MLB 1977 Player Draft

[UK Cowboy]

He did not pitch in the 93 post season with the Jays.

Nope, but he started all year and did get a 4th ring. We're gonna nitpick all the numbers for everyone equally I hope

 

[steveringo]

Nope, but he started all year and did get a 4th ring. We're gonna nitpick all the numbers for everyone equally I hope

I suspect we will have many 'nit-picking' discussions about these teams.


I'm saying it right now: the first person that brings up a players batting average is getting slapped!

 

[UK Cowboy]

I suspect we will have many 'nit-picking' discussions about these teams.


I'm saying it right now: the first person that brings up a players batting average is getting slapped!

In reality, there shouldn't be a reason to nitpick anything. We're all baseball fans, I don't need to see Johnny Bench's WAR to know he's the best to ever play catcher. All the teams are great. I believe when I line up Carlton, Palmer, Morris and Richard in a 7 game, there's no way I'm losing 4 of 7. Someone else will think their lineup is too good to be beat. It's what makes this fun IMO

 

[blstoker]

So here's a look at my lineup and bench

1) CF Willie Wilson - Best year 1980 - .326/.354/.421/.776 230 H, 133 R, 79 SB, 28/15/3 (2B/3B/HR)
Career - .285/.326/.376/.702 2207 H, 1169 R, 668 SB, 281/147/41 46.0 WAR
Awards - All Star (1982; 1983), Gold Glove (1980), Silver Slugger (1980; 1982)
League Leaders - PA (1980), AB (1980), R (1980), H (1980), 3B (1980; 1982; 1985; 1987; 1988), SB (1979), BA (1982)

2) 2B Rod Carew - Best year 1977 - .388/.449/.570/1.019 239 H, 128 R, 100 RBI, 38/16/14 23 SB
Career - .328/.393/.429/.822 3053 H, 1424 R, 445/112/92, 1015 RBI, 353 SB 1018 BB 81.0 WAR
Awards - Hall of Fame (1991), MVP (1977), All Star (1967-1984), ROY (1967)
League Leaders - R (1977), H (1973; 1974; 1977), 3B (1973; 1977), BA (1969; 1972-1975; 1977; 1978), OBP (1974; 1975; 1977; 1978), OPS (1977), OPS+ (1977)

3) 3B George Brett - Best year 1979 - .329/.376/.563/.939 119 R 212 H 42/20/23 107 RBI 17 SB
Career - .305/.369/.487/.857 3154 H, 1583 R, 665/137/317 1596 RBI 201 SB 1096 BB 88.4 WAR
Awards - Hall of Fame (1999), MVP (1980), All Star (1976-1988), Silver Slugger (1980; 1985; 1988), Gold Glove (1985)
League Leaders - AB (1975; 1976), H (1975; 1976; 1979), 2B (1978; 1990), 3B (1975; 1976; 1979); BA (1976; 1980; 1990), OBP (1980), SLG (1980; 1983; 1985), OPS (1980; 1983; 1985) OPS+ (1980; 1983; 1985), TB (1976)

4) LF George Foster - Best year 1977 - .320/.382/.631/1.013 197 H, 124 R 31/2/52 149 RBI 388 TB
Career - .274/.338/.480/.818 1925 H 986 R 307/47/308 1239 RBI 43.9 WAR
Awards - MVP (1977), All Star (1976-1979; 1981)
League Leaders - R (1977); HR (1977; 1978), RBI (1976-1978), SLG (1977), OPS (1977), TB (1977)

5) RF Jack Clark - Best year 1987 - .286/.459/.597/1.055 120 H 93 R 23/1/35 106 RBI 136 BB
Career - .267/.379/.476/.854 1826 H 1118 R 332/39/340 1180 RBI 1262 BB 52.8 WAR
Awards - All Star (1978; 1979; 1985; 1987), Silver Slugger (1985; 1987)
League Leaders - BB (1987; 1989; 1990), OBP (1987), SLG (1987), OPS (1987), OPS+ (1987)

6) C Joe Torre - Best year 1971 - .363/.421/.555/.976 230 H 97 R 34/8/24 137 RBI 352 TB
Career - .297/.365/.452/.817 2342 H 996 R 344/59/252 1185 RBI 57.6 WAR
Awards - MVP (1971), All Star (1963-1967; 1970-1973), Gold Glove (1965)
League Leaders - G (1970), H (1971), RBI (1971), BA (1971), TB (1971)

7) DH Rico Carty - Best year 1970 - .366/.454/.584/1.037 175 H 84 R 23/3/25 101 RBI 77 BB
Career - .299/.369/.464/.833 1677 H 712 R 278/17/204 890 RBI 32.6 WAR
Awards - All Star (1970)
League Leaders - BA (1970), OBP (1970)

8) 1B George Scott - Best year 1973 - .306/.370/.488/.858 185 H 98 R 30/4/24 107 RBI
Career - .268/.333/.435/.767 1992 H 957 R 306/60/271 1051 RBI 36.4 WAR
Awards - All Star (1966; 1975; 1977), Gold Glove (1967; 1968; 1970-1975)
League Leader - HR (1975), RBI (1975), TB (1973; 1975)

9) SS Larry Bowa - Best year 1975 - .305/.334/.377/.711 178 H 79 R 18/9/2 24 SB
Career - .260/.300/.320/.620 2191 H 987 R 262/99/15 525 RBI 318 SB 22.6 WAR
Awards - All Star (1974-1976; 1978; 1979), Gold Glove (1972; 1978)
League Leaders - AB (1971), 3B (1972), SH (1972)

Bench

C Tim McCarver – Best year 1967 - .295/.369/.452/.822 139 H 68 R 26/3/14 69 RBI
Career - .271/.337/.388/.725 1501 H 590 R 242/57/97 645 RBI 28.5 WAR
Awards – All Star (1966; 1967)
League Leaders – 3B (1966)

1B/OF Mike Jorgensen - Best year 1974 - .310/.444/.488/.931 89 H 45 R 16/1/11 59 RBI
Career - .243/.347/.373/.720 833 H 429 R 132/13/95 426 RBI 9.3 WAR
Awards - Gold Glove (1973)

3B/1B/OF Bob Bailey - Best year 1970 - .287/.407/.597/1.004 101 H 77 R 19/3/28 84 RBI
Career - .257/.347/.403/.750 1564 H 772 R 234/43/189 773 RBI 852 BB 28.7 WAR

MINF Frank Taveras - Best year 1978 - .278/.313/.353/.666 182 H 81 R 31/9/0 38 RBI 46 SB
Career - .255/.301/.313/.614 1029 H 503 R 144/44/2 214 RBI 300 SB 1.7 WAR
League Leaders - G (1979), SB (1977)

OF Tony Armas - Best year 1984 - .268/.300/.531/.831 171 H 107 R 29/5/43 123 RBI
Career - .252/.287/.453/.740 1302 H 614 R 204/39/251 815 RBI 15.7 WAR
Awards - All Star (1981; 1984)
League Leaders - G (1981), HR (1981; 1984), RBI (1984), TB (1984)

OF Bobby Tolan - Best year 1970 - .316/.384/.475/.860 186 H 112 R 34/6/16 80 RBI 57 SB
Career - .265/.314/.382/.696 1121 H 572 R 173/34/86 497 RBI 193 SB
League Leaders - SB (1970)

 

[blstoker]

Here's the pitching staff

Luis Tiant (RHS) 1968 - 21-9 (W-L) 1.60 ERA 19 CG 9 SHO 258.1 IP 152 H 46 ER 73 BB 264 K
Career - 229-172 3.30 ERA 187 CG 49 SHO 3486.1 IP 1104 BB 2416 K 66.1 WAR
Awards - All Star (1968; 1974; 1976)
Lead League - ERA (1968; 1972), SHO (1966; 1968; 1974), ERA+ (1968; 1972), WHIP (1973), H/9 (1968), K/9 (1967)

Wilbur Wood (LHS) 1971 - 22-13 1.91 ERA 22 CG 7 SHO 334 IP 272 H 71 ER 62 BB 210 K
Career - 164-156 3.24 ERA 114 CG 24 SHO 57 SV 2684 IP 724 BB 1411 K 52.1 WAR
Awards - All Star (1971; 1972; 1974)
Lead League - W (1972; 1973), G (1968-1970), GS (1972-1975), GF (1968; 1970), IP (1972; 1973), BF (1972; 1973), ERA+ (1971)

Mike Cuellar (LHS) 1969 - 23-11 2.38 ERA 18 CG 5 SHO 290.2 IP 213 H 77 ER 79 BB 182 K
Career - 185-130 3.14 ERA 172 CG 36 SHO 2808 IP 822 BB 1632 K 29.3 WAR
Awards - Cy Young (1969), All Star (1967; 1970; 1971; 1974)
Lead League - W (1970), W% (1970; 1974), GS (1970), CG (1970)

Gary Nolan (RHS) 1972 - 15-5 1.99 ERA 6 CG 2 SHO 176 IP 147 H 39 ER 30 BB 90 K
Career - 110-70 3.08 ERA 45 CG 14 SHO 1674.2 413 BB 1039 K 25.7 WAR
Awards - All Star (1972)
Lead League - W% (1972), BB/9 (1975; 1976), SO/9 (1967), So/BB (1976)

Mike Caldwell (LHS) 1978 - 22-9 2.36 ERA 23 CG 6 SHO 293.1 IP 258 H 77 ERA 54 BB 131 K
Career - 137-130 3.81 ERA 98 CG 23 SHO 2408.2 597 BB 939 K 19.0 WAR
Lead League - CG (1978)

Joe Hoerner (LHR) 1968 - 8-2 1.47 ERA 17 SV 49 IP 34 H 8 ER 12 BB 42 K 0.939 WHIP
Career - 39-34 2.99 ERA 493 G 268 GF 99 SV 563 IP 181 BB 412 K 10.3 WAR
Awards - All Star (1970)

Elias Sosa (RHR) 1977 - 2-2 1.98 ERA 1 SV 63.2 IP 42 H 14 ER 12 BB 47 K 0.848 WHIP
Career - 59-51 3.32 ERA 601 G 330 GF 83 SV 918 IP 334 BB 538 K 9.3 WAR

Steve Mingori (LHR) 1971 - 1-2 1.43 ERA 4 SV 56.2 IP 31 H 9 ER 12 BB 45 K 0.971 WHIP
Career - 18-33 3.03 ERA 385 G 173 GF 42 SV 584.2 IP 225 BB 329 K 8.2 WAR

Larry Andersen (LHR) 1989 - 4-4 1.54 3 SV 87.2 IP 63 H 15 ER 24 BB 85 K 0.992 WHIP
Career - 40-39 3.15 ERA 699 G 267 GF 49 SV 995.1 IP 311 BB 758 K 13.7 WAR

Joe Niekro (RHR/S) 1977* - 13-8 3.04 ERA 44 G 14 GS 12 GF 9 CG 2 SHO 5 SV 180.2 IP 64 BB 101 K
Career - 221-204 3.59 ERA 702 G 500 GS 93 GF 107 CG 29 SHO 16 SV 3584.1 IP 1262 BB 1747 K 28.7 WAR
Awards - All Star (1979)
Lead League - W (1979), GS (1983; 1984), SHO (1979)
*1977 was used for Niekro due to being the best season in which he filled the role of long reliever and spot starter.

 

[Nosferatu]

Nope, but he started all year and did get a 4th ring. We're gonna nitpick all the numbers for everyone equally I hope

Nope, just you...

 

[UK Cowboy]

Nope, just you...

Don't forget Ritz lol. You're just mad cause I took Lefty

 

[da55bums]

holy crap, lets list every player on your team with every stat they ever had....wow..
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Uk does have the best starting pitchers, in my opinion - but only because he has the best #4 SP, at least 2 other teams could easily take 4 out of 7 with their staffs. You have seen what the Detroit tigers have done the last 4 years.....with the "Best Rotation in Baseball", lol


Maybe I will start Eckersley against Richard...that's the only matchup I am worried about, I am good on the others.

 

[UK Cowboy]

holy crap, lets list every player on your team with every stat they ever had....wow..
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Uk does have the best starting pitchers, in my opinion - but only because he has the best #4 SP, at least 2 other teams could easily take 4 out of 7 with their staffs. You have seen what the Detroit tigers have done the last 4 years.....with the "Best Rotation in Baseball", lol


Maybe I will start Eckersley against Richard...that's the only matchup I am worried about, I am good on the others.

''Easily beat''? In a 7 game series, Splittorff goes to the pen. In their PRIME Carlton, Palmer, and Morris pitch twice, Richard goes once. But if you decide to start Eck against Richard in game 7, I like Richard there(if it got to game 7), but hey, I night just bring Lefty back on short rest. Very possible, because back in the day, Lefty had 346 IP, 30 complete games and 8 shutouts in one SEASON going 27-10 with a sub 2 ERA......

 

[UK Cowboy]

holy crap, lets list every player on your team with every stat they ever had....wow..
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Uk does have the best starting pitchers, in my opinion - but only because he has the best #4 SP, at least 2 other teams could easily take 4 out of 7 with their staffs. You have seen what the Detroit tigers have done the last 4 years.....with the "Best Rotation in Baseball", lol


Maybe I will start Eckersley against Richard...that's the only matchup I am worried about, I am good on the others.

Umm....I just looked up your pitchers.....no offense, I think you get swept

 

[UK Cowboy]

Umm....I just looked up your pitchers.....no offense, I think you get swept

Obviously in jest lol. You've got a couple of clutch SP's and probably the best lineup. I think it would come down to all hands on deck game 7

 

[steveringo]

Has everyone drafted?

 

[UK Cowboy]

Has everyone drafted?

Site looks belly up

 

[steveringo]

Site looks belly up

We were moving along... then....

 

[Nosferatu]

I will put together the playoff matchups today, just really busy at work now, dont go run off!

 

[da55bums]

Obviously in jest lol. You've got a couple of clutch SP's and probably the best lineup. I think it would come down to all hands on deck game 7

don't forget, the best RP unit in the draft...like my little Royals.

 

[UK Cowboy]

don't forget, the best RP unit in the draft...like my little Royals.

Eck isn't the best RP if you have to start him though.......

 

[da55bums]

Eck isn't the best RP if you have to start him though.......

without him, its still pretty close, lol

 

[Nosferatu]

We still need people to make their final picks. Smitty you need to pick TWO players...


ROUND TWENTY-FIVE
25.1.241 : Jeffro : 3B - Rance Mulliniks
25.2.242 : Nos : 3B - Lenny Randle
25.3.243 : Doobee :
25.4.244 : Hockey :
25.5.245 : Smitty :
25.6.246 : Ritz :
25.7.247 : Bums : 2B/SS - U.L. Washington
25.8.248 : UK : RP - Larry Gura
25.9.249 : Steve : RP - Bill Lee
25.10.250 : Stoke :RP - Joe Niekro

 

[UK Cowboy]

without him, its still pretty close, lol

Without him in the pen, it's Rollie vs Sutter.....pretty close