Historic From 1946 to ........

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The sim starts in 1946 are currently in...……….1977

Going to Start in 1946 and see if I can take it all the way to 2018. As the season ends I will give a recap of the year. If you want to see how a certain player did, just let me know.

The Dodgers and Cardinals tied in the NL and needed a one game playoff to determine the NL Champion.

1946 World Series
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

AL MVP Ted Williams (BOS) also wins the Triple Crown .354/40/147
AL Cy Young Hal Newhouser (DET) 21-7 ERA 2.11
AL ROY Sherm Lollar (CLE) .256/18/66

NL MVP and the Cy Young won by
Ewell Blackwell (CIN) 21-3 ERA 2.25
NL ROY Carl Furillo (BRO) .327/8/87

Bob Feller no-hits the Chicago White Sox

Russ Derry set new ML record by striking out 155 times
Hugh Casey of the Dodgers sets the single season saves record with 22


The Pirates finished with the worst record in the ML 56-98

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1947

In an all New York Series the New York Giants sweep the New York Yankees to become 1947 World Champions

AL MVP Ted Williams wins it for the 2nd straight season .382/28/103
AL Cy Young Bob Feller (CLE) 24-9 ERA 1.70
AL ROY Gene Woodling (Senators) .311/17/79

NL MVP Johnny Mize (NYG) .322/44/113
NL Cy Young Johnn Schmitz (Cubs) 23-9 ERA 1.56
NL ROY Earl Torgeson (Braves) .329/24/81

Phillies was league worst 51-103

Cardinals Bobo Newsom no-hit the Pirates

Inducted into HOF Goose Goslin and Earl Averill

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1948

After the Phillies lost 103 games in 1947 they battled the Dodgers down to the wire only to fall just 1 game behind them. Brooklyn then battled the Yankees in the 48 World Series with the Yankees winning in 7 games.

AL MVP Joe DiMaggio (NYY) won his 3rd MVP Award .353/33/121
AL Cy Young Bob Feller won his 2nd straight Cy Young going 24-9 again, with a 2.05 ERA
AL ROY Hank Thompson (St.L Browns) .291/21/74

NL MVP Ralph Kiner (PIT) .324/50/128
NL Cy Young Schoolboy Rowe, quite the story. After going 5-19 for the last place Phillies in 47, at age 38 he wins his 1st Cy Young going 22-10 with a 2.47 ERA.
NL ROY Duke Snider makes a splash in his rookie year .343/33/119

Kent Peterson of the Cubs no-hits the Reds

The Chicago White Sox own the leagues worse record at 57-97

Inducted into HOF Kiki Cuyler

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What is your setup, full minors, transactions, etc?

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1949

The Yankees and the Dodgers square off again in the 1949 series and the Yankees win again this time in a 4 game sweep.

AL MVP Joe DiMaggio wins the award again .353/26/101
AL Cy Young Vic Raschi (NYY) in his 2nd big league season wins the award 19-11 with an ERA o 2.62
AL ROY Luke Easter (St. L Browns) .303/18/78

NL MVP After winning ROY last season Duke Snider wins the Triple Crown and MVP award .364/45/146
NL Cy Young Ewell Blackwell wins his 2nd Cy Young in 4 seasons going 18-13 with a 2.12 ERA
NL ROY Gil Hodges (BRO) makes his debut with .307/28/97

Boston pitcher Tom Poholsky sets a ML record allowing 37 HR's

Yankees Closer Chuck Stobbs becomes only the 3rd pitcher to get 2 saves in the playoffs.

Pittsburgh once again has the leagues worse record going 53-101

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Originally Posted by JaBurns

What is your setup, full minors, transactions, etc?

Full minors, trading is allowed and no draft, each player will start with the team they started with in the past.

League will mirror history of the league with expansion, name changes ect.

Just trying to keep the structure the same, but whatever happens to the player depends on how OOTP tries to match there real life stats.

Ted Williams he did actually win the MVP in 1946 and Triple Crown in 1947 with very similar stats. Duke Snider on the other hand was a HOF, but didn't start as well as he did in OOTP.

Jackie Robinson didn't win the MVP in 1949 like he real did, but his stats. Real/OOTP Hits 203/209 SB's 37/32 Avg. .342/345 Runs 122/126

Also ROY (both leagues 1949) and Cy Young Awards (1956, both Leagues 1967) did not start until the years posted.

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1950

For the 3rd straight season its Yankees - Dodgers in the World Series, it goes to 7 games and once again its the Yankees, this time in 7 games. Down 3 games to 1 the Yankees win the final 3 games for another Championship.

AL MVP Ted Williams claims the honor once again, his 3rd MVP and 3rd Triple Crown .345/41/143
AL Cy Young Mike Garcia (CLE) a relief pitcher the first 2 years in the bigs turn starter and has the great season 20-5 ERA 2.21
AL ROY You might have heard of him 18 year old Mickey Mantle .292/20/73

NL MVP Stan Musial (STL) wins 2nd MVP, first since 1943, .359/41/130
NL Cy Young Ralph Branca (Dodgers) 22-7 ERA 2.28
NL ROY Al Neil RF (Cardinals) .289/18/73

Hank Greenberg hits his 400th career Home Run

White Sox pitcher Red Benton allows a league record 50 HR's

42 year old Johnny Murphy finishes his 19 year ML career as the All Time saves leader with 122

1950 Top 5 Highest Paid Players
Stan Musial $76,387
Al Rosen $75,336
Jackie Robinson $73,294
Duke Snider $72,529
Yogi Berra $72,182

Highest Team Payroll
Brooklyn Dodgers $948,153

Top Media Revenue
NY Yankees $1,700

Top Merchandising
4 teams tied at a whopping $385

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1951

Well for the 4th straight year it will be a Yankees - Brooklyn series, but it wasn't easy for NY. The Yankees won there final 4 games of he regular season and Cleveland dropped there final 4 as the Yankees won the AL by just 1 game! But the magic stopped there as the Dodgers swept the Yankees with 4 straight wins.

AL MVP After DiMaggio and Williams claimed the last 5 MVP Awards, Al Rosen (CLE) is this years winner. .330/32/110
AL Cy Young Clevelands Mike Garcia proves last season was no fluke as he wins his 2nd straight Cy Young Award 17-12 ERA 2.24
AL ROY 2B Jim Gilliam Philadelphia Athletics .279/8/59

NL MVP Duke Snider not only wins his 2nd MVP award, but another Triple Crown season .371/50/147
NL Cy Young Don Newcombe (Dodgers) 22-5 ERA 2.45
NL ROY I am sure you know The Say Hey Kid Willie Mays (NYG) .322/25/92

The Cincinnati Reds finish with the leagues worst record 45-109

25 year old Robin Roberts (Phillies) no-hits the Cardinals

Ted Williams moves ahead of Babe Ruth on the career OBP list .476

Cardinals pitcher Bobo Newsome becomes the All-Time walks leader with 1,740

Jimmie Foxx is elected to the Hall of Fame. 21 seasons, his 534 HR's is 2nd to Babe Ruth. 9 time All Star and 3 time MVP

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1952

The Yankees run of 5 straight AL titles ends as the Philadelphia Athletics hold them off to win the AL by 2 games. Meanwhile the Dodgers make it 5 NL Championships in a row as they dominate the NL as they win it by 21 games. The Athletics win the first 3 games of the series, tthen promptly drop 4 straight as Brooklyn wins their 2nd straight World Series Championship.

AL MVP and the Cy Young is won by Athletics pitcher Bobby Schantz. Schantz was 28-6 with an ERA of 2,27. In his 2 previous season Bobby was 21-35.
AL ROY Lloyd Jenny of the Chicago White Sox .265/14/55

NL MVP Giants LF Minnie Minoso .353/19/90
NL Cy Young Paul Miner (Dodgers) 23-3 ERA 2.74
NL ROY Eddie Matthews (Boston Braves) .293/20/56

Hank Aaron makes his Major League debut with the Boston Braves, hits .259 with 4 HR;s in 69 games.

In 1953 the Boston Braves will move to Milwaukee and the Cincinnati Reds become the Cincinnati Redlegs.

Senators pitcher Mel Parnell no-hits the White Sox.

The Pirates 59-95 find themselves as the leagues worst record.

Mel Ott is elected to the Hall of Fame with the highest ever vote % at 98.8%
Master Melvin played 21 seasons all for the New York Giants. He hit .305 and his 517 HR's currently rank him 3rd all time behind Ruth and Foxx. He was selected to 12 All Star games.

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1953

The Philly A's make it 2 straight in the AL and the Dodgers have called it a dynasty as they get there 6th straight NL title, but not without a challenge as the Milwaukee Braves fall 5 games short. The World Series almost mirrors last years meeting between these 2 teams. The A's win games 1 and 2 and the Dodgers win 4 straight to win another Championship their 3rd straight.

The A's Bobby Shantz pulls off the rare feat of winning the AL MVP and AL Cy Young for the 2nd straight season. 19-7 ERA 2.16
AL ROY Philly A's Rip Repulski .308/18/76

NL MVP Duke Snider returns to win his 3rd MVP .328/36/120
NL Cy Young Harvey Haddix (Dodgers) 21-7 ERA 2.54
NL ROY Ernie Banks (CUBS) the future Mr. Cub .297/34/94

LF Ed White of the ChiSox fans a record 161 times

Ted Williams hits .410 in just 27 games as injuries sideline him on 2 different occasions

After 18 seasons with the Indians Bob Feller is traded to the Red Sox

Arky Vaughn is elected to the Hall of Fame, Arky played 17 seasons and hit .318. He played in 9 straight All Star games from 1934-1942.

The St. Louis Browns will move to Baltimore in 1954 and become the Baltimore Orioles.

The name change didn't help as the Cincinnati Redlegs play to a league worst 48-106

2 greats elected to the Hall of Fame
Lefty Grove had 300 wins in 17 ML seasons, 1 MVP and 6 All Star appearances, led the league in Strikeouts 7 straight seasons.
SS Joe Cronin, 20 big league seasons 7 All Star selections

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1954

The Yankees return to the fall classic, but it was a close race as the Senators finished just 2 games out and the Tigers and Red Sox were 5 and 6 games back. In the NL it was the same story as the Dodgers win the NL by 22 games with a 106-48 record. In the World Series it was Brooklyn for a 4th straight time, so lets look at the team that has been so dominate in the 50's.

The Lineup
Jackie Robinson (.292)
Don Hoak (.285)
Duke Snider (.324 41 HR's)
Gil Hodges (.284 27 HR's)
Roy Campanella (.292 30 HR's)
Pee Wee Reese (.282)
Sandy Amaros (.277)
Chico Carrasquel (.285)

Rotation
Harvey Haddix (17-9)
Don Newcombe (21-6)
Art Houtteman (18-8)
Paul Minner (20-6)
Minner was injured in August and out for the season
Billy Loes made 6 starts and had a 1.85 ERA, Loes was 36-11 the previous 2 seasons but couldn't break into this rotation

AL MVP Yankees Mickey Mantle nets his first MVP at 22. .340/34/111
AL Cy Young Chuck Stobbs (NYY) 19-13 ERA 2.88
AL ROY A 19 year old from Detroit Al Kaline .299/19/87

NL MVP Willie Mays (NYG) at 23 the Say Hey Kid gets his 1st MVP with a monster season .366/44/115
NL Cy Young Robin Roberts (Philles) 21-7 ERA 1.96
NL ROY the first pitcher selected SP Bill Hall (Pirates) 16-10 3.61

A couple strikeout records in 1954
Giants 2B Jaime Abad broke the record set last year as he struck out 163 times
Cleveland flamethrower Herb Score set the record of 9.58 K's per 9 innings

The move from St. Louis to Baltimore may take some time as the Orioles end up with the worst record in baseball 45-109.

In 1955 the Philadelphia Athletics will move the club to Kansas City and become the Kansas City Athletics.

The lone Hall of Fame Inductee Joe "Ducky" Medwick. Ducky a career .324 hitter played 15 seasons with 10 All Star selections and was the 1937 NL MVP

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1955

The Brooklyn Dodgers go 20-4 to end the season, but fall 1 game short as the Philadelphia Phillies end the Dodgers streak of 7 straight NL crowns and win their 1st NL Championship since 1915. In the AL it wasn't close as the Yankees win the AL by 14 games.

In a big upset the Phillies beat the Yankees in 7 games and win their 1st ever World Series! 33 year old Phillies starter Jim Wilson who missed most of the season due to injury had made just 11 regular season starts, shutout the Yankees on 4 hits in game 7.

AL MVP Mantle wins his 2nd straight MVP .360/51/123. He also become the 1st player to hit over 50 HR's since Hank Greenberg (58) in 1937.
AL Cy Young Whitey Ford 25-7 ERA 2.43
AL ROY Rocky Colavito (Indians) .309/37/104

NL MVP Ernie Banks (Mr. Cub) .329/38/124
NL Cy Young 34 year old Warren Spahn (Milwaukee) 22-11 ERA 2.28
NL ROY Dick Stuart (PIT) .242/36/98

Orioles starter 33 year old Bill Wight no-hits the Senators. Last season Wight lost a league high 24 games (7-24).

Herb Score (CLE) struck out 15 batters in a game twice during the season.

The Yankees trade 4 prospects to KC including Ralph Terry for 2B Nellie Fox

The Redlegs are at the bottom again 53-101

3 selections to the 1955 Hall of Fame
Al Simmons, 21 ML seasons a 3-time All Star with a .334 career average
Stan Hack 18 seasons all with the Cubs 5 AS appearances and had a .303 lifetime average.
Red Ruffing pitcher 24 years in the bigs, had 276 wins and 6 All Star games

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1956

After just a one year absence the Dodgers make it back to the World Series, but in the AL the Detroit Tigers are crowned AL Champions for the first time in 11 seasons. The Dodgers are just too much for the Tigers and win the Series in 5 by scoring 47 runs in the 5 games.

AL MVP At the age of 38 Ted Williams wins not only his 4th MVP Award, but does it in grand fashion by also becoming the only player to have 4 Triple Crown seasons! .355/45/118
AL Cy Young In his 2nd big league season Yankees pitcher Tom Sturdivant wins the award. 21-8 ERA 2.58
AL ROY Ed Roebuck (CLE) becomes the first relief pitcher to win ROY. 3-3 ERA 2.20 with 12 saves

NL MVP Mr. Cub Ernie Banks wins his 2nd straight MVP .328/42/111
NL Cy Young Robin Roberts (PHI) wins his 2nd CY in 3 years 22-8 ERA 2.40
NL ROY Roberto Clemente (Dodgers) becomes the 1st Latin player to win the ROY .335/8/74

Why is Clemente with the Brooklyn Dodgers? Brooklyn signed Clemente in 1952 to its Triple-A team in Montreal with a $10,000 bonus, but he was used as a bench player. An MLB rule stated that any player given a bonus of more than $4,000 had to be on a major league roster for his entire first season or be eligible for the annual rookie draft, the Pirates elected him first in the next draft.

The Tigers Billy Hoeft throws a no-hitter against the Orioles.

Yankees 1B Moose Skowron is traded to the Tigers for 24 year old pitching prospect Jim Bunning

The Senators SS Dick Hogan breaks the strikeout record by fanning 172 times.

Herb Score (CLE) continues to fan batters at a record pace as for the 3rd year in a row he increases his K's per inning record to 10.6. Score has struck out 788 batters in the last 3 seasons, but has also walked 419. Score also currently holds the career record for lowest batting average against at .193.

The White Sox take the loser title in 1956 going 56-98.

Bob Feller retires after 21 Major League seasons.

No HOF inductees.

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1957

In a much anticipated Series the Yankees and Dodgers return for the 6th time in 11 seasons. The Yankees win the Series in 5 games on a record performance from Mickey Mantle as he becomes the first player to hit 5 HR's in a World Series.

AL MVP Mantle caps his World Series performance with his 3rd MVP award .333/38/101
AL Cy Young Senators Camilo Pasqual goes 13-11 with an ERA of 1.93
AL ROY Orioles Hollis Powell hits only .244 but 21 HR 66 RBI's

NL MVP Duke Snider powers to another MVP his 4th. .318/53/127
NL Cy Young Phillies JAck Harshman throws a league high 280 innings winning his first Cy Young 18-10 ERA 2.38
NL ROY Frank Malzone St. Louis .295/20/97

Duke Snider hits his 400th career home run

A couple of relief pitching records in 1957
The Cubs Bob Purkey makes 78 relief appearances
35 year old Indians closer Hoyt Wilhelm gets 28 saves

The Braves Hank Aaron has a 40 game hitting streak, 6 games later he goes on another hit streak of 29 games

The Redlegs own baseballs worst record at 52-102

Major League Baseball moves out West as 2 teams from the state of New York move to California. The Dodgers had played in Brooklyn since 1884 they will now become the Los Angeles Dodgers. The New York Giants have played in New York since 1883, they will now be known as the San Francisco Giants.

Luke Appling played SS for the Chicago White for 23 seasons. He falls just 12 hits short of 3000, with a career BA of .301. He was an All Star 8 times, welcome to the Hall Fame #4.

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1958

The Yankees win the AL with a big September getting by Detroit. In the NL with 5 games left in the regular season the top 4 teams Dodgers, Giants, Pirates and Braves were separated by just 1 game. The Milwaukee Braves prevail and go to their first World Series since 1914.

The home team wins every game as the Yankees take game 6 and 7 for their 2nd in a row.

AL MVP Mantle wins his 4th MVP in 5 seasons .321/42/116
AL Cy Young Camilo Pasqual (Senators) get his 2nd straight Cy Young, 18-8 ERA 2.69
AL ROY Harmon Killebrew (Senators) .267/33/85

NL MVP Eddie Matthews (Braves) .284/37/103
NL Cy Young and Rookie of the Year
20 year old Juan Marichal (SF) becomes the 1st pitcher to win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year 20-10 ERA 2.30

Baltimore's Ernest Simmons no-hits the Tigers, 39 days later is released and claimed off waivers by Philly.

Dodgers Hector Lopez hit the first ML HR in California

On May 11 Ted Williams records his 500th Major League Home Run

2 months later on July 11th Stan Musial gets his 3,000 hit

41 year old Hank Sauer hits 36 Home Runs the last one #300, it is the most HR's in one season by Sauer in his 14 year career.

White Sox SS Luis Aparicio steals 62 bases, but is thrown out a record 44 times.

Just 3 years after winning the World Series the Phillies have the leagues worst record 57-97

1B Johnny Mize gets selected to the Hall of Fame. "The Big Cat" hit .310 with 363 Home Runs. A 10 time All Star, Gold Glove and World Champion with the 1947 New York Giants.

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1959

The Yankees return to the Series for the 5th time in 6 years. In the NL the St. Louis Cardinals make their first trip since 1944. The Series goes 7 games with the Cardinals coming away as World Champions. The Boston Red Sox finish in last place for the first time in 27 seasons.

AL MVP Mickey Mantle becomes the first player to win 3 straight MVP Awards, his 5th overall. .323/40/99
AL Cy Young Hoyt Wilhelm 18-14 ERA 2.61 Wilhelm was obtained by the Yankees in a trade with the Brewers in the off season. He had made 364 relief appearances before he made his first start with the Yankees, one of 38 starts this season and 286 inning pitched.
AL ROY Bobby Allison Senators .277/31/70

NL MVP 3B Ken Boyer Cardinals .314/31/113
NL Cy Young At 23 Sandy Koufax wins his 1st Cy young 20-9 ERA 2.20 with 265 K's in 249 IP
NL ROY Piitsburgh closer Fred Green 1.72 ERA and 13 saves

Phillies have the leagues worst record repeating last years performance of 57-97

The Cincinnati Redlegs are now once again the Cincinnati Reds

Ernie Lombardi and Billy Herman are the 1959 HOF class
Lombardi played 18 seasons hit .304, 9 AS selections, a 1947 Championship with the Giants and was MVP in 1938.
Herman played in 19 seasons hit .303 and was a 10 time All Star

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1960

As we head into the 60's the World Series has a familiar look, sort of. Its the Dodgers and Yankees in the first East Coast vs West Coast series. Both New York and LA win their League Championships by wide margins. The Yankees continue their dominance as they sweep the Dodgers for their 2nd straight title and 4th in 5 seasons.

AL MVP Washington Senators 1B Harmon Killebrew .277/49/105
AL Cy Young NYY Je Gibbon relief pitcher turned starter in mid-season goes 10-9 with a 1.75 ERA
AL ROY SP Dean Chance 12-7 ERA 2.48

NL MVP Dodgers 1B Jim Gentile .299/41/106
NL Cy Young Brewers lefty Juan Pizarro 20-6 ERA 1.65
ROY Cubs SP Dick Ellsworth 17-7 2.58 ERA

The big news at seasons end would have to be the 1961 ML expansion as the American League adds 2 expansion teams. The Senators move to Minnesota and become the Minnesota Twins and Washington gets the new expansion team that will still be the Washington Senators. Los Angeles adds a second team as the Los Angeles Angels join the AL.

Notable expansion draft picks
Senators
39 year old Stan "The Man" Musial
SP Johnny Podres 4 time All Star 3 Time World Series Champ
Los Angeles Angels
SP Johnny Antonelli 6-time All Star
2B Nellie Fox 6-time All Star 3 Gold Gloves 3-time World Champ
SS Luis Aparicio 3-time Gold Glove winner

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1961

League expands to a 162 game schedule.

It's another Yankees - Dodgers World Series. The Yankees win 116 games tying the Cubs record in 1906. But this time the Dodgers on the strength of two Sandy Koufax victories take the series in 5 games.

AL MVP Mickey Mantle wins his 6th MVP in the last 8 seasons and his first Triple Crown. Hitting .356/53/134.
AL Cy Young Jim Bunning NYY 21-8 ERA 1.83
AL ROY Orioles Steve Barber 16-6 ERA 2.17

NL MVP Giants Willie Mays his 2nd MVP .309/48/127
NL Cy Young Sandy Koufax his 2nd 18-5 ERA 1.93 Struck out 332 batters, the most since 1904.
NL ROY Pirates catcher Jim Pagliaroni .252/15/54

Koufax 11.67 K's per 9 is a single season record. He also has an 17 and an 18 strikeout game, the first pitcher to have more than 16 K's in a game since 1884.

Jim Bunning throws a no-hitter vs the Minnesota Twins.

Bob Feller is elected to the Hall of Fame
Feller had 273 wins, a 2.96 ERA and 2,549 K's. Was an All Star 8 times, won 2 Cy Young Awards and finished 2nd in the MVP voting in 1947.

Ted Williams retired after 23 seasons, all with the Boston Red Sox.
Gil Hodges retires after 19 seasons, all with the Dodgers.

1961 Top 5 Highest Paid Players
Hank Aaron $164,997
Norm Cash $162,737
Orlando Cepeda $162,737
Mickey Mantle $162,737
Ernie Banks $160,012

In real life 1960's highest paid player was Willie Mays at $80,000

Highest Team Payroll
Los Angeles Dodgers $1,834,428

Top Media Revenue
St. Louis Cardinals $102,000

Top Merchandising
St. Louis Cardinals $23,309

The 2 expansion teams finish their first season in the AL. The Senators finishing 8th going 69-93, the Angels finish 9th at 63-99, both beating out the Tigers who lose 103 games.

The National League expansion begins as two new teams are added. The New York Mets and the Houston Colt 45's will begin the franchises in 1962.

Notable Expansion draft signings
New York Mets
SP Lou Burdette 3-time All Star, 3-time World Champion and Series MVP
2B Gil McDougal 2-time All Star, 4-time World Champion
OF Bill Virdon picked last season in expansion draft by Washington
Houston Colt 45's
Gene Conley 2nd in Cy Young voting in 1959
Harvey Haddix 6-time World Champion, 3-tme All Star, Cy Young winner 1953
Minnie Minoso 4-time All Star, 1952 MVP
Jackie Jensen 5-time All Star

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1962

The Orioles 9th year in Baltimore is a good one as they win the AL by 9 games, the Twins finish 2nd and the Yankees 3rd 13 games back. In the NL its the Braves making it back to the Series for the 2nd time in 5 seasons. The Dodgers finish 4th, 12 games back.

The first World Series in Baltimore, Joe Torre hits 4 HR's in the Series for the Braves, but the Orioles prevail and win it in 7!

AL MVP Mickey Mantle wins his 7th MVP .327/52/130
AL Cy Young Yankees Jim Bunning grabs his 2nd straight Cy Young 17-7 ERA 2.79
AL ROY Boston's 3B Don Buford ,276/15/69

NL MVP Milwaukee's Hank Aaron gets his 1st MVP with a monster season that also wins him the Triple Crown. .348/58/143. Only The Babe has hit more HR's in a season.
NL Cy Young Dodgers Don Drysdale 20-7 1.91 he also finished 2nd in the MVP voting.
NL ROY Phillies CF Clarence Jones .227/32/84

Stan Musial at age 41 playing for the expansion Senators for the 2nd season hits .322 and records his 3,500th hit. He is now 2nd All-Time behind Ty Cobb with 3,586 hits.

Willie Mays hits his 400th career HR

Reds Dick Hall sets the new single season save record with 28

Orioles Dick Donovan makes a record 83 relief appearances

Houston and New York finish their first ML seasons in 9th and 10th place. The Colt 45's with a record of 59-103 and the Mets a dismal 43-119, the most losses in the modern era for one season.

Stan "The Man" Musial, Robin Roberts and Minnie Minoso retire from baseball.

Cleveland's shortstop for 17 seasons Lou Boudreau is elected to the Hall of Fame. A 9-Time All Star with 4 Gold Gloves.

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1963

In one of the best pennant races in years, both the AL and NL go down to the final game of the season. The Yankees win the AL by 1 game and the Reds and Braves tie for the NL title. The Reds hold a 1 game lead with 1 game left to play, but they lose to the Cardinals and the Braves beat the Cubs to force a one game playoff. The Braves win again as they beat the Reds 9-4 in the playoff game to determine the NL Champ.

After losing n 7 games last season to the Orioles, this time the Braves win it in 7 against the Yankees, Hank Aaron is the Series MVP.

AL MVP It's the Mick again his 8th MVP .284/43/119
AL Cy Young White Sox lefty Gary Peters 15-8 ERA 1.89
AL ROY White Sox 2B Jerry Kindall .274/19/63

NL MVP and Cy Young
Don Drysdale wins them both going 21-8 with a 1.50 ERA
NL ROY Pirates Willie Stargell .317/27/86 and 19 triples!

Sandy Koufax wiffs 18 batters in a game

Boston's Ken McBride no-hits the White Sox

The Twins traded slugger Harmon Killebrew to the Giants for C Tom Haller and OF Matty Alou just before the trade deadline.

Early Wynn wins his 300th game at age 43

Mickey Mantle hits Home Run #500

The Phillies Adolfo Phillips becomes the first player to strikeout over 200 times in one season as he goes down on strikes 203 times.

Mantle also passes Babe Ruth for most career strike outs at 1,340 times

The Mets struggle through another season with 117 losses.

In only their 2nd seasons the expansion Houston Colt 45's have a winning record at 82-80, 6th place.

No HOF Inductees