The Greatest Team Tournament (OOTP 12)

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Hey, and thanks for stopping by and taking a look at this dynasty. The basic concept is that I take the 32 greatest teams in baseball history (decided by the baseball guru website) and play them in a knockout tournament, recording individual player stats along the way, to find the greatest baseball team of all time. The teams selected are not perfect, I am aware of this. However, I wanted teams that were decided scientifically as the best 32, so that this tournament will really determine the team that is the best. I will be using OOTP 12 to simulate the games and will be using the following format; the first round will be a one game shootout (probably providing some upsets), the second round a 3 game series, the quarter finals a 5 gamer, with the semi-finals and final being 7 game marathons. Without further ado, here are the first round fixtures;



I also decided to post the first game alongside this update, so here is the opening matchup between the top seeded 1906 Chicago Cubs and the bottom seeded 1995 Cleveland Indians, surely the outcome is pretty much pre determined as Cleveland travel to Chicago to face the team with the greatest winning percentage of all time? Click the spoiler to find out.

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Cleveland Indians 1995 at Chicago Cubs 1906
Sep 5, 1906	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	11	0
Chicago (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
W: C. Nagy (1-0) L: M. Brown (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	CHC
CLE	8	Albert Belle, 1-2 Single, Omar Vizquel Scores	1	0
CLE	9	Sandy Alomar Jr, 1-0 Double, Jim Thome Scores	2	0
CLE	9	Omar Vizquel, 2-1 Double, Sandy Alomar Jr. Scores	3	0
CLE	9	Eddie Murray, 0-1 Single, Omar Vizquel Scores	4	0
CLE	9	Manny Ramirez, 1-0 Single, Kenny Lofton Scores	5	0

Cleveland Indians 1995
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
K. Lofton (CF)	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	.500
E. Murray (1B)	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	.250
A. Belle (LF)	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400
M. Ramirez (RF)	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	.250
J. Thome (3B)	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000
C. Baerga (2B)	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
S. Alomar Jr. (C)	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.500
O. Vizquel (SS)	4	2	2	10	0	1	0	.500
C. Nagy (P)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	35	5	11	5	3	5	0	0.314
BASERUNNING: SB: K. Lofton

Chicago Cubs 1906
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
J. Slagle (CF)	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
F. Schulte (RF)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
F. Chance (1B)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
H. Steinfeldt (3B)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Kling (C)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
J. Schekard (LF)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Evers (2B)	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
J. Tinker (SS)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
M. Brown (P)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
J. Harper (P)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Hofman (PH)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
TEAM TOTALS	29	0	2	0	1	3	0	.069
BASERUNNING: SB: J. Slagle
FIELDING: E: J. Evers DP: Steinfeldt-Evers-Chance

Cleveland Indians 1995
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Nagy (W)	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: C. Nagy 107-64

Chicago Cubs 1906
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M. Brown (L)	8.2	11	5	2	3	5	0	2.08
J. Harper	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: M. Brown 136-88 Pitches-Strikes: J.Harper 4-2

I hope you enjoyed reading, tune in next time for the Red Sox-Yankees game, thanks for stopping by and any advice and criticism would be greatly encouraged and appreciated. Thankyou.