Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Reprint of 300 Great All-Time Men's and Women's Teams

Here is a repost of the 300 men's and women's all-time great teams and players for the Value Add Basketball Game. You can pick two teams you want to play, click on the link and play the teams using this scoresheet  this scoresheet.

A

Alabama 1977 - Reggie King
Alabama 2023 - Brandon Miller
Arizona 1997 - Mike Bibby
Arizona 2015 - Stanley Johnson
Arizona St. 1980 - Byron Scott
Arizona St. 2009 - James Hardin
Arizona WOMEN 2021 – Aari McDonald
Arkansas 1978 - Sidney Moncrief
Arkansas 1994 - Corliss Williamson
Arkansas 2021 - JD Notae
Auburn 1984 - Charles Barkley
Auburn 2019 - Chuma Okeke
Auburn WOMEN 1989 – Carolyn Jones
Auburn WOMEN 2009 - KeKe Carrier & DeWanna Bonner

B

Baylor 2021 - Jared Butler
Baylor WOMEN 2012 - Kalani Brown
Baylor WOMEN 2019 - Brittney Griner
Boston College 2006 - Jared Dudley
Bradley 1954 - Elmer Behnke
Brigham Young 1981 - Danny Ainge
Buffalo 2019 - Jeenathan Williams
Butler 2010 - Gordon Hayward

C

California 1959 - Jack Grout
California 1993 - Jason Kidd
Centenary 1976 - Robert Parish
Central Florida 2019 - Joey Graham
Charlotte 1977 - Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell
Cincinnati 1960 - Oscar Robertson
Cincinnati 2002 - Jason Maxiell
Clemson 1987 - Horace Grant
Colorado 2021 - McKinley Wright
Colorado St. 2024 - Isaiah Stevens
Colorado St. WOMEN 1999 - Becky Hammon
Connecticut 1996 - Ray Allen
Connecticut 1999 - Richard Hamilton
Connecticut 2004 - Ben Gordon
Connecticut 2023 - Adama Sanogo
Connecticut WOMEN 1995 - Rebecca Lobo
Connecticut WOMEN 2002 - Sue Bird & Diana Taurasi
Connecticut WOMEN 2010 - Breanna Stewart
Connecticut WOMEN 2016 - Maya Moore
Creighton 2014 - Doug McDermott
Creighton 2020 - Ty-Shon Alexander
Creighton 2023 - Ryan Kalkbrenner

D

Davidson 2008 - Stephen Curry
Dayton 1967 - Don May
Dayton 2020 - Obi Toppin
Dayton 2020 - Obi Toppin
Delaware WOMEN 2013 - Elena Delle Donne
DePaul 1980 - Mark Aguirre
Drake 1969 - Willie McCarter
Duke 1986 - Johnny Dawkins
Duke 1992 - Christian Laettner
Duke 2001 - Shane Battier
Duke 2010 - Jon Scheyer
Duke 2015 - Justise Winslow
Duke 2022 - Wendell Moore
Duke WOMEN 2006 - Alison Bales
Duquesne 2024 - Jimmy Clark

F

Florida 2006 - Joakim Noah
Florida Atlantic 2023 - Johnell Davis
Florida St. 1968 - Dave Cowans
Florida St. 1993 - Charlie Ward

G

George Mason 2006 - Jai Lewis
Georgetown 1984 - Patrick Ewing
Georgetown 1989 Alonzo Mourning
Georgetown 1995 - Allen Iverson
Georgetown 2007 - Roy Hibbert
Georgia 1982 - Dominique Wilkins
Georgia Tech 1990 - Dennis Scott
Georgia Tech 2004 - Jarrett Jack
Georgia WOMEN 2013 - Jasmine James
Gonzaga 1984 - John Stockton
Gonzaga 2017 - Nigel Williams-Goss
Gonzaga 2023 - Drew Timme
Grand Canyon 2024 - Tyon Grant-Foster

H

Holy Cross 1950 - Bob Cousy
Houston 1968 - Elvin Hayes
Houston 1983 - Hakeem Olajuwon
Houston 2021 - Quentin Grimes

I

Illinois 1989 - Nick Anderson
Illinois 2005 - Deron Williams
Indiana 1976 - Scott May
Indiana 1981 - Isaiah Thomas
Indiana 2002 - Jared Jeffries
Indiana St. 1979 - Larry Bird
Indiana WOMEN 2024 - MacKenzie Holmes
Iowa 2001 - Reggie Evans
Iowa 2021 - Luka Garza
Iowa St. 2014 - DeAndre Kane
Iowa WOMEN 2024 - Caitlin Clark

J

Jacksonville 1970 - Artis Gilmore
James Madison University 2024 -

K

Kansas 1957 - Wilt Chamberlain
Kansas 1988 - Danny Manning
Kansas 1997 - Paul Pierce
Kansas 2008 - Mario Chalmers
Kansas 2022 - Ochai Agbaji
Kansas St. 2008 - Michael Beasley
Kansas St. 2023 - Markquis Nowell
Kentucky 1948 - Alex Groza
Kentucky 1970 - Dan Issel
Kentucky 1996 - Antoine Walker
Kentucky 2012 - Anthony Davis
Kentucky WOMEN 2013 - A'dia Mathies

L

La Salle 1954 - Tom Gola
Liberty 2023 - Darius McGhee
Long Beach State WOMEN 1987 - Cindy Brown
Louisiana Tech 1985 - Karl Malone
Louisiana Tech WOMEN 1982 - Pam Kelly
Louisiana Tech WOMEN 1988 – Teresa Weatherspoon
Louisville 1968 - Wes Unseld
Louisville 1980 - Darrell Griffith
Louisville 2013 - Russ Smith
Louisville WOMEN 2009 - Angel McCoughtry
Louisville WOMEN 2014 - Shoni Schimmel
Loyola Marymount 1990 - Bo Kimble
Loyola-Chicago 1963 - Jerry Harkness
Loyola-Chicago 2018 - Cameron Krutwig
LSU 1953 -Bob Pettit
LSU 1970 - Pete Maravich
LSU 1992 - Shaquille O'Neal
LSU 2006 - Glen Davis
LSU WOMEN 2005 - Sylvia Fowles
LSU WOMEN 2023 - Angel Reese

M

Marquette 1955 - Terry Rand
Marquette 1971 - Jim Chones
Marquette 1977 - Butch Lee
Marquette 1994 - Jim McIlvaine
Marquette 2003 - Dwyane Wade
Marquette 2011 - Jimmy Butler
Marquette 2023 - Tyler Kolek
Marquette WOMEN 2019 - Chloe Marotta, Natisha Hiedeman
Marshall 1956 - Hal Greer
Maryland 1984 - Len Bias
Maryland 2002 - Juan Dixon
Maryland WOMEN 2006 - Crystal Langhorne
Massachusetts 1971 - Julius Erving (Dr.J)
Massachusetts 1996 - Marcus Camby
Memphis 2008 - Derrick Rose
Miami 1965 - rick barry
Miami 2013 - Shane Larkin
Miami 2023 - Norchad Omier
Michigan 1965 - Cazzie Russell
Michigan 1989 - Glen Rice
Michigan 1993 - Chris Webber & Fab 5
Michigan 2013 - Trey Burke
Michigan St. 1979 - Magic Johnson
Michigan St. 2000 - Mateen Cleaves
Michigan St. 2009 - Draymond Green
Michigan State WOMEN 2005– Liz Shimek
Minnesota 1977 - Kevin McHale
Minnesota WOMEN 2004 - Lindsay Whalen
Mississippi 2001 - Justin Reed
Mississippi St. 2005 - Lawrence Roberts
Mississippi State WOMEN 2018 - Victoria Vivians
Missouri 1982 - Steve Stipanovich
Murray St. 2019 - Ja Morant

N

Navy 1986 - David Robinson
NC State 2024 - DJ Burns
NC State 1974 - David Thompson
NC State WOMEN 2024 - Aziaha James
Nebraska 2014 - Terran Petteway
Nevada 2004 - Kirk Snyder
New Mexico 1974 - Bernard Hardin
New Mexico St. 1970 - Jimmy Collins
New York University 1948 -Dolph Schayes
Niagara 1970 - Calvin Murphy
North Carolina 1957 - Lennie Rosenbluth
North Carolina 1965 - Billy Cunningham
North Carolina 1972 - Bob McAdoo
North Carolina 1982 - Michael Jordan
North Carolina 1998 - Vince Carter
North Carolina 2005 - Sean May
North Carolina 2022 - Armando Bacot
North Carolina WOMEN 2007 - Erlana Larkins
Northwestern 2017 - Vic Law
Notre Dame 1970 - Austin Carr
Notre Dame 1981 - Orlando Woolridge
Notre Dame WOMEN 2001 - Ruth Riley
Notre Dame WOMEN 2012 - Kylar Diggins
Notre Dame WOMEN 2018 - Arike Ogunbowale

O

Oakland 2024 - Trey Townsend
Ohio St. 1960 - Jerry Lucas
Ohio St. 2007 - Greg Oden
Ohio State WOMEN 1993 - Katie Smith
Ohio State WOMEN 2016 - Kelsey Mitchell
Oklahoma 1985 - Wayman Tisdale
Oklahoma 2016 - Buddy Hield
Oklahoma St. 1946 - Bob Kurland
Oklahoma St. 2004 - John Lucas
Oklahoma WOMEN 2002 - Stacey Dales
Oklahoma WOMEN 2010 - Abi Olajuwon
Old Dominion WOMEN 1980 - Nancy Lieberman
Old Dominion WOMEN 1985 - Adrienne Goodson
Old Dominion WOMEN 1997 - Ticha Penicheiro
Oregon 2017 - Dillon Brooks
Oregon St. 1982 - AC Green
Oregon St. 1990 - Gary Payton
Oregon WOMEN 2019 - Sabrina Ionescu

P

Penn St. 2018 - Tony Carr
Penn State WOMEN 2012 - Maggie Lucas
Pittsburgh 2009 - DeJuan Blair
Princeton 1965 - Bill Bradley
Princeton 2023 - Tosan Evbuomwan
Providence 1960 - Lenny Wilkens
Providence 1987 - Billy Donovan
Purdue 1969 - Rick Mount
Purdue 2018 - Carsen Edwards
Purdue 2024 - Zach Edey
Purdue WOMEN 2003 - Shereka Wright

R

Richmond 2011 - Justin Harper
Rutgers 1976 - Phil Sellers
Rutgers WOMEN 1988 - Sue Wicks
Rutgers WOMEN 2005 - Cappie Pondexter
Rutgers WOMEN 2007 - Kia Vaughn

S

San Diego St. 2011 - Kawhi Leonard
San Diego St. 2023 - Jaedon LeDee
San Francisco 1956 - Bill Russell
Santa Clara 1996 -Steve Nash
Seattle 1958 - Elgin Baylor
Seton Hall 1989 - John Morton
Seton Hall 2020 - Myles Powell
SMU 2017 - Semi Ojeleye
South Carolina 1973 - Mike Dunleavy
South Carolina 2017 - Sindarius Thornwell
South Carolina WOMEN 2017 - A'ja Wilson
South Carolina WOMEN 2024 - Kamilla Cardoso
Southern Illinois 1967 - Walt Frazier
St. Bonaventure 1970 - Bob Lanier
St. Joe's 2004 - Jameer Nelson
St. John's 1985 - Chris Mullin
St. Mary's 2023 - Logan Johnson
St. Peter's 2022 - Doug Edert
Stanford 2008 - Brook Lopez
Stanford WOMEN 2012 - Nnemkadi Ogwumike
Stanford WOMEN 2021 - Kiana Williams
Stephen F Austin 2016 - Thomas Walkup
Syracuse 1987 - Rony Seikaly
Syracuse 2003 - Carmelo Anthony

T

TCU 2023 - JaKobe Coles
Temple 1958 - Guy Rodgers
Tennessee 1977 - Bernard King
Tennessee 2023 - Santiago Vescovi
Tennessee WOMEN 1989 - Bridgette Gordon
Tennessee WOMEN 1998 - Tamika Catchings, Chamique Holdsclaw
Tennessee WOMEN 2007 - Candace Parker
Texas 2003 - T.J. Ford
Texas 2007 - Kevin Durant
Texas 2023 - Marcus Carr
Texas A&M 2007 - Acie Law
Texas A&M WOMEN 2011 - Danielle Adams
Texas Tech 2019 - Jarrett Culver
Texas Tech WOMEN 1993 - Sheryl Swoopes
Texas WOMEN 1986 - Clarissa Davis
Texas WOMEN 1989 - Clarissa Davis (not usually used)
Texas WOMEN 2018 - Ariel Atkins
Tulsa 2000 - Eric Coley

U

UCLA 1967 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
UCLA 1972 - Bill Walton
UCLA 1987 - Reggie Miller
UCLA 2006 - Jordan Farmar
UCLA 2008 - Russell Westbrook
UCLA 2021 - Jaime Jaquez
UCLA WOMEN 2018 - Monique Billings
UNLV 1987 - Armen Gilliam
UNLV 1991 - Larry Johnson
USC 2021 - Evan Mobley
USC WOMEN 1983 - Cheryl Miller
USC WOMEN 1994 - Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson
Utah 1998 - Andre Miller
Utah St. 2024 -Great Osobor
UTEP 1970 - Tiny Archibald
UTEP (Texas Western) 1966 - Bobby Joe Hill

V

Vanderbilt 1993 - Bill McCaffrey
Vanderbilt WOMEN 2002 - Chantelle Anderson
VCU 1985 - Calvin Duncan
VCU 2011 - Bradford Burgess
Villanova 1985 - Ed Pinckney
Villanova 2018 - Mikal Bridges
Virginia 1981 - Ralph Sampson
Virginia 2019 - Kyle Guy
Virginia Tech 1986 - Dell Curry
Virginia Tech WOMEN 2023 - Elizabeth Kitley
Virginia WOMEN 1991 - Dawn Staley
Virginia WOMEN 2018 - Dominique Toussaint

W

Wake Forest 1996 - Tim Duncan
Wake Forest 2005 - Chris Paul
Washington 2006 - Brandon Roy
Washington St. 2008 - Taylor Rochestie
Washington WOMEN 2017 - Kelsey Plum
Weber St. 2010 - Damian Lillard
West Virginia 1959 - Jerry West
West Virginia 2010 - Kevin Jones
Western Kentucky 1966 - Clem Haskins
Wichita St. 2013 - Fred VanVleet
Wisconsin 2015 - Frank Kaminsky
Wyoming 1943 - Ken Sailors

X

Xavier 2023 - Jack Nunge

Y

Yale 2024 - Danny Wolf

Dr. J Block Ends Edey's Record 7 Straight Baskets

 Julius Erving (Dr. J) put up his second straight highlight reel against a 2024 team, but only after Zach Edey had out the game out of reach by scoring in a Value Add Basketball Game record seven straight trips down the court to give Purdue a 51-24 lead over UMass 1971.

The Value Add Basketball Game bracket appears at the bottom with Sweet 16 teams in Green and eliminated in Red.

The 7'4 Edey and 2024 national runner-up Boilermakers unbending defense held the Minutemen to just 24 points with only 12 minutes to go in the game to advance as the top seed in our current tournament that did not get a bye.

Dr. J was held to a team high 12 points, while throwing an 8-block party to go with three steals and 9 rebounds, the last one coming on a "high on court" die roll on which Dr. Js 1-10 offensive rebound rating was better than Edey's 1-9 defensive rebound rating. However, the UMass team from the last great NIT in 1971 has a -18 rating meaning they are about 18 points a game worse then the average great team in the game - as one if the teams in the game because of one of the greatest players ever in Dr J.

Purdue is not the No. 1 ranked defense in our game in our tracker of games, averaging allowing only 47.5 points per game though both opponents were weaker. The top 5 defenses are Houston's 2021 team (50 pts allowed), then a team that will play next in Houston's Fab 5 (55.0 pts allowed), DePaul's 1945 with the first great big man George Mikan, and finally Mario Chalmers 2008 Kansas team (56.0).

Purdue was our preseason #23 based on their cards, actually dropped to 35th despite the win over Utah, but returned to 23rd with the blowout of UMass. Meanwhile UMass

UMass started as one of the bottom five teams at 230th of the all-time great teams, moved up to 216th with their upset win over Utah State, but dropped back to 227th with this loss.

Purdue is a +5, meaning they were a 23-point favorite over UMass before the 69-42 win, to add to their almost impressive 74-53 win over New York University from the 1940s. UMass pulled an upset over another 2024 tournament team in Utah State, 73-67. As Utah State learned in a real game last year when they lost to Purdue 106-67 in the tournament, neither team was a match for Purdue and Edey, who finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots again a UMass team with no starter over 6'7.

We will add the box score as Purdue advances.





Seed        Men's unbeaten                             Player #All-Time RankRound of 32 & Sweet 16
1Connecticut 2023, #7Adama Sanogobye (next Gonz-TX)
2Connecticut 1996, #14Ray Allen #52bye (next SMU-KS)
3Western Kentucky 1966, #24Clem Haskinsbye (next UNC-Xavier)
4Houston 2021, #26Quentin Grimesbye (next Duke-Mia)
5Purdue 2024, #35Zach EdeyW 69-42 vs. UMass 1971, #219 (2nd R Gtown-ASU)
6Michigan 1993, #36Chris Webber #65W 73-62 vs Gonzaga 1981, #216 (if W TN-Ore St)
7Rutgers 1976, #39Phil Sellersvs. Duquesne 2024, #203 (if W Co-LSU)
8North Carolina 1972, #40Bob McAdoo #54vs. Louisville 1968, #178 (if W UCLA-NC St)
9UCLA 2008, #44Russell Westbrook #46vs. NC St. 2024, #153 (if W UNC-Lville)
10Colorado 2021, #56McKinley Wrightvs. LSU 1953, #147 (if W Rutg-Duqu)
11Tennessee 2023, #59Santiago Vescovivs. Oregon St. 1990, #140 (if W MI-Gonz)
12Georgetown 1989, #63Alonzo Mourning #69vs. Arizona St. 2009, #139 (if W Purdue)
13Duke 2015, #65Justise Winslowvs. Miami 2023, #131 (if W Houston)
14North Carolina 2022, #67Armando Bacotvs. Xavier 2023, #86 (if W West KY)
15SMU 2017, #70Semi Ojeleyevs. Kansas 2022, #79 (if W Uconn 1996)
16Texas 2023, #71Marcus Carrvs. Gonzaga 2023, #76 (if W Uconn 2023)
17Gonzaga 2023, #76Drew Timmevs. Texas 2023, #71 (if W Uconn 2023)
18Kansas 2022, #79Ochai Agbajivs. SMU 2017, #70 (if W Uconn 1996)
19Xavier 2023, #86Jack Nungevs. North Carolina 2022, #67 (if W West KY)
20Miami 2023, #131Norchad Omiervs. Duke 2015, #65 (if W Houston)
21Arizona St. 2009, #139James Harden #33vs. Georgetown 1989, #63 (if W Purdue)
22Oregon St. 1990, #140Gary Payton #48vs. Tennessee 2023, #59 (if W MI-Gonz)
23LSU 1953, #147Bob Pettit #31vs. Colorado 2021, #56 (if W Rutg-Duqu)
24NC St. 2024, #153D.J. Burnsvs. UCLA 2008, #44 (if W UNC-Lville)
25Louisville 1968, #178Wes Unseld #60vs. North Carolina 1972, #40 (if W UCLA-NC St)
26Duquesne 2024, #203Jimmy Clarkvs. Rutgers 1976, #39 (if W Co-LSU)
27Gonzaga 1981, #216John Stockton #25vs. Michigan 1993, #36 Eliminated
28Massachusetts 1971, #219Julius Erving #19L 42-69 vs. Purdue 2024 #35, Eliminated

Friday, November 22, 2024

Resuming All-Time Great Men's and Women's Value Add Basketball Game Tournaments

We play our Statis-Pro baseball game about half the year, and with the LA Dodgers sweeping our annual World Series, we now return to the Value Add Basketball Game of the all-time great men's and women's college teams.

 WOMEN’S ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT – Pat Summit’s 1998 Tennessee team won the first all-time women’s tournament in the Value Add Basketball game with four straight wins. We had a couple of tournaments going of teams created after that, and have now combined the two tournaments we had going up until we broke for baseball, and reseeded the remaining unbeatens from both tournaments into one. Their bracket appears first below. Below that the remaining men’s unbeaten tournament teams outside of the two champs that already won a full-tournament.

Team, all-time game rank  Best Players (rank if top 40 game card of all-time)  Seed  plays
Connecticut 2002, #2Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, 3, 7 all-time best player1bye
Tennessee 2007, #3Candace Parker, 10 all-time best player215
Texas 1986, #4Clarissa Davis, 40 all-time best player314
Connecticut 1995, #7Nykesha Sales, Rebecca Lobo, 31, 37 all-time best 413
Old Dominion 1997, #12Ticha Penicheiro512
LSU 2023, #15Angel Reese, 23 all-time best player611
Iowa 2024, #18Caitlin Clark, 8 all-time best player710
Colorado St. 1999, #24Becky Hammon, 19 all-time best player89
Maryland 2006, #26Crystal Langhorne98
Notre Dame 2001, #28Ruth Riley, 32 all-time best player107
Virginia 1991, #30Dawn Staley, 20 all-time best player116
Marquette 2019, #33Chloe Marotta and Natisha Hiedeman125
UCLA 2018, #38Monique Billings134
Kentucky 2013, #39DeNesha Stallworth143
Texas Tech 1993, #44Sheryl Swoopes, 18 all-time best player152

 Team not listed - Tennessee 1998 already won previous tournament. We consider the #2 through #5 seeds heavy favorites, by 9 points or double figures - however the other games are very even.

Men's Tournament

Bill Walton’s 1972 UCLA won 6 straight to take the all-time title from our first 96 Value Add Basketball teams, then Paul Pierce’s 1997 Kansas won 5 straight to win our second title. Since then we added many more teams and every team has played at least once. We have reseeded the remaining 26 teams who are still undefeated, most 1-0. The seeds are based on our rankings right now – which started with how good we believe they are based on their cards but is then adjusted for each win and loss.

We would consider the 5 to 9 seeds as well as 13-seed Duke as double digit favorites, the other games as likely competitive. We did fall into one actual rematch from a regular seasons with the 2023 Texas and Gonzaga teams facing in our #16 vs. #17 seed. They did actually play early that season and Texas destroyed the Zags, but it was at Texas and at the end of the season the Zags did go to the Final 4 while Texas was beaten in the Elite 8.

Men's unbeaten                             Player(s)                              Seed        Plays
Connecticut 2023, #7Adama Sanogo1bye
Connecticut 1996, #14Ray Allen #522bye
Western Kentucky 1966, #24Clem Haskins3bye
Houston 2021, #26Quentin Grimes4bye
Purdue 2024, #35Zach Edey528
Michigan 1993, #36Chris Webber #65627
Rutgers 1976, #39Phil Sellers726
North Carolina 1972, #40Bob McAdoo #54825
UCLA 2008, #44Russell Westbrook #46924
Colorado 2021, #56McKinley Wright1023
Tennessee 2023, #59Santiago Vescovi1122
Georgetown 1989, #63Alonzo Mourning #691221
Duke 2015, #65Justise Winslow1320
North Carolina 2022, #67Armando Bacot1419
SMU 2017, #70Semi Ojeleye1518
Texas 2023, #71Marcus Carr1617
Gonzaga 2023, #76Drew Timme1716
Kansas 2022, #79Ochai Agbaji1815
Xavier 2023, #86Jack Nunge1914
Miami 2023, #131Norchad Omier2013
Arizona St. 2009, #139James Harden #332112
Oregon St. 1990, #140Gary Payton #482211
LSU 1953, #147Bob Pettit #312310
NC St. 2024, #153D.J. Burns249
Louisville 1968, #178Wes Unseld #60258
Duquesne 2024, #203Jimmy Clark267
Gonzaga 1981, #216John Stockton #25276
Massachusetts 1971, #219Julius Erving #19285

For google sheet users, you can click for all our former results in MEN'S and WOMEN'S Games.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

FINAL! J-Rod Gets His Pitch w/ 2 outs, tying run 90 feet away ...

Game 4                    1  2  3    4  5  6     7  8  9    R  H   E
LA Dodgers041 111 010 9122
Seattle130 000 040 8104



We teased it below, but the final card flip of the 2024 Statis-Pro season was the black 52 random number in the photo at the bottom - meaning a strikeout by J-Rod as Seattle could not come up with their third walk off homer of the playoffs (first two to beat the Yankees) and lost 9-8 to give the dominant LA Dodgers a 4-game sweep.

Here is the final box score of the 9-8 slugfest with 6 errors in Game 4, which followed the 2-1 Dodgers win in Game 3 without a single error and few baserunners. Having already used their one legit long-reliever for the series, the Mariners needed a long start from Bryan Woo, who was a hero in the ALCS, but he lasted only two innings to lave trailing 4-1. However, the Walker Buehler let the Mariners tie it 4-4 in the bottom of the 2nd.

However, the Dodgers were much better set up for a bull pen game, with no reliever used lower than an average PB 4-7 (controls action on the pitcher card to avoid chances of extra base hits on 50% of rolls or cards from 2-10) while the Mariners were left with mainly the lowest PB 2-4 pitchers on the hill (controls action only 17% of the time). 

That was the big difference as the Dodgers hit 4 homers (2 by Freeman, and 1 by Tommy Edman and James Outman, who had a much better projected card than Kiki Hernandez and thus started this game). Randy Arozarena had the only homer for Seattle, while Josh Rojas added the clutch 3-run double to almost bring them back.
 
Dodgers Line-up                  Pos    HR        OBR/SP   OPS                     AB   R     H      BI
Shohei OhtaniDH23-32A/B0.9155022
Mookie BettsSS25-32B/B0.8905000
Freddie Freeman1b32-36B/B0.8924322
Will SmithC24-28D/D0.8105020
Max Muncy3b16-24E/D0.7845111
Tommy EdmanLF33-35A/AA0.7235112
Gavin Lux2b28-31A/C0.7314110
Teoscar HernándezRF25-33D/C0.7833100
James Outmanpr-1b22-26A/B0.7584231
LA Batting    409128
         
Dodgers PitchersPBKWalkERAIPHr/erw-k
Walker Buehler2'-825'-4243'-463.94, Max IP 7254,44,4
Michael Kopech (fr CHW)4'-723'-3738'-515.03, Max IP 6210,02,1
Brusdar Graterol2'-723'-3536'-383.68, Max IP 2200,00,1
Alex Vesia4'-721'-4748'-563.82, Max IP 2110,00,1
Ryan Brasier4'-725'-4243'-474.12, Max IP 20.734,41,1
Gavin Stone4'-725'-4344'-514.25, Max IP 31.300,00,1
LA Pitching    9108,87,9
         
Mariners Line-upPosHROBR/SPOPSABRHBI
Julio RodríguezCF28-35A/AAA0.8414210
Randy Arozarena (fr TBR)LF27-32B/B0.8005212
Cal RaleighC22-28E/D0.7614220
Mitch GarverDH22-27E/D0.7573001
J.P. CrawfordSS28-31E/C0.7365034
Luke Raley1B23-27B/B0.7293000
Dylan Moore2b22-25A/A0.6964000
Josh Rojas2b26-28B/A0.6595010
Victor Robles (fr wsn)RF27-31A/A0.6914120
Dominic CanzonePH27-33C/D0.7351000
Seattle Hitting    387107
         
Mariners PitchersPBKWalkERAIPHr/erw-k
Bryan Woo2'-727'-4546'-514.07, Max IP 4254,40,4
Emerson Hancock2'-626'-3536'-424.57, Max IP 3122,21,1
Gregory Santos4'-724'-4445'-483.46, Max IP 2111,10,1
Matt Brash2'-733'-6263'-733.29, Max IP 2110,02,1
JT Chargois2'-425'-3738'-464.37, Max IP 2111,10,0
Tayler Saucedo2'-424'-3841'-474.01, Max IP 2100,00,1
Eduard Bazardo2'-425'-3841'-444.06, Max IP 2121,10,1
Trent Thornton2'-425'-3738'-444.23, Max IP 2100,00,2
Seattle Pitching    9129,93,11

We teased it first

Here was our update on the last couple of innings posted earlier. 

Having stunned the NY Yankees with two walk off homers in the AL playoffs, the Mariners rallied from down 9-5 in Game 4 of the Statis-Pro World Series.

Both starters lasted only two innings, and closers were long gone to get out of earlier jams, when JP Crawford hit a clutch 3-run double in the bottom of the 8th to pull the Seattle Mariners back within 9-8 against the LA Dodgers.

In the 9th Josh Rojas reached on an error by Dodgers pitcher Gavin Stone, the second error on the Dodgers in addition to an incredible four errors by Seattle after an error free game 3 game won 2-1 by the Dodgers.

Rojas stole second base, and went to third on a pinch hit grounder by Dominic Canzone to leave him 90 feet away with the game tying run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th.

Stone, an average PB 4-7, left the pitch up on a PB 9 meaning a 28-38 on Julio Rodriguez great card would likely leave the park for another walk off homer and 10-9 win for Seattle. An out would end the Statis-Pro World Series with a Dodgers 4 games to 0 sweep. Anything in between with the tying run scoring would not only guarantee at least extra innings but also put J-Rod on base with his best possible A/AAA speed and a chance to cross home with a game-winning run himself.

And the result ... will be posted shortly tonight with a full-wrap and box score ...

Developing ...FINAL! And if you look closely at the big picture, a black 52 is the last RN (Random Number) to land in the strikeout range for Rodriguez in a game in which he reached four of six times.

The 2024 Statis-Pro season is over in a series that started with high school friends in the 1980s, though skipped some years.

Click here for links to all the current players as well as the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams, and here are the instructions to play your own games.








Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Late Rally Gives Dodgers 3-0 Statis-Pro World Series Lead

It may be no surprise the Statis-Pro LA Dodgers are dominating the Seattle Mariners much as the real life LA Dodgers did to the Yankees in the real World Series. However, in both cases the underdog had real chances. For the third game in a row the Dodgers rallied late for the win to take a 3 games to none lead and be one game from sweeping to end our Statis-Pro season.

Logan Gilbert was dominant for the Mariners through his maximum 7 innings with only three base runners allowed on two hits and a walk. While the weakness of both bullpens on our projected cards is the one issue for each team, the Mariners did have one other solid PB2-7 card who could have wrapped up the game or pitched extended extra innings in Bryce Miller

The shocker then occurred in the bottom of the 8th when the hero once again was Kiké Hernández, when he got a pitch he could hit and on a 27, one of only two numbers that are a clean homer on his projected card of 27-28, tied the game 1-1. 

In the top of the 9th, real World Series hero Freddie Freeman came through with a 1-out single, and pinch runner James Outman stole second base. Max Muncy then sent a tough grounder toward 3rd base that would have required a clutch defensive play by Josh Rojas, but on a play most would have made it went by him for what would be a game-winning single. 

To the contrary, it was the defense of Dodgers catch Will Smith that may have saved the game in the 8th and 9th inning. 

Bobby Miller had allowed only a second inning homer to Luke Raley, and gotten out of a 2nd and 3rd base on outsituation in the 5th and was helped when Teoscar Hernández threw out J.P. Crawford trying to go 1st to 3rd in the 6th inning.

He stayed in for the 8th despite that meaning his PB was reduced from PB2-8 to PB2-7 for exceeding his 7 maximum innings pitched. He struck out the first two, but then Julio Rodríguez singled to reduce him to a PB 4-7 and he had to be replaced by Brusdar Graterol, there only decent PB 2-7 in the pen. With J-Rods AAA speed he is an almost automatic steal, particularly with the new Statis-Pro rules making odd Random Numbers that would be outs merely a base held.

However, Muncy came up with a 52 - one of only two automatic caught stealing along with 48 now that a 47 and 51 are just holds, and J-Rod was thrown out to end the inning.

With two outs in the 9th, Mitch Garver singled, and Speed A Cade Marlowe could not get a jump to steal 2nd, and Crawford hit a dribbler in front of the plate that Muncy threw to 1st to end the game.

Game 3                  123   456    789     RHE
LA Dodgers000 000 011 250
Seattle010 000 000 170

The Los Angeles Dodgers win 2-1 and now lead the series three games to none. 

The Mariners will count on the young Bryan Woo for the Game 4 start against the much more experienced Walker Buehler.

 
Dodgers Line-up                        Pos     HR       OBR/SP    OPS                 AB  R  H     BI
Shohei OhtaniDH23-32A/B0.9154000
Mookie BettsSS25-32B/B0.8904000
Freddie Freeman1b32-36B/B0.8924010
James Outmanpr-1b22-26A/B0.7580100
Max Muncy3b16-24E/D0.7844021
Tommy EdmanLF33-35A/AA0.7233010
Gavin Lux2b28-31A/C0.7312000
Will SmithC24-28D/D0.8103000
Kiké HernándezCF27-28D/E0.6544111
Teoscar HernándezRF25-33D/C0.7833000
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Dodgers PitchersPBKWalkERAIPHr/erw k
Bobby Miller2'-824'-4142'-453.88, Max 7 IP7.761'/11'/5
Brusdar Graterol2'-723'-3536'-383.68, Max 2 IP1.310'/00'/2
         
Mariners Line-upPosHROBR/SPOPSABRHBI
Julio RodríguezCF28-35A/AAA0.8414010
Randy Arozarena (fr TBR)LF27-32B/B0.8004000
Cal RaleighC22-28E/D0.7614000
Mitch GarverDH22-27E/D0.7574010
Cade MarloweLF24-26A/A0.6420000
J.P. CrawfordSS28-31E/C0.7364020
Luke Raley1B23-27B/B0.7293121
Dylan Moore2b22-25A/A0.6963010
Josh Rojas3b26-28B/A0.6592000
Victor Robles (fr wsn)RF27-31A/A0.6913000
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Mariners PitchersPBKWalkERAIPHr/erw/k
Logan Gilbert2'-825'-4243'-463.69, Max 7 IP720'/01'/7
Bryce Miller2'-723'-3536'-384.10, Max 6 IP232'/22'/2

SB- Outman, CS-Rodriguez. Outfield Assist - T Hernandez threw out Crawford. SH - Lux. 2B - Edman. HR - K Hernandez, Raley.