Best Unexpected Season

[jsam9801]

What is the best season a player has had for you given the $ amount and expectations. One season I had Juan Samuel's 1987 card. He ended up with:
AB R 2B HR RBI BB SB .BA .SLG .OBP
Samuel, J. '87 R 2B 454 110 30 31 106 50 26 .352 .685 .418

He filled my DH void. The good news was that he vaulted my team to the playoffs...the bad news is that my team was spanked in the semis :cry: ...

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[Paul5757]

Scott Terry went 13-6 with 6 saves during the regular season 3.69 ERA, 1.42 WHIP), and 1-0 in playoffs (including win in Game 7) with a 1.54 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP. Thought I had his best card, but it turned out I had his '90 card. Better to be lucky than good.

Scott Bankhead went 15-2 on the same team, but I had his best year.

[Outta Leftfield]

My most amazing season by a cheap player--especially as measured by my initial expectations-- was posted by Roy Lee Jackson, a .75M righty reliever. He pitched 171.2 innings--[b:a1a82c7a69](that's 171.2!)[/b:a1a82c7a69]--out of the bullpen, going 13-10 with 29 saves, a 2.73 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. This was on a team with a lot of problems--especially on the mound--but his pitching got me very close to the playoffs via the wildcard, though I finally fell a bit short.

He pitched in 80 games and averaged more than two innings per outing. He was in his 1982 season, which is his best year, but I had only picked him up because he was the last half-way decent looking .75M RP left after the frenzy, and I had to take somebody. I never expected a year like THAT!

I've also had a number of very solid years out of Bob McClure, whose cards don't look all that impressive but who somehow generally pitches well for me.

[UGLYJERRY]

I had Deleon in the Murph. Card said '85 which is his worst year 2-19, 4.70 era, and a 1.40 whip. Actual stats 21-10 251 K's 3.78 era and 1.21 whip. Needless to say I was shocked.

Ugly

[TomP]

Bob Bailor ('77 card) hit .371 platooning only against lefties. That is his best year, but he is not that good vs. lh pitching in '77.

[baracus68]

Getting big contributions from the cheap guys might be the best part of this game. I haven't had any monster seasons to compare to a couple on a Panzer Ace team that beat me in the finals one time (M. Young and Aguayo combining for 65 homers and 176 RBI!). Luis Salazar ('83) had a nice year for me in a platoon role, with 11 HR, 38 RBI, and a .316 BA in 48 games for a Fenway squad. '86 Gene Garber once got me 35 saves and a 2.18 ERA. Late-season desparation pickup Bill Almon just helped me into the playoffs by hitting .372 in a 121 at bats. That said, my most pleasant surprise has not been from a cheap guy but from Doug DeCinces hitting 51 homers and knocking in 141 runs after I got him by default when trying for Schmidt. Meanwhile, Schmidt ended up with "only" 38 home runs and 103 RBI. I'm a genius!

[honestiago1]

Doug Sisks's '88 card, his second worst:

Line on it:
TM G w l s IP h W k ERA WHIP
BAL 52 3 3 0 94.1 109 39 45 26 3.72 1.63 6R

What I got:
g w l s IP H ER W K ERA WHIP
TIT 37 6 2 3 70.1 67 23 34 19 2.94 1.44

Actually had him as a setup man. Didn't realize what card I had, though. Thought I had '83 or '84.

Sisk is one of those guys with high-WHIP/low-ERA (relative to baserunners). He's hard to homer off of, as well. Because of this, I take ERA into consideration a bit more. Guys with +1.30 WHIPS and low ERA's probably have good "clutch" numbers (5-7's, 5-8's, etc.)

In the above case, SISK had tons of hits allowed against LH's, but they were all SINGLES (except 4-4=DO 1-17/SI**). You had to hit the card several times over there to be effective.

Unfortunately, on the same team I had a GREAT Lollar card and didn't know it (though he pitched a good playoff game), and ALopez's 1.17 8R card, which ended up with a 1.44 WHIP. Also had a WAAAY underperforming WClark (his .896 '88 translated to .757 for me, including a .249 BA).

[jsam9801]

Until recently, I had 1 championship out of 28 teams :oops: . In the last 2 weeks, I have been lucky enough to win 2 more championships, one of which could not have happened w/o Gene Garber:

Garber, G. 4W 2L 34SV 78.0IP 61H 25ER 17BB 44SO 2.89ERA 1.00WHIP 85% save percentage