MLB Draft Round 16 Last Round
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The numbers this man put up were so good that it's almost cartoonish. His career batting average (.356) is the 3rd highest in the history of baseball. He had a better than 1.000 OPS 5 times. In one 3 year stretch, he compiled 656 hits, stole 102 bases and hit .393. In his last season, before he was banned for something he didn't do, he hit .382 and set a career high in HRs and RBIs. If the MLB hadn't wrongfully stolen the rest of his career he would have been a first round pick in this draft.
"He was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game." Ty Cobb
"I copied his style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter." Babe Ruth
"Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. He was more sinned against than sinning." Connie Mack
With the steal of the draft, I'll take "Shoeless Joe" Jackson.
"He was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game." Ty Cobb
"I copied his style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter." Babe Ruth
"Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. He was more sinned against than sinning." Connie Mack
With the steal of the draft, I'll take "Shoeless Joe" Jackson.
Good pick, my problem with him was power. He averaged about 3 home runs per year. Good contact hitter though.
I planned on picking him a few times but I recon he would just throw the series. Couldn't afford any slip ups.
Quite a hitter. I had considered him but the stigma caused me to hesitate.
Coming into this thing, I considered trying to put together an all scoundrels and rogues team or come as close as I could.
1b - McGwire
2b - Altuve
3b -Rose
ss - ARod
lf - Bonds
cf - Shoeless Joe
rf - Sosa
c - ?
p - Gaylord Perry
p - Clemens
p - Gooden
p - ?
closer - ?
Bench - Bagwell, ?, ?
I have a few ideas for the ?'s but they haven't been taken yet, if at all and didn't want to mention anyone.
1b - McGwire
2b - Altuve
3b -Rose
ss - ARod
lf - Bonds
cf - Shoeless Joe
rf - Sosa
c - ?
p - Gaylord Perry
p - Clemens
p - Gooden
p - ?
closer - ?
Bench - Bagwell, ?, ?
I have a few ideas for the ?'s but they haven't been taken yet, if at all and didn't want to mention anyone.
I thought of drafting him but I didn’t want to go through the hassle of turning a cornfield into a ballpark.
Marge Schott for team owner and Pete can be player / manager . . . just so nobody else goes unreminded
Except he didn't throw the series. He was acquitted of it in court. He batted .375 with a World Series record 12 hits.
Except for the 3 Triples he gave up in 1 series. You don't have to throw every game to win some money just gotta lose the series.
But he more than made up for it in all the other areas. Despite only hitting 54 HRs, his career OPS was .940 and he had 168 triples.
Again he was acquitted of it in court. Everything else is just opinion. Even if the court is wrong the supposed cheating is irrelevant to this draft. Barry Bonds went 2nd overall and Pete Rose went in the 1st round.
The difference is your guy cheated against team, not for it. If this were a HOF ballot I’d agree. But we have to actually consider that in a ws he could hurt his team more than help. Barry bonds would be juiced up and ready to help his team win.
Aroldis Chapman could be closer. And didn't Robinson Cano do something?
I've played in a couple of baseball sim leagues with Baseball Mogul and Out of the Park...they are really interesting and I wish we could upload our lineups into one of them to have a season/playoffs.
He was accused of beating his girlfriend and then firing off a gun. It was eventually dismissed, so I probably shouldn't have said anything. Additionally, he apparently turned some other defector over to Cuba after his failed defection attempt in order to get on their national baseball team.
Tried uploading the 1 season free Baseball Mogul but evidently you have to have Windows I got a Mac. https://www.sportsmogul.com/store/p91/SSV.html
I thought about offering to sim the matchups in OOTP19 but I have no idea how to run the sims in that game.
I can install Baseball Mogul if we want to give that a shot. It would give a far better representation of reality than voting, considering many don't know who all of these players are.
I can install Baseball Mogul if we want to give that a shot. It would give a far better representation of reality than voting, considering many don't know who all of these players are.
I'm sure it isn't too hard to figure out. You can scroll down and see the pic of the fictional teams you can set up https://www.ootpdevelopments.com/out-of-the-park-baseball-home/
I'd do it but don't really wan to spend $40 lol
I know you can pick real teams from ransoms seasons and put them in a league. I would assume you could do that wit players also
Yeah when I was looking at it the other night I was getting somewhere with picking full teams from any season, but I wasn't seeing where I could create a completely made up team.
I'm working on Baseball Mogul now.
This guy was a 2 time MVP & 3 time WS winner. He controlled every game behind the plate & was considered one of the very best game callers of all time. He was literally a coach on the field, serving as player/manager for the Tigers, winning both the MVP & AL pennant in ‘34 & then leading Detroit to a WS title in ‘35.
He was a very good hitting catcher with an average 162 game stat line of .320/.419/.897 with 13 HR, 91 RBI, 36 2B, 7 3B & 114 runs scored. He could really handle the bat, rarely striking out. He only whiffed 8 times in 606 PA in 1929 & also had a great eye with a BB rate of 13.8%. Sadly, his HOF career was cut short by a fastball to the temple but he’s still a consensus top 5-10 catcher of all time. I’ll take Mickey Cochrane.
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He was a very good hitting catcher with an average 162 game stat line of .320/.419/.897 with 13 HR, 91 RBI, 36 2B, 7 3B & 114 runs scored. He could really handle the bat, rarely striking out. He only whiffed 8 times in 606 PA in 1929 & also had a great eye with a BB rate of 13.8%. Sadly, his HOF career was cut short by a fastball to the temple but he’s still a consensus top 5-10 catcher of all time. I’ll take Mickey Cochrane.
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Hell I may buy the OOOPB tonight... seems super in depth couldn't imagine getting bored that often.
I've often wondered about those triples. Playing in the teens. Sure Jackson had more than anyone, so he was fast. Just not sure how skillful or evolved the relay throw may have been in the teens. And how often a ball hitting a wall in those days (construction) would just go dead, not bounce off and help the outfielder save the several many precious feet and yards commonly observed throughout the live ball era. Footing, playing in wet conditions, lumpy outfields . . . nice clean, straight one-hops after long throws back then or would a lot of them have gone off-line due to lesser quality field conditions?
I'm not sure how into horse racing you guys are but if you want to get into a great FREE sim, go to simhorseracing.com. You can spend real money in the sim if you choose to but it isn't necessary. They provide you with 100K to start with and give 150,000 more over a six weeks period. I just starting playing a couple of weeks ago. It is currently in between seasons 55 and 56 but the new year starts Monday. I am really enjoying myself, but I've found that when its fake money, I am out of control lol
Is Robin Yount still on the board? I dont trust my own eyes anymore to double check the list lol. If so, theres my starting SS.
I’ve always assumed it was the cavernous ball parks combined with the “dead ball” resulting in many well hit balls that would’ve been HRs in any other era. Just a guess though.
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