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Seeding Round League 19
Settings year:
1949
Highlights:
The final of league featured the final between the two teams with the most combined wins to date. That’s because the 1891 Boston Reds (112 wins) and the 1934 New York Yankees (106 wins) both had more wins than any team prior to league 19. When the dust settled, the 1934 New York Yankees were victorious in 5 games. Ed Morris (1884 Columbus Buckeyes) became only the unanimous 7th Cy Young winner. Morris’s 11.7 WAR was the most to date of any pitcher with less than 50 starts. The 1916 Boston Red Sox met a similar fate as the 1918 Boston Red Sox, not even making it to Round 1 after losing in the first round of the play-in bracket. They are the fourth World Series winning team to be eliminated. The 2000 Philadelphia Phillies earned the final spot through the play-in. In true last chance fashion, they won all three of their series in 7 game series where they came from behind to win in game 7.
MVP:
1. Tom Brown (1891 Boston Reds) – .380/15/111/10.5 665 (45)
2. Cristobal Torriente (1920 Chicago American Giants) – .357/25/127/8.1 330
3. Kid Madden (1891 Boston Reds) – .338/19/103/5.6 (and 4.5 Pitching WAR) 325
Note: The other first place votes went as follows:
1 to Lou Gehrig (1934 New York Yankees) who led the league with 43 HRs and finished 4th in MVP voting
3 to Ed Morris (1884 Columbus Buckeyes) who won the Cy Young and finished 7th in MVP voting
Cy Young:
1. Ed Morris (1884 Columbus Buckeyes) – 25-12/2.8/177/11.7 343 (49)
2. Tim Keefe (1888 New York Giants) – 23-7/2.6/152/9.7 190
3. Christy Mathewson (1904 New York Giants) – 20-11/2.27/121/8.2 86
Overall Stat:
Highest win percentage by franchise (minimum 10 seasons):
1. New York Yankees - .578
2. St. Louis Cardinals - .575
3. Los Angeles Dodgers - .567
4. San Francisco Giants - .565
5. Cincinnati Reds - .552
6. Pittsburgh Pirates - .551
7. New York Mets - .540
8. Boston Red Sox - .539
9. Cleveland Guardians - .536
10. Arizona Diamondbacks - .535
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