Dominant Teams

[yak1407]

Just wrapped up a season with this squad.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/80s/team/team_other.html?user_id=75491

It won 104, won the championships going 7-1, with a sweep in the semis
During the season, it lead the league in runs scored (939) and gave up the fewest earned runs (624).
At one point in the season it went 55-18 and going into the playoffs it was 14-1 to end the season.
The capper was that going into the last night of the season, Evans was leading for the MVP and Hershhiser was Cy Young leader.
Of course this team was preceeded by a 69 win team where one team won 107 and then lost in the final.
Looking back on my previous teams, I could not find another 100 winteam which lead both in pitching and offence. I'd be interested in seeing what sort of other teams dominated their leagues as much as the Boys did.
I've maintained the nucleus of this team (Butler for Dykstra, Templeton for Burleson, Clemens, Scott, Viola andBrowning as starters) to see if I can do as well.

[Panzer ace]

I have had 4 teams lead the league in scoring and pitching. Another was 2nd in pitching. 4 of the 5 outscored their opponents by over 300 runs. I think one was around 350+. It seems pretty rare to out score your opponents by 200+. You put together a great team. Congratulations.

[honestiago1]

I was in that team's division, and I'll bet my team lost 80% of the games it played against yours. Had an outside shot at the playoffs, but kept getting trounced within the division by "The Boys" (hey -- I was ONLY 21 games out, right? But 7G out of a playoff spot). That was a hell of a team.

[durantjerry]

I don't think you can recreate the "magic" that causes a great season. Even in the games where the cards don't change, it's just kind of a nice time when everything falls your way, never to happen again. Fahget about it in the 80's game where the cards change. I won 106 one season in the 80's and agonized over cutting Rogers, who was only average. I pick up Sutcliffe and of course it's his big 16-1 season. Sometimes you can do no wrong. You also need a few lousy players in your league, as winning 100 vs top competition is tough at any time. Good players won't let you draft the team you want and they don't make the dumb mistakes a newbie player makes. They also counter your strategies as opposed to sitting there and letting you roll over them.

[pyramid1]

I had a team finish a season 105-57. Three of my starters had 20+ wins . My other starter was aquired in a trade and if you add his win-losses he was 19-8. During the season I had DeLeon go 9 innings giving up no runs, no hits, no walks but lost out on the perfect game when Jose Cruz made an error.

[SCOTTZIMMERMAN]

This team didnt totally dominant but did very well. It was also my first team in the 80's league. The thing I was most happy about is that Enos Cabell won the batting titale and cost me 930,000. Now that is a bargain.

http://members.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/80s/playoffs/team.html?stats=sim

[pyramid1]

I wanted to see how Enos Cabell won the batting title for Burghers and up popped my guys 105-57 season. Anyway, while you're checking my team make sure you look at how Terry Kennedy did.

[SCOTTZIMMERMAN]

What's your teams link?

[yak1407]

Burghers, your link doesn't work.
Go to your team, click on statistics, then click on your team in the statistics charts.
Copy the address in the address box and paste that into a message.

[yak1407]

Of course, you are absolutely right durrantjerry.
In my case, it wasn't poor players, it was the fact that my team killed two of the teams in its division (sorry honestiago), plus a couple of other teams. In fact, it had a losing record against only two teams, both of which it met in the play-offs.
That said, moving out of division play with my repeat team, it is 15-6. My ptiching upgrades - Scott for Rogers and Browning for Smith, plus I went with Scott Sanderson instead of Viola - have been just superb. And Clemens instead of Hershhiser is working out although Roger is on pace to give up 70 HRs as he surrendered 10 in 6 starts while going 5-1. Up until last night, granted only 18 games, it lead in runs scored and fewest runs allowed.