Battle of the Ages: All-Decade Teams

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Hoping to get back into dynasty writing, and trying to figure out what kind I want to do (besides possibly trying to rekindle my old Austin James dynasty!).

Anyone who ever read my Alltime Baseball Alliance and Pastime Baseball League dynasties knows I am a huge fan of cross-era matchups. I love history, but I don't like historical replays...I know what DID happen. I'm far more interested in the what ifs.

Which brings me to the Battle of the Ages, which will be setup as follows:

24 teams: NL and AL teams from the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, etc. through the 2010s.

50 players: Rosters will be uniform. 3 catchers, 3 at each infield position, 9 outfielders, 15 starting pitchers and 10 relievers. They are evaluated based on WAR during the decade and fit into the position they played more than 50% of their games at. Same for pitchers. I wanted teams to include relievers, like real teams, rather than be loaded with 10-12 starters. That's not a team to me. It also gets some sleepers into the set. The only exception is the 1900-1909 teams, where the relief threshold had to be cut to 25%. That all makes 49 players. The highest WAR player of the decade, regardless of position, who did not fit into one of those positions, gets spot number 50. Active roster will be 25, reserve squad will be another 25.

Level playing field: All players will be rated using Davenport Translations, which adjust for era. They will start with the age they were when they first made the majors, but their rookie ratings will be based on the best of their first three seasons. Their potential will be the average of their best 3 seasons.

Real splits: All ratings will have proper, real-life split adjustments for both pitchers and hitters. GB% will also be factored for pitchers where available (post 1950, I believe).

Assignments: Players are assigned to a decade based on which decade their WAR was highest. So, while Ted Williams was a top 9 outfielder for both the 1940s and 1950s AL teams, the AL 1940s team gets him because his WAR was higher during that decade.

Similarly, players who perhaps had a higher WAR or played more years in one decade but didn't crack the top slots to qualify for that decade based on the competition may make it into another decade's team. Jerry Reuss, for example, doesn't make the 1970s NL team despite pitching every year of the decade because he ranks too low on the depth chart. But he slips into the 1980s team with a similar WAR.

Players also can end up in a league you wouldn't expect by virtue of playing time. For example, Fred McGriff's best years were with the Blue Jays. But he started in '86 and doesn't crack the 80s 1B lineup, and in the 90s did most of his damage in the NL for the Braves and Padres. So he's on the NL 90s squad.


League Setup: Each league will consist of two divisions of six teams each. No wild cards. Two division champs play to advance to World Series from their league.


I'll go through rosters here in this thread as I do them, and if you have any questions let me know. Love talking about the players, eras, etc.

GH

[G-Force]

The 1960s NL roster - probably the strongest on the NL side

POS
C	Torre	36.3
C	Haller	25.9
C	McCarver	20.8
1B	McCovey	44.5
1B	Cepeda	37.8
1B	B White	33.1
2B	Lefebvre	13.7
2B	Mazeroski	27.6
2B	Hunt	19
3B	Santo	57.6
3B	Allen	35.2
3B	K Boyer	38.1
SS	Wills	36.6
SS	Groat	25.3
SS	Alley	21
OF	Mays	84.2
OF	Aaron	81
OF	Clemente	66.4
OF	F. Robinson	40.3
OF	Pinson	41.7
OF	B Williams	41.1
OF	Callison	39.5
OF	Flood	39.1
OF	F. Alou	36.9
SP	Marichal	55.3
SP	Gibson	54.2
SP	Koufax	47.9
SP	Drysdale	44.7
SP	La Jackson	35.8
SP	Maloney	35.2
SP	Bunning	29.6
SP	Short	28.8
SP	Friend	25.3
SP	Veale	25.2
SP	O Toole	20.8
SP	K Johnson	20.7
SP	Ellsworth	19.6
SP	D LeMaster	18
SP	Dierker	17.2
RP	Farrell	22.9
RP	Perranoski	14.8
RP	Bolin	14.3
RP	McBean	14.1
RP	McDaniel	13.4
RP	B Shaw	13
RP	Abernathy	12.5
RP	O Dell	11.5
RP	Regan	11
RP	Face	10.5
50th Man	Willie Davis	34.1

GH

[G-Force]

The 1960s AL roster - Harmon Killebrew is a great 50th man to have, as he's the unusual star player who didn't play 50% of his games at any one position. So he makes it on his overall WAR for the decade.

POS
C Freehan 24.9
C Howard 21.6
C Romano 19.8
1B Cash 42.9
1B Powell 20.8
1B Gentile 16.4
2B Lumpe 12.9
2B Knoop 14.2
2B Green 10.7
3B Robinson 53.9
3B Boyer 20.1
3B McMullen 21.2
SS Fregosi 37.5
SS Aparicio 34.7
SS McAuliffe 28.8
OF Yastrzemski 53.3
OF Kaline 48.7
OF Alison 32.7
OF Oliva 31.9
OF Colavito 27.4
OF Maris 26.3
OF Tresh 22
OF Howard 21.3
OF Fl Robinson 18.5

POS
SP Chance 33.6
SP mcDowell 30.2
SP Stottlemyre 26.3
SP Pascual 24.6
SP J Perry 24.3
SP Horlen 23.7
SP Monboquette 22.4
SP McLain 22.1
SP Peters 21.3
SP Wilson 19.9
SP Siebert 19.6
SP Kralick 18.4
SP John 17
SP Barber 16.7
SP Pappas 16.6


RP Wilhelm 23.6
RP Aguirre 17.3
RP Radatz 17.8
RP Ramos 14.1
RP Hall 14.2
RP Drabowsky 13.1
RP Miller 12
RP Stange 12.1
RP Wyatt 10.8
RP Bell 10.4

50th Man Killebrew 48.6

[G-Force]

The 1970s AL Roster

C	Munson	45.7
C	Fisk	35.8
C	Porter	25.5
1B	Scott	29.3
1B	Mayberry	22.6
1B	Hargrove	20
2B	Carew	56.3
2B	Grich	46.9
2B	Wills	12.3
3B	Nettles	54.5
3B	Bando	49
3B	B Bell	31.4
SS	Campaneris	36.1
SS	Harrah	31.6
SS	Belanger	33.3
OF	Jackson	51.3
OF	Otis	40.8
OF	R White	38.2
OF	Rudi	27.1
OF	Lynn	27.4
OF	Murcer	25.4
OF	Rivers	26.4
OF	Rice	24.5
OF	Singleton	24.1
POS
SP	Palmer	54.1
SP	Blyleven	49.5
SP	Ryan	40
SP	G Perry	41.6
SP	Wood	43.2
SP	Tiant	39.4
SP	Lolich	32.6
SP	Tanana	32.4
SP	Blue	30.4
SP	Hunter	28
SP	Eckersley	27.7
SP	Goltz	24.5
SP	Kaat	23.4
SP	Guidy	20.7
SP	J Coleman	20.6
RP	Hiller	27.3
RP	Drago	18.2
RP	Lyle	18
RP	Gossage	14.9
RP	Kern	14.2
RP	Fingers	12.8
RP	Campbell	12.7
RP	Forster	12.1
RP	LaRoche	11.3
RP	Lindblad	10.3

50th Man: Don Money 24.7

[G-Force]

NL 1970s

NOTE: Pete Rose has been removed from the 1960s NL team as his WAR was higher in the 70s.He's an OF for the 70s squad. Jim Lefebvre takes his place at 2B on the 1960s team.

POS
C	Bench	58.9
C	Simmons	39.9
C	Sanguillen	23.5
1B	Perez	36.2
1B	Garvey	29.8
1B	Watson	23.7
2B	Morgan	67
2B	Lopes	30.5
2B	Cash	25.1
3B	Cey	35.6
3B	D Evans	32.9
3B	Hebner	25.3
SS	Concepcion	30.1
SS	Speier	22.2
SS	Russell	19.6
OF	Rose	50.6
OF	Cedeno	44.2
OF	Parker	32.4
OF	Foster	32
OF	Maddox	31.6
OF	Bo Bonds	29
OF	Winfield	28.2
OF	Wynn	27.7
OF	Oliver	25.3
SP	Seaver	67.1
SP	Niekro	64.5
SP	Carlton	44.6
SP	Reuschel	40.8
SP	Sutton	34.5
SP	Hooton	29.2
SP	Rogers	27.8
SP	Koosman	27.7
SP	Jenkins	26.6
SP	Matlack	26.5
SP	Barr	26.5
SP	Messersmith	23.6
SP	D Roberts	20.2
SP	D Wilson	20
SP	R Jones	19.8
RP	R Reed	16.7
RP	K Forsch	16.4
RP	Sutter	15.2
RP	Lavelle	12.9
RP	McGraw	11.8
RP	Carroll	10.7
RP	Marshall	8.8
RP	C Taylor	8.7
RP	J Niekro	8.4
RP	Giusti	7.8
50th Man	Jose Cruz	25.2