branch Rickey	52760	35247	88007	1622.72	81.07	184.39	9.21
Haywood Sullivan	30308	50362	80670	1484.02	218.23	183.96	27.05
Bill DeWitt	62309	35295	79608	1786.08	209.49	182.99	21.46
Dal Maxvill	52902	54341	107243	1939.52	165.31	180.85	15.41
John Schuerholz	147334	186022	333356	6020.83	693.92	180.61	20.82
Andy MacPhail	81063	94219	175282	3139.36	340.23	179.10	19.41
Lee Thomas	39619	48132	87751	1559.25	168.82	177.69	19.24
Fred Haney	51347	49702	101049	1792.18	102.77	177.36	10.17
Billy Beane	41091	66175	107266	1902.4	226.24	177.35	21.09
Dan O’Dowd	40723	34806	75529	1333.26	136.32	176.52	18.05
Bob Gebhard	59053	57388	116441	2038.1	242.45	175.03	20.82
Cam Bonifay	39632	51291	90923	1571.97	163.42	172.89	17.97
Bill Lajoie	32234	49085	81319	1401.38	158.51	172.33	19.49
Chuck LaMar	48681	53975	102656	1752.91	148.78	170.76	14.49
Roland Hemond	61859	121248	183107	3080.82	323.31	168.25	17.66
Horace Stoneham	33052	58721	91773	1538.85	167.63	167.68	18.27
John Holland	77120	165389	242509	4048.67	403.99	166.95	16.66
Joe Cronin	57303	72256	129559	2154.36	183.6	166.28	14.17
Bill Bavasi	27139	62581	89720	1488.47	165.14	165.90	18.41
Eddie Robinson	35045	87722	122767	2016.97	222.61	164.29	18.13
Roy Hamey	42569	72089	114658	1845.06	166.87	160.92	14.55
Kevin Towers	29817	55346	85163	1303.85	132.76	153.10	15.59
Ed Lynch	17623	59661	77284	1160.5	158.78	150.16	20.55
Brian Sabean	24371	75868	100239	1479.84	163.77	147.63	16.34

Executives Ranked By Win Shares per 10,000 PA+BFP

Less than 75,000 PA+BFP
Player-Seasons, Executives since 1950

Executive	PA	BFP	PA+BFP	Total WS	Total WAR	WS/10K PA+BFP	WAR/10K PA+BFP
Walter Briggs	12637	119	12756	362.75	33.6	284.38	26.34
Warren Giles	5707	1965	7672	204.8	29.52	266.94	38.48
Bucky Harris	158	2906	3064	81.06	14.67	264.56	47.88
Ed Lopat	22957	17604	40561	1051.58	176.28	259.26	43.46
Ruben Amaro, Jr.	523	216	739	19.13	2.2	258.86	29.77
John Claiborne	8184	4255	12439	320.65	36.62	257.78	29.44
Paul DePodesta	5303	3884	9187	231.39	23.88	251.87	25.99
Rick Ferrell	35494	18038	53532	1298.91	128.14	242.64	23.94
Dean Taylor	14481	10230	24711	597	58.39	241.59	23.63
Herman Franks	11970	39	12009	287.92	16.63	239.75	13.85
Fresco Thompson	38465	14767	53232	1264.47	136.62	237.54	25.67
Billy Martin	24249	9428	33677	795.21	94.89	236.13	28.18
Clyde King	21382	8307	29689	691.2	71.61	232.81	24.12
Charlie Gehringer	26647	13765	40412	940.78	95	232.80	23.51
C.Comiskey,J.Rigney	18406	14032	32438	753.13	87.13	232.18	26.86
Jim Wilson	19311	12217	31528	727.66	89.09	230.80	28.26
Bill Veeck	6757	1101	7858	180.03	5.06	229.10	6.44
Ken Harrelson	2852	2091	4943	112.8	8.47	228.20	17.14
Parke Carroll	21041	11818	32859	748.15	81.48	227.68	24.80
Andrew Friedman	7105	8871	15976	357.84	65.35	223.99	40.91
Bill Lucas	24898	9783	34681	767.01	46.13	221.16	13.30
Jim Beattie	29863	20747	50610	1094.17	150.45	216.20	29.73
Salty Saltwell	230	3243	3473	74.52	1.59	214.57	4.58
Wayne Krivsky	8282	1706	9988	214.3	15.51	214.56	15.53
Steve Phillips	26058	18344	44402	944.68	113.74	212.76	25.62
Stuart Holcomb	20429	17808	38237	806.19	64.27	210.84	16.81
Dick Balderson	22472	20413	42885	904.03	120.72	210.80	28.15
Joe Klein	39324	32243	71567	1504.1	132.31	210.17	18.49
Bill Bergesch	38595	26957	65552	1376.59	167.14	210.00	25.50
Bob Kennedy	23316	9464	32780	684.9	48.11	208.94	14.68
Charlie Fox	22538	25346	47884	988.9	165.18	206.52	34.50
Jim Baumer	21720	19780	41500	854.48	84.8	205.90	20.43
Ralph Houk	12060	12611	24671	506.31	48.71	205.22	19.74
Phil Seghi	47755	16826	64581	1321.68	96.42	204.65	14.93
Peter Bavasi	31122	21691	52813	1079.28	94.89	204.36	17.97
Bob Short	26565	13842	40407	825.49	43.46	204.29	10.76
Theo Epstein	20146	25938	46084	939.28	123.66	203.82	26.83
Dan Evans	18432	18988	37420	757.09	92.22	202.32	24.64
Eddie Chiles	667	0	667	13.46	0.09	201.80	1.35
Alvin Dark	12766	7551	20317	409.97	24.25	201.79	11.94
Dick Meyer	6311	12378	18689	375.09	26.98	200.70	14.44
Mike Higgins	21767	16420	38187	764.97	59.66	200.32	15.62
Jack Zduriencik	4369	3460	7829	155.67	21.24	198.84	27.13
Jed Hoyer	628	515	1143	22.65	0.37	198.16	3.24
Tal Smith	32811	31538	64349	1267.06	109.35	196.90	16.99
Marvin Milkes	24850	22410	47260	924.31	90.61	195.58	19.17
Bill Stoneman	33783	35865	69648	1360.38	153.17	195.32	21.99
Stan Musial	10880	15674	26554	516.28	76.04	194.43	28.64
Al Harazin	7117	7005	14122	274.12	12.96	194.11	9.18
Jim Duquette	3854	1947	5801	111.18	6.44	191.66	11.10
William Jr. Walsingham	23762	21433	45195	864.51	79.69	191.28	17.63
Mike Rizzo	1711	4473	6184	117.6	16.38	190.17	26.49
Hal Keller	12354	10812	23166	430.58	38.72	185.87	16.71
Dave Littlefield	12327	16710	29037	536.85	54.49	184.88	18.77
Syd Thrift	21872	34724	56596	1043.88	117.96	184.44	20.84
Tom Haller	26384	41456	67840	1248.6	143.64	184.05	21.17
Allard Baird	15387	12895	28282	519.08	56.99	183.54	20.15
Whitey Herzog	9380	6962	16342	299.48	32.09	183.26	19.64
Neal Huntington	3065	2317	5382	98.61	13.59	183.22	25.25
G. Paul T. Smith	15696	6505	22201	403.27	19.11	181.64	8.61
Kevin Malone	28086	28130	56216	1020.58	105.24	181.55	18.72
Bob Fontaine, Sr.	19796	18234	38030	688.66	70.16	181.08	18.45
Pat Friday	23318	44441	67759	1220.35	106.75	180.10	15.75
J.Beattie,M.Flanagan	7322	7471	14793	265.16	10.68	179.25	7.22
Johnny Murphy	12855	5845	18700	332.36	17.08	177.73	9.13
J. O’Toole,H. Peterson	7616	7316	14932	263	17.89	176.13	11.98
Dan Topping, Jr.	5432	3200	8632	150.49	6.69	174.34	7.75
Ted Simmons	21214	15589	36803	637.61	54.17	173.25	14.72
Sal Bando	25615	24412	50027	860.26	81.79	171.96	16.35
Frank Wren	11881	19106	30987	521.2	77.79	168.20	25.10
Muddy Ruel	9005	17165	26170	439.99	30.37	168.13	11.60
Wid Mathews	25406	45482	70888	1178.18	106.05	166.20	14.96
Dayton Moore	6449	10883	17332	287.23	31.95	165.72	18.43
Randy Smith	33842	33360	67202	1105.27	71.17	164.47	10.59
Ed Doherty	9042	550	9592	157.02	-5.56	163.70	-5.80
Jim Hendry	17532	16224	33756	552.13	40.97	163.56	12.14
Bob Watson	22870	43566	66436	1086.05	137.4	163.47	20.68
John Alevizos	3504	3731	7235	117.96	12.05	163.04	16.66
Joe McIlvaine	32479	37981	70460	1144.62	100.65	162.45	14.28
Arnold Johnson	7028	7429	14457	233.99	17.1	161.85	11.83
Art Ehlers	7131	15698	22829	368.7	41.47	161.51	18.17
Ken Williams	25351	29831	55182	882.77	67.98	159.97	12.32
Billy Evans	14015	32815	46830	741.67	105.02	158.37	22.43
George Selkirk	24728	19874	44602	706.16	14.54	158.32	3.26
D. O’Brien,E. Robinson	6285	18391	24676	388.39	24	157.40	9.73
Dick Walsh	14032	27256	41288	637.76	52.95	154.47	12.82
J.P. Ricciardi	17178	31097	48275	745.03	84.95	154.33	17.60
Bob Scheffing	14091	18033	32124	485.57	20.24	151.15	6.30
Larry Beinfest	16122	22901	39023	589.06	54.99	150.95	14.09
Jon Daniels	8606	17009	25615	384.67	37.7	150.17	14.72
Omar Minaya	15364	29416	44780	670.74	54.53	149.79	12.18
Ned Colletti	2275	19394	21669	318.89	68.03	147.16	31.40
Tim Purpura	5217	4117	9334	136.88	5.41	146.65	5.80
Tony Reagins	1961	7694	9655	140.97	21.33	146.01	22.09
Mike Flanagan	2945	5358	8303	120.33	8.15	144.92	9.82
Larry Doughty	15571	26588	42159	609.44	35.4	144.56	8.40
Josh Byrnes	4229	18468	22697	326.78	47.26	143.97	20.82
Howard Fox	1642	3187	4829	68.36	5.5	141.56	11.39
Dan O’Brien, Jr.	7493	16218	23711	335.49	45.12	141.49	19.03
Robert Jr. Carpenter	5818	21829	27647	383.34	8.1	138.66	2.93
Bill Giles	4181	44190	48371	668.39	56.91	138.18	11.77
Chris Antonetti	0	706	706	9.51	1.14	134.70	16.15
John Mozeliak	3032	8653	11685	155.42	26.02	133.01	22.27
Mark Shapiro	10893	28554	39447	507.91	38.01	128.76	9.64
Jim Frey	6905	21034	27939	347.54	25.07	124.39	8.97
Tom Lasorda	14	0	14	0.17	-0.06	121.43	-42.86
Bill Smith	3252	2008	5260	63.44	0.68	120.61	1.29
Dave Wallace	1947	6912	8859	106.84	14.03	120.60	15.84
Jerry Walker	1328	7497	8825	92.23	5.56	104.51	6.30
Alex Anthopoulos	826	258	1084	7.64	-3.84	70.48	-35.42
Mike Hill	369	3433	3802	23.37	0.25	61.47	0.66
Mickey Cochrane	74	0	74	0.12	-0.44	16.22	-59.46
Jerry Dipoto	0	149	149	0	-0.58	0.00	-38.93

Executives – Overall Rankings

	by WS>75000 PA+BFP		by WAR>75000 PA+BFP	Avg	Rank
1	Bill Wood	1	Bill Wood	1	1
4	Bobby Cox	7	Bobby Cox	5.5	2
5	Hank Peters	6	Hank Peters	5.5	2
10	Walt Jocketty	3	Walt Jocketty	6.5	4
14	Larry Himes	2	Larry Himes	8	5
3	Dick Wagner	15	Dick Wagner	9	6
2	Chub Feeney	17	Chub Feeney	9.5	7
7	Gabe Paul	19	Gabe Paul	13	8
16	Harding Peterson	13	Harding Peterson	14.5	9
9	Dick O’Connell	24	Dick O’Connell	16.5	10
11	Jack McKeon	22	Jack McKeon	16.5	10
8	Gene Michael	26	Gene Michael	17	12
12	Charles Finley	23	Charles Finley	17.5	13
26	John Mullen	10	John Mullen	18	14
30	Tom Grieve	8	Tom Grieve	19	15
35	Gerry Hunsicker	5	Gerry Hunsicker	20	16
15	Joe Brown	28	Joe Brown	21.5	17
13	Gord Ash	32	Gord Ash	22.5	18
33	Mike Port	12	Mike Port	22.5	18
28	Lou Gorman	18	Lou Gorman	23	20
22	Calvin Griffith	25	Calvin Griffith	23.5	21
34	Lee MacPhail	14	Lee MacPhail	24	22
40	Dallas Green	9	Dallas Green	24.5	23
17	Frank Lane	34	Frank Lane	25.5	24
6	Paul Richards	46	Paul Richards	26	25
18	Cedric Tallis	36	Cedric Tallis	27	26
25	John Quinn	30	John Quinn	27.5	27
46	Murray Cook	11	Murray Cook	28.5	28
37	Pat Gillick	21	Pat Gillick	29	29
19	Sandy Alderson	41	Sandy Alderson	30	30
23	Jim Fanning	39	Jim Fanning	31	31
24	Dan Duquette	38	Dan Duquette	31	31
62	Haywood Sullivan	4	Haywood Sullivan	33	33
49	Joe Burke	20	Joe Burke	34.5	34
53	Ed Wade	16	Ed Wade	34.5	34
38	Woody Woodward	33	Woody Woodward	35.5	36
20	Harry Dalton	54	Harry Dalton	37	37
29	Frank Cashen	45	Frank Cashen	37	37
27	Ed Short	49	Ed Short	38	39
32	Buzzie Bavasi	48	Buzzie Bavasi	40	40
47	Fred Claire	35	Fred Claire	41	41
56	Brian Cashman	31	Brian Cashman	43.5	42
58	Doug Melvin	29	Doug Melvin	43.5	42
60	John Hart	27	John Hart	43.5	42
21	Spec Richardson	72	Spec Richardson	46.5	45
42	Bing Devine	53	Bing Devine	47.5	46
48	Jim Bowden	47	Jim Bowden	47.5	46
36	Al Rosen	61	Al Rosen	48.5	48
45	Joe Garagiola	52	Joe Garagiola	48.5	48
63	Bill DeWitt	37	Bill DeWitt	50	50
31	Joe McDonald	70	Joe McDonald	50.5	51
39	George Weiss	62	George Weiss	50.5	51
44	Dave Dombrowski	59	Dave Dombrowski	51.5	53
65	John Schuerholz	43	John Schuerholz	54	54
69	Billy Beane	40	Billy Beane	54.5	55
54	Herk Robinson	60	Herk Robinson	57	56
57	Al Campanis	57	Al Campanis	57	56
59	Hank Greenberg	55	Hank Greenberg	57	56
72	Bob Gebhard	42	Bob Gebhard	57	56
51	Ron Schueler	64	Ron Schueler	57.5	60
43	Terry Ryan	76	Terry Ryan	59.5	61
41	John McHale	79	John McHale	60	62
71	Dan O’Brien	50	Dan O’Brien	60.5	63
66	Andy MacPhail	56	Andy MacPhail	61	64
67	Lee Thomas	58	Lee Thomas	62.5	65
55	Jim Campbell	71	Jim Campbell	63	66
75	Bill Lajoie	51	Bill Lajoie	63	66
52	Paul Owens	75	Paul Owens	63.5	68
85	Ed Lynch	44	Ed Lynch	64.5	69
50	Bob Quinn, Sr.	82	Bob Quinn, Sr.	66	70
70	Dan O’Dowd	67	Dan O’Dowd	68.5	71
73	Cam Bonifay	68	Cam Bonifay	70.5	72
64	Dal Maxvill	78	Dal Maxvill	71	73
78	Horace Stoneham	65	Horace Stoneham	71.5	74
81	Bill Bavasi	63	Bill Bavasi	72	75
77	Roland Hemond	69	Roland Hemond	73	76
61	Branch Rickey	86	Branch Rickey	73.5	77
82	Eddie Robinson	66	Eddie Robinson	74	78
79	John Holland	73	John Holland	76	79
68	Fred Haney	85	Fred Haney	76.5	80
76	Chuck LaMar	81	Chuck LaMar	78.5	81
74	Bob Howsam	84	Bob Howsam	79	82
86	Brian Sabean	74	Brian Sabean	80	83
84	Kevin Towers	77	Kevin Towers	80.5	84
80	Joe Cronin	83	Joe Cronin	81.5	85
83	Roy Hamey	80	Roy Hamey	81.5	85

	by WS<75000 PA+BFP		by WAR<75000 PA+BFP	Avg	Rank

3	Bucky Harris	1	Bucky Harris	2	1
4	Ed Lopat	2	Ed Lopat	3	2
2	Warren Giles	4	Warren Giles	3	2
5	Ruben Amaro, Jr.	7	Ruben Amaro, Jr.	6	4
6	John Claiborne	9	John Claiborne	7.5	5
1	Walter Briggs	18	Walter Briggs	9.5	6
20	Andrew Friedman	3	Andrew Friedman	11.5	7
12	Billy Martin	12	Billy Martin	12	8
7	Paul DePodesta	19	Paul DePodesta	13	9
16	Jim Wilson	11	Jim Wilson	13.5	10
15	C.Comiskey J.Rigney	15	C.Comiskey J.Rigney	15	11
22	Jim Beattie	8	Jim Beattie	15	11
11	Fresco Thompson	20	Fresco Thompson	15.5	13
31	Charlie Fox	5	Charlie Fox	18	14
8	Rick Ferrell	28	Rick Ferrell	18	14
9	Dean Taylor	29	Dean Taylor	19	16
13	Clyde King	27	Clyde King	20	17
27	Dick Balderson	13	Dick Balderson	20	17
14	Charlie Gehringer	30	Charlie Gehringer	22	19
19	Parke Carroll	25	Parke Carroll	22	19
25	Steve Phillips	21	Steve Phillips	23	21
29	Bill Bergesch	22	Bill Bergesch	25.5	22
37	Theo Epstein	16	Theo Epstein	26.5	23
43	Jack Zduriencik	14	Jack Zduriencik	28.5	24
48	Stan Musial	10	Stan Musial	29	25
38	Dan Evans	26	Dan Evans	32	26
52	Mike Rizzo	17	Mike Rizzo	34.5	27
32	Jim Baumer	39	Jim Baumer	35.5	28
18	Ken Harrelson	54	Ken Harrelson	36	29
33	Ralph Houk	41	Ralph Houk	37	30
28	Joe Klein	47	Joe Klein	37.5	31
47	Bill Stoneman	34	Bill Stoneman	40.5	32
59	Neal Huntington	23	Neal Huntington	41	33
26	Stuart Holcomb	56	Stuart Holcomb	41	33
10	Herman Franks	73	Herman Franks	41.5	35
35	Peter Bavasi	51	Peter Bavasi	43	36
24	Wayne Krivsky	64	Wayne Krivsky	44	37
46	Marvin Milkes	43	Marvin Milkes	44.5	38
55	Syd Thrift	36	Syd Thrift	45.5	39
56	Tom Haller	35	Tom Haller	45.5	39
70	Frank Wren	24	Frank Wren	47	41
21	Bill Lucas	74	Bill Lucas	47.5	42
57	Allard Baird	40	Allard Baird	48.5	43
92	Ned Colletti	6	Ned Colletti	49	44
30	Bob Kennedy	69	Bob Kennedy	49.5	45
54	Dave Littlefield	45	Dave Littlefield	49.5	45
34	Phil Seghi	66	Phil Seghi	50	47
45	Tal Smith	55	Tal Smith	50	47
58	Whitey Herzog	42	Whitey Herzog	50	47
51	William Jr. Walsingham	52	William Jr. Walsingham	51.5	50
42	Mike Higgins	63	Mike Higgins	52.5	51
61	Kevin Malone	46	Kevin Malone	53.5	52
62	Bob Fontaine, Sr.	48	Bob Fontaine, Sr.	55	53
53	Hal Keller	57	Hal Keller	55	53
41	Dick Meyer	70	Dick Meyer	55.5	55
83	Billy Evans	31	Billy Evans	57	56
17	Bill Veeck	98	Bill Veeck	57.5	57
77	Bob Watson	38	Bob Watson	57.5	57
40	Alvin Dark	80	Alvin Dark	60	59
36	Bob Short	86	Bob Short	61	60
73	Dayton Moore	49	Dayton Moore	61	60
63	Pat Friday	62	Pat Friday	62.5	62
23	Salty Saltwell	102	Salty Saltwell	62.5	62
94	Tony Reagins	33	Tony Reagins	63.5	64
69	Sal Bando	59	Sal Bando	64	65
81	Art Ehlers	50	Art Ehlers	65.5	66
97	Josh Byrnes	37	Josh Byrnes	67	67
50	Jim Duquette	85	Jim Duquette	67.5	68
103	John Mozeliak	32	John Mozeliak	67.5	68
68	Ted Simmons	67	Ted Simmons	67.5	68
78	John Alevizos	58	John Alevizos	68	71
72	Wid Mathews	65	Wid Mathews	68.5	72
49	Al Harazin	91	Al Harazin	70	73
87	J.P. Ricciardi	53	J.P. Ricciardi	70	73
99	Dan O’Brien, Jr.	44	Dan O’Brien, Jr.	71.5	75
39	Eddie Chiles	106	Eddie Chiles	72.5	76
66	J. O’Toole H. Peterson	79	J. O’Toole H. Peterson	72.5	76
44	Jed Hoyer	104	Jed Hoyer	74	78
79	Joe McIlvaine	71	Joe McIlvaine	75	79
60	G. Paul T. Smith	94	G. Paul T. Smith	77	80
76	Jim Hendry	78	Jim Hendry	77	80
71	Muddy Ruel	83	Muddy Ruel	77	80
65	Johnny Murphy	92	Johnny Murphy	78.5	83
90	Jon Daniels	68	Jon Daniels	79	84
82	Ken Williams	76	Ken Williams	79	84
80	Arnold Johnson	81	Arnold Johnson	80.5	86
86	Dick Walsh	75	Dick Walsh	80.5	86
64	J.Beattie M.Flanagan	97	J.Beattie M.Flanagan	80.5	86
89	Larry Beinfest	72	Larry Beinfest	80.5	86
74	Randy Smith	87	Randy Smith	80.5	86
102	Chris Antonetti	60	Chris Antonetti	81	91
67	Dan Topping, Jr.	96	Dan Topping, Jr.	81.5	92
91	Omar Minaya	77	Omar Minaya	84	93
108	Dave Wallace	61	Dave Wallace	84.5	94
85	D. O’Brien E. Robinson	89	D. O’Brien E. Robinson	87	95
98	Howard Fox	84	Howard Fox	91	96
101	Bill Giles	82	Bill Giles	91.5	97
95	Mike Flanagan	88	Mike Flanagan	91.5	97
75	Ed Doherty	109	Ed Doherty	92	99
88	Bob Scheffing	99	Bob Scheffing	93.5	100
84	George Selkirk	103	George Selkirk	93.5	100
96	Larry Doughty	95	Larry Doughty	95.5	102
104	Mark Shapiro	90	Mark Shapiro	97	103
93	Tim Purpura	101	Tim Purpura	97	103
105	Jim Frey	93	Jim Frey	99	105
100	Robert Jr. Carpenter	105	Robert Jr. Carpenter	102.5	106
109	Jerry Walker	100	Jerry Walker	104.5	107
107	Bill Smith	107	Bill Smith	107	108
106	Tom Lasorda	112	Tom Lasorda	109	109
111	Mike Hill	108	Mike Hill	109.5	110
110	Alex Anthopoulos	110	Alex Anthopoulos	110	111
113	Jerry Dipoto	111	Jerry Dipoto	112	112
112	Mickey Cochrane	113	Mickey Cochrane	112.5	113

References and Resources

Baseball America – Executive Database Baseball-Reference Google Newspaper Archives James, Bill. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. New York, NY.: The Free Press, 2001. Print. James, Bill, with Jim Henzler. Win Shares. Morton Grove, Ill.: STATS, 2002. Print. Retrosheet – Transactions Database Seamheads – Baseball Gauge Sean Lahman Baseball Archive

Corrections

The opening paragraph was inadvertently omitted from the original post. I revised the article on 9/13/2016 to include this paragraph.

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I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

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“Hardball Retrospective – Addendum 2014 to 2016” supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each “original” team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 – 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.

“Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. A cross-section of essays that I penned for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog spanning nearly a decade touching on subjects including “Taking the Extra Base”, “General Manager Scorecard”, “Worst Trades”, “BABIP By Location” and “Baseball Birthplaces and the Retro World Baseball Classic”. Rediscover your favorite hardball arcade and simulations in “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” or take a deep dive into every franchise’s minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations in “Minors vs. Majors”.

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Hardball Retrospective: Sustained Mediocrity

Derek Bain — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:29:25 +0000

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In “Hardball Retrospective: Evaluating Scouting and Development Outcomes for the Modern-Era Franchises”, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original team. Consequently, Reggie Jackson is listed on the Athletics roster for the duration of his career while the Mets claim Tom Seaver and the Cardinals declare Steve Carlton. I calculated revised standings for every season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s original players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the original teams are compared against the real-time or actual team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills. Please see my related article regarding Sustained Excellence. “Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital formats via Amazon and other book retailers. Additional statistics and charts are posted on TuataraSoftware.com.

Terminology

OWAR – Wins Above Replacement for players on “original” teams OWS – Win Shares for players on “original” teams OPW% – Pythagorean Won-Loss record for the “original” teams OSM – Original Sustained Mediocrity – # of consecutive seasons where the “Original” team finished below the League Average in Wins Above Replacement and Win Shares ASM – Actual Sustained Mediocrity – # of consecutive seasons where the “Actual” team finished below the League Average in Wins Above Replacement and Win Shares nWAR – players with negative totals in Wins Above Replacement with at least 300 plate appearances or 100 innings pitched in a single season

Expansion Teams

The average expansion team required 12 seasons to procure and develop player rosters with enough ability to exceed the League Average in Wins Above Replacement and Win Shares. The Mets achieved the goal in eight seasons while the bulk of the expansion franchises attained this milestone within 10 years. The Padres merit honorable mention (9 seasons). Four teams lagged behind the pack including the Angels, Blue Jays, Rangers and Rockies. The Halos failed to reach the OWS League Average until 1983 (the club’s 23^rd season) and expended another decade before breaking even with the League in OWAR!

Sustained Mediocrity

The Mets and Yankees tied for first place with the fewest consecutive seasons of “Sustained Mediocrity” or OSM (Original Sustained Mediocrity) at 7 seasons. However the Mets’ struggles occurred during the team’s infancy and the club quickly established a talent base. Consequently let’s look at the Mets five-year OSM period from 1992-96. Lenny Dykstra was the lone Mets outfielder to play in at least 100 games during this stretch. “Nails” logged 160 games in center fielder and placed runner-up in the 1993 NL MVP balloting. He led the League with 194 hits, 143 runs scored and 129 walks along with career-bests in doubles (44), home runs (19), RBI (66) and stolen bases (37). Kevin Mitchell batted .333 over a two-year period (1993-94) with 49 jacks but he missed 136 games due to injuries. nWAR contributors include Jose J. Bautista (3-8, 6.44 in ‘95), Pete Schourek (5-12, 5.96 in ’93), Paul Wilson (5-12, 5.38 in ’96) and Anthony Young (3-30, 3.98 combined in 1992-93) along with batsmen Edgardo Alfonzo (.261/4/40 in ’96), Hubie Brooks (.216/8/36), Todd Hundley (.228/11/53 in ’93) and Gregg Jefferies (1996). Returning to the renovated Yankee Stadium in 1976, the “Original” Pinstripers scuffled over the next seven seasons. None of the Bombers’ infielders or right fielders registered a WAR above 2.0 and several furnished substandard campaigns including Juan Bernhardt (.243/7/30 in ’77), Damaso Garcia (1980), Mario Guerrero (.239/2/23 in ’80) and Charlie Spikes (.237/3/31 in ’76). Stan Bahnsen (9-11, 5.00 in ’77), Jim Beattie (5-15, 4.85), Ken Clay (2-7, 4.63), LaMarr Hoyt (1980), Tim Lollar (2-8, 6.10 in ‘81), Doc Medich (1977 and 1982) and Chris Welsh (8-8, 4.91 in ’82) floundered for the mound crew. Ron Guidry compensated for the hurlers as the lefty known as “Gator” or “Louisiana Lightning” averaged 17 victories and 176 punch-outs per season (1977-82) with a 2.88 ERA. Arizona paced all expansion teams with the fewest OSM (8) and ASM (2) seasons. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Angels endured 22 consecutive campaigns below the League average in OWAR and OWS from the club’s inception in 1961 through 1982. Shortstop Marty Perez labored through his first three Major League seasons (1971-73), averaging .235 with 4 home runs and 39 RBI while posting a combined nWAR of -1.9. The lineup was further diminished by the output of second basemen Doug Griffin (.253/1/31 from 1971-75) and Jerry Remy (.280/0/47 in ‘82). Halo hurlers Tom Bradley (8-11, 5.16 in ’74), Andy Hassler (3-12, 5.94 in ’75), Don Kirkwood (1976), Dick Lange (1975) and Marty Pattin (7-12, 5.62 in ’69) contributed to the misery. Balancing the Angels’ ledger, Andy “Bluto” Messersmith fashioned an ERA of 2.67 with 15 victories per year from 1969-75 while Frank Tanana delivered 16 wins and a 2.86 ERA over a five-year stretch (1974-78). Other expansion teams suffered OSM growing pains in the early stages of development including Montreal (9 OSM seasons), San Diego (9), Florida (10), Tampa Bay (10), Seattle (11), Toronto (13), Colorado (14) and Texas (17). Dave W. Roberts batted a paltry .167 in 1974 and Mike Champion notched a .229 BA with 1 dinger and 43 ribbies for the Padres in ’77. Andy Larkin was pummeled to the tune of a 9.64 ERA and 2.089 WHIP in 14 starts for the 1998 Marlins. On the other hand, Houston, Kansas City and Milwaukee succumbed to productivity slumps long after the franchises were fruitful. The Astros 14-year recession started in 1982 as the farm system failed to yield any shortstops with a WAR above 2.0 along with a dearth of outfielders until Luis E. Gonzalez and Kenny Lofton emerged in the early Nineties. The Royals were unable to deliver any right fielders or shortstops during a nine-year OSM famine spanning 1995-2003. Quality moundsmen were in short supply throughout the Brewers 12-year OSM run (2001-12). Manny Parra notched 11 victories in 27 starts for the ’09 crew despite a 6.36 ERA and a 1.829 WHIP. Allen Levrault furnished a 6-10 record with a 6.06 ERA in 2001 and Steve W. Sparks posted an 8-16 mark along with a 5.52 ERA one year later. Traveling back to the beginning of the 20^th century, the Cardinals accrued 8 OSM seasons from 1901-08. George “Deerfoot” Barclay managed to play in 127 contests despite a .205 BA in ’04. Chappy Charles (.205/1/17) supplied similar numbers in his rookie campaign (1908) while Pete Childs pulled off a .198 BA with no home runs and 25 ribbies for the ’02 squad. Cleveland suffered a nine-year drought covering 1909-17. “Harvard” Eddie Grant logged 532 plate appearances in 1911 in spite of a .223 BA and four years later Bill Wambsganss recorded a .195 BA. The Browns/Orioles and the Dodgers tied for the runner-up slot among the worst OSM totals in Major League history with 37 seasons apiece. Brooklyn’s futility commenced in 1908 as Phil Lewis forged an underwhelming .219 BA in 444 plate appearances. Johnny Babich fashioned a 7-14 record with a 6.66 ERA in 24 starts for “Dem Bums” in 1935. Hal “Skeets” Gregg paced the League with 137 free passes, 120 earned runs, 10 wild pitches and 9 hit batsmen in ’44. Lonny Frey was the first Dodgers shortstop to accrue at least 2.0 WAR in a single season (1934). Jim Levey sandwiched batting averages of .209 and .195 around a .280 campaign in 1932 for the Browns. Ernie Wingard fashioned a record of 2-13 along with a 6.56 ERA and a WHIP of 1.868 for the ’27 crew. St. Louis’ first-sackers fell below the 2.0 WAR standards for the duration of this period, bookended by George Sisler (.420/8/105 in ’22) and Roy “Squirrel” Sievers (.295/28/93 in ’60). Jose Lima’s career coincides with Detroit’s 13-season OSM sequence. “Lima Time” managed to compile a 5.26 career ERA and yield 32 home runs per 162 games. The Cubbies went into hibernation from 1974-87. Chicago botched the replacement of Ron Santo at the hot corner as none of the Cubs’ third basemen registered at least 2.0 WAR from 1973-2001. Likewise the organization proved deficient at the backstop and keystone positions for nearly three decades (1963-1991)! Using the same criteria the Giants have not produced a worthwhile outfielder since Marvin Benard and Chris Singleton (1999). Robby Thompson was the last Giants’ second baseman of note (.312/19/65 in ’93). The Senators / Twins were deficient in the selection and cultivation of catchers and shortstops during a 16-year OSM run covering 1946-61. The organization spent more than 30 seasons seeking an effective backstop following Jake Early’s All-Star campaign in 1943. The Athletics recorded 18 successive years below the League average in WAR and Win Shares including the entirety of the club’s stopover in Kansas City. Carl Schieb delivered a 3-10 mark with an ERA of 7.22 for the 1950 squad while Arnie Portocarrero (2-7, 6.80 in ’59) was similarly ineffective. Pittsburgh endured nearly two decades of ineptness (1940-57) which corresponds with a developmental gap at first base for the Buccos. Subsequent to Gus Suhr’s lone All-Star appearance in ’36, the Pirates fruitlessly searched for a replacement until Dick “Dr. Strangeglove” Stuart slugged 27 round-trippers in his first full season (1959). The Boston Braves, briefly renamed the “Bees” in 1936, were unable to extract any honey from the hive over a twenty-year stretch (1920-39). The void at the corners presented substantial concerns. “Who’s on First?” remained an unanswered query for 30+ seasons after Fred Tenney tallied 101 runs for the ’08 crew. Si Johnson composed a record of 12-33 with a 5.60 ERA (1934-35) at the tail end of Cincinnati’s 21 consecutive OSM seasons (1915-35). The Reds toiled for three decades without substantial production from shortstop. In spite of Babe Ruth’s presence in the lineup the Red Sox declined dramatically in the years between World War I and II. Red Ruffing was the lone contributor in the rotation, surpassing the 20 Win Shares plateau in 6 campaigns. The White Sox reeled off an astounding 35 straight seasons of incompetence. Rival batsmen pounced on Pat Caraway (10-24, 6.22 in ’31), Vic Frazier (3-13, 6.23 in ’32), Doug McWeeny (4-10, 6.10 in ’29) and Russ “Mad Monk” Meyer (9-11, 5.30 in ’50). The Philadelphia Phillies own the longest consecutive OSM streak in Major League history at an incredible 38 seasons (1912-49). Infielders Heinie Sand (.211/0/38 in ’28) and Del Young (.194/0/24 in ’37) cracked the -3.0 nWAR list. Seven pitchers dispensed nWAR campaigns of -2.0 or worse including Huck Betts, Lefty Hoerst, Hugh Mulcahy, Eppa Rixey, Charley Schanz, Curt Simmons and Charlie Sproull. The Giants and Yankees share the best ASM (Actual Sustained Mediocrity) among the “Turn of the Century” franchises with 4 seasons apiece. Pittsburgh established the record for futility with 20 ASM seasons covering the 1993-2012 campaigns, surpassing the previous record of 16 seasons shared by the Phillies (1933-48) and Red Sox (1919-34).

Franchise	OWAR/OWS< LeagueAvg	Consecutive Seasons OSM	AWAR/OWS< LeagueAvg	ConsecutiveSeasons ASM
NYM	7	1962-1968	7	1962-1968
			7	1977-1983
NYY	7	1976-1982	4
ARI	8	1998-2005	2
STL	8	1901-1908	9	1905-1913
CLE	9	1909-1917	7	1987-1993
KCR	9	1995-2003	9	2004-2012
SDP	9	1969-1977	9	1969-1977
	9	2005-2013
WSN	9	1969-1977	6	2006-2011
FLA	10	1993-2002	3
TBD	10	1998-2007	10	1998-2007
SEA	11	1977-1987	10	1977-1986
MIL	12	2001-2012	12	1993-2004
DET	13	1994-2006	6	1994-1999
TOR	13	1977-1989	6	1977-1982
CHC	14	1974-1987	5	1947-1951
			5	1953-1957
COL	14	1993-2006	5	2002-2006
HOU	14	1982-1995	7	1962-1968
SFG	14	2000-2013	4
MIN	16	1946-1961	11	1901-1911
TEX	17	1961-1977	8	1961-1968
OAK	18	1950-1967	15	1953-1967
PIT	18	1940-1957	20	1993-2012
ATL	20	1920-1939	11	1903-1913
CIN	21	1915-1935	9	1929-1937
			9	1945-1953
LAA	22	1961-1982	6	1971-1976
BOS	23	1918-1940	16	1919-1934
CHW	35	1927-1961	9	1927-1935
BAL	37	1923-1959	11	1930-1940
			11	1946-1956
LAD	37	1908-1944	9	1904-1912
PHI	38	1912-1949	16	1933-1948

References and Resources

Baseball America – Executive Database Baseball-Reference James, Bill, with Jim Henzler. Win Shares. Morton Grove, Ill.: STATS, 2002. Print. Retrosheet – Transactions Database Seamheads – Baseball Gauge Sean Lahman Baseball Archive

About the Author

I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

** NOTE ** This article was originally posted on Seamheads.com, February 4, 2015.

Baseball Birthplaces and the Retro World Baseball Classic

Derek Bain — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:23:03 +0000

Upon the conclusion of the 2017 World Baseball Classic (the fourth iteration of the tournament which began in 2006), I started to wonder how the rosters would have looked in previous years. Using stricter rules for roster construction (basing all rosters on birthplace alone, 20-year periods between tournaments and additional stipulations outlined in the Methodology section below), I assembled regional teams and organized the players and lineups.

The complete set of Retro WBC rosters along with every ballplayer listed by birthplace (grouped by cities and states/countries) can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZS1FywxCTsznmxtqvYVRFhWREZegNQZmYOZq9v5jKHQ/pubhtml

Methodology

I imported the Master file from the 2016 Sean Lahman Baseball database into RStudio. I assigned a “DebutDecade” to each player based on their MLB debut date and merged the resulting table with Win Shares and WAR data acquired from the Baseball Gauge @ Seamheads.

I sorted the players by birthplace, debut date and highest single-season Win Shares totals to create three sets of rosters:

Retro World Baseball Classic

Ballplayers by Birthplaces – Cities

Ballplayers by Birthplaces – States or Countries

The Retro World Baseball Classic rosters are compiled using the following rules:

Teams are broken into regions (states, countries or groups thereof)
Regions must have at least 40 players (there are several exceptions)
States with more than 100 players in any selected group are granted team status
Rosters are grouped by “DebutDecade” as defined below
I have added a number of Negro League and Japanese League players to rosters. However, WAR and/or Win Shares totals are absent from the calculations.

Terminology

DebutDecade – grouping of ballplayers based on their Major League debut date. All players making their debut from 1871 through 1900 receive the “1900” DebutDecade designation. After 1900, players are arranged in groups of twenty seasons. Thus, players making their MLB debut from 1901-1920 are classified as “1920”, 1921-1940 are listed as “1940”, etc. up to “2020” which covers 2001-2016.

As defined by Baseball-Reference.com Bullpen:

WAR – Wins Above Replacement “a total-player-value statistic … (which) attempts to measure a player’s value – expressed in wins – over that which would have been contributed by a fictional ‘replacement-level player’ (essentially a AAA-quality player who can be readily acquired by a team at any time for the league’s minimum salary) in the same amount of playing time.”

WS – Win Shares “calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James. The statistic is meant to assess a player’s value in terms of his ability to help his team win games.”

WAR and WS statistics courtesy of Baseball Gauge @ Seamheads

Best of the Retro WBC

The leaderboards for the Retro World Baseball Classic rosters are based on the single-season Win Shares totals for the top forty players on each squad. The “1900” teams dominate the charts primarily due to pitching usage along with a variety of rules changes prior to the Modern Era. In the early years, the idea of a pitching rotation did not exist and pitchers were not allowed to throw overhand. This allowed teams to carry one pitcher on their roster and in many instances, this individual started every game. Pitchers accrued extremely high innings totals as compared to today’s hurlers. As such, Win Shares totals for aces in the late 1800’s can easily exceed 50+. So it is necessary to adjust for those factors when making player and team comparisons across eras.

There are two charts below. The “Team Total Win Shares” chart simply lists every Retro WBC squad in descending order from highest to lowest team total Win Shares based on the top single-season totals on their 40-man roster. The “Debut Decade” chart groups the teams by their DebutDecade (1900, 1920, 1940, etc.) sorted by team total Win Shares.

1900 Pennsylvania

Honus Wagner (.354/10/109) paced the Senior Circuit in virtually every major offensive category including WAR (13) and Win Shares (56.7) in 1908. “The Flying Dutchman” collected his sixth batting title and topped the leaderboards in base hits (201), doubles (39), triples (19), RBI, stolen bases (53), OBP (.415), SLG (.542) and total bases (308).

In the Union Association’s lone season of existence (1884), Fred Dunlap delivered a .412 BA, swatted 13 big-flies and registered 160 tallies. Guy Hecker (52-20, 1.80 in 1884), George “Grin” Bradley (45-19, 1.23), Jim A. Devlin (35-25, 2.25), John “Monte” Ward (39-24, 1.74) and Matt Kilroy (46-19, 3.07) all recorded at least 50 Win Shares in their elite seasons.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Jimmy Sheckard	LF	10.47	33.25	Guy Hecker	P	24.41	82.98
Fielder Jones	CF	5.29	32.60	George Bradley	P	18.38	62.37
Harry Stovey	RF	7.02	31.37	Jim Devlin	P	13.78	55.09
Henry Larkin	OF	4.96	31.42	John Ward	P	12.71	53.18
Harry H. Davis	1B	6.27	27.07	Matt Kilroy	P	15.73	52.47
Fred Dunlap	2B	9.44	42.69	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Hughie Jennings	SS	8.41	35.83	Mike Smith	P	12.70	48.56
Honus Wagner	3B/SS	13.07	56.68	Jack Stivetts	P	8.20	45.64
Jocko Milligan	C	3.74	22.26	Bill Sweeney	P	4.88	45.00
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Dick McBride	P	17.02	42.75
Roy Thomas	OF	5.81	31.06	Christy Mathewson	P	12.69	39.63
Orator Shafer	OF	6.18	30.01
Oyster Burns	SS	3.80	28.25
Danny Murphy	2B	5.65	26.21
Bobby Wallace	SS	6.78	26.03
Charlie Bennett	C	3.64	21.64

1900 New York

The old-time New York squad also featured a quintet of workhorses on the mound with 50+ Win Shares, led by Charles Radbourn (59-12, 1.38). “Old Hoss” completed each of his 73 starts, amassing 441 strikeouts in 678.2 innings pitched while posting a WHIP of 0.922. Cy Seymour (.377/8/121) topped the NL in BA, hits (219), doubles (40), triples (21), RBI, SLG (.559) and total bases (325) during a brilliant 1905 campaign. The Gotham group encompassed 11 batsmen with at least 30 Win Shares.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Mike Griffin	LF	5.44	31.21	Old Hoss Radbourn	P	22.65	88.68
Cy Seymour	CF	9.51	40.29	Jim Whitney	P	15.54	54.19
King Kelly	RF	8.01	37.17	Mickey Welch	P	13.93	53.15
Jimmy Collins	DH/3B	7.89	31.71	Larry Corcoran	P	11.90	53.13
Dan Brouthers	1B	8.66	36.05	Will White	P	18.11	53.03
Bid McPhee	2B	6.25	28.11	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Bill Dahlen	SS	7.58	31.92	Ed Morris	P	13.69	49.18
John McGraw	3B	8.51	34.75	Lady Baldwin	P	17.26	48.22
Deacon White	C	4.30	22.88	Ice Box Chamberlain	P	11.40	43.33
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	George Zettlein	P	13.90	42.21
George Davis	SS	6.78	30.68	Terry Larkin	P	5.73	40.04
Tommy Leach	OF	7.41	30.47
Dave Orr	1B	5.96	30.29
Willie Keeler	OF	6.88	30.06
Ezra Sutton	3B	4.94	28.37
Fred Jacklitsch	C	1.63	15.52

2000 California

Twenty offensive players on the top California crew achieved 30+ Win Shares in their definitive seasons. Seven-time NL MVP Barry Bonds (.328/73/137) established the single-season home run record in 2001, surpassing teammate Mark McGwire’s total of 70 from the 1998 campaign. Randy D. Johnson (24-5, 2.32) notched his fourth consecutive Cy Young award in 2002. The “Big Unit” supplied 20 wins and 354 strikeouts per year with a 2.48 ERA during that stretch.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Barry Bonds	LF	11.64	50.20	Randy D. Johnson	P	9.05	28.79
Jim Edmonds	CF	8.68	36.14	Kevin Appier	P	8.43	26.92
Kevin Mitchell	RF	7.95	39.17	Mike Witt	P	5.92	22.78
Jason Giambi	DH/1B	8.53	38.33	Darryl Kile	P	6.05	21.31
Mark McGwire	1B	8.75	39.38	Mark Langston	P	6.97	20.88
Jeff Kent	2B	7.55	36.89	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Nomar Garciaparra	SS	6.47	31.39	Mark Eichhorn	P	7.39	21.19
Ken Caminiti	3B	8.89	35.47	John Wetteland	P	4.92	20.57
Jason Kendall	C	6.35	25.68	Trevor Hoffman	P	4.29	19.84
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Doug Jones	P	3.47	19.48
Willie McGee	OF	7.73	35.98	Robb Nen	P	3.76	18.40
Tony Gwynn	OF	5.40	35.24
Lenny Dykstra	OF	7.46	35.08
Bret Boone	2B	5.95	34.93
Derrek Lee	1B	7.48	34.02
Mike Lieberthal	C	4.35	21.40

1900 Massachusetts

The fearsome foursome of Tim Keefe (41-27, 2.41), John Clarkson (49-19, 1.73), Charlie Buffinton (48-16, 2.15) and Jack Chesbro (41-12, 1.82) attained 50 Win Shares status. Candy Cummings contributed 35 victories with a 1.60 ERA and 0.964 WHIP in 1875.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Joe Kelley	LF	7.03	31.63	Tim Keefe	P	19.47	68.73
Jimmy Ryan	CF	5.61	34.72	John Clarkson	P	20.80	67.37
Adonis Terry	RF	8.58	39.70	Charlie Buffinton	P	22.43	64.98
Dick Burns	DH/OF	4.84	42.51	Jack Chesbro	P	14.65	53.39
Tommy Tucker	1B	6.64	31.86	Candy Cummings	P	16.07	43.16
Tom O’Brien	2B	1.86	18.63	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Frank Fennelly	SS	4.24	24.47	Dupee Shaw	P	9.05	39.81
Duke Farrell	3B	3.88	24.65	Frank Dwyer	P	8.19	31.26
Wilbert Robinson	C	1.55	14.43	George Derby	P	10.69	31.07
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Jocko Flynn	P	6.77	26.72
Tommy McCarthy	OF	6.32	29.01	Bill Donovan	P	5.43	25.28
Jimmy Barrett	OF	5.78	25.59
Ed Crane	OF	2.03	24.92
Fred Tenney	1B	5.09	23.38
John Morrill	1B	4.63	21.97
Barney Gilligan	C	1.96	13.48

1960 South

The Southern outfield trio of Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron eclipsed 40 Win Shares in their finest seasons. “The Mick” claimed back-to-back AL MVP honors in 1956-57, earning the Triple Crown in ’56 and posting career-highs in batting average (.365) and bases on balls (146) in the subsequent campaign. The “Say Hey Kid” collected 12 consecutive Gold Glove awards (1957-1968) and merited 1965 NL MVP honors with 52 four-baggers, a .398 OBP and .645 SLG. “Hammerin’ Hank” entered the 30/30 club in 1963, leading the circuit with 44 long balls, 130 ribbies, 121 runs and a .586 SLG while pilfering 31 bases in 36 tries. Willie “Stretch” McCovey (.320/45/126) captured 1969 NL MVP honors and sixteen-time Gold Glove third-sacker Brooks Robinson (.317/28/118) secured the 1964 AL MVP award. The USA South region consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee (Texas would have been included geographically, however it has enough players to field its own team).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Billy L. Williams	LF	6.28	32.72	Mel Parnell	P	8.43	30.72
Willie Mays	CF	10.59	45.14	Jim Bunning	P	9.22	29.48
Hank Aaron	RF	9.82	41.51	Virgil Trucks	P	7.44	27.35
Mickey Mantle	DH/OF	10.11	50.45	Johnny Sain	P	8.76	27.31
Willie McCovey	1B	8.66	39.78	Howie Pollet	P	6.83	25.53
Jim Gilliam	2B	5.22	28.13	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Al Dark	SS	5.47	27.84	Lindy McDaniel	P	5.72	24.88
Brooks Robinson	3B	6.88	34.65	Ellis Kinder	P	4.87	23.56
Tim McCarver	C	5.47	31.57	Johnny Beazley	P	5.13	20.99
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Eddie Fisher	P	3.30	20.58
Vada Pinson	OF	4.91	32.34	Hank Wyse	P	6.37	25.41
Johnny Callison	OF	8.83	32.15
Monte Irvin	OF	7.12	29.21
Don Mincher	1B	4.73	27.50
Lou Klein	2B	6.59	25.63
Ed Bailey	C	4.40	22.74

1940 South

Dizzy Dean (30-7, 2.66) seized 1934 NL MVP honors after “Arkansas Hummingbird” Lon Warneke (22-6, 2.37) placed runner-up in the balloting two years earlier. Arky Vaughan (.385/19/99) claimed his lone batting title and topped the NL in OBP (.491) and SLG (.607) in 1935. Eleven-time All-Star right fielder Mel Ott (.326/35/135) topped the Senior Circuit in home runs and RBI in 1934. Paul “Big Poison” Waner (.380/9/131) secured his first batting title along with 1927 NL MVP honors in his sophomore season. Satchel Paige fashioned a 2.23 ERA with a 0.851 WHIP while winning 13 of 15 contests in 1934.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Heinie Manush	LF	5.20	33.95	Dizzy Dean	P	9.19	34.48
Stan Spence	CF	6.35	32.83	Lon Warneke	P	7.90	30.33
Paul Waner	RF	7.97	35.25	Ted Lyons	P	8.47	29.31
Mel Ott	DH/OF	6.69	37.54	Bill C. Lee	P	9.14	27.93
Roy Cullenbine	1B/OF	5.36	30.35	Early Wynn	P	8.59	27.53
Buddy Myer	2B	3.97	32.08	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Pee Wee Reese	SS	6.39	32.38	Satchel Paige	P
Arky Vaughan	3B/SS	9.82	39.49	Claude Passeau	P	8.82	26.39
Bill Dickey	C	6.31	33.13	Harry Brecheen	P	9.90	27.08
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Lefty Stewart	P	8.42	26.65
Earle Combs	OF	6.92	31.27	Tommy Bridges	P	6.41	26.38
Bob L. Johnson	OF	6.65	30.71
Pepper Martin	3B	6.17	29.14
Lloyd Waner	OF	2.56	28.06
Riggs Stephenson	OF	4.65	26.65
Rudy York	1B/C	5.09	26.02

1980 California

Tom Seaver aka “The Franchise” claimed his first of three NL Cy Young awards in 1969 with a record of 25-7 and an ERA of 2.21. Randy Jones (22-14, 2.74 in ‘76) and Mike Scott (18-10, 2.22 in ‘86) also secured the Cy Young trophies in their finest seasons. Eleven batters eclipsed the 30 Win Shares plateau for the California crew. Keith “Mex” Hernandez (.311/15/94) and Alan Trammell (.343/28/105) finished runner-up in the 1984 NL and 1987 AL MVP races, respectively.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Roy White	LF	8.44	33.03	Tom Seaver	P	7.24	31.89
Bobby Bonds	CF	6.76	32.46	Randy Jones	P	7.03	27.81
Jeff Burroughs	RF	4.57	31.57	Bill Singer	P	6.15	26.78
Eddie Murray	DH/1B	6.54	32.82	Mike Scott	P	8.58	26.09
Keith Hernandez	1B	6.85	33.17	Dave Stieb	P	7.99	25.59
Jim Lefebvre	2B	6.80	25.71	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Alan Trammell	SS	7.93	35.12	Dan Quisenberry	P	5.82	27.52
Darrell Evans	3B	8.93	32.06	Bob James	P	4.26	22.15
Gary Carter	C	5.69	33.45	Tug McGraw	P	4.83	21.21
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Dick Selma	P	5.90	20.56
Jim Fregosi	SS	6.77	32.56	Dave Righetti	P	4.55	20.08
Dwight Evans	OF	5.85	30.90
Mitchell Page	OF	6.22	29.58
Joe Rudi	OF	6.89	29.31
Bobby Tolan	OF	6.97	29.16
Joe Ferguson	C	5.86	27.17

1980 South

Ron Guidry (25-3, 1.74) aka “Louisiana Lightning” collected the 1978 AL Cy Young award while finishing runner-up in the MVP balloting. Vida Blue (24-8, 1.82) seized both awards during a stunning season in 1971. In the midst of winning ten consecutive Gold Glove awards, Johnny Bench (.270/40/125) coaxed 100 walks and collected the 1972 NL MVP trophy. George Foster (.320/52/149) and Dave “Cobra” Parker (.334/30/117) secured NL MVP honors in successive seasons (1977-78). Bobby Murcer established career-highs in 1971 with a .331 BA and a League-leading .427 OBP. Willie “Pops” Stargell (.299/44/119) warranted runner-up status in the 1973 NL MVP following a season in which he led the circuit in doubles (43), home runs, RBI and SLG (.646).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Willie Wilson	LF	8.54	31.52	Ron Guidry	P	10.13	31.23
Bobby Murcer	CF	6.94	37.01	Vida Blue	P	9.52	30.02
Dave Parker	RF	7.17	37.21	Don Sutton	P	6.30	23.92
George Foster	DH/OF	8.18	31.38	J. R. Richard	P	5.48	23.85
Willie Stargell	1B/OF	6.46	35.77	Doyle Alexander	P	6.10	22.91
Phil Garner	2B	5.03	23.64	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Ozzie Smith	SS	5.30	32.51	Ken Tatum	P	5.31	19.18
Tommy Harper	3B	7.43	33.31	Lee Smith	P	5.04	18.63
Johnny Bench	C	8.86	39.46	Cecil Upshaw	P	4.21	15.84
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Frank Linzy	P	4.25	15.08
Rusty Staub	OF	5.10	31.32	Chuck Taylor	P	4.16	14.34
Lou Brock	OF	5.81	30.96
Cleon Jones	OF	6.46	30.24
Reggie Smith	OF	7.09	29.39
Bill Madlock	3B	3.83	25.52
Rick Dempsey	C	4.48	17.04

1900 Northeast

The smallest of the 50 United States, Rhode Island is home to the top two batsmen on the 1900 Northeast squad. Nap Lajoie (.384/4/76) notched his fifth batting championship, pacing the American League in base hits (227), doubles (51) and total bases (304) in 1910. “Sir” Hugh Duffy (.440/18/145) manhandled the opposition in 1894, leading the Senior Circuit in batting average, base hits (237), doubles (51), home runs, and total bases (374). Roger Connor paced the NL in batting average (.371), OBP (.435) and safeties during the 1885 season. “Sliding” Billy Hamilton tied his personal-best with 111 stolen bases and lit up the competition for a .340 BA with 141 aces, 179 base knocks, 102 bases on balls and a .453 OBP (all League-bests) in 1891. “Wild” Bill Hutchinson completed 188 of 194 starts over a three-year period (1890-92) in which he averaged 40 victories with an ERA of 2.76. The USA Northeast region encompasses Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Rhode Island (Massachusetts and New York fielded their own teams).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Billy Hamilton	LF	8.18	35.11	Bill Hutchinson	P	11.54	52.93
George Gore	CF	5.32	31.74	Kid Gleason	P	12.83	43.14
Hugh Duffy	RF	6.58	35.72	George Haddock	P	11.56	35.62
Hardy Richardson	DH/OF	7.34	34.03	Henry Porter	P	6.64	31.98
Roger Connor	1B	9.52	35.15	Ed Daily	P	5.53	31.62
Nap Lajoie	2B	11.63	46.19	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Freddy Parent	SS	7.10	29.29	Lee Viau	P	3.69	30.54
Billy Shindle	3B	5.85	28.11	Red Donahue	P	6.54	29.43
Jim Keenan	C	2.62	14.00	Fred Goldsmith	P	7.77	28.75
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Tom Lovett	P	6.78	27.37
Mike Tiernan	OF	5.71	29.55	Fred Klobedanz	P	4.56	24.43
Danny Green	OF	4.88	27.11
Arlie Latham	3B	4.69	26.97
Jim O’Rourke	OF	4.30	26.30
Jimmy Cooney	SS	4.33	21.85
Morgan Murphy	C	-0.27	9.76

1900 Ohio

Cy Young (36-12, 1.93) completed all but one of his 49 starts and topped the NL leaderboards in victories, ERA, shutouts (9) and WHIP (1.062) in 1892. Ed Seward won 35 of his 57 starts, whiffed a League-best 272 opponents and fashioned an ERA of 2.01 with a 0.993 WHIP in 1888. “Big” Ed Delahanty (.410/9/137) secured his first batting title in 1899 while pacing the League in base hits (238), doubles (55), RBI and SLG (.582).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Ed Delahanty	LF	7.75	40.38	Cy Young	P	16.24	47.62
Dummy Hoy	CF	4.66	31.96	Ed Seward	P	13.42	42.41
Elmer Flick	RF	6.58	33.70	Lee Richmond	P	9.77	41.09
Curt Welch	DH/OF	4.88	30.06	Jack Taylor	P	10.05	31.30
John Reilly	1B	6.31	30.07	Brickyard Kennedy	P	7.17	29.64
Kid Elberfeld	2B/SS	4.93	24.55	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Ed McKean	SS	3.83	26.32	Sam Leever	P	6.87	27.34
Denny Lyons	3B	4.83	30.05	Nick Altrock	P	5.29	25.35
Roger Bresnahan	C	4.83	27.84	George Hemming	P	8.65	23.54
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	John Ewing	P	6.71	22.33
Jake Stenzel	OF	4.89	29.03	Bill Stemmyer	P	2.73	22.21
Bill Bradley	3B	7.76	28.94
Topsy Hartsel	OF	4.70	28.77
Kip Selbach	OF	5.67	27.86
Buck Ewing	C	5.85	26.91
Lefty Marr	3B	4.28	24.58

1980 Midwest

1988 NL MVP Kirk Gibson (.290/25/76) successfully stole 31 bases in 35 attempts and registered a career-high 106 runs. Dave Winfield (.308/34/118) paced the circuit in RBI and total bases (333) while collecting the first of seven Gold Glove awards in ‘79. The catching corps consisted of a trio of perennial All-Star backstops – Bill Freehan (.263/25/84 in ’68), Darrell Porter (.291/20/112 in ’79) and Ted “Simba” Simmons (.332/18/100 in ’75). Frank Tanana composed a 19-10 record with a 2.43 ERA and a League-best WHIP of 0.988 to place third in the 1976 AL Cy Young vote. The USA Midwest region is comprised of Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin (Illinois fielded their own squad in 1980).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Kirk Gibson	LF	7.61	34.16	Frank Tanana	P	7.10	26.87
Tom Tresh	CF	4.14	29.25	Jerry Koosman	P	6.08	26.12
Dave Winfield	RF	7.10	33.52	Mel Stottlemyre	P	6.73	25.37
Darrell Porter	DH/C	5.88	32.93	Tommy John	P	5.51	23.71
John Mayberry	1B	6.84	32.20	Mike Boddicker	P	5.88	23.44
Bobby Grich	2B	9.41	31.69	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Dickie Thon	SS	8.67	30.83	Jim Kern	P	6.78	25.37
Paul Molitor	3B/1B	5.03	32.17	Dick Radatz	P	6.25	23.75
Bill Freehan	C	5.92	32.89	Bill Campbell	P	5.77	22.66
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Mike G. Marshall	P	5.45	22.37
Denis Menke	SS	8.10	28.66	Bob Lee	P	4.92	20.25
Ted Simmons	C	5.87	28.24
Nate Colbert	1B	5.50	27.20
Jim Northrup	OF	4.62	27.04
Merv Rettenmund	OF	5.89	26.71
Ron LeFlore	OF	3.92	25.82

1940 California

Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio share the limelight on offense for the 1940 California crew. Returning from three years of military service in World War II, “The Splendid Splinter” (.342/38/123) compiled 11 WAR and 50 Win Shares to seize the 1946 AL MVP hardware, leading the circuit in runs scored (142), bases on balls (156), OBP (.497) and SLG (.667). “The Yankee Clipper” (.357/30/125) recorded his famous 56-game hitting streak and merited 1941 AL MVP honors. A robust middle infield starred Joe “Flash” Gordon (.322/18/103 in ‘42), Eddie Joost (.263/23/81 with 149 BB in ’49) and Joe Cronin (.306/12/126 in ’31). Thornton Lee (22-11, 2.37) completed 30 of 34 starts, paced the AL in ERA and WHIP (1.165) and received his lone All-Star invitation in 1941. Lefty Gomez (26-5, 2.33) finished third in the 1934 AL MVP race and topped the leaderboards in wins, ERA, WHIP (1.133), complete games (25), shutouts (6), innings pitched (281.2) and strikeouts (158).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Ted Williams	LF	11.04	50.63	Thornton Lee	P	9.25	32.72
Joe DiMaggio	CF	9.78	41.70	Lefty Gomez	P	10.40	30.78
Augie Galan	RF	7.86	32.95	Jim Tobin	P	3.42	23.65
Eddie Joost	DH/SS	5.32	35.30	Tiny Bonham	P	4.25	21.64
Dolph Camilli	1B	7.00	29.17	Monte Pearson	P	5.69	18.39
Joe Gordon	2B	8.81	30.88	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Joe Cronin	SS	8.94	35.06	Red Barrett	P	5.59	25.14
Stan Hack	3B	4.56	33.55	Ray Kremer	P	6.05	23.35
Harry Danning	C	3.91	26.35	Larry French	P	5.27	21.68
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Frank Gabler	P	3.56	14.27
Tony Lazzeri	2B	6.80	30.41	Bud Teachout	P	3.41	12.05
Bob Elliott	3B	6.23	29.09
Bobby Doerr	2B	6.88	28.42
Dom DiMaggio	OF	6.30	28.11
Eddie Lake	SS	5.83	26.79
Ernie Lombardi	C	4.68	23.70

1980 Southeast

Steve “Lefty” Carlton (27-10, 1.97) captured his first of four NL Cy Young awards during an astounding 1972 season in which he established career-bests (and led the NL) in wins, ERA, complete games (30), innings pitched (346.1) and strikeouts (310). In the same year, Gaylord Perry (24-16, 1.92) merited AL Cy Young honors, completing 29 of 40 starts and fashioning a WHIP of 0.978. Catfish Hunter registered five successive seasons with at least 20 victories (1971-75) with an aggregate ERA of 2.65. George Brett (.335/30/112) delivered personal-bests in home runs and bases on balls (103) to finish runner-up in the 1985 AL MVP balloting. Jim Rice (.315/46/139) led the Junior Circuit in hits (213), triples (15), home runs, RBI and SLG (.600) en route to securing the 1978 AL MVP trophy. In the middle of a six-year streak with at least 70 stolen bases, Tim “Rock” Raines produced a .320 BA with a career-best 13 triples in ’85.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Tim Raines	LF	6.94	35.18	Steve Carlton	P	12.05	39.92
Al Bumbry	CF	6.24	32.75	Gaylord Perry	P	9.92	38.49
Andre Dawson	RF	6.00	29.32	Catfish Hunter	P	7.82	28.70
Jim Rice	DH/OF	6.59	35.91	Mike Caldwell	P	8.44	27.36
Boog Powell	1B	6.58	31.05	Jack Billingham	P	3.16	19.86
Willie Randolph	2B	6.00	29.81	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Toby Harrah	SS	6.48	31.21	Doug Corbett	P	6.73	23.64
George Brett	3B	7.33	37.08	Rick Camp	P	3.86	19.62
Randy Hundley	C	3.28	22.05	Al Holland	P	3.14	17.02
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Bill Dailey	P	4.59	16.44
Jim Ray Hart	3B	5.77	29.04	Jay Howell	P	3.58	15.63
Willie Horton	OF	5.59	28.51
Ken Harrelson	OF	4.41	27.79
Larry Parrish	3B	4.76	27.67
Davey Johnson	2B	3.88	23.00
Steve Yeager	C	3.68	15.45

1900 Mid-Atlantic

Jesse “Crab” Burkett (.376/10/75) secured his third batting title in 1901 while leading the National League in base hits (226), runs scored (142), OBP (.440) and total bases (306). Bill Henry Taylor completed all of his 59 starts in 1884 and emerged victorious in 43 of those contests.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Jesse Burkett	LF	8.77	37.44	Billy Taylor	P	16.87	63.12
Steve Brodie	CF	2.55	20.61	Dave Foutz	P	17.21	59.19
Algie McBride	RF	2.52	21.88	Bobby Mathews	P	19.53	53.52
Sam Barkley	2B	5.45	21.79	Charlie Ferguson	P	14.01	49.81
Paul Hines	1B/OF	5.13	30.54	Vic Willis	P	10.77	42.05
Cupid Childs	2B	6.74	32.85	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Jack Glasscock	SS	5.63	28.53	Sadie McMahon	P	15.31	40.30
Billy Nash	3B	4.09	24.93	Ben Sanders	P	8.72	32.51
Pop Snyder	C	1.91	13.79	Bob Barr	P	6.09	30.75
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Bert Cunningham	P	7.65	30.13
Bill Keister	SS	3.19	20.07	Frank Foreman	P	2.70	29.15
Dave Fultz	OF	2.44	20.05
Sadie Houck	SS	3.85	19.22
Farmer Weaver	OF	2.13	19.09
Buttercup Dickerson	OF	2.29	14.78
Sam Trott	C	1.39	13.23

1920 Ohio

Benny Kauff (.370/8/95) surfaced in the Federal League in 1914 following a “cup of coffee” with the Yankees two years prior. He claimed the batting crown in successive seasons and paced the fledgling circuit in hits (211), runs (120), doubles (44), stolen bases (75) and OBP (.447) during the ’14 season. “Gorgeous” George Sisler (.407/19/122) seized his first batting crown and established the MLB record for base hits in a single-season (257) in 1920. Ichiro Suzuki eclipsed Sisler’s mark with 262 safeties in 2004.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Benny Kauff	OF	8.30	37.86	George Uhle	P	10.06	32.20
Mike Mitchell	OF	5.98	27.44	Urban Shocker	P	7.94	29.19
Steve Evans	OF	4.51	30.19	Jesse Haines	P	5.94	28.14
Ray Grimes	DH/1B	5.53	28.01	Dutch Leonard	P	9.12	28.08
George Sisler	1B	10.08	34.40	Sad Sam Jones	P	7.11	27.85
Duke Kenworthy	2B	4.25	29.92	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Al Bridwell	SS	5.44	25.11	Rube Marquard	P	7.24	26.60
Jimmy Walsh	3B	1.94	18.33	George Mullin	P	6.30	26.08
Hank Gowdy	C	2.55	16.33	Jack Pfiester	P	5.02	25.31
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Allan Sothoron	P	4.74	24.46
Hi Myers	OF	3.83	27.12	Slim Sallee	P	5.95	23.84
Ed Hahn	OF	2.90	26.62
Burt Shotton	OF	5.38	26.39
Dode Paskert	OF	2.75	26.26
Miller Huggins	2B	4.99	25.02
Red Dooin	C	3.19	15.56

Honorable Mention*

2000 Dominican Republic (21st)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Manny Ramirez	LF	6.10	33.12	Pedro J. Martinez	P	12.02	29.16
Raul R. Mondesi	CF	6.47	27.52	Jose Rijo	P	9.69	26.08
Vladimir Guerrero	RF	6.61	31.07	Bartolo Colon	P	6.76	21.98
Sammy Sosa	DH/OF	9.08	43.81	Jose Lima	P	4.95	19.59
David Ortiz	1B	5.53	30.08	Ramon J. Martinez	P	4.37	17.79
Alfonso Soriano	2B	4.77	30.04	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Miguel Tejada	SS	5.42	28.40	Alejandro Pena	P	4.47	17.69
Adrian Beltre	3B	7.72	37.15	Armando Benitez	P	4.20	17.56
Tony Eusebio	C	2.21	12.52	Jose Mesa	P	4.84	17.40
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Francisco Cordero	P	4.17	16.49
Julio Franco	2B	5.27	29.08	Mel Rojas	P	2.24	16.29
Jose Offerman	2B	3.53	27.67
Rafael Furcal	SS	5.45	26.46
George A. Bell	OF	3.97	26.41
Aramis Ramirez	3B	3.23	25.56
Alberto Castillo	C	0.34	7.83

1920 Illinois (25th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Jigger Statz	LF	4.96	26.11	Cy Falkenberg	P	8.89	34.02
Johnny Mostil	CF	7.75	28.08	Jeff Pfeffer	P	7.46	30.70
Max Flack	RF	3.43	25.54	Carl Lundgren	P	5.60	25.52
Baby Doll Jacobson	DH/OF	5.43	25.21	Bob Groom	P	4.07	25.49
Jake Stahl	1B	3.16	21.80	Hal Carlson	P	8.27	23.16
Larry Doyle	2B	4.14	31.64	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Art Fletcher	SS	9.20	26.94	Lefty Leifield	P	5.68	22.74
Eddie Foster	3B	6.24	25.02	Art Fromme	P	4.62	21.84
Art Wilson	C	4.99	26.26	Bugs Raymond	P	3.71	21.41
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Earl Hamilton	P	4.44	20.04
Bob O’Farrell	C	4.32	25.60	Leon Cadore	P	4.54	19.89
Harry Bay	OF	5.10	23.47
Germany Schaefer	SS	3.58	22.62
Al Wickland	OF	3.13	22.24
Ward Miller	OF	4.20	21.87
Jack Smith	OF	3.30	21.77

1920 West (29th)

Encompasses Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Gavvy Cravath	OF	6.63	33.01	Bill L. James	P	8.66	34.52
Harry Heilmann	OF	7.82	35.00	Orval Overall	P	6.95	30.91
Lefty O’Doul	OF	5.72	32.93	Vean Gregg	P	8.88	28.28
Ken Williams	DH/OF	8.28	29.99	Dutch Ruether	P	5.32	24.48
High Pockets Kelly	1B	4.80	25.09	Tom L. Hughes	P	4.38	22.07
Sam Bohne	2B	3.90	20.64	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Charlie Babb	SS	3.38	18.34	Herman Pillette	P	5.95	21.69
Ossie Vitt	3B	5.91	23.62	Gene Packard	P	1.64	21.36
Chief Meyers	C	3.64	22.01	Frank Arellanes	P	3.58	19.63
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Harry Krause	P	5.08	19.12
Harry Hooper	OF	6.28	28.97	Fred Blanding	P	4.20	18.61
Fred Snodgrass	OF	4.15	24.07
Bob Meusel	OF	5.24	23.97
Tony Boeckel	3B	2.88	22.83
Dick Egan	2B	4.83	18.74
Oscar Stanage	C	1.02	9.06

2000 Florida (30th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Luis E. Gonzalez	LF	7.21	35.59	Dwight Gooden	P	12.73	32.12
J. D. Drew	CF	6.20	32.18	Mike Hampton	P	8.12	25.58
Gary Sheffield	RF	6.32	33.85	Bronson Arroyo	P	6.99	20.92
Howard Johnson	DH/3B	6.63	35.72	Alex Fernandez	P	5.98	19.91
Glenn Davis	1B	5.41	33.59	Tim Wakefield	P	6.62	18.99
Robby Thompson	2B	7.02	27.80	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Jay Bell	SS	5.72	28.32	Bobby Thigpen	P	3.47	20.33
Chipper Jones	3B	6.17	33.62	Tom Gordon	P	3.49	17.25
Rick Wilkins	C	5.85	28.45	Andy McGaffigan	P	3.13	14.82
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Gabe White	P	4.02	14.32
Fred McGriff	1B	6.61	29.18	Matt Mantei	P	2.24	12.52
Tino Martinez	1B	5.91	26.54
Carl Everett	OF	4.98	23.24
Derek Bell	OF	2.94	23.20
Jody Reed	2B	2.96	22.35
Charles Johnson	C	3.90	22.27

1980 Texas (40th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Don Baylor	LF	4.97	28.21	Nolan Ryan	P	7.79	27.90
Cito Gaston	CF	4.41	24.37	Joe Horlen	P	6.52	23.29
Steve Kemp	RF	4.19	23.49	Britt Burns	P	6.81	21.77
Don Buford	DH/2B	4.22	29.84	Doug Rau	P	4.42	20.02
Cecil Cooper	1B	4.77	29.56	Danny Darwin	P	6.11	19.46
Joe L. Morgan	2B	9.32	44.31	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Garry Templeton	SS	7.11	26.76	Greg Minton	P	5.20	20.25
Billy Grabarkewitz	3B	5.49	28.45	Donnie Moore	P	3.94	19.76
Jerry Grote	C	2.38	17.24	Luke Walker	P	3.98	15.38
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Dale Murray	P	1.67	12.50
Mike Hargrove	1B	3.72	25.98	Ron Davis	P	1.99	12.06
Max Alvis	3B	3.08	24.44
Freddie Patek	SS	5.71	23.31
Ruppert Jones	OF	4.37	22.61
Willie Upshaw	1B	4.43	22.30
Dave Duncan	C	2.79	13.58

2000 Puerto Rico (41st)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Juan Gonzalez	LF	6.83	30.08	Javier Vazquez	P	6.07	20.28
Bernie F. Williams	CF	6.02	32.53	Jaime Navarro	P	4.27	16.29
Danny Tartabull	RF	3.79	27.06	Omar Olivares	P	3.77	14.80
Javy Lopez	DH/C	6.30	28.91	Joel Pineiro	P	4.23	14.49
Carmelo Martinez	1B/OF	3.28	20.94	Jose Guzman	P	3.24	13.79
Carlos Baerga	2B	5.85	29.24	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Jose Valentin	SS	4.88	23.10	Roberto M. Hernandez	P	5.06	17.47
Mike Lowell	3B	3.58	26.47	J. C. Romero	P	4.27	13.98
Ivan Rodriguez	C	5.66	28.63	Luis DeLeon	P	3.15	13.80
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Ed Nunez	P	1.93	12.20
Jorge Posada	C	4.65	28.49	Mike Perez	P	2.87	10.15
Jose Vidro	2B	3.61	26.35
Jose Oquendo	2B	3.43	23.94
Ivan Calderon	OF	3.36	21.34
Candy Maldonado	OF	2.57	19.66
Orlando Merced	1B/OF	2.59	18.96

1900 Missouri (45th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Frank Huelsman	LF	0.31	19.51	Silver King	P	21.60	72.66
George Van Haltren	CF	2.65	29.91	Pud Galvin	P	23.09	55.69
Bug Holliday	RF	3.71	27.95	Jumbo McGinnis	P	7.63	39.99
Bill Joyce	DH/3B	5.46	27.85	Ted Breitenstein	P	11.59	35.99
Jake Beckley	1B	3.26	23.06	Clark Griffith	P	9.95	34.23
Harry Steinfeldt	2B/3B	6.61	33.66	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Bill Gleason	SS	2.12	19.76	Al Orth	P	9.84	33.20
Jimmy Williams	3B	8.33	31.29	Willie Sudhoff	P	6.56	24.85
Johnny Kling	C	4.29	22.89	Pete Dowling	P	4.75	18.94
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Billy Hart	P	4.03	15.83
Perry Werden	1B	5.41	21.56	John Kirby	P	-0.67	12.13
Jack O’Connor	C	4.24	21.43
Jack Gleason	3B	2.34	19.51
Jim Burns	OF	1.21	18.59
Patsy Tebeau	3B	2.23	15.89
Heinie Peitz	2B	2.75	14.60

1920 Mid-Atlantic (46th)

Encompasses Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Dave Robertson	OF	5.21	23.68	Wilbur Cooper	P	5.78	30.41
Homer Smoot	OF	3.91	22.67	Eppa Rixey	P	5.83	27.03
Babe Ruth	OF	12.87	54.13	Eddie Rommel	P	6.31	26.75
Art Devlin	DH/3B	7.86	35.14	Nick Cullop	P	3.24	25.61
Dick Hoblitzell	1B	3.90	22.53	Sheriff Blake	P	6.36	24.93
Buck Herzog	2B/SS	6.65	22.11	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Hans Lobert	SS/3B	5.11	32.26	Doc White	P	7.54	24.64
Home Run Baker	3B	9.41	38.81	Joe Boehling	P	3.43	21.32
Larry Woodall	C	1.30	10.20	Nick Maddox	P	3.65	20.86
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Ed Willett	P	3.22	19.44
Ray Morgan	2B	2.25	20.63	Huck Betts	P	4.54	18.62
George Browne	OF	2.82	20.61
Fritz Maisel	3B	2.45	19.65
Butch Schmidt	1B	1.59	18.50
Bob Unglaub	1B	3.49	18.14
Billy Kelly	C	0.56	4.61

2020 Venezuela (54th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Carlos Gonzalez	LF	5.83	24.9	Felix Hernandez	P	6.74	26.46
Odubel Herrera	CF	3.93	22.8	Carlos Zambrano	P	5.87	19.32
David Peralta	RF	3.30	19.53	Anibal Sanchez	P	6.47	16.42
Victor Martinez	DH/1B	5.41	30.5	Jhoulys Chacin	P	4.70	15.24
Miguel Cabrera	1B	5.94	36	Carlos Silva	P	4.01	13.69
Jose Altuve	2B	5.38	34.4	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Elvis Andrus	SS	3.73	23	Francisco Rodriguez	P	3.92	17.54
Pablo Sandoval	3B	5.22	29.8	Rafael Betancourt	P	4.73	15.70
Miguel Montero	C	4.09	26.2	Hector Rondon	P	2.59	14.77
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Jorge Julio	P	2.48	12.69
Martin Prado	2B	3.65	24.2	Juan Rincon	P	2.69	11.69
Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	3.85	23
Rougned Odor	2B	5.36	23
Wilson Ramos	C	4.97	22.7
Cesar Hernandez	2B	3.20	22.14
Franklin Gutierrez	OF	3.50	18.79

1940 North Carolina (59th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Taffy Wright	LF	3.69	24.28	Wes Ferrell	P	9.31	34.31
Dusty Cooke	CF	2.55	14.85	General Crowder	P	8.79	29.59
Enos Slaughter	RF	6.37	37.47	Nate Andrews	P	4.05	25.67
Buddy Lewis	DH/OF	3.36	23.79	Max Lanier	P	4.46	23.06
Buck Jordan	1B	2.36	19.62	Johnny Allen	P	6.63	22.99
Pep Young	2B	3.78	18.08	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Luke Appling	SS	8.22	40.65	Cliff Melton	P	5.23	25.38
Jimmy Brown	3B	3.63	21.70	Garland Braxton	P	5.52	21.99
Rick Ferrell	C	2.17	17.84	Monte Weaver	P	3.82	18.10
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Sam Gibson	P	3.65	13.85
Burgess Whitehead	2B	1.63	19.21	Johnny Lanning	P	2.62	12.34
Ralph Hodgin	3B	2.69	17.98
Jake Early	C	3.33	16.57
Bill DeLancey	C	2.51	16.28
Lew Riggs	3B	3.04	16.01
Don Padgett	OF	2.25	15.57

1920 Nebraska (60th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Matty McIntyre	OF	7.58	33.03	Irv Young	P	7.83	29.11
Charlie Jamieson	OF	4.90	25.50	Lefty Tyler	P	8.56	25.08
Joe Connolly	OF	2.52	24.82	Ray Fisher	P	4.95	21.09
Bernie Friberg	DH/3B	5.16	23.22	Andy Coakley	P	4.37	20.35
Marty Kavanagh	1B	2.75	15.88	Jean Dubuc	P	5.35	19.02
Dots Miller	2B	4.50	23.92	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Jack Barry	SS	5.08	18.93	Ray Collins	P	3.07	19.00
Larry Gardner	3B	5.79	28.64	Harry Harper	P	4.27	18.26
Bill Carrigan	C	2.09	12.30	Frank Corridon	P	1.52	17.17
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Alex Ferguson	P	4.19	15.41
Ed Lennox	3B	3.10	23.50	Hank Thormahlen	P	3.44	15.39
Harry Lord	3B	3.52	22.60
Jim Kelly	OF	4.75	20.12
Billy Maloney	OF	3.55	19.59
Amby McConnell	2B	5.33	19.34
Harry Bemis	C	2.41	11.26

2020 Latin America (61st)

Encompasses Mexico, Central America, South America (excluding Venezuela), Caribbean Islands (excluding Dominican Republic)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Yoenis Cespedes	LF	6.08	25.57	Oliver Perez	P	5.38	17.08
Angel Pagan	CF	4.52	26.24	Yovani Gallardo	P	3.75	14.01
Yasiel Puig	RF	5.27	27.61	Jorge De La Rosa	P	3.61	13.88
Francisco Lindor	DH/SS	4.38	23.17	Marco Estrada	P	3.62	12.56
Jose Abreu	1B	6.66	31.21	Jaime Garcia	P	3.95	12.55
Felipe Lopez	2B	4.27	22.67	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Carlos Correa	SS	5.01	25.42	Joakim Soria	P	3.80	16.70
Xander Bogaerts	3B/SS	2.47	22.00	Manny Corpas	P	2.93	14.86
Yadier Molina	C	6.19	28.69	Roberto Osuna	P	2.33	14.44
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Alfredo Aceves	P	3.14	11.44
Kendrys Morales	1B	4.13	25.35	Fernando Salas	P	2.20	11.19
Carlos Ruiz	C	4.55	24.33
Geovany Soto	C	3.62	22.49
Andrelton Simmons	SS	4.94	21.86
Yunel Escobar	SS	4.23	20.29
Leonys Martin	OF	3.19	14.92

1900 Europe (67th)

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
John J. Anderson	LF	3.16	20.21	Tommy Bond	P	14.15	56.99
Tom Brown	CF	6.11	29.97	Tony Mullane	P	14.10	56.87
Patsy Donovan	RF	3.90	21.50	Jim McCormick	P	10.13	51.67
Hugh Nicol	DH/OF	1.59	19.56	Hugh Daily	P	10.37	40.02
Jack Doyle	1B	3.49	20.24	Ted Lewis	P	7.65	33.51
Reddy Mack	2B	2.87	17.72	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Jimmy Hallinan	SS	1.25	12.97	Pretzels Getzien	P	7.38	29.61
Bill Kuehne	3B	2.34	18.89	Rynie Wolters	P	7.30	24.17
Fergy Malone	C	1.00	9.85	Curry Foley	P	2.07	19.30
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	John Tener	P	4.17	19.28
Jocko Fields	OF	1.36	15.52	Jack Katoll	P	1.53	12.17
George Hall	OF	1.36	15.00
Andy Leonard	OF	1.59	14.98
Dick Higham	OF	1.95	14.62
Mike Muldoon	3B	1.09	12.48
Mike Hines	C	-0.11	4.46

1920 Foreign (80th)

Encompasses Asia, Canada, Caribbean Islands, Europe

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Jack Graney	LF	2.85	21	Dolf Luque	P	11.5	38.5
Cristobal Torriente	CF		34	Jack Quinn	P	6.47	32.7
Doc Miller	RF	2.89	19	Russ Ford	P	12.1	32.1
Charlie Hanford	DH/OF	3.54	28.4	Jose Mendez	P		26.9
Fritz Mollwitz	1B	1.38	9.67	Otto Hess	P	6.59	23.3
Hobe Ferris	2B/3B	4.87	20.1	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Dave Brain	SS/3B	5.74	21.7	Jose LeBlanc	P		23.2
Jimmy Austin	3B	3.88	16.7	Carlos Royer	P		23
George Gibson	C	3.62	23	Jose Acosta	P		21
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Rube Vickers	P	4.14	20.2
Larry McLean	C	2.84	16	Eustaquio Pedroso	P		20.1
Armando Marsans	OF	2.46	15.6
Eddie Ainsmith	C	1.35	15.5
Bunk Congalton	OF	3.02	15.3
Nig Clarke	C	3.56	14.8
Frank O’Rourke	2B	2.98	13.9

* – Highest ranked team from each remaining region

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	Retro WBC	40-man roster (Team Total Win Shares)

		BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
		WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

1900	Pennsylvania	134.1	695.1	202.0	745.0	336.1	1440.0
1900	New York	138.3	690.9	184.7	693.7	323.0	1384.6
2000	California	176.3	841.5	89.3	318.6	265.6	1160.1
1900	Massachusetts	99.1	608.9	150.7	541.8	249.7	1150.6
1960	South	146.8	751.8	96.0	373.6	242.8	1125.4
1940	South	133.0	694.6	115.9	429.1	248.9	1123.7
1980	California	146.5	713.3	106.9	392.4	253.4	1105.7
1980	South	151.0	766.6	82.3	299.2	233.3	1065.7
1900	Northeast	118.2	605.0	96.6	459.4	214.8	1064.4
1900	Ohio	112.3	623.3	110.8	417.0	223.1	1040.3
1980	Midwest	128.5	645.2	103.0	394.8	231.5	1040.0
1940	California	151.7	751.6	71.7	286.6	223.4	1038.1
1980	Southeast	126.4	688.1	88.5	343.3	214.9	1031.4
1900	Mid-Atlantic	64.8	435.3	147.7	580.1	212.4	1015.5
1920	Ohio	117.6	649.5	92.1	364.8	209.7	1014.3
1920	Pennsylvania	109.0	587.7	100.3	406.4	209.3	994.1
2000	Midwest	123.3	636.1	102.3	351.9	225.7	988.0
2020	California	119.9	638.4	88.5	312.3	208.4	950.8
1920	Midwest (West North Central)	85.3	450.6	129.7	484.8	215.0	935.4
1920	New York	107.1	585.7	78.6	346.1	185.7	931.9
2000	Dominican Republic	115.3	647.5	81.9	284.0	197.2	931.5
1920	South	93.5	513.9	96.3	402.1	189.8	916.0
1900	South	68.0	450.2	108.7	464.9	176.8	915.1
1960	New York	95.8	520.1	107.3	394.7	203.1	914.9
1920	Illinois	97.3	564.1	71.7	348.1	169.0	912.2
1960	California	105.0	563.9	90.0	347.7	195.0	911.6
1960	Southeast	107.2	586.5	79.0	323.5	186.2	910.0
2000	South	107.6	607.5	80.6	296.3	188.2	903.9
1920	West	110.4	579.6	70.8	323.4	181.2	903.0
2000	Florida	112.9	626.1	76.1	273.9	188.9	900.0
1900	Midwest (East North Central)	63.7	418.3	115.1	465.5	178.7	883.8
1980	Ohio	101.2	554.7	90.1	327.2	191.4	881.9
2000	Southeast	105.3	573.9	79.2	303.4	184.5	877.3
2020	Dominican Republic	112.0	603.1	70.1	269.1	182.1	872.3
2000	Northeast	89.5	526.5	105.3	345.5	194.7	872.0
1940	Illinois	111.7	582.1	70.7	287.4	182.4	869.5
1960	Pennsylvania	101.7	570.6	68.4	293.8	170.1	864.4
2020	Florida	103.1	611.2	63.1	245.0	166.2	856.2
1900	Illinois	62.9	464.1	82.4	382.0	145.3	846.1
1980	Texas	103.9	567.9	71.5	277.0	175.4	844.9
2000	Puerto Rico	106.3	613.6	56.0	216.2	162.4	829.7
2020	Midwest	113.1	573.4	71.2	252.2	184.2	825.6
1980	Illinois	94.6	512.0	75.6	310.1	170.1	822.1
1980	Pennsylvania	97.6	547.1	63.9	274.3	161.5	821.4
1900	Missouri	61.2	461.4	96.5	355.1	157.7	816.6
1920	Mid-Atlantic	88.5	491.8	67.3	321.1	155.7	812.9
1980	Northeast	85.3	463.4	91.1	348.2	176.4	811.6
2020	South	85.0	506.3	89.8	304.8	174.8	811.1
2000	New York	96.3	548.0	65.3	254.7	161.6	802.6
1940	Northeast	83.8	503.7	64.3	295.4	148.1	799.1
2020	Southeast	96.5	562.3	64.5	236.5	160.9	798.8
1980	New York	87.4	503.6	74.4	288.3	161.9	791.9
2020	Texas	89.7	542.5	72.4	248.2	162.2	790.7
2020	Venezuela	95.1	553.1	65.3	236.8	160.4	789.9
1940	Pennsylvania	84.0	493.3	65.8	288.5	149.8	781.8
2020	West	97.8	542.1	58.3	229.6	156.0	771.6
1940	Texas	65.5	444.7	85.5	320.3	151.0	765.0
1920	Missouri	67.4	481.4	58.7	282.5	126.1	763.9
1960	Midwest (East North Central)	69.3	402.7	91.7	358.5	161.0	761.2
1920	Midwest (East North Central)	69.9	420.1	74.9	329.1	144.8	749.2
2000	West	82.6	484.0	68.9	262.8	151.6	746.8
1940	Midwest (East North Central)	91.8	496.3	56.4	243.6	148.2	739.9
1980	West	73.1	406.6	82.5	329.6	155.5	736.3
1920	Texas	74.2	433.5	67.2	291.9	141.4	725.4
1960	West	69.8	442.3	65.7	280.8	135.5	723.1
1940	North Carolina	66.1	426.3	64.7	294.0	130.8	720.3
1920	Nebraska	66.7	448.6	57.2	271.2	123.9	719.8
2020	Latin America	94.4	520.3	46.9	192.9	141.3	713.2
1960	Texas	93.3	534.8	42.4	177.4	135.7	712.2
1960	Illinois	63.7	441.2	69.4	269.5	133.0	710.7
1940	New York	72.6	443.2	59.1	262.6	131.7	705.8
2020	Northeast	87.9	477.6	54.4	221.9	142.3	699.5
1920	Southeast	57.5	343.5	79.0	348.0	136.5	691.5
1900	Europe	37.5	311.8	79.2	373.8	116.7	685.7
1920	Indiana	54.8	356.4	66.0	327.8	120.8	684.3
1940	Missouri	62.1	372.4	66.0	306.7	128.1	679.1
2000	Texas	55.1	361.3	83.6	312.4	138.7	673.8
1960	Northeast	57.9	379.9	63.8	291.7	121.6	671.6
1940	Southeast	53.5	360.9	67.5	308.9	121.0	669.8
2000	Illinois	78.5	459.4	52.2	209.5	130.6	668.9
1960	Missouri	86.5	531.7	26.0	129.2	112.5	660.9
2000	South America, Caribbean Islands, Asia, Australia	67.8	402.2	63.5	250.5	131.2	652.8
1960	Midwest (West North Central)	68.5	417.6	61.2	233.8	129.7	651.4
1940	Mid-Atlantic	61.2	390.3	58.8	240.2	120.0	630.5
2000	Venezuela	68.4	413.3	56.5	208.6	124.9	622.0
1940	Midwest (West North Central)	36.3	300.4	73.8	317.7	110.1	618.1
1920	Foreign	59.6	358.4	54.9	253.0	114.5	611.4
1940	Ohio	55.4	390.3	46.7	219.6	102.0	609.9
1960	Ohio	51.0	350.8	61.5	251.9	112.6	602.7
1980	South America & Caribbean	68.9	417.0	37.3	172.6	106.3	589.6
2020	Asia & Australia	40.2	288.3	76.4	289.2	116.7	577.5
1960	Latin America	70.5	407.5	39.6	153.1	110.1	560.6
2020	Georgia	64.1	396.8	36.1	149.3	100.2	546.1
1980	Dominican Republic	49.9	360.6	34.3	150.3	84.2	510.9
1900	Midwest (West North Central)	56.2	352.0	28.5	133.1	84.7	485.1
1900	West	27.1	258.0	43.5	226.8	70.6	484.8
1960	Cuba	45.8	298.2	38.4	169.2	84.2	467.4
1980	Puerto Rico	51.6	364.7	21.4	99.3	73.0	464.0
1920	Massachusetts	44.1	332.4	16.6	119.2	60.6	451.5
1940	West	31.6	259.6	41.3	187.6	72.9	447.2
1980	Mexico & Central America	46.1	283.3	38.7	153.1	84.8	436.4
2000	Mexico & Central America	28.3	192.3	61.8	233.3	90.0	425.6
1900	Canada / Foreign	27.9	282.3	13.4	98.0	41.3	380.3
2020	Canada & Europe	36.6	222.2	36.1	139.6	72.7	361.8
2000	Asia, Japan, Pacific, Bahamas, Canada, Europe	17.5	127.2	42.6	183.9	60.0	311.2
1980	Asia, Japan, Pacific, Canada, Europe	18.9	110.9	42.8	184.9	61.7	295.7
1940	Foreign	26.3	201.8	16.1	78.5	42.5	280.3
1960	Foreign	8.6	63.7	19.9	121.2	28.5	184.9

Retro WBC	40-man roster totals (Debut Date)

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
1871-1900 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

Pennsylvania	134.1	695.1	202.0	745.0	336.1	1440.0
New York	138.3	690.9	184.7	693.7	323.0	1384.6
Massachusetts	99.1	608.9	150.7	541.8	249.7	1150.6
Northeast	118.2	605.0	96.6	459.4	214.8	1064.4
Ohio	112.3	623.3	110.8	417.0	223.1	1040.3
Mid-Atlantic	64.8	435.3	147.7	580.1	212.4	1015.5
South	68.0	450.2	108.7	464.9	176.8	915.1
Midwest (East North Central)	63.7	418.3	115.1	465.5	178.7	883.8
Illinois	62.9	464.1	82.4	382.0	145.3	846.1
Missouri	61.2	461.4	96.5	355.1	157.7	816.6
Europe	37.5	311.8	79.2	373.8	116.7	685.7
Midwest (West North Central)	56.2	352.0	28.5	133.1	84.7	485.1
West	27.1	258.0	43.5	226.8	70.6	484.8
Canada / Foreign	27.9	282.3	13.4	98.0	41.3	380.3

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
1901-1920 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

Ohio	117.6	649.5	92.1	364.8	209.7	1014.3
Pennsylvania	109.0	587.7	100.3	406.4	209.3	994.1
Midwest (West North Central)	85.3	450.6	129.7	484.8	215.0	935.4
New York	107.1	585.7	78.6	346.1	185.7	931.9
South	93.5	513.9	96.3	402.1	189.8	916.0
Illinois	97.3	564.1	71.7	348.1	169.0	912.2
West	110.4	579.6	70.8	323.4	181.2	903.0
Mid-Atlantic	88.5	491.8	67.3	321.1	155.7	812.9
Missouri	67.4	481.4	58.7	282.5	126.1	763.9
Midwest (East North Central)	69.9	420.1	74.9	329.1	144.8	749.2
Texas	74.2	433.5	67.2	291.9	141.4	725.4
Nebraska	66.7	448.6	57.2	271.2	123.9	719.8
Southeast	57.5	343.5	79.0	348.0	136.5	691.5
Indiana	54.8	356.4	66.0	327.8	120.8	684.3
Foreign	59.6	358.4	54.9	253.0	114.5	611.4
Massachusetts	44.1	332.4	16.6	119.2	60.6	451.5

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
1921-1940 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

South	133.0	694.6	115.9	429.1	248.9	1123.7
California	151.7	751.6	71.7	286.6	223.4	1038.1
Illinois	111.7	582.1	70.7	287.4	182.4	869.5
Northeast	83.8	503.7	64.3	295.4	148.1	799.1
Pennsylvania	84.0	493.3	65.8	288.5	149.8	781.8
Texas	65.5	444.7	85.5	320.3	151.0	765.0
Midwest (East North Central)	91.8	496.3	56.4	243.6	148.2	739.9
North Carolina	66.1	426.3	64.7	294.0	130.8	720.3
New York	72.6	443.2	59.1	262.6	131.7	705.8
Missouri	62.1	372.4	66.0	306.7	128.1	679.1
Southeast	53.5	360.9	67.5	308.9	121.0	669.8
Mid-Atlantic	61.2	390.3	58.8	240.2	120.0	630.5
Midwest (West North Central)	36.3	300.4	73.8	317.7	110.1	618.1
Ohio	55.4	390.3	46.7	219.6	102.0	609.9
West	31.6	259.6	41.3	187.6	72.9	447.2
Foreign	26.3	201.8	16.1	78.5	42.5	280.3

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
1941-1960 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

South	146.8	751.8	96.0	373.6	242.8	1125.4
New York	95.8	520.1	107.3	394.7	203.1	914.9
California	105.0	563.9	90.0	347.7	195.0	911.6
Southeast	107.2	586.5	79.0	323.5	186.2	910.0
Pennsylvania	101.7	570.6	68.4	293.8	170.1	864.4
Midwest (East North Central)	69.3	402.7	91.7	358.5	161.0	761.2
West	69.8	442.3	65.7	280.8	135.5	723.1
Texas	93.3	534.8	42.4	177.4	135.7	712.2
Illinois	63.7	441.2	69.4	269.5	133.0	710.7
Northeast	57.9	379.9	63.8	291.7	121.6	671.6
Missouri	86.5	531.7	26.0	129.2	112.5	660.9
Midwest (West North Central)	68.5	417.6	61.2	233.8	129.7	651.4
Ohio	51.0	350.8	61.5	251.9	112.6	602.7
Latin America	70.5	407.5	39.6	153.1	110.1	560.6
Cuba	45.8	298.2	38.4	169.2	84.2	467.4
Foreign	8.6	63.7	19.9	121.2	28.5	184.9

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
1961-1980 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

California	146.5	713.3	106.9	392.4	253.4	1105.7
South	151.0	766.6	82.3	299.2	233.3	1065.7
Midwest	128.5	645.2	103.0	394.8	231.5	1040.0
Southeast	126.4	688.1	88.5	343.3	214.9	1031.4
Ohio	101.2	554.7	90.1	327.2	191.4	881.9
Texas	103.9	567.9	71.5	277.0	175.4	844.9
Illinois	94.6	512.0	75.6	310.1	170.1	822.1
Pennsylvania	97.6	547.1	63.9	274.3	161.5	821.4
Northeast	85.3	463.4	91.1	348.2	176.4	811.6
New York	87.4	503.6	74.4	288.3	161.9	791.9
West	73.1	406.6	82.5	329.6	155.5	736.3
South America & Caribbean	68.9	417.0	37.3	172.6	106.3	589.6
Dominican Republic	49.9	360.6	34.3	150.3	84.2	510.9
Puerto Rico	51.6	364.7	21.4	99.3	73.0	464.0
Mexico & Central America	46.1	283.3	38.7	153.1	84.8	436.4
Asia, Japan, Pacific, Canada, Europe	18.9	110.9	42.8	184.9	61.7	295.7

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
1981-2000 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

California	176.3	841.5	89.3	318.6	265.6	1160.1
Midwest	123.3	636.1	102.3	351.9	225.7	988.0
Dominican Republic	115.3	647.5	81.9	284.0	197.2	931.5
South	107.6	607.5	80.6	296.3	188.2	903.9
Florida	112.9	626.1	76.1	273.9	188.9	900.0
Southeast	105.3	573.9	79.2	303.4	184.5	877.3
Northeast	89.5	526.5	105.3	345.5	194.7	872.0
Puerto Rico	106.3	613.6	56.0	216.2	162.4	829.7
New York	96.3	548.0	65.3	254.7	161.6	802.6
West	82.6	484.0	68.9	262.8	151.6	746.8
Texas	55.1	361.3	83.6	312.4	138.7	673.8
Illinois	78.5	459.4	52.2	209.5	130.6	668.9
South America, Caribbean Islands, Asia, Australia	67.8	402.2	63.5	250.5	131.2	652.8
Venezuela	68.4	413.3	56.5	208.6	124.9	622.0
Mexico & Central America	28.3	192.3	61.8	233.3	90.0	425.6
Asia, Japan, Pacific, Bahamas, Canada, Europe	17.5	127.2	42.6	183.9	60.0	311.2

	BATTERS		PITCHERS		TEAM TOTALS
2001-2016 Debuts	WAR	WS	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

California	119.9	638.4	88.5	312.3	208.4	950.8
Dominican Republic	112.0	603.1	70.1	269.1	182.1	872.3
Florida	103.1	611.2	63.1	245.0	166.2	856.2
Midwest	113.1	573.4	71.2	252.2	184.2	825.6
South	85.0	506.3	89.8	304.8	174.8	811.1
Southeast	96.5	562.3	64.5	236.5	160.9	798.8
Texas	89.7	542.5	72.4	248.2	162.2	790.7
Venezuela	95.1	553.1	65.3	236.8	160.4	789.9
West	97.8	542.1	58.3	229.6	156.0	771.6
Latin America	94.4	520.3	46.9	192.9	141.3	713.2
Northeast	87.9	477.6	54.4	221.9	142.3	699.5
Asia & Australia	40.2	288.3	76.4	289.2	116.7	577.5
Georgia	64.1	396.8	36.1	149.3	100.2	546.1
Canada & Europe	36.6	222.2	36.1	139.6	72.7	361.8

Highest Combined Player-Season WAR and Win Shares Totals by Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois

The “Windy City” claims the honor as the most productive birthplace in terms of group totals based on the top single-season achievements. The Chi-Town outfield features 1990 American League MVP Rickey Henderson along with top-five finishers Wally Berger (1933 NL), Fred Lynn (1979 AL) and Kirby Puckett (1988 AL). First-sacker Phil Cavarretta (.355/6/97) secured the 1945 NL MVP Award along with his lone batting title. Freddie Lindstrom registered a League-high 231 safeties and posted a .358 BA while placing runner-up in the 1928 NL MVP race. 1968 AL MVP and Cy Young Award-winner Denny McLain tallied 31 victories with a 1.96 ERA and a WHIP of 0.905.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Rickey Henderson	LF	9.75	39.73	Nat Hudson	P	8.57	36.03
Kirby Puckett	CF	5.34	31.23	Cy Falkenberg	P	8.89	34.02
Fred Lynn	RF	6.67	34.37	Denny McLain	P	8.07	32.49
Wally Berger	DH/OF	6.96	36.30	Charlie Leibrandt	P	6.51	23.56
Phil Cavarretta	1B	5.10	29.50	Fritz Peterson	P	5.42	23.24
Dick Bartell	2B/SS	7.98	28.08	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Herman Long	SS	5.55	31.36	Jim O’Toole	P	5.47	22.50
Freddie Lindstrom	3B	6.23	31.78	Hank O’Day	P	3.09	22.10
Phil Masi	C	3.60	18.66	Bugs Raymond	P	3.71	21.41
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Buzz Capra	P	5.92	21.11
Greg Luzinski	OF	4.00	29.50	Chick Fraser	P	1.97	20.77
Johnny Mostil	OF	7.75	28.08
Cliff Floyd	OF	5.18	26.20
Lonnie Smith	OF	5.45	25.93
Eddie Foster	3B	6.24	25.02
Billy Sullivan	C	2.06	11.25

St. Louis, Missouri

Placing runner-up in the “Clash of the Hometowns”, St. Louis boasts dual 19^th-century aces: Silver King (45-20, 1.63 in 1888) and Pud Galvin (46-22, 1.99 in 1884). Max Scherzer’s brilliant 2016 campaign registers the eleventh-best Win Shares total. The lineup for the “Gateway to the West” possesses a pair of Bomber backstops (Yogi Berra and Elston Howard). Yogi Berra (1954 AL) and Ryan Howard (2006 NL) seized MVP honors while Elston Howard (1963 AL) and Roy Sievers (1957 AL) finished third in their respective seasons.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Roy Sievers	LF	5.08	32.92	Silver King	P	21.60	72.66
Pete Reiser	CF	7.20	34.36	Pud Galvin	P	23.09	55.69
Solly Hofman	RF/OF	6.40	30.86	Jumbo McGinnis	P	7.63	39.99
Elston Howard	DH/C	5.37	33.69	Ted Breitenstein	P	11.59	35.99
Ryan Howard	1B	5.38	30.98	Larry Benton	P	7.24	29.56
Jimmy Williams	2B/3B	8.33	31.29	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Charlie Hollocher	SS	5.15	27.02	Willie Sudhoff	P	6.56	24.85
Harry Steinfeldt	3B	6.61	33.66	Ken Holtzman	P	6.48	22.63
Yogi Berra	C	6.28	35.08	Heinie Meine	P	3.60	22.14
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Jerry Reuss	P	5.48	20.82
Dutch Zwilling	OF	4.56	30.34	Dickey Kerr	P	4.87	20.76
George Van Haltren	OF	2.65	29.91
Bug Holliday	OF	3.71	27.95
Bill Joyce	3B	5.46	27.85
Norm Siebern	1B	3.80	27.35
Nate Colbert	1B	5.50	27.20

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Old-time hurlers dominate the Philadelphia pitching staff with 1939 NL MVP Bucky Walters (27-11, 2.29) as the lone post-1900 starter to make the cut. With the exception of outfielder Bobby Higginson, the careers of every ballplayer on the 25-man roster ended prior to the Expansion Era. 1953 NL MVP Roy Campanella (.312/41/142) bats cleanup for “The City of Brotherly Love”.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Del Ennis	LF	5.46	27.09	Jim Devlin	P	13.78	55.09
Harry Stovey	CF	7.02	31.37	Matt Kilroy	P	15.73	52.47
Orator Shafer	RF	6.18	30.01	Bill Sweeney	P	4.88	45.00
Fred Dunlap	DH/2B	9.44	42.69	Dick McBride	P	17.02	42.75
Harry H. Davis	1B	6.27	27.07	Bucky Walters	P	8.90	35.72
Eddie Stanky	2B	5.89	29.67	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Oyster Burns	SS	3.80	28.25	Hardie Henderson	P	10.49	33.57
Yank Robinson	3B	0.75	25.68	Sam Weaver	P	9.85	32.10
Roy Campanella	C	6.41	33.12	Phenomenal Smith	P	4.17	31.92
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Henry Boyle	P	8.55	26.74
Danny Murphy	2B	5.65	26.21	Cherokee Fisher	P	8.86	25.13
Tom Daly	2B	4.82	25.99
Bill Hinchman	OF	4.48	25.00
Bobby Higginson	OF	5.76	24.24
Jim McTamany	OF	3.71	24.15
Jocko Milligan	C	3.74	22.26

Los Angeles, California

In stark contrast to the primordial Philadelphia squad, the “City of Angels” contingent skews heavily toward the present-day with only 4 of the players on the 25-man roster completing their careers prior to the Expansion Era. No Cy Young award-winners in this bunch but the offense is stacked with all-around talent including 8-time batting champion Tony Gwynn, Duke Snider (.341/40/130 in 1954), “Steady” Eddie Murray and 1988 NL home run leader Darryl Strawberry. The bench offers plenty of speed (Brett Butler, Mitchell Page, Bobby Tolan), power (Cecil Fielder) along with the dual threat posed by Eric “The Red” Davis.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Roy White	LF	8.44	33.03	Bill Singer	P	6.15	26.78
Duke Snider	CF	7.54	38.53	Pete Schneider	P	2.96	18.54
Tony Gwynn	RF	5.40	35.24	Bob Ojeda	P	5.07	17.99
Darryl Strawberry	DH/OF	6.92	31.53	Mark Portugal	P	4.82	17.94
Eddie Murray	1B	6.54	32.82	Dock Ellis	P	3.00	15.89
Joe Gordon	2B	8.81	30.88	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Eddie Bressoud	SS	3.19	25.04	Dennis Lamp	P	3.66	15.12
Terry Pendleton	3B	6.01	30.66	Jim Hughes	P	3.15	14.29
Harry Danning	C	3.91	26.35	Bobby Castillo	P	3.44	14.06
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Mark Clear	P	3.48	13.95
Cecil Fielder	1B	6.47	29.94	Wayne Simpson	P	2.30	13.93
Mitchell Page	OF	6.22	29.58
Eric Davis	OF	6.90	29.44
Brett Butler	OF	6.58	29.25
Bobby Tolan	OF	6.97	29.16
Earl Battey	C	5.25	25.49

New York, New York

“The Big Apple” amalgamated five boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island) into one city in 1898. With the exception of Manhattan, the other boroughs are represented separately in the “birth city” section of the Lahman database. As such, the New York, New York roster is denoted here. All but Queens register on the “Top 200” birthplace chart. 1927 AL MVP Lou Gehrig (.373/47/173) leads a splendid cast which includes fellow MVP’s Hank Greenberg (1935 AL) and Alex Rodriguez (2005 AL). Jack Lynch (37-15, 2.67 for the 1884 Metropolitans) and 1975 AL Cy Young award-winner Jim Palmer (23-11, 2.09) anchor the starting staff.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Rocky Colavito	LF/OF	6.91	34.34	Jack Lynch	P	8.08	37.21
Lee Mazzilli	CF	4.13	24.22	Jim Palmer	P	9.93	32.06
Ken Singleton	RF	6.16	35.81	Mickey Hughes	P	6.26	31.51
Hank Greenberg	DH/1B	8.37	33.22	Dick Rudolph	P	6.41	29.88
Lou Gehrig	1B	11.09	43.35	George Earnshaw	P	6.24	28.07
Snuffy Stirnweiss	2B	11.96	36.18	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Alex Rodriguez	SS/3B	8.42	39.09	John Candelaria	P	8.40	24.72
Heinie Zimmerman	3B	7.56	34.62	Whitey Ford	P	7.44	23.08
William Fischer	C	2.38	15.20	Larry McKeon	P	4.94	22.22
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Eddie Lopat	P	4.69	21.07
Edgar Martinez	3B	6.42	31.32	Kid Carsey	P	2.94	20.31
Dave Orr	1B	5.96	30.29
Frank McCormick	1B	5.70	26.99
Lip Pike	OF	3.96	25.65
Rube Oldring	OF	3.98	24.87
Jack Warner	C	1.12	13.04

Brooklyn, New York

Tommy H. Davis (.346/27/153) paced the National League in batting average, base hits (230) and ribbies during his stellar 1962 campaign. Fellow Brooklynites Phil Rizzuto (.324/7/66 in 1950) and Joe Torre (.363/24/137 in 1971) merited MVP honors. Sandy Koufax (27-9, 1.73) amassed his third NL Cy Young award in his final season (1966).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Tommy H. Davis	LF	7.37	35.98	Mickey Welch	P	13.93	53.15
Tommy Holmes	CF	7.91	31.30	Larry Corcoran	P	11.90	53.13
Willie Keeler	RF	6.88	30.06	Ed Morris	P	13.69	49.18
Rico Petrocelli	DH/SS	7.72	36.02	Terry Larkin	P	5.73	40.04
Joe Judge	1B	3.24	21.39	Sandy Koufax	P	10.50	35.47
Lou Whitaker	2B	6.10	28.42	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Phil Rizzuto	SS	6.24	35.47	George McQuillan	P	7.94	33.05
Joe Torre	3B	5.87	41.51	Waite Hoyt	P	6.46	23.88
Paul Lo Duca	C	4.62	26.41	Dennis Leonard	P	6.45	23.71
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Harry Howell	P	5.32	22.19
Rich Aurilia	SS	6.55	32.33	Jimmy Ring	P	7.02	19.93
Sid Gordon	OF	5.89	27.60
Eddie Yost	3B	3.03	27.35
Curt Blefary	OF	3.60	25.89
Richie Zisk	OF	4.73	25.30
Fred Jacklitsch	C	1.63	15.52

San Francisco, California

Charlie Sweeney amassed 41 victories in 1884 in 60 contests (56 starts) while fashioning an ERA of 1.70 and a superb WHIP (0.817). Mike Norris (22-9, 2.53) placed second in the 1980 AL Cy Young balloting. “The City by the Bay” incorporates a dynamic starting nine highlighted by 1985 NL MVP Willie McGee (.353/10/82) and the runner-up in the 1929 NL MVP race, Lefty O’Doul (.398/32/122). “Diamond” Jim Gentile (.302/46/141) leads a potent bench along with 1941 NL MVP Dolph Camilli (.285/34/120).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Lefty O’Doul	LF	5.72	32.93	Charlie Sweeney	P	16.49	66.67
Willie McGee	CF	7.73	35.98	Joe Corbett	P	7.64	26.87
Harry Heilmann	RF	7.82	35.00	Mike Norris	P	8.04	25.26
Eddie Joost	DH/SS	5.32	35.30	Harry Krause	P	5.08	19.12
Keith Hernandez	1B	6.85	33.17	Dick Tidrow	P	2.22	17.57
Tony Lazzeri	2B	6.80	30.41	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Joe Cronin	SS	8.94	35.06	Charlie Geggus	P	0.62	15.06
Bob Elliott	3B	6.23	29.09	Ryan Drese	P	5.28	15.06
Joe Ferguson	C	5.86	27.17	Danny Frisella	P	2.41	11.90
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Bill Posedel	P	0.83	11.20
Jim Gentile	1B	7.04	32.58	Bert Cole	P	0.85	10.03
Jim Fregosi	SS	6.77	32.56
Bill Lange	OF	5.83	29.96
Dolph Camilli	1B	7.00	29.17
Dom DiMaggio	OF	6.30	28.11
Gus Triandos	C	4.87	19.31

Cincinnati, Ohio

“The Queen City” rotation showcases a quartet of twenty-game winners: Nick Altrock (23-12, 1.88), Jack Pfiester (20-8, 1.51), Jack Ewing (21-8, 2.27) and Richard Dotson (22-7, 3.23). The All-Time hit king Pete Rose delivered career-bests in home runs (16), RBI (82) and batting average (.348) during the 1969 campaign. The outfield is patrolled by “Charlie Hustle” (Rose), “The Secretary of Defense” (Garry Maddox) and “The Toy Cannon” (Jimmy Wynn). Hall of Fame shortstop and 12-time All-Star Barry Larkin (.298/33/89) enjoyed a 30/30 season in 1996.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Jim Wynn	LF	7.64	36.77	Nick Altrock	P	5.29	25.35
Garry Maddox	CF	7.09	27.09	Jack Pfiester	P	5.02	25.31
Pete Rose	RF	4.96	36.41	John Ewing	P	6.71	22.33
Jake Stenzel	DH/OF	4.89	29.03	Richard Dotson	P	6.12	21.18
John Reilly	1B	6.31	30.07	Danny Friend	P	4.21	19.12
Bill Doran	2B	5.42	27.46	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Barry Larkin	SS	6.81	31.29	Kent Tekulve	P	3.89	19.51
Denny Lyons	3B	4.83	30.05	Tom Hume	P	3.32	17.64
Jack Boyle	C	1.81	15.68	Art Mahaffey	P	3.26	17.29
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Jack Sutthoff	P	4.88	16.77
Kevin Youkilis	1B	4.16	25.59	Bill Wegman	P	4.59	16.46
David Justice	OF	4.26	25.55
Lance Johnson	OF	4.99	25.32
Johnny Hodapp	2B	3.89	25.09
Leon Durham	OF	4.45	25.05
Red Dooin	C	3.19	15.56

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

The first of seven entries for the Dominican Republic on the birthplace chart, Santo Domingo posts the highest score for any non-U.S. city. Albert Pujols (.327/47/135) claimed his third MVP trophy in 2009. Including “The Machine”, six batsmen clubbed 40 or more circuit clouts in their peak seasons – Jose A. Bautista, Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz, Carlos Pena and Manny Ramirez. Ramon J. Martinez (20-6, 2.92) earned his lone All-Star invite and placed runner-up in the 1990 NL Cy Young vote.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Manny Ramirez	LF	6.10	33.12	Ramon J. Martinez	P	4.37	17.79
Cesar Cedeno	CF	7.17	33.81	Juan Guzman	P	5.78	17.76
Jose A. Bautista	RF	7.71	38.54	Edinson Volquez	P	4.55	16.40
David Ortiz	DH/1B	5.53	30.08	Miguel Batista	P	3.77	14.61
Albert Pujols	1B	10.02	39.70	Danny Salazar	P	2.93	13.25
Placido Polanco	2B	3.99	24.47	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Cristian Guzman	SS	3.46	19.15	Roberto M. Hernandez	P	6.90	20.97
Adrian Beltre	3B	7.72	37.15	Fernando Rodney	P	4.07	18.87
Carlos Santana	C	4.61	26.63	Francisco Cordero	P	4.17	16.49
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Octavio Dotel	P	4.20	15.86
Carlos Pena	1B	6.46	28.65	Damaso Marte	P	4.17	15.22
Aramis Ramirez	3B	3.23	25.56
Melky Cabrera	OF	4.15	25.32
Quilvio Veras	2B	3.09	23.54
Felix Jose	OF	2.69	22.56
Ronny Paulino	C	2.13	13.56

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“The Steel City” rounds out the top 10 baseball birthplaces. “Sudden” Sam McDowell (20-12, 2.92 in 1970) and mound mate Bob Purkey (23-5, 2.81 in 1962) finished third in the Cy Young balloting during their finest campaigns. Hank Sauer (.270/37/121) paced the Senior Circuit in home runs and RBI to merit the 1950 NL MVP hardware.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Spike Shannon	LF	3.41	21.26	Mike E. Smith	P	12.70	48.56
Frank J. Thomas	CF	3.59	25.12	Mark Baldwin	P	9.46	41.44
Hank Sauer	RF	6.47	28.20	Frank Killen	P	10.24	37.42
Paul Schaal	DH/3B	4.02	25.68	Frank Smith	P	8.68	29.53
Ryan Garko	1B	2.48	15.86	Sam McDowell	P	7.99	29.14
Glenn Beckert	2B	4.35	23.68	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Bobby Wallace	SS	6.78	26.03	Bob Purkey	P	6.51	26.43
Buddy Bell	3B	5.52	26.38	Ad Gumbert	P	4.83	26.38
Tom Satriano	C	2.18	12.53	Bill Doak	P	5.35	23.79
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Al Mamaux	P	5.98	20.81
Baldy Louden	2B	3.21	22.70	Jim Shaw	P	5.25	18.71
Neil Walker	2B	3.39	22.16
Bobby Lowe	2B	2.26	21.75
Eddie Miller	SS	3.67	20.91
Moose Solters	OF	3.85	20.52
Jack Cummings	C	0.87	4.09

Cleveland, Ohio

“Big” Ed Delahanty led the National League with a .410 batting average, 238 base knocks, 55 two-baggers and 137 ribbies as the 19^th Century reached its conclusion. Ed’s younger sibling Jim makes the squad in a reserve capacity, supplying a .339 BA while plating 94 baserunners. Sal Bando (.281/31/113) provides added thump at the hot corner. George “The Bull” Uhle (27-11, 2.83) topped the Junior Circuit in victories, complete games and innings pitched in 1926, matching teammate Urban Shocker’s win total from five years prior.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Ed Delahanty	LF	7.75	40.38	Ed Seward	P	13.42	42.41
Dode Paskert	CF	2.75	26.26	George Uhle	P	10.06	32.20
Steve Evans	RF	4.51	30.19	Urban Shocker	P	7.94	29.19
Bill Bradley	DH/3B	7.76	28.94	Rube Marquard	P	7.24	26.60
Joe Kuhel	1B	2.81	25.30	Bill Stemmyer	P	2.73	22.21
Ray Mack	2B	2.22	17.62	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Fred Smith	SS	0.97	13.12	Jim Bagby	P	3.37	20.86
Sal Bando	3B	6.93	34.94	Frank Knauss	P	4.36	20.58
Ed McFarland	C	3.73	19.28	Tom Murphy	P	6.63	19.00
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Al Milnar	P	1.97	18.36
Joe Vosmik	OF	5.57	27.80	Ken Kravec	P	4.03	15.51
Jim Delahanty	1B	3.11	24.68
Mike Easler	1B	3.86	23.99
Jimmy Wasdell	OF	1.17	15.59
Mickey Hatcher	OF	2.93	15.39
Earl Averill Jr.	C	1.45	11.72

Detroit, Michigan

“Prince” Hal Newhouser averaged 27 wins with a 1.99 ERA over a three-year period (1944-1946), earning back-to-back AL MVP awards along with a runner-up finish in ’46. Ed Reulbach (18-14, 1.42) completed 28 of 29 starts in his inaugural season and established career-bests in ERA and WHIP (0.963). The “Motor City” mound mastery relegates both 1996 Cy Young winners (Pat Hentgen and John Smoltz) to the bullpen. Bill Freehan (.263/25/84) placed second in the 1968 AL MVP balloting and set personal-bests in runs scored, home runs and RBI. Seven years later, slugging first-sacker John Mayberry (.291/34/106) topped the circuit in walks (119) and established career-highs in almost every offensive category.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Tom Tresh	LF	4.14	29.25	Hal Newhouser	P	12.26	37.44
Ron LeFlore	CF	3.92	25.82	Ed Reulbach	P	8.41	30.39
Bernie Carbo	RF	5.50	24.98	Ed Stein	P	7.66	28.31
Lenny Green	DH/OF	2.22	23.02	Frank Tanana	P	7.10	26.87
John Mayberry	1B	6.84	32.20	Art Houtteman	P	5.97	26.27
Cass Michaels	2B	4.94	22.46	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Frank Scheibeck	SS	1.53	13.79	John Smoltz	P	7.22	25.14
Chris Sabo	3B	4.24	22.18	Pat Hentgen	P	8.52	23.87
Bill Freehan	C	5.92	32.89	Dick Radatz	P	6.25	23.75
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Billy Pierce	P	6.26	23.46
Jim Doyle	3B	4.52	18.51	Milt Pappas	P	4.76	20.35
Tom Paciorek	OF	3.31	17.03
Tex Wisterzil	3B	2.35	16.41
Ernie Whitt	C	2.04	16.37
Jim Essian	C	3.59	15.00
Count Campau	OF	2.40	14.42

San Diego, California

Ted Williams (.342/38/123) returned from three years of military service in World War II to secure the 1946 AL MVP award. “The Splendid Splinter” topped the leader boards with 142 runs scored, 156 bases on balls, .497 OBP and .667 SLG. Fellow San Diego native Kevin “World” Mitchell swatted 47 round-trippers, knocked in 125 baserunners and slugged .635 to merit the 1989 NL MVP award. Mark Prior (18-6, 2.43) earned his lone All-Star nod and placed third in the 2003 NL Cy Young vote.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Ted Williams	LF	11.04	50.63	Mark Prior	P	7.43	23.14
Adam Jones	CF	4.83	28.61	Jack Harshman	P	4.60	21.50
Mike Davis	RF	5.20	23.44	Mark Langston	P	6.97	20.88
Kevin Mitchell	DH/OF	7.95	39.17	Cole Hamels	P	6.03	18.13
Adrian Gonzalez	1B	5.98	33.60	Aaron Harang	P	5.11	18.03
Marcus Giles	2B	6.48	29.80	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Nick Punto	SS/3B	1.75	13.71	Mike Harkey	P	3.78	13.94
Ray Boone	3B	5.14	27.92	Stephen Strasburg	P	3.30	13.43
Jason Kendall	C	6.35	25.68	Jim Wilson	P	2.39	13.03
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Mark Redman	P	3.36	13.02
Graig Nettles	3B	7.41	27.85	Mike Leake	P	2.64	12.32
Deron Johnson	3B	4.27	23.31
Hank Blalock	3B	3.16	23.04
Jacque Jones	OF	4.33	21.85
Lee Walls	OF	3.96	19.74
Matt Nokes	C	3.58	19.59

Houston, Texas

Chuck Knoblauch (.341/13/72) swiped 45 bags and tallied 140 runs in 1996. Four-time All-Star Carl Crawford (307/19/90) contributed similar numbers across the board in 2010, yielding a potent one-two combo atop the batting order for the “Magnolia City”. Adam Dunn aka “Big Donkey” crushed a career-high 46 four-baggers.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Carl Crawford	LF	6.32	30.66	Britt Burns	P	6.81	21.77
Curt Flood	CF	5.07	27.11	Red Munger	P	5.58	17.94
Michael Bourn	RF	3.26	24.89	Kip Wells	P	4.40	15.20
Kelly Gruber	DH/3B	6.40	23.19	Scott Kazmir	P	5.06	14.29
Adam Dunn	1B/OF	3.99	29.78	Woody G. Williams	P	3.51	13.78
Chuck Knoblauch	2B	5.57	31.53	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Craig Reynolds	SS	3.92	17.94	Joe Nathan	P	3.70	19.41
Anthony Rendon	3B	5.20	26.85	Stan Baumgartner	P	4.95	19.25
Chris Snyder	C	1.97	15.27	Michael Jackson	P	4.10	16.02
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Mike Sirotka	P	4.43	13.66
Johnny Rizzo	OF	2.52	22.90	Roger Pavlik	P	3.66	13.53
Chris B. Young	OF	2.78	21.10
David Murphy	OF	2.40	18.86
James Loney	1B	2.41	18.57
Joel Youngblood	OF	4.67	17.25
Jason LaRue	C	2.65	14.43

Baltimore, Maryland

Babe Ruth aka “The Sultan of Swat” and Al Kaline fortify the consistent if understated supporting cast from “Monument City”. Ruth (.393/41/130) seized 1923 AL MVP honors while recording personal-bests in hits (205), doubles (45), walks (170) and OBP (.545). Kaline (.340/27/102) collected his lone batting title, led the American League with 200 base knocks and placed runner-up in the 1955 AL MVP balloting at age 20!

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Babe Ruth	LF	12.87	54.13	Bobby Mathews	P	19.53	53.52
Brian Jordan	CF	4.09	22.32	Frank Foreman	P	2.70	29.15
Al Kaline	RF	6.94	30.93	Tommy Thomas	P	9.46	28.40
Bob Unglaub	1B	3.49	18.14	Eddie Rommel	P	6.31	26.75
Butch Schmidt	1B	1.59	18.50	Ed Beatin	P	4.19	23.31
Ray Morgan	2B	2.25	20.63	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Bill Keister	SS	3.19	20.07	Fred Smith	P	3.93	22.41
Buck Herzog	3B/SS	6.65	22.11	Geoff Zahn	P	4.73	17.92
Bill Schroeder	C	2.75	13.57	Moose Haas	P	5.77	17.03
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Dave Boswell	P	4.45	16.62
Ron Swoboda	OF	2.37	15.06	Mike Bielecki	P	3.93	16.56
Andy Cohen	2B	1.84	13.96
Phil Linz	SS	1.75	12.14
Gabe Gross	OF	1.49	10.61
Chick Fewster	OF	1.75	10.54
Bill Holbert	C	0.17	7.96

Sacramento, California

Derrek Lee (.335/46/107) secured the batting championship and paced the Senior Circuit with 50 two-base knocks, 199 safeties and a .662 SLG while finishing third in the 2005 NL MVP race. Slugging left fielder Greg Vaughn (.272/50/119) established career-highs in homers, ribbies, runs scored (112), batting average and slugging percentage (.597). Brad Lidge (1.90, 29 SV) struck out 157 opponents in 94.2 innings in 2004. Steve Sax (.332/6/56) rapped 210 hits during the 1986 campaign and successfully swiped 40 bases.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Greg Vaughn	LF	6.66	31.66	Jim Hughes	P	9.02	33.39
Earl McNeely	CF	1.58	15.42	Bob Forsch	P	5.15	19.24
Bud Stewart	RF	1.55	15.40	Doug Davis	P	4.76	16.17
Steve Sax	DH/2B	3.56	30.08	Dick Ruthven	P	3.76	16.00
Derrek Lee	1B	7.48	34.02	Ken Forsch	P	4.08	14.17
Fernando Vina	2B	5.24	28.96	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Woodie Held	SS	5.16	21.77	Brad Lidge	P	4.91	20.21
Stan Hack	3B	4.56	33.55	Randy Lerch	P	2.04	13.41
Fred Carroll	C	4.91	24.61	Rod Scurry	P	3.41	12.63
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Manny Salvo	P	2.33	12.18
Nick Johnson	1B	5.20	26.00	Brandon League	P	0.79	11.20
Larry Bowa	SS	2.71	21.71
Tommy Glaviano	3B	4.01	18.39
Joe Nealon	1B	2.48	18.33
Jerry Royster	3B	1.48	18.15
Geno Petralli	C	0.49	10.03

San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

Sammy Sosa (.328/64/160) placed runner-up in the 2001 NL MVP race while setting personal-bests in batting average, runs (146), and bases on balls (116). Two aces highlight a rather lackluster the rotation: Johnny Cueto (20-9, 2.25 in 2014) and Joaquin Andujar (15-10, 2.47 in 1982). Alfonso Soriano (.300/39/102) led the American League in hits (209), runs (128) and stolen bases (41) while falling one home run shy of the 40/40 club in 2002. George A. Bell (.308/47/134) topped the circuit in RBI and seized the 1987 AL MVP award.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
George A. Bell	LF	3.97	26.41	Johnny Cueto	P	7.01	23.14
Pedro Guerrero	CF	6.46	34.04	Joaquin Andujar	P	6.45	22.17
Sammy Sosa	RF	9.08	43.81	Julio Santana	P	2.09	7.91
Alfonso Soriano	DH/2B	4.77	30.04	Daniel Cabrera	P	1.04	7.48
Jose Offerman	1B/2B	3.53	27.67	Ben Rivera	P	2.04	7.10
Robinson Cano	2B	6.90	35.26	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Tony Fernandez	SS	4.54	24.68	Jose Valverde	P	2.73	14.80
Fernando Tatis	3B	5.06	23.87	Jose Jimenez	P	3.07	13.64
Angel Pena	C	0.03	1.27	Guillermo Mota	P	3.54	13.38
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Alexi Ogando	P	3.58	12.26
Rico Carty	OF	4.64	26.16	Salomon Torres	P	1.25	11.06
Luis Castillo	2B	3.27	23.28
Rafael Ramirez	SS	3.43	22.10
Juan Samuel	2B	3.69	21.84
Mariano Duncan	2B	3.03	15.47
Miguel Sano	3B	2.28	14.80

Washington, District of Columbia

Father-son combo Maury and Bump Wills highlight the starting nine from the “Nation’s Capital”. Maury Wills (.299/6/48) captured the 1962 NL MVP after collecting 208 base knocks and pilfering 104 bases in 117 attempts. Bump Wills (.287/9/62) nabbed 28 bags and finished third in the 1977 AL Rookie of the Year balloting.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Algie McBride	LF	2.52	21.88	Bill Henry Taylor	P	16.87	63.12
Milt Thompson	CF	3.08	19.13	Bob Barr	P	6.09	30.75
Phil Geier	RF	-0.51	11.80	Bill Wise	P	4.53	27.69
Don Money	DH/3B	4.32	26.74	Doc White	P	7.54	24.64
Lu Blue	1B	4.49	25.78	Clay Kirby	P	4.43	17.93
Bump Wills	2B	4.49	22.11	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Maury Wills	SS	6.47	31.84	John Thornton	P	2.06	17.01
Art Devlin	3B	7.86	35.14	Johnny Welch	P	3.33	13.02
Ryan Hanigan	C	0.99	16.70	Johnny Klippstein	P	2.44	11.95
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Brendan Donnelly	P	3.94	11.71
Sadie Houck	SS	3.85	19.22	Frank Funk	P	2.28	10.41
Sonny Jackson	SS	2.73	18.55
Pop Snyder	C	1.91	13.79
Joe Gerhardt	2B	2.80	13.72
Tom Kinslow	C	1.98	12.86
John Atz	2B	1.32	12.59

Oakland, California

Dontrelle Willis (22-10, 2.63) merited runner-up status in the 2005 NL Cy Young voting while Dave Stewart (22-11, 2.56) finished third in the 1990 AL Cy Young balloting. Dennis Eckersley established career-bests with 20 victories, 268.1 innings pitched and a 2.99 ERA. Jermaine Dye walloped 44 dingers and plated 120 baserunners during his stellar 2006 season. Jimmy Rollins compiled 38 doubles, 20 triples and 30 long balls and swiped 41 of 47 bases to claim 2007 NL MVP honors.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Irish Meusel	LF	3.29	22.81	Dennis Eckersley	P	7.08	23.93
Gary Pettis	CF	5.22	17.79	Jim Tobin	P	3.42	23.65
Jermaine Dye	RF	5.16	25.40	Ray Kremer	P	6.05	23.35
Von Joshua	OF	1.90	19.08	Dontrelle Willis	P	7.99	22.63
Lew Fonseca	1B	4.91	24.45	Dave Stewart	P	7.18	22.23
Cookie Lavagetto	2B/3B	3.19	23.30	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Jimmy Rollins	SS	5.14	28.15	Monte Pearson	P	5.69	18.39
Andy Carey	3B	3.83	18.45	Al Hrabosky	P	3.76	18.10
Ernie Lombardi	C	4.68	23.70	Bob Chesnes	P	3.18	15.72
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Bill Werle	P	2.07	13.09
Mike Young	OF	3.12	16.80	Jerry Garvin	P	2.54	12.63
Johnny Vergez	3B	2.92	16.64
Al Woods	OF	2.02	14.47
Jeff Frye	2B	1.88	14.31
Len Gabrielson	OF	1.98	13.20
Ray Lamanno	C	1.99	12.69

Louisville, Kentucky

The namesake for the Louisville Slugger bats, Pete Browning amassed 220 safeties, tallied 137 aces and pilfered 103 bags while posting a .402 BA in 1887. Mike “Gator” Greenwell (.325/22/119) placed second in the 1988 AL MVP race. Gus “Cannonball” Weyhing recorded at least 30 victories in four consecutive campaigns (1889-1892).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Mike Greenwell	LF	5.59	29.93	Gus Weyhing	P	10.65	38.50
Pete Browning	CF	6.25	32.22	Red Ehret	P	5.91	30.02
Chicken Wolf	RF	6.14	30.49	Ferdie Schupp	P	5.65	22.18
Gus Bell	DH/OF	3.50	23.04	Bill Sowders	P	2.77	22.10
Adam Duvall	1B/OF	3.17	16.23	John Sowders	P	4.24	21.92
Dan Uggla	2B	4.39	26.24	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Fred Pfeffer	SS/2B	3.35	20.89	Paul Byrd	P	4.91	17.64
Phil Reccius	3B	0.29	13.32	Bill Hart	P	2.71	15.82
Dixie Howell	C	0.94	6.29	Todd Wellemeyer	P	3.09	12.34
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Scott Downs	P	3.29	10.76
Hub Collins	2B	5.60	29.40	Jon Rauch	P	1.12	9.69
Jay Buhner	OF	3.26	20.07
Charlie Hamburg	OF	2.11	18.29
Monk Cline	OF	2.99	16.72
Dave Anderson	SS	1.63	12.27
Moe Thacker	C	0.04	2.28

Atlanta, Georgia

“Smiling” Bill Terry eclipsed the century mark in RBI for six consecutive campaigns (1927-1932) while batting at a .355 clip with 215 base hits and 115 runs scored per year. Six-time All-Star outfielder Moises Alou (.312/38/124) placed third in the 1998 NL MVP race. Marquis Grissom (.298/19/95) pilfered at least 50 bases for the third straight season and began a streak of four consecutive Gold Glove awards in 1993. In the same season Tony Phillips batted a career-best .313, scored 113 runs and paced the Junior Circuit with 132 bases on balls.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Moises Alou	LF	4.26	29.52	Willie McGill	P	4.37	23.18
Dexter Fowler	CF	3.21	26.60	Erskine Mayer	P	4.00	21.97
Marquis Grissom	RF	5.55	30.83	Hugh Casey	P	5.48	19.86
Wally Joyner	DH/1B	4.05	24.10	Jim Hearn	P	4.41	15.37
Bill Terry	1B	7.64	31.58	Rick Waits	P	3.31	14.97
Gordon Beckham	2B	1.52	13.17	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Tony Phillips	SS/OF	6.39	25.47	Chris Hammond	P	3.24	12.04
Sean Burroughs	3B	1.76	16.60	Dave Beard	P	0.72	8.85
Michael Barrett	C	1.94	15.98	Chuck James	P	1.91	8.24
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Taylor Phillips	P	2.53	8.03
Mike Ivie	1B	2.74	21.12	Blaine Boyer	P	1.77	6.89
Mack Jones	OF	3.08	18.69
Jeff Francoeur	OF	1.85	18.36
John Milner	OF	3.68	18.15
Harry Simpson	OF	3.40	17.85
Walt Alexander	C	0.85	3.84

La Habana, Cuba

Dolf Luque (27-8, 1.93) aka “The Pride of Havana” topped the team leader boards in wins, ERA and WAR (11.5) based on his 1923 results. “The Chemist” Jose Canseco (.307/42/124) joined the 40/40 club, recorded 120 tallies and collected 1988 AL MVP honors. Rafael Palmeiro (.295/37/105) socked 40 two-baggers, swiped 22 of 25 bases and topped the American League with 124 runs scored in 1993. “The Cuban Comet” Minnie Minoso (.320/19/116) established personal-bests in RBI, runs scored (119), triples (18), SLG (.535) and total bases (304). Zoilo Versalles (.273/19/77) merited 1965 AL MVP honors as he paced the Junior Circuit in runs (126), doubles (45), triples (12) and total bases (308).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Sandy Amoros	LF	2.48	13.33	Dolf Luque	P	11.51	38.54
Minnie Minoso	CF	7.32	31.62	Camilo Pascual	P	7.84	22.85
Jose Canseco	RF	8.17	39.13	Marcelino Lopez	P	2.56	14.16
Tito Fuentes	DH/2B	1.81	19.64	Rene Arocha	P	2.08	10.82
Rafael Palmeiro	1B	6.99	32.12	Ariel Prieto	P	2.20	8.12
Cookie Rojas	2B	2.21	18.57	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Zoilo Versalles	SS	5.52	31.16	Mike Fornieles	P	4.25	15.37
Yunel Escobar	3B/SS	4.23	20.29	Vladimir Nunez	P	1.74	12.68
Yasmani Grandal	C	3.09	18.43	Luis Aloma	P	3.29	9.80
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Jose Acosta	P	1.11	6.74
Yonder Alonso	1B	2.50	17.11	Oscar Tuero	P	-0.21	6.28
Chico Fernandez	SS	1.15	14.87
Eli Marrero	C/OF	2.21	14.26
Rey Ordonez	SS	-0.45	12.73
Jose Iglesias	SS	2.03	12.15
Mike Gonzalez	C	2.07	11.95

Tampa, Florida

Dwight Gooden (24-4, 1.53) secured the 1985 NL Cy Young award in his sophomore season. “Doc” boasted a 0.965 WHIP and topped the circuit in victories, ERA, innings pitched (276.2), complete games (16) and strikeouts (268). Nine-time All-Star and Gooden’s nephew Gary Sheffield (.330/39/132) set career-highs in RBI, runs (126) and doubles (37) while placing third in the 2003 NL MVP balloting. Luis E. Gonzalez (.325/57/142) shattered his personal records in home runs, RBI and runs (128) during a spectacular 2001 campaign.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Luis E. Gonzalez	LF	7.21	35.59	Dwight Gooden	P	12.73	32.12
Denard Span	CF	4.82	24.72	Floyd Youmans	P	2.84	13.07
Carl Everett	RF	4.98	23.24	Lance McCullers Jr.	P	2.48	7.94
Steve Garvey	DH/1B	4.07	27.30	Brian Tollberg	P	1.32	6.28
Fred McGriff	1B	6.61	29.18	Sam Militello	P	1.36	3.40
Jody Reed	2B	2.96	22.35	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Gary Sheffield	SS/OF	6.32	33.85	Sam Dyson	P	2.99	13.30
Dave Magadan	3B/1B	3.89	23.68	Matt Mantei	P	2.24	12.52
Al Lopez	C	2.86	16.62	Chris Ray	P	2.34	12.08
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Lance McCullers	P	3.58	12.01
Tino Martinez	1B	5.91	26.54	Gene Nelson	P	2.56	10.22
Derek Bell	OF	2.94	23.20
Lou Piniella	OF	3.46	21.07
Matthew Joyce	OF	3.70	19.46
Mike Heath	C	2.32	13.69
Jason Michaels	OF	2.20	12.22

Long Beach, California

Jeff Burroughs (.301/25/118) claimed the 1974 AL MVP award. Tim “Kingfish” Salmon (.330/34/105) established career-bests in batting average, runs (111), hits (177) and home runs. Twenty-game winners Scott Erickson (20-8, 3.18 in 1991) and Mike Krukow (20-9, 3.05 in 1986) share top billing in the Long Beach rotation.

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Jeff Burroughs	LF	4.57	31.57	Scott Erickson	P	5.19	17.63
Jack Rothrock	CF	1.70	19.03	Mike Krukow	P	4.30	16.79
Tim Salmon	RF	5.73	28.92	Jim Slaton	P	3.76	15.87
Bob Bailey	DH/3B	4.51	21.30	Dave Frost	P	4.26	15.60
J. T. Snow	1B	3.73	27.29	Randy Moffitt	P	3.05	12.96
Bret Barberie	2B	2.37	11.48	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Dick Cole	SS	-0.04	6.73	Red Witt	P	4.35	12.95
Justin Turner	3B	4.56	22.56	Ryan Madson	P	2.33	12.09
Don Slaught	C	2.56	14.54	Casey Cox	P	3.10	12.01
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Kirk Saarloos	P	2.24	8.12
Matt M. Duffy	3B	4.37	18.05	James McDonald	P	0.85	7.59
Lenny Randle	3B	3.40	17.54
Alan Ashby	C	1.74	12.68
Tony Gwynn Jr.	OF	2.43	12.43
Travis d’Arnaud	C	1.51	12.38
Ian Stewart	3B	1.45	11.97

Portland, Oregon

Mickey Lolich (25-14, 2.92) completed 29 of 45 starts, leading the American League in both categories along with innings pitched (376) and strikeouts (308) to place runner-up in the 1971 AL Cy Young vote. Johnny “The Needle” Pesky batted at a .355 clip, topped the leaderboards with 208 safeties, received his lone All-Star invitation and finished fourth in the 1946 AL MVP race. Dale Murphy clouted 36 long balls, knocked in 105 runs and registered 110 tallies per season over a six-year stretch (1982-87).

LINEUP	POS	WAR	WS	ROTATION	POS	WAR	WS
Brady Clark	LF	2.87	21.04	Mickey Lolich	P	7.80	29.71
Aaron Rowand	CF	4.15	23.28	Tom Parrott	P	4.44	21.98
Dale Murphy	RF	4.96	32.86	Jack Wilson	P	4.51	20.60
John Jaha	DH/1B	3.67	21.26	Wayne Twitchell	P	5.39	20.35
Richie Sexson	1B	4.98	25.39	Syl Johnson	P	4.49	16.74
Dick Egan	2B	4.83	18.74	BULLPEN	POS	WAR	WS
Johnny Pesky	SS	5.79	35.65	Kent Bottenfield	P	3.65	14.51
Lance Blankenship	3B/2B	4.03	17.40	Cliff Chambers	P	3.49	13.59
Mitch Lyden	C	0.08	0.30	Larry Andersen	P	3.49	13.01
BENCH	POS	WAR	WS	Steve Olin	P	3.15	12.98
Brian L. Hunter	OF	2.89	16.71	Don Johnson	P	2.38	11.14
Darwin Barney	2B	1.49	13.75
Matt Diaz	OF	1.93	13.37
Ossie Orwoll	1B	1.64	9.80
Trevor Crowe	OF	1.14	6.53
Rocky Gale	C	-0.08	0.09

Birthplace Total WAR and Win Shares

WAR	WS	Birthplace
373.54	2426.95	Chicago_USA_IL
341.44	2289.00	St. Louis_USA_MO
304.50	2231.61	Philadelphia_USA_PA
348.35	2104.09	Los Angeles_USA_CA
279.30	1795.33	New York_USA_NY
289.39	1780.37	Brooklyn_USA_NY
275.56	1656.67	San Francisco_USA_CA
225.31	1442.48	Cincinnati_USA_OH
191.94	1169.45	Santo Domingo_D.R._Distrito Nacional
181.44	1087.85	Pittsburgh_USA_PA
174.07	1046.33	Cleveland_USA_OH
206.66	1036.69	Detroit_USA_MI
196.31	1014.35	San Diego_USA_CA
174.19	895.74	Houston_USA_TX
150.19	885.96	Baltimore_USA_MD
119.02	746.02	Sacramento_USA_CA
119.81	728.67	San Pedro de Macoris_D.R._San Pedro de Macoris
99.39	707.46	Washington_USA_DC
123.99	685.38	Oakland_USA_CA
103.03	615.65	Louisville_USA_KY
103.17	615.61	Atlanta_USA_GA
99.80	606.23	La Habana_Cuba_La Habana
113.08	582.73	Tampa_USA_FL
92.90	525.20	Long Beach_USA_CA
95.59	505.92	Portland_USA_OR
90.51	482.69	Dallas_USA_TX
72.93	481.88	Birmingham_USA_AL
79.80	479.36	New Orleans_USA_LA
65.94	465.48	Milwaukee_USA_WI
62.00	463.61	Boston_USA_MA
76.27	458.07	Buffalo_USA_NY
72.87	443.38	Miami_USA_FL
73.98	430.65	Caracas_Venezuela_Distrito Federal
76.14	422.70	Kansas City_USA_MO
78.81	393.26	Seattle_USA_WA
69.91	379.31	St. Paul_USA_MN
73.68	371.89	Nashville_USA_TN
69.36	365.59	Oklahoma City_USA_OK
78.24	364.74	Cambridge_USA_MA
49.29	351.86	Memphis_USA_TN
64.92	351.81	Indianapolis_USA_IN
53.99	327.56	San Antonio_USA_TX
74.98	324.33	Rochester_USA_NY
47.69	323.22	Columbus_USA_OH
57.69	320.14	Santa Monica_USA_CA
59.85	318.22	Austin_USA_TX
59.52	314.70	Mobile_USA_AL
61.30	313.47	Riverside_USA_CA
48.71	280.39	Jacksonville_USA_FL
51.43	279.81	Omaha_USA_NE
44.93	277.73	Maracay_Venezuela_Aragua
53.26	273.42	Valencia_Venezuela_Carabobo
49.33	273.29	Ponce_P.R._
60.02	272.51	Dayton_USA_OH
48.89	267.04	Denver_USA_CO
52.86	260.83	Fresno_USA_CA
43.78	260.11	Richmond_USA_VA
42.83	257.11	Santiago_D.R._Santiago
44.32	252.79	San Jose_USA_CA
44.09	252.74	Pasadena_USA_CA
45.76	251.68	Rio Piedras_P.R._
42.24	242.17	Toledo_USA_OH
43.82	239.14	Santurce_P.R._
41.22	237.10	Utica_USA_NY
34.01	236.48	Providence_USA_RI
31.71	236.08	Worcester_USA_MA
39.81	235.58	Toronto_CAN_ON
45.81	231.75	Reading_USA_PA
53.12	230.74	San Cristobal_D.R._San Cristobal
42.27	228.53	Bronx_USA_NY
38.97	227.35	Glendale_USA_CA
26.81	219.66	New Haven_USA_CT
43.03	214.44	Evansville_USA_IN
27.75	213.95	Peoria_USA_IL
37.76	212.26	Shreveport_USA_LA
44.32	212.17	Maracaibo_Venezuela_Zulia
35.32	211.48	Charlotte_USA_NC
35.72	210.92	Newark_USA_NJ
42.05	210.23	Berkeley_USA_CA
44.03	209.77	Springfield_USA_IL
32.03	209.46	Tucson_USA_AZ
36.32	208.55	Bani_D.R._Peravia
39.72	207.07	Fullerton_USA_CA
39.05	205.05	Wilmington_USA_DE
38.60	202.11	Las Vegas_USA_NV
36.65	199.01	Phoenix_USA_AZ
43.68	195.47	Joliet_USA_IL
38.73	195.11	Fall River_USA_MA
31.90	194.83	Paterson_USA_NJ
29.74	189.77	Tulsa_USA_OK
29.42	189.71	Fort Worth_USA_TX
32.97	189.20	Beaumont_USA_TX
33.93	187.78	Bridgeport_USA_CT
32.48	186.74	Pensacola_USA_FL
40.52	185.21	Baton Rouge_USA_LA
27.15	181.59	Wheeling_USA_WV
30.69	177.92	Lexington_USA_KY
26.05	175.84	Holyoke_USA_MA
31.11	175.72	Torrance_USA_CA
38.22	171.93	Van Nuys_USA_CA
33.66	171.89	Orlando_USA_FL
35.27	171.44	Burbank_USA_CA
38.11	170.93	Waco_USA_TX
27.79	170.30	Orange_USA_CA
34.49	169.68	Hollywood_USA_CA
29.50	169.39	Troy_USA_NY
26.25	169.22	Minneapolis_USA_MN
34.14	169.18	Springfield_USA_OH
35.79	167.13	Des Moines_USA_IA
27.70	166.83	West Palm Beach_USA_FL
29.96	165.27	Albany_USA_NY
24.86	164.48	San Juan_P.R._
31.34	163.28	Little Rock_USA_AR
29.64	159.80	Grand Rapids_USA_MI
35.92	159.06	Santa Ana_USA_CA
22.05	158.59	Covington_USA_KY
26.05	157.33	Camden_USA_NJ
22.74	155.81	Chattanooga_USA_TN
28.93	155.76	Fort Lauderdale_USA_FL
23.41	153.28	Norfolk_USA_VA
25.24	153.06	Belleville_USA_IL
32.29	151.14	Honolulu_USA_HI
28.20	150.37	Jackson_USA_MS
26.44	149.03	Staten Island_USA_NY
25.98	148.42	Tuscaloosa_USA_AL
23.63	147.81	Lancaster_USA_PA
29.96	145.87	Columbus_USA_GA
27.59	145.76	Waterbury_USA_CT
23.18	145.18	Bayamon_P.R._
34.99	145.10	Cedar Rapids_USA_IA
23.16	144.65	Trenton_USA_NJ
30.25	141.58	Inglewood_USA_CA
24.93	141.49	Knoxville_USA_TN
24.38	141.48	La Romana_D.R._La Romana
25.85	141.16	Akron_USA_OH
26.12	139.53	Youngstown_USA_OH
21.20	139.02	Montgomery_USA_AL
20.25	138.30	Syracuse_USA_NY
28.66	137.12	Merced_USA_CA
26.94	136.31	San Bernardino_USA_CA
26.61	136.01	Quincy_USA_IL
20.58	135.84	Visalia_USA_CA
24.96	134.23	Wichita_USA_KS
26.30	133.15	Anaheim_USA_CA
27.65	133.12	Madison_USA_WI
26.11	132.70	Durham_USA_NC
20.18	129.73	Covina_USA_CA
20.17	129.53	Tacoma_USA_WA
23.61	128.05	Arecibo_P.R._
24.69	127.94	Hialeah_USA_FL
23.65	127.82	Colon_Panama_Colon
17.56	126.93	Kansas City_USA_KS
18.96	126.65	Redwood City_USA_CA
23.52	125.20	Alameda_USA_CA
23.12	124.31	Lowell_USA_MA
17.53	124.23	Bajos de Haina_D.R._San Cristobal
19.62	123.80	Tallahassee_USA_FL
25.51	123.77	Martinez_USA_CA
26.40	123.45	Newport Beach_USA_CA
20.64	120.63	Longview_USA_TX
21.19	120.46	Columbia_USA_SC
23.49	120.42	Whittier_USA_CA
17.57	119.68	Springfield_USA_MA
16.36	119.65	Bakersfield_USA_CA
17.86	118.23	Barquisimeto_Venezuela_Lara
23.11	117.87	Portland_USA_ME
19.93	116.87	Lynwood_USA_CA
23.70	116.75	Fort Wayne_USA_IN
28.12	116.43	Bonham_USA_TX
19.78	116.08	Santa Barbara_USA_CA
17.87	113.77	Hamilton_USA_OH
18.80	113.65	Bellflower_USA_CA
17.43	113.60	Scranton_USA_PA
22.38	112.90	Greensboro_USA_NC
17.10	112.63	Macon_USA_GA
13.61	111.75	_Ireland_
15.22	110.31	Waukegan_USA_IL
21.90	107.59	Charlestown_USA_MA
23.29	107.01	Flint_USA_MI
20.83	106.98	Lincoln_USA_NE
12.09	106.31	Springfield_USA_MO
11.87	105.96	Harrisburg_USA_PA
23.11	105.95	Spokane_USA_WA
21.99	105.74	Donora_USA_PA
26.73	105.18	Monroe_USA_LA
24.93	105.07	Lakeland_USA_FL
17.00	104.82	Willemstad_Curacao_
20.01	104.40	Oxnard_USA_CA
15.06	104.21	Salt Lake City_USA_UT
15.19	104.00	Mayaguez_P.R._
22.24	103.94	Lynn_USA_MA
25.73	103.65	Wooster_USA_OH
17.04	103.20	Gary_USA_IN
18.28	102.48	Terre Haute_USA_IN
17.02	102.19	Portsmouth_USA_OH
20.29	101.60	Hackensack_USA_NJ
20.81	101.33	Redlands_USA_CA
24.43	101.25	Huntsville_USA_AL
20.57	100.75	South Bend_USA_IN
20.34	100.73	Pittsfield_USA_MA
15.86	100.57	York_USA_PA
15.09	100.05	Charleston_USA_SC

Birth State/Country Raw & 40-man Roster WAR and Win Shares

			Raw	Raw
debutDec	Location	Count	WAR	WS	WAR	WS

1900	USA_PA	386	504.72	3346.50	359.43	1473.52
1900	USA_NY	329	438.84	2784.31	333.07	1406.34
2000	USA_CA	643	949.99	5248.79	259.62	1267.91
1900	USA_MA	199	271.35	1767.64	254.34	1156.42
1980	USA_CA	485	772.11	4243.22	248.81	1122.51
1940	USA_CA	175	295.61	1819.12	222.39	1070.26
1900	USA_OH	198	264.36	1656.30	226.87	1062.25
1920	USA_OH	283	302.57	1969.43	210.20	1030.69
1920	USA_PA	342	307.97	2165.29	208.73	995.37
2020	USA_CA	547	658.33	3550.94	199.51	988.59
2000	Dominican Republic	233	331.36	1859.04	193.02	954.75
1960	USA_NY	159	273.22	1338.99	213.93	940.97
1920	USA_NY	201	203.49	1330.23	187.26	933.33
2000	USA_FL	157	269.73	1435.49	182.55	923.11
1920	USA_IL	237	222.65	1570.14	171.35	920.23
1960	USA_CA	200	306.80	1750.79	190.88	912.58
2020	USA_FL	251	295.88	1682.86	166.16	899.31
2020	Dominican Republic	367	341.16	2004.01	176.84	886.94
1980	USA_OH	123	262.01	1298.25	190.78	882.85
1940	USA_IL	164	221.01	1300.05	179.89	873.85
1960	USA_PA	198	203.42	1273.58	168.14	869.17
2000	Puerto Rico	109	216.52	1205.34	162.32	860.74
1900	USA_IL	131	123.95	987.18	147.84	856.24
1980	USA_TX	120	217.92	1211.65	173.58	850.06
1980	USA_IL	118	208.80	1097.06	176.69	829.32
2020	Venezuela	233	265.81	1545.62	153.05	825.44
1980	USA_PA	123	192.74	1071.58	161.47	821.40
1900	USA_MO	104	142.64	873.20	157.43	820.90
2020	USA_TX	259	295.92	1615.55	161.58	815.66
2000	USA_NY	165	228.69	1316.71	155.34	809.03
1920	USA_CA	92	150.66	905.96	148.16	806.96
1980	USA_NY	130	187.88	1043.55	166.90	806.03
1980	USA_MI	97	189.97	948.44	169.58	792.16
1940	USA_PA	187	153.71	1075.48	151.54	785.79
1940	USA_TX	148	176.86	1033.24	161.46	781.28
1920	USA_MO	128	115.93	923.60	129.06	772.03
1920	USA_TX	106	142.78	819.21	148.65	743.06
1940	USA_NC	106	134.10	834.68	130.57	721.33
1960	USA_TX	89	137.24	764.78	134.91	717.86
2000	USA_OH	130	185.17	995.85	144.79	711.19
1960	USA_IL	150	161.20	1034.87	131.27	710.75
1940	USA_NY	131	146.41	847.58	131.66	705.84
2000	USA_TX	181	237.98	1185.38	155.82	696.94
1920	USA_IN	117	115.85	783.82	124.55	686.96
1940	USA_MO	104	125.23	769.58	131.27	682.92
1960	USA_MO	105	119.56	820.62	110.40	674.63
2000	USA_IL	144	185.99	1025.24	131.28	671.13
1980	USA_AL	62	121.17	694.52	123.92	671.09
2000	USA_GA	67	128.31	697.16	126.08	656.70
1960	USA_AL	64	123.13	652.43	125.16	642.41
1960	USA_MI	83	129.90	700.62	127.62	637.74
1980	USA_FL	69	124.69	681.62	121.84	635.23
2000	Venezuela	95	127.22	718.85	123.34	625.01
1900	USA_KY	69	93.72	631.26	98.30	623.25
1940	USA_OH	107	98.56	678.37	102.69	614.17
1960	USA_OH	108	119.62	725.83	114.30	607.87
1980	USA_MO	65	126.10	624.96	125.18	590.55
1940	USA_TN	71	106.97	587.59	105.66	568.31
2000	USA_PA	106	136.21	683.07	121.73	564.47
2020	USA_GA	100	108.05	628.39	99.95	546.20
1980	USA_NJ	64	104.45	554.86	104.52	531.97
1940	USA_AL	68	82.64	536.31	84.81	527.61
1980	Dominican Republic	62	84.29	531.25	83.18	518.06
1900	USA_CT	58	65.89	515.99	67.64	511.78
1960	USA_NC	89	96.01	574.31	99.73	509.44
2000	USA_LA	63	107.35	527.26	107.68	506.00
1980	USA_NC	55	97.60	511.00	98.84	498.84
1980	Puerto Rico	67	71.66	506.49	75.21	485.46
2000	USA_MI	70	109.16	516.71	107.19	482.87
2000	USA_NJ	68	84.55	489.25	86.77	470.34
1920	USA_IA	58	98.42	471.33	103.94	468.97
1940	USA_MA	114	67.51	503.25	74.32	468.08
1960	Cuba	65	82.18	476.55	84.23	467.40
1900	USA_MD	84	69.62	466.22	79.20	463.06
1960	USA_OK	54	85.25	463.44	89.63	459.88
1920	USA_MA	150	42.73	516.43	56.17	455.69
1920	USA_MI	84	62.94	464.33	74.68	452.03
1900	USA_NJ	59	58.87	451.26	66.30	449.39
1940	USA_OK	47	86.02	446.92	87.40	446.92
1900	USA_CA	40	64.54	441.14	64.54	441.14
1980	USA_OK	56	74.02	442.35	77.29	438.55
2020	USA_NC	50	80.11	439.50	80.89	438.25
2020	Cuba	58	71.94	444.70	72.61	437.44
1900	USA_IN	42	76.06	433.26	77.94	433.26
2000	USA_MA	59	78.03	437.51	79.29	429.13
2020	Japan	46	81.48	427.33	83.87	427.30
1980	USA_LA	41	95.47	425.40	95.61	425.40
1920	USA_MD	65	68.61	427.44	70.41	424.48
1940	USA_GA	54	69.34	423.97	69.94	423.22
1920	USA_WI	59	71.32	419.86	75.56	418.62
2020	USA_IL	97	92.32	462.36	92.65	414.58
1980	USA_VA	49	77.14	413.13	78.48	412.28
1980	USA_MA	53	83.81	414.02	85.73	411.65
1920	USA_KS	57	68.10	413.37	69.17	411.56
1940	USA_NJ	58	62.17	403.67	66.05	402.01
2000	USA_IN	51	69.79	402.14	72.97	400.40
2000	USA_NC	55	70.20	396.50	74.94	393.96
1960	USA_AR	39	67.64	380.88	67.64	380.88
1960	USA_NJ	69	54.36	391.40	59.06	375.57
2020	Puerto Rico	63	60.54	391.25	64.42	374.07
2020	USA_OH	80	72.81	398.03	73.77	371.95
1900	Ireland	38	56.55	371.80	56.55	371.80
1920	USA_TN	52	49.90	370.16	52.30	368.44
1960	USA_SC	32	58.93	353.18	58.93	353.18
1940	USA_MD	41	68.57	350.62	68.57	350.62
1920	USA_KY	50	63.22	349.78	63.60	348.80
2020	USA_WA	52	70.42	349.36	72.29	348.16
2000	USA_MO	51	68.74	348.97	72.28	348.09
1980	USA_IA	32	71.37	346.91	71.37	346.91
1900	Canada	60	36.76	346.57	41.55	345.28
1940	USA_IN	38	62.58	341.95	62.58	341.95
1940	USA_MS	42	46.97	341.40	46.97	341.40
1940	USA_LA	36	59.20	334.36	59.20	334.36
1980	USA_SC	31	55.96	333.84	55.96	333.84
1920	USA_GA	44	65.23	332.59	65.40	332.59
1900	USA_WI	30	54.18	332.26	54.18	332.26
1980	USA_WA	39	59.38	329.91	59.38	329.91
2000	USA_VA	55	56.82	331.31	58.08	328.72
1960	USA_MA	53	56.21	328.22	57.60	327.92
2000	USA_AL	50	51.55	327.15	54.01	326.52
2020	USA_VA	41	64.36	324.42	64.87	324.42
1980	USA_IN	43	67.53	322.23	67.74	322.17
2000	USA_MD	36	65.10	321.88	65.10	321.88
1920	USA_NE	33	44.01	321.17	44.01	321.17
1940	USA_IA	41	59.87	319.49	60.36	319.49
2000	USA_WA	49	60.73	316.47	62.32	315.77
1980	USA_TN	32	57.36	315.63	57.36	315.63
1920	USA_NC	43	49.26	313.48	52.35	313.48
1940	USA_AR	36	63.08	311.40	63.08	311.40
1940	USA_KY	36	49.93	308.38	49.93	308.38
2020	USA_NY	76	53.54	323.32	58.29	308.11
1980	Cuba	33	48.33	307.99	48.33	307.99
2020	USA_KY	43	59.32	307.96	60.11	307.86
1960	USA_TN	45	42.90	306.96	43.21	306.95
1920	USA_NJ	60	28.06	307.95	31.73	306.67
2000	USA_OK	41	56.54	303.59	56.81	303.59
2020	Canada	48	61.17	304.18	62.55	303.58
2020	USA_IN	47	59.38	304.06	60.38	303.57
2020	USA_MO	43	56.95	302.14	58.32	302.14
2020	USA_OK	51	52.51	302.22	55.67	301.68
2020	USA_PA	65	51.22	308.13	53.01	297.98
1960	USA_LA	35	53.25	297.98	53.25	297.98
2020	USA_NJ	45	57.00	293.27	58.58	293.14
2000	USA_OR	37	52.71	290.15	52.71	290.15
1980	USA_GA	37	49.16	288.92	49.16	288.92
2020	USA_AZ	45	49.06	287.88	49.43	287.71
2000	Mexico	46	60.76	287.69	62.01	287.58
2020	USA_MS	46	45.11	278.55	46.48	278.44
2000	USA_KY	38	48.89	277.36	48.89	277.36
1900	USA_RI	26	39.55	277.18	39.55	277.18
2020	USA_TN	48	58.21	277.29	61.38	277.16
2020	USA_AL	53	55.02	278.03	56.03	276.28
1980	USA_KS	29	47.77	272.43	47.77	272.43
2000	USA_TN	39	43.70	269.45	43.70	269.45
1960	USA_VA	43	43.62	269.17	44.82	269.17
1960	USA_NE	20	52.95	267.53	52.95	267.53
1900	USA_DC	38	32.73	264.94	32.73	264.94
1980	USA_MN	30	52.46	264.37	52.46	264.37
1940	USA_KS	40	31.84	261.36	31.84	261.36
2020	USA_LA	45	50.44	261.50	50.85	260.81
1900	USA_IA	17	52.77	258.41	52.77	258.41
1920	Canada	32	43.40	257.92	43.40	257.92
1980	USA_MS	34	34.83	257.35	34.83	257.35
1960	Puerto Rico	18	49.95	255.87	49.95	255.87
1940	USA_MI	37	47.67	253.91	47.67	253.91
1960	USA_GA	45	34.25	253.47	37.50	253.47
2000	USA_MS	40	41.71	249.55	41.71	249.55
2000	USA_SC	38	38.68	244.21	38.68	244.21
1960	USA_WI	40	40.21	243.71	40.21	243.71
2020	Mexico	37	49.47	239.10	49.47	239.10
1960	USA_MS	26	41.52	238.88	41.52	238.88
1960	USA_WA	28	39.56	237.87	39.56	237.87
2000	Canada	37	47.72	237.19	47.72	237.19
1920	USA_VA	27	35.89	236.24	35.89	236.24
1940	USA_SC	35	38.26	231.93	38.26	231.93
2000	Cuba	20	47.13	230.03	47.13	230.03
1980	USA_AR	24	41.89	229.73	41.89	229.73
1900	USA_VA	24	43.18	227.18	43.18	227.18
1980	Mexico	26	45.88	226.52	45.88	226.52
1940	USA_WI	30	37.68	224.90	37.68	224.90
1960	USA_MN	22	37.19	223.87	37.19	223.87
1900	USA_MI	27	36.63	221.38	36.63	221.38
1980	Venezuela	22	40.80	217.15	40.80	217.15
1940	USA_VA	50	34.02	215.57	35.46	215.57
1920	USA_AL	27	39.93	211.86	39.93	211.86
1980	Panama	19	38.54	210.68	38.54	210.68
2000	USA_CT	26	40.45	206.00	40.45	206.00
2020	USA_OR	24	32.95	203.37	32.95	203.37
1900	United Kingdom	22	26.86	203.03	26.86	203.03
1920	USA_WV	30	36.12	202.21	36.12	202.21
1980	USA_OR	20	39.43	201.76	39.43	201.76
1980	USA_WI	37	34.08	201.55	34.08	201.55
1900	USA_ME	20	29.77	198.81	29.77	198.81
1980	Canada	28	39.38	194.63	39.38	194.63
2020	USA_MI	30	35.29	194.42	35.29	194.42
1960	USA_WV	22	35.13	194.17	35.13	194.17
1920	USA_MN	38	30.31	192.59	30.31	192.59
1960	USA_MD	32	27.02	185.50	27.02	185.50
2000	USA_KS	26	26.63	185.48	26.63	185.48
2000	USA_WI	28	34.78	184.94	34.78	184.94
1960	USA_CT	18	30.33	184.74	30.33	184.74
1920	USA_CT	34	18.15	184.70	18.15	184.70
1900	USA_WV	16	24.52	184.29	24.52	184.29
1980	USA_MD	27	37.36	183.91	37.36	183.91
1960	USA_IN	36	38.45	183.87	38.45	183.87
1960	USA_KS	33	30.84	176.92	30.84	176.92
1900	USA_TN	15	33.72	176.43	33.72	176.43
2020	USA_MN	25	37.87	174.40	37.87	174.40
2020	USA_NV	27	28.67	162.97	28.67	162.97
1960	USA_OR	17	34.96	161.27	34.96	161.27
2000	USA_IA	29	32.74	161.27	32.74	161.27
2020	USA_CO	22	31.77	160.70	31.77	160.70
2020	USA_CT	25	31.81	157.21	31.81	157.21
1980	USA_WV	17	24.53	156.92	24.53	156.92
2000	Panama	19	28.94	156.34	28.94	156.34
2000	USA_MN	23	27.53	155.88	27.53	155.88
2020	USA_SC	32	18.86	155.04	18.86	155.04
2000	USA_AZ	28	25.97	154.40	25.97	154.40
1920	USA_AR	20	25.52	152.79	25.52	152.79
1920	USA_SC	17	23.03	148.98	23.03	148.98
2020	USA_MD	22	22.84	143.90	22.84	143.90
1980	USA_CO	18	28.81	141.93	28.81	141.93
2020	South Korea	18	24.86	141.49	24.86	141.49
2000	USA_AR	20	26.71	141.35	26.71	141.35
1920	USA_CO	14	19.05	139.86	19.05	139.86
1900	USA_NH	13	23.24	135.21	23.24	135.21
1940	Canada	13	24.98	134.92	24.98	134.92
1940	USA_WA	14	24.86	134.89	24.86	134.89
1960	USA_KY	19	28.62	134.86	28.62	134.86
1980	USA_KY	28	18.74	134.19	18.74	134.19
1920	USA_ME	26	15.35	133.56	15.35	133.56
2020	USA_MA	33	22.00	131.59	22.00	131.59
1940	USA_NE	14	26.05	131.32	26.05	131.32
1920	USA_OR	17	27.85	131.13	27.85	131.13
1980	USA_AZ	14	26.91	130.71	26.91	130.71
1980	USA_CT	20	24.35	129.95	24.35	129.95
1920	USA_LA	16	19.93	128.97	19.93	128.97
1920	USA_VT	15	25.57	125.58	25.57	125.58
1980	USA_DC	12	19.99	124.07	19.99	124.07
2020	USA_KS	22	22.07	123.59	22.07	123.59
1900	USA_VT	10	15.72	123.54	15.72	123.54
1960	Dominican Republic	7	27.66	122.15	27.66	122.15
2000	Japan	15	28.14	119.63	28.14	119.63
1960	USA_ID	7	22.67	118.72	22.67	118.72
1960	Canada	28	15.61	118.55	15.61	118.55
1920	United Kingdom	15	20.16	114.41	20.16	114.41
2000	USA_NE	17	18.25	114.28	18.25	114.28
1960	USA_FL	16	20.38	111.81	20.38	111.81
1920	USA_MS	14	22.77	105.58	22.77	105.58
1940	USA_FL	15	17.46	104.09	17.46	104.09
2000	USA_HI	12	23.16	102.49	23.16	102.49
1900	USA_MN	11	12.46	101.37	12.46	101.37
1920	Cuba	34	18.13	101.32	18.13	101.32
1960	USA_IA	22	9.93	100.74	9.93	100.74
1920	USA_OK	14	14.26	99.90	14.26	99.90
2000	USA_CO	19	20.93	99.56	20.93	99.56
2020	Curacao	9	18.27	97.83	18.27	97.83
1900	USA_DE	11	25.14	97.79	25.14	97.79
2020	USA_HI	16	18.15	96.55	18.15	96.55
1920	USA_DC	18	15.07	95.18	15.07	95.18
1940	USA_OR	10	17.20	95.08	17.20	95.08
1940	USA_CO	12	11.03	94.23	11.03	94.23
2020	USA_IA	21	16.28	90.77	16.28	90.77
1940	USA_CT	20	9.37	89.08	9.37	89.08
1960	USA_AZ	9	12.83	87.43	12.83	87.43
1920	USA_RI	12	7.61	84.50	7.61	84.50
2020	USA_NE	16	14.51	82.35	14.51	82.35
1960	USA_NM	5	11.23	79.20	11.23	79.20
1920	USA_WA	15	14.55	78.00	14.55	78.00
1900	Germany	13	10.89	77.51	10.89	77.51
2020	Australia	19	13.94	77.15	13.94	77.15
1940	USA_WV	17	13.76	76.93	13.76	76.93
1900	USA_KS	6	12.17	75.73	12.17	75.73
2020	USA_WI	18	14.26	75.34	14.26	75.34
2020	USA_SD	8	14.98	74.36	14.98	74.36
1980	USA_ME	10	15.89	74.02	15.89	74.02
1980	USA_SD	9	16.13	72.79	16.13	72.79
1940	USA_RI	10	11.84	70.37	11.84	70.37
2020	USA_AR	13	18.50	70.34	18.50	70.34
2020	Panama	12	10.92	70.20	10.92	70.20
1940	USA_DC	12	8.62	69.96	8.62	69.96
2000	USA_WY	4	11.24	69.70	11.24	69.70
2020	USA_DE	8	15.17	69.45	15.17	69.45
2000	USA_DE	11	6.72	68.93	6.72	68.93
1920	USA_DE	10	12.68	68.60	12.68	68.60
2000	USA_NH	8	15.49	67.29	15.49	67.29
2000	USA_NV	8	11.49	66.92	11.49	66.92
2000	USA_RI	9	11.15	64.96	11.15	64.96
1980	USA_RI	8	10.91	64.60	10.91	64.60
1980	USA_HI	9	13.64	63.94	13.64	63.94
2000	Colombia	5	6.74	63.51	6.74	63.51
1920	Ireland	7	10.15	63.31	10.15	63.31
1920	USA_NH	12	15.81	63.27	15.81	63.27
1960	Mexico	10	12.01	62.50	12.01	62.50
1980	Virgin Islands	6	8.51	62.16	8.51	62.16
1900	USA_SC	3	16.68	62.00	16.68	62.00
2020	Colombia	13	12.70	61.53	12.70	61.53
1980	USA_UT	10	10.40	60.94	10.40	60.94
1960	Venezuela	6	9.12	59.10	9.12	59.10
1940	USA_UT	9	8.18	59.04	8.18	59.04
1960	USA_DC	8	11.56	58.91	11.56	58.91
2000	Jamaica	3	12.99	58.66	12.99	58.66
1940	USA_MN	17	5.78	58.53	5.78	58.53
1900	USA_GA	7	3.60	58.00	3.60	58.00
2000	USA_WV	10	10.89	56.53	10.89	56.53
1980	USA_MT	5	11.18	56.43	11.18	56.43
1940	USA_ME	8	9.30	56.05	9.30	56.05
1980	USA_ID	6	11.14	55.97	11.14	55.97
2020	USA_DC	8	6.61	54.40	6.61	54.40
2020	Nicaragua	6	10.51	53.32	10.51	53.32
1960	USA_CO	4	10.42	53.06	10.42	53.06
2020	USA_NM	10	5.20	52.57	5.20	52.57
2020	Taiwan	11	12.37	51.81	12.37	51.81
2020	USA_UT	11	8.30	50.98	8.30	50.98
1940	Cuba	8	5.57	50.95	5.57	50.95
1960	USA_RI	7	11.34	50.34	11.34	50.34
1980	USA_NH	4	10.40	50.15	10.40	50.15
2000	Nicaragua	5	6.99	50.09	6.99	50.09
2000	USA_NM	7	10.12	50.00	10.12	50.00
1900	USA_NE	3	7.30	49.59	7.30	49.59
1940	USA_NH	5	8.59	49.18	8.59	49.18
2000	USA_ID	4	11.86	48.24	11.86	48.24
2000	USA_ND	3	14.38	48.00	14.38	48.00
1900	USA_AL	4	7.82	47.72	7.82	47.72
1920	USA_SD	6	11.38	47.26	11.38	47.26
2000	Australia	10	5.80	46.78	5.80	46.78
2000	Curacao	5	9.48	46.58	9.48	46.58
2000	USA_SD	5	8.24	45.05	8.24	45.05
1900	USA_LA	15	1.23	44.64	1.23	44.64
1980	USA_VT	2	7.96	44.12	7.96	44.12
1960	USA_DE	6	6.28	43.80	6.28	43.80
2020	Germany	7	8.13	43.16	8.13	43.16
2000	Germany	8	7.20	41.94	7.20	41.94
2000	USA_DC	5	4.81	39.99	4.81	39.99
2020	USA_NH	5	9.21	39.79	9.21	39.79
1920	Germany	9	2.86	39.74	2.86	39.74
2020	USA_WV	7	7.32	39.51	7.32	39.51
1900	USA_TX	3	4.66	39.42	4.66	39.42
2000	USA_AK	3	10.17	38.98	10.17	38.98
2000	South Korea	4	10.06	38.38	10.06	38.38
1960	USA_MT	3	5.64	37.95	5.64	37.95
2020	USA_ND	5	6.76	36.98	6.76	36.98
2020	USA_RI	4	7.42	35.70	7.42	35.70
2020	USA_AK	6	9.46	34.47	9.46	34.47
1980	USA_DE	5	4.02	33.85	4.02	33.85
1980	USA_NE	10	5.86	33.61	5.86	33.61
2000	USA_ME	5	5.74	33.29	5.74	33.29
1920	Slovakia	1	6.47	32.71	6.47	32.71
2000	United Kingdom	4	7.42	32.32	7.42	32.32
1960	USA_WY	1	8.79	31.94	8.79	31.94
1940	USA_AZ	4	3.51	31.93	3.51	31.93
2020	Brazil	3	5.74	31.48	5.74	31.48
1980	Netherlands	2	10.31	30.65	10.31	30.65
1900	_	62	-8.69	29.79	-8.69	29.79
1980	USA_WY	4	4.98	29.79	4.98	29.79
2020	USA_WY	5	4.68	29.08	4.68	29.08
1960	USA_NH	4	5.79	28.90	5.79	28.90
1980	Nicaragua	3	5.59	28.47	5.59	28.47
2000	Virgin Islands	3	1.78	28.24	1.78	28.24
1900	Netherlands	3	6.41	27.49	6.41	27.49
2000	Aruba	4	6.31	27.44	6.31	27.44
2020	USA_VT	2	5.87	27.43	5.87	27.43
1900	USA_NC	3	4.90	27.37	4.90	27.37
1900	USA_OR	2	3.39	26.96	3.39	26.96
1960	United Kingdom	1	5.86	25.90	5.86	25.90
1960	Panama	5	4.08	25.14	4.08	25.14
1960	USA_UT	4	5.68	24.98	5.68	24.98
1920	USA_FL	8	2.61	24.96	2.61	24.96
1980	Germany	3	2.88	24.88	2.88	24.88
1940	Czech Republic	1	5.50	24.36	5.50	24.36
2020	USA_ME	5	5.52	24.03	5.52	24.03
1920	Russia	4	-0.64	23.77	-0.64	23.77
1920	Switzerland	1	6.59	23.32	6.59	23.32
1960	USA_SD	6	-0.67	22.84	-0.67	22.84
2000	USA_MT	7	3.63	22.42	3.63	22.42
1980	USA_NV	3	6.70	22.28	6.70	22.28
2020	Aruba	1	2.47	22.00	2.47	22.00
2020	Netherlands	3	2.57	21.64	2.57	21.64
1980	France	2	4.61	21.54	4.61	21.54
1960	USA_VT	3	5.60	20.97	5.60	20.97
1960	Virgin Islands	1	2.58	20.77	2.58	20.77
2020	USA_ID	7	3.72	20.55	3.72	20.55
1900	Norway	1	3.16	20.21	3.16	20.21
1960	Italy	4	0.75	19.52	0.75	19.52
2000	Honduras	1	3.55	18.83	3.55	18.83
1940	Mexico	2	-0.26	18.36	-0.26	18.36
2000	USA_UT	4	2.65	18.20	2.65	18.20
1920	USA_MT	2	0.71	17.87	0.71	17.87
1900	Australia	1	0.91	17.47	0.91	17.47
1900	USA_CO	2	2.14	16.69	2.14	16.69
2000	Viet Nam	1	3.88	16.64	3.88	16.64
1980	USA_ND	3	2.33	16.05	2.33	16.05
1960	Bahamas	2	1.71	15.99	1.71	15.99
1900	USA_MS	3	-1.34	15.96	-1.34	15.96
1940	USA_VT	4	2.43	15.83	2.43	15.83
1940	Austria	1	5.27	15.18	5.27	15.18
1940	USA_SD	5	-0.25	15.14	-0.25	15.14
2020	Jamaica	1	4.34	15.11	4.34	15.11
1920	USA_NV	1	2.56	14.98	2.56	14.98
1940	Germany	3	-0.60	14.95	-0.60	14.95
1960	Poland	1	4.47	14.73	4.47	14.73
1960	USA_ME	3	2.50	13.28	2.50	13.28
1960	USA_ND	3	1.63	13.04	1.63	13.04
1980	USA_NM	3	1.68	12.96	1.68	12.96
2020	USA_MT	5	2.46	12.84	2.46	12.84
1920	Sweden	3	2.73	12.59	2.73	12.59
1940	USA_NM	2	1.26	12.27	1.26	12.27
1980	American Samoa	1	2.12	12.21	2.12	12.21
1920	Netherlands	2	2.25	11.30	2.25	11.30
1940	USA_ND	2	2.43	10.92	2.43	10.92
1940	USA_ID	2	1.17	10.09	1.17	10.09
1940	USA_WY	1	2.12	10.05	2.12	10.05
1940	USA_DE	4	0.04	9.73	0.04	9.73
1900	Russia	1	0.61	9.48	0.61	9.48
2000	France	1	-0.65	9.41	-0.65	9.41
1920	USA_ND	1	1.07	9.36	1.07	9.36
1940	Venezuela	1	2.19	8.95	2.19	8.95
1920	USA_ID	4	-1.52	8.85	-1.52	8.85
2020	Saudi Arabia	2	2.45	8.85	2.45	8.85
1980	Japan	4	0.55	6.76	0.55	6.76
2000	USA_VT	2	1.01	6.67	1.01	6.67
2000	Belize	1	1.30	6.65	1.30	6.65
1960	Germany	1	0.72	6.02	0.72	6.02
1980	USA_AK	2	-0.22	5.79	-0.22	5.79
1940	Italy	2	0.73	5.55	0.73	5.55
1940	USA_HI	3	0.68	5.09	0.68	5.09
2000	Philippines	1	0.94	4.96	0.94	4.96
1920	Denmark	1	0.68	4.34	0.68	4.34
2020	Indonesia	1	0.68	4.00	0.68	4.00
2020	_	10	-0.35	3.95	-0.35	3.95
2020	Virgin Islands	4	0.67	3.92	0.67	3.92
1940	Norway	1	-0.43	3.47	-0.43	3.47
2000	Spain	3	-0.03	3.42	-0.03	3.42
1920	Austria	2	0.84	3.24	0.84	3.24
1980	Bahamas	2	0.61	3.14	0.61	3.14
2000	Singapore	1	0.02	2.87	0.02	2.87
1980	United Kingdom	2	0.24	2.54	0.24	2.54
1940	Russia	3	-0.20	2.38	-0.20	2.38
1920	France	2	0.04	2.28	0.04	2.28
2020	Italy	1	0.21	2.11	0.21	2.11
1980	Colombia	1	0.41	2.04	0.41	2.04
1900	USA_AR	1	-0.47	1.99	-0.47	1.99
2000	Afghanistan	1	0.11	1.82	0.11	1.82
1920	USA_WY	1	-0.24	1.66	-0.24	1.66
1920	Norway	1	-0.45	1.40	-0.45	1.40
1920	Colombia	1	-0.58	1.37	-0.58	1.37
2000	Netherlands	2	0.02	1.23	0.02	1.23
2000	Belgium	1	0.08	1.23	0.08	1.23
1920	USA_UT	1	0.22	1.22	0.22	1.22
2020	United Kingdom	2	0.32	1.07	0.32	1.07
1900	Cuba	1	-0.08	1.05	-0.08	1.05
1940	United Kingdom	1	0.20	0.89	0.20	0.89
2020	Guam	1	0.14	0.87	0.14	0.87
2020	Bahamas	1	0.13	0.75	0.13	0.75
1940	USA_MT	1	0.14	0.67	0.14	0.67
1900	France	1	-0.26	0.47	-0.26	0.47
1940	Poland	3	-0.36	0.30	-0.36	0.30
1960	France	1	-0.11	0.26	-0.11	0.26
1960	Greece	1	-0.15	0.20	-0.15	0.20
1920	Czech Republic	1	-0.20	0.16	-0.20	0.16
1960	Austria	1	0.07	0.16	0.07	0.16
1900	Czech Republic	1	-0.11	0.10	-0.11	0.10
1920	USA_NM	2	-0.17	0.03	-0.17	0.03
1920	_	4	-0.11	0.02	-0.11	0.02
1940	Latvia	1	-0.05	0.01	-0.05	0.01
2000	Bahamas	1	-0.24	0.01	-0.24	0.01
1920	China	1	-0.03	0.00	-0.03	0.00
1900	Sweden	1	-0.40	0.00	-0.40	0.00
1900	USA_OK	1	-0.05	0.00	-0.05	0.00
1920	At Sea_Atlantic Ocean	1	-0.41	0.00	-0.41	0.00
1920	Spain	1	-0.02	0.00	-0.02	0.00
1920	USA_AZ	1	-0.25	0.00	-0.25	0.00
1920	USA_HI	1	-0.61	0.00	-0.61	0.00
1940	Finland	1	-0.06	0.00	-0.06	0.00
1940	Japan	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1940	USA_AK	1	-0.02	0.00	-0.02	0.00
1960	Czech Republic	1	-0.02	0.00	-0.02	0.00
1960	Ireland	1	-0.40	0.00	-0.40	0.00
1960	Japan	8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2000	Russia	1	-0.25	0.00	-0.25	0.00
2020	Hong Kong	1	-0.34	0.00	-0.34	0.00

References and Resources

Baseball-Reference

Seamheads – Baseball Gauge

Sean Lahman Baseball Archive

About the Author

I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

My book “Hardball Retrospective” is available in digital format on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, GooglePlay, iTunes and KoboBooks. The paperback edition is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and CreateSpace. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com.

** NOTE ** This article was originally posted on Seamheads.com, July 23, 2017.

Rotisserie vs. Reality

Derek Bain — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:12:07 +0000

Are the standard Rotisserie Baseball categories an accurate way to measure what it takes to put together a winning team in real life? Using Sean Lahman’s baseball database (specifically the totals from the “Teams” file), I imported the following information into R Studio in order to explore this question further:

Year, League, Team Name, Rank (Position in Final League Standings)
Batting Categories (Batting Average, Runs Scored, Home Runs, Stolen Bases)
Pitching Categories (Wins, Strikeouts, Earned Run Average, WHIP)

Runs Batted In (RBI) are redundant with runs scored and therefore omitted as a category for this exercise. In order to maintain a similar number of batting and pitching categories, I dropped Saves (SV) since the statistic was not officially recognized until 1969.

I inserted Rotisserie Points columns immediately to the right of each category (denoted by an asterisk on either side of the category, such as *BA*). Total batting, pitching and overall points are included towards the right side of the main table (expressed as *BAT*, *PIT* and *TOTAL*). Adjusted category point totals are based on a 16-team league for all seasons after 1960, suffixed with an “adj”. For instance the 1976 Reds tallied 48 Roto batting points. In order to compare this total with ball clubs in a sixteen-team league, the raw score (48) is multiplied by 16/12 or 1.333 (maximum # of teams / # teams in league). This calculation (48 * 1.333) yields an answer of 64, which is consistent with the maximum amount of points earned in four Rotisserie batting (or pitching) categories in a sixteen-team league (16 points times 4 categories = 64). The adjustment is not necessary for teams listed in the Pre-Expansion Era (1901-1960) as the number of teams remained constant at eight American and eight National League entries during that span.

RotoRank references each team’s position in the final standings based on their total overall Rotisserie points.

Rank denotes each team’s position in the League standings based on winning percentage.

The spreadsheet is available via Google Sheets along with the table below. You can add and remove columns as necessary in order to view specific category results, download the entire file in CSV, Excel or PDF format or print the contents.

[gdoc key=”https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v914gkR1JKNu3k_eYBFdZJLoPOAVbiQDFxTHINI6uB8/pubhtml”]

Fascinating Findings

As expected, the teams with the highest winning percentage (WPCT) in their respective leagues since 1901 fared extremely well when tabulating their Rotisserie points. The WPCT league leaders placed first in Roto points in nearly two-thirds of the league-seasons in this timeframe (64.6%), with another 22.5% earning a runner-up finish. The far-right tail on the chart denotes two clubs which recorded the sixth-best winning percentage in their league while achieving the highest Roto tally. Toronto compiled a mark of 86-76 in the American League during the 1986 campaign. However the Jays registered 96 adjusted Roto points to top the circuit. Tony Fernandez sparked the lineup with 213 base knocks and a .310 BA while Jesse Barfield (.289/40/108) and George Bell (.309/31/108) supplied considerable clout in the middle of the order. Mark Eichhorn (14-6, 1.72) and Tom “Terminator” Henke (27 SV, 3.35) secured the late-inning leads. Likewise the ‘69 Pirates finished in the middle of the pack (6^th of 12 teams) with a record of 88-74, but topped the NL Roto rankings at 87.3 adjusted points. Pittsburgh’s attack featured five .300 hitters in the starting lineup along with a .348 batting average by part-time 1B/OF Carl Taylor. Matty Alou rapped 231 safeties and scored 105 runs. Roberto Clemente (.345/19/91) and Willie “Pops” Stargell (.307/29/92) provided steady production and leadership.

The 1987 Minnesota Twins (85-77) achieved the lowest RotoRank (9.5) for a divisional leader, followed closely by the 2005 San Diego Padres (82-80), 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks (90-72) and the 2014 St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) at 9.0. With the exception of Frank Viola (17-10, 2.90), the Twins’ pitching staff failed to fashion statistics consistent with a World Series champion. Every starter besides Viola posted an ERA north of 4.00. Bert Blyleven served up 46 gopher balls while the back-end of the rotation (Mike Smithson, Joe Niekro, Mark Portugal and Steve Carlton) yielded a 10-24 record with a combined ERA of 6.43.

In the Modern Era (1901-present), only five teams with the #1 RotoRank finished lower than third in their division:

1904 Cleveland Naps (86-65, 4^th in American League)

1906 St. Louis Browns (76-73, 5^th in American League)

1960 Los Angeles Dodgers (82-72, 4^th in National League)

1984 Philadelphia Phillies (81-81, 4^th in National League East)

1986 Toronto Blue Jays (86-76, 4^th in American League East)

Seven teams secured pennants despite earning fewer than 40 Rotisserie points (or 80 adjusted total points post-1960). Despite a wretched offense that placed last in BA (.230) and home runs (7), the White Sox aka “The Hitless Wonders” defeated the Cubs in six games to claim the World Series in 1906. George Davis (.277/0/80) led the Pale Hose in doubles (26), RBI and SLG (.355) while placing runner-up to Frank Isbell (.279/0/57) in batting average.

1906 Chicago White Sox (93-58, 39 Roto points)

1908 Detroit Tigers (90-63, 39.5 Roto points)

1916 Boston Red Sox (91-63, 38.5 Roto points)

1987 St. Louis Cardinals (95-67, 77.3 Roto points)

2007 Arizona Diamondbacks (90-72, 71.5 Roto points)

2015 St. Louis Cardinals (100-62, 77.3 Roto points)

2016 Texas Rangers (95-67, 75.2 Roto points)

Team batting average leaders compiled the highest WPCT in their leagues 29.1% of the time (74 of 254) since 1901. Three clubs finished 14^th in the overall league standings while posting the premier BA including the Rockies in 2012 and 2014 along with the Tigers in 2015. Four members of the 2012 squad eclipsed the .300 mark including Jordan Pacheco, Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Nelson and Dexter Fowler. Troy Tulowitzki supplied a .340 BA in 315 at-bats for the 2014 crew. Miguel Cabrera captured his fourth batting title with a .338 mark for Detroit in 2015.

43.8% of team run leaders (103 of 235) registered the top WPCT in their leagues while only 4.2% finished eighth or worse. Colorado notched 755 tallies to pace the NL in scoring during the 2014 campaign, yet the Rockies were foiled by atrocious mound work (5.3 adjusted pitching points). Adam Dunn (107), Felipe Lopez (97) and Ken Griffey Jr. (85) boosted Cincinnati to a League-leading 820 runs scored in 2005. The Reds’ baserunning proficiency was unable to compensate for the dreadful results from a starting staff consisting of Eric Milton (6.47 ERA in 34 starts), Luke Hudson (6.38 ERA in 16 starts) and Ramon Ortiz (5.36 ERA in 30 starts).

The long ball does not necessarily correlate with victory as only 28.4% of the team HR leaders seized the crown in their leagues. Sammy Sosa (49), Fred “Crime Dog” McGriff (30) and Mark Bellhorn (27) mashed 200 taters for the 2002 Cubs to pace the circuit. Nonetheless Chicago along with 2014 Rockies managed to finish fourteenth.

Only 18% of the team stolen base frontrunners claimed the peak WPCT in their leagues, further evidence that the tactic has been overvalued in the construction of winning organizations throughout several periods in the history of the National Pastime. Essentially the same proportion of ball clubs (42 of 235, 17.6%) ended the season in eighth place or worse despite swiping the most bags. Exhibit “A” – the 1982 Oakland Athletics, led by “The Man of Steal”, Rickey Henderson with an MLB record 130 SB, pilfered 232 bases. Billy Martin’s aggressive managerial strategies known as “Billy Ball” procured a mere 690 runs (9^th) and the A’s placed twelfth in WPCT (68-94, .420)

The trailblazers in team strikeouts by pitchers achieve a 22% relationship with the clubs atop the WPCT charts. The 2006 Cubs are the only ball club in the Modern Era to lead in any of the Rotisserie categories while placing sixteenth in WPCT. Carlos “El Toro” Zambrano paced the squad with 210 whiffs but the “Lovable Losers” lived up to their moniker, compiling a mark of 66-96.

Along with runs scored, ERA provides the strongest correlation to winning percentage with a ratio of 106/235 (44.7%). None of the Modern Era teams has led the League in ERA with a finishing position below tenth. Pittsburgh topped the NL in ERA (3.11) and WHIP (1.256) during the 1984 campaign. The Bucs’ starting rotation featured Rick Rhoden (14-9, 2.72), John “Candy Man” Candelaria (12-11, 2.72), Larry McWilliams (12-11, 2.93), John Tudor (12-11, 3.27) and Jose DeLeon (7-13, 3.74). Kent Tekulve fashioned an ERA of 2.66 and saved 13 contests in 73 appearances. Don “Caveman” Robinson contributed 5 wins and 10 saves. Negated by a pedestrian offense, the club amassed a 75-87 record and placed last in the NL East (10^th overall in WPCT).

Another category that delivers a fairly persuasive connection with winning percentage is WHIP (Walks + Hits / Innings Pitched) with a 91/235 ratio (38.7%). The 1993 Red Sox (80-82) ranked ninth in the American League with a .494 WPCT through no fault of their pitching staff. The Boston hurlers led the Junior Circuit in WHIP (1.330), placed runner-up in ERA (3.77) and third in strikeouts with 997. Danny “Dr. Death” Darwin (15-11, 3.26) paced the club in victories, games started (34), innings pitched (229.1) and WHIP (1.068). Frank “Sweet Music” Viola (11-8, 3.14) and rookie RHP Aaron Sele (7-2, 2.74) excelled. Jeff Russell notched 33 saves with a 2.70 ERA.

Pre-Expansion Era (1901-1960) Rankings By Actual League Standings

The following tables reveal the mean statistics for all teams based on their position in the league standings. For example, the first-place teams in the Pre-Expansion Era batted .275 with 770 runs, 88 home runs and 112 stolen bases while the last-place clubs produced a .253 BA with only 577 tallies, 57 round-trippers and 84 steals. The pitching staffs on the top squads fashioned an ERA more than one run better than the bottom-dwellers.

RotoRankRankBA*BA*R*R*HR*HR*SB*SB*

1.4	1	0.275	6.6	770	7.1	88	6.2	112	5.1
2.3	2	0.272	5.9	732	6.2	78	5.5	107	4.9
3.2	3	0.270	5.3	712	5.5	74	4.7	105	4.9
3.9	4	0.267	5.0	692	5.1	67	4.5	105	4.9
4.9	5	0.264	4.2	655	4.0	65	4.1	101	4.5
5.8	6	0.261	3.6	633	3.4	60	3.9	99	4.5
7.0	7	0.257	3.0	606	2.5	58	3.4	91	4.0
7.6	8	0.253	2.2	577	1.9	57	3.6	84	3.1

RotoRank	Rank	W	*W*	K	*K*	ERA	*ERA*	WHIP	*WHIP*
1.4	1	97	8.0	607	6.3	3.13	7.2	1.277	6.8
2.3	2	90	7.0	587	5.5	3.32	6.1	1.297	6.3
3.2	3	85	6.0	566	5.0	3.43	5.6	1.328	5.5
3.9	4	79	5.0	551	4.7	3.56	4.8	1.348	4.9
4.9	5	74	4.0	546	4.4	3.61	4.6	1.363	4.2
5.8	6	68	3.0	528	3.9	3.81	3.4	1.397	3.6
7.0	7	61	2.0	510	3.2	4.02	2.5	1.432	2.6
7.6	8	53	1.0	499	3.0	4.27	1.8	1.471	1.9

RotoRank	Rank	*BAT*	*PIT*	*TOTAL*	W-	L	WPCT
1.4	1	25.0	28.3	53.3	97	55	0.637
2.3	2	22.6	24.9	47.5	90	62	0.591
3.2	3	20.5	22.2	42.7	85	67	0.558
3.9	4	19.6	19.3	38.9	79	72	0.523
4.9	5	17.0	17.1	34.1	74	78	0.488
5.8	6	15.5	13.9	29.3	68	84	0.446
7.0	7	12.9	10.2	23.1	61	90	0.405
7.6	8	10.8	7.7	18.5	53	99	0.346

Expansion Era (1961-2016) Rankings By Actual League Standings

Similarly, the tables below divulge the mean figures for all Expansion Era teams based on their position in the league standings. The first-place teams batted at a .266 clip and delivered 770 runs, 163 home runs and 113 stolen bases on average while the sixteenth-place clubs supplied a .254 BA with 655 runs, 135 dingers and 90 steals.

RotoRank	Rank	BA	*BAadj**	R	*Radj**	HR	*HRadj**	SB	*SBadj**
1.9	1	0.266	12.1	770	13.3	163	11.7	113	10.3
2.7	2	0.263	11.1	751	12.3	157	11.2	103	9.2
3.7	3	0.264	11.1	743	11.7	155	10.7	101	9.0
4.3	4	0.261	9.9	727	11.0	153	10.3	108	9.3
5.0	5	0.261	9.9	721	10.4	149	9.5	99	8.5
6.0	6	0.261	9.7	707	9.3	142	8.7	96	8.0
6.9	7	0.258	8.5	693	8.6	145	8.9	98	8.8
8.0	8	0.257	8.1	683	7.6	137	7.5	95	8.1
9.1	9	0.256	7.5	670	6.7	132	6.6	94	7.8
9.9	10	0.253	6.5	672	6.5	137	7.6	102	9.0
10.9	11	0.255	6.2	666	5.9	134	7.3	98	7.9
11.8	12	0.254	6.0	653	4.8	128	6.1	103	8.1
12.5	13	0.257	6.0	679	4.5	144	6.2	92	7.7
12.9	14	0.255	5.0	661	3.9	143	6.4	97	8.2
14.4	15	0.252	5.1	668	4.1	147	5.0	84	7.5
15.2	16	0.254	5.3	655	2.8	135	3.7	90	8.2

RotoRank	Rank	W	*Wadj**	K	*Kadj**	ERA	*ERAadj**	WHIP	*WHIPadj**
1.9	1	98	16.0	993	10.4	3.52	13.6	1.268	13.4
2.7	2	93	14.6	996	10.5	3.61	12.7	1.280	12.7
3.7	3	90	13.4	990	9.8	3.73	11.2	1.306	11.2
4.3	4	87	12.2	989	9.6	3.78	10.5	1.313	10.6
5.0	5	85	10.9	966	9.6	3.83	10.1	1.318	10.6
6.0	6	82	9.6	970	9.3	3.84	9.8	1.331	9.5
6.9	7	80	8.6	976	9.1	3.95	8.7	1.344	8.5
8.0	8	77	7.1	964	8.7	3.98	8.3	1.353	8.2
9.1	9	74	6.0	938	7.9	4.12	7.0	1.374	7.2
9.9	10	71	4.8	939	6.7	4.19	6.1	1.392	5.9
10.9	11	70	4.2	932	7.3	4.32	5.2	1.413	5.1
11.8	12	67	3.0	952	7.6	4.36	4.9	1.424	4.4
12.5	13	66	2.7	959	5.9	4.68	4.1	1.449	4.8
12.9	14	63	1.7	965	6.0	4.66	4.2	1.450	4.7
14.4	15	64	1.6	1077	5.3	4.62	3.9	1.436	3.8
15.2	16	59	1.0	1057	5.8	4.86	2.4	1.482	2.7

RotoRank	Rank	BatAdj	PitAdj	*TOTAL*	W-	L	WPCT
1.9	1	47.5	53.4	83.3	98	62	0.613
2.7	2	43.8	50.6	77.5	93	67	0.583
3.7	3	42.5	45.5	73.1	90	69	0.565
4.3	4	40.5	42.9	68.9	87	72	0.546
5.0	5	38.3	41.2	65.7	85	75	0.533
6.0	6	35.7	38.3	61	82	77	0.517
6.9	7	34.8	34.8	58.4	80	79	0.501
8.0	8	31.4	32.3	53.3	77	83	0.482
9.1	9	28.5	28.2	47.3	74	85	0.465
9.9	10	29.6	23.4	44.8	71	89	0.446
10.9	11	27.4	21.7	42.7	70	89	0.438
11.8	12	25.1	20.0	39.1	67	93	0.418
12.5	13	24.4	17.4	38.3	66	93	0.414
12.9	14	23.5	16.7	37.1	63	97	0.394
14.4	15	21.7	14.7	35.6	64	98	0.396
15.2	16	20.0	11.9	31.9	59	103	0.366

Pre-Expansion Era (1901-1960) Rankings By Team Averages

The Giants top the Pre-Expansion Era charts for the Senior Circuit in every category except strikeouts (Dodgers, 602). Likewise the Bronx Bombers pace the American League in all but batting average (Tigers, .271) and stolen bases (White Sox, 125).

name	RotoRank	Rank	BA	*BA*	R	*R*	HR	*HR*	SB	*SB*
Giants	3.0	3.2	0.269	5.4	706	5.9	93	6.5	112	4.9
Pirates	4.2	4.0	0.269	5.2	681	4.9	59	3.5	103	4.8
Cubs	4.0	4.1	0.264	4.4	673	4.8	75	4.9	106	5.2
Cardinals	4.2	4.1	0.269	5.5	686	5.2	72	4.6	95	4.7
Dodgers	4.0	4.2	0.264	4.5	670	4.6	74	4.7	101	5.2
Reds	5.1	5.0	0.263	4.1	636	3.7	62	3.5	103	4.8
Braves	5.7	5.3	0.258	3.1	611	3.2	65	3.9	82	3.4
Phillies	6.0	5.8	0.262	3.7	631	3.5	72	4.4	83	3.2

name	RotoRank	Rank	W	*W*	K	*K*	ERA	*ERA*	WHIP	*WHIP*
Giants	3.0	3.2	84	5.8	576	5.4	3.38	5.4	1.302	5.7
Pirates	4.2	4.0	79	4.9	508	3.5	3.53	4.9	1.321	5.1
Cubs	4.0	4.1	80	4.9	581	5.8	3.43	5.1	1.328	4.7
Cardinals	4.2	4.1	78	4.8	564	4.9	3.60	4.2	1.355	4.2
Dodgers	4.0	4.2	78	4.8	602	6.1	3.55	4.8	1.340	4.6
Reds	5.1	5.0	73	4.0	507	3.5	3.52	4.5	1.336	4.4
Braves	5.7	5.3	69	3.7	502	3.3	3.64	4.1	1.366	4.1
Phillies	6.0	5.8	66	3.1	517	3.5	3.98	3.0	1.412	3.3

name	RotoRank	Rank	*BAT*	*PIT*	*TOTAL*	W-	L	WPCT
Giants	3.0	3.2	22.8	22.2	45.0	84	68	0.553
Pirates	4.2	4.0	18.4	18.4	36.8	79	73	0.521
Cubs	4.0	4.1	19.2	20.5	39.7	80	72	0.526
Cardinals	4.2	4.1	20.1	18.0	38.1	78	74	0.514
Dodgers	4.0	4.2	18.9	20.3	39.2	78	74	0.511
Reds	5.1	5.0	16.0	16.4	32.5	73	79	0.482
Braves	5.7	5.3	13.6	15.2	28.9	69	82	0.457
Phillies	6.0	5.8	14.9	12.9	27.8	66	86	0.435

name	RotoRank	Rank	BA	*BA*	R	*R*	HR	*HR*	SB	*SB*
Yankees	2.6	2.8	0.270	5.5	761	6.4	102	6.8	104	4.9
Indians	3.9	3.8	0.270	5.4	699	5.0	70	4.6	93	4.1
Tigers	3.9	4.1	0.271	5.6	720	5.6	68	4.8	107	5.1
Red Sox	4.5	4.4	0.265	4.7	685	4.6	66	4.7	86	3.4
White Sox	4.6	4.5	0.261	3.7	657	3.8	45	2.5	125	6.2
Athletics	5.2	5.2	0.265	4.2	671	3.9	71	5.6	86	3.2
Senators	5.4	5.4	0.261	3.6	651	3.5	46	2.9	111	5.5
Browns / Orioles	6.0	5.8	0.259	3.3	636	3.1	61	4.2	89	3.6

name	RotoRank	Rank	W	*W*	K	*K*	ERA	*ERA*	WHIP	*WHIP*
Yankees	2.6	2.8	87	6.2	591	5.8	3.46	5.7	1.341	5.8
Indians	3.9	3.8	80	5.2	563	4.7	3.53	5.3	1.371	4.9
Tigers	3.9	4.1	78	4.9	565	5.0	3.74	4.3	1.393	4.1
Red Sox	4.5	4.4	76	4.6	546	4.5	3.72	4.4	1.379	4.6
White Sox	4.6	4.5	77	4.5	535	3.9	3.53	5.4	1.341	5.6
Athletics	5.2	5.2	71	3.8	558	4.2	3.98	3.6	1.422	3.6
Senators	5.4	5.4	70	3.6	546	4.3	3.81	4.1	1.401	4.1
Browns / Orioles	6.0	5.8	66	3.2	517	3.6	4.01	3.3	1.435	3.4

name	RotoRank	Rank	*BAT*	*PIT*	*TOTAL*	W-	L	WPCT
Yankees	2.6	2.8	23.6	23.4	47.0	87	64	0.575
Indians	3.9	3.8	19.1	20.1	39.3	81	71	0.530
Tigers	3.9	4.1	21.1	18.3	39.4	78	74	0.515
Red Sox	4.5	4.4	17.4	18.1	35.4	76	75	0.504
White Sox	4.6	4.5	16.3	19.4	35.7	77	75	0.506
Athletics	5.2	5.2	16.9	15.1	32.0	71	80	0.470
Senators	5.4	5.4	15.6	16.1	31.7	70	81	0.465
Browns / Orioles	6.0	5.8	14.1	13.5	27.6	66	86	0.435

Expansion Era (1961-2016) Rankings By Team Averages

Since 1961 the Dodgers are the class of the National League in terms of Rotisserie pitching categories. The Rockies vault to the front of the pack on offense without accounting for park factors and the shorter lifespan of the franchise. The Reds pace the old guard in the batting departments. The Yankees hold a slight edge over the Red Sox in both batting and pitching sectors. Every team achieved a RotoRank within one position of their actual mean Rank excepting two of the more recent expansion franchises (Rays and Rockies) along with the American League version of the Astros, due to insufficient data.

name	RotoRank	Rank	BA	*BAadj**	R	*Radj**	HR	*HRadj**	SB	*SBadj**
Dodgers	4.2	4.8	0.257	9.0	670	8.1	131	7.9	115	10.6
Cardinals	6.1	5.2	0.264	11.9	702	10.4	121	6.0	122	10.5
Giants	6.6	5.8	0.256	8.4	695	9.5	143	10.1	91	6.8
Braves	6.6	5.9	0.257	8.6	694	9.6	152	11.7	85	5.9
Reds	6.0	6.3	0.259	9.4	711	10.6	151	11.5	121	11.1
Phillies	7.3	6.9	0.256	8.2	689	9.0	138	9.1	101	8.5
Colt .45’s / Astros (NL)	6.8	7.1	0.255	7.8	663	7.5	118	5.9	119	10.4
Mets	7.3	7.5	0.250	6.4	650	6.8	128	7.7	96	7.5
Pirates	8.0	7.6	0.261	10.0	681	8.7	127	7.4	101	8.1
Cubs	7.8	8.2	0.256	8.6	684	9.0	147	10.9	84	5.5
Expos / Nationals	8.3	8.2	0.254	6.9	658	6.6	130	7.4	118	9.3
Diamondbacks	8.4	8.7	0.258	8.3	732	9.4	167	9.1	92	8.0
Padres	9.4	9.0	0.250	5.8	639	5.2	121	5.5	109	8.8
Marlins	10.3	9.7	0.258	8.1	681	6.1	142	5.9	105	9.3
Rockies	8.7	9.8	0.275	14.6	807	14.2	180	12.0	104	9.4
Brewers (NL)	9.4	9.9	0.256	7.2	717	8.2	177	10.6	100	8.9

name	RotoRank	Rank	W	*Wadj**	K	*Kadj**	ERA	*ERAadj**	WHIP	*WHIPadj**
Dodgers	4.2	4.8	86	11.4	1059	12.6	3.44	13.3	1.260	13.0
Cardinals	6.1	5.2	84	10.5	923	5.6	3.72	10.0	1.317	9.7
Giants	6.6	5.8	83	10.0	970	7.7	3.77	9.3	1.322	9.5
Braves	6.6	5.9	82	9.5	965	7.6	3.78	9.1	1.326	9.2
Reds	6.0	6.3	83	9.8	983	9.0	3.95	7.7	1.342	8.1
Phillies	7.3	6.9	79	8.6	1000	9.4	3.98	7.1	1.348	7.7
Colt .45’s / Astros (NL)	6.8	7.1	78	8.3	1016	11.5	3.79	8.9	1.322	9.2
Mets	7.3	7.5	77	7.8	1005	9.7	3.76	9.8	1.318	9.5
Pirates	8.0	7.6	79	8.2	940	6.5	3.86	8.5	1.352	7.6
Cubs	7.8	8.2	77	7.1	1007	9.7	4.04	6.3	1.358	6.8
Expos / Nationals	8.3	8.2	77	7.6	983	8.1	3.86	9.2	1.334	9.3
Diamondbacks	8.4	8.7	79	8.1	1177	10.0	4.27	8.0	1.351	9.1
Padres	9.4	9.0	74	6.4	979	8.0	3.94	8.4	1.353	8.2
Marlins	10.3	9.7	75	6.8	1101	8.1	4.25	7.3	1.409	5.7
Rockies	8.7	9.8	74	6.8	1006	3.6	5.00	2.3	1.499	2.9
Brewers (NL)	9.4	9.9	76	6.7	1140	8.2	4.38	6.2	1.398	6.4

name	RotoRank	Rank	BatAdj	PitAdj	*TOTAL*	W-	L	WPCT
Dodgers	4.2	4.8	35.5	50.4	85.9	86	74	0.538
Cardinals	6.1	5.2	38.8	35.9	74.7	84	75	0.530
Giants	6.6	5.8	34.9	36.5	71.5	83	77	0.519
Braves	6.6	5.9	35.7	35.4	71.2	82	77	0.516
Reds	6.0	6.3	42.5	34.5	77.1	83	76	0.521
Phillies	7.3	6.9	34.9	32.8	67.7	79	80	0.497
Colt .45’s / Astros (NL)	6.8	7.1	31.6	37.9	69.4	78	81	0.492
Mets	7.3	7.5	28.4	36.8	65.2	77	83	0.481
Pirates	8.0	7.6	34.2	30.8	65.0	79	80	0.496
Cubs	7.8	8.2	34.1	29.9	64.0	77	83	0.481
Expos / Nationals	8.3	8.2	30.2	34.1	64.3	77	82	0.485
Diamondbacks	8.4	8.7	34.8	35.1	69.9	79	83	0.488
Padres	9.4	9.0	25.3	30.9	56.2	74	86	0.463
Marlins	10.3	9.7	29.4	27.9	57.4	75	84	0.469
Rockies	8.7	9.8	50.2	15.5	65.7	74	85	0.466
Brewers (NL)	9.4	9.9	35.0	27.4	62.4	76	86	0.469

name	RotoRank	Rank	BA	*BAadj**	R	*Radj**	HR	*HRadj**	SB	*SBadj**
Yankees	4.4	4.0	0.264	10.6	753	10.9	167	11.0	92	8.7
Red Sox	5.4	5.3	0.269	12.5	769	12.2	163	10.4	67	4.8
Browns / Orioles	6.9	6.2	0.258	7.8	714	8.5	165	10.8	82	7.2
Athletics	7.0	6.8	0.253	5.5	707	8.3	149	8.9	113	10.4
Tigers	7.2	6.8	0.260	8.6	728	10.0	166	11.3	78	6.3
White Sox	7.1	7.1	0.260	8.1	706	8.0	147	8.0	99	9.4
Angels	7.7	7.2	0.258	7.4	691	6.9	137	6.6	96	8.7
Blue Jays	6.5	7.3	0.262	8.1	737	8.8	166	9.9	101	8.6
Twins	7.9	7.6	0.264	10.7	718	8.9	136	6.5	87	7.9
Indians	7.4	7.7	0.261	9.4	713	8.7	149	8.5	97	9.0
Senators II / Rangers	7.7	7.8	0.260	8.7	717	8.6	155	9.0	92	8.4
Pilots / Brewers (AL)	8.8	8.1	0.260	7.7	697	8.1	131	7.2	108	9.6
Royals	8.4	8.2	0.265	9.5	701	6.6	120	3.5	128	12.1
Mariners	8.7	9.6	0.260	6.5	706	6.3	155	8.1	106	9.4
(Devil) Rays	8.9	10.0	0.257	4.9	712	4.8	160	6.8	119	11.3
Astros (AL)	8.5	10.3	0.245	2.9	673	6.1	185	10.0	114	13.6

name	RotoRank	Rank	W	*Wadj**	K	*Kadj**	ERA	*ERAadj**	WHIP	*WHIPadj**
Yankees	4.4	4.0	89	12.1	961	9.9	3.84	11.0	1.315	11.1
Red Sox	5.4	5.3	85	10.7	991	11.3	4.09	8.1	1.364	8.2
Browns / Orioles	6.9	6.2	83	9.7	911	7.6	4.00	9.8	1.343	9.6
Athletics	7.0	6.8	80	8.8	919	7.5	3.98	9.6	1.353	9.1
Tigers	7.2	6.8	80	9.0	928	8.2	4.20	7.2	1.376	7.9
White Sox	7.1	7.1	80	8.7	932	8.4	3.99	9.4	1.347	9.3
Angels	7.7	7.2	80	8.3	951	9.1	3.95	9.8	1.349	9.0
Blue Jays	6.5	7.3	79	8.8	977	10.0	4.21	9.2	1.374	9.3
Twins	7.9	7.6	79	8.1	917	8.1	4.16	7.4	1.360	8.5
Indians	7.4	7.7	78	7.7	970	9.9	4.15	7.5	1.378	7.3
Senators II / Rangers	7.7	7.8	76	7.4	922	7.9	4.25	6.8	1.399	6.5
Pilots / Brewers (AL)	8.8	8.1	76	7.3	754	4.1	4.07	7.8	1.382	7.7
Royals	8.4	8.2	77	7.6	892	6.1	4.19	8.7	1.382	8.4
Mariners	8.7	9.6	75	6.1	992	10.3	4.33	7.9	1.396	7.9
(Devil) Rays	8.9	10.0	75	5.9	1123	9.8	4.42	8.6	1.384	9.2
Astros (AL)	8.5	10.3	73	5.9	1224	7.7	4.13	8.3	1.329	7.7

name	RotoRank	Rank	BatAdj	PitAdj	*TOTAL*	W-	L	WPCT
Yankees	4.4	4.0	41.2	44.2	85.4	89	70	0.558
Red Sox	5.4	5.3	39.9	38.3	78.2	85	75	0.530
Browns / Orioles	6.9	6.2	34.2	36.7	70.9	83	76	0.520
Athletics	7.0	6.8	33.1	35.1	68.1	80	79	0.504
Tigers	7.2	6.8	36.2	32.4	68.6	80	80	0.501
White Sox	7.1	7.1	33.6	35.9	69.4	80	79	0.503
Angels	7.7	7.2	29.6	36.1	65.7	80	80	0.501
Blue Jays	6.5	7.3	35.4	37.2	72.6	79	80	0.498
Twins	7.9	7.6	34.0	32.0	66.0	79	81	0.494
Indians	7.4	7.7	35.7	32.4	68.1	78	81	0.489
Senators II / Rangers	7.7	7.8	34.7	28.5	63.2	76	83	0.479
Pilots / Brewers (AL)	8.8	8.1	32.6	26.9	59.5	76	82	0.482
Royals	8.4	8.2	31.6	30.8	62.4	77	82	0.485
Mariners	8.7	9.6	30.3	32.2	62.5	75	84	0.470
(Devil) Rays	8.9	10.0	27.8	33.5	61.3	75	87	0.462
Astros (AL)	8.5	10.3	32.7	29.6	62.3	73	89	0.449

Batting Average Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	BA	*BA*	RotoRank	Rank
1930_NL	New York Giants	0.319	8	2	3
1921_AL	Detroit Tigers	0.316	8	4	6
1930_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	0.315	7	7	8
1930_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0.314	6	1	1
1922_AL	St. Louis Browns	0.313	8	1	2
1928_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.309	8	5	4
1929_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	0.309	8	5	5
1930_AL	New York Yankees	0.309	8	3	3
1930_NL	Chicago Cubs	0.309	5	3	2
1920_AL	St. Louis Browns	0.308	8	4	4
1921_AL	Cleveland Indians	0.308	7	2	2
1921_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0.308	8	3	3
1922_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.308	8	1	3
1925_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0.307	8	2	2
1925_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.307	8	1	1
1927_AL	New York Yankees	0.307	8	1	1
1922_AL	Detroit Tigers	0.306	7	3	3
1922_NL	New York Giants	0.305	7	2	1
1927_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.305	8	3	1
1921_AL	St. Louis Browns	0.304	6	3	3
1930_AL	Cleveland Indians	0.304	7	5	4
1930_NL	Brooklyn Robins	0.304	4	4	4
1936_AL	Cleveland Indians	0.304	8	2.5	5
1920_AL	Cleveland Indians	0.303	7	2	1
1925_AL	Washington Senators	0.303	7	1	1
1927_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0.303	7	2	2
1929_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.303	6.5	3	2
1929_NL	Chicago Cubs	0.303	6.5	1	1
1930_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.303	3	5	5

Batting Average Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	BA	*BA*	RotoRank	Rank
1910_AL	Chicago White Sox	0.211	1	5	6
1908_NL	Brooklyn Superbas	0.213	1	5.5	7
1968_AL	New York Yankees	0.214	1	7	5
1972_AL	Texas Rangers	0.217	1	11.5	6
1910_AL	St. Louis Browns	0.218	2	8	8
1963_NL	New York Mets	0.219	1	10	10
1963_NL	Houston Colt .45’s	0.220	2	9	9
1909_AL	Chicago White Sox	0.221	1	4	4
1965_NL	New York Mets	0.221	1	10	10
1908_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0.223	1	6.5	6
1908_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0.223	2	8	8
1909_AL	Washington Senators	0.223	2	8	8
1909_NL	Boston Doves	0.223	1	8	8
1967_AL	Washington Senators	0.223	1	10	6
1905_AL	Washington Senators	0.224	1	8	7
1908_AL	Chicago White Sox	0.224	2	5	3
1968_AL	Washington Senators	0.224	2	10	10
1967_AL	New York Yankees	0.225	2.5	8	9
1967_AL	Chicago White Sox	0.225	2.5	5	4
1968_AL	Baltimore Orioles	0.225	3	2	2
1969_NL	San Diego Padres	0.225	1	12	6
1972_NL	New York Mets	0.225	1	8	3
1906_NL	Boston Beaneaters	0.226	1	8	8
1981_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	0.226	1	13	7
2014_NL	San Diego Padres	0.226	1	11	3

Runs Scored Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	R	*R*	RotoRank	Rank
1931_AL	New York Yankees	1067	8	1	2
1936_AL	New York Yankees	1065	8	1	1
1930_AL	New York Yankees	1062	8	3	3
1950_AL	Boston Red Sox	1027	8	4	3
1999_AL	Cleveland Indians	1009	14	1	1
1930_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1004	8	1	1
1932_AL	New York Yankees	1002	8	1	1
1930_NL	Chicago Cubs	998	7	3	2
1996_AL	Seattle Mariners	993	14	5.5	2
1929_NL	Chicago Cubs	982	8	1	1
1932_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	981	7	2	2
1937_AL	New York Yankees	979	8	1	1
2000_AL	Chicago White Sox	978	14	1	1
1927_AL	New York Yankees	975	8	1	1
2000_NL	Colorado Rockies	968	16	9	4
2007_AL	New York Yankees	968	14	3	2
1939_AL	New York Yankees	967	8	1	1
1938_AL	New York Yankees	966	8	1	1
1998_AL	New York Yankees	965	14	1	1
2003_AL	Boston Red Sox	961	14	2	2
1996_NL	Colorado Rockies	961	14	7	3
1930_NL	New York Giants	959	6	2	3
1934_AL	Detroit Tigers	958	8	1	1
1953_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	955	8	1	1
1996_AL	Cleveland Indians	952	13	1	1
1930_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	951	7	1	1
2000_AL	Cleveland Indians	950	13	2	2

Runs Scored Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	R	*R*	RotoRank	Rank
1981_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	329	1	13	7
1981_NL	New York Mets	348	1	10	5
1918_NL	Brooklyn Robins	360	1	5	5
1981_NL	Chicago Cubs	370	2	12	6
1908_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	371	1	8	8
1908_NL	Brooklyn Superbas	377	2	5.5	7
1981_AL	Minnesota Twins	378	2	14	7
1909_AL	Washington Senators	380	1	8	8
1981_NL	San Diego Padres	382	3	11	6
1981_NL	Houston Astros	394	4	5	3
1942_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	394	1	8	8
1981_NL	Atlanta Braves	395	5	9	5
1981_AL	Kansas City Royals	397	3	10	4
1902_NL	New York Giants	401	1	7	8
1981_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	407	6	8	4
1906_NL	Boston Beaneaters	408	1	8	8
1918_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	412	1	8	8
1907_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	419	1	7	8
1981_AL	New York Yankees	421	4	2	4
1918_NL	Boston Braves	424	2	7	7
1918_AL	St. Louis Browns	426	2	5	5
1981_AL	Seattle Mariners	426	5	12	6
1981_AL	Detroit Tigers	427	6	5	3
1981_NL	San Francisco Giants	427	7	6	4
1981_AL	Baltimore Orioles	429	7	11	2

Home Run Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	HR	*HR*	RotoRank	Rank
1997_AL	Seattle Mariners	264	14	2	1
2005_AL	Texas Rangers	260	14	10	3
2010_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	257	14	8	4
1996_AL	Baltimore Orioles	257	14	5.5	2
2016_AL	Baltimore Orioles	253	15	9	3
2000_NL	Houston Astros	249	16	8	4
2001_AL	Texas Rangers	246	14	9	4
2012_AL	New York Yankees	245	14	1	1
1996_AL	Seattle Mariners	245	13	5.5	2
1999_AL	Seattle Mariners	244	14	8	3
2000_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	244	14	7	3
2009_AL	New York Yankees	244	14	1	1
1996_AL	Oakland Athletics	243	12	12	3
2004_AL	Chicago White Sox	242	13.5	6	2
2004_AL	New York Yankees	242	13.5	3	1
1961_AL	New York Yankees	240	10	2	1
2003_AL	Texas Rangers	239	14	10	4
1997_NL	Colorado Rockies	239	14	5	3
2000_AL	Oakland Athletics	239	13	5	1
2003_AL	Boston Red Sox	238	13	2	2
2000_AL	Anaheim Angels	236	12	9	3
2006_AL	Chicago White Sox	236	14	3	3
2004_NL	Chicago Cubs	235	16	2	3
2001_NL	San Francisco Giants	235	16	7	2
2008_AL	Chicago White Sox	235	14	5	1
2000_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	235	15	3	1
1999_AL	Oakland Athletics	235	13	7	2
2003_NL	Atlanta Braves	235	16	1	1

Home Run Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	HR	*HR*	RotoRank	Rank
1908_AL	Chicago White Sox	3	1	5	3
1918_AL	Washington Senators	4	1	2.5	3
1909_AL	Chicago White Sox	4	1	4	4
1917_AL	Washington Senators	4	1	6	5
1918_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	2	5	5
1902_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	1	8	7
1907_AL	Chicago White Sox	5	1	3	3
1902_NL	Chicago Orphans	6	2	4	5
1910_AL	Chicago White Sox	7	1	5	6
1906_AL	Chicago White Sox	7	1	5	1
1902_NL	New York Giants	8	3	7	8
1918_AL	Chicago White Sox	8	3	6	6
1908_AL	Washington Senators	8	2	6.5	7
1903_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	8	1	8	8
1913_AL	New York Yankees	8	1	8	7
1909_AL	Washington Senators	9	2	8	8
1917_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	1	8	8
1910_AL	Washington Senators	9	2.5	6	7
1918_AL	Cleveland Indians	9	4	1	2
1910_AL	Cleveland Naps	9	2.5	7	5
1903_NL	Chicago Cubs	9	2	3.5	3
1918_NL	Brooklyn Robins	10	1	5	5
1904_AL	Washington Senators	10	1.5	8	8
1909_AL	St. Louis Browns	10	3.5	7	7
1906_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	10	1	7	7
1904_AL	St. Louis Browns	10	1.5	6	6
1909_AL	Cleveland Naps	10	3.5	6	6
1902_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	6	6
1906_AL	Detroit Tigers	10	2	7	6
1914_AL	Cleveland Naps	10	1	8	8
1907_AL	St. Louis Browns	10	2	8	6

Stolen Base Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	SB	*SB*	RotoRank	Rank
1911_NL	New York Giants	347	8	1	1
1976_AL	Oakland Athletics	341	12	3	2
1912_NL	New York Giants	319	8	1	1
1985_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	314	12	3	1
1910_NL	Cincinnati Reds	310	8	5	5
1913_NL	New York Giants	296	8	1	1
1905_NL	New York Giants	291	8	1	1
1911_NL	Cincinnati Reds	289	7	4.5	6
1906_NL	New York Giants	288	8	2	2
1910_AL	New York Highlanders	288	8	3	2
1913_AL	Washington Senators	287	8	2	2
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	283	7	1	1
1904_NL	New York Giants	283	8	1	1
1910_NL	New York Giants	282	7	1	2
1909_AL	Detroit Tigers	280	8	2	1
1909_NL	Cincinnati Reds	280	8	4	4
1901_AL	Chicago White Sox	280	8	1	1
1911_AL	Detroit Tigers	276	8	4	2
1912_AL	Washington Senators	274	8	2	2
1903_NL	Brooklyn Superbas	273	8	5	5
1914_FL	Indianapolis Hoosiers	273	8	1	1
1912_AL	Detroit Tigers	270	7	6	6
1911_AL	New York Highlanders	269	7	6	6
1905_NL	Chicago Cubs	267	7	2	3
1902_AL	Chicago White Sox	265	8	4.5	4

Stolen Base Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	SB	*SB*	RotoRank	Rank
1957_AL	Washington Senators	13	1	8	8
1960_AL	Kansas City Athletics	16	1	8	8
1949_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	17	1	2	2
1953_AL	St. Louis Browns	17	1	8	8
1972_AL	Detroit Tigers	17	1	3	1
1953_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	18	1	3	3
1964_AL	Boston Red Sox	18	1	7	8
1945_AL	Cleveland Indians	19	1	6	5
1950_AL	Chicago White Sox	19	1	6	6
1938_NL	Cincinnati Reds	19	1	3	4
1934_NL	New York Giants	19	1	2	2
2016_AL	Baltimore Orioles	19	1	9	3
1935_NL	Boston Braves	20	1	8	8
1951_AL	Boston Red Sox	20	1	4	3
1954_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	21	1	8	8
1947_NL	Chicago Cubs	22	1	8	6
1948_AL	Detroit Tigers	22	1	4	5
1955_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	22	1	8	8
1958_AL	Washington Senators	22	1.5	8	8
1955_AL	Kansas City Athletics	22	1	6	6
1958_AL	Kansas City Athletics	22	1.5	7	7
1967_NL	San Francisco Giants	22	1	2	2
1936_NL	Boston Bees	23	1	8	6
1946_AL	St. Louis Browns	23	1	7	7
1950_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	23	1	5	5
1950_AL	Detroit Tigers	23	2	3	2
1973_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	23	1	7	3

Win Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	W	*W*	RotoRank	Rank
2001_AL	Seattle Mariners	116	14	1	1
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	116	8	1	1
1998_AL	New York Yankees	114	14	1	1
1954_AL	Cleveland Indians	111	8	2	1
1927_AL	New York Yankees	110	8	1	1
1909_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	8	2	1
1961_AL	New York Yankees	109	10	2	1
1969_AL	Baltimore Orioles	109	12	1	1
1970_AL	Baltimore Orioles	108	12	1	1
1986_NL	New York Mets	108	12	1	1
1975_NL	Cincinnati Reds	108	12	1	1
1931_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	107	8	2	1
1932_AL	New York Yankees	107	8	1	1
1907_NL	Chicago Cubs	107	8	2	1
1942_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	106	8	1	1
1939_AL	New York Yankees	106	8	1	1
1998_NL	Atlanta Braves	106	16	2	1
1904_NL	New York Giants	106	8	1	1
1944_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	105	8	1	1
1943_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	105	8	1	1
1953_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	105	8	1	1
2004_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	105	16	1	1
1912_AL	Boston Red Sox	105	8	1	1
1905_NL	New York Giants	105	8	1	1
1963_AL	New York Yankees	104	10	1	1
1946_AL	Boston Red Sox	104	8	2	1
1929_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	104	8	1	1
1942_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	104	7	2	2
1984_AL	Detroit Tigers	104	14	1	1
1993_NL	Atlanta Braves	104	14	1	1
1988_AL	Oakland Athletics	104	14	1	1
1910_NL	Chicago Cubs	104	8	2	1
1909_NL	Chicago Cubs	104	7	3	2

Win Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	W	*W*	RotoRank	Rank
1919_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	36	1	8	8
1916_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	36	1	8	8
1981_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	37	1	13	7
1935_NL	Boston Braves	38	1	8	8
1981_NL	Chicago Cubs	38	1	12	6
1904_AL	Washington Senators	38	1	8	8
1962_NL	New York Mets	40	1	10	10
1981_AL	Minnesota Twins	41	2	14	7
1981_NL	San Diego Padres	41	2.5	11	6
1981_NL	New York Mets	41	2.5	10	5
1942_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	42	1	8	8
1952_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	42	1	8	8
1909_AL	Washington Senators	42	1	8	8
1932_AL	Boston Red Sox	43	1	8	8
1939_AL	St. Louis Browns	43	1	8	8
1928_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	43	1	7	8
1941_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	43	1	8	8
2003_AL	Detroit Tigers	43	1	14	5
1915_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	43	1	8	8
1903_AL	Washington Senators	43	1	8	8
1903_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	43	1	8	8
1981_AL	Seattle Mariners	44	3	12	6
1911_NL	Boston Rustlers	44	1	6.5	8
1938_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	45	1	8	8
1939_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	45	1	8	8
1911_AL	St. Louis Browns	45	1	8	8
1909_NL	Boston Doves	45	1	8	8

Strikeout Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	K	*K*	RotoRank	Rank
2016_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	1510	15	3	1
2016_NL	Washington Nationals	1476	14	1	1
2014_AL	Cleveland Indians	1450	15	5	3
2016_NL	Chicago Cubs	1441	13	2	1
2014_AL	Tampa Bay Rays	1437	14	10	4
2015_NL	Chicago Cubs	1431	15	2	3
2013_AL	Detroit Tigers	1428	15	2	1
2015_AL	Cleveland Indians	1407	15	4.5	3
2003_NL	Chicago Cubs	1404	16	4	1
2012_NL	Milwaukee Brewers	1402	16	2	3
2016_AL	Cleveland Indians	1398	15	1	1
2016_AL	Houston Astros	1396	14	5	3
2016_NL	New York Mets	1396	12	5	2
2015_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	1396	14	3	1
2015_NL	San Diego Padres	1393	13	10	4
2016_AL	New York Yankees	1393	13	8	4
2012_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1385	15	4	3
2012_AL	Tampa Bay Rays	1383	14	3	3
2016_NL	Miami Marlins	1379	11	8	3
2013_AL	Cleveland Indians	1379	14	5	2
2014_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	1373	15	1	1
2014_AL	New York Yankees	1370	13	9	2
2015_AL	New York Yankees	1370	14	4.5	2
2016_AL	Boston Red Sox	1362	12	2	1
2015_AL	Chicago White Sox	1359	13	15	4

Strikeout Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	K	*K*	RotoRank	Rank
1902_AL	Detroit Tigers	245	1	8	7
1902_AL	Baltimore Orioles	258	2	7	8
1901_AL	Baltimore Orioles	271	1	5	5
1918_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	277	1	8	8
1902_AL	Washington Senators	300	3	6	6
1901_AL	Detroit Tigers	307	2	4	3
1901_AL	Washington Senators	308	3	6	6
1925_AL	Boston Red Sox	310	1	8	8
1933_NL	Cincinnati Reds	310	1	8	8
1918_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	312	1	8	6
1924_AL	Cleveland Indians	315	1	5	6
1931_NL	Cincinnati Reds	317	1	8	8
1918_NL	Cincinnati Reds	321	2	4	3
1929_AL	Chicago White Sox	328	1	7	7
1918_NL	New York Giants	330	3	3	2
1926_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	331	1	7	8
1921_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	333	1	8	8
1901_AL	Cleveland Blues	334	4	8	7
1926_AL	Boston Red Sox	336	1	8	8
1926_AL	St. Louis Browns	337	2	7	7
1918_NL	Boston Braves	340	4	7	7
1919_NL	New York Giants	340	1	1	2
1933_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	341	2	7	7
1928_NL	Boston Braves	343	1	8	7
1925_AL	Cleveland Indians	345	2	7	6
1931_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	345	2	5	5

ERA Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	ERA	*ERA*	RotoRank	Rank
1907_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.73	8	2	1
1909_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.75	8	3	2
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.75	8	1	1
1910_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.79	8	1	1
1909_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.93	8	1	2
1905_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.99	8	2	2
1908_AL	Cleveland Naps	2.02	8	1	2
1910_AL	Chicago White Sox	2.03	7	5	6
1905_NL	Chicago Cubs	2.04	8	2	3
1909_AL	Chicago White Sox	2.05	7	4	4
1909_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.07	7	2	1
1906_AL	Cleveland Naps	2.09	8	2.5	3
1908_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	2.10	8	4	4
1908_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.12	7	3	2
1904_AL	Boston Americans	2.12	8	3	1
1916_NL	Brooklyn Robins	2.12	8	1	1
1906_AL	Chicago White Sox	2.13	7	5	1
1918_AL	Washington Senators	2.14	8	2.5	3
1908_NL	New York Giants	2.14	5.5	2	2
1908_NL	Chicago Cubs	2.14	5.5	1	1
1908_AL	St. Louis Browns	2.15	7	2	4
1917_AL	Chicago White Sox	2.16	8	1	1
1915_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	2.17	8	1	1
1904_NL	New York Giants	2.17	8	1	1
1918_NL	Chicago Cubs	2.18	8	1	1

ERA Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	ERA	*ERA*	RotoRank	Rank
1930_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	6.71	1	7	8
1996_AL	Detroit Tigers	6.38	1	14	5
1936_AL	St. Louis Browns	6.24	1	7	7
1929_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	6.13	1	5	5
1936_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	6.08	2	8	8
1999_NL	Colorado Rockies	6.02	1	9	5
1939_AL	St. Louis Browns	6.01	1	8	8
1937_AL	St. Louis Browns	6.00	1	8	8
1938_AL	St. Louis Browns	5.80	1	7	7
1939_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5.79	2	7	7
1995_AL	Minnesota Twins	5.76	1	12	5
2001_AL	Texas Rangers	5.71	1	9	4
1994_AL	Minnesota Twins	5.68	1	11.5	4
2003_AL	Texas Rangers	5.67	1	10	4
2006_AL	Kansas City Royals	5.65	1	14	5
1996_NL	Colorado Rockies	5.60	1	7	3
1928_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5.56	1	7	8
2004_NL	Colorado Rockies	5.54	1	12	4
2007_AL	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	5.53	1	8	5
2000_AL	Texas Rangers	5.52	1	14	4
1950_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5.49	1	7	8
1995_AL	Detroit Tigers	5.49	2	14	4
2005_AL	Kansas City Royals	5.49	1	14	5
1997_AL	Oakland Athletics	5.49	1	14	4
1938_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5.48	2	8	8
2000_AL	Kansas City Royals	5.48	2	11	4

WHIP Leaders (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	WHIP	*WHIP*	RotoRank	Rank
1904_AL	Boston Americans	1.025	8	3	1
1908_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.028	8	5	3
1909_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.042	8	3	2
1905_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.046	8	2	2
1908_AL	Cleveland Naps	1.053	7	1	2
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.055	8	1	1
1909_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.056	8	1	2
1907_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.060	8	2	1
1904_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.061	7	4.5	3
1910_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.063	8	5	6
1908_NL	New York Giants	1.064	8	2	2
1909_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.064	7	4	4
1906_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.066	8	1	5
1909_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.066	7	2	1
1906_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.067	7	5	1
1904_NL	New York Giants	1.074	8	1	1
1904_AL	New York Highlanders	1.080	6	2	2
1905_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.080	8	2	3
1916_NL	Boston Braves	1.082	8	4	3
1917_NL	New York Giants	1.086	8	1	1
1910_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.093	7	1	1
1915_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1.094	8	1	1
1907_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.096	8	1	2
1908_NL	Chicago Cubs	1.098	7	1	1
1905_AL	Boston Americans	1.099	7	3	4

WHIP Trailers (Modern Era, 1901-present)

YearLgID	name	WHIP	*WHIP*	RotoRank	Rank
1930_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1.848	1	7	8
1939_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.796	1	8	8
1937_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.776	1	8	8
1936_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.769	1	7	7
1929_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1.750	1	5	5
1996_AL	Detroit Tigers	1.734	1	14	5
1936_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.732	2	8	8
1938_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.727	1	7	7
1928_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1.727	1	7	8
1923_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1.708	1	7	8
1999_NL	Colorado Rockies	1.706	1	9	5
1951_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.698	1	8	8
1949_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.691	1	7	7
1939_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.689	2	7	7
1950_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.677	1	7	8
1935_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.672	1	8	7
1950_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.670	2	8	7
1956_AL	Washington Senators	1.659	1	8	7
1935_AL	Washington Senators	1.658	2	5	6
1935_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1.652	3	7	8
1949_AL	Washington Senators	1.648	2	8	8
1929_AL	Detroit Tigers	1.645	1	3	6
1997_AL	Oakland Athletics	1.644	1	14	4
1934_AL	Chicago White Sox	1.644	1	8	8
1925_AL	St. Louis Browns	1.641	1	4	3

Combined Rotisserie Batting Points Leaders (1901-1960)

During the Modern Era, 11 teams ran the table in the four Rotisserie batting categories (BA, R, HR, SB). Through 1960, the eight teams to achieve this feat all played within the five boroughs of New York City. Skippered by John “Mugsy” McGraw, the Giants achieved the feat in back-to-back campaigns (1904–05) and again in 1912. Shortstop “Bad” Bill Dahlen averaged 80 ribbies and 42 steals for the ’04-’05 squad while left fielder Sam Mertes pilfered 99 bags and knocked in 186 baserunners in the same timeframe. “Turkey” Mike Donlin (.356/7/80) tallied 124 aces and accrued 37 Win Shares for the ’05 crew. “Laughing” Larry Doyle (.330/10/91) and Chief Meyers (.358/6/60) paced the Giants’ attack in 1912. Babe Ruth (.373/46/162) and Lou Gehrig (.341/46/185) anchored the heart of the 1931 Yankees’ batting order as the Bronx Bombers outscored the Tribe by nearly 200 runs. The Boys from Brooklyn excelled on offense from 1949-1955, scoring a perfect 32 points in four out of seven seasons. Jackie Robinson compiled a .320 BA and appeared in six consecutive All-Star contests in that timeframe. The Dodgers swept the MVP Awards in the odd-numbered years as Robinson claimed NL MVP honors in 1949 while Roy Campanella claimed the prize in ’51, ’53 and ’55. “Campy” walloped 200 long balls and drove in 676 baserunners during this period.

YearLgID	name	*BAT*	RotoRank	Rank
1904_NL	New York Giants	32	1	1
1905_NL	New York Giants	32	1	1
1912_NL	New York Giants	32	1	1
1931_AL	New York Yankees	32	1	2
1950_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	32	1	2
1951_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	32	1	2
1953_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	32	1	1
1955_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	32	1	1
1913_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	31	1	1
1917_NL	New York Giants	31	1	1
1922_AL	St. Louis Browns	31	1	2
1934_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	31	1	1
1949_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	31	1	1
1932_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	30.5	2.5	4
1902_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	30	1	1
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	30	1	1
1909_AL	Detroit Tigers	30	2	1
1914_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	30	1	1
1915_AL	Detroit Tigers	30	2	2
1919_NL	New York Giants	30	1	2
1933_AL	New York Yankees	30	1.5	2
1935_AL	Detroit Tigers	30	1	1
1940_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	30	2.5	3
1952_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	30	1	1
1904_AL	Cleveland Naps	29.5	1	4
1907_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	29.5	1	2
1911_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	29.5	1	1
1915_FL	Brooklyn Tip-Tops	29.5	4	7
1936_AL	New York Yankees	29.5	1	1
1958_AL	New York Yankees	29.5	1	1

Combined Rotisserie Batting Points Leaders (1961-2016)

BatAdj = adjusted point values for 16-team league

“The Big Red Machine” achieved a perfect score on offense in 1976 along with the 1995 Indians and the 1996 Rockies. Joe L. Morgan (.320/27/111) collected his second straight MVP Award and notched career-highs in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage (.576). “Little Joe” also contributed 111 runs and nabbed 60 bags in 69 attempts. Pete Rose registered 215 safeties, George Foster drove in 121 baserunners and five Reds eclipsed the .300 mark in batting average led by Ken Griffey Sr. at .336. Six members of the Tribe’s starting lineup delivered a .300 BA or better, paced by “Steady” Eddie Murray. Colorado’s lumber crew included a quartet with 30+ bombs and 100+ ribbies.

YearLgID	name	BatAdj	*BAT*	RotoRank	Rank
1976_NL	Cincinnati Reds	64.0	48	1	1
1995_AL	Cleveland Indians	64.0	56	1	1
1996_NL	Colorado Rockies	64.0	56	7	3
1994_AL	Cleveland Indians	62.3	54.5	1.5	2
2001_NL	Colorado Rockies	62.0	62	8.5	5
1974_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	61.3	46	1	1
1984_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	61.3	46	1	4
2004_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	61.0	61	1	1
1967_AL	Boston Red Sox	60.8	38	1	1
2006_AL	New York Yankees	60.6	53	1	1
2007_AL	New York Yankees	60.6	53	3	2
1975_NL	Cincinnati Reds	60.0	45	1	1
1979_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	60.0	45	1	1
2012_NL	Milwaukee Brewers	59.5	59.5	2	3
1985_AL	New York Yankees	59.4	52	1	2
1994_NL	Cincinnati Reds	59.4	52	1	1
1969_NL	Cincinnati Reds	59.3	44.5	5	3
2015_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	59.2	55.5	1	1
1977_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	58.7	44	2	1
1961_AL	Detroit Tigers	58.4	36.5	1	2
1995_NL	Colorado Rockies	58.3	51	5	2
1997_NL	Colorado Rockies	58.3	51	5	3
1998_AL	New York Yankees	58.3	51	1	1
1981_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	58.0	43.5	3	3
2010_NL	Cincinnati Reds	58.0	58	2	1

Combined Rotisserie Batting Points Trailers (1901-1960)

Ward Miller (.294/4/50), Jack Tobin (.270/7/35) and pitcher / second baseman Doc Crandall (.309/2/41) were unable to prevent the 1914 Terriers from finishing last in the four Rotisserie batting categories. The offensive futility of the St. Louis’ Federal League entry is matched by the ’23 Braves, ’30 Red Sox and the Pirates in back-to-back seasons (1954–55). Stuffy McInnis (.315/2/95) and Billy Southworth (.319/6/78) provided adequate output for Boston’s NL franchise but not nearly enough to overtake the competition. Earl Webb’s 30 doubles in 1930 was just a pre-cursor to his record-setting 67 two-baggers in the subsequent campaign. Yet the Red Sox offense paled in comparison to their American League counterparts.

YearLgID	name	*BAT*	RotoRank	Rank
1914_FL	St. Louis Terriers	4	8	8
1923_NL	Boston Braves	4	8	7
1930_AL	Boston Red Sox	4	8	8
1954_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	8	8
1955_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	8	8
1911_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	8	8
1913_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	5	8	8
1922_NL	Boston Braves	5	8	8
1925_AL	Boston Red Sox	5	8	8
1929_NL	Boston Braves	5	8	8
1932_NL	Cincinnati Reds	5	8	8
1933_NL	Cincinnati Reds	5	8	8
1940_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	8	8
1942_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	8	8
1960_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	8	8
1909_NL	Boston Doves	5.5	8	8
1926_AL	Boston Red Sox	5.5	8	8
1902_AL	Detroit Tigers	6	8	7
1902_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	6	8	7
1905_NL	Boston Beaneaters	6	8	7
1910_AL	Chicago White Sox	6	5	6
1924_NL	Boston Braves	6	8	8
1927_AL	Boston Red Sox	6	8	8
1932_AL	Boston Red Sox	6	8	8
1936_NL	Boston Bees	6	8	6
1944_NL	Philadelphia Blue Jays	6	8	8
1951_NL	Cincinnati Reds	6	6	6
1960_AL	Kansas City Athletics	6	8	8

Combined Rotisserie Batting Points Trailers (1961-2016)

BatAdj = adjusted point values for 16-team league

The franchise formerly known as the Expos failed to impress their new fan base from a run-production perspective as the Nationals placed last in the four Roto batting categories in ’05. Primary shortstop Cristian Guzman (.219/4/31) registered a -1.1 WAR and Brad Wilkerson paced Washington with 8 stolen bases in 18 tries. The Colt .45’s edged the Mets in batting average during their first two seasons in the National League (1962–63), allowing them to avoid the “batting totals” basement. Houston’s double play combo in their inaugural campaign (Joey Amalfitano and Bob Lillis) combined to hit .244/2/57. Yet Lillis and his ‘63 partner (Ernie Fazio) stretched hitting futility to new depths in the subsequent season, coalescing in a .194 BA with two jacks and only 24 RBI.

YearLgID	name	BatAdj	*BAT*	RotoRank	Rank
2005_NL	Washington Nationals	4.0	4	14	5
1962_NL	Houston Colt .45’s	8.0	5	8	8
1963_NL	Houston Colt .45’s	8.0	5	9	9
2001_NL	New York Mets	8.5	8.5	12	3
1997_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	8.6	7.5	14	5
1977_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	9.1	8	14	7
1981_AL	Minnesota Twins	9.1	8	14	7
1992_AL	Boston Red Sox	9.1	8	10	7
1995_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	9.1	8	13.5	4
2002_AL	Detroit Tigers	9.1	8	14	5
1969_NL	San Diego Padres	9.3	7	12	6
1989_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	9.3	7	7	4
2016_AL	Oakland Athletics	9.6	9	15	5
1965_NL	New York Mets	9.6	6	10	10
1966_NL	New York Mets	9.6	6	10	9
1991_AL	Cleveland Indians	9.7	8.5	14	7
1969_AL	California Angels	10.0	7.5	11	3
1973_AL	California Angels	10.0	7.5	9.5	4
1988_NL	Atlanta Braves	10.0	7.5	12	6
2008_NL	San Diego Padres	10.0	10	14	5
1979_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	10.3	9	14	7
1994_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	10.3	9	14	3
2002_NL	San Diego Padres	10.5	10.5	14	5
1973_NL	New York Mets	10.7	8	8	1
1977_NL	New York Mets	10.7	8	10	6

Combined Rotisserie Pitching Points Leaders (1901-1960)

The Cardinals and Yankees attained a perfect pitching score three times apiece. Mort Cooper and the Redbirds delivered the goods over three successive seasons (1942-44). During the span Cooper managed 22 victories per year and fashioned an ERA of 2.17 with a 1.080 WHIP. Max Lanier supplied 15 wins and a 2.47 ERA in the same interval. Johnny Beazley contributed a 21-6 mark with a 2.13 ERA over 43 outings (23 starts) for the ’42 squad. The Yankees accomplished the feat three times in just over a decade. Carl “Sub” Mays (27-9, 3.05) topped the American League in wins, saves (7), games (49) and innings pitched (336.2) in 1921. Two years later the Pinstripers counted five starters with at least 16 victories and ERA’s below 3.65: Bullet Joe Bush, Waite Hoyt, Sad Sam Jones, Herb Pennock and Bob Shawkey. Skipping ahead to 1932, Lefty Gomez tallied 24 wins albeit with a 4.21 ERA while Red Ruffing, Johnny Allen and George Pipgras amassed 16+ victories.

The ’04 Giants paired Joe McGinnity (35-8, 1.61) and Christy Mathewson (33-12, 2.03) atop the rotation. Mordecai Brown (26-6, 1.04) and ’06 Cubs compiled a 1.75 team ERA. Lefty Grove (20-6, 2.81) and George Earnshaw (24-8, 3.29) sustained the ’29 Athletics pennant chase. Don “Newk” Newcombe (20-5, 3.20) anchored the ‘55 Dodgers’ staff.

YearLgID	name	*PIT*	RotoRank	Rank
1923_AL	New York Yankees	32	1	1
1929_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	32	1	1
1921_AL	New York Yankees	32	1	1
1943_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	32	1	1
1942_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	32	1	1
1944_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	32	1	1
1932_AL	New York Yankees	32	1	1
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	32	1	1
1904_NL	New York Giants	32	1	1
1955_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	32	1	1
1924_AL	Washington Senators	31	3	1
1956_AL	Cleveland Indians	31	2	2
1921_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	31	2	2
1933_NL	New York Giants	31	1	1
1915_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	31	1	1
1945_NL	Chicago Cubs	31	1	1
1951_NL	New York Giants	31	2	1
1935_AL	New York Yankees	31	2	2
1928_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	31	1	2
1937_AL	New York Yankees	31	1	1
1934_AL	New York Yankees	31	2	2
1913_NL	New York Giants	31	1	1
1947_AL	New York Yankees	31	1	1
1939_NL	Cincinnati Reds	31	1	1
1909_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	31	1	2
1910_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	31	1	1
1943_AL	New York Yankees	31	1	1
1956_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	31	1	1
1903_AL	Boston Americans	31	1	1
1911_NL	New York Giants	31	1	1
1918_NL	Chicago Cubs	31	1	1
1942_AL	New York Yankees	31	1	1
1936_AL	New York Yankees	31	1	1
1902_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	31	1	1
1912_NL	New York Giants	31	1	1

Combined Rotisserie Pitching Points Leaders (1961-2016)

PitAdj = adjusted point values for 16-team league

No surprises here… Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale anchored the Dodgers’ rotation in 1963 and 1966 along with a supporting cast including Johnny Podres (14-12, 3.54 in ’63), Claude Osteen (17-14, 2.85 in ’66) and Don Sutton (12-12, 2.99 in ’66). Phil “The Vulture” Regan contributed 14 victories and 21 saves with an ERA of 1.62 to the ’66 crew. Sutton (19-9, 3.23) shared top billing with Andy “Bluto” Messersmith (20-6, 2.59) on the ’74 Dodgers. Rubber-armed relief ace Mike G. Marshall (21 SV, 2.42) notched 15 wins and established an MLB record with 106 appearances. Atlanta’s aces dominated the opposition in the Nineties. Greg Maddux (19-2, 1.63) posted a career-best 0.811 WHIP and merited his fourth consecutive NL Cy Young Award for the 1995 Braves. Three years later, Tom Glavine (20-6, 2.47) received his second Cy Young Award. Joe Niekro (20-12, 3.55), Nolan Ryan (11-10, 3.35) and J.R. Richard (10-4, 1.90) highlighted the 1980 Astros’ mound crew. The 1988 Mets reinforced their stout staff with the promotions of David Cone (20-3, 2.22) and Randy Myers (26 SV, 1.72).

YearLgID	name	PitAdj	*PIT*	RotoRank	Rank
1995_NL	Atlanta Braves	64.0	56	4	1
1966_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	64.0	40	1	1
1980_NL	Houston Astros	64.0	48	3	1
1963_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	64.0	40	1	1
1998_NL	Atlanta Braves	64.0	64	2	1
1988_NL	New York Mets	64.0	48	1	1
1974_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	64.0	48	1	1
1996_NL	Atlanta Braves	62.9	55	1	1
1978_AL	New York Yankees	62.9	55	1	1
2009_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	62.5	62.5	1	1
1965_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	62.4	39	2	1
2011_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	62.0	62	2	1
1999_NL	Atlanta Braves	62.0	62	2	1
2012_NL	Washington Nationals	62.0	62	1	1
2016_NL	Chicago Cubs	61.9	58	2	1
1979_AL	Baltimore Orioles	61.7	54	1	1
2010_AL	Tampa Bay Rays	61.7	54	1	1
1997_NL	Atlanta Braves	61.7	54	1	1
1987_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	61.7	54	1	2
1994_NL	Montreal Expos	61.7	54	2	1
1995_AL	Cleveland Indians	61.7	54	1	1
1981_NL	Houston Astros	61.3	46	5	3
1986_NL	Houston Astros	61.3	46	2	1
1973_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	61.3	46	1	2
1983_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	61.3	46	1	1
1977_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	61.3	46	1	1
1986_NL	New York Mets	61.3	46	1	1

Combined Rotisserie Pitching Points Trailers (1901-1960)

The Phillies labored on the mound during the Roaring Twenties, scoring last in all Roto pitching categories on three occasions. Four hurlers on the 1921 staff yielded more than 100 runs and George A. Smith (4-20, 4.76) allowed 303 hits in 221.1 innings. Not to be outdone, a quintet on the 1926 troop permitted 100+ aces. Jack Scott (9-21, 5.09) and company completed the trifecta in 1927 with 103 losses, a 5.36 ERA and 1.603 WHIP.

YearLgID	name	*PIT*	RotoRank	Rank
1954_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	8	8
1911_AL	St. Louis Browns	4	8	8
1913_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4	8	8
1932_AL	Boston Red Sox	4	8	8
1952_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	8	8
1904_AL	Washington Senators	4	8	8
1954_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	4	8	8
1921_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	4	8	8
1937_AL	St. Louis Browns	4	8	8
1926_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	4	7	8
1927_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	4	8	8
1911_NL	Boston Rustlers	4	6.5	8
1950_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	8	8
1916_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4.5	8	7
1925_AL	Boston Red Sox	5	8	8
1909_NL	Boston Doves	5	8	8
1935_NL	Boston Braves	5	8	8
1953_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	8	8
1910_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	8	8
1935_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	8	7
1903_AL	Washington Senators	5	8	8
1939_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	8	8
1939_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	8	8
1918_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5	8	8
1931_AL	Chicago White Sox	5	8	8
1910_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	5	8	7
1936_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	7	7
1949_AL	St. Louis Browns	5	7	7
1924_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	7	7
1907_NL	Boston Doves	5	8	7
1921_AL	Chicago White Sox	5	7	7
1923_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	7	8
1950_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5	7	8
1930_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	7	8
1936_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	5	7	8

Combined Rotisserie Pitching Points Trailers (1961-2016)

PitAdj = adjusted point values for 16-team league

Bert Blyleven notwithstanding, the mound crew on the 1985 Indians were outclassed and overmatched. Neal Heaton (9-17, 4.90) took his turn in the rotation every fifth day with consistently inferior outcomes. Inexplicably the following rag-tag collection started at least 10 games: Ramon Romero (2-3, 6.58), Vern Ruhle (2-10, 4.32), Don Schulze (4-10, 6.01), Roy Smith (1-4, 5.34) and Curt Wardle (7-6, 6.68). Combined with disastrous bullpen results from Rich Thompson (3-8, 6.30 in 57 games) and Bryan Clark (3-4, 6.32 in 31 games), it is remarkable that the Tribe only lost 102 games.

YearLgID	name	PitAdj	*PIT*	RotoRank	Rank
2010_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4.0	4	16	6
2009_NL	Washington Nationals	4.0	4	15	5
1988_AL	Baltimore Orioles	4.6	4	14	7
2004_AL	Kansas City Royals	4.6	4	14	5
2009_AL	Baltimore Orioles	4.6	4	14	5
1985_AL	Cleveland Indians	4.6	4	13	7
2013_AL	Houston Astros	5.3	5	15	5
1970_AL	Chicago White Sox	5.3	4	12	6
2014_NL	Colorado Rockies	5.3	5	10	4
2006_AL	Kansas City Royals	5.7	5	14	5
1987_AL	Cleveland Indians	5.7	5	13	7
1965_NL	New York Mets	6.4	4	10	10
1963_NL	New York Mets	6.4	4	10	10
1964_NL	New York Mets	6.4	4	10	10
1962_NL	New York Mets	6.4	4	10	10
1963_AL	Washington Senators	6.4	4	10	10
1968_AL	Washington Senators	6.4	4	10	10
2014_AL	Texas Rangers	6.4	6	15	5
1975_AL	Milwaukee Brewers	6.7	5	11	5
1979_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	6.9	6	14	7
2005_AL	Kansas City Royals	6.9	6	14	5
2011_AL	Minnesota Twins	6.9	6	14	5
2003_AL	Detroit Tigers	6.9	6	14	5
1978_AL	Seattle Mariners	6.9	6	14	7
2012_AL	Cleveland Indians	6.9	6	14	4
1997_AL	Oakland Athletics	6.9	6	14	4

Combined Rotisserie Total Points Leaders (1901-1960)

The ’04 Giants and ’55 Dodgers paced the Senior Circuit in every Roto category during their respective seasons. Led by “Iron Man” Joe McGinnity (35-8, 1.61) and “Big Six” Christy Mathewson (33-12, 2.03), the 1904 squad are among the All-Time single-season team leaders in wins (106), ERA (2.17), WHIP (1.074) and stolen bases (283). “The Boys of Summer” featured a quartet with at least 25 home runs and 95 RBI: Duke Snider (.309/42/136), Roy Campanella (.318/32/107), Gil Hodges (.289/27/102) and Carl Furillo (.314/26/95). Don Newcombe (20-5, 3.20) fronted the Brooklyn rotation.

“Matty” (23-12, 2.12), Rube Marquard (26-11, 2.57) and the 1912 Giants came within a dozen strikeouts of sweeping every Roto category. John McGraw’s gang almost pulled off consecutive 64-point seasons in ’05, finishing second to the Cubs in ERA and WHIP. Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown and his mound mates fashioned the second-best team ERA since 1901 (1.75) and tallied 62 Roto points overall during the ’06 campaign.

YearLgID	name	*TOTAL*	RotoRank	Rank
1904_NL	New York Giants	64	1	1
1955_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	64	1	1
1912_NL	New York Giants	63	1	1
1905_NL	New York Giants	62	1	1
1906_NL	Chicago Cubs	62	1	1
1902_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	61	1	1
1922_AL	St. Louis Browns	61	1	2
1934_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	61	1	1
1949_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	61	1	1
1936_AL	New York Yankees	60.5	1	1
1932_AL	New York Yankees	60	1	1
1953_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	60	1	1
1942_AL	New York Yankees	59.5	1	1
1958_AL	New York Yankees	59.5	1	1
1903_AL	Boston Americans	59	1	1
1911_NL	New York Giants	59	1	1
1917_NL	New York Giants	59	1	1
1918_NL	Chicago Cubs	59	1	1
1931_AL	New York Yankees	59	1	2
1931_NL	New York Giants	58.5	1	2
1944_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	58.5	1	1
1934_AL	Detroit Tigers	58	1	1
1935_AL	Detroit Tigers	58	1	1
1935_NL	Chicago Cubs	58	1	1
1942_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	58	1	1
1948_AL	Cleveland Indians	58	1	1
1952_NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	58	1	1
1957_AL	New York Yankees	58	1	1

Combined Rotisserie Total Points Leaders (1961-2016)

PitAdj = adjusted point values for 16-team league

Albert Belle (.317/50/126) topped the Junior Circuit in doubles (52), home runs, RBI, runs (121) and slugging percentage (.690). Kenny Lofton led the League with 13 triples and 54 stolen bases. The 1995 Indians collected 110 out of a possible 112 Roto points, leading every category except strikeouts. Andy “Bluto” Messersmith (20-6, 2.59), Don Sutton (19-9, 3.23), and Mike G. Marshall (15-12, 2.42 in 106 relief appearances) flourished as the ’74 Dodgers swept the pitching categories while placing runner-up in batting average and stolen bases. The moundsmen for the ’88 Mets squad likewise dominated the opposition. David Cone secured 20 victories, whiffed 213 batsmen and established a personal-best with an ERA of 2.22 while placing third in the NL Cy Young balloting.

YearLgID	name	TotAdj	*TOTAL*	RotoRank	Rank
1995_AL	Cleveland Indians	125.7	110	1	1
1974_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	125.3	94	1	1
1988_NL	New York Mets	121.3	91	1	1
1998_AL	New York Yankees	118.9	104	1	1
1979_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	117.3	88	1	1
2001_AL	Seattle Mariners	115.4	101	1	1
2004_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	115.0	115	1	1
1998_NL	Houston Astros	115.0	115	1	1
1999_NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	115.0	115	1	1
1996_AL	Cleveland Indians	114.9	100.5	1	1
2009_AL	New York Yankees	114.9	100.5	1	1
1984_AL	Detroit Tigers	114.9	100.5	1	1
1998_NL	Atlanta Braves	114.5	114.5	2	1
2014_NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	114.1	107	1	1
1988_AL	Oakland Athletics	113.7	99.5	1	1
1970_AL	Baltimore Orioles	113.3	85	1	1
1985_AL	New York Yankees	113.1	99	1	2
1994_NL	Cincinnati Reds	112.6	98.5	1	1
2012_NL	Washington Nationals	112.5	112.5	1	1
1976_NL	Cincinnati Reds	112.0	84	1	1
2002_AL	New York Yankees	112.0	98	1	1
2008_NL	Chicago Cubs	112.0	112	1	1
1987_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	112.0	98	1	2
1994_NL	Montreal Expos	112.0	98	2	1
2016_AL	Cleveland Indians	111.5	104.5	1	1

Combined Rotisserie Total Points Trailers (1901-1960)

The 1954 Pirates placed dead-last in every Roto category. Frank J. Thomas (.298/23/94) and Sid Gordon (.306/12/49) aside, this crew deserved to walk the plank. Shortstop Gair Allie (.199/3/30) produced a -2.1 WAR in his lone MLB campaign. The 1911 Browns out-homered the Senators 17-16 to collect two Roto points for home runs (9 points overall) while the 1913 Cardinals out-swiped the Phillies to avoid the bottom of the barrel. The Redbirds received a combined -6.8 WAR from starting pitchers Dan Griner (10-22, 5.08) and Pol Perritt (6-14, 5.25).

YearLgID	name	*TOTAL*	RotoRank	Rank
1954_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	8	8
1911_AL	St. Louis Browns	9	8	8
1913_NL	St. Louis Cardinals	9	8	8
1925_AL	Boston Red Sox	10	8	8
1932_AL	Boston Red Sox	10	8	8
1955_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	8	8
1909_NL	Boston Doves	10.5	8	8
1923_NL	Boston Braves	11	8	7
1942_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	11	8	8
1952_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	8	8
1960_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	11	8	8
1904_AL	Washington Senators	12	8	8
1929_NL	Boston Braves	12	8	8
1935_NL	Boston Braves	12	8	8
1940_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	12	8	8
1953_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	12	8	8
1960_AL	Kansas City Athletics	12	8	8
1926_AL	Boston Red Sox	12.5	8	8
1945_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	12.5	8	8
1951_AL	St. Louis Browns	12.5	8	8
1910_AL	St. Louis Browns	13	8	8
1922_NL	Boston Braves	13	8	8
1931_NL	Cincinnati Reds	13	8	8
1938_NL	Philadelphia Phillies	13	8	8
1935_AL	St. Louis Browns	13.5	8	7
1954_AL	Philadelphia Athletics	13.5	8	8

Combined Rotisserie Total Points Trailers (1961-2016)

PitAdj = adjusted point values for 16-team league

The award for the worst team in the Expansion Era based on total Rotisserie points goes to the 2010 Pirates. Scoring last in all categories excepting home runs and stolen bases, the Bucs’ rotation in particular took a beating. Charlie Morton (2-12, 7.57) registered -3.1 WAR while mound mate Zach Duke (8-15, 5.72) recorded a -2.5 WAR. The ’65 Mets (107 HR) outslugged the Dodgers (78 HR) and Astros (97 HR), preventing the club from finishing last in every category.

YearLgID	name	TotAdj	*TOTAL*	RotoRank	Rank
2010_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	16.0	16	16	6
1965_NL	New York Mets	16.0	10	10	10
1979_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	17.1	15	14	7
1963_NL	New York Mets	17.6	11	10	10
1988_AL	Baltimore Orioles	18.3	16	14	7
1969_NL	San Diego Padres	18.7	14	12	6
1966_NL	New York Mets	19.2	12	10	9
1988_NL	Atlanta Braves	19.3	14.5	12	6
2004_AL	Kansas City Royals	19.4	17	14	5
2005_AL	Kansas City Royals	20.6	18	14	5
2011_AL	Minnesota Twins	20.6	18	14	5
1977_AL	Toronto Blue Jays	20.6	18	14	7
1964_NL	New York Mets	21.6	13.5	10	10
1999_NL	Florida Marlins	22.0	22	16	5
2006_AL	Kansas City Royals	22.3	19.5	14	5
2013_AL	Houston Astros	22.9	21.5	15	5
2002_AL	Detroit Tigers	23.4	20.5	14	5
2013_AL	Minnesota Twins	24.0	22.5	14	4
1982_AL	Texas Rangers	24.0	21	14	6
1989_AL	Detroit Tigers	25.1	22	14	7
1981_AL	Minnesota Twins	25.1	22	14	7
2001_NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	25.5	25.5	16	6
2012_NL	Chicago Cubs	25.5	25.5	16	5
1962_NL	New York Mets	25.6	16	10	10
2016_AL	Oakland Athletics	25.6	24	15	5

References and Resources

Baseball-Reference

Sean Lahman Baseball Archive

About the Author

I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

“Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com along with digital eBook format at GooglePlay.com.

“Hardball Retrospective” is available in digital format on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, GooglePlay, iTunes and KoboBooks. The paperback edition is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and CreateSpace. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com.

** NOTE ** This article was originally posted on Seamheads.com, March 15, 2017.

The 1984 Fleer Baseball Card Set

Derek Bain — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:48:04 +0000

Derek’s (Re)collections

My baseball card addiction began in 1984. I picked up a few packs of 1984 Fleer cards at a Little League game, and I was hooked. Each pack contained 15 cards, along with a team logo sticker. I’d just started to appreciate the game of baseball, and the cards brought me closer to the game. The photography was excellent, but the numbers on the back of each card really captured my imagination. I needed to find out the meaning behind those numbers, along with all of the acronyms! I purchased a carrying case and sorted my cards by team. Eventually, I learned about the value (or potential value) of certain cards, and placed them in albums with protective pages, or hard plastic cases. I collected baseball cards extensively between 1984-1991, and purchased older packs (1981-83) whenever I earned some extra cash.

Corby Corner

The 1984 Fleer set was the first one I attempted to complete the old fashioned way; through buying packs, looking for commons and trading. I bought my first set box and filled it in numerical order, not realizing yet the condition of the cards needed to be watched over as well. I had begun years earlier with an NFL sticker book and this gave me the same rush when you would get just the card you needed to complete a team. I did eventually complete that set and I would love to tell you it’s still in my possession but it is not. This experience fueled my yearly adventure to complete sets, and when I saw people buying full sets already packaged, I wondered where was the fun in that? I guess a kid’s innocent mind didn’t yet understand that this was a business, and sadly that is what would eventually pry me from this hobby.

Favorite Cards

Tom: Don Mattingly (#131) – I had the Donruss and Topps one, but this one eluded me for awhile

Derek: Brett & Perry, The Pine Tar Incident (#638) – Light-hearted photo captures a pair of the participants from this famous contest.

Features

The standard Fleer baseball card set from 1981-1990 consisted of 660 cards. The ’84 set is organized by teams, based on their position in the standings from the previous season. This method presents a great advantage for building complete sets of Fleer cards, when compared to the random ordering of their competitors’ sets.

Fleer also produced their first “Update” set (similar to the “Topps Traded” sets) in ’84, which proved to be a huge hit, due to the inclusion of the rookie cards for Roger Clemens and Kirby Puckett. The Dwight Gooden and Bret Saberhagen rookie cards also contributed to the initial success of the update set. For the fourth consecutive year, Fleer issued a set of 126 “Star Stickers” with dimensions of 1 15/16” by 2 ½”. The complete set lists for $12 in the 1997 edition of the Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles.

1984 Fleer Update –
Roger Clemens

1984 Fleer Update –
Kirby Puckett

1984 Fleer Star Stickers –
Jack Morris

1984 Fleer Star Stickers –
Darrell Evans

One-and-Dones

All of the players in the 1984 Fleer set appeared on at least one other regular-issue baseball card.

Oddballs and Oddities

Glenn Hubbard (# 182) may have been auditioning for a future coaching job with the Diamondbacks. The card depicts Hubbard carrying a python on his shoulders.

Jay Johnstone (# 495) dons a Budweiser “umbrella” hat.

Did You Know?

Fleer included interesting facts about some of the players on the bottom section of the card backs.

Storm Davis (#5) – “Nicknamed ‘Storm’ after a character in a book, a Dr. Storm, whom mother admired.”

Randy Moffitt (#163) – “Sister is tennis star, Billie Jean King.”

Claudell Washington (#192) – “Has 3-homer games in both leagues, only others to do this were Babe Ruth and Johnny Mize.”

Lee Mazzilli (#255) – “Was ambidextrous in amateur baseball, but has thrown only right-handed since signing professionally in 1974.”

Doug Flynn (#274) – “Is a Country and Western singer and has appeared professionally with the Coal Miners, the backup band for Loretta Lynn.”

Steve Rogers (#284) – “Collects coins and Indian arrowheads and is a connoisseur of crossword puzzles.”

Dave LaPoint (#328) – “Is a collector of baseball cards.”

Chili Davis (#370) – “Nicknamed ‘Chili’ when a young boy because neighborhood friends thought hair looked like it had been cut with a chili bowl on his head.”

Errors

There are no significant “error” cards in the 1984 Fleer baseball set.

Rookie Cards

Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry, Juan Samuel, Kevin McReynolds, and Tony Fernandez highlight the list of players making their cardboard debuts in the ’84 Fleer set.

Price Guide (Then and Now)

In the inaugural volume of the “Beckett Baseball Card Monthly Price Guide” (November 1984), the 1984 Fleer Baseball complete set listed for $14. Individual cards listing for at least one dollar included Don Mattingly (# 131, $2), Juan Samuel (# 47, $2), Darryl Strawberry (# 599, $1.75), and Kevin McReynolds (# 307, $1.50). The Mattingly card currently sells in the $20 range.

Please add a comment below if you would like to share any memories from collecting the 1984 Fleer baseball card set or your experiences with card collecting in general!

Articles in the Series

The 1984 Donruss Baseball Set

The 1984 Fleer Baseball Set

The 1984 Topps Baseball Set

The 1985 Donruss Baseball Set

The 1985 Fleer Baseball Set

The 1985 Topps Baseball Set

The 1986 Donruss Baseball Set

The 1986 Fleer Baseball Set

The 1986 Topps Baseball Set

The 1987 Donruss Baseball Set

The 1987 Fleer Baseball Set

The 1987 Topps Baseball Set

The 1988 Donruss Baseball Set

References and Resources

Beckett, Dr. James, Rich Klein and Grant Sandground. Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles. Dallas, TX: Beckett Publications, 1997. Print.

Beckett.com (requires subscription to view prices):

https://www.beckett.com/search/?term=1984+fleer&year_start=1984

http://www.tuffstuff.com/priceguides

Trading Card Database – Photo Gallery https://www.tcdb.com/Gallery.cfm/sid/96/1984-Fleer

About the Authors

Derek Bain – I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

Tom Corby – Cousins with Derek, I am a history teacher at New Egypt High School. I have three kids, Addison, Jaclyn, and Mason and I’m happy that I get to coach them in their sports as well. In my spare time I enjoy reading, anything beach related, and fishing when time allows.

“Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League Teams)”, published in July 2020, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.

“Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League Teams)”, published in April 2022, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.

Hardball Architects examines the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set (American League and National League). All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives.

“Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com along with digital eBook format at GooglePlay.com.

Note: article originally posted on Seamheads.com, January 28, 2012. http://seamheads.com/blog/2012/01/28/the-1984-fleer-baseball-card-set/

The current article on Baseball Analytics reflects revisions posted in February 2021.

Hardball Retrospective: Sustained Excellence

Derek Bain — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 13:28:50 +0000

Would your favorite baseball team make the playoffs if player X had not been traded? Imagine your team’s roster from any particular year. Remove all of the players that your team acquired through trades and free agency. Would you be able to field a competitive team? All right, let us re-populate the roster with every player that the organization originally drafted and signed. Yes, we will include undrafted free agents and foreign players who signed with their first Major League team, as well. How does the team stack up now? Is the club better or worse than the squad that you imagined at first? In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills. The following article is an excerpt from “Hardball Retrospective: Evaluating Scouting and Development Outcomes for the Modern-Era Franchises“.

Terminology

OWAR – Wins Above Replacement for players on “original” teams OWS – Win Shares for players on “original” teams OWARavg – Wins Above Replacement divided by Player-Seasons (based on Draft Round) OWSavg – Win Shares divided by Player-Seasons (based on Draft Round) Note: the tables and charts accompanying this chapter in the book have been omitted from this post.

Sustained Excellence

The Bronx Bombers rank first in terms of “Sustained Excellence,” denoted as OSE (Original Sustained Excellence) and ASE (Actual Sustained Excellence) and defined as consecutive seasons above League average in OWAR and OWS for the “Original” teams or AWAR and AWS for the “Actual” teams. The Yankees achieved OSE status from 1927-43 and followed up with a 19-year run covering 1946-64. This remarkable achievement is eclipsed only by the dominant “Actual” Yankees streak of 39 straight seasons above league average in AWAR and AWS (1926-64). The “Core Four” version of the Pinstripers composed the second-best ASE performance, delivering 20 consecutive seasons (1993-2012) coinciding with the careers of Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera. OWAR+, AWAR+, OWS+ and AWS+ are defined as Wins Above Replacement or Win Shares above League average for an “Original” or “Actual” team. The Yankees reign supreme among all Major League franchises in AWAR+ (91 of 113 seasons or 80.5%), AWS+ (79.7%) and OWS+ (62.8%) while the Indians top the OWAR+ charts with 56.6%. The Mariners’ OWAR+ (54%) leads all of the “Expansion” franchises as does the Nationals OWS+ (55.6%). The Blue Jays alight atop the AWAR+ charts at 62.2% and the Diamondbacks AWS+ (62.5%). The Orioles maintain the worst OWAR+, OWS+ (19.5%), AWAR+ (39.8%) and AWS+ (38.9%) in Major League history among the “Turn of the Century” franchises while the White Sox (5) rank last in OSE seasons. Kansas City (2) trails the “Expansion” franchises in OSE excluding the Marlins, Rockies, Diamondbacks and Rays. The “Original” Minnesota Twins overshadowed the American League during the 14-year period covering 1962-75 with substantial contributions from Harmon Killebrew, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven. Conversely the “Actual” Twins managed only four ASE seasons on three occasions, all coming in the franchise’s first incarnation as the Senators. The Boston Red Sox place third with 13 OSE seasons from 1974-86, aligning with the peak seasons of Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Dwight Evans and Carlton Fisk. The “Actual” Bostonians attain runner-up status with a run of 16 ASE years covering 1967-82 which encompasses the majority of Carl Yastrzemski’s career. The Beantown crew recently posted a 13-year stretch from 1998-2011. Cleveland conquered the American League during the course of a 13-year OSE stretch that encompassed 1947 through 1959. The talented Tribe, led by Al Rosen, Larry Doby, Bob Feller and Bob Lemon, collected six pennants and paced the Junior Circuit in OWAR in 10 of the 13 seasons. The “Actual” Giants assembled three streaks of 10+ ASE seasons. Excluding the 1915 campaign, John McGraw’s club streamrolled the opposition from 1903-1925 while the “Original” Giants composed a 12-year OSE period spanning 1908-1919. The franchise commenced a prolonged OSE stint covering 1958-1971 with a potent lineup including Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Bobby Bonds and Orlando Cepeda and a starting rotation featuring Juan Marichal. Craig Biggio, Luis E. Gonzalez and Johan Santana showcased their abilities for the “Original” Astros in the course of an OSE run that extended from 1996-2006. Pete Rose’s peak years correspond with the blistering runs posted by the “Original” Reds (1962-1970) and the “Big Red Machine” (1972-1981) and similarly, Tony Gwynn settled into the “Original” San Diego lineup as the Friars sizzled from 1985-1993. The “Actual” Cubs are tied for the fifth-best ASE streak with a 14-year stretch from 1926-1939 while the “Original” Cubs’ finest era (1939-1946) coincides with World War II. The A’s “Mustache Gang” maintained a strong grip on the American League throughout the Seventies. The “Original” Phillies rallied around Nap Lajoie to yield 8 straight OSE campaigns from 1904-1911 while the “Actual” ballclub reached its zenith during Mike Schmidt’s peak seasons (1975-1984). Joe Cronin, Arky Vaughan and Paul Waner propelled the “Original” Pirates through the Thirties whereas the “Actual” Bucs, led by Honus Wagner, slashed through the National League in the early Twentieth Century (1901-1913). Alas, Wagner’s exploits are otherwise relegated to the Charts and Leader Boards section of this book as he began his career with the Louisville Colonels – a franchise that ceased to exist when the National League contracted from 12 to 8 teams following the 1899 season. Randy D. Johnson and Vladimir Guerrero initiated the Expos-Nationals 8-year OSE run which spanned 2001-08. The Braves’ triad consisting of Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn were chiefly responsible for 14 successive ASE seasons (1953-1966). A quarter-century later, the “Actual” Braves repeated the feat with three aces in the starting rotation (Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz) along with Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones. “Dem Bums” from Brooklyn rattled off a 13-year ASE streak from 1945-1957 while the “Original” Dodgers compiled 7 OSE seasons from 2007-2013 on the strength of Adrian Beltre, Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw. Earl Weaver guided the Orioles to 13 ASE seasons spanning 1968-1980 and the ballclub posted 7 OSE seasons during the same stretch. Stan Musial and the Cardinals registered an 11-year ASE stint encompassing the Forties while Jack Morris and the Tigers’ stacked offense mauled the opposition from 1978-1987. Luis Aparicio and the “Go-Go” White Sox tallied 8 ASE campaigns while Dwight “Doc” Gooden, Darryl Strawberry and the “Amazin’ Mets” achieved OSE and ASE status in the mid-Eighties. In the same way the Mariners successfully navigated through the American League for the period covering 1999-2003. The Blue Jays soared over the Junior Circuit for 11 ASE seasons (1983-1993) behind Dave Stieb, Jimmy Key and a powerful offense. Angels’ skipper Mike Scioscia piloted the ballclub through the finest OSE and ASE seasons in team history (2002-09). Kevin Brown, Ivan Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa sparked a 4-year OSE run for Texas (1998-2001) while the “Actual” Rangers triggered a similar stretch one decade later. Paul Molitor and Robin Yount ignited a six-year ASE stint for the “Brew Crew” which spanned 1978-1983. Evan Longoria and David Price spurred the Rays to a comparable period covering 2008-2013. Randy D. Johnson and Curt Schilling subdued opposition batsmen as the Diamondbacks contributed 5 ASE campaigns from 1999-2003. Miguel Cabrera and the “Actual” Marlins managed to shine during a brief period of brilliance covering three seasons (2003-05). Colorado claims last place with only 2 ASE seasons and finish in a four-way tie with the other expansion clubs from the 1990’s in OSE.

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