Jackie Robinson Baseball ATD (Picks Only)
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With the 140th selection in the 20th round, the Indianapolis Clowns select RP Ron Perranoski
13 year career
79-74
2.79 ERA
124 ERA+
19.0 WAR
178 saves (league leader in 1969 and 1970)
687 strikeouts
1963, 1965 World Champion
Perranoski had his best year in 1963 with the Dodgers appearing in 69 games, finishing 47 games, posting a 16-3 record, an ERA of 1.67, and an ERA+ of 179. There was not much recognition afforded to a reliever in the 1960s, much less one that was pitching in the shadows of Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, nevertheless he finished 4th in MVP voting in 1963. If you ask me, there's nothing to justify a reliever finishing that high in MVP voting but if there was a Reliever of the Year award handed out back then, Perranoski surely would have won it.
And with the 141st selection in the 21st round, the Indianapolis Clowns select OF Billy Williams
18 year career
.290/.361/.492/.853
133 OPS+
63.7 WAR
2,711 hits
434 doubles
88 triples
90 stolen bases
426 home runs
1961 NL Rookie of the Year
6x All-Star
1972 Major League Player of the Year (Sporting News)
Finished second in NL MVP voting in 1972
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987 on his sixth ballot receiving 85.7% of the vote
13 year career
79-74
2.79 ERA
124 ERA+
19.0 WAR
178 saves (league leader in 1969 and 1970)
687 strikeouts
1963, 1965 World Champion
Perranoski had his best year in 1963 with the Dodgers appearing in 69 games, finishing 47 games, posting a 16-3 record, an ERA of 1.67, and an ERA+ of 179. There was not much recognition afforded to a reliever in the 1960s, much less one that was pitching in the shadows of Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, nevertheless he finished 4th in MVP voting in 1963. If you ask me, there's nothing to justify a reliever finishing that high in MVP voting but if there was a Reliever of the Year award handed out back then, Perranoski surely would have won it.
And with the 141st selection in the 21st round, the Indianapolis Clowns select OF Billy Williams
18 year career
.290/.361/.492/.853
133 OPS+
63.7 WAR
2,711 hits
434 doubles
88 triples
90 stolen bases
426 home runs
1961 NL Rookie of the Year
6x All-Star
1972 Major League Player of the Year (Sporting News)
Finished second in NL MVP voting in 1972
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987 on his sixth ballot receiving 85.7% of the vote
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The Hartford Yard Goats are extremely excited to select professional hitter, 3B/PH Edgar Martinez
.312/.418/.515 (91st/21st/71st)
.933 OPS / 147 OPS+ (33rd / 45th)
309 HR
514 Doubles
1261 RBI
1219 Runs
1283 BB
1202 K
68.4 bWAR
.312/.418/.515 (91st/21st/71st)
.933 OPS / 147 OPS+ (33rd / 45th)
309 HR
514 Doubles
1261 RBI
1219 Runs
1283 BB
1202 K
68.4 bWAR
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They met at the crossroads.
The Jamestown Jammers are proud to select 1977 Cy Young winner RP Sparky Lyle. 2.88 ERA, 1.275 WHIP, 238 Saves, 128 ERA+.
3x All-Star
1977 World Series
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Hall of Famer C Carlton Fisk. 68.5 WAR, 117 OPS+, and this slash line
| .269 | .341 | .457 | .797 |
- Hall of Fame
- 11x All-Star
- Gold Glove
- 3x Silver Slugger
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The Hartford Yard Goats select another bullpen anchor, RHP "The Terminator" Tom Henke
789.2 IP
41 W
311 Sv
2.67 ERA / 2.72 FIP
157 ERA+
1.09 WHIP
861 K
255 BB
2 W / 5 Sv / 1.83 ERA / 0.96 WHIP / 15 K / 9 BB in 19.2 Postseason Innings
789.2 IP
41 W
311 Sv
2.67 ERA / 2.72 FIP
157 ERA+
1.09 WHIP
861 K
255 BB
2 W / 5 Sv / 1.83 ERA / 0.96 WHIP / 15 K / 9 BB in 19.2 Postseason Innings
- Jan 29, 2003
- 25,519
- 21,027
If you're going to have a back up catcher, it may as well be a:
- 9x All-Star
- 8x Gold Glove
- 4x Platinum Glove
- Silver Slugger
- And the guy in 24th place overall in Defensive WAR
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With the 154th selection in the 22nd round, the Indianapolis Clowns select 3B Brooks Robinson
23 year career
.267/.322/.401/.723
104 OPS+
78.4 WAR
39.1 dWAR (3rd all-time)
2,848 hits
482 doubles
68 triples
28 stolen bases
268 home runs
18x All-Star
16x Gold Glove
Finished 4th in AL MVP voting in 1971
Finished 3rd in AL MVP voting in 1959 and 1965
Finished 2nd in AL MVP voting in 1966
1964 AL MVP
1966, 1970 World Champion
1970 World Series MVP
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 on his first ballot receiving 92.0% of the vote
There's not much that can be said about Brooks Robinson that isn't already widely known. He is the best defensive third basemen to ever play the game, nobody really comes close. His hitting ability can be a question mark next to comparable HOF third basemen but during his prime, he was very efficient at the plate hitting anywhere between the averages of .275-.315 during those years.
And with the 155th selection in the 23rd round, the Indianapolis Clowns select the criminally underappreciated C Ted Simmons
21 year career
.285/.348/.437/.785
118 OPS+
50.3 WAR
2,472 hits
483 doubles
47 triples
21 stolen bases
248 home runs
8x All-Star
1x Silver Slugger
23 year career
.267/.322/.401/.723
104 OPS+
78.4 WAR
39.1 dWAR (3rd all-time)
2,848 hits
482 doubles
68 triples
28 stolen bases
268 home runs
18x All-Star
16x Gold Glove
Finished 4th in AL MVP voting in 1971
Finished 3rd in AL MVP voting in 1959 and 1965
Finished 2nd in AL MVP voting in 1966
1964 AL MVP
1966, 1970 World Champion
1970 World Series MVP
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 on his first ballot receiving 92.0% of the vote
There's not much that can be said about Brooks Robinson that isn't already widely known. He is the best defensive third basemen to ever play the game, nobody really comes close. His hitting ability can be a question mark next to comparable HOF third basemen but during his prime, he was very efficient at the plate hitting anywhere between the averages of .275-.315 during those years.
And with the 155th selection in the 23rd round, the Indianapolis Clowns select the criminally underappreciated C Ted Simmons
21 year career
.285/.348/.437/.785
118 OPS+
50.3 WAR
2,472 hits
483 doubles
47 triples
21 stolen bases
248 home runs
8x All-Star
1x Silver Slugger
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The Hartford Yard Goats are happy to select a personal favorite ATD player, LHP Masaichi "The Emperor" Kaneda
Nicknamed "The Emperor" because he was the most dominant pitcher in Japan during his prime, Kaneda holds numerous Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) career records. He managed to win 400 games despite being on a horrific team, the Kokutestu Swallows, for most of his career. About 90% of his 400 career wins came with the Swallows.
Kaneda threw a very lively, blazing fastball (said to top 100 MPH), a devastating drop curve (today, we would refer to it as a sharp-breaking "slurve"), and a baffling underhanded changeup.
He was a true workhorse, pitching 300 or more innings in 14 consecutive years on his way to the most innings pitched in NPB at 5526.2 innings. He served the Swallows as an ace starter/relief ace, pitching in at least 1/3 of his games every year from 1951 to 1963, occasionally as many as half his team's games. He also pitched two no hitters in his career, one of them a perfect game. His 82 shutouts are second most in Japanese baseball history. He had 103 games of 10 or more strikeouts and a 64.1 inning streak without a run scored against him.
From 1955 through 1958, he pitched at least 332 innings each year, and his ERA never exceeded 1.78
Notable NPB records Kaneda holds include: complete games (365), wins (400), losses (298), strikeouts (4490), innings pitched (5,5262⁄3), and walks (1,808). He also hit the most home runs of any Japanese pitcher (36), and is one of the few pitchers that played in over 1,000 games.
His list of most similar pitchers to his projection is, in order: Steve Carlton, Warren Spahn, Tom Seaver, Don Sutton, Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry, Pete Alexander).
He pitched on a perennial cellar-dwelling team, the Kokutetsu Swallows (now, the Yakult Swallows). At times during their long existence, the Swallows set new standards for mediocrity. Even Walter Johnson's Washington Senators were no match for the Swallows' lowly status. In the midst of the Swallows' doldrums, there was Kaneda, the brightest star in the sky. The most incredible statistic surrounding Kaneda is that he won 45% of the Swallows' wins during his tenure (1950s and 1960s). Steve Carlton did it for one year (1972) with the Philadelphia Phillies, and that was noteworthy. Kaneda did it for an entire career. Of all pitchers in Japanese history, Kaneda suffered from the least run support (the Swallows' offense was usually anemic), losing 20+ games in 6 different seasons.
The American pitcher he is most compared to is Steve Carlton. It is estimated that Kaneda would have won approximately 360+ games in America, Whatever the estimate, he would have been a Hall of Famer here, too.
Career Stats/Highlights
Japanese HOF Inductee (1988)
3 Eiji Sawamura Awards (Japan's Cy Young)
10 time Strikeout leader
3 time ERA leader
14 time 20 game winner
2 No Hitters
1 Perfect Game (4th in Japan's history)
Named Best Japanese Player of the 1950's
Names Best Japanese Pitcher of the 1960's
14 Consecutive Seasons of 300+ IP and 20 Wins and 220 Strikeouts
944 Games (569 Games Started)
400 Wins
2.34 ERA
1.073 WHIP
4490 Strikeouts
0.6 HR/9
6.7 H/9
7.3 K/9
Batting
.198/.238/.287
38 Home Runs
177 RBI
160 Runs
7 Stolen Bases
His projected Bill James HOF Standard Score (with ultra-conservative projections) is 76. 50 is an average HOFer.
The speed gun was not introduced to Japan until after Kaneda had retired, but he claims that the velocity of his fastball reached 100 mph during his prime. In Kaneda's rookie year, Masayasu Kaneda (no relation) from the Osaka Tigers complained that Kaneda's pitches appeared too fast because the mound was set too close to the batter's box. The game was stopped as the umpire measured the distance with a tape measure; the mound was found to be set the correct distance away from the batter's box.
Nicknamed "The Emperor" because he was the most dominant pitcher in Japan during his prime, Kaneda holds numerous Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) career records. He managed to win 400 games despite being on a horrific team, the Kokutestu Swallows, for most of his career. About 90% of his 400 career wins came with the Swallows.
Kaneda threw a very lively, blazing fastball (said to top 100 MPH), a devastating drop curve (today, we would refer to it as a sharp-breaking "slurve"), and a baffling underhanded changeup.
He was a true workhorse, pitching 300 or more innings in 14 consecutive years on his way to the most innings pitched in NPB at 5526.2 innings. He served the Swallows as an ace starter/relief ace, pitching in at least 1/3 of his games every year from 1951 to 1963, occasionally as many as half his team's games. He also pitched two no hitters in his career, one of them a perfect game. His 82 shutouts are second most in Japanese baseball history. He had 103 games of 10 or more strikeouts and a 64.1 inning streak without a run scored against him.
From 1955 through 1958, he pitched at least 332 innings each year, and his ERA never exceeded 1.78
Notable NPB records Kaneda holds include: complete games (365), wins (400), losses (298), strikeouts (4490), innings pitched (5,5262⁄3), and walks (1,808). He also hit the most home runs of any Japanese pitcher (36), and is one of the few pitchers that played in over 1,000 games.
His list of most similar pitchers to his projection is, in order: Steve Carlton, Warren Spahn, Tom Seaver, Don Sutton, Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry, Pete Alexander).
He pitched on a perennial cellar-dwelling team, the Kokutetsu Swallows (now, the Yakult Swallows). At times during their long existence, the Swallows set new standards for mediocrity. Even Walter Johnson's Washington Senators were no match for the Swallows' lowly status. In the midst of the Swallows' doldrums, there was Kaneda, the brightest star in the sky. The most incredible statistic surrounding Kaneda is that he won 45% of the Swallows' wins during his tenure (1950s and 1960s). Steve Carlton did it for one year (1972) with the Philadelphia Phillies, and that was noteworthy. Kaneda did it for an entire career. Of all pitchers in Japanese history, Kaneda suffered from the least run support (the Swallows' offense was usually anemic), losing 20+ games in 6 different seasons.
The American pitcher he is most compared to is Steve Carlton. It is estimated that Kaneda would have won approximately 360+ games in America, Whatever the estimate, he would have been a Hall of Famer here, too.
Career Stats/Highlights
Japanese HOF Inductee (1988)
3 Eiji Sawamura Awards (Japan's Cy Young)
10 time Strikeout leader
3 time ERA leader
14 time 20 game winner
2 No Hitters
1 Perfect Game (4th in Japan's history)
Named Best Japanese Player of the 1950's
Names Best Japanese Pitcher of the 1960's
14 Consecutive Seasons of 300+ IP and 20 Wins and 220 Strikeouts
944 Games (569 Games Started)
400 Wins
2.34 ERA
1.073 WHIP
4490 Strikeouts
0.6 HR/9
6.7 H/9
7.3 K/9
Batting
.198/.238/.287
38 Home Runs
177 RBI
160 Runs
7 Stolen Bases
His projected Bill James HOF Standard Score (with ultra-conservative projections) is 76. 50 is an average HOFer.
The speed gun was not introduced to Japan until after Kaneda had retired, but he claims that the velocity of his fastball reached 100 mph during his prime. In Kaneda's rookie year, Masayasu Kaneda (no relation) from the Osaka Tigers complained that Kaneda's pitches appeared too fast because the mound was set too close to the batter's box. The game was stopped as the umpire measured the distance with a tape measure; the mound was found to be set the correct distance away from the batter's box.
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They met at the crossroads.
The Jamestown Jammers are proud to select 1B John Olerud. The 2x All-Star won 3 Gold Gloves, 2 World Series, the 1993 batting title with a .363 batting average, and had a career 129 OPS+. His career slash line was
| .295 | .398 | .465 | .863 |
2x World Series
3x Gold Glove
(highest BA as recognized at time)">Batting Title
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They met at the crossroads.
The Jamestown Jammers are proud to select RP John Wetteland. The WS MVP had a 2.93 ERA, a 1.135 WHIP, and 330 saves.
- 3x All-Star
- 1996 World Series
- WS MVP
- Rolaids Relief
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Seems like we've all got some catching up to do. 
Montreal selects:
SS Omar Vizquel
and
RP Jason Isringhausen
Montreal selects:
SS Omar Vizquel
and
RP Jason Isringhausen
- Jan 29, 2003
- 25,519
- 21,027
Altimore Selects: Manager
Terry Francona
Position: Manager
6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)
Born: April 22, 1959 (Age: 59-117d) in Aberdeen, SD us
High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Full Name: Terry Jon Francona
Nicknames: Tito
Relatives: Son of Tito Francona
SUMMARY
2018
Career
G
120
2872
W
69
1552
L
51
1320
Win-Loss Percentage
W / (W + L)
For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.
For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games." style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin: 2px 0px; font-size: 0.785714em;">W-L%
.575
.540
Terry Francona
Position: Manager
6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)
Born: April 22, 1959 (Age: 59-117d) in Aberdeen, SD us
High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Full Name: Terry Jon Francona
Nicknames: Tito
Relatives: Son of Tito Francona
SUMMARY
2018
Career
G
120
2872
W
69
1552
L
51
1320
Win-Loss Percentage
W / (W + L)
For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.
For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games." style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin: 2px 0px; font-size: 0.785714em;">W-L%
.575
.540
