Fugu's 10th Baseball ATD (Picks Only) Thread

[Say Hey Kid]

Round One

1. Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - OF Babe Ruth
2. sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - OF Willie Mays
3. Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SP Walter Johnson
4. Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - SP Lefty Grove
5. Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - OF Ted Williams
6. td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - C Josh Gibson
7. Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - OF Ty Cobb
8. Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - OF Barry Bonds
9. Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - OF Hank Aaron

Round Two

10. Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SP Roger Clemens
11. Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SP Randy Johnson
12. Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - SP Pedro Martinez
13. td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SS Honus Wagne
14. Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - SP Bob Gibson
15. Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - 2B Rogers Hornsby
16. Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SP Sandy Koufax
17. sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - SP Greg Maddux
18. Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - SP Satchel Paige

Round Three - 12 hour clock through Round 7

19. Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - SP Christy Mathewson
20. sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - SP Cy Young
21. Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SP Tom Seaver
22. Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - 1B Lou Gehrig
23. Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - 1B Jimmie Foxx
24. td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SP Pete Alexander
25. Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - OF Tris Speaker
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SP Steve Carlton
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SP Nolan Ryan​

Round Four

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - OF Stan Musial
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SS Arky Vaughan
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - SP Warren Spahn
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - 2B Eddie Collins
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - OF Joe DiMaggio
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - CF Mickey Mantle
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - RF Mel Ott
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - SS Cal Ripken
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - SS Alex Rodriguez

Round Five​

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - 3B Mike Schmidt
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - LF Rickey Henderson
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - 2B Joe Morgan
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - SP Clayton Kershaw
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - SS Ernie Banks
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - CF Mike Trout
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - OF Joe Jackson
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - 1B Hank Greenberg
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - 1B Albert Pujols​

Round Six

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SP Bob Feller
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - C Johnny Bench
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - RP Mariano Rivera
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SP Whitey Ford
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - C Yogi Berra
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - 3B Wade Boggs
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - 3B Eddie Mathews
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - 1B Miguel Cabrera
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - CF Ken Griffey

Round Seven​

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - OF Frank Robinson
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - SP Tom Glavine
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - LF Carl Yastrzemski
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - SP Jim Palmer
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - 2B Jackie Robinson
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - 3B Chipper Jones
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - 2B Nap LaJoie
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - RF Roberto Clemente
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - 3B George Brett​

Round Eight - 8 hour clock through round 22

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - C Ivan Rodriguez
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SP Curt Schilling
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - SP Juan Marichal
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SP John Smoltz
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - RP Dennis Eckersley
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - RP Hoyt Wilhelm
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - 1B Rod Carew
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - 2B Roberto Alomar
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - 2B Charlie Gehringer

Round Nine​

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - SP Modecai Brown
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - C Mike Piazza
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - RP Rollie Fingers
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - RP Billy Wagner
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - RF AL Kaline
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - RP Aroldis Chapman
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - 3B Pete Rose
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SP Rube Waddell
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SS Barry Larkin​

Round Ten

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SP Roy Halladay
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - CF Duke Snider
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - SP Fergie Jenkins
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - RP Craig Kimbrel
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - SP Don Drysdale
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - SP Johan Santana
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - RP Trevor Hoffman
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - 1B Jeff Bagwell
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - SP Justin Verlander

Round Eleven

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - 1B Frank Thomas
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - OF Willie Stargell
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SP Carl Hubbell
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - C Mickey Cochrane
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - 3B Harmon Killebrew
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - RP Kent Tekulve
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - SS Ozzie Smith
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - RP Goose Gossage
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - 2B Craig Biggio

Round Twelve

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - RP Bruce Sutter
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - 2B Frankie Frisch
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - RP Dan Quisenberry
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - RP John Franco
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - RF Dwight Evans
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - C Roy Campanella
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - C Gary Carter
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - RP Lee Smith
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - SP Max Scherzer

Round Thirteen

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - RP John Hiller
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - SP Mike Mussina
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SS Robin Yount
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - RF Ichiro Suzuki
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - SP Luis Tiant
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - OF Manny Ramirez
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - C Gabby Hartnett
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - 3B Adrian Beltre
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - RF Reggie Jackson

Round Fourteen

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SP Phil Niekro
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - RP Jesse Orosco
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - RP Randy Myers
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - OF Tony Gwynn
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - RF Vlad Guerrero
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - RP Jonathan Papelbon
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - CF Carlos Beltran
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - RP Joe Nathan
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - RP Andrew Miller

Round Fifteen

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - C Buster Posey
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - SP Chris Sale
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - RP Sparky Lyle
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - LF Lance Berkman
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - OF Jim Rice
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - 1B Joey Votto
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - 1B Johnny Mize
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SP Kevin Brown
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - RP K-Rod Rodriguez

Round Sixteen

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - 3B Scott Rolen
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - RP Doug Jones
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - RP Jeff Reardon
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SP Dizzy Dean
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - 2B Bobby Doerr
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - RP Tug McGraw
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - RP Ron Perranoski
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - 3B Brooks Robinson
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - RP Roy Face

Round Seventeen

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - RP Bobby Shantz
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - RP Troy Percival
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - C Carlton Fisk
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - SS Nomar Garciaparra
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - OF Tim Raines
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SP Madison Bumgarner
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - 2B Paul Molitor
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - OF Andruw Jones
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - SS Alan Trammell

Round Eighteen

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - RP Tom Henke
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - C Biz Mackey
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - SP Felix Fernandez
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - 1B Mark McGwire
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - 1B Jim Thome
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - RF Larry Walker
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SP Hal Newhouser
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - RP Dave Righetti
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - RP Willie Hernandez

Round Nineteen

Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - C Thurman Munson
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - 1B Willie McCovey
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - OF Kirby Puckett
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - C Joe Mauer
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - SS Luke Appling
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - 2B Lou Whitaker
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - 1B David Ortiz
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - P Wilbur Wood
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - SP Tim Wakefield
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - OF/3B Minnie Minoso
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - OF Oscar Charleston
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - SP Smokey Joe Williams
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - MNGR Joe McCarthy
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - LF Turkey Stearnes
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - IF Joe Sewell
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - SP Jim Bunning
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - RP Eric Gagne
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - 2B Robinson Cano

Round Twenty

Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - OF Gary Sheffield
Voight - Sugar Land Skeeters - RP Wade Davis
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - P Dazzy Vance
Tecumseh - Bearded Men of the House of David - 1B Todd Helton
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - RP Firpo Marberry
Dr Pepper - Montreal Expos - OF Kenny Lofton
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - Utility Ben Zobrist
td_ice - Chattanooga Lookouts - C Yadier Molina
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - RF Harold Baines
Fenway - Boston Burping Clams - SS David Eckstein
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - SS Derek Jeter
Winger For Hire - Rocket City Trash Pandas - OF Ed Delahanty
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - 3B Ron Santo
Wrigley - Toledo Mud Hens - 1B Rafael Palmeiro
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - 2B Ryne Sandberg
sarge88 - Prospect Hill A's - RP Robb Nenn
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - OF Sam Crawford
Vegeta - Hanshin Tigers - Manager Terry Francona

End of Draft
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[Vegeta]

Easiest pick of all time.

The Hanshin Tigers select the Great Bambino.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth.

Breakdown coming soon.

 

[sarge88]

Prospect Hill proudly selects:

OF Willie Mays

2062 Runs
3283 Hits
660 HR
1903 RBI
24 All Star Selections
2 time MVP

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Toledo Mud Hens proudly select the best pitcher ever Hall of Famer SP Walter "The Big Train" Johnson.

2 x MVP, 3 x Triple Crown, 5 x ERA title, and World Series Champ.​

WAR 165.2
Wins 417
ERA 2.17
Games 802
Starts 666
Saves 34
Innings Pitched 5914.1
Strikeouts 3509
WHIP 1.061

"Addie Joss could not have been more right when he predicted “That young fellow is another Cy Young. I never saw a kid with more than he displayed. Of course, he is still green, but when he has a little experience he should be one of the greatest pitchers that ever broke into the game. He has terrific speed and a motion which does not put much strain on his arm and this will all improve as he goes along”." Walter Johnson
​

"Babe vs. Big Train: In 107 at bats, Babe hit .280 with 8 doubles, 2 triples and 7 home runs. He walked 19 times giving Babe an on base percentage of .389, and Ole Walter punched him out 25 times. Not bad, but let’s take a closer look. Babe hit .342 lifetime but Johnson held him 62 points under his lifetime mark. In his career, his home run to at bat ratio was 1 homer in every 11.76 at bats; against Johnson he hit a homer in every 15.29 at bats. Babe whiffed 1 in every 6.43 at bats but when he faced the Big Train, he went down swinging once every 4.28 at bats. Babe’s numbers against Johnson were pretty damn good however, in essence, the Big Train reduced the Sultan of Swat to a mere mortal.

However, there is a flip side. Throughout Johnson’s career, opponents hit .222 against him. He surrendered a total of, ready for this, 97 home runs. THAT’S IT!! That translates to a home run every 227.2 batters! The on base percentage of opposing batters throughout Johnson’s career was .281. So, if you consider that Babe took him deep once every 15.29 at bats and hit him at a .280 clip and got on base 39% of the time then one could conclude that Babe reduced the great Big Train Walter Johnson to a mere mortal as well."

WHEN THE GREATS FACED THE GREATS…..

 

[Winger for Hire]

With the 4th pick in the ATD draft, the Rocket City Trash Pandas select SP Robert "Lefty" Grove

Lefty is possibly the premier pitcher in the history of the game and certainly the best lefty in the history of the game. Lead the league in ERA a mind boggling 9 times, strikeouts 7 times, wins 4 times, FIP 8 times, WHIP 5, and K/BB 8 times. His .680 winning percentage is the best among 300 game winners. All while his home parks were hitter's parks and he didn't debut until his was 25 years of age.

Can't go wrong with one of the unheralded aces of the game anchoring my staff.

 

[Fenway]

The Boston Burping Clams select

 

[td_ice]

With pick #6.........The Lookouts are happy to select.....C Josh Gibson

The Lookouts are happy to get one of the greatest power hitters of all time, and at the difficult position of catcher, this pick becomes a no brainer.

In the segregated, white only MLB at the time, you had Babe Ruth as the greatest power hitter, and in the Negro leagues you had Josh Gibson as the undisputed greatest power hitter.


The Sporting News, baseball’s written authority for decades, credited Gibson in 1967 with hitting a 580-foot home run in Yankee Stadium. The ball landed two feet from the top of the bleacher wall.
“Josh was a better power hitter than Babe Ruth, Ted Williams or anybody else I’ve ever seen,” said former Cleveland Buckeye pitcher and manager xxxx xxxxx. “Anything he touched was hit hard. He could power outside pitches to right field. Shortstops would move to left field when Josh came to the plate.”

 

[Dr Pepper]

Montreal selects Ty Cobb, OF

 

[Tecumseh]

The Bearded Men of the House of David select OF Barry Bonds

 

[Voight]

Skeeters will select OF Hammerin' Hank Aaron & SP Rocket Roger Clemens.

 

[Tecumseh]

The Bearded Men of the House of David select SP Randy Johnson

 

[Dr Pepper]

Montreal selects Pedro Martinez, SP.

 

[td_ice]

with pick #13, the Lookouts are pleased to select, SS Honus Wagner

21 seasons

• World Series champion (1909)
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• 8× NL batting champion (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906–1909, 1911)
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• 5× NL RBI leader (1901, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1912)
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• 5× NL stolen base leader (1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1908)

"At shortstop there is only one candidate, the immortal Honus Wagner. He was just head and shoulders above anyone else in that position. Fellows like xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx were all great fielders. But Honus could more than out-field all of them. He was perhaps the greatest right-handed hitter of all time. He had remarkably long arms, hams for hands, and just drew the ball to him. xxxxxxx once told me he could have been as good in any position but he made his greatest name as shortstop. He led the National League seven times at bat and he was always up with the leaders when he was in his forties."
-Babe Ruth


-Bill James cites Wagner's 1908 season as the greatest single season for any player in baseball history. He notes that the league ERA of 2.35 was the lowest of the dead ball era and about half of the ERAs of modern baseball. Since Wagner hit .354 with 109 RBI in an environment when half as many runs were scored as today, he asks, "if you had a Gold Glove shortstop, like Wagner, who drove in 218 runs, what would he be worth?"
-Bill James, renowned baseball historian


"Acknowledging that there may have been one or two whose talents were greater, there is no one who has ever played the game that I would be more anxious to have on a baseball team."
-Historian / Author Bill James in The Biographical Encyclopedia

 

[Fenway]

Hey guys - I picked Bob Gibson yesterday but it never showed up

 

[Winger for Hire]

I'm going to deviate from my original plan...

With my 2nd pick of the ATD, the Rocket City Trash Pandas select 2B Rogers Hornsby

At this point in the draft I can't ignore the best right handed hitter in the history of the game and unmatched power at the keystone.

.358/.434/.577 with a 175 OPS+ are video game numbers for a second baseman. His B-R age is just littered with Black Ink and if Silver Sluggers were a thing in his day he would easily have no less than 13 (most likely 15 or 16).

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Toledo Mud Hens proudly select the 3rd best lefty ever Hall of Famer SP Sandy Koufax.

• 7x All-Star
• 3x World Series
• 2x WS MVP
• 5x ERA Title
• 2x ML PoY
• MVP
• 3 x Cy Young
• 3 x Triple Crown

"When Sandy Koufax was awarded a basketball scholarship to the University of Cincinnati in 1953, his plans included a career in architecture. Instead, Koufax made a living on a baseball diamond, becoming one of the most dominating left-handers of all time. "Either he throws the fastest ball I've ever seen, or I'm going blind,” said Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn." Sandy Koufax

 

[sarge88]

Prospect Hill is pleased to select RHSP :

Greg Maddux

8X All star
4 X Cy Young Winner
1 WS Title
18X Gold Glove Winner

 

[Vegeta]

The Hanshin Tigers select couple of fantastic starting pitchers.

SP Satchel Paige

And

SP Christy Mathewson

Both of these are in my Top 5 starters of all time, and will be great anchors for my rotation.

 

[sarge88]

Prospect Hill selects the man the Award was named for:

Cy Young

22 Years
511 Wins
7,356 IP
2.84ERA
1.13 WHIP

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Toledo Mud Hens proudly select the 3rd best MLB righty ever Hall of Famer SP Tom Seaver.

• 12x All-Star
• 1969 World Series
• 3x ERA Title
• 3 x Cy Young
• Rookie of the Year

"Hall of Famer Hank Aaron said Tom Seaver was “the toughest pitcher I’ve ever faced.” In an ESPN poll, Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal, Jim Palmer, Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, Bert Blyleven, and Don Sutton all said Tom Seaver was the best pitcher of their generation.
From 1967-1977, “The Franchise” was selected to 10 All-Star teams, lead the league in strikeouts five times, put together five 20 win seasons, threw five one-hitters and won three Cy Young Awards. Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson, who managed Seaver with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977 and ‘78, recalled, “My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.”
Tom Seaver no-hit the Cardinals in 1978 and in 1981 became the fifth player in history to record 3,000 strike-outs. In 1985, he returned to New York as a member of the Chicago White Sox and won his 300th major league game at Yankee Stadium." Tom Seaver

 

[Winger for Hire]

Well, looks like I'm going with another deviation from my master plan...

With our 3rd pick in the ATD, the Rocket City Trash Pandas are honored to select 1B Lou Gehrig

Before being forced to retire due to ALS, Gehrig compiled some of the most prestigious power numbers ever while also hitting a lofty .340 and only once striking out more than he walked (his first full season 46 BB to 49 K). In his Triple Crown season he put up a slash line of .363/.465/.706 and finished 5th in the voting.

Another video game slash line to add to my line up:

.340/.447/.632 with a 179 OPS+
Which rank all-time- 17th, 5th, 3rd, 4th

3 time Home Run Leader
5 time OBP Leader

And he turned it on even more in the post season posting a .361/.483/.731 line in 150 postseason PAs.

 

[Fenway]

The Burping Clams proudly select at 1B -
Jimmie Foxx

 

[td_ice]

Lookout select, SP Pete Alexander

one of the greatest RP of all time

played 20 seasons

ERA+ 135

373 wins

4th in all time WAR for pitchers, trailing only Young, Johnson and Clemens

 

[Dr Pepper]

Montreal selects Tris Speaker, OF.

 

[Tecumseh]

The Bearded Men of the House of David select SP Steve Carlton