After just listing our rankings of the 64 great all-time women’s teams in our Value Add Basketball Game we thought we do an early season power rankings of our all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams.
Click here for links to the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams.
This will set up a top 20 all-time matchup between the highest ranked team in our game that has yet to play – the 1929 Philadelphia A’s, against our 18th ranked 1984 Detroit Tigers who started the season an incredible 35-5. With that as the next game, here are our power ratings.
No team has played more than two games and some have yet to play, so we moving teams up or down based on just that is pretty superficial, but that’s the fun of playing simulated games. However, the original Power ranking listed second is likely the more accurate until we play more games over time.
The one thing we pride ourselves in both games is how we calibrate the difference between eras to put all teams basically on equal footing. The adjustment of drives by many live ball era sluggers having home runs turn into deep flyouts when playing in the dead ball era, while stars from the dead ball era see some of their old deep drives get over the fences when playing in a live ball year is similar to the adjusted “Lay-up” and “Dunk” ranges in Value Add Basketball that give teams before and after the 3-point line a chance to play on even footing.
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 1st all-time for now
4. (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 2nd all-time for the moment with two of the three big Yankees teams all suffering surprise losses.
5. (Original Power = 1) - New York Yankees 1939 16. Joe DiMaggio, Marius Russo lost to NYM 1969 4-5, then won 4-3
5. (Original Power = 4) - Chicago Cubs 1907 Frank Chance, Carl Lundgren the early Cubs teams of Evers to Tinker to Chance keeps them ranked 4th 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 = 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.
7. (Original Power = 6) - Pittsburgh Pirates 1909 12. Honus Wagner, Babe Adams Phil 2008 - 1-0, 3-5 (11)
8. (Original Power = 7) - Cincinnati Reds 1975 20. Johnny Bench, 34. Pete Rose, 37. Joe Morgan vs Hou 1998 2-3 (11), 4-1
9. (Original Power = 21) - Oakland A's 1972 55. Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter Nice sweep of the Mariners tteam in dominant combined score of 11-2 for the threepeat champs.
10. (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.
11. (Original Power = 31) - Boston Red Sox 1946 5. Ted Williams, Tex Hughson Stunning sweep of Yogi Berra's Yankees by a 17-5 combined score.
12. (Original Power = 10) - New York Giants 1905 25. Christy Mathewson, Mike Donlin*
13. (Original Power = 11) - Philadelphia Athletics 1910 82. Eddie Collins*, Jack Coombs
14. (Original Power = 24) - Cleveland Indians 1954 50. Bob Feller, Bob Lemon Big sweep for the team that was runner up to the 1927 Yankees when we played one other all-time season years ago.
15. (Original Power = 32) - Atlanta Braves 1995 14. Greg Maddux, 78. Chipper Jones, 93, John Smoltz Great sweep over Walter Johnsons' Senators.
16. (Original Power = 12) - Baltimore Orioles 1970 19. Frank Robinson, 67. Brooks Robinson, 85. Jim Palmer
17. (Original Power = 13) - Boston Red Sox 1915 36 Tris Speaker, 1 Babe Ruth
18. (Original Power = 5) - Philadelphia Athletics 1929 40. Jimmie Foxx, 54. Lefty Grove, 82. Eddie Collins - The top team that has yet to play. We dropped them big time after the 1984 Detroit Tigers competed a 2-game sweep with a 16-0 drubbing over them
19. (Original Power = 14) - Kansas City Monarchs 1946 41. Satchel Paige, Joe Greene
20. (Original Power = 16) - Houston Astros 2022 72. Justin Verlander, Yordan Alvarez
21. (Original Power = 9) - New York Yankees 1961 7. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, 60. Whitey Ford stunningly lopsided sweep to Ted Williams Red Sox.
22. (Original Power = 17) - Los Angeles Dodgers 2019-21 52. Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts
23. (Original Power = 15) - New York Mets 1986 Darryl Strawberry*, Dwight Gooden lost 1998 NYY
24. (Original Power = 19) - Boston Americans 1903 Cy Young
25. (Original Power = 20) - New York Giants 1954 2. Willie Mays, Johnny Antonelli BRS 2007 split 2-5, 5-4
26. (Original Power = 23) - Boston Braves 1914 Johnny Evers*, Bill James Nice 1-0 win over modern Yankees.
27. (Original Power = 29) - New York Mets 1969 22. Tom Seaver, 42. Nolan Ryan Nice split with one of the three greatest Yankees teams.
28. (Original Power = 22) - Cleveland Napoleons 1903 48. Nap Lajoie, Addie Joss
29. (Original Power = 25) - Cleveland Indians 1995 68. Many Ramirez, 98. Jim Thome
30. (Original Power = 38) - Toronto Blue Jays 1993 86. Roberto Alomar, 84. Paul Molitor, Rickey Henderson stunning upset of Bob Gibson with his 1.12 ERA.
31. (Original Power = 27) - Chicago White Sox 2005 49. Frank Thomas, Mark Buehrle lost to Milwaukee 0-2
32. (Original Power = 30) - Detroit Tigers 1968 71. Al Kaline,Denny McLain
33. (Original Power = 33) - Oakland A's 1989 23. Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley
34. (Original Power = 59) - San Francisco Giants 2002 8. Barry Bonds, Kurt Ainsworth Very nice opening sweep of Sandy Koufax Dodgers.
35. (Original Power = 35) - Baltimore Orioles 1983 66. Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Boddicker
36. (Original Power = 36) - Boston Red Sox 2007 63. David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon NYG 1954, split 5-2, 4-5
37. (Original Power = 37) - Milwaukee Braves 1957 3. Hank Aaron, 47. Warren Spahn, 64. Eddie Mathews Split vs speedy 1982 Carinals.
38. (Original Power = 28) - Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 32. Sandy Koufax, Frank Howard surprising sweep pushes them way down for now
39. (Original Power = 51) - Philadelphia Phillies 1980 18. Mike Schmidt, 58. Steve Carlton, Pete Rose Nice opening day win over Ty Cobb.
40. (Original Power = 39) - Anaheim Angels 2002 Garret Anderson* and Troy Percival
41. (Original Power = 40) - San Francisco Giants 2012 Buster Posey, Matt Cain
42. (Original Power = 42) - Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 Kirk Gibson*, Orel Hershiser
43. (Original Power = 56) - Kansas City Royals 1985 43. George Brett, Bret Saberhagen Sweep of St. Louis Browns one decent team.
44. (Original Power = 43) - Chicago Cubs 1918 57. Pete Alexander, Hippo Vaughn
45. (Original Power = 54) - St Louis Cardinals 1982 69. Ozzie Smith, Lonnie Smith vs Milwaukee Braves 57 - 2-3 (11), 3-2
46. (Original Power = 41) - Detroit Tigers 1909 4. Ty Cobb, Ed Killian Phil 1980, 8-12, 2-4
47. (Original Power = 46) - Philadelphia Phillies 2008 Chase Utley*, Cole Hamels Pitt 1909 - 0-1, 5-3 (11)
48. (Original Power = 47) - Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 24. Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Luis Gonzalez
49. (Original Power = 57) - Houston Astros 1998 24. Randy Johnson, Craig Biggio Nice split vs. Big Red Machine courtesy of Randy Johnson.
50. (Original Power = 60) - Milwaukee Brewers 1982 80. Robin Yount, 84. Paul Molitor, Rollie Fingers Upset of rival White Sox.
51. (Original Power = 49) - Washington Nationals 2019 65. Max Scherzer, Juan Soto
52. (Original Power = 34) - Seattle Mariners 2001 46. Ichiro Suzuki, Freddy Garcia Tough sweep by the 3-time champion A's of Reggie Jackson.
53. (Original Power = 50) - Minnesota Twins 1991 Kent Hrbek*, Jack Morris lost to 1907 Cubs 6-12
54. (Original Power = 44) - St Louis Cardinals 1968 33. Bob Gibson, 58. Steve Carlton. Orlando Cepeda Tough to lose with Bob Gibson and his 1.12 ERA on the mound.
55. (Original Power = 48) - Chicago Cubs 1929 20. Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Root lost to 42 Cardinals 0-2 in 10 innings.
56. (Original Power = 52) - Florida Marlins 2003 59. Miguel Cabrera, Ivan Rodriguez
57. (Original Power = 53) - Pittsburgh Crawfords 1933 35. Josh Gibson, 53. Oscar Charleston
58. (Original Power = 45) - Washington Senators 1924 9. Walter Johnson, Goose Goslin Atl 1995 - 1-2 (10), 2-7
59. (Original Power = 55) - Florida Marlins 1997 Gary Sheffield, Kevin Brown
60. (Original Power = 58) - Boston Red Sox 1986 Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens
61. (Original Power = 61) - Texas Rangers 1999 Nathan Eovaldi, Marcus Semien
62. (Original Power = 62) - Tampa Bay Rays 2008 Evan Longoria, JP Howell
63. (Original Power = 63) - St. Louis Cardinals 2006 Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen
64. (Original Power = 64) - San Diego Padres 1998 44. Tony Gwynn, Kevin Brown
65. (Original Power = 66) - Texas Rangers 2011 97. Adrian Beltre, CJ Williams
66. (Original Power = 67) - New York Yankees 2022 Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole lost to Bost Braves 1914, 0-1
67. (Original Power = 69) - Colorado Rockies 2007 Todd Helton*, Aaron Cook
68. (Original Power = 65) - Montreal Expos 1994 11. Pedro Martinez, Moises Alou Cleveland 1954, 2-3 (12), 2-5
69. (Original Power = 70) - Houston Astros 2005 17. Roger Clemens, Lance Berkman
70. (Original Power = 71) - Philadelphia Phillies 2022 94. Bryce Harper, Zack Wheeler
71. (Original Power = 72) - Pittsburgh Pirates 1965 27. Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell*
72. (Original Power = 68) - St Louis Browns 1922 George Sisler*, Urban Shocker KC 1985 - 3-5, 2-3
73. (Original Power = 73) - San Francisco Giants 1971 73. Willie McCovey, Bobby Bonds
74. (Original Power = 74) - Seattle Mariners 1997 13. Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez
75. (Original Power = 75) - San Diego Padres 2022 Manny Machado, Yu Darvish
76. (Original Power = 76) - Chicago Cubs 1968 51. Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins
77. (Original Power = 77) - Montreal Expos 2002 77. Vladimir Guerrero, Andres Gallaraga
78. (Original Power = 78) - Los Angeles Angels 2018 15. Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani*
79. (Original Power = 79) - Texas Rangers 2003 Alex Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro*
80. (Original Power = 80) - Washington Senators 1959 70. Harmon Killebrew, Camilo Pascual
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