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

[Voight]

Skeeetaaahs pick SS Barry Larkin + SP Roy "Doc" Halladay

1x MVP
3x Gold Glove
9x Silver Slugger
1x WS Champion
1st SS to join the 30-30 Club

2x Cy Young (one of the few to win in the AL + NL)
1x Perfect Game
1x No Hitter - only the 2nd player to ever do so in the playoffs

 

[Tecumseh]

The Bearded Men of the House of David select SP Rube Waddell

Photo courtesy of the Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey - Monday, September 29, 1902)

13 year career

193-143
2.16 ERA
135 ERA+
60.8 WAR (career-best 10.5 WAR in 1904)
261 complete games
50 shutouts
2,316 strikeouts
From 1902 to 1907, he led the league in strikeouts with his best coming in his historic 349 strikeout season (the modern record that stood for 61 years)
2x AL ERA Title

"In my opinion, and I suppose if there is any subject that I am qualified to discuss it is pitching, Rube Waddell had more sheer pitching ability than any man I ever saw." - Hall of Famer Walter Johnson

The Bearded Men of the House of David also select CF Duke Snider

Photo courtesy of the Pittston Gazette (Pittston, Pennsylvania - Monday, October 3, 1955)

18 year career

.295/.380/.540/.919
140 OPS+
66.3 WAR
2,116 hits
407 home runs
8x All-Star
1955, 1959 World Champion

 

[Dr Pepper]

Montreal selects Ferguson Jenkins, SP.

 

[td_ice]

With their 10th round selection, the Lookouts are happy to select, RP Craig Kimbrel

ERA+ 211 say whaaaaat? that's just silly

9 seasons, and 333 saves, full season average 42 saves per season

K's/9 14.7

WHIP 0.920

 

[Fenway]

The Burping Clams select SP

 

[Winger for Hire]

The Rocket City Trash Pandas select, the modern day equivalent of Sandy Koufax- minus the big market spotlight and help, SP Johan Santana

3.20 ERA
3.44 FIP
1.132 WHIP
.641 W/L%

136 ERA+ for his career
150 ERA+ in his peak

1988 Strikeouts
vs
567 Walks
3.51 K/BB

Lead the league in Strikeouts, FIP, WHIP, K/9, and H/9 for 3 straight seasons (2004 - 2006)

Robbed of the 2005 Cy Young and 2006 MVP

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Toledo Mud Hens proudly select Hall of Famer RP Trevor Hoffman.

• 7x All-Star
• 2x Rolaids Relief

 

[sarge88]

Prospect Hill selects:

1B - Jeff Bagwell

• Hall of Fame
• 4x All-Star
• Gold Glove
• 3x Silver Slugger
• 10 years of 90+ RBI
• 9 30+ HR years

 

[Vegeta]

The Tigers select SP Justin Verlander and 1B Frank "the Big Hurt" Thomas

 

[sarge88]

Prospect Hill selects:

OF Willie Stargell

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Toledo Mud Hens proudly select Hall of Famer SP Carl Hubbell.

• 9x All-Star
• 1933 World Series
• 3x ERA Title
• ML PoY
• 2 x MVP

 

[Winger for Hire]

The Rocket City Trash Pandas select Left Grove's battery mate, C Mickey Cochrane

.320/.419.478
129 OPS+

857 Walks
vs
217 Strikeouts

In 1929 he had 606 plate appearances and only K'd 8 times.

When you're a player-manager who wins the pennant and the MVP award, all in one season (1934), what's left to win? Well, the World Series as a skipper, but Cochrane did that the next year, and already had two titles as the A's catcher in 1929 and 1930. Cochrane was already throttling back on his playing career when he was nearly killed by a pitch in 1937, leading to an order to end his playing days at 34.

 

[Fenway]

The Burping Clams get a little sneaky here as we proudly pick at third base

 

[td_ice]

With their 11th round selection, the Lookouts are happy to select, RP Kent Tekulve

A multi inning RP. Cause he's "The Rubberband Man"

ERA+ 132

Had 3 saves in the "79 World Series, as the Pirates defeated the Orioles in 7.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Montreal, in an attempt to add some magic to the roster, is happy to see there's a wizard still on the board.

Ozzie Smith, SS.

 

[Tecumseh]

The Bearded Men of the House of David select RP Goose Gossage

Photo courtesy of the Muncie Evening Press (Muncie, Indiana - Wednesday, October 18, 1978)

22 year career

124-107
3.01 ERA
126 ERA+
41.9 WAR
310 saves
1,502 strikeouts
9x All-Star
1978 World Champion

 

[Voight]

Skeeters pick 2B Craig Biggio & RP/CL Bruce Sutter.

- 4x Gold Glove
- 5x Silver Slugger
- 3,000 hit club

- Cy Young Winner (1979)
- 4x Reliever of the Year
- World Series Champion
- 5x Saves Leader
- 300 saves, 2.83 ERA

 

[Tecumseh]

The House of David selects 2B Frankie Frisch

Photo courtesy of The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Saturday, March 18, 1933)

19 year career

.316/.369/.432/.801
110 OPS+
70.4 WAR (21.6 dWAR)
2,880 hits
138 triples
105 home runs
419 stolen bases (3x led the league)
3x All-Star (All-Star was not instituted until 1933, Frisch's playing career ended in 1937)
1931 NL MVP
1921, 1922, 1931, 1934 World Champion

 

[Dr Pepper]

Montreal selects Dan Quisenberry, RP.

 

[td_ice]

With their 12th round selection, the Lookouts are pleased to select RP, John Franco

One of the top Lefty relief pitchers of all time.

424 saves

ERA+ 138, over 20 seasons

 

[Fenway]

The Burping Clams are honored to pick Dwight Evans

 

[Winger for Hire]

The Rocket City Trash Pandas select C Roy Campanella

.276/.360/.500
123 OPS+

33.8 dWAR
57.4 CS%

Campy will be a nice right side platoon mate for Cochrane, when needed. Campy will also be used when a team has some base stealing threats that need neutered, since he's one of the best defensive catchers ever and leads baseball all-time in caught stealing%.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The Toledo Mud Hens proudly select Hall of Famer C Gary Carter.

• 11x All-Star
• 1986 World Series
• 3x Gold Glove
• 5x Silver Slugger
• 2x AS MVP

 

[sarge88]

Prospect Hill selects:

RP Lee Smith

7X All Star
HOF
478 Career Saves
8.7 K/9

 

[Vegeta]

The Hanshin Tigers select SP Max Scherzer and perhaps the most underrated closer in history, LHP John Hiller.

Hiller's peak is right there with any closer that's already been taken. Man was an animal. Heck, he was worth 31.2 bWAR as a reliever!