Major League Baseball Recreated

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This will be a historical league with real players starting in 1969. The league will have the 24 teams that represented the 100th season in MLB and will include AAA, AA, A and Rookie league for each team.

The year is 1969, and Major League baseball had a labor and management issue that they had a hard time overcoming; players boycotted spring training over a desire to have free agency, a better pension plan for Veteran players and a new collective bargaining agreement. Owners agreed after a lengthy stoppage, on the grounds that the league would start fresh with an inaugural draft - 150 rounds. Order of the draft was pre-determined ahead of time.

I was born in 1969, and started watching baseball in 1975 or 1976 timeframe; wanted to run an alternate baseball history.

Sam "Sudden Sam" McDowell was the #1 overall pick in the inaugural draft.

And this marks the start of this league. I will post from time to time updates.

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Here are the results of round 1 of the inaugural draft:

Round 1, Pick 1 - Philadelphia Phillies: SP Sam McDowell, age 26
Round 1, Pick 2 - New York Yankees: SP Fergie Jenkins, age 26
Round 1, Pick 3 - California Angels: SP Tom Seaver, age 24
Round 1, Pick 4 - Washington Senators: SS Rico Petrocelli, age 25
Round 1, Pick 5 - Cleveland Indians: SP Phil Niekro, age 29
Round 1, Pick 6 - Chicago White Sox: SP Steve Carlton, age 24
Round 1, Pick 7 - Los Angeles Dodgers: LF Carl Yastrzemski, age 29
Round 1, Pick 8 - Atlanta Braves: SP Bill Singer, age 24
Round 1, Pick 9 - Chicago Cubs: SP Larry Dierker, age 22
Round 1, Pick 10 - San Francisco Giants: SP Mickey Lolich, age 28
Round 1, Pick 11 - Minnesota Twins: LF Dick Allen, age 26
Round 1, Pick 12 - Montreal Expos: SP Bob Moose, age 21
Round 1, Pick 13 - Kansas City Royals: SP Don Sutton, age 23
Round 1, Pick 14 - Seattle Pilots: 2B Rod Carew, age 23
Round 1, Pick 15 - Boston Red Sox: SP Denny McLain, age 24
Round 1, Pick 16 - Houston Astros: SP Jerry Koosman, age 26
Round 1, Pick 17 - Cincinnati Reds: LF Rico Carty, age 29
Round 1, Pick 18 - Oakland Athletics: CF Jim Wynn, age 26
Round 1, Pick 19 - Detroit Tigers: SP Gaylord Perry, age 30
Round 1, Pick 20 - San Diego Padres: 3B Ron Santo, age 29
Round 1, Pick 21 - Pittsburgh Pirates: CF Reggie Smith, age 23
Round 1, Pick 22 - Baltimore Orioles: 2B Joe L Morgan, age 25
Round 1, Pick 23 - New York Mets: RF Reggie Jackson, age 22
Round 1, Pick 24 - St. Louis Cardinals: C Joe Torre, age 28

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Surprise picks in the 1st round: Bill Singer, Bob Moose, Rico Petrocelli, and Jim Wynn.


Round 1 picks stats from 1968:

McDowell 15-14 1.81 ERA in 269 IP
Jenkins 20-15 2.63 ERA in 308 IP
Seaver 16-12 2.20 ERA in 278 IP
Petrocelli .234 12 HRs 46 RBIs in 123 GAMES
Niekro 14-12 2.59 ERA in 257 IP
Carlton 13-11 2.99 ERA in 232 IP
Yastrzemski .301 23 HRs 74 RBIs in 157 games
Singer 13-17 2.88 ERA in 256 IP
Dierker 12-15 3.31 ERA in 234 IP
Lolich 17-9 3.19 ERA in 220 IP
Allen .263 33 HRs 90 RBIs in 152 games
Moose 8-12 2.74 ERA in 171 IP
Sutton 11-15 2.60 ERA in 208 IP
Carew .273 1 HR 42 RBIs in 127 games
McClain 31-6 1.90 ERA in 336 IP
Koosman 19-12 2.08 ERA in 264 IP
Carty .342 16 HRs 58 RBIs in 104 games
Wynn .269 26 HRs 67 RBIs in 156 games
Perry 16-15 2.45 ERA in 291 IP
Santo .246 26 HRs 98 RBIs in 162 games
Smith .265 15 HRs 69 RBIs in 155 games
Morgan .250 0 HRs 0 RBIs in 10 games
Jackson .250 29 HRs 74 RBIs in 154 games
Torre .271 10 HRs 55 RBIs in 115 games

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Originally Posted by bigsmooth

Here are the results of round 1 of the inaugural draft:

Round 1, Pick 23 - New York Mets: RF Reggie Jackson, age 22

At least the New York Mets did not make the same mistake twice.

1966 Draft Round 1, Pick 1: Mets: Steven Chilcott C

1966 Draft Round 1, Pick 2: Athletics Reggie Jackson OF