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Seeding Round League 20
Settings year:
1991 with DH
Highlights:
Game 7 of the championship came down to the 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers and the 1902 Baltimore Orioles. The Dodgers took advantage of being at home to win the final 12-7. They become the sixth team from the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise to earn a spot in the final 300. Preacher Roe (1945 Pittsburgh Pirates) took home the 8th unanimous Cy Young award while leading his team to advance to the 2nd round. Colored World Series winners the 1926 Chicago American Giants and the 1943 Homestead Grays both failed to make it out of the seeding round. So far 6 of 11 Colored World Series winners have played and none have made it out, increasing the risk we will not see one of these teams in the top 300. However, two National Negro League teams did advance to the first round, the 1921 Kansas City Monarchs and the 1925 Chicago American Giants. The Monarchs earned their spot by sweeping the 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates in the play-in final, becoming the first Negro League team to win the play-in spot.
MVP:
1. Hank Aaron (1961 Milwaukee Braves) – .340/36/119/7.6 530 (22)
2. Josh Gibson (1943 Homestead Grays) – .358/27/116/7.8 438 (12)
3. Bill Salkeld (1945 Pittsburgh Pirates) – .324/37/121/7.5 318
Note: The other first place votes went as follows:
14 to Preacher Roe (1945 Pittsburgh Pirates) who won the Cy Young and finished 4th in MVP voting
1 to Frank Chance (1903 Chicago Cubs) who led the league with .493 OBP and 8.8 WAR and finished 6th in MVP voting
Cy Young:
1. Preacher Roe (1945 Pittsburgh Pirates) – 22-3/1.97/199/8.1 343 (49)
2. Warren Spahn (1952 Boston Braves) – 18-7/2.36/213/8.1 196
3. Bill McCall (1925 Chicago American Giants) – 16-11/2.63/197/7.7 88
Overall Stat:
Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Babe Ruth – 254 in 8 seasons
2. Manny Ramirez – 222 in 9 seasons
3. Carl Yastrzemski – 194 in 10 seasons
4. Barry Bonds – 174 in 7 seasons
5. Andruw Jones – 171 9 seasons
6. Mark McGwire – 170 in 7 seasons
7. Willie Mays – 169 in 9 seasons
8. Sherry Magee – 166 in 7 seasons
9. Albert Pujols – 161 in 8 seasons
10. Willie McCovey – 160 in 7 seasons
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