All-Time Best Baseball Franchise Challenge

[lcjjdnh]

Using a program I just found called SBS, a free simulator that can be found at http://www.sbs-baseball.com, I plan on running a season to see what is the "best" team of all-time. To do so, I have picked each franchise's most winning team based on winning percentage, and placed them in the 2004 schedule.

The team's are:
Anaheim 2002 (99-63)
Arizona 1999 (100-62)
Atlanta 1996 (106-56)
Baltimore 1969 (109-53)
Boston 1946 (104-50)
Chicago N 1906 (116-36)
Chicago A 1917 (100-54)
Cincinnati 1975 (108-54)
Cleveland 1954 (111-43)
Colorado 1997 (83-79)
Detroit 1934 (101-53)
Houston 1998 (102-60)
Kansas City 1977 (102-60)
Los Angeles 1953 (105-49)
Milwaukee 1982 (95-67)
Minnesota 1965 (102-60)
New York N 1986 (108-54)
New York A 1927 (110-44)
Oakland 1931 (107-45)
Philadelphia 1977 (101-61)
Pittsburgh 1902 (103-36)
San Diego 1998 (98-64)
San Francisco 1904 (106-47)
Seattle 2001 (116-46)
St. Louis 1942 (106-48)
Tampa Bay 2004 (70-91)
Texas 1999 (95-67)
Toronto 1985 (99-62)
Washington 1994 (74-40)

Now, I've never used SBS before, so I don't know how well it will simulate cross-era games but I guess we'll find out. I already see some limitations, such as the fact I can't select 4 or 5-man rotations based on team, it has to be a league-wide setting.

I will be managing the 1986 Mets manually throughout the season, so I will post every time we play a game, along with various other goings on around the league.

[lcjjdnh]

Somehow forgot that the 1997 Marlins are in there too

[Radii]

Ahh the days when the Cubs were good... 100 years isn't that long ago really.

[JeeberD]

Go Astros!

[DeToxRox]

F that. Go Tigers!

[Johnny93g]

Yes, the 85 Jays won more games then the 92 or 93 Jays did, but give us one of our world series championship teams...prefferably 93

[Travis]

Yeah, I'd definitely concur with using a WS Jays team over the 85 version. Be nice to see WAMCO in action again for sure.

[DeToxRox]

Pssh. Carter got lucky.

[Neuqua]

Originally Posted by Radii

Ahh the days when the Cubs were good... 100 years isn't that long ago really.

[lcjjdnh]

Well, I finished my first game but I'm just having a ton of trouble trying to get the box score to align when I post it. It looks fine in Word but as soon as I cut and paste it here, I can't get it look right, even with the code tags. Can't get standings or stats to work right either and without that, this dynasty could fade very quickly. If anyone has a suggestion as to how I can get it to look good, I'm all ears, because I think this one will be interesting to follow.

[Wolfpack]

Is the output straight text? If so, pop it in a text editor like Notepad (or something more powerful like Textpad or UltraEdit), line up the columns, then stick the info between "code" tags.

[lcjjdnh]

Yeah, that's what I tried doing, but it wasn't working right.

For instance:

 
86 Mets AB R H B W K 96 Braves AB R H B W K
 
8 Dykstra 5 2 3 1 0 0 Doubles: 8 Grissom 4 0 1 1 0 0 Errors: 
 
4 Backman 4 1 2 0 1 0 Carter (1) 6 Blauser 4 0 1 0 0 2 McGriff (1) 
 
9 Strawberry 4 2 1 1 1 0 Triples: 5 C.Jones 4 1 2 1 0 0 Doubles: 
 
2 Carter 4 0 2 3 1 0 Strawberry (1) 3 McGriff 4 0 0 0 0 0 Dye (1) 
 
3 Hernandez 5 0 1 0 0 0 Home Runs: 7 Klesko 3 1 1 0 0 1 Home Runs: 
 
7 Foster 4 0 0 0 1 1 Dykstra (1) Polonia 1 0 1 0 0 0 C.Jones (1) 
 
5 Knight 4 0 3 0 0 0 Stolen Bases: 9 Dye 2 1 1 0 0 1 Double Play: 3 
 
6 Santana 3 0 1 0 1 0 Dykstra (1) McMichael 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOB: 6 
 
1 Darling 3 0 0 0 0 0 Strawberry (1) Smith 1 0 1 0 0 0 
 
K.Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0 0 Double Play: 1 Clontz 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
LOB: 10 Mordecai 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 
Wade 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
2 Perez 4 0 0 0 0 1 
 
4 Lemke 3 0 0 0 1 0 
 
1 Glavine 0 0 0 1 1 0 
 
Justice 3 0 0 0 0 1 
 
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO
 
Darling W(1-0) 7 7 3 3 2 5 Glavine L(0-1) 3 8 5 5 2 0
 
McDowell S(1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 McMichael 3 3 0 0 2 0
 
Clontz 2 2 0 0 1 0
 
Wade 1 0 0 0 0 1
 
WP: 
 
Glavine 
 
R H E
 
86 Mets 302 000 000 5 13 0
 
96 Braves 120 000 000 3 8 1

I guess it's not too bad, so if people don't mind trying to decipher it, I'll continue posting.

[Wolfpack]

I assume this is what you were going for?

86 Mets 	AB R H B W K 			96 Braves 	AB R H B W K
 
 8 Dykstra 	 5 2 3 1 0 0 Doubles:            8 Grissom 	 4 0 1 1 0 0 Errors: 
 
 4 Backman 	 4 1 2 0 1 0 Carter (1)  	 6 Blauser 	 4 0 1 0 0 2 McGriff (1) 
 
 9 Strawberry 	 4 2 1 1 1 0 Triples:    	 5 C.Jones 	 4 1 2 1 0 0 Doubles: 
 
 2 Carter 	 4 0 2 3 1 0 Strawberry (1) 	 3 McGriff 	 4 0 0 0 0 0 Dye (1) 
 
 3 Hernandez 	 5 0 1 0 0 0 Home Runs: 	 7 Klesko  	 3 1 1 0 0 1 Home Runs: 
 
 7 Foster 	 4 0 0 0 1 1 Dykstra (1)           Polonia 	 1 0 1 0 0 0 C.Jones (1) 
 
 5 Knight	 4 0 3 0 0 0 Stolen Bases: 	 9 Dye     	 2 1 1 0 0 1 Double Play: 3 
 
 6 Santana 	 3 0 1 0 1 0 Dykstra (1) 	   McMichael 	 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOB: 6 
 
 1 Darling 	 3 0 0 0 0 0 Strawberry (1) 	   Smith  	 1 0 1 0 0 0 
 
   K.Mitchell 	 1 0 0 0 0 0 Double Play: 1 	   Clontz 	 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
			     LOB: 10 		   Mordecai 	 1 0 0 0 0 0 
 
						   Wade 	 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
						 2 Perez 	 4 0 0 0 0 1 
 
						 4 Lemke 	 3 0 0 0 1 0 

						 1 Glavine 	 0 0 0 1 1 0 

						   Justice 	 3 0 0 0 0 1 
 
Pitcher		 IP  H  R ER BB SO 		Pitcher 	IP  H  R ER BB SO
 
Darling W(1-0) 	  7  7  3  3  2  5 		Glavine L(0-1)   3  8  5  5  2  0
 
McDowell S(1) 	  2  1  0  0  0  1		McMichael 	 3  3  0  0  2  0
 
						Clontz           2  2  0  0  1  0
 
						Wade 		 1  0  0  0  0  1
 
WP: 

Glavine 
 
			     R  H  E
 
86 Mets 	302 000 000  5 13  0
 
96 Braves 	120 000 000  3  8  1

If so, I can see now why it's a PITA. It's because the box output puts all the special stats to the right rather than listing out below the main box.

[Radii]

That box score has quite possibly my two least favorite teams in history, so its going to be painful to read no matter how its formatted

[lcjjdnh]

That box score looks good, how'd you get it to line up well like that.

[Wolfpack]

A lot of hand-editing. Is that the only way the box score can be arranged on output?

[lcjjdnh]

Yeah, you don't really have much option when it comes out. I print the whole file of box scores and it goes to notepad, so I tried using Word and Wordpad to see if that improved it, but no help.