by ktoe072031 » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:55 am
I have been doing a little research on the suggested themes on Baseball-Reference.com and will share some of the information, it may help in deciding our next move.
[u:65b5c55888]Play for your city[/u:65b5c55888]
Using the 3 years suggested(you would have to spread them if you want to keep from having redundant players) here are the wins for each franchise:
NY/SF Giants 272
Det 269
NYY 266
Cleveland 258
Cubs 250
Red Sox 238
Cards 238
Br/LA Dodgers233
White Sox 221
A's 220
Pirates 219
Phils 212
Braves 207
Cinn 197
Washington 183
STB/Balt 169
If played as a city(assuming Dodgers and Giants stay intact, the Cubs and White Sox merge, the 2 Braves team of Boston merge with the Red Sox, the Phil A's merge with the Phils and the St. Louis Browns merge with the Cards) here's an average of the wins that can be expected:
NY Giants 90.6
NYY 88.3
Cleve/Det 87.8 Bad combo, both can be competitive
Chicago 78.5
Dodgers 77.6
Philly 73.8
Boston 72
St. Louis 70
Pitt/Cinn 69.3
Blt/Wsh/KC/Milw 64.3
I'd hate to get stuck on the bottom. I do like the 3 to 1 but better using 3 consecutive years such as 1959-61. That would require doing something about players who played on more than 1 team but there are 11 pretty good teams. (Braves, Reds, Dodgers, Pirates, Giants, Cards, Orioles, White Sox, Indians, Tigers, Yanks)