Best combined OF season you've seen

Faroo6 · 03-19-2006, 10:50 AM

In my fictional solo, I've managed to put together the group of starting outfielders who may have just had their best season as a whole. This group is especially gratifiying because it has only one free agent, the other two are drafted and developed. They helped carry this team to the playoffs but were defeated in the first round, ending the Reaper run of four consecutive World Championships. Without further ado, I bring you the 2009 Buffalo Reapers outfield.

RF, Claudio "Sugar" Coca - This 29 yr old phemon was drafted #1 overall in the 1999 draft during a course of Reaper mediocrity. He has helped the Reapers offensively more and more each year. We still may not have seen the best of Coca. His 2009 season helped him earn a 7 year deal worth almost $9.7 million per.

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Batting  G  AB   H  2B 3B  HR  RBI  R   BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS  TAVG  ISO 
Overall 155 591 195 40  7  41  154 134 100 76 .330 .427 .629 1.056 1.150 .299

CF, Val Vorhees - At 32, Val put together his best season as a pro. After breaking into the bigs in 1999 Vorhees has been a fixture in CF and the middle of the lineup. His big 2009 season also netted him a extension for 5 years at $10.5 million per year.

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Batting  G  AB   H  2B 3B  HR  RBI  R   BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS  TAVG  ISO 
Overall 155 564 178 30  6  43  151 120 105 77 .316 .422 .619 1.041 1.137 .303

LF, Ralph Liner - At 23, Liner could end up being the best of the bunch. Drafted by Puerto Rico in 2004, Liner injured his foot the last day of May and was shut down until 2005. He bounced back to win ROY in 2005, and was dealt to Buffalo before the 2006 season. He has truly blossomed in this explosive lineup to become one of today's best players. It's unlikely he will be retained as he made almost $8.5 million through arbitration last season, but he was part of this magical season. Liner also won Silver Slugger for 2009.

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Batting  G  AB   H  2B 3B  HR  RBI  R   BB  K   AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS  TAVG  ISO 
Overall 156 572 185 22  2  53  145 138 126 104 .323 .446 .647 1.093 1.285 .323

Share your best seasons with us.

sporr · 03-19-2006, 01:59 PM

The best I have seen was on my own Cardinals team in Baseball Maelstrom. Back in 2013, Mateo Gomez (.289 / 44 / 141 / .956 OPS), Stan Musial (.314 / 39 / 138 / 1.054 OPS) and Reggie Jackson (.302 / 35 / 132 / .926 OPS) not only were 1-2-3 in RBI in the National League that season, but were also the 3 starting OF on the All-Star team. Of course, the very next season, Gomez hit .241 and Jackson hit .260 and the Cardinals went from 96-66 to 66-96 in one season.

Hammer · 03-19-2006, 03:26 PM

Im currently 88 games into my 130 game season and I HAD a very potent offensive outfield going.

LF Warren Warren- .285, 27 HR, 70 RBI, .946 OPS
CF Patrick Christner- .291, 14 HR, 49 RBI, 12 SB, .863 OPS
RF Anthony Wilson- .318, 17 HR, 45 RBI 1.039 OPS* (54 games played, missed the last 29 games and is out for the season)

Everything was going well up till I lost Wilson, in fact this whole season my team has been bitten by the injury bug. Earlier in the season I lost my starting SS for a month who is also a huge part of my offense currently .342, 19 HR, 51 RBI in 59 games.

Faroo6 · 03-20-2006, 01:25 AM

Update: Liner has since been dealt for some pitching help and his replacement has been less than stellar.

genghisdunn · 03-20-2006, 01:48 AM

My Series winning online league team had a nice OF last year -

Rickey Gobeil - .337/.397/.520, 13 HR, 109 RBI, 84 R
Kosuke Fukudome - .325/.392/.562, 23 HR, 145 RBI, 127 R
Fernando Perez (ROTY) - .352/.400/.584, 25 HR, 115 RBI, 144 R, 83 SB

Not the power of some of the trios mentioned, but 369 RBI and a combined OPS of around .950 isn't too shabby (all 3 made the All-Star team as well.) Ours is not a big power league - only 3 players had as many as 40 HRs last year.

The best part was that the infield was even better:

3B David Wright - .348/.442/.591, 29 HR, 133 RBI, 133 R, 48 SB
SS BJ Upton - .368/.421/.570, 18 HR, 107 RBI, 141 R, 81 SB
2B Alberto Callaspo (MVP) - .362/.431/.682, 41 HR, 172 RBI, 144 R, 46 SB
1B Jeremy Cleveland (the loser of the group) - .273/.356/.456, 20 HR, 104 RBI

(Upton, Wright, and Callaspo were all All-Stars. Cleveland got a stern talking to after the season about dragging the group down.)

The team as a whole scored 1103 runs and led the league in ERA (3.33) to boot (3 pitchers each won at least 25 games). Which is I'd guess about the only way to end up with a team that goes 126-36 and then 11-3 in the postseason.

I fully expect a rash of injuries to befall me this year as karma settles the score.

Psychoholic Slag · 03-20-2006, 01:24 PM

LF Carlos Lee - .288/.361/.603, 40 HRs, 107 RBI
CF Brady Clark - .298/.380/.411 18 HRs 78 RBI
RF Geoff Jenkins - .278/.354/.597 37 HRs 97 RBI

eriqjaffe · 03-20-2006, 01:48 PM

My best starting outfield:

LF Salvador "The Beast" Marquez
.326/.409/.532 26 HR, 104 RBI, 25 SB

CF Sergio Cassano
.310/.408/.574 36 HR, 118 RBI, 8 SB

RF Freddie "Wild Card" Suaurez
.291/.405/.535 30HR, 100 RBI, 13 SB

and the main bench guy,

Danny Lariscy
.311/.368/.582 11HR, 36RBI in 177 AB

03-20-2006, 01:48 AM	#5
genghisdunn Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 119	My Series winning online league team had a nice OF last year - Rickey Gobeil - .337/.397/.520, 13 HR, 109 RBI, 84 R Kosuke Fukudome - .325/.392/.562, 23 HR, 145 RBI, 127 R Fernando Perez (ROTY) - .352/.400/.584, 25 HR, 115 RBI, 144 R, 83 SB Not the power of some of the trios mentioned, but 369 RBI and a combined OPS of around .950 isn't too shabby (all 3 made the All-Star team as well.) Ours is not a big power league - only 3 players had as many as 40 HRs last year. The best part was that the infield was even better: 3B David Wright - .348/.442/.591, 29 HR, 133 RBI, 133 R, 48 SB SS BJ Upton - .368/.421/.570, 18 HR, 107 RBI, 141 R, 81 SB 2B Alberto Callaspo (MVP) - .362/.431/.682, 41 HR, 172 RBI, 144 R, 46 SB 1B Jeremy Cleveland (the loser of the group) - .273/.356/.456, 20 HR, 104 RBI (Upton, Wright, and Callaspo were all All-Stars. Cleveland got a stern talking to after the season about dragging the group down.) The team as a whole scored 1103 runs and led the league in ERA (3.33) to boot (3 pitchers each won at least 25 games). Which is I'd guess about the only way to end up with a team that goes 126-36 and then 11-3 in the postseason. I fully expect a rash of injuries to befall me this year as karma settles the score. Last edited by genghisdunn; 03-20-2006 at 01:49 AM.

03-20-2006, 01:24 PM	#6
Psychoholic Slag Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 51	LF Carlos Lee - .288/.361/.603, 40 HRs, 107 RBI CF Brady Clark - .298/.380/.411 18 HRs 78 RBI RF Geoff Jenkins - .278/.354/.597 37 HRs 97 RBI Last edited by Psychoholic Slag; 03-20-2006 at 01:44 PM.

03-20-2006, 01:48 PM	#7
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,767	My best starting outfield: LF Salvador "The Beast" Marquez .326/.409/.532 26 HR, 104 RBI, 25 SB CF Sergio Cassano .310/.408/.574 36 HR, 118 RBI, 8 SB RF Freddie "Wild Card" Suaurez .291/.405/.535 30HR, 100 RBI, 13 SB and the main bench guy, Danny Lariscy .311/.368/.582 11HR, 36RBI in 177 AB __________________

03-19-2006, 01:59 PM	#2
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	The best I have seen was on my own Cardinals team in Baseball Maelstrom. Back in 2013, Mateo Gomez (.289 / 44 / 141 / .956 OPS), Stan Musial (.314 / 39 / 138 / 1.054 OPS) and Reggie Jackson (.302 / 35 / 132 / .926 OPS) not only were 1-2-3 in RBI in the National League that season, but were also the 3 starting OF on the All-Star team. Of course, the very next season, Gomez hit .241 and Jackson hit .260 and the Cardinals went from 96-66 to 66-96 in one season.

03-19-2006, 03:26 PM	#3
Hammer Major Leagues Join Date: May 2002 Location: Horicon, Wi Posts: 330	Im currently 88 games into my 130 game season and I HAD a very potent offensive outfield going. LF Warren Warren- .285, 27 HR, 70 RBI, .946 OPS CF Patrick Christner- .291, 14 HR, 49 RBI, 12 SB, .863 OPS RF Anthony Wilson- .318, 17 HR, 45 RBI 1.039 OPS* (54 games played, missed the last 29 games and is out for the season) Everything was going well up till I lost Wilson, in fact this whole season my team has been bitten by the injury bug. Earlier in the season I lost my starting SS for a month who is also a huge part of my offense currently .342, 19 HR, 51 RBI in 59 games.