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sansterre · 08-28-2017, 09:54 PM

Now announcing, the lineup for League 1-2!

The teams are grouped by league and chronologically (this is another DH / original league). The info in each team's brief writeup is the team's year and name, their record, pythag deviation (higher means luckier), how their season ended, how many team WAR they put up (adjusted to 162 games), and their stars (top 2 players or everyone above 4.9 WAR or so).

League 1-2

DH League

1974 New York Yankees, 89-73 (+3 pythag), missed playoffs by 2 games, 40.1 WAR, Elliott Maddox (5.4, OF), Craig Nettles (4.9, 3B)

1975 Oakland Athletics, 98-64 (+1), lost to Boston in ALCS 3-0, 49.2 WAR, Reggie Jackson (6.7, OF), Bill North (5.7, OF), Gene Tenace (5.2, C), Claudell Washington (4.9, OF)

1977 Kansas City Royals, 102-60 (+4), lost to Yankees in ALCS 3-2, 51.3 WAR, George Brett (7.6, 3B), Al Cowens (5.3, OF), Dennis Leonard (5.6, SP)

1978 Kansas City Royals, 92-70 (-1), lost to Yankees in ALCS 3-1, 43.5 WAR, Amos Otis (7.4, CF), George Brett (5.4, 3B)

1979 California Angels, 88-74 (-2), lost to Orioles in ALCS 3-1, 40.9 WAR, Bobby Grich (5.9, 2B), Brian Downing (5.6, C)

1979 Milwaukee Brewers, 95-66 (+6), missed playoffs by 8 games, 48.2 WAR, Paul Molitor (5.6, 2B), Sixto Lezcano (5.6, OF), Gorman Thomas (4.8, CF), Mike Caldwell (4.8, SP)

1979 New York Yankees, 89-71 (+3), missed playoffs by 21 games, 36.8 WAR, Willie Randolph (5.2, 2B), Ron Guidry (6.5, SP), Tommy John (5.5, SP)

1980 Detroit Tigers, 84-78 (-4), missed playoffs by 19 games, 36.8 WAR, Alan Trammell (4.8, SS)

1981 Texas Rangers, 57-48 (-3), missed playoffs by 5 games, 39.6 WAR*, Buddy Bell (9.3*, 3B), Jim Sundberg (5.8*, C)

1981 Oakland Athletics, 64-45 (+3), lost to Yankees in ALCS 3-0, 41.3 WAR*, Rickey Henderson (9.8*, OF), Dwayne Murphy (6.5*, OF), Tony Armas (6.2*, OF), Steve McCatty (6.8, SP)

1983 Chicago White Sox, 99-63 (+3), lost to Orioles in ALCS 3-1, 44.5 WAR, Carlton Fisk (4.3, C), Richard Dotson (5.1, SP)

1984 Detroit Tigers, 104-58 (+5), won World Series over Padres 4-1, 51.8 WAR, Alan Trammell (6.7, SS), Chet Lemon (6.2, CF), Kirk Gibson (5.1, OF), Willie Hernandez (4.8, SP)

1984 Boston Red Sox, 86-76 (+1), missed playoffs by 22 games, 36.8 WAR, Wade Boggs (6.3, 3B), Dwight Evans (5.4, OF)

1985 Toronto Blue Jays, 99-62 (0), lost to Kansas City in ALCS 4-3, 51.6 WAR, Jesse Barfield (6.8, OF), Dave Stieb (6.9, SP), Jimmy Key (5.1, SP), Doyle Alexander (4.9, SP)

1985 Kansas City Royals, 91-71 (+5), won World Series over St. Louis 4-3, 40.8 WAR, George Brett (8.3, 3B), Bret Saberhagen (7.3, SP), Charlie Leibrandt (6.7, SP)

1988 Detroit Tigers, 88-74 (+2), missed playoffs by 1 game, 37.9 WAR, Alan Trammell (6.0, SS)

1989 Kansas City Royals, 92-70 (+5), missed playoffs by 7 games, 43.4 WAR, Bret Saberhagen (9.7, SP), Mark Gubicza (6.3, SP), Jeff Montgomery (4.6, CL)

1991 Minnesota Twins, 95-67 (+1), won World Series over Atlanta 4-3, 50.9 WAR, Shane Mack (5.0, OF), Kevin Tapani (6.8, SP)

1993 Toronto Blue Jays, 95-67 (+4), won World Series over Philly 4-2, 47.9 WAR, John Olerud (7.7, 1B), Devon White (6.2, CF), Roberto Alomar (6.1, 2B), Paul Molitor (5.7, DH)

1994 Baltimore Orioles, 63-49 (-2), no playoffs, would have missed by 5 games, 48.7* WAR, Rafael Palmiero (5.8*, 1B), Cal Ripken (5.8*, SS), Mike Mussina (7.8*, SP)

1995 California Angels, 78-67 (-4), missed playoffs by 1 game >.<, 46.5* WAR, Tim Salmon (7.4*, OF), Jim Edmonds (6.3*, CF)

1997 Baltimore Orioles, 98-64 (+4), lost to Indians in ALCS 4-2, 50.5 WAR, Mike Mussina (5.5, SP), Jimmy Key (4.6, SP)

1998 Boston Red Sox, 92-70 (-2), lost to Indians in ALDS 3-1, 48.5 WAR, Nomar Garciaparra (7.1, SS), Mo Vaughn (5.6, 1B), Pedro Martinez (7.2, SP)

1998 Cleveland Indians, 89-73 (+2), lost to Yankees in ALCS 4-2, 45.5 WAR, Kenny Lofton (5.9, CF), Manny Ramirez (5.2, OF)

1999 Cleveland Indians, 97-65 (+4), lost to Red Sox in ALDS 3-2, 48.2 WAR, Roberto Alomar (7.4, 2B), Manny Ramirez (7.3, OF), Omar Vizquel (6.0, SS), Kenny Lofton (5.6, CF)

1999 Texas Rangers, 95-67 (+7), lost to Yankees in ALDS 3-0, 46.4 WAR, Ivan Rodriguez (6.4, C), Rafael Palmiero (5.2, DH)

2003 Boston Red Sox, 95-67 (+1), lost to Yankees in ALC 4-3, 54.8 WAR, Nomar Garciaparra (6.1, SS), Bill Mueller (5.6, 3B), Manny Ramirez (5.4, OF), Trot Nixon (5.1, OF), Pedro Martinez (8.0, SP)

2005 Cleveland Indians, 93-69 (-3), missed playoffs by 2 games, 51.9 WAR, Grady Sizemore (6.6, CF), Travis Hafner (5.4, DH), Victor Martinez (5.2, C), Jhonny Peralta (5.1, SS)

2005 Chicago White Sox, 99-63 (+8), won World Series over Astros 4-0, 46.3 WAR, Mark Buehrle (4.8, SP), Jon Garland (4.6, SP)

2007 Los Angeles Angels, 94-68 (+4), lost in ALDS to Red Sox 3-0, 41.8 WAR, John Lackey (6.3, SP), Kelvin Escobar (4.9, SP)

2008 Toronto Blue Jays, 86-76 (-7), missed playoffs by 9 games, 46.8 WAR, Alex Rios (5.9, OF), Roy Halladay (6.2, SP)

2008 New York Yankees, 89-73 (+2), missed playoffs by 6 games, 43.8 WAR, Alex Rodriguez (6.8, 3B), Mike Mussina (5.2, SP)

2008 Cleveland Indians, 81-81 (-4), missed playoffs by 8 games, 38.8 WAR, Grady Sizemore (5.9, CF), Cliff Lee (6.9, SP)

2009 Boston Red Sox, 95-67 (+2), lost in ALDS to Angels 3-0, 51.6 WAR, Kevin Youkilis (6.6, 1B), Dustin Pedroia (5.6, 2B), Jason Bay (5.2, OF), Jon Lester (6.3, SP), Josh Beckett (5.1, SP)

2009 Toronto Blue Jays, 75-87 (-9), missed the playoffs by a million games (jk, 20), 40.7 WAR, Aaron Hill (5.8, 2B), Marco Scutaro (5.4, SS), Roy Halladay (6.9, SP)

2010 Tampa Bay Rays, 96-66 (0), lost in ALDS to Rangers 3-2, 49.8 WAR, Evan Longoria (8.1, 3B), Carl Crawford (7.0, OF), David Price (4.8, SP)

2011 Los Angeles Angels, 86-76 (+1), missed playoffs by 5 games, 43.9 WAR, Peter Bourjos (5.1, CF), Jared Weaver (7.0, SP)

2012 New York Yankees, 95-67 (0), lost in ALCS to Tigers 4-0, 51.4 WAR, Robinson Cano (8.5, 2B), Hiroki Kuroda (5.5, SP)

2012 Detroit Tigers, 88-74 (+1), lost in World Series to Giants 4-0, 41.4 WAR, Miguel Cabrera (7.2, 3B), Austin Jackson (5.4, CF), Justin Verlander (7.8, SP)

2013 Oakland Athletics, 96-66 (0), lost in ALDS to Tigers 3-2, 41.1 WAR, Josh Donaldson (7.7, 3B), Bartolo Colon (5.0, SP)

2014 Oakland Athletics, 88-74 (-11), lost Wild Card to Royals 1-0, 44.4 WAR, Josh Donaldson (7.3, 3B)

2016 Seattle Mariners, 86-76 (-1), missed playoffs by 3 games, 38.8 WAR, Robinson Cano (7.3, 2B), Kyle Seager (6.9, 3B)

Original League

1901 Pittsburgh Pirates, 90-49 (-2), won National League, 50.3* WAR, Honus Wagner (8.3, SS), Fred Clarke (5.8, OF), Jack Chesbro (6.4, SP), Deacon Phillippe (5.5, SP), Jesse Tannehill (5.2, SP)

1902 Philadelphia Athletics, 83-53 (+3), won American League, 41.6 WAR*, Lave Cross (5.2, 3B), Socks Seybold (5.1, OF), Rube Waddell (11.6, SP), Eddie Plank (6.9, SP)

1904 Chicago Cubs, 93-60 (+6), missed playoffs by 13 games, 37 WAR*, Frank Chance (6.2, 1B), Jake Weimer (6.5, SP)

1905 Chicago Cubs, 92-61 (-12), missed playoffs by 13 games, 48.6 WAR*, Frank Chance (5.9, 1B), Ed Reulbach (8.8, SP), Bob Wicker (5.0, SP)

1905 Philadelphia Phillies, 83-69 (-4), missed playoffs by 21.5 games, 35.2 WAR*, John Titus (5.8, OF), Roy Thomas (5.7, OF), Sherry Magee (5.3, OF), Tully Sparks (5.6, SP)

1906 New York Giants, 96-56 (+6), missed playoffs by 20 games, 42 WAR*, Art Devlin (8.5, 3B), Roger Bresnahan (4.9, 1B)

1907 Pittsburgh Pirates, 91-63 (-1), missed playoffs by 17 games, 39.6 WAR*, Honus Wagner (9.5, SS), Tommy Leach (5.7, OF), Fred Clarke (5.5, OF)

1907 New York Giants, 82-71 (-3), missed playoffs by 25.5 games, 37.6 WAR*, Art Devlin (4.8, 3B), Christy Mathewson (8.0, SP)

1916 Boston Braves, 89-63 (+1), missed playoffs by 4 games, 36.2 WAR*, Rabbit Maranville (5.6, SS), Dick Rudolph (4.3, SP)

1917 Chicago White Sox, 100-54 (-1), won World Series over Giants 4-2, 53* WAR, Shoeless Joe Jackson (6.1, OF), Eddie Collins (5.3, 2B), Eddie Cicotte (12, SP)

1917 Philadelphia Phillies, 87-65 (+1), missed playoffs by 10 games, 38.4* WAR, Gavvy Cravath (4.7, OF), Pete Alexander (9.9, SP)

1919 New York Yankees, 80-59 (-2), missed playoffs by 11.5 games, 42.7* WAR, Roger Peckinpaugh (7.3, SS), Del Pratt (6.2, 2B)

1920 New York Giants, 86-68 (-7), missed playoffs by 7 games, 38.3* WAR, Ross Youngs (6.7, OF), Dave Bancroft (6.0, SS)

1920 Cincinnati Reds, 82-71 (-3), missed playoffs by 10.5 games, 35.9* WAR, Edd Roush (6.2, CF), Dutch Ruether (4.8, SP)

1923 New York Giants, 95-58 (+3), lost World Series to Yankees 4-2, 40.6* WAR, Frankie Frisch (7.1, 2B), Dave Bancroft (3.9, SS)

1923 Pittsburgh Pirates, 87-67 (+1), missed playoffs by 8.5 games, 36.4* WAR, Max Carey (5.3, CF), Pie Traynor (4.7, 3B)

1924 New York Giants, 93-60 (-3), lost World Series to Senators 4-3, 47.1* WAR, Frankie Frisch (7.9, 2B), Ross Youngs (6.2, OF), High Pockets Kelly (5.1, 1B)

1926 Chicago Cubs, 82-72 (-4), missed playoffs by 7 games, 41.7* WAR, Hack Wilson (5.5, CF), Charlie Root (5.5, SP)

1930 St. Louis Cardinals, 92-62 (-2), lost World Series to Athletics 4-2, 41.3* WAR, Frankie Frisch (4.9, 2B), Burleigh Grimes (4.6, SP)

1931 St. Louis Cardinals, 101-53 (+4), won World Series over Athletics 4-3, 42.6* WAR, Chick Hafey (4.5, OF), Bill Hallahan (4.4, SP)

1944 St. Louis Cardinals, 105-49 (-2), won World Series over Browns 4-2, 61.5* WAR, Stan Musial (9.3, OF), Johnny Hopp (5.8, CF), Marty Marion (4.9, SS), Mort Cooper (5.6, SP)

1945 Chicago Cubs, 98-56 (-1), lost World Series to Tigers 4-3, 49.0* WAR, Stan Hack (6.3, 3B), Phil Cavarretta (6.3, 1B), Claude Passeau (5.3, SP), Hank Wyse (5.3, SP)

1954 Milwaukee Braves, 89-65 (-1), missed playoffs by 8 games, 50.0* WAR, Eddie Mathews (8.1, 3B), Warren Spahn (5.4, SP), Lew Burdette (5.0, SP)

1954 New York Yankees, 103-51 (0), missed playoffs by 8 games, 47.7* WAR, Mickey Mantle (7.3, CF), Yogi Berra (5.7, C)

1955 Cincinnati Reds, 75-79 (-9), missed playoffs by 23.5 games, 42.5* WAR, Wally Post (5.6, OF), Ted Kluszewski (5.6, 1B)

1958 Pittsburgh Pirates, 84-70 (+1), missed playoffs by 8 games, 40.6* WAR, Bill Mazeroski (5.2, 2B), Roberto Clemente (4.6, OF)

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, 95-59 (+3), won World Series over Yankees 4-3, 51.1* WAR, Dick Groat (6.5, SS), Don Hoak (5.7, 3B), Bob Friend (5.9, SP)

1961 San Francisco Giants, 85-69 (-4), missed playoffs by 8 games, 44* WAR, Willie Mays (9.2, CF), Orlando Cepeda (6.0, 1B)

1963 Minnesota Twins, 91-70 (-7), missed playoffs by 13 games, 48.8* WAR, Bob Allison (7.4, OF), Jimmie Hall (5.4, CF), Camilo Pascual (6.2, SP)

1963 St. Louis Cardinals, 93-69 (-1), missed playoffs by 6 games, 49.2 WAR, Dick Groat (7.1, SS), Bill White (6.0, 1B), Curt Flood (5.8, CF), Ken Boyer (5.2, 3B), Curt Simmons (4.9, SP)

1964 Philadelphia Phillies, 92-70 (+4), missed playoffs by 1 game, 39.9 WAR, Dick Allen (8.8, 3B), Johnny Callison (6.1, OF), Chris Short (6.2, SP), Jim Bunning (5.4, SP)

1970 Chicago Cubs, 84-78 (-10), missed playoffs by 5 games, 40.6 WAR, Billie Williams (6.6, OF), Jim Hickman (5.0, 1B), Fergie Jenkins (7.3, SP), Ken Holtzman (6.4, SP), Bill Hands (5.2, SP)

1971 Los Angeles Dodgers, 89-73 (-1), missed playoffs by 1 game, 38.9 WAR, Dick Allen (5.4, 3B), Willie Davis (5.2, CF),

1977 Cincinnati Reds, 88-74 (0), missed playoffs by 10 games, 38.9 WAR, George Foster (8.4, OF), Joe Morgan (5.8, 2B), Johnny Bench (5.0, C), Tom Seaver (5.6, SP)

1981 Cincinnati Reds, 66-42 (+9), missed playoffs by . . . hard to explain. 1981 was dumb, 36.3* WAR, Dave Concepcion (5.6, SS), George Foster (5.6, OF), Tom Seaver (6.0, SP)

1988 New York Mets, 100-60 (0), lost in NLCS to Dodgers 4-3, 56.2 WAR, Darryl Strawberry (5.4, OF), David Cone (5.6, SP)

1990 New York Mets, 91-71 (-7), missed playoffs by 4 games, 43.4 WAR, Darryl Strawberry (6.3, OF), Frank Viola (6.4, SP)

1996 San Diego Padres, 91-71 (+1), lost in NLDS to Cardinals 3-0, 40.2 WAR, Ken Caminiti (7.6, 3B), Steve Finley (5.7, CF)

1997 New York Mets, 88-74 (0), missed playoffs by 4 games, 31.3 WAR, Edgardo Alfonzo (6.2, 3B), Rick Reed (4.4, SP)

2005 Atlanta Braves, 90-72 (-1), lost in NLDS to Astros 3-1, 40.4 WAR, Andruw Jones (6.7, CF), Rafael Furcal (6.4, SS), John Smoltz (4.9, SP)

2007 Atlanta Braves, 84-78 (-4), missed the playoffs by 5 games, 39.7 WAR, Chipper Jones (7.6, 3B), Tim Hudson (4.7, SP)

2010 Cincinnati Reds, 91-71 (-1), lost in NLDS to Phillies 3-1, 39.7 WAR, Joey Votto (6.9, 1B), Jay Bruce (4.7, OF)

An asterix (*) by a team's WAR total indicates that the team didn't play 162 games, so their WAR (and that of their players) is adjusted to a 162-game season for comparison.

You may notice that earlier teams have a disproportionate tendency to either have missed the playoffs and to have missed the playoffs by a lot. Just remember that, once upon a time, only 1 in 8 teams made the playoffs, compared to 3/8 today.

Top Teams (sorted by team WAR):

DH League:

54.8: 2003 Boston Red Sox
51.9: 2005 Cleveland Indians
51.8: 1984 Detroit Tigers
51.6: 1977 Kansas City Royals
51.6: 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
51.6: 2009 Boston Red Sox
51.4: 2012 New York Yankees
50.9: 1991 Minnesota Twins
50.5: 1997 Baltimore Orioles
49.8: 2010 Tampa Bay Rays
49.2: 1975 Oakland Athletics
48.7: 1994 Baltimore Orioles
48.5: 1998 Boston Red Sox
48.2: 1979 Milwaukee Brewers
48.2: 1999 Cleveland Indians
47.9: 1993 Toronto Blue Jays

Original League:

61.5: 1944 St. Louis Cardinals
56.2: 1988 New York Mets
53.0: 1917 Chicago White Sox
51.1: 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
50.3: 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates
50.0: 1954 Milwaukee Braves
49.2: 1963 St. Louis Cardinals
49.0: 1945 Chicago Cubs
48.8: 1963 Minnesota Twins
48.6: 1905 Chicago Cubs
47.7: 1954 New York Yankees

Should be an exciting group. No super-teams (I don't really know how OOTP compensates for the WW2-weakened rosters that the '44 Cardinals competed against). But a very nice mix of excellent teams, including some I'm very excited about watching, like Eddie Collins' 1917 White Sox, or the 1988 Mets, or the 2013 Red Sox. This is a notably Yankee-light league.

08-28-2017, 09:54 PM	#12
sansterre Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 251	Now announcing, the lineup for League 1-2! The teams are grouped by league and chronologically (this is another DH / original league). The info in each team's brief writeup is the team's year and name, their record, pythag deviation (higher means luckier), how their season ended, how many team WAR they put up (adjusted to 162 games), and their stars (top 2 players or everyone above 4.9 WAR or so). League 1-2 DH League 1974 New York Yankees, 89-73 (+3 pythag), missed playoffs by 2 games, 40.1 WAR, Elliott Maddox (5.4, OF), Craig Nettles (4.9, 3B) 1975 Oakland Athletics, 98-64 (+1), lost to Boston in ALCS 3-0, 49.2 WAR, Reggie Jackson (6.7, OF), Bill North (5.7, OF), Gene Tenace (5.2, C), Claudell Washington (4.9, OF) 1977 Kansas City Royals, 102-60 (+4), lost to Yankees in ALCS 3-2, 51.3 WAR, George Brett (7.6, 3B), Al Cowens (5.3, OF), Dennis Leonard (5.6, SP) 1978 Kansas City Royals, 92-70 (-1), lost to Yankees in ALCS 3-1, 43.5 WAR, Amos Otis (7.4, CF), George Brett (5.4, 3B) 1979 California Angels, 88-74 (-2), lost to Orioles in ALCS 3-1, 40.9 WAR, Bobby Grich (5.9, 2B), Brian Downing (5.6, C) 1979 Milwaukee Brewers, 95-66 (+6), missed playoffs by 8 games, 48.2 WAR, Paul Molitor (5.6, 2B), Sixto Lezcano (5.6, OF), Gorman Thomas (4.8, CF), Mike Caldwell (4.8, SP) 1979 New York Yankees, 89-71 (+3), missed playoffs by 21 games, 36.8 WAR, Willie Randolph (5.2, 2B), Ron Guidry (6.5, SP), Tommy John (5.5, SP) 1980 Detroit Tigers, 84-78 (-4), missed playoffs by 19 games, 36.8 WAR, Alan Trammell (4.8, SS) 1981 Texas Rangers, 57-48 (-3), missed playoffs by 5 games, 39.6 WAR, Buddy Bell (9.3, 3B), Jim Sundberg (5.8, C) 1981 Oakland Athletics, 64-45 (+3), lost to Yankees in ALCS 3-0, 41.3 WAR, Rickey Henderson (9.8, OF), Dwayne Murphy (6.5, OF), Tony Armas (6.2, OF), Steve McCatty (6.8, SP) 1983 Chicago White Sox, 99-63 (+3), lost to Orioles in ALCS 3-1, 44.5 WAR, Carlton Fisk (4.3, C), Richard Dotson (5.1, SP) 1984 Detroit Tigers, 104-58 (+5), won World Series over Padres 4-1, 51.8 WAR, Alan Trammell (6.7, SS), Chet Lemon (6.2, CF), Kirk Gibson (5.1, OF), Willie Hernandez (4.8, SP) 1984 Boston Red Sox, 86-76 (+1), missed playoffs by 22 games, 36.8 WAR, Wade Boggs (6.3, 3B), Dwight Evans (5.4, OF) 1985 Toronto Blue Jays, 99-62 (0), lost to Kansas City in ALCS 4-3, 51.6 WAR, Jesse Barfield (6.8, OF), Dave Stieb (6.9, SP), Jimmy Key (5.1, SP), Doyle Alexander (4.9, SP) 1985 Kansas City Royals, 91-71 (+5), won World Series over St. Louis 4-3, 40.8 WAR, George Brett (8.3, 3B), Bret Saberhagen (7.3, SP), Charlie Leibrandt (6.7, SP) 1988 Detroit Tigers, 88-74 (+2), missed playoffs by 1 game, 37.9 WAR, Alan Trammell (6.0, SS) 1989 Kansas City Royals, 92-70 (+5), missed playoffs by 7 games, 43.4 WAR, Bret Saberhagen (9.7, SP), Mark Gubicza (6.3, SP), Jeff Montgomery (4.6, CL) 1991 Minnesota Twins, 95-67 (+1), won World Series over Atlanta 4-3, 50.9 WAR, Shane Mack (5.0, OF), Kevin Tapani (6.8, SP) 1993 Toronto Blue Jays, 95-67 (+4), won World Series over Philly 4-2, 47.9 WAR, John Olerud (7.7, 1B), Devon White (6.2, CF), Roberto Alomar (6.1, 2B), Paul Molitor (5.7, DH) 1994 Baltimore Orioles, 63-49 (-2), no playoffs, would have missed by 5 games, 48.7 WAR, Rafael Palmiero (5.8, 1B), Cal Ripken (5.8, SS), Mike Mussina (7.8, SP) 1995 California Angels, 78-67 (-4), missed playoffs by 1 game >.<, 46.5 WAR, Tim Salmon (7.4, OF), Jim Edmonds (6.3, CF) 1997 Baltimore Orioles, 98-64 (+4), lost to Indians in ALCS 4-2, 50.5 WAR, Mike Mussina (5.5, SP), Jimmy Key (4.6, SP) 1998 Boston Red Sox, 92-70 (-2), lost to Indians in ALDS 3-1, 48.5 WAR, Nomar Garciaparra (7.1, SS), Mo Vaughn (5.6, 1B), Pedro Martinez (7.2, SP) 1998 Cleveland Indians, 89-73 (+2), lost to Yankees in ALCS 4-2, 45.5 WAR, Kenny Lofton (5.9, CF), Manny Ramirez (5.2, OF) 1999 Cleveland Indians, 97-65 (+4), lost to Red Sox in ALDS 3-2, 48.2 WAR, Roberto Alomar (7.4, 2B), Manny Ramirez (7.3, OF), Omar Vizquel (6.0, SS), Kenny Lofton (5.6, CF) 1999 Texas Rangers, 95-67 (+7), lost to Yankees in ALDS 3-0, 46.4 WAR, Ivan Rodriguez (6.4, C), Rafael Palmiero (5.2, DH) 2003 Boston Red Sox, 95-67 (+1), lost to Yankees in ALC 4-3, 54.8 WAR, Nomar Garciaparra (6.1, SS), Bill Mueller (5.6, 3B), Manny Ramirez (5.4, OF), Trot Nixon (5.1, OF), Pedro Martinez (8.0, SP) 2005 Cleveland Indians, 93-69 (-3), missed playoffs by 2 games, 51.9 WAR, Grady Sizemore (6.6, CF), Travis Hafner (5.4, DH), Victor Martinez (5.2, C), Jhonny Peralta (5.1, SS) 2005 Chicago White Sox, 99-63 (+8), won World Series over Astros 4-0, 46.3 WAR, Mark Buehrle (4.8, SP), Jon Garland (4.6, SP) 2007 Los Angeles Angels, 94-68 (+4), lost in ALDS to Red Sox 3-0, 41.8 WAR, John Lackey (6.3, SP), Kelvin Escobar (4.9, SP) 2008 Toronto Blue Jays, 86-76 (-7), missed playoffs by 9 games, 46.8 WAR, Alex Rios (5.9, OF), Roy Halladay (6.2, SP) 2008 New York Yankees, 89-73 (+2), missed playoffs by 6 games, 43.8 WAR, Alex Rodriguez (6.8, 3B), Mike Mussina (5.2, SP) 2008 Cleveland Indians, 81-81 (-4), missed playoffs by 8 games, 38.8 WAR, Grady Sizemore (5.9, CF), Cliff Lee (6.9, SP) 2009 Boston Red Sox, 95-67 (+2), lost in ALDS to Angels 3-0, 51.6 WAR, Kevin Youkilis (6.6, 1B), Dustin Pedroia (5.6, 2B), Jason Bay (5.2, OF), Jon Lester (6.3, SP), Josh Beckett (5.1, SP) 2009 Toronto Blue Jays, 75-87 (-9), missed the playoffs by a million games (jk, 20), 40.7 WAR, Aaron Hill (5.8, 2B), Marco Scutaro (5.4, SS), Roy Halladay (6.9, SP) 2010 Tampa Bay Rays, 96-66 (0), lost in ALDS to Rangers 3-2, 49.8 WAR, Evan Longoria (8.1, 3B), Carl Crawford (7.0, OF), David Price (4.8, SP) 2011 Los Angeles Angels, 86-76 (+1), missed playoffs by 5 games, 43.9 WAR, Peter Bourjos (5.1, CF), Jared Weaver (7.0, SP) 2012 New York Yankees, 95-67 (0), lost in ALCS to Tigers 4-0, 51.4 WAR, Robinson Cano (8.5, 2B), Hiroki Kuroda (5.5, SP) 2012 Detroit Tigers, 88-74 (+1), lost in World Series to Giants 4-0, 41.4 WAR, Miguel Cabrera (7.2, 3B), Austin Jackson (5.4, CF), Justin Verlander (7.8, SP) 2013 Oakland Athletics, 96-66 (0), lost in ALDS to Tigers 3-2, 41.1 WAR, Josh Donaldson (7.7, 3B), Bartolo Colon (5.0, SP) 2014 Oakland Athletics, 88-74 (-11), lost Wild Card to Royals 1-0, 44.4 WAR, Josh Donaldson (7.3, 3B) 2016 Seattle Mariners, 86-76 (-1), missed playoffs by 3 games, 38.8 WAR, Robinson Cano (7.3, 2B), Kyle Seager (6.9, 3B) Original League 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates, 90-49 (-2), won National League, 50.3* WAR, Honus Wagner (8.3, SS), Fred Clarke (5.8, OF), Jack Chesbro (6.4, SP), Deacon Phillippe (5.5, SP), Jesse Tannehill (5.2, SP) 1902 Philadelphia Athletics, 83-53 (+3), won American League, 41.6 WAR, Lave Cross (5.2, 3B), Socks Seybold (5.1, OF), Rube Waddell (11.6, SP), Eddie Plank (6.9, SP) 1904 Chicago Cubs, 93-60 (+6), missed playoffs by 13 games, 37 WAR, Frank Chance (6.2, 1B), Jake Weimer (6.5, SP) 1905 Chicago Cubs, 92-61 (-12), missed playoffs by 13 games, 48.6 WAR, Frank Chance (5.9, 1B), Ed Reulbach (8.8, SP), Bob Wicker (5.0, SP) 1905 Philadelphia Phillies, 83-69 (-4), missed playoffs by 21.5 games, 35.2 WAR, John Titus (5.8, OF), Roy Thomas (5.7, OF), Sherry Magee (5.3, OF), Tully Sparks (5.6, SP) 1906 New York Giants, 96-56 (+6), missed playoffs by 20 games, 42 WAR, Art Devlin (8.5, 3B), Roger Bresnahan (4.9, 1B) 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates, 91-63 (-1), missed playoffs by 17 games, 39.6 WAR, Honus Wagner (9.5, SS), Tommy Leach (5.7, OF), Fred Clarke (5.5, OF) 1907 New York Giants, 82-71 (-3), missed playoffs by 25.5 games, 37.6 WAR, Art Devlin (4.8, 3B), Christy Mathewson (8.0, SP) 1916 Boston Braves, 89-63 (+1), missed playoffs by 4 games, 36.2 WAR, Rabbit Maranville (5.6, SS), Dick Rudolph (4.3, SP) 1917 Chicago White Sox, 100-54 (-1), won World Series over Giants 4-2, 53* WAR, Shoeless Joe Jackson (6.1, OF), Eddie Collins (5.3, 2B), Eddie Cicotte (12, SP) 1917 Philadelphia Phillies, 87-65 (+1), missed playoffs by 10 games, 38.4* WAR, Gavvy Cravath (4.7, OF), Pete Alexander (9.9, SP) 1919 New York Yankees, 80-59 (-2), missed playoffs by 11.5 games, 42.7* WAR, Roger Peckinpaugh (7.3, SS), Del Pratt (6.2, 2B) 1920 New York Giants, 86-68 (-7), missed playoffs by 7 games, 38.3* WAR, Ross Youngs (6.7, OF), Dave Bancroft (6.0, SS) 1920 Cincinnati Reds, 82-71 (-3), missed playoffs by 10.5 games, 35.9* WAR, Edd Roush (6.2, CF), Dutch Ruether (4.8, SP) 1923 New York Giants, 95-58 (+3), lost World Series to Yankees 4-2, 40.6* WAR, Frankie Frisch (7.1, 2B), Dave Bancroft (3.9, SS) 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates, 87-67 (+1), missed playoffs by 8.5 games, 36.4* WAR, Max Carey (5.3, CF), Pie Traynor (4.7, 3B) 1924 New York Giants, 93-60 (-3), lost World Series to Senators 4-3, 47.1* WAR, Frankie Frisch (7.9, 2B), Ross Youngs (6.2, OF), High Pockets Kelly (5.1, 1B) 1926 Chicago Cubs, 82-72 (-4), missed playoffs by 7 games, 41.7* WAR, Hack Wilson (5.5, CF), Charlie Root (5.5, SP) 1930 St. Louis Cardinals, 92-62 (-2), lost World Series to Athletics 4-2, 41.3* WAR, Frankie Frisch (4.9, 2B), Burleigh Grimes (4.6, SP) 1931 St. Louis Cardinals, 101-53 (+4), won World Series over Athletics 4-3, 42.6* WAR, Chick Hafey (4.5, OF), Bill Hallahan (4.4, SP) 1944 St. Louis Cardinals, 105-49 (-2), won World Series over Browns 4-2, 61.5* WAR, Stan Musial (9.3, OF), Johnny Hopp (5.8, CF), Marty Marion (4.9, SS), Mort Cooper (5.6, SP) 1945 Chicago Cubs, 98-56 (-1), lost World Series to Tigers 4-3, 49.0* WAR, Stan Hack (6.3, 3B), Phil Cavarretta (6.3, 1B), Claude Passeau (5.3, SP), Hank Wyse (5.3, SP) 1954 Milwaukee Braves, 89-65 (-1), missed playoffs by 8 games, 50.0* WAR, Eddie Mathews (8.1, 3B), Warren Spahn (5.4, SP), Lew Burdette (5.0, SP) 1954 New York Yankees, 103-51 (0), missed playoffs by 8 games, 47.7* WAR, Mickey Mantle (7.3, CF), Yogi Berra (5.7, C) 1955 Cincinnati Reds, 75-79 (-9), missed playoffs by 23.5 games, 42.5* WAR, Wally Post (5.6, OF), Ted Kluszewski (5.6, 1B) 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates, 84-70 (+1), missed playoffs by 8 games, 40.6* WAR, Bill Mazeroski (5.2, 2B), Roberto Clemente (4.6, OF) 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, 95-59 (+3), won World Series over Yankees 4-3, 51.1* WAR, Dick Groat (6.5, SS), Don Hoak (5.7, 3B), Bob Friend (5.9, SP) 1961 San Francisco Giants, 85-69 (-4), missed playoffs by 8 games, 44* WAR, Willie Mays (9.2, CF), Orlando Cepeda (6.0, 1B) 1963 Minnesota Twins, 91-70 (-7), missed playoffs by 13 games, 48.8* WAR, Bob Allison (7.4, OF), Jimmie Hall (5.4, CF), Camilo Pascual (6.2, SP) 1963 St. Louis Cardinals, 93-69 (-1), missed playoffs by 6 games, 49.2 WAR, Dick Groat (7.1, SS), Bill White (6.0, 1B), Curt Flood (5.8, CF), Ken Boyer (5.2, 3B), Curt Simmons (4.9, SP) 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, 92-70 (+4), missed playoffs by 1 game, 39.9 WAR, Dick Allen (8.8, 3B), Johnny Callison (6.1, OF), Chris Short (6.2, SP), Jim Bunning (5.4, SP) 1970 Chicago Cubs, 84-78 (-10), missed playoffs by 5 games, 40.6 WAR, Billie Williams (6.6, OF), Jim Hickman (5.0, 1B), Fergie Jenkins (7.3, SP), Ken Holtzman (6.4, SP), Bill Hands (5.2, SP) 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers, 89-73 (-1), missed playoffs by 1 game, 38.9 WAR, Dick Allen (5.4, 3B), Willie Davis (5.2, CF), 1977 Cincinnati Reds, 88-74 (0), missed playoffs by 10 games, 38.9 WAR, George Foster (8.4, OF), Joe Morgan (5.8, 2B), Johnny Bench (5.0, C), Tom Seaver (5.6, SP) 1981 Cincinnati Reds, 66-42 (+9), missed playoffs by . . . hard to explain. 1981 was dumb, 36.3* WAR, Dave Concepcion (5.6, SS), George Foster (5.6, OF), Tom Seaver (6.0, SP) 1988 New York Mets, 100-60 (0), lost in NLCS to Dodgers 4-3, 56.2 WAR, Darryl Strawberry (5.4, OF), David Cone (5.6, SP) 1990 New York Mets, 91-71 (-7), missed playoffs by 4 games, 43.4 WAR, Darryl Strawberry (6.3, OF), Frank Viola (6.4, SP) 1996 San Diego Padres, 91-71 (+1), lost in NLDS to Cardinals 3-0, 40.2 WAR, Ken Caminiti (7.6, 3B), Steve Finley (5.7, CF) 1997 New York Mets, 88-74 (0), missed playoffs by 4 games, 31.3 WAR, Edgardo Alfonzo (6.2, 3B), Rick Reed (4.4, SP) 2005 Atlanta Braves, 90-72 (-1), lost in NLDS to Astros 3-1, 40.4 WAR, Andruw Jones (6.7, CF), Rafael Furcal (6.4, SS), John Smoltz (4.9, SP) 2007 Atlanta Braves, 84-78 (-4), missed the playoffs by 5 games, 39.7 WAR, Chipper Jones (7.6, 3B), Tim Hudson (4.7, SP) 2010 Cincinnati Reds, 91-71 (-1), lost in NLDS to Phillies 3-1, 39.7 WAR, Joey Votto (6.9, 1B), Jay Bruce (4.7, OF) An asterix () by a team's WAR total indicates that the team didn't play 162 games, so their WAR (and that of their players) is adjusted to a 162-game season for comparison. You may notice that earlier teams have a disproportionate tendency to either have missed the playoffs and to have missed the playoffs by a lot. Just remember that, once upon a time, only 1 in 8 teams made the playoffs, compared to 3/8 today. Top Teams (sorted by team WAR):* DH League: 54.8: 2003 Boston Red Sox 51.9: 2005 Cleveland Indians 51.8: 1984 Detroit Tigers 51.6: 1977 Kansas City Royals 51.6: 1985 Toronto Blue Jays 51.6: 2009 Boston Red Sox 51.4: 2012 New York Yankees 50.9: 1991 Minnesota Twins 50.5: 1997 Baltimore Orioles 49.8: 2010 Tampa Bay Rays 49.2: 1975 Oakland Athletics 48.7: 1994 Baltimore Orioles 48.5: 1998 Boston Red Sox 48.2: 1979 Milwaukee Brewers 48.2: 1999 Cleveland Indians 47.9: 1993 Toronto Blue Jays Original League: 61.5: 1944 St. Louis Cardinals 56.2: 1988 New York Mets 53.0: 1917 Chicago White Sox 51.1: 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates 50.3: 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 50.0: 1954 Milwaukee Braves 49.2: 1963 St. Louis Cardinals 49.0: 1945 Chicago Cubs 48.8: 1963 Minnesota Twins 48.6: 1905 Chicago Cubs 47.7: 1954 New York Yankees Should be an exciting group. No super-teams (I don't really know how OOTP compensates for the WW2-weakened rosters that the '44 Cardinals competed against). But a very nice mix of excellent teams, including some I'm very excited about watching, like Eddie Collins' 1917 White Sox, or the 1988 Mets, or the 2013 Red Sox. This is a notably Yankee-light league.