Missed playoffs with 105 wins

Greenbay · 03-09-2016, 01:59 AM

Playing as GM for the 1983 Brewers had 105 wins and missed the playoffs. Finished 3 games behind the Orioles who had 108 wins. This game is great.

Honorable_Pawn · 03-09-2016, 06:05 PM

Great!?

I'd have thrown the hard drive right out the window.

swoboda · 03-09-2016, 06:44 PM

I feel your pain

Le Grande Orange · 03-09-2016, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenbay

Playing as GM for the 1983 Brewers had 105 wins and missed the playoffs. Finished 3 games behind the Orioles who had 108 wins. This game is great.

You set an MLB record!

In real life, the most wins by a club while missing the post-season is 104, by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942 (104-50-1, finished 2 games behind the Giants). The 1993 Giants (103-59) and 1954 Yankees (103-51-1) both missed the post-season in spite of winning 103 games.

In the minors, the Toronto Maple Leafs won 108 games (108-46, .701) in the 1920 International League season, but finished 2½ games behind the Baltimore Orioles (110-43, .719).

bwburke94 · 03-10-2016, 06:08 AM

Just curious... how many games did the AL West champ win?

Greenbay · 03-10-2016, 07:55 PM

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Just curious... how many games did the AL West champ win?

Minnesota Twins won the West with 88 wins. They went on to upset the Orioles in 5 games and then went on to win the World Series.

bwburke94 · 03-11-2016, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Greenbay

Minnesota Twins won the West with 88 wins. They went on to upset the Orioles in 5 games and then went on to win the World Series.

So this was a 1987 situation, then. Where would the Twins have finished if they were in an eight-team AL East?

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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

In real life, the most wins by a club while missing the post-season is 104, by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942 (104-50-1, finished 2 games behind the Giants)

Behind the Cardinals, actually.

aderosa32 · 03-11-2016, 11:31 AM

I with Pawn on that, just toss it out the window.

Greenbay · 03-11-2016, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

So this was a 1987 situation, then. Where would the Twins have finished if they were in an eight-team AL East?

Behind the Cardinals, actually.

No, 1983 (7 teams in each division). 88 wins would have put the Twins in 4th place in the AL East. The Yankees were 3rd with 90 wins. Sometimes it pays to be in the right division at the right time.

faithful2thecall · 03-11-2016, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenbay

No, 1983 (7 teams in each division). 88 wins would have put the Twins in 4th place in the AL East. The Yankees were 3rd with 90 wins. Sometimes it pays to be in the right division at the right time.

He was comparing it to what happened in 1987 when the Twins would have finished 5th in the AL East but upset the Tigers in 5 games and went on to win their 1st World Series.

Le Grande Orange · 03-11-2016, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

Behind the Cardinals, actually.

Yes, you're right. Too much Giants vs. Dodgers history.

Greenbay · 03-12-2016, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by faithful2thecall

He was comparing it to what happened in 1987 when the Twins would have finished 5th in the AL East but upset the Tigers in 5 games and went on to win their 1st World Series.

Oh, I see it now. Thanks. I hadn't had my morning coffee yet.

Greenbay · 03-12-2016, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by aderosa32

I with Pawn on that, just toss it out the window.

Can't afford a new hard drive. Maybe I will fire my manager.

Honorable_Pawn · 03-12-2016, 09:59 AM

Now you're talking my language.

Better yet, fire the AI GM who beat you out and retire him permanently. Maybe you had some inside information about an affair he was trying to keep secret. Maybe he decides that managing Foot Locker has been his life-long passion.

Greenbay · 03-18-2016, 08:16 PM

I just finished 1984. This time I only won 102 games but that was good enough to run away with the American League East and go on to win the World Series. I kept my 83 team pretty much together. (How do you brake up a team that won 105 games). The only addition I made was Ozzie Smith. I actually got him in the Rule 5 draft. Can you believe that? My scout said he was a bench player at best. But how could you pass on Ozzie Smith. When I drafted him his rating was only 45, which I thought was too low. By the end of the season his rating was up to 78.
My season score was 154 out of 100. (Not sure how OOTP does the math)

ttaka808 · 03-19-2016, 12:27 AM

Look who won the division this year. No idea how the division is so bad.

03-09-2016, 01:59 AM	#1
Greenbay Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: El Cajon, CA Posts: 171	Missed playoffs with 105 wins Playing as GM for the 1983 Brewers had 105 wins and missed the playoffs. Finished 3 games behind the Orioles who had 108 wins. This game is great.

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swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,205	I feel your pain __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

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03-12-2016, 09:59 AM	#14
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	Now you're talking my language. Better yet, fire the AI GM who beat you out and retire him permanently. Maybe you had some inside information about an affair he was trying to keep secret. Maybe he decides that managing Foot Locker has been his life-long passion. __________________ PBA Quickstart for OOTP Background Images Collection All PBA games broadcast live on Steam.

03-10-2016, 06:08 AM	#5
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,443	Just curious... how many games did the AL West champ win?

03-18-2016, 08:16 PM	#15
Greenbay Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: El Cajon, CA Posts: 171	I just finished 1984. This time I only won 102 games but that was good enough to run away with the American League East and go on to win the World Series. I kept my 83 team pretty much together. (How do you brake up a team that won 105 games). The only addition I made was Ozzie Smith. I actually got him in the Rule 5 draft. Can you believe that? My scout said he was a bench player at best. But how could you pass on Ozzie Smith. When I drafted him his rating was only 45, which I thought was too low. By the end of the season his rating was up to 78. My season score was 154 out of 100. (Not sure how OOTP does the math)

03-19-2016, 12:27 AM	#16
ttaka808 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 277	Look who won the division this year. No idea how the division is so bad. Attached Images