3 Strikes and You're Out

[NYY #23]

Since OOTP 17 has come out one of my favorite features has been the historical exhibitions. It's so simple to set up, and fun to see the results. From replaying World Series, to replaying what if World Series, to just pitting two teams against each other to see who wins. I recently played out a 1985 "what if" World Series between the Cardinals and the Yankees, and had an exciting seven game series. Game 7, bottom of the ninth with the Yankees trailing 5-2 with the bases loaded and two outs. Don Mattingly steps to the plate and hits a long…out. Ballgame over and the Yankees lose with Mattingly going 1-30 for the series while leaving what seemed like 200 runners on base. Willie McGee hit an impressive 18-26 for the series including two big home runs in Game 7. Those are the breaks though, and anything can happen in a seven game series.

Which brings me to the concept of this dynasty - 3 strikes and You're Out. I'll begin by replaying the World Series, from 1903-2015. I'll be adding in 17 additional series featuring teams that were among the best to not play in a World Series. That will include the 1994 Expos, who never got the opportunity, and teams like the 2001 Mariners. I'll play out the series in exhibition mode, and the losing team in the series will get one strike. After the first round the matchups will be selected randomly. Once a team receives three strikes they're out, and the series will continue until we're down to one final champion.

I plan on beginning with high level recaps, and digging a little bit deeper as the number of teams dwindle. All series will be seven games, with 2 home games, 3 away, and 2 home games. We'll see how things work out, but let the games begin.

Note: While the next post contains the teams I've put placeholders that I'll begin updating with results, so if you want to avoid spoilers you can start following the action here

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111 World Series have been played to date, and I'm not going to list out all of those teams yet, but they're listed here in case you want to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ries_champions

First I'll be making up the years where a World Series wasn't scheduled, with the remaining round one matchup randomly selected:

1901 White Sox @ 1901 Pirates
1902 Athletics @ 1902 Pirates
1904 Americans @ 1904 Giants
1994 Yankees @ 1994 Expos
2001 Mariners @ 2012 Nationals
1935 Dodgers @ 1982 Angels
1922 Browns @ 2008 Angels
1999 Diamondbacks @ 1977 Royals
1988 Mets @ 1930 Twins
1909 Athletics @ 1949 Red Sox
1973 Reds @ 1950 Red Sox
1971 Athletics @ 1905 Pirates
2002 Yankees @ 1909 Cubs
2003 Giants @ 1987 Blue Jays
1954 Yankees @ 1978 Red Sox
1999 Rangers @ 1915 Tigers
1972 Pirates @ 1998 Mets
1920 Yankees @ 2008 Cubs
1951 Dodgers @ 1962 Dodgers
1908 Pirates @ 2001 Athletics
1980 Yankees @ 1921 Indians
2015 Blue Jays @ 1997 Braves
2003 Braves @ 1973 Dodgers
1980 Orioles @ 2002 Braves
1928 Athletics @ 1998 Astros
1942 Dodgers @ 1919 Giants
2003 Red Sox @ 1915 White Sox
1993 Giants @ 1905 Cubs
1948 Red Sox @ 2011 Phillies
2005 Cardinals @ 2002 Athletics
2004 Yankees @ 1976 Phillies
1985 Yankees @ 1997 Yankees
2011 Yankees @ 1941 Cardinals
1961 Tigers @ 1977 Phillies
2000 Giants @ 1932 Athletics
1992 Pirates @ 1948 Yankees
1984 Cubs @ 1998 Braves
2015 Cardinals @ 1931 Yankees
1979 Expos @ 1908 Giants
1913 Senators @ 1920 White Sox
1993 Braves @ 1906 Giants

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Round One:

1903 Americans defeated the 1903 Pirates 4 games to 2
1905 Athletics defeated the 1905 Giants 4 games to 1
1906 White Sox defeated the 1906 Cubs 4 games to 3
1907 Tigers defeated the 1907 Cubs 4 games to 3
1908 Cubs defeated the 1908 Tigers 4 games to 1
1909 Tigers defeated the 1909 Pirates 4 games to 2
1910 Athletics defeated the 1910 Cubs 4 games to 2
1911 Giants defeated the 1911 Athletics 4 games to 2
1912 Red Sox defeated the 1912 Giants 4 games to 1
1913 Giants defeated the 1913 Athletics 4 games to 3
1914 Braves defeated the 1914 Athletics 4 games to 2
1915 Red Sox defeated the 1915 Phillies 4 games to 0
1916 Robins defeated the 1916 Red Sox 4 games to 1
1917 Giants defeated the 1917 White Sox 4 games to 1
1918 Cubs defeated the 1918 Red Sox 4 games to 1
1919 White Sox defeated the 1919 Reds 4 games to 1
1920 Indians defeated the 1920 Robins 4 games to 2
1921 Yankees defeated the 1921 Giants 4 games to 0
1922 Yankees defeated the 1922 Giants 4 games to 1
1923 Giants defeated the 1923 Yankees 4 games to 3
1924 Senators defeated the 1924 Giants 4 games to 2
1925 Pirates defeated the 1925 Senators 4 games to 1
1926 Yankees defeated the 1926 Cardinals 4 games to 2
1927 Yankees defeated the 1927 Pirates 4 games to 1
1928 Cardinals defeated the 1928 Yankees 4 games to 3
1929 Cubs defeated the 1929 Athletics 4 games to 3
1930 Athletics defeated the 1930 Cardinals 4 games to 3
1931 Athletics defeated the 1931 Cardinals 4 games to 3
1932 Yankees defeated the 1932 Cubs 4 games to 1

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1903: 1B Candy LaChance, 1903 Americans - .375, 1 HR, 5 RBI
1905: SP Rube Waddell, 1905 Athletics - 2-0, 0.50 ERA, 18 IP, 19 K, No-hitter
1906: SP Doc White, 1906 White Sox - 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 IP, 0 ER, 3 K
1907: RF Ty Cobb, 1907 Tigers - .387, 0 HR, 3 RBI
1908: SP Mordecai Brown, 1908 Cubs - 2-0, 0.50 ERA, 18 IP, 8 K
1909: RF Ty Cobb, 1909 Tigers - .500, 1 HR, 4 RBI
1910: 2B Eddie Collins Sr, 1910 Athletics - .370, 2 HR, 8 RBI
1911: 3B Home Run Baker, 1911 Athletics - .500, 1 HR, 6 RBI
1912: 3B Larry Gardner, 1912 Red Sox - .412, 0 HR, 4 RBI
1913: SP Rube Marquard, 1913 Giants - 3-0, 1.33 ERA, 27 IP, 20 K
1914: SP Dick Rudolph, 1914 Braves - 3-0, 2.74 ERA, 23 IP, 7 K
1915: SP Ernie Shore, 1915 Red Sox - 2-0, 2.00 ERA, 18 IP, 10 K
1916: SP Jeff Pfeffer, 1916 Robins - 2-0, 1.00 ERA, 18 IP, 8 K
1917: CF Benny Kauff, 1917 Giants - .600, 0 HR, 1 RBI
1918: SP Hippo Vaughn, 1918 Cubs - 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 18 IP, 8 K
1919: SP Lefty Williams, 1919 White Sox - 2-0, 0.50 ERA, 18 IP, 8 K
1920: CF Tris Speaker, 1920 Indians - .520, 0 HR, 7 RBI
1921: LF Babe Ruth, 1921 Yankees - .529, 1 HR, 3 RBI
1922: RF Bob Meusel, 1922 Yankees - .400, 2 HR, 10 RBI
1923: RF Babe Ruth, 1923 Yankees - .542, 3 HR, 11 RBI
1924: RF Sam Rice, 1924 Senators - .444, 0 HR, 7 RBI
1925: LF Clyde Barnhart, 1925 Pirates - .429, 0 HR, 5 RBI
1926: LF Babe Ruth, 1926 Yankees - .455, 0 HR, 4 RBI
1927: LF Bob Meusel, 1927 Yankees - .364, 0 HR, 6 RBI
1928: 1B Jim Bottomley, 1928 Cardinals - .500, 1 HR, 6 RBI
1929: 2B Rogers Hornsby, 1929 Cubs - .464, 3 HR, 7 RBI
1930: LF Chick Hafey, 1930 Cardinals - .516, 2 HR, 5 RBI
1931: LF Al Simmons, 1931 Athletics - .467, 0 HR, 4 RBI
1932: SP Red Ruffing, 1932 Yankees - 2-0, 1.00 ERA, 18 IP, 17 K

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1 Strike:

1903 Pirates
1905 Giants
1906 Cubs
1907 Cubs
1908 Tigers
1909 Pirates
1910 Cubs
1911 Athletics
1912 Giants
1913 Athletics
1914 Athletics
1915 Phillies
1916 Red Sox
1917 White Sox
1918 Red Sox
1919 Reds
1920 Robins
1921 Giants
1922 Giants
1923 Yankees
1924 Giants
1925 Senators
1926 Cardinals
1927 Pirates
1928 Yankees
1929 Athletics
1930 Cardinals
1931 Cardinals
1932 Cubs

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I'll reserve this post and update it as the league unfolds with a list of teams that have been eliminated

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Batting Average
1) Benny Kauff, 1917 Giants - .600
2) Earle Combs, 1932 Yankees - .563
3) Babe Ruth, 1923 Yankees - .542
4) Jack Berry, 1915 Red Sox - .538
5) Babe Ruth, 1921 Yankees - .529
6) Wally Pipp, 1921 Yankees - .529
7) Ed Konetchy, 1920 Robins - .524
8) Tris Speaker, 1920 Indians - .520
9) Chick Hafey, 1930 Cardinals - .516
10) Al Simmons, 1929 Athletics - .515

Hits
1) Al Simmons, 1928 Athletics - 17
2) Chick Hafey, 1930 Cardinals - 16
3) Whitey Whitt, 1923 Yankees - 15
4) Al Simmons, 1931 Athletics - 14
5) Babe Ruth, 1923 Yankees - 13
6) Home Run Baker, 1911 Athletics - 13
7) Tris Speaker, 1920 Indians - 13
8) Jim Bottomley, 1928 Cardinals - 13
9) Rogers Hornsby, 1929 Cubs - 13
10) Chick Hafey, 1928 Cardinals - 13
11) Mark Koenig, 1928 Yankees - 13
12) Frankie Frisch, 1930 Cardinals - 13
13) Bing Miller, 1930 Athletics -13

Home Runs
1) Al Simmons, 1929 Athletics - 4
2) Babe Ruth, 1923 Yankees - 3
3) Rogers Hornsby, 1929 Cubs - 3
4) High Pockets Kelly, 1924 Giants - 3
5) 11 players tied with 2

RBI
1) Al Simmons, 1929 Athletics - 13
2) Babe Ruth, 1923 Yankees - 11
3) Whitey Whitt, 1923 Yankees - 11
4) Bob Meusel, 1922 Yankees - 10
5) Honus Wagner, 1903 Pirates - 9
6) Chick Hafey, 1928 Cardinals - 9
7) High Pockets Kelly, 1924 Giants - 8
8) Al Simmons, 1930 Athletics - 8
9) Eddie Collins Sr, 1910 Athletics - 8
10) Jimmie Foxx, 1930 Athletics - 8
11) Hack Wilson, 1924 Giants - 8
12) Steve O'Neill, 1920 Indians - 8
13) Bob O'Farrell, 1926 Cardinals - 8
14) Jimmy Dykes, 1931 Athletics - 8

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Wins
1) Rube Marquard, 1913 Giants - 3
2) Dick Rudolph, 1914 Braves - 3
3) 29 pitchers tied with 2

Inning Pitched
1) Nick Altrock, 1906 White Sox - 32.2
2) Jack Pfiester, 1906 Cubs - 28
3) George Mullin, 1907 Tigers - 27
4) Rube Marquard, 1913 Giants - 27
5) Lefty Grove, 1931 Athletics - 27
6) Orval Overall, 1907 Cubs - 26.2
7) Cy Young, 1903 Americans - 26
8) Deacon Phillippe, 1903 Pirates - 26
9) Vic Willis, 1909 Pirates - 26
10) Jack Coombs, 1911 Athletics - 26
11) Chief Bender, 1913 Athletics - 26

Strikeouts
1) Rube Marquard, 1913 Giants - 20
2) Rube Waddell, 1905 Athletics - 19
3) Jack Pfiester, 1906 Cubs - 19
4) Rube Marquard, 1911 Giants - 18
5) Red Ruffing, 1932 Yankees - 17
6) George Earnshaw, 1930 Athletics - 16
7) George Mullin, 1907 Tigers - 15
8) Bill Hallahan, 1931 Cardinals - 15
9) Lefty Grove, 1929 Athletics - 15
10) Lefty Gomez, 1932 Yankees - 15

ERA
1) Hippo Vaughn, 1918 Cubs - 0.00
2) Ray Collins, 1912 Red Sox - 0.00
3) Jack Scott, 1922 Giants - 0.00
4) Doc White, 1906 White Sox - 0.00
5) Jack Pfeister, 1908 Cubs - 0.00
6) Rube Waddell, 1905 Athletics - 0.50
7) Mordecai Brown, 1908 Cubs - 0.50
8) Eddie Cicotte, 1919 White Sox - 0.50
9) Lefty Williams, 1919 White Sox - 0.50
10) Ray Fisher, 1919 Reds - 0.84

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The 1903 Americans are the winners of the first matchup, defeating the 1903 Pirates 4 games to 2 and replicating the results of the first World Series. Cy Young won both of his starts for the Americans with Candy LaChance winning series MVP after hitting .375 with one homer and five RBI.

Honus Wagner hit .346 in a losing effort while hitting two homers and driving in 9 runs.

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A Game 1 pitching battle between Rube Waddell and Christy Mathewson only half delivered, with Rube Waddell delivering the first no-hitter of the tournament as the Athletics blew out the Giants 10-0 in Game 1.



The Athletics luck would continue as they got revenge from their 4 games to 1 defeat in the original 1905 World Series. With Rube Waddell pitching a no-hitter and wining both his starts with a 0.50 ERA in 18 innings pitched while striking out 10 he was a no-brainer pick for Series MVP.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by NYY #23

111 World Series have been played to date, and I'm not going to list out all of those teams yet, but they're listed here in case you want to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ries_champions

The remaining teams making the cut include the following:

1. 1902 Philadelphia Athletics
2. 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates
3. 1904 Boston Americans
4. 1904 New York Giants
5. 1915 Detroit Tigers
6. 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
7. 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers
8. 1973 Los Angeles Dodgers
9. 1973 Cincinnati Reds
10. 1977 Philadelphia Phillies
11. 1978 Boston Red Sox
12. 1979 Montreal Expos
13. 1982 California Angels
14. 1984 Chicago Cubs
15. 1985 New York Yankees
16. 1987 Toronto Blue Jays
17. 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates
18. 1993 Atlanta Braves
19. 1993 San Francisco Giants
20. 1994 New York Yankees
21. 1994 Montreal Expos
22. 1997 Atlanta Braves
23. 1998 Houston Astros
24. 1988 New York Mets
25. 1999 Texas Rangers
26. 2000 San Francisco Giants
27. 2001 Seattle Mariners
28. 2002 Oakland Athletics
29. 2003 Boston Red Sox
30. 2004 New York Yankees
31. 2005 St Louis Cardinals
32. 2008 Chicago Cubs
33. 2011 Philadelphia Phillies
34. 2012 Washington Nationals

And now's your chance if you want to convince me that another team should be included. I'm not against modifying, or adding as necessary.

I would lobby for two teams

• 1913 Senators, 2nd place and if for no other reason than it may have been the greatest single season pitching performance in history by Walter Johnson, who deserves a shot at the best in his prime, not the 1924 version alone. Plus one of the premier base stealers in the league in Clyde Milan.
• The 1922 St Louis Browns, 2nd place and really the best team from the AL St Louis entry whose history is so forlorn that it could only get to the World Series during the WW II years, when AL rosters were decimated by players being in the service. In addition, they were really the second team (after the Yankees) to field such an explosive offense after the deadball era died with the Black Sox scandal, the Ray Chapman death and the emergence of Ruth. Features HOF 1B George Sisler, one of the greatest of all time to never play in a series and potent wing men for Sisler in Ken Williams and Baby Doll Jacobson.

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by Lee

I would lobby for two teams

• 1913 Senators, 2nd place and if for no other reason than it may have been the greatest single season pitching performance in history by Walter Johnson, who deserves a shot at the best in his prime, not the 1924 version alone. Plus one of the premier base stealers in the league in Clyde Milan.
• The 1922 St Louis Browns, 2nd place and really the best team from the AL St Louis entry whose history is so forlorn that it could only get to the World Series during the WW II years, when AL rosters were decimated by players being in the service. In addition, they were really the second team (after the Yankees) to field such an explosive offense after the deadball era died with the Black Sox scandal, the Ray Chapman death and the emergence of Ruth. Features HOF 1B George Sisler, one of the greatest of all time to never play in a series and potent wing men for Sisler in Ken Williams and Baby Doll Jacobson.

Sounds good. Thanks for the nominations. I've gone ahead and added them to the list.

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I'm a little biased, but some of the early 70's Royals were pretty good, especially the 77 team which won 102 games. Brett, White, Otis, Mayberry, Patek, but they couldn't break through the Yankees until the 80's when some players were past their primes. If you want you could add them. Looking forward to this thread, as always with your dynasties!

[royalflush]

And for my entertainment, I want to see the 1950 Red Sox, who scored 1027 runs. They only finished 94-68 because of their pitching, but I want to see how they do against more balanced teams. Just a fun thought.

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Originally Posted by royalflush

I'm a little biased, but some of the early 70's Royals were pretty good, especially the 77 team which won 102 games. Brett, White, Otis, Mayberry, Patek, but they couldn't break through the Yankees until the 80's when some players were past their primes. If you want you could add them. Looking forward to this thread, as always with your dynasties!

Originally Posted by royalflush

And for my entertainment, I want to see the 1950 Red Sox, who scored 1027 runs. They only finished 94-68 because of their pitching, but I want to see how they do against more balanced teams. Just a fun thought.

Thank you! I've gone ahead and added both the 77 Royals and 50 Red Sox to the list.

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After going up in the series 3 games to 1 the Cubs lost three straight games to the White Sox, as the Cubs failed to score a single run in the final three games with Doc White, Ed Walsh, and Nick Altrock pitching consecutive shutouts. The White Sox won the original matchup 4 games to 2, but became the first team to win a seven game series.

Doc White was the Series MVP, winning his only start with a 6 hit shutout with one walk and three strikeouts.

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The Chicago Cubs swept the Tigers in the 1907 World series 4 games to none, and it looked like there would be similar results after the Cubs won the first two games, but as the series headed back to Detroit they made it a series, and for the second straight series it would go down to a winner take all Game 7.

The Tigers had a big fourth inning in Game 7, scoring four runs on singles by Davy Jones, Ty Cobb, Claude Rossman, Charley O'Leary, and a double by Boss Schmidt to take a 4-0 lead, and successfully held on as the Cubs came back to make it a game, but fell short 4-3 as Ed Siever won his first game of the series for the Tigers.

Ty Cobb was the Series MVP after hitting .387 with 3 RBI, along with 3 stolen bases.

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For the second straight year the Cubs faced off against the Tigers in the World Series. In real life the Cubs won both of the matchups, with a 4 game to 1 win in 1908.

The Cubs were defeated in seven games last year, but this year the Cubs came out ahead in five games. Mordecai Brown was named Series MVP after winning both of his starts while allowing just 1 earned run while striking out 8 and walking 2.

The 1908 Cubs were the third Cubs team to appear, but the first team to avoid getting their first strike.

With a .421 batting average Claude Rossman sets the new record for highest batting average in a series.

Batting Average
1) Claude Rossman, 1908 Tigers - .421
2) Solly Hoffman, 1907 Cubs - .400
3) Ty Cobb, 1907 Tigers - .387
4) Ty Cobb, 1907 Tigers - .381
5) Candy LaChance, 1903 Americans - .375
6) Ginger Beaumont, 1903 Pirates - .375
7) Danny Hoffman, 1905 Athletics - .375
8) Patsy Dougherty, 1903 Americans - .360
9) Socks Seybold, 1905 Athletics - .350
10) Honus Wagner, 1903 Pirates - .346

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For the third straight year the Tigers appeared in the World Series, and won their second with a 4 games to 2 win over the Pirates. The Pirates were the 4 games to 3 winner in real life, so winners are now 3-3 in the six series that have been played.

The Pirates scored more runs than any team in their 16-2 Game 1 blowout, but couldn't keep up the pace. Ty Cobb was named Series MVP after hitting .500 with a homer and 4 RBI, with 4 stolen bases. His .500 batting average is a new series record.

Bill Abstein had an impressive series for the Pirates hitting .407 with a homer and 5 RBI. One of the cool things about doing the replay is that I'd never heard of him before. 1909 was really his only full year in the majors and he hit .260 with 70 RBI and 51 runs scored. It probably would have been a better story if he helped his team win, but it's always neat to learn something when playing, like the fact that Abstein also played as a midfielder for an amateur soccer club during the offseason. That's your useless fact of the day. He also hit just .231 in the actual World Series.

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The Athletics have appeared in the World Series twice so far, and have won both of their series that they've played after defeating the Cubs 4 games to 2. The Cubs are now 1-3 in matchups

Eddie Collins Sr was the MVP of the series after hitting .370 with 2 home runs and 8 RBI.