Player Google Sheet Updated for All-Time Great Teams

Our original 60 all-time great teams have now all played at least one game, and you can still find all players, instructions and results on this google sheet.

In the 30 games between aces of two of the teams, the calibration showed we were getting almost one hit less per game per team than should be accurate. To fix this we have added two singles to only the PITCHERS' CARDS which are now reflected on the google doc above, but not yet on the PDFs which we will adjust.

As a result of being about one hit short, teams were averaging 2.9 runs per game in those games and even in a game between aces that should be slightly higher, so will be fixed by this adjustment. If you already printed the PDFs of teams you can just add 2 to each pitcher's highest single number remembering to skip any number that ends in a 9 or 0 since it is a base 8 system. 

So if it now says the highest single is a 16, make it 18 - if it says 17 make it 21 - if it says 18 make it 22 etc.

Half the teams also had their No. 4 starters face off and in those 15 games the average score was 4.7, so the overall runs per game will increase as we now have all non-aces pitching plus the two extra hits on the card should give each team an average of 1 extra hit per game. We have played two games using this adjustment, and in one game a team got 2 extra hits, in another game 1 extra hit, and the other two teams had no extra hits.

Also corrected on the google sheet were several pitcher at bat team cards. In a few occasions we accidentally had listed a "19" as a deep drive, and that number does not exist in the base-8 game so those were all changed to 21 on the google sheet and will be on the PDFs later.

Also we had left off the pitcher at bat card for the 1968 Detroit Tigers and 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers, so those are both added.

Finally we fixed Josh Hader to LHP - showing he is a left-handed pitcher - since he had been listed as RHP accidentally.

Card Adjustment and 2012 Giants Get Revenge on 2002 Angels; Soto and Turner Injured

 Click here for links to the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams. We did make a couple of changes not reflected in each of these cards used for the first time in our final 2 debit games. For all pitchers, add 2 hits remembering there is no 19 of 20 random number, so if the pitchers top single allowed is a 17, change it to 21,.and 18 change not to 22, but a 21 change to 23. If they have any balk numbers move them up the same number as the hits were moved, but no other ranges need to change.

Second, some pitcher at bat cards have a "19" as a deep drive, a number that does not exist, so just make it a 21. We also noted we sometimes have a number listed twice on a batter result, and know you always take the result of the first number to the left. So if a 27 is the number for a double then the result is a double, even if we accidentally listed the 27 again in the triple or homer range. And lastly Josh Hader is somehow listed as an RHP, right handed pitcher, and obviously he is LHP. 

With that being covered, the 2012 San Francisco Giants got revenge on the 2002 Anaheim Angels for their come back would series win that year over the Giants.

The adjustment above gave no extra hits to the Angels, but did give two extra hits to the Giants though neither resulted in another run. Jarrod Washburn drew a 22 when facing Marco Scutaro in the first, and since his top single allowed is 21 on the card that increased by 2 to 23 and the 22 became a single. However on the next play third baseman Trau Glaus made a diving stop due to his cd-5 to prevent a hot with men on the corners.

In the 7th inning Scot Shields drew an 18 when facing Buster Posey, and with the new adjustment his card was changed from 16 to 18 to give Posey a single. Glaus came to the rescue again with a double play grounder to end the inning, but as you can see from the Sheetz the Giants did win 5-3.

Teams should average about 1 extra hit per game under this new adjustment - a calibration for being very slightly off in the pitcher card formulas.

The last debut game with be the Nationals vs Rays. The 2019 Nats were the only team to win a World Series despite losing all their home games and they kept that streak going in our simulation with a 7-1 loss to Tampa that made them look cursed in their home park.

In the top of the first Trea Turner and Juan Soto collided and were both injured - meaning we had to sub the top two hitters before they had batted once. The both have to miss the second game of the series at Tampa under our league rules that injuries just last for the 2-game.series.

In the second game since adding two hits to all pitchers cards it once again did not affect the final. Max Scherzer gave up one extra single because of it, but no runs.

And that is it - we have played all 60 great teams in the game at least once!

Verlander 2-hits Rangers, Big Unit Falters At Mile High

 Both the 2001 Diamondbacks that ended the last dynasty (Yankees) and the 2022 Astros missed several scoring opportunities, but Justin Verlander was able to win nonetheless while the Big Unit was dominant in Mile High until he 6th inning.

The Astros left bases loaded in the 2nd and 3rd inning and both Jeremy Pena and Yuli Gurriel sent deep drives to the wall, but Jose Altuves 2-run Homer was enough. Justin Verlander allowed on 2 hits and a walk through innings and Bryan Abreu, who in the game has a better card than actual closer Ryan Pressly, wrapped it up.

2007 Colorado 4, 2001 Arizona 2

In Colorado, Randy Johnson, the Big Unit, was spectacular for five innings, allowing only 1 base runner though it was a homer to take a 2-1 lead into the 6th.

However the Rockies put together town singles to start the 6th, then Willie Tavares relatively easy to field.grounder got past second baseman Jay Bell due to his weak Clutch Defense 2 rating, and after the speedy Taveras stole second the Rockies were on their way to a 3-run inning and 4-2 win.

HS Classmate Woodson Stars Off Bench to Give 1988 Dodgers 2-1 Win Over 2022 Padres

We joke about the "Statis-Pro gods" making realistic things happen with the dice rolls or flips of the Fast Action Cards, but playing with the 1978 4-color fast action cards and board this coincidence takes the cake.

 In 1988, injuries to Dodgers third basemen brought my high school classmate Tracy Woodson to the majors for a magical run. He not only played behind Orel Hershiser's record scoreless string. When the Dodgers won the World Series it was Woodson on the photo seen round the world lifting Hershiser to start the celebration.

Here he is now as coach of the college Richmond Spiders.

In our simulated game against the 2022 Padres Woodson likewise ended up in the game during an unusual Z-play number 14 where multiple players are ejected. This play brought Woodson into the game as DH and in the top of the 7th inning with the score tied 1-1 and two outs Woodson came in and delivered a clutch single.

That was it as he left for speedy pinch runner Alfredo Griffin who stole second and then scored the game-winning run on Dave Anderson single for the 2-1 win. It made back-to-back Dodgers wins in our all-time West Great Division, as the Covid year Dodgers beat the feared 1989 Oakland A's despite homers by Mark McGuire and Dave Henderson. The box scores for both Dodgers wins are below.

I still vividly remember Woodson playing poker in the back of Latin Class at Benedictine High School in Richmond, and then the excitement of reading that he had 14 straight hits at NC State before heading to the pros.

Our school was more known for basketball, and he was the big shooter on our team that was ranked in the first ever national basketball rankings in the New York Post.

OK, more famous players delivered other runs. Steve Sax led of the game with a triple and scored for the Dodgers, the Manny Machado doubled in the bottom of the first and scored to make it 1-1, but the rest of the way it was only Woodson's hit that was the difference in the 2-1 win.

All the best relievers were used so the second game of number 4 starters and two tired bullpens should be higher scoring.

LAD 2, SDP 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 1988	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Steve Sax	2B	4	1	1	0	SB,3b
Kirk Gibson*	LF	4	0	2	0	2b,sb
Pedro Guerrero	3B	4	0	1	1
Rick Dempsey	DH-C	4	0	0	0
Mike Marshall	RF	4	0	0	0
John Shelby#	CF	4	0	0	0
Franklin Stubbs*	1B	2	0	0	0	ejected
Mickey Hatcher	1B	1	0	0	0
Mike Scioscia*	C	2	0	0	0	ejected
Tracy Woodson	3B	1	0	1	0
Alfredo Griffin#	SS	1	1	0	0
Dave Anderson	SS	2	0	1	0
Danny Heep*	RF	2	0	1	1	gw-rbi
1988 Dodgers Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	W	K
Orel Hershiser	5.3	3	1	1	0	5
Jay Howell (W)	0.7	1	0	0	0	0
Alejandro Pena (H)	1	1	0	0	0	2
Brian Holton (S)	1	0	0	0	0	0
San Diego Padres 2022	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Ha-Seong Kim	SS	4	0	0	0
Manny Machado	3B	2	1	2	0	2-2b
Juan Soto*	RF	4	0	1	0
Eric Hosmer*	1B	4	0	1	1
Jurickson Profar#	CF	4	0	1	0
Wil Myers	LF	4	0	0	0
Jake Cronenworth*	2B	4	0	0	0
Jose Azocar	DH	3	0	1	0	SB,3b
Austin Nola	C	2	0	0	0
2022 Padres pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	W	K
Joe Musgrove (L)	7	6	2	2	0	10
Josh Hader	1	1	0	0	0	2
Robert Suarez	1	0	0	0	1	0
LAD 4, Oak 2
Oakland A's 1989	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Rickey Henderson	LF	4	0	1	0	SB,3b
Jose Canseco	RF	4	0	0	0
Carney Lansford	3B	4	0	0	0
Mark McGwire	1B	3	1	1	1	HR
Dave Henderson	CF	4	1	1	1	HR
Terry Steinbach	C	4	0	1	0
Tony Phillips#	2B	3	0	1	0
Mike Gallego	SS	3	0	0	0
Pitcher bats 1989	P	2	0	0	0
Luis Polonia*	PH	1	0	0	0
1989 A's Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	W	K
Mike Moore (L)	5.3	7	4	4	1	4
Todd Burns	1.7	1	0	0	0	2
Gene Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	1
LA Dodgers 2019-21	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Mookie Betts	RF	4	1	1	0
AJ Pollock	LF	4	0	0	0
Max Muncy*	1B	4	0	1	1
Will Smith	C	3	0	1	0
Justin Turner	3B	3	0	1	0
Austin Barnes	C	1	1	0	0
Corey Seager*	SS	4	1	2	1	2b,3b
Cody Bellinger*	CF	3	1	1	2	HR
Enrique Hernandez	2B	3	0	1	0
Pitchers 2019-21	P	2	0	0	0	Sac
Dodgers 2019-21 pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	W	K
Walker Buehler (W)	8	5	2	2	0	12
Alex Vesia (S)	1	0	0	0	1	1

Covid Champ Dodgers Edge Earthquake Champ A's

 In a battle of the two teams whose seasons were disrupted, the 2020 Dodgers whose title occurred in a season where Dave were not allowed due to COVID, edged the Oakland A's whose title was disrupted by an earthquake before they could start Game 3 at San Francisco.

Walker Buehler was dominant with 12 strikeouts, no walks and only five hits allowed in 8 innings. However Dave Henderson ended his perfect game in the fifth inning and Mark McGuire added a home in the 5th to pull the A's within 4-2.

However Mookie Betts singled and scored on a Max Muncy single in the third to make it 1-0 LA Dodgers. In the sixth Justin Turner singled, Corey Seager doubled and Cody Bellinger homered for a 3-run inning and the Dodgers won 4-2.

Because 2020 was shortened we actually combined Dodgers stats from 2019 to 2021 for more accurate cards.

Final 6 Debut Games Feature 6 of Greatest 100 Players of All-Time

The tracker of Statis-Pro baseball games between our all-time great 60 teams shows only six debut games still to be played. These will all feature the starting ace's for each team. Almost all the remaining starters are PB 2-8, usually the best rate for a starters since only the best relievers are usually in the top 5 percent of all pitchers based on WAR per innings pitched. We passed 50,000 unique visitors for the month July 20, the third time we have passed 50,000 as a monthly total (also happened in February and June of this year). We are on pace to set our all-time record today.

Colorado ace Mark Redman was just a PB 2-7 and Tampa's Scott Kazmire (still good but top 35%), while only the Astros Justin Verlander is the very unusual PB 2-9.

The only top 100 players of all time still to play in these final six games are 23. Rickey Henderson with his 1989 Oakland A's, 52. Clayton Kershaw and his 2019-21 LA Dodgers, 24. Randy Johnson and his 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, 97. Adrian Beltre and his 2011 Texas Rangers, 65. Max Scherzer and his 2019 Washington Nationals and Verlander at 72nd of all-time.

Here are the pitching match-ups for those final six debut games, with four games out west and two in the south.

You can always click here for all 60 great teams, or click on Team to See All Player Cards

West All-Time Great Teams

Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 (Starter Orel Hershiser PB 2-8, other great Kirk Gibson*) at San Diego Padres 2022 (Starter Joe Musgrove PB 2-8, other greats Manny Machado, Yu Darvish), Range on Deep Drives =  11-78 HR

Oakland A's 1989 (Starter Mike Moore PB 2-8, other greats 23. Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley) at Los Angeles Dodgers 2019-21 (Starter Walker Buhler PB 2-8, other greats 52. Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts), Range on Deep Drives =  11-58 HR

Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 (Starter 24. Randy Johnson PB 2-8, other greats Curt Schilling, Luis Gonzalez) at  Colorado Rockies 2007 (Starter Mark Redman PB 2-7, other greats Todd Helton*, Aaron Cook), Range on Deep Drives =  11-78 HR

Anaheim Angels 2002 (Starter Jarrod Washburn PB 2-8, other greats Garret Anderson* and Troy Percival) San Francisco Giants 2012 (Starter Matt Cain PB 2-8, other great Buster Posey), Range on Deep Drives =  11-58 HR

 

South All-Time Great Teams

Texas Rangers 2011 (Starter CJ Wilson PB 2-8, other greats 97. Adrian Beltre, CJ Williams) at Houston Astros 2022 (Starter 72. Justin Verlander PB 2-9, other greats Yordan Alvarez and Jose Altuve), Range on Deep Drives =  11-78 HR

Tampa Bay Rays 2008 (Starter Scott Kazmir PB 2-7, other greats Evan Longoria, JP Howell) at  Washington Nationals 2019 (Starter 65. Max Scherzer PB 2-8, other great Juan Soto), Range on Deep Drives =  11-78 HR

Murray Slugs Orioles to 2nd Place Behind Maddux' Braves; Marlins Rally Falls Short

 Devon White came to the plate as the go-ahead run in the top of the 9th inning, already having three hits including a double, but reliever Don Maragiello escaped by catching him looking for a 6-4 win.

The 1983 Baltimore Orioles hero was Eddie Murray, who went three for four with a home run, a hard singled that skipped past the 1997 Florida Marlins Gary Sheffield, and an RBO single. Cal Ripken hit a deep drive that was caught at the wall. With teams averaging fewer than 3 runs a game in games between ace pitchers, this game was different with 21 total hits. When No. 4 starters have faced each other, teams average more than the all-time 4.5 runs per game in MLB history, but when great pitchers face great batters we would expect pitchers to have the edge in these Statis-Pro baseball games since they action starts on their cards, we'd expect it to be about 50-50 in Strat-o-Matic where it is is exactly 50-50 and we'd expect batters to have the edge in APBA where the action is usually based on the batter's card.

For second game in a row a player was ejected, and this time it actually seemed very logical. The Orioles had jumped on the sometimes hot-headed Kevin Brown in the 4th inning for Murray's home, then a walk by John Lowenstein and then and RBI double by Jim Dwyer, which led to Brown arguing and being ejected. Livan Hernandez did get MVP in the 1997 season with playoff dominance, but Brown was even better during the season hand has a slightly better card.

Mike Boddicker, with one of the greatest curve balls in history, was tagged for 8 hits in 7 innings pitched, including a leadoff single. He left after a lead off single in the 8th, but ace reliever Tippy Martinez ran out of endurance after allowing a 9th inning double by Cliff Johnson and then RBI single to Jeff Conine to make it 6-3. 

Needing only one out for the save Morogiello then allowed the 8th and 9th batters to reach, a walk by Kurt Abbott then RBI single by Edgar Renteria - who like Ripken had just missed a home run on a deep drive earlier, before finally catching lead off hitter White looking to escape with a very shake save and 6-4 win.

The 1995 Atlanta Braves are the only team in the South that is already 2-0, but the 1-0 mark and 2-plus margin puts these 1983 Orioles in 2nd place in the South.

F. Robinson Injury Helps Clemens Outduel Palmer - Aces Allowing 2.8 Runs, Others 4.7 Runs

For the first time in our all-time great season, Statis-Pro Baseball's Z-Plays, which provide the chance for unusual plays, came into play. (See scoresheet at bottom of blog)

The incredible 1970 Baltimore Orioles were the victims, as Frank Robinson and Don Buford collided in the outfield to allow a double by Lance Berkman, then later slick fielding shortstop Mark Bellinger was was ejected for arguing. While the Orioles team was one of the greatest ever, the injuries added to the fact that they were facing Roger Clemens in his late career best season of his career to be a rare PB2-9 starting pitcher with a 1.87 ERA that season.

The Astros, often forced to play like the old dead ball era teams due to the giant Astrodome. Jason Lane and Morgan Ensberg scored the Astros only two runs of the game - both after stealing bases. Then after Clemens turned the 2-0 lead over to Brad Lidge for the 9th inning and he loaded the bases with three walks issued - shortstop Adam Everett (one of an incredible five Astros with the elite Clutch Defense 5 rating) made a diving catch and turned it into a double play to save the lead.

This was the season that Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell were able to make their first World Series, though both were past their prime with OPS marks below 0.800. 

Jim Palmer allowed only two hits and one run and even had a single himself off of Palmer since this season was played a couple of years before the DH was introduced. The Orioles would certainly be huge favorites in the second game of the series with the Astros 4th best starter Brandon Backe, who is only the 4th best pitcher in their rotation. 

However, we play that all injuries last only for the series, so as marked in our standings below, the Orioles will be down those two players. The other players in that column for all divisions are pitchers who pitched in the first game. We play that each series each team pitches either their 1st and 4th best starters or their 2nd and 3rd best starter (to make it fair in case they have not played the same number of series so you get a 1 vs 2 and 4 vs 3 matchup for the two games.

We also simply play a reliever who pitches in the first game of the 2-game series cannot play in the 2nd game of the series.

So far teams are averaging only 2.8 runs per game in the openers when both aces are pitching, and then averaging 4.7 runs per game when the No. 4 pitchers for each team are pitching and some relievers are not available. As you can see from the standings below, we have only three South Division games left, four West Division games and every team has debuted in the other three divisions (Boston-NY Division, Midwest Division and East Division).

Some teams played both games of their series, but for those that have not we list the players not available for the remaining game. The columns below are taken from this google sheet used to track games. The tiebreaker we use in our games is run differential.

 

South All-Time	Year	W	L	Win%	Gm1		Gm 2		Cannot use Gm 2
Atlanta Braves	1995	2	0	1.000	2	1	7	2
Houston Astros	2005	1	0	1.000	2	0			Clemens, Lidge
Cincinnati Reds	1975	1	1	0.500	2	3	4	1
Houston Astros	1998	1	1	0.500	3	2	1	4
Baltimore Orioles	1983	0	0	0.000					TBD
Florida Marlins	1997	0	0	0.000					TBD
Houston Astros	2022	0	0	0.000					TBD
Tampa Bay Rays	2008	0	0	0.000					TBD
Texas Rangers	2011	0	0	0.000					TBD
Washington Nationals	2019	0	0	0.000					TBD
Baltimore Orioles	1970	0	1	0.000	0	2			Palmer, Richert (inj F Robinson, Buford)
Washington Senators	1924	0	2	0.000	1	2	2	7
West All-Time	Year	W	L	Win%	Gm1		Gm 2		Cannot use Gm 2
Oakland A's	1972	2	0	1.000	3	1	8	1
San Francisco Giants	2002	2	0	1.000	3	2	6	1
Anaheim Angels	2002	0	0	0.000					TBD
Arizona Diamondbacks	2001	0	0	0.000					TBD
Colorado Rockies	2007	0	0	0.000					TBD
Los Angeles Dodgers	1988	0	0	0.000					TBD
Los Angeles Dodgers	2019-21	0	0	0.000					TBD
Oakland A's	1989	0	0	0.000					TBD
San Diego Padres	2022	0	0	0.000					TBD
San Francisco Giants	2012	0	0	0.000					TBD
Los Angeles Dodgers	1963	0	2	0.000	2	3	1	6
Seattle Mariners	2001	0	2	0.000	1	3	1	8
Midwest All-Time	Year	W	L	Win%	Gm1		Gm 2		Cannot use Gm 2
Chicago Cubs	1907	1	0	1.000	12	6			Pfister, Reulback
Kansas City Royals	1985	2	0	1.000	5	3	3	2
Milwaukee Brewers	1982	1	0	1.000	2	0			Vuckovich
St Louis Cardinals	1942	1	0	1.000	2	0			Cooper, Krist
Toronto Blue Jays	1993	1	0	1.000	5	4			hentgen, cox, ward
Milwaukee Braves	1957	1	1	0.500	3	2	2	3
St Louis Cardinals	1982	1	1	0.500	2	3	3	2
St Louis Cardinals	1968	0	1	0.000	4	5			gibson, granger
Chicago Cubs	1929	0	1	0.000	0	2			Root, Penner
Chicago White Sox	2005	0	1	0.000	0	2			Buerle
St Louis Browns	1922	0	2	0.000	3	5	2	3
Minnesota Twins	1991	0	1	0.000	6	12			Morris, Willis, Wayne, Neagle
East All-Time	Year	W	L	Win%	Gm1		Gm 2		Cannot use Gm 2
Detroit Tigers	1984	2	0	1.000	3	1	16	0
Philadelphia Phillies	1980	2	0	1.000	12	8	4	2
Cleveland Indians	1954	2	0	1.000	3	2	5	2
Philadelphia Athletics	1910	1	0	1.000	1	0			Coombs
Philadelphia Phillies	2022	1	0	1.000	1	0			Wheeler, Nitali, Head
Philadelphia Phillies	2008	1	1	0.500	0	1	5	3
Pittsburgh Pirates	1909	1	1	0.500	1	0	3	5
Cleveland Indians	1995	0	1	0.000	0	1			Andujar, Sutter
Detroit Tigers	1968	0	1	0.000	0	1			McLean, Patterson
Montreal Expos	1994	0	2	0.000	2	3	2	5
Detroit Tigers	1909	0	2	0.000	8	12	2	4
Philadelphia Athletics	1929	0	2	0.000	1	3	0	16
Boston-NY All-Time	Year	W	L	Win%	Gm1		Gm 2		Cannot use Gm 2
Boston Red Sox	1946	2	0	1.000	8	1	9	4
Brooklyn Dodgers	1955	2	0	1.000	3	2	19	9
New York Yankees	1998	2	0	1.000	3	2	4	2
Boston Braves	1914	1	0	1.000	1	0			James
Boston Red Sox	2007	1	1	0.500	5	2	4	5
New York Mets	1969	1	1	0.500	5	4	3	4
New York Yankees	1939	1	1	0.500	4	5	4	3
New York Giants	1954	1	1	0.500	2	5	5	4
New York Yankees	2022	0	1	0.000	0	1			Cole, Luetge
New York Mets	1986	0	2	0.000	2	3	2	4
New York Yankees	1927	0	2	0.000	2	3	9	19
New York Yankees	1961	0	2	0.000	1	8	4	9

All-Time MLB East Standings After Coombs (1.30 era) outduels Andujar-Sutter 1-0

Our debut of the 10 All-Time Great Eastern teams concluded with consecutive 1-0 games between aces. The average overall scoring in our games so far is low because most games have been match-ups of the aces from both teams and the way we play our 2-game series, all relievers are available for the first game. If you look at the sheets for the 1995 Cleveland Indians and 1910 Philadelphia A's you will see we underline a pitcher when used, and in the second game we use the 4th best starters and only relievers that were not use in the first game.

Therefore in openers in this division teams are averaging 2.8 runs per game, whereas  in the three cases in which teams have already played their second game are averaging 5.0 runs per game.

In the last debut game Jack Coombs, who actually had a 1.30 ERA and could pitch up to 9 inning per game if his 19 SR held up, won 1-0 in a complete game win allowing 8 baserunners. Almost equal were the Indians Joaquin Andujar (6 innings one run) and ace Bruce Sutter (2 scoreless innings).

The only run came when Rube Oldring singled, and as one of the six starters with a Speed A or better stole second base. Home Run Baker then singled him home. We love that was his name, because he actually had so few homers that year he had no home runs on his card, like most players in the dead ball 1910, though he had three DEEP numbers that playing in a more live ball era can turn into homers more often.

That was only Baker's second full season and he hit two homers after hitting four homers the previous year. The next three seasons he would earn the nickname Home Run by leading the league three years in a frow in homers with 11, 10 and 12 homers in those three season.

The No. 2 team so far is the 1980 Phillies. Mike Schmidt led the league in homers for them in eight seasons, with between 31 and 48 home runs in those eight seasons.

That 1-0 game followed another 1-0 win of the 2022 Phillies against the 1968 Detroit Tigers.

Here are the standings of the 10 great all-time Eastern teams based on winning percentage and then the ti-breaker of run differential. The 1984 Detroit Tigers took a huge opening lead with a +18, while the other 2-0 teams of Philadelphia 1980 and the runner up to Ruth's 1927 Yankees in our first season - the Cleveland 1954 team - played much closer games to start 2nd and 3rd in the division.

Current Team	Year	Top Players (note if top 100 all-time)	W	L	W%	Runs	Allow	Diff
Detroit Tigers	1984	Chet Lemon, Willie Hernandez	2	0	1.000	19	1	18
Philadelphia Phillies	1980	18. Mike Schmidt, 58. Steve Carlton, Pete Rose	2	0	1.000	16	10	6
Cleveland Indians	1954	50. Bob Feller, Bob Lemon	2	0	1.000	8	4	4
Philadelphia Athletics	1910	82. Eddie Collins*, Jack Coombs	1	0	1.000	1	0	1
Philadelphia Phillies	2022	94. Bryce Harper, Zack Wheeler	1	0	1.000	1	0	1
Philadelphia Phillies	2008	Chase Utley*, Cole Hamels	1	1	0.500	5	4	1
Pittsburgh Pirates	1909	12. Honus Wagner, Babe Adams	1	1	0.500	4	5	-1
Cleveland Indians	1995	68. Many Ramirez, 98. Jim Thome	0	1	0.000	0	1	-1
Detroit Tigers	1968	71. Al Kaline,Denny McLain	0	1	0.000	0	1	-1
Montreal Expos	1994	11. Pedro Martinez, Moises Alou	0	2	0.000	4	8	-4
Detroit Tigers	1909	4. Ty Cobb, Ed Killian	0	2	0.000	10	16	-6
Philadelphia Athletics	1929	40. Jimmie Foxx, 54. Lefty Grove, 82. Eddie Collins	0	2	0.000	1	19	-18
Future Team	Year	Top Players	Wins	Losses	W%	Runs	Allow	Diff
Cleveland Napoleons	1903	48. Nap Lajoie, Addie Joss	0	0				0
Montreal Expos	2002	77. Vladimir Guerrero, Andres Gallaraga	0	0				0
Pittsburgh Crawfords	1933	35. Josh Gibson, 53. Oscar Charleston	0	0				0
Pittsburgh Pirates	1965	27. Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell*	0	0				0

Here is the photo of the scoresheet.

McLean Allows 1 Runner, Loses to Phils on Realmuto HR

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JT Realmuto spoiled a perfect game for Denny McLain, which game the 2022 Phillies a 1-0 win over the 1968 Tigers.

Denny McLean vs. Bryce Harper & 1910 A's vs. 1995 Cleveland in Double Header

After being swamped by RNC coming to my town of Milwaukee and needing to organize a prayer breakfast that consumed the whole week, I'm finally able to pull out the Statis-Pro game again.

All-Time Great Eastern Teams

Our last game featured the 1984 Tigers dominant performance in a sweep of the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, we have just two more debut games left in our all-time great Eastern Division. Keep in mind the "Boston-New York" division is a separate division from the rest of our Eastern Division. To play your own game you can use the simple instructions on the bottom of each team sheet, or click on the Statis-Pro Baseball Instructions.

You can click on the link to the Statis-Pro sheets of all 60 great teams anytime to play a game, but in this csae these will be the two teams in our double header, and we will play both games in Philadelphia and later finish the 2-game series for both in the other city.

Cleveland Indians 1995 (Joaquin Andujar PB 2-8) at Philadelphia Athletics 1910 (Jack Coombs PB 2-9)

Detroit Tigers 1968 (Denny McLean PB 2-8) at Philadelphia Phillies 2022 (Zack Wheeler 2-8)

When you click on the teams you will see all their batters and pitchers for use in the game. 

The Cleveland game will be played in 1910, so DEEP drives will only leave the park on a 11-18 and be caught with all runners advancing on a 21-88.

The Detroit game will be played in 2022 so the ball leaves the park on an 11-78 and is only caught on an 81-88. These ball park adjustments on deep drives are one of the biggest advantages we believe our game has over others as far as equalizing the chance for teams from different eras to beat each other. The second advantage to the game is using modern stolen base percentages along the lines of the current move to have the bases larger and closer together - accomplished on the old steal charts by turning any "caught stealing" result on the old charges that appears on a odd number to a "held base, could not get jump."

The favorites based on the cards starting with rating on our game tracker of Teams and Results, would be:

The A's (.790 rating on the sheet) would be a slight favorite over the powerhouse line-up of the Indians (.730) with the slightly superior overall team but also a pitching edge in the first game between aces with Coombs being a PB 2-9 (best 5% of all pitchers based on WAR per inning) and Andujar being the second best level (PB 2-8, or top 15% of all pitchers).

The Tigers (.726) would be a bigger favorite over the surprising NL champion Phillies (.567 one of the lower among the great teams) as they features one of the best pitchers in the whole game in McLean (PB 2-8 but only allows hits on 11-15 and then strikeouts on 16-43 and walks on 44-48). However, Zack Wheeler is also great and just a few more hits allowed (11-18) on his card.

1984 Detroit Tigers Make Case for Greatest Team in History

1984 Detroit Tigers win 3-1 in 12 innings and 16-0 vs. 1929 Philadelphia A's. See our new Top 10 teams of all-time at the bottom of this blog.

Chet Lemon tripled to key the 1984 Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 win between two of the greatest teams in history, and in the nightcap they took it to another level to make the case they are the greatest team in history. DH Larry Herndon, who did not play in the first game because pitchers batted in the 1929 NL, then hit a 3-run homer in his first at bat en route to a five of five game and dominant 16-0 win in the nightcap.

With the win we moved this Tigers team up to No. 1 in our all-time ranking - as they passed a couple of New York Yankees teams and others.

While none of our 60 great teams has played more than two games, so such a winning may seem premature, this Tigers team started the season at 35-5 - the best of any team in history - after which they could cruise to the pennant. After winning 104 games, they played games that mattered for the first time in weeks and won seven of eight playoff games to easily take the American League Championship and the World Series.

When we compare the only 12 teams since 1901 to start the season winning even 31 of their first 40 games, we rank this Tigers season as the most dominant start to finish of any season ever. The second best is the 1998 Yankees who were four games worse than the Tigers at the outset at 31-9, and then went onto win even more games at 114, before winning 11 of 13 playoff games to take the series. The others we consider to have had the best start to finish seasons are the 1907 Cubs and two Yankees teams (1928 and 1939).

Here is the combined box score for the two games in which the Tigers hit 0.344 and had a 0.43 ERA against a great Philadelphia Athletics' line-up.

Modern fans may be surprised that a relief pitcher could be voted MVP, but Willie Hernandez won it easily after pitching in 80 games and 140 innings with an ERA under 2.00. 

 

2 games	Detroit Tigers 1984	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
SS	Alan Trammell	11	2	4	2	sb
3B	Howard Johnson#	11	0	2	2
RF	Kirk Gibson*	11	1	3	2	3b
C	Lance Parrish	10	1	4	1	sb
LF	Johnny Grubb*	10	3	3	0	2b
CF	Chet Lemon	11	4	4	1	2b,3b
2B	Lou Whitaker*	11	2	3	1
1B	Dave Bergman*	8	3	4	2
DH-ben	Larry Herndon	5	2	5	5	HR
P	Pitcher at bat	4	0	0	0
3B	Tom Brookens	0	0	0	0	sb
PH	Nelson Simmons#	1	0	0	0
PR	Barbaro Garbey	0	1	0	0
	Tigers Totals	93	19	32	16	0.344
2 games	Philadelphia Athletics 1929	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
RF	Bing Miller	10	0	1	0
C	Mickey Cochrane*	8	1	1	0	2b
1B	Jimmie Foxx	8	0	2	0
LF	Al Simmons	7	0	2	0
DH-3B	Jimmy Dykes	6	0	1	0
CF	Mule Haas*	8	0	2	0
2B	Max Bishop*	8	0	0	0
SS	Joe Boley	7	0	1	0
3B-ben	Sammy Hale	2	0	0	0
P	Pitcher at bat	3	0	0	0	Sac
PH	Jim Cronin#	1	0	0	0
	Athletics Totals	68	1	10	0	0.147
Decision	Game 1 Tigers	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
	Dan Petry	7	6	1	1	3/6
	Willie Hernandez	2	1	0	0	1/2
Win	Aurelio Lopez	3	0	0	0	1/4
Decision	Game 2 Tigers	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
Win	Dave Rozema	5	3	0	0	0/7
	Randy O'Neal	4	0	0	0	1/4
0.43	Totals, ERA to left	21	10	1	1	6/23
Decision	Game 1 Athletics	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
	Lefty Grove	8	5	1	1	2/7
Loss	Eddie Rommel	4	4	2	1	2/3
Decision	Game 2 Athletics	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
Loss	Rube Walberg	4	8	6	6	1/5
	Bill Shores	1.3	6	5	3	0/2
	Jack Quinn	0.7	4	4	4	0/0
	Carroll Yerkes	2	5	1	0	0/3
8.55	Totals, ERA to left	20	32	19	15	5/20

Here are the 12 teams that have won at least 31 of their first 40 games since 1901, and how we rank them for dominating from beginning to end of the season.

Rnk	Team	Wins 1st 40 g	Season Wins	How did season end
1	1984 Tigers	35	104	Won 7 of 8 games to take ALCS and World Series
2	1998 Yankees	31	114	Won 11 of 13 games to take World Series
3	1907 Cubs	31	107	Swept World Series
4	1939 Yankees	33	101	Swept World Series
5	1928 Yankees	33	101	Swept World Series
6	1905 Giants	31	105	Won Series 4 games to 1
7	1929 Athletics	31	104	Won Series 4 games to 1
8	1902 Pirates	32	103	No World Series yet, but won league by 27.5 games
9	1946 Red Sox	31	104	Lost World Series in 7 games
10	1912 Giants	32	103	Lost World Series in 7 games
	1941 Cardinals	31	97	Finished 3 games behind Brooklyn
	2001 Mariners	31	116	Lost 4-1 in AL playoffs

All-Time Greatest 10 Teams Updated July 13, 2024

If a player is already ranked by ESPN as one of the top 100 players in history, then we list their rnaking as well as our team ranking.

1. (Original Power = 18) - Detroit Tigers 1984 Chet Lemon, Willie Hernandez, Kirk Gibson - Sure they will come back to earth, but a 2-game sweep against the great 1929 Philadelphia A's team that culminated with a 16-0 win with a ridiculous 24 hits makes us put them all the way to first for the moment.

2. (Original Power = 2) - New York Yankees 1998 28. Derek Jeter, 31. Mariano Rivera Win over the Strawberry and Gooden Mets puts these Yankees on the heels of the of the Tigers 1st all-time for now 

3. (Original Power = 8) - St Louis Cardinals 1942 10. Stan Musial, Mort Cooper great win against one of the other 2 Super Midwest teams, the 1929 Cubs, pushes them info 3rd all-time for the moment with two of the three big Yankees teams all suffering surprise losses. 

4. (Original Power = 1) - New York Yankees 1939 16. Joe DiMaggio, Marius Russo lost to NYM 1969 4-5, then won 4-3. No shame in losing one to Tom Seaver.

5. (Original Power = 4) - Chicago Cubs 1907 Frank Chance, Carl Lundgren the early Cubs teams of Evers to Tinker to Chance keeps them ranked 5th all-time in our game showing dead ball era teams can win with 10 of 10 steals and a 12-6 win and a ballpark that keeps the live ball eras hitters in the park. 

6. (Original Power = 26) - Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 38. Jackie Robinson, 83. Roy Campanella, 95. Duke Snider Stunning sweep of the 1927 Yankees pushes them near the top to start - but when you have three of the top 10 teams in history you are for real.

7. (Original Power = 3) - New York Yankees 1927 1. Babe Ruth & 6. Lou Gehrig get stunned by Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn 1955 - 2-3 and then running out of pitchers in a 9-19 loss– after being our all-time champion the one other time we played an all-time season 20 years ago. 

8. (Original Power = 6) - Pittsburgh Pirates 1909 12. Honus Wagner, Babe Adams Split with the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies - 1-0, 3-5 (11) 

9. (Original Power = 7) - Cincinnati Reds 1975 20. Johnny Bench, 34. Pete Rose, 37. Joe Morgan vs Hou 1998 2-3 (11), 4-1. No shame in losing one game to Randy Johnson, but recovered in Game 2 for the split.

10. (Original Power = 21) - Oakland A's 1972 55. Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter Nice sweep of the Mariners team in dominant combined score of 11-2 for the threepeat champs. 

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