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Old 06-08-2018, 11:43 PM   #25
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Facts..... and more Facts

The 1969 MLB Pennant Races in Real Life.

The 1969 season was the first year in Major league history that the two leagues had divisions. The first round was now a League Championship Series to determine the eventual World Series combatants.

The NL East
The Cubs won 35 of their first 50 games to start the season and by mid August led the Mets and Cardinals by 9 games. The Mets won 37 of their last 48 games while the Cubs were 20-28 over the same period. The Mets won the pennant by 8 games. Well the Miracle Mets are going to need more than a miracle, they will need a "commissioner mode"intervention to win the pennant and go on to a World Series championship. The Mets would have to go 56-4 to match their real life record. In real life the Mets were 58-44 on this date, we don't have to take a look much farther then SP Tom Seaver's season. Seaver was 25-7 with a 2.21 ERA in 35 starts in real life in 1969, in the sim he is 6-12 with a 3.04 ERA in 23 starts so far. At the plate, Cleon Jones is hitting in the sim .324 with 4 HRs and 45 RBIs with an .814 OPS. In real life he was 340 with 12 HRs and 75 RBIs and a .904 OPS.

The NL West
With 3 weeks to play, 5 teams were all within 2 games of each other. With 2 weeks to play, the Giants led the Dodgers and Braves by 1/2 game with the Reds just 2 back. The Dodgers then lost 8 in a row to fall to 4th place. The Brave won 10 in a row and clinched the pennant on the 2nd last day of the season. In the sim its certainly not a 5 team race, but definitely a 3 team race. The Braves who won the NL West are currently tied with the Dodgers, so this looks like it could be tight race like in real life.

The AL East
In the AL East, the Orioles took the division in a landslide 19 game lead over the defending World Champions, the Detroit Tigers. The Senators were a pleasant surprise as the finished with 86 wins and their first winning season since joining the league in 1961. The Orioles are within striking distance of the Yankees, but I doubt it will be the blowout that happened in real life. The Yankees were just 52-56 on August 4th of the 1969, they are 20 games better in the sim mostly because of the exploits of SP Fritz Peterson. In real life Peterson was 17-16 with a 2.55 ERA in 37 starts. In real life the Orioles won 109 games, they would have to finish 44-12 to match that record

The AL West
The Twins led the divisions most of the season and won the pennant by 9 games over the Athletics. In the sim the race is quite close, on August 4th of 1969 in real life the Athletics were 61-42 while the Twins were 67-41.
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