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Seeding Round League 9
Settings year:
1927
Highlights:
Another league, another organization earning their second spot in the top 300. The 1953 New York Yankees defeated the 1984 San Francisco Giants in 6 games to earn the spot. However, it wasn’t all good news for the Yankees. The 2009 New York Yankees became the first World Series winning team to not make it out of the seeding round. After going 72-72, good enough for 32nd and a spot in the play-in championship, they lost in the first round to the 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers in 6 games. The 1960 Dodgers eventually lost the play-in final to the surviving 1998 Chicago White Sox in 4 games. Looking at what made the 2009 Yankees fail, Mariano Rivera was essentially useless because 1927 was prior to the regular use of relievers and their starting pitchers finished 31st in the league for ERA. This league also featured the most impressive two-way player yet. Guy Hecker (1886 Louisville Colonels) earned over 6 WAR in both batting and pitching, winning the MVP award unanimously and garnering the second most votes for the Cy Young. He also won two silver slugger awards, one as a P and one at LF.
MVP:
1. Guy Hecker (1886 Louisville Colonels) – .415/7/88/6.6 686 (49) see pitching stats in Cy Young stats
2. Craig Grebeck (1991 Chicago White Sox) – .388/7/125/8.1 409
3. Gibby Brack (1939 Philadelphia Phillies) – .419/9/83/6.9 371
Cy Young:
1. Brandon Webb (2006 Arizona Diamondbacks) – 25-8/2.23/111/6.5 292 (32)
2. Guy Hecker (1886 Louisville Colonels) – 26-6/2.31/96/6.1 247 (17)
3. Burt Hooton (1977 Los Angeles Dodgers) – 21-9/2.46/102/6.1 119
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