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Seeding Round League 7
Settings year:
1897
Note: 19th century baseball tends to differ significantly from modern day or even 20th century baseball. Triples are more common than HRs, there will often be less than 5 pitchers in a starting rotation, and errors are much more common.
Highlights:
Seeding Round League 7 did not feature a single World Series winner. The 2013 Detroit Tigers took advantage of this weaker group to earn a spot in the final 300 teams. The 1885 New York Giants were on their way to winning the spot, up 5-3 in Game 7 of the championship, until they gave up 6 runs in the top of the 9th. Eppa Rixey, who got second in Cy Young voting in Seeding Round League 6, followed up that performance with a unanimous Cy Young for the 1920 Philadelphia Phillies. The 1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings became the third team from American Association to make it out of the seeding round. The 2014 Boston Red Sox won the play-in championship in similarly spectacular fashion, defeating the 1997 Oakland Athletics 7-6 in Game 7 with 3 runs in the 9th to earn them the spot.
MVP:
1. Reggie Sanders (1995 Cincinnati Reds) - .383/17/105/8.4 597 (32)
2. Willie Wilson (1979 Kansas City Royals) – .383/2/83/9.5 393 (5)
3. Minnie Minoso (1948 New York Cubans) - .429/4/91/9.2 383 (9)
Note: The other first place votes went as follows:
3 to Mike Dorgan (1885 New York Giants) 8.1 WAR in only 116 games due to injury and finished 5th in MVP voting
Cy Young:
1. Eppa Rixey (1920 Philadelphia Phillies) – 34-15/2.39/127/10.4 343 (49)
2. Tully Sparks (1905 Philadelphia Phillies) – 30-16/2.5/112/6.6 163
3. Ken Raffensberger (1952 Cincinnati Reds) – 28-16/2.96/91/8.9 148
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