2023 Jackie Robinson Post-1919 Draft

[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper That was a great season by Ernie. This guy was a great hitter and if he had only DHed, he would be 48th all-time in bWAR.

2012 Miguel Cabrera, DH
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He became the first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967, hitting .330 with 44 home runs and 139 RBIs for the Tigers. MVP

 

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2004 Ichiro Suzuki, DH

.372 batting average, and a single-season record of 262 hits

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[Say Hey Kid]

1987 Tony Gwynn, DH
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.370, 56 SBs, 13 triples, GG. @Dr Pepper

 

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1946 Bob Feller, SP

26 wins, a 2.18 ERA and 348 strikeouts

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[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper Good one.

1974 Mike Marshall, RP
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2.42 ERA in an MLB-record 106 relief appearances. MLB record 208 1/3 relief innings, Cy Young

 

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2003 Eric Gagne, RP

55/55 saves, clear Cy Young winner.

Also Canadian

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[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper 55/55 saves is unbelievable.

1978 Ron Guidry
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1.74 ERA, 16 CGs, 9 shutouts, Cy Young, runner-up MVP

 

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1998 Trevor Hoffman, RP

53 saves, and the NL champion Padres were 62-4 in games he pitched

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1997 Mike Piazza, C

.362 with 40 home runs, 124 RBIs, 8.7 WAR

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[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper If you see the draft order I'm just getting caught up.

1985 Doc Gooden, P
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He has the highest non-deadball era WAR of all time. 1.53 ERA, 16 CGs, ERA title- 268 strikeouts, Cy Young,

1986 Roger Clemens, P
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2.48 ERA, .97 WHIP, record 20 strikeouts in one game, Cy Young, MVP

 

[Dr Pepper]

Manager Joe McCarthy (1932)

Yankees went 107-47 before sweeping the Cubs in the World Series

@Keith Tkachuk

 

[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper For my last pick of the day I'll bring in a guy who was an LA sensation.

1981 Fernandomania!
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Seven CGs, five shutouts, and .50 ERA in his first eight career starts, 2.48 ERA, Cy Young

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1982 Robin Yount (DH)

.331 average
210 hits
46 doubles
29 HRs
114 RBIs
11.5 WAR

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[Say Hey Kid]

1973 Nolan Ryan, SP
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Record 383 strikeouts, 2.87 ERA @Dr Pepper

 

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1994 Jeff Bagwell, DH

110 games (shortened season)
.368 batting average
39 home runs
104 runs
116 RBI

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[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper I've been a Chicago and MI fan most of my life. I remember Mark's sad, strange life well. One of the reasons he was so famous was for talking to the ball, he was injury prone after his rookie year and only won 10 games after that and died alone on his farm at the relatively young age of 54 due to an accident while working on his truck.

1976 The Bird, SP
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19-9, ERA title - 2.34 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, led the league with 24 CGs, led the league with 159 ERA+, RotY, runner-up Cy Young.

 

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1949 Ralph Kiner, DH

HR: 54
RBI: 127
AVG: .310
SLG%: .658
OPS: 1.089

@Keith Tkachuk that's sad, didn't know that about Fidrych

 

[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper Sadly, he's my first bench hitter.

2016 Mike Trout, OF
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10.5 WAR, .315/.441/.550 with 29 home runs and 30 steals, MVP

 

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2016 Zach Britton, RP

67.0 IP
0.54 ERA
0.836 WHIP

@Keith Tkachuk if Buck Showalter had any regrets as a manager I bet it's that he didn't use Britton during the single-game Wild Card match against the Jays that season. Kept him in the bullpen all game, and the Jays won in a walkoff!

 

[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper Nice post! I'm adding a second bench hitter.

1977 Rod Carew, 1B/2B
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.388 BA, .449 OBP, .570 SLG! MVP

 

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1992 Dennis Eckersley (RP)

51 saves
1.91 ERA
93k over 80 innings

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[Say Hey Kid]

1940 Hank Greenberg, 1B/OF
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Led the AL in doubles (50), home runs (41), RBIs (150), slugging percentage (.670), OPS (1.103) and total bases (384), MVP @Dr Pepper

 

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1934 Lou Gehrig, DH

.363
49 home runs
165 RBI
40 doubles
10.7 WAR

@Keith Tkachuk

 

[Say Hey Kid]

@Dr Pepper Bob Gibson picked my manager. Thanks for a great draft!

2014 Clayton Kershaw, SP
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1.77 ERA, .86 WHIP, 7.7 K/W, 6 CGs, no hitter with 15 strikeouts and no walks, Cy Young

1967 Red Schoendienst, MNGR
World Series​

 

[Dr Pepper]

2006 Ryan Howard, DH

HR: 58
RBI: 149
AVG: .313
SLG%: .659
OPS: 1.084

and

1997 Larry Walker, DH

HR: 49
RBI: 130
AVG: .366
SLG%: .720
OPS: 1.172


Good draft @Keith Tkachuk