Midwest League (MLB and Negro League players)

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This is a random draft league using MLB players and some Negro League players that I will manually draft each year. I screwed up and started the league in 1946 and should have started in 1947 (when the original Midwest League was formed, although by a different name).

The inaugural draft includes Satchel Paige and Buck Leonard.

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Below are the top five picks of the inaugural draft. Some other notable players are:

Round 1, Pick 9 - West Michigan Whitecaps: LF Carl Yastrzemski
Round 1, Pick 11 - Clinton LumberKings: LF Yordan Alvarez
Round 1, Pick 12 - Burlington Bees: 1B Hank Greenberg
Round 1, Pick 14 - Kane County Cougars: CF Duke Snider
Round 2, Pick 8 - West Michigan Whitecaps: SP Kerry Wood
Round 2, Pick 14 - Peoria Chiefs: C Thurman Munson
Round 3, Pick 5 - Dayton Dragons: RF Dave Winfield
Round 6, Pick 1 - Fort Wayne TinCaps: 2B Cavan Biggio
Round 7, Pick 14 - Kane County Cougars: LF Starling Marte
Round 9, Pick 10 - Lake County Captains: SP Satchel Paige
Round 10, Pick 2 - Lansing Lugnuts: 1B Buck Leonard

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All-star break...MVP of game and mid-season standings:

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Final standings and World Series teams

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To see how the random draft is working here are the actual years played for the league leaders:

Yordan Alvarez...2019 - present
Dave Brain...1901-1908
Tris Speaker...1907-1928
Doug Rader...1967-1977
Kirk Gibson...1979-1995
Charlie Hickman...1897-1908
Johnny Evers...1902-1929

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The actual years they played:

Pete Donohue 1921-1932
Sandy Koufax 1955-1966
Rob Nen 1993-2002
Carl Lungren 1902-1909
Doc White 1901-1913
Roy Parmelee 1929-1939
Koji Uehara 2009-2017

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Gold Glove and Reliever of the Year awards

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These are the Silver Slugger winners. Bill DeLancy also won a Gold Glove Award. IRL he played from 1932 to 1940.

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Rookie of the Year winners:

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Donohue pitched in the majors from 1921 to 1932. He won 20 plus games in 1923, 1925 & 1926.

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Carl Lundgren played in MLB from 1902 thru 1909 with a record of 91-55, all with the Chicago Orphans/Cubs of the National League.

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MLB 2019: Yordan Alvarez batted .313/.412/.655 with 27 homers and 75 RBI and was named the American League Rookie of the Year.

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Doc White pitched in MLB from 1901 to 1913. He won 27 games in 1907. I chose to not allow pitchers to win the MVP award in the game settings, but he still won it. Not sure what happened.

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The inaugural draft included Satchel Paige and Buck Leonard. I manually drafted them. Here is how their first season went:

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The two Negro League players manually added to the draft pool this year are Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell. Bell is starting off as a pitcher. Below are the top five draft picks and some other notable picks:

Round 1, Pick 9 - Cedar Rapids Kernels: 2B Justin Turner, age 23
Round 1, Pick 14 - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers: SP John Smoltz, age 19
Round 2, Pick 7 - West Michigan Whitecaps: RP Josh Hader, age 21
Round 4, Pick 1 - Burlington Bees: SP Jim Bouton, age 21
Round 5, Pick 12 - Beloit Snappers: SP Roy Moore, age 20
Round 9, Pick 3 - Peoria Chiefs: SP Cool Papa Bell, age 22

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The 1947 season is starting:

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Some current MLB players: Gerardo Parra, Yordan Alvarez, Asdrúbal Cabrera, and Javier Báez. Some old-timers: Tommy Glaviano (1949-1953), Johnny Evers (1902-1929), Tris Speaker (1907-1928), and Thurman Munson (1969-1979).