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TEAM FIVE
Lineup
1st Righty - 2nd base - Craig Biggio: (Also can move to catcher)Most Leadoff Homers in NL History, 4 Straight Gold Gloves, 5 Top 16 MVPs
2nd Switch - LF - Vince Coleman: 6 straight Stolen Base Titles, 3 straight 100 stolen base seasons, Two Top 12 Stolen MVPs
3rdRighty - RF - Dave Winfield: 7 Gold Gloves, 1st Ballot HOfer, Selected as Third Best Athlete EVER by ESPN in 1994.
Cleanup Switch- 1B - Eddie Murray: 1st Ballot HOFer, 3x Gold Glover, 9 Times in Top 11 in MVP voting.
5th - Righty - CF - Dale Murphy: Back to Back MVPs, 5 straight Gold Gloves, 4 straight Silver Sluggers.
6thLefty - DH - Darryl Strawberry: 8straight All Star Games, 88 HR Champ, 4 Top Ten MVPs.
7thRighty - SS - Cal "The Iron Man" Ripken: 1st Ballot HOFer, 2 MVPs, Most Homers Ever from a shortstop.
8thLefty- C - Lance "The Big Wheel"Parrish: Three Straight Gold Gloves, Three Straight Top 16 in MVP, 8x All Star.
9thRighty - 3B - Travis Fryman: Two Top 18 MVPs, 5x All Star, Gold Glover.
Bench
Pinch Hitter - Righty- 1B/DH - Cecil Fielder: 1st player with 50HRs since 1977 in 1990, Back to Back HR Titles, Three Straight RBI Titles.
Pinch Runner- Lefty- CF - Steve Finley: 5x Gold Glover, 320 Career SBs, Two Top 14 MVPs.
Pinch Runner -Switch- 2B/LF/3B -Bip Roberts: Extremely Versatile, 2x 40 stolen bases, 8th in 1992 MVP Voting.
DH/1B/3B -Righty- Darrell Evans: 4 Top 18 MVps, 1985 HR Champ, 1605 Career Walks- 12th All-Time.
LF/RF - Righty- Dante Bichette: HR&RBI Title in 91, 4 Top 20 MVPs, 4x All Star.
Rotation
SP -Righty- Jack Morris: 1991 World Series MVP, Opening Day No Hitter in '84, Most Wins in the '80's.
SP - Lefty- Frank Tanana: 3 straight Top 9 Cy Young voting, 3 straight ERAs under 2.62, 100MPH Fastball!
SP - Righty- Kevin Appier: 1993 ERA leader, 3rd in Cy Young Voting, Back to back ERAs under 2.56.
SP - Righty- Jose Rijo: 1990 World Series MVP, 1993 K leader, 2 Top 5 Cy Young votings.
SP - Righty - Mark Gubicza: Back to Back All Star games, 3rd in '88 Cy Young Voting, Back to Back Seasons over 255 innings.
Bullpen
Closer -Righty - Steve Bedrosian: Cy Young Winner, Rolaids Relief Award Winner, One of Four Relievers to win the CYA.
RP -Lefty- Mike Stanton: Three Times Over 80 appearances, Most Holds in MLB History, 3 Straight WS Rings.
RP -Power Lefty- Mitch Williams: The Wild Thing, All-Star, Slide Step Master.
RP - Righty- Gregg Olson: 4 out 5 season with an ERA under 2.05, 217 saves, All Star.
RP -Power Lefty- Dan Plesac: Three Straight All Star Games, Brewers Alltime ERA and Saves Leader.
RP - Righty- Steve Olin: Submariner, 2.34 ERA in 88 innings in '92 at age 26, his final season.
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TEAM SEVEN
Lineup
1. Lenny Dykstra CF .375 OBP, 285 SB, 2nd in MVP in 1993
2. George Brett 3B 1st ballot HOF, .305/.369/.487/.857, 3,154 hits
3. Frank Thomas 1B 1st ballot HOF, back to back MVPS 1993/94, 521 HRs
4. Gary Sheffield RF 9X All-Star, 509 HRs, .292 /.393/.514/.907
5. David Justice DH 3X All-Star, 306 HRs, .279/.378/.500/.878
6. Greg Vaughn LF 4X All-Star, 355 HRs, two top 5 MVP finishes
7. Lou Whitaker 2B 5X All-Star, 3X Gold Glove, 4X Silver Slugger
8. Tony Fernandez SS 5X All-Star, 4X Gold Glove, 246 SB
9. Chris Hoiles C .366 OBP/ Fangraphs 46.8 career runs above average defense, .994 fielding pct
Bench
1b/OF John Kruk 3X All-Star, 134 wRC+, .300/.397/.446/.842
C Tom Pagnozzi 3X Gold Glove, 1X All-Star, 37% Caught Stealing
OF Roberto Kelly 2X All-Star, 235 SB/ .290/.337/.430 /.767
2B/3B/1B/LF Gregg Jefferies 2X All-Star, played full seasons at 4 different positions/ .289/.344/.421/.765
SS Mike Bordick 1X All-Star, Fangraphs 139.7 career runs above average defense/ .260 BA
Starting Rotation
SP - Nolan Ryan 1st ballot HOF/ All-time strikeouts leader 5,714, 3.19 ERA
SP - Curt Schilling 6X All-Star, 2001 WS MVP, 3.46 ERA
SP - Bob Welch 27 game winner in 1990 Cy Young winner/ 211 wins/ 3.47 ERA
SP - Ramon Martinez 2X top 5 Cy young placer/ 3.67 ERA/135 wins
SP - Alex Fernandez 18-9, 3.13 era in 1993/3.74 ERA/ 107 wins
Bullpen:
CL - John Wetteland 3X All-star, 330 saves, 2.93 ERA
RP - Jeff Montgomery 3X All-star, 304 saves, 3.27 ERA
RP - Alejandro Pena 3.11 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 7.1 K/9
RP - Paul Assenmacher 3.53 ERA/ 3.31 FIP/ 8.5 K/9
RP - Mike Henneman 193 saves, 3.21 ERA, 1X All-Star
RP - Joe Price 3.65 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 6.5 K/9
TEAM FIVE
Lineup
1st Righty - 2nd base - Craig Biggio: (Also can move to catcher)Most Leadoff Homers in NL History, 4 Straight Gold Gloves, 5 Top 16 MVPs
2nd Switch - LF - Vince Coleman: 6 straight Stolen Base Titles, 3 straight 100 stolen base seasons, Two Top 12 Stolen MVPs
3rdRighty - RF - Dave Winfield: 7 Gold Gloves, 1st Ballot HOfer, Selected as Third Best Athlete EVER by ESPN in 1994.
Cleanup Switch- 1B - Eddie Murray: 1st Ballot HOFer, 3x Gold Glover, 9 Times in Top 11 in MVP voting.
5th - Righty - CF - Dale Murphy: Back to Back MVPs, 5 straight Gold Gloves, 4 straight Silver Sluggers.
6thLefty - DH - Darryl Strawberry: 8straight All Star Games, 88 HR Champ, 4 Top Ten MVPs.
7thRighty - SS - Cal "The Iron Man" Ripken: 1st Ballot HOFer, 2 MVPs, Most Homers Ever from a shortstop.
8thLefty- C - Lance "The Big Wheel"Parrish: Three Straight Gold Gloves, Three Straight Top 16 in MVP, 8x All Star.
9thRighty - 3B - Travis Fryman: Two Top 18 MVPs, 5x All Star, Gold Glover.
Bench
Pinch Hitter - Righty- 1B/DH - Cecil Fielder: 1st player with 50HRs since 1977 in 1990, Back to Back HR Titles, Three Straight RBI Titles.
Pinch Runner- Lefty- CF - Steve Finley: 5x Gold Glover, 320 Career SBs, Two Top 14 MVPs.
Pinch Runner -Switch- 2B/LF/3B -Bip Roberts: Extremely Versatile, 2x 40 stolen bases, 8th in 1992 MVP Voting.
DH/1B/3B -Righty- Darrell Evans: 4 Top 18 MVps, 1985 HR Champ, 1605 Career Walks- 12th All-Time.
LF/RF - Righty- Dante Bichette: HR&RBI Title in 91, 4 Top 20 MVPs, 4x All Star.
Rotation
SP -Righty- Jack Morris: 1991 World Series MVP, Opening Day No Hitter in '84, Most Wins in the '80's.
SP - Lefty- Frank Tanana: 3 straight Top 9 Cy Young voting, 3 straight ERAs under 2.62, 100MPH Fastball!
SP - Righty- Kevin Appier: 1993 ERA leader, 3rd in Cy Young Voting, Back to back ERAs under 2.56.
SP - Righty- Jose Rijo: 1990 World Series MVP, 1993 K leader, 2 Top 5 Cy Young votings.
SP - Righty - Mark Gubicza: Back to Back All Star games, 3rd in '88 Cy Young Voting, Back to Back Seasons over 255 innings.
Bullpen
Closer -Righty - Steve Bedrosian: Cy Young Winner, Rolaids Relief Award Winner, One of Four Relievers to win the CYA.
RP -Lefty- Mike Stanton: Three Times Over 80 appearances, Most Holds in MLB History, 3 Straight WS Rings.
RP -Power Lefty- Mitch Williams: The Wild Thing, All-Star, Slide Step Master.
RP - Righty- Gregg Olson: 4 out 5 season with an ERA under 2.05, 217 saves, All Star.
RP -Power Lefty- Dan Plesac: Three Straight All Star Games, Brewers Alltime ERA and Saves Leader.
RP - Righty- Steve Olin: Submariner, 2.34 ERA in 88 innings in '92 at age 26, his final season.
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TEAM SEVEN
Lineup
1. Lenny Dykstra CF .375 OBP, 285 SB, 2nd in MVP in 1993
2. George Brett 3B 1st ballot HOF, .305/.369/.487/.857, 3,154 hits
3. Frank Thomas 1B 1st ballot HOF, back to back MVPS 1993/94, 521 HRs
4. Gary Sheffield RF 9X All-Star, 509 HRs, .292 /.393/.514/.907
5. David Justice DH 3X All-Star, 306 HRs, .279/.378/.500/.878
6. Greg Vaughn LF 4X All-Star, 355 HRs, two top 5 MVP finishes
7. Lou Whitaker 2B 5X All-Star, 3X Gold Glove, 4X Silver Slugger
8. Tony Fernandez SS 5X All-Star, 4X Gold Glove, 246 SB
9. Chris Hoiles C .366 OBP/ Fangraphs 46.8 career runs above average defense, .994 fielding pct
Bench
1b/OF John Kruk 3X All-Star, 134 wRC+, .300/.397/.446/.842
C Tom Pagnozzi 3X Gold Glove, 1X All-Star, 37% Caught Stealing
OF Roberto Kelly 2X All-Star, 235 SB/ .290/.337/.430 /.767
2B/3B/1B/LF Gregg Jefferies 2X All-Star, played full seasons at 4 different positions/ .289/.344/.421/.765
SS Mike Bordick 1X All-Star, Fangraphs 139.7 career runs above average defense/ .260 BA
Starting Rotation
SP - Nolan Ryan 1st ballot HOF/ All-time strikeouts leader 5,714, 3.19 ERA
SP - Curt Schilling 6X All-Star, 2001 WS MVP, 3.46 ERA
SP - Bob Welch 27 game winner in 1990 Cy Young winner/ 211 wins/ 3.47 ERA
SP - Ramon Martinez 2X top 5 Cy young placer/ 3.67 ERA/135 wins
SP - Alex Fernandez 18-9, 3.13 era in 1993/3.74 ERA/ 107 wins
Bullpen:
CL - John Wetteland 3X All-star, 330 saves, 2.93 ERA
RP - Jeff Montgomery 3X All-star, 304 saves, 3.27 ERA
RP - Alejandro Pena 3.11 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 7.1 K/9
RP - Paul Assenmacher 3.53 ERA/ 3.31 FIP/ 8.5 K/9
RP - Mike Henneman 193 saves, 3.21 ERA, 1X All-Star
RP - Joe Price 3.65 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 6.5 K/9