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Good stuff. Keep it coming.
Like seeing stuff like this for the champs... Quote:
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-Trades are on IA, although I haven't seen many I will mention it if it is noteworthy. -Recalc is based on real stats after each season. -League strategies and financials are adjusted after each season. -10/5 rule is on. -Expansion happens as it did in real life I sim everyday I get some time, for as long as I can
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1964
Three teams in the AL win over 100 games, but the Indians best the Orioles and Twins to take the AL title. In the NL the Reds run away with it as they win it by 15 games over the Braves. The Reds win their first League title since 1940 and the Indians AL title is their first since 1920! The Reds win their first World Championship in 24 seasons beating the Indians in 7 games. 23 year old rookie 2B Pete Rose gets 10 hits in the Series and is named Series MVP. AL MVP Mickey Mantle continues his dominance of AL pitching as he wins his 4th straight MVP and 9th of his career. .309/40/106 AL Cy Young 22 year old Indians flamethrower "Sudden" Sam McDowell 19-5 ERA of 1.95 and 260 K's AL ROY Boston SS Rico Petrocelli .255/25/82 NL MVP Cincinnati OF Frank Robinson gets his first MVP .308/37/102 NL Cy Young Sandy Koufax gets his 3 CY Young 18-5 ERA 1.85 270 K's, Dodger pitchers have won 4 straight Cy Young Awards. NL ROY Cardinals catcher Tim McCarver .317/8/59 Boston's 23 year old knuckle-baller Wilbur Wood no-hits the Indians Adolfo Phillips fans 212 times, beating the record he set last season Pittsburgh's AL McBean sets the new saves record with 29 The Mets lose 112 games, top prospects are coming, Ron Swoboda, Buddy Harrelson and Tug McGraw. 3 Greats are selected to the Hall Joe DiMaggio 14 years with the Yankees 10-time All Star, 4 MVP Awards, 3 Championships, .324 lifetime hitter. Hank Greenberg 18 seasons with the Tigers. 9-time All Star, 2 MVP's, 410 HR's. Bobby Doerr 22 seasons all with the Red Sox. 11-time All Star 2 Gold Gloves, 1 Championship, 2,839 hits. On December 1, 1964, Houston announced the name change from Colt .45s to Astros The renamed "Astros" will move into their new domed stadium, the Astrodome, in 1965. The name honored Houston's position as the center of the nation's space program; NASA's new Manned Spacecraft Center had recently opened southeast of the city. The Astrodome is scoined the "Eighth Wonder of the World"
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1965
The Reds make their 2nd straight trip the to World Series and will go against the Yankees, their 9th appearance in the last 12 seasons. The Reds dominate winning in 5 games. Jimmy Wynn is Series MVP with 10 hits, 2 of them HR's. AL MVP and Cy Young Indians Sam McDowell repeats as Cy Young and adds MVP to his credits. McDowell goes 19-7 with an ERA of 1.69 and 309 strikeouts. AL ROY 19 year old Twins 2B Rod Carew .306/4/49/36 SB's NL MVP and Cy Young In a pitching dominated season the Dodgers Sandy Koufax duplicates McDowell's performance by repeating as Cy Young and winning the MVP. Koufax goes 19-3, ERA 1.48 and 321 K's. NL ROY If the Dodgers didn't have enough pitching with Koufax and Drysdale winning the last 5 Cy Young Awards, LA's Don Sutton is the NL rookie of the year 16-9 ERA 2.43 New York Mets OF Bill Virdon hits for the cycle for the 2nd time in his career, both came with expansion teams Senators and the Mets. The season sees 3 no-hitters Baltimore's Mike Cuellar throws one against the Tigers 5/9/65 Sandy Koufax no no's the Astros 9/10/65 ( amazingly this no-hitter comes just 1 day after he threw a Perfect game in real life MLB 9/9/65) And in the Astrodome Larry Dierker throws the first Perfect game in the Majors since 1922 against the Cardinals. 7/21/65 Koufax and McDowell both win pitching's Triple Crown (Wins-ERA-K's) June 15, 1965 Willie Mays hits his 500th career Home Run Harmon Killebrew is traded again in the off season, this time to the Inidans. The Milwaukee Braves make the move to Atlanta for the 1966 season after 13 seasons in Milwaukee. Braves 3B Eddie Matthews will become the only Braves player to play in 3 different cities for the Braves, in Boston, Milwaukee and now Atlanta. Hall of Fame Inductee Hal Newhouser played 20 seasons with Detroit. 7 All Star seasons and 2 MVP Awards in 1944-45 and a Cy Young in 1946. He pitched in 560 ML games with a career ERA of 3.11.
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20 Years Review 1946-1965
I thought I would just give a review of the first 20 years of the sim history. A little about some of the games stars and the up and coming young players. Two of the Biggest stars had to be Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle as they won 13 of the 20 MVP's in the AL. Williams dominated the 40's and 50's with 15 All Star selections and 4 MVP Awards. He played 20 seasons with the Red Sox. Mantle joined the Yankees in 1950 and only trails Babe Ruth as he currently has 590 career HR's at age 34. He has 9 MVP Awards and 15 All Star game appearances. Only 3 players in the NL had won multiple MVP awards, Duke Snider (3), Ernie Banks (2) and Willie Mays (2). Snider played all 17 seasons with the Dodgers and retired after the 1963 season with 481 HR's. Mr. Cub Ernie Banks will begin his 14th season with he Cubs, ROY, 10 time AS and 6 Gold Gloves. Willie Mays 14 AS selections in 15 seasons with the Giants. His 521 HR's rank him 5th All Time. He has also won 8 straight Gold Gloves (9 overall)5. The Dodgers dominating the pitching stats as their pitchers won 10 of the 20 Cy Young Awards, including the last. With Koufax, Drysdale and now Sutton LA looks to be a dominate pitching force into the last 60's. 14 different pitchers have won the honor in the AL with nobody winning more than twice. Here is a look at some of the accomplishments of some of the games biggest stars that are still active Hank Aaron (31) 14 seasons with the Braves .318/418/1277 Brooks Robinson (28) 8 seasons with the Orioles .307/6 Gold Gloves Carl Yastrzemski (26) 7 seasons with Boston .300/95/484 All Star (3) Billy Williams (27) 8 seasons with the Cubs .307/198/710 Frank Robinson (30) 13 seasons with the Reds .309/391/1188 Harmon Killebrew (29) 4 seasons with Washington, 2 1/2 with Minnesota, 2 1/ with SF and just traded prior to the 1966 season to Cleveland .262/304/772 ROY and MVP Al Kaline (31) 12 seasons with the Tigers .297/210/852 ROY 5 time AS Sandy Koufax (30) 11 seasons with the Dodgers 157-61 ERA 2.18 Two 300+ strikeout seasons. Koufax retired in real life after the 1966 season, can't wait to see what happens the rest of his career' Roberto Clemente (31) 11 seasons with the Dodgers (seems odd) .322/103/631 ROY, WS MVP and 3 Gold Gloves Whitey Ford (37) NYY 16 seasons 208-85 2.88 ERA Juan Marichal (28) Giants 8 seasons 137-85 ERA 2.51 ROY 6 time All Star Bob Gibson (30) Cardinals 8 seasons 95-61 ERA 2.85 Next up young players to watch headed toward the 70's...... Washington Senators-SP Denny McLain (22), SP Luis Tiant (25) St. Louis Cardinals-SP Steve Carlton (21), C Tim McCarver (24) Pittsburgh Pirates-OF Willie Stargell (26), OF Bobby Bonds (20) Philadelphia Phillies-SP Fergie Jenkins (23), 3B Dick Allen, 2B Larry Bowa (20) New York Mets-SP Tom Seaver (21), RF Cleon Jones (23), RP Tug McGraw (21), Nolan Ryan (19) New York Yankees -SP Al Downing (24), SS Bobby Murcer Minnesota Twins-2B Rod Carew (20), CF Craig Nettles (21), RF Reggie Smith (21) Los Angeles Dodgers-SP Mel Stottlemyre (24), SP Don Sutton (21), CF Willie Davis (25) Kansas City Athletics-1B Ken "Hawk" Harrelson (24), SS Bert Campaneris (24), LF Reggie Jackson (19), RF Rick Monday (20), SP Rollie Fingers (19), SP Catfish Hunter (21) Houston Astros-SP Larry Dierker (19), 2B Joe Morgan (22), RF Rusty Staub (22), C Bob Watson (20) Detroit Tigers-SP Mickey Lolich (25), C Bill Freehan (24), RF Willie Horton (23) Cleveland Indians-SP Tommy John (22), SP Sam McDowell (23) Cincinnati Reds-SP Gary Nolan (17), SP Bill Singer (21), C Johnny Bench (18), 2B Hal McRae (20), 2B Pete Rose (24), CF Jimmy Wynn (24) Chicago Cubs-SP Kenny Holtzman (20) California Angels-SS Jim Fregosi (24) Boston Red Sox-1B George Scott (22), SS Rico Petrocelli (22), RF Tony Conigliaro (21) Baltimore Orioles -SP Dean Chance (24), SP Dave McNally (23), LF Boog Powell (24) Atlanta Braves-C Joe Torre (25) If you would like to see the past performance or anything on a player or team just send a reply
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1966
The Reds win their 3rd straight NL title and again by a wide margin, 111-51 record 17 games better than the 2nd place Dodgers. The Red Sox return to the Series, the first time since 1946 (1st season of my sim). And just like 1946 the Red Sox win it all as they defeat the Reds in 6 games. Rico Petrocelli is named Series MVP he has 10 hits, 2 HR's and drives in 12 runs which ties a World Series record. AL MVP Boston's LF Carl Yastrzemski wins his 1st MVP at age 27. Yaz hits .342 with 33 HR's and 112 RBI's. AL Cy Young Indians Sam McDowell continues his dominance over AL hitters winning his 3rd straight CY Young and he is only 24 years old. 18-7, ERA 2.09 and 237 K's AL ROY White Sox 1B Gail Hopkins .288/5/39 NL MVP and NL Cy Young It's pitching supreme again, this time its Reds pitcher Jim AMloney capturing both trophies. 19-7 ERA 1.99 and 245 K's. In his 5 full seasons with the Reds he has put up the following win totals 18-19-17-19-19. NL ROY Gary Nolan another Reds ace 18-7 ERA 2.96 22 year old Jim Merritt of the Twins no-hits the Indians on July 4th. He is injured in his next start and misses the rest of the season. Frank Robinson hits HR #400 at age 31 Mantle (598) and Mays (543) now sit 2-3 on All Time HR list 2 Hall of Fame Inductees and they are good ones. Ted Williams one of the great hitters of our time enters the Hall with amazing stats. 20 Seasons, all with the Boston Red Sox 15-time All Star, 4 MVP's, .342 lifetime average #8 All Time 2,954 hits #12 All time 527 Home Runs #5 All Time 1,831 RBI's #8 All Time 2033 BB's #2 All Time 1,859 runs scored #7 All Time 1.065 OPS #3 All Time Warren Spahn played 16 seasons with the Braves and he is elcted with excellent stats. 7 time All Star, CY Young Award, 237-168 ERA 3.09
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05-18-2018, 06:19 PM | #28 |
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So what did the '65-'66 Dodgers lineup look like? I'm guess that unless AI trades happened, it's something like:
c - Roseboro 1b- Parker, Fairly 2b- Lefebvre ss- Wills 3b- Hoak, Zimmer, McMullen, Tracewski? (or maybe T Davis) of- gotta figure that it's pretty crowded, with Howard and Clemente starters, and T Davis (if not at 3b), W Davis, Demeter and Fairly/Parker scrapping for playing time. Am I close? I'm guessing the rotation was solid with Sandy, Big D, Stottlemyre, and with Sutton just arriving? And maybe Richert. If so, I'm surprised the Dodgers weren't a factor in your sim in either of those years... Oh, and how did The Singer Throwing Machine end up on the Reds? |
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C Pavletich and Roseboro shared duties but Roseboro's only hit .180 1B Don Mincher 2B Jim Lefebvre SS Billy Grabarkewitz (rookie) 3B Ken McMullen OF Wes Parker, Willie Davis, Roberto Clemente, Ron Fairly Rotation Koufax Drysdale Sutton Stottlemyre Brabender Claude Raymond 23 saves Maury Wills was selected in the expansion draft by the Mets in 1961 Zimmer was released by the Dodgers in 1961, played a little for the Yankees and Senators after that. Frank Howard was traded to the Orioles in 66, hit 35 dingers in 1964 even though he only played 117 games because of injures In 1965 the Dodgers were 94-68 finished 3rd behind Reds and Braves In 1966 95-67 a 2nd place finish, Reds were just dominate those 2 years Bill Singer was rookie in 65 made just 3 starts in 66 he was 10-10 with a 3.07 ERA in 29 starts
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1967
This season was so much more than the 2 League winners, the Boston Red Sox make a return trip to the World Series and are joined by the Pittsburgh Pirates, their first visit since they won the 1925 World Series. The Red Sox sweep the Bucs and record their 2nd straight Championship. Why this season was more than the Boston-Pirates World Series you ask? The New York Yankees had not had a losing season since 1925, that comes to an end as they finish in 7th place going 76-86. Meanwhile in Los Angeles the Dodgers had not went through a losing season since 1944, that also ends as they finish the season in 6th place 75-87. The New York Mets finished their 6th season, the first 5 were, well not very good. The loses the first 5 seasons were 119-117-112-105-114, all last places finishes, never closer than 47 games out. But, here come the Mets as they finish the 1967 season in 5th place 83-79. AL MVP Rico Petrocelli gets Boston its 2nd MVP in a row hitting .283/38/112 AL Cy Young Sam McDowell continues his dominance, becoming the 1st pitcher to win the award 4 straight seasons 18-8 ERA 1.70 with 271 K's AL ROY Baltimore OF Merv Rettenmund .241/11/49 NL MVP and Cy Young For the 3rd straight season a pitcher wins both awards as the Cardinals Bob Gibson has one of the greatest performances in quite some time going 26-4 with a 1.37 ERA. The ERA was the lowest since Walter Johnson in 1918, the win total was the best since Bucky Walters in 1939. NL ROY Pittsburgh CF Bobby Tolan .292/9/38 and 18 SB's On May 2, 1967 Mickey Mantle becomes the 2nd player in history to record 600 Home Runs, he ends the season with 625. On September 3rd he gets his 3,000 Major League hit!!! On 8/30/67 Sandy Koufax strikes out his 3,000th batter, he trails only Walter Johnson All Time. The Cardinals trade C Tim McCarver to the Cubs for SP Jim Colburn and OF Johnny Callison Last years AL ROY Rod Carew hits .343 in his 2nd season. 20 year old Nolan Ryan wins his first 4 Major League starts There were an amazing 6 no-hitters in 1967. 35 year old Angels Lawrence Westervelt blanks Boston The Twins 22 year old righty Dave Boswell no-hits Cleveland Sam McDowell, Dean Chance and Gerry Arrigo all no-hit the California Angels And Reds pitcher Bill Singer throws 2 no-hitters one on May 19 vs the Phillies and another one 30 days later against the Dodgers. Stan Musial played 21 seasons, 19 of them for the Cardinals and he is elected to the 1967 Hall of Fame with the highest vote % in history as he receives 99.6% of the votes. 14 AS games, 2 MVP's and 1 Gold Glove and a .327 average. His 3,586 base hits, 10,962 AB's and 2,962 games played rank 2nd All Time behind Ty Cobb. Hall of Famer Robin Roberts pitched 15 seasons for Philadelphia winning .223 games with a 3.11 ERA. 6 time All Star, 2 time Cy Young winner. The Kansas City Athletics become the next team to move out West as Owner Charlie Finley moves the team to Oakland for the 1968 season.
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No retire, players are start with the team that they started their career with but, their career ends when the sim ends it, not according to real life. I am watching the Koufax career closely myself as well as Mantle and a few others. Thanks for the feedback!
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Boston and Pittsburgh make a return visit to the World Series. Boston beats out the Orioles by 3 games and the Pirates coast as NL Champs as the closest team was the New York Mets, finishing 13 games back. Boston takes its 3rd straight World Series title by again sweeping the Pirates. Red Sox 2B Mike Andrews wins the Series MVP for the 2nd straight year. Boston closer Wilbur Wood becomes the 1st pitcher in World Series history to record 3 saves in the Series. AL MVP Rico Petrocelli gets his 2nd straight MVP .293/23/89 AL Cy Young The Orioles Dave McNally ends Sam McDowell's run and wins the CY Young going 23-7 ERA 1.74 AL ROY Boston's OF Tony Horton .277/16/61 NL MVP ad Cy Young 20 year old Pirates pitcher Bob Moose wins them both with an incredible 1.36 ERA and a 24-7 record. The ERA was the best in 50 seasons by a starting pitcher. NL ROY another Pirate OF AL Oliver hits .349 with 13 HR's 68 RBI's 4 more no-hitters Oakland's Jim Nash no-hits the Angels on April 8 The Twins Tom Hall throw a gem against the Senators on June 7 And Cy Young winner Dave McNally throws 2 no-hitters, 19 days apart the first one on July 2 vs the White Sox and the 2nd against the Tigers. On a side note, the top of the New York Mets rotation of Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Nolan Ryan go 51-31 with 715 strikeouts. The Dodgers Duke Snider had quite the career. 17 seasons all with the Dodgers and he played in Brooklyn and LA. 481 HR's a .320 career average. ROY, 4 MVP Awards an 11 time All Star, 6 Gold Gloves and 15 Grand Slam Home Runs. Duke also won 6 World Championships with the Dodgers. Coming in 1969 expansion and division re-alignment.
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1969 Major League Baseball Expansion
I felt this was such a big moment in ML history that it needed its own thread. The 1969 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the establishment of expansion franchises in Kansas City and Seattle in the American League and in Montreal and San Diego in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and Seattle Pilots will begin play in the 1969 Major League Baseball season. One of the reasons for expansion was increasing pressure to maintain the sport as the US national pastime, particularly because of the increasing popularity of professional football. As a result of expansion, the American and National Leagues reorganized. Each league was split into two divisions, forming the American League East, American League West, National League East, and National League West. The order of the expansion draft picks went in the following order. Royals, Padres, Pilots then Expos. Kansas City notable picks 9 Time AL MVP Mickey Mantle, Ron Fairly, Sparky Lyle, Eddie Matthews Free agent signings Johnny Roseboro San Diego notable picks 1968 AL ROY Tony Horton, Reds Tommy Harper, Yankees Clete Boyer and Tom Tresh, Cubs Randy Hundley Seattle's notables Reds Jim Maloney, Milt Pappas, Tito Francona Montreal's notables Vada Pinson, Bill Mazeroski, Roger Maris, Johnny Romano
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In the first year of Divisional play the Red Sox, Twins, Pirates and Dodgers are division winners. The Pirates sweep the Dodgers holding LA to 5 runs in the series. The Twins win the first 3 games, but Boston comes back to win 3 straight before the Twins take it in 7. For the Pirates, 3rd time is a charm as they defeat the Twins in 6 games, the Pirates were shutout in games 1 and 2, but took 4 straight to win their first Championship in 44 seasons. Pirates 1B Bob Bailey was named Series MVP. AL MVP 23 year old Oakland RF Reggie Jackson .298/43/123 AL Cy Young Twins 25 yeard old lefty Rudy May 24-5 ERA 2.25 AL ROY Oakland LF Darrel Evans .344/23/98 NL MVP and Cy Young Award New York Mets Tom Seaver went 19-7 with a 1.86 ERA and 260 strikeouts. NL ROY Pirates 3B Richie Hebner .280/18/80 June 20th Expos trade Bill Mazeroski to the Royals. 4 No-Hitters Padres Harry Coe no-hits the Cubs The Padres are then no-hit twice, once by Pirates Bob Moose and also by LA's Mike Kekich 19 year old rookie Doug Bird who went 6-19 for the season blanks the Seattle Pilots Oakland's Catfish Hunter goes 25-5, only the 2nd pitcher to win 25 games in 60 seasons. A Year of Milestones April 8, 1969 Willie Mays records hit #3,000 On May 11 Hank Aaron joins the 3,000 hit club and on June 6th hits Home Run #500 Sandy Koufax becomes baseballs All Time Strikeout Leader as he passes Walter Johnson and ends the seasons with 3.590 Boston's Wilbur Wood becomes the first closer to record over 30 saves in a season and finishes with 33. On July 2nd Mickey Mantle is traded back to New York, but this time he is playing for the Mets. The Mets then deal him in the off season to the Angels. Stadium and cash issues forced the sale of the Seattle Pilots, as the team finished 40-122 and a team headed by Bud Selig bought and moved them to Milwaukee to become the Brewers. The other AL expansion Royals finished 58-104. The Padres and Expos both finished last in their divisions. The Expos 57-105 and the Padres one game better at 58-104. Yankee great Yogi Berra is inducted into the Hall of Fame. Yogi played 19 seasons in New York. An 11 time All Star, won 6 Championships with the Yankees and had 4 Gold Gloves. He holds post season records for games played 64, At Bats 245 and hits 66. Phillies OF Larry Doby 22 years with the Phillies an 8 time All Star inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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As we start the 70's the game is starting to change. New stars emerge, some great pitchers and some new sluggers will make their mark during the 70's. Also we will say goodbye to some of the all time greats of the game. Ok back to the game itself. Boston wins the AL East and Oakland win the West as the A's get their first division title in just their 3rd season in Oakland. In the NL The Phillies win 20 of their final 28 games to get past the Cubs and Mets to win the East. The West was even more interesting as the Braves and Dodgers tie and the Braves win the one game playoff to capture the division title. The Red Sox win the AL title in a series dominated by pitching as there were 4 shutouts in the 5 game series. In the NL the Phillies stayed hot and swept the Braves. The Red Sox take their 4 World Series title in 5 seasons as the beat the Phillies in 6 games. The Phillies won games one and two by scores of 10-1 and 1-0, but Boston wins 4 straight as Tony Conigliaro is the Series MVP. AL MVP and Cy Young Awards Oakland's left-handed 21 year old Vida Blue has an outstanding season as he goes 25-4 with a 1.65 ERA and 286 strikeouts. AL ROY Washington Senators SS Bill Madlock .279/14/80 NL MVP and Cy Young Awards Mets pitcher Tom Seaver becomes the first player to win the MVP and CY Young Award twice in the same season. Tom Terrific almost duplicates his last season going 19-6 ERA 2.07. NL ROY Astros CF Cesar Cedeno .314/25/113 with 54 SB's Cleveland's Sam McDowell equals Sandy Koufax record of 18 strikeouts in a game. He also throws 1970's only no-hitter against the White Sox, the 2nd of his career. On May 16th Willie Mays becomes the 3rd member of the 600 Home Run club joining Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle. Mays ends the season with 622 career dingers. Hoyt Wilhelm moves into 2nd place All Time behind Cy Young in games pitched with 804 and retires after 20 big league seasons at the age of 47. Mickey Mantle ends the 1970 season tied with Ty Cobb in games played at 3,035. No players inducted into the HOF. Let's take a look at the financial side as we head into the 70's Top 5 Team Payrolls Oakland $4,074,035 Pittsburgh $3,970,549 Minnesota $3,883,610 Boston $3,540,115 Atlanta $3,437,078 Top 5 Highest Paid Players Darrell Evans (OAK) $330,379 Richie Hebner (PIT) $310,285 Billy Williams (Cubs) $309,202 Johnny Bench (CIN) $308,361 Willie McCovey (SF) $303,266 In real life, 1970's highest paid player was Willie Mays at $135,000
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1971
The Yankees edge the Red Sox by 1 game to win the AL East. Much easier for Oakland as they win 109 games and the division by 18 games over Minnesota. The New York Mets after 3 straight 2nd place finishes finally get their first division title, as does the Houston Astros as they win the West Division. The Yankees upset the favored A's as they win it in 5 games. And the Astros also upset the Mets also in 5 games dashing the hopes of a first all New York Series. Yankee experience dominates the Astros as they win their 17th Championship in a 4 game sweep. AL MVP Reggie Jackson wins his 2nd MVP in 3 seasons with 41 HR's, 105 RBI's and hit .315 AL Cy Young Vida Blue wins his 2nd straight with another outstanding season 21-3 ERA 1.90 AL ROY K Royals Steve Busby 10-13 ERA 2.79 NL MVP and Cy Young Awards Another Mets pitcher, but not Seaver as Nolan Ryan wins both awards. The Ryan Express goes 25-6 with a 1.90 ERA and 323 strikeouts. NL ROY Phillies 3b Mike Schmidt .237/34/94 2 Relatively unknowns toss no-hitters Astros Roric Harrison no-hits the Braves and Montreal's Jim Willoughby blanks the Mets On June 29th Dodgers future HOF'er Sandy Koufax notches his 4,000 strikeout. At age 35 strikes out 294 batters and now has 4,153 for his career. 1971 marked only the 2nd time with a 20 win season, Koufax had won 19 games 5 times. He has led the league in strikeouts 12 times. September 18th #500 Home Run sailed over the fence for Cincinnati's Frank Robinson, he ended the season at 503. He becomes the 8th member of the 500 HR Club. Willie Mays passes Ty Cobb and becomes the All Time Leader in Total Bases with 5,977. Johnny Antonelli pitched 13 seasons or the Braves and his final 2 seasons for the expansion LA Angels. A 6 time All Sar he finished in the top 3 of Cy Young voting 3 times. He is our 1971 HOF inductee.
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Mantle retires!!!
Mickey Charles Mantle, The Mick" announced his retirement from baseball on January 1, 1972. The years before that were truly some of the best in the history of the game. On 4/18/50 he was ranked baseballs #1 prospect. In his first season with the Yankees he won his first of 4 World Championships and was named AL Rookie of the Year. Mickey played 19 seasons with the Yankees and parts of his final 2 seasons with the Royals, Mets and Angels. He was selected to 15 straight All Star appearances from 1951 to 1965. Was the AL MVP in 1954-55-57-58-59-61-62-63-64 His All Time Rankings at time of retirement #1 in games played 3,035 (shared with Ty Cobb) #5 At Bats 10,591 #4 Runs 1,976 #10 Hits 3,173 #6 Total bases 5,659 #2 Home Runs 641 #9 RBI's 1,842 #1 Strikeouts 1,899 Post Season Records #2 Games 57 #4 At Bats 210 #2 Home Runs 13 #8 RBI's 27 #1 Walks 36 #1 Strikeouts 42 Single Season Post Season Records #1 Slugging Pct. 1.263 #1 OPS 1.809 #1 Home Runs 5 Was named World Series MVP in 1957.
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The Washington Senators move again, this time to Texas to become the Rangers for the 1972 season. The Red Sox win the East by 11 games over the Yankees. The Twins make a late season surge to capture the West by 3 over the A's. In the NL East its the Cardinals by 8 over Pittsburgh. And Houston takes the West by getting past the charging Reds and Dodgers. The Twins get by Boston 3 games to 1 and the Cardinals go the distance and beat Houston in 5. The Minnesota Twins capture their 1st World Series Championship sweeping St. Louis. 3B Graig Nettles is the Series MVP hitting 2 HR's and 7 RBI's. AL MVP In his 6th year with the Yankees CF Bobby Murcer has his best season .325/24/95 AL Cy Young Detroit's Mickey Lolich who finished 2nd in the voting last season, wins it this season 16-8 with a great 1.66 ERA and 238 K's AL ROY Angels LF Bruce Bochte .272/12/59 NL MVP and NL Cy Young Award 36 year old Sandy Koufax gets his 2nd MVP and 5th Cy Young Award with one of his best seasons, a career high in wins 23-6 and career low 1.65 ERA plus 270 K's. NL ROY Giants Garry Maddux .320/6/61 2 No- Hitters The Cardinals Jerry Reuss no-hits the Pirates And the Dodgers Don Sutton throws the first PERFECT GAME in 7 seasons as he throws his gem against the SF Giants on May 31 The Braves Ralph Garr has the leagues longest hitting streak in 20 years as he hits in 29 straight games Hank Aaron gets two milestones as he has hit #3,500 on July 12 and Home Run #600 on July 29. Aaron now is #3 in hits all time, only 10 behind Stan Musial for the #2 spot. He is #4 in HR's behind Ruth, Mays and Mantle. On October 20th announces his retirement from baseball. On August 29 Frank Robinson joined the #3,000 hit club. One of only 5 players to have 500 HR's and 3,000 hits. Roberto Clemente also joins the prestigious #3,000 hit club on July 19 in his 18th season with the Dodgers. 3 Inductees into the Hall of Fame Early Wynn pitched for 26 seasons and his name is associated with some of the great pitchers of the game. -4th in innings pitched behind Cy Young, Pud Galvin and Walter Johnson -6th in games pitched -2nd in games started behind Cy Young -6th in Strikeouts -#1 in Base on Balls 4 All Star selections, but no Championships Ralph Kiner played 14 Major League seasons 6 time All Star with 1 MVP Award in 1948 Whitey Ford threw 18 seasons for the Yankees 212-93 with a 2.91 ERA a 1955 Cy Young winner, 4 All Star selections and 4 Championships
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The Red Sox win 116 games totally dominating the AL East winning it by 35 games over 2nd place New York. The Angels win their first division title getting by the A's by 2 games. St. Louis wins by the same margin over Pittsburgh to win the NL East. The Dodgers breeze to a NL West title by 17 games. Both Series go 5 games as the Dodgers and Red Sox advance to the 1973 World Series. Koufax throws a shuotut in Games 1 and 5 allowing just 8 hits total and is named Series MVP. In a great 7 game series the Dodgers win the Championship. Amos Otis is the Series MVP getting 14 hits a post season record. Boston's Wilbur Wood sets record for most post game pitching appearances with 24. AL MVP and CY Young Award Minnesota's Bert Blyleven goes 25-6 with a 2.06 ERA to win both awards. AL ROY Brewers SIxto Lexcano .282/20/79 NL MVP In a very strange voting process Sandy Koufax is named league MVP going 19-9 EA of 2.01 with 277 K's, but does not win the CY Young Award CY Young goes to his fellow teammate Don Sutton who goes 24-4 ERA of 1.51. NL ROY SF Giants John "The Count" Montefusco 14-14 ERA 2.91 2 No-hitters White Sox Paul Edmondson who was 4-22 in 1970 no-hits the Twins Angels James Zwergel no-hits the A's The Dodgers Sandy Koufax strikes out batter #4,500 on May 27 and on August 27th becomes the 14th pitcher to 300 wins!!! Nolan Ryan strikes out 333 batters the most since Rube Waddell in 1904 2 Hall of Fame Inductees Eddie Matthews 17 year career 442 HR's, 9 time All Star, 1952 Rookie of the Year 1 Time MVP (1958), 4 Gold Gloves, 1 Championship Richie Ashburn 16 year career with the Phillies, 2 time All Star, 7 Gold Gloves, 1 Championship
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