An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

[Stu]

This might not interest many of you but I figured I'd post the results of an Out of the Park Baseball dynasty I'm running. The league will be made up of 24 current and former teams, the structure of which is by no means meant to be accurate.

AL East
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators

AL West
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Browns

NL East
Atlanta Braves
Boston Pilgrims
Brooklyn Dodgers
Montreal Expos
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies

NL West
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals

The players in this league will be a mix of fictional and real players. There will be a 10 round rookie draft every June to replenish the fictional players. They will be created with ratings at 90% of "current MLB" ratings.

On top of this, there will be a 2 round professional draft at the end of each year, consisting of real players who will be debuting in completely random years. I created the database but have no idea what year the best players will debut so some pro drafts may contain HOF'ers while others might contain scrubs. The pro's will be created with ratings at 110% of "current MLB" ratings, so should have a better chance of doing well than the fictional players.

All rules follow as closely as possible to the current MLB (DH, rookie draft, Rule V, Waivers, DFA, etc) The only major differences is there is no wildcard, interleague play and no draft pick compensation. Sorry Bud Selig.

I'll be acting as the GM of the Red Sox during this simulation. All depth charts, lineups, rotations, etc will be handled by the Managers I hire, but I'll be responsible for any transactions after the initial draft.

For any OOTP players, I have a copy of the league before the initial draft and a copy of the random debut year DB if you want to try something similar.

You can view HTML Reports for the league here:

http://ootp.oldredboat.com/MLB/index.html

[bkrich83]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

I am interested to see how this works out. God Bless OOTP.

[dkgojackets]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

Good luck with this. Im trying to get through as much as I can before my trial runs out.

[Stu]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

I'm gonna get this thing started today, simming a year or so at a time. I decided not to GM a team since that would take a lot longer and I think this will be more interesting if i can get through 100+ years, rather than just a few.

[Stu]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

1901 Season Complete

The Chicago White Sox won the 1st World Series, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in 6 games. Their fans responded by claiming they never get any respect.

For complete results and stats: http://ootp.oldredboat.com/MLB/histo...100_index.html

Due to size constraints I didn't upload box scores, game logs or minor league stats.

Notable Performances:
Ramon Cortez (fict) of the Phillies hit .403. He also won the NL Triple Crown.

[Stu]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

1902 Season Complete

World Series:
Detroit over Brooklyn (4-2)

Notable Pro's Drafted:
Johnny Pesky - SS
Tom Henke -P
Jose Canseco - RF
Sandy Koufax - P

Full History:
http://ootp.oldredboat.com/MLB/histo...100_index.html

[Stu]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

1903 Season Completed

World Series:
Toronto over Philadelphia(N) 4-3

Notable Pro's Drafted:
Mark Fidrych ?
Not much else.

Notable Performances:
Jorge Cantu set the single season record for doubles with 59

Full History:
http://ootp.oldredboat.com/MLB/histo...100_index.html

[Stu]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

1904 Season Complete

World Series:
Cleveland over Cincinnati 4-3

Notable Pro's Drafted:
Rogers Hornsby
Andy Pettite

Notable Performances:
Ramon Cortez (fict) had a ridiculous season, setting new single season records for BA, RBI, OBP, SLG, OPS, Hits and Total Bases. He finished with a .438 BA, 46 HR, 147 RBI, .518 OBP, and .754 SLG. He won his 3rd NL Best Hitter award in 4 years and his 2nd Triple Crown. He now has a career BA of .403.

Sandy Koufax (pro) suffered a career ending elbow injury in spring training, retiring after just 1 season.

Jorge Cantu (pro) broke his single season doubles record with 62.

Full History:
http://ootp.oldredboat.com/MLB/histo...100_index.html

[Stu]

Re: An Alternate History of Baseball - OOTP 2006

1905 Season Complete

World Series:
Cleveland over Brooklyn 4-3The AL continued it's dominance, winning all 5 World Series so far. This was 2 straight for Cleveland, our first repeat champ.

Notable Pro's Drafted:
Tony Conigliaro
Frank Chance
Bob Gibson

Notable Performances:
Randall Eckerman (fict) won the AL Best Hitter Award and AL ROY Award. He also set the single season HR record with 55.

Rogers Hornsby (pro) won the NL ROY

Ramon Cortez (fict) won his 4th NL Best Hitter award, hitting .393 to LOWER his career BA to .401. I just realized that a big part of his dominance is because he's a pull hitter and I have the Phillies playing in the Baker Bowl.

Jose Canseco (pro) tied for the NL lead in HR's with 45.

Rich 'El Guapo' Garces (pro) led the NL in saves with 41.

Full History:
http://ootp.oldredboat.com/MLB/histo...100_index.html