Hanshin Tigers vs Boston Red Sox

[Say Hey Kid]

Hanshin Tigers



Manager:

Lineup

1. Trout (R) 176 OPS+
2. Griffey Jr (L) 136 OPS+
3.Gibson (R) 800+ HRs
4. Gehrig (L) 179 OPS+
5. Robinson (R) 154 OPS+
6. A-Rod (R) 140 OPS+
7. Brett (L) 135 OPS+
8. Lajoie (R) 150 OPS+
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Average OPS+ 152 *NOT including Gibson*

Defense

C Josh Gibson
1B Lou Gehrig 112.4 bWar
2B Nap Lajoie 107.4 bWAR
3B George Brett 88.7 bWAR
SS A-Rod 117.8 bWAR
LF Ken Griffey Jr. 83.9 bWAR
CF Mike Trout 72.5 bWAR
RF Frank Robinson 107.3 bWAR
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Bench

C Joe Mauer
1B Hank Greenberg (L)
2B Lou Whitaker (L)


Starters

1. Lefty Grove (L) 148 ERA +
2. Warren Spahn (L) 119 ERA +
3. Grover Pete Alexander (R) 135 ERA +
4. Tom Glavine (R) 118 ERA +
5. Max Scherzer (R) 132 ERA+

Average ERA+ 130
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Bullpen

Closer Rollie Fingers (R)
Set Up Aroldis Chapman (L)
Set Up Kent Tekulve (R)
Short Tom Henke (R)
Short BJ Ryan (L)
Short Roy Face (R)
Medium Firpo Marberry (R)
Long Justin Verlander (R)

VS

MGR Joe McCarthy

1B Albert Pujols
2B Jackie Robinson
SS Cal Ripken, Jr
3B Wade Boggs
LF Carl Yastrzemski
CF Vladimir Guerrero
RF Babe Ruth
C Carlton Fisk

BENCH
OF Shoeless Joe Jackson
OF Carlos Beltran
SS Lou Boudreau
OF Dwight Evans
2B Ryne Sandberg
3B/OF Harmon Killebrew
1B - Willie McCovey

SP Pedro Martinez
SP Randy Johnson
SP Roy Halladay
P Old Hoss Radbourn
P Bert Blyleven
P Luis Tiant

RP Lee Smith
RP Jonathan Papelbon

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[Vegeta]

His 1,2 punch of Johnson Martinez is ridiculous, no argument there.

But the Tigers' offense is more potent.

Josh Gibson is thought to be practically a contemporary to Ruth. So therefore, he crushes Fisk.

Pujols, as good as he is, is not Lou Gehrig.

Boggs could slap the ball around the field, but Brett is much more of a power threat, and is almost as good of a contact hitter.

Robinson was a more consistent bat than Vlady, almost doubling him up in career bWAR.

Jackie is better than Nap overall so you got me there.

A-Rod vs Cal in terms of hitting is a laugher.

And well Babe is Babe. I mean, Ken Griffey Jr isn't a slouch, but he isn't Babe.

Position to position, in regards to offense, I think the Tigers have the edge 6-2. And with the exception of Nap everyone can be a power threat. The Red Sox just don't have that kind of power depth.

Considering how good the pitching is, I think it's asking a bit much to generate runs through dinking and dunking with small ball. These aren't the types of pitchers that let teams string runs of hits against them.

Tigers in 7.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I'd like to see Boston put Shoeless in the starting lineup for Vlad. His .356 BA is the 3rd highest ever. He was a great late round pickup.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Randy Johnson:

5 times Cy Young , and was runner up 3 times.

Leads MLB in K's per 9 with a mark of 10.6

Fangraphs has his WAR as the highest of all LHP in mlb history, at 110.

303 wins

2001 World Series MVP

 

[Say Hey Kid]

George Brett:

Only player ever to win a batting title in 3 separate decades

1st ballot hof'er with 98.2% vote

4th best 3B WAR with 88.4

Most hits by a 3B

3 batting titles

AL MVP 1980

World Champion in 1985

In 184 playoff plate appearances he hit .337/.397/.627 for an OPS of 1.023

 

[Say Hey Kid]

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