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Starting Pitchers
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3329955]Charlie Barfield[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3530838]Blaise Batten[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197795]Rick Baumgartner[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3329765]Mitch Bradley[/url]
Mitch Bradley was the 3rd overall pick in the 1979 amateur draft and went on to pitch 16 seasons in the BoHo, all with the Cleveland Buckeyes.
Bradley debuted in 1982 just as the Buckeyes were beginning to dominate the American League and was a member of the greatest starting rotation in BoHo history, the legendary "Four Horsemen", that lead Cleveland to seven straight playoff appearances and a pair of Championships.
Bradley lead the American League in wins with 23, part of a four year string of 20 win seasons, in 1986 and missed out on the Cy Young Award that year by a single vote as the Buckeyes won their second consecutive Championship.
Bradley racked up 255 career victories to end up 19th on the All Time list and his 50 career shutouts are the 6th best total in the BoHo. Bradley is also the all time strikeout king in Cleveland team history, and 13th on the league chart. Bradley was a five time All Star who won 20 or more games four years in a row. Bradley's last season was a 16-8 year leaving many observers surprised at his early retirement as another 10 wins would have made him the Buckeye's all time leader in victories.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3380093]Jose Caraballo[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3201768]John Gillon[/url]
John Gillon was a starting pitcher for Cleveland, Cincinnati and Boston over the course of 16 seasons. The fifth player taken in the 1977 draft Gillon wound up as the fifth winningest pitcher in league history with 300 career victories.
Gillon was a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" rotation for Cleveland in the 1980s and helped the Buckeyes to three consecutive trips to the World series and a pair of World Championships. Gillon's 1987 season is one of the greatest single season's in memory as he went 26-2 with an ERA of 1.84 and a WHIP of 0.94 while tossing 15 complete games to win his first Cy Young Award.
Gillon won the American Cy Young Award again in 1988 as the Buckeyes went to the postseason again but were eliminated by KC and the decision was made to rebuild the squad. The BoHo was shocked when Gillon, only 29 at the time, was traded to Cincinnati in the spring of 1989 for two prospects and a 1st round pick.
Gillon continued his dominance in the National League winning another pair of Cy Young Awards and helping Cinci to the post season all seven years he was there but was unable to garner another ring. In April of 1996 Gillon was dealt to Boston as Cinci began their rebuild and he won his 300th game in his 2nd to last career start.
Overall Gillon finished with 300 wins, 9 consecutive All Star appearances, 4 Cy Young Awards, 14 trips to the playoffs and a pair of World Series rings. The ultimate "corner painter" Gillon walked less than 1,000 batters over the course of almost 4,000 innings pitched and stands 6th overall in BoHo history with a career WHIP of 1.11.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197701]Dutch Hargesheimer[/url]
Dutch was an original 1950 draftee who played 20 seasons, winning 285 games (5th) and striking out 2958 (4th). Again, a key player, the ace pitcher, on a very good Guppies team in the early into the mid 60s, a guy who could have reached the coveted milestones of 300 wins and 3000 K's if he hadn't spent five seasons at the beginning of his career in the 'pen.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3239844]Tom Howell[/url]
During his career the 1st overall pick of 1978 racked up 269 Wins (10th), an ERA of 3.37 (30th), a WHIP of 1.19 (30th), 584 Games (7th), 9 LCS, 6 WS appearances, and 4 WS Rings. Tom also managed to make the All-Star team 8 times. During his career he was overshadowed by teammate Charlie Barfield but he still was one of the best SP the League ever had.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2410843]Carlos Kalbfus[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4352937]Lyman Kirke[/url]
Lyman Kirke was drafted third overall in 1992 and proceeded to spend his entire career with the Red Birds. His consistency helped the Red Birds reach the playoffs nine times, and the World Series seven times. Unfortunately he only has two World Series rings. Kirke had at least 15 wins for 11 straight seasons. Twice he lead the league in shutouts and once in wins. Kirke was also a seven time all-star and finished his career with 241 wins fourth most by a pitcher in a Red Birds uniform. He is only 1 win ahead of former great [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197676]Drummond Santiago[/url]. Unfortunately Kirke never won a Cy Young while his counter parts in the rotation won 4 Cy Youngs.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693363]Max Kruk[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1198003]Frank Levrault[/url]
He's the King Frank of Pitching! #1 in about everything. Unlike King George, Frank won the World Series a hand full of times. He has a commanding lead in wins over the next closest player. Frank also dominated the AL for most of his career and pitching against Marby in the playoffs for almost a decade.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3962231]John Lopez[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4518829]Tony Mahler[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197593]Otto Midkiff[/url]
A shoe in and a vote for him is just a minor formality. 300 Game winner with 56 shutouts, which is third overall behind Santiago and Riss. 4 Cy Youngs as well.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197535]Cly Monteleone[/url]
50's pitcher: This guy was a stud who pitched great for a NYA team that was abandoned in the late 50's early 60's. By the time I got him in '62, he was already in his mid 30's and gave me 2 great seasons (In '62, we gave him no run support). I admit, his numbers are on the fence but any owner from the 50's can tell you he was tough.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2728843]John Morris[/url]
All he did was win 4 CY's and make 10 straight AS games. Career 261-163, 3.12 ERA (15th) with 1.16 WHIP (Tied for 15th). He?s 11th in career wins, and 12th in career K?s with 2745.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2807301]Hollis Mulwray[/url]
Mulwray was the greatest pitcher in Cleveland's history. The great Buckeye's lefthander retired as the 9th winningest pitcher in BoHo history and the franchise leader in career wins with 262 victories.
The last player taken in the first round of the 1972 draft Mulwray was a victim of the Buckeyes rebuilding efforts of the mid '70s as he was rushed to the major leagues at 21 and endured three seasons of major losses while the team grew up around him.
By the '80s Mulwray was a fully matured ace and over the decade he won 180 games, 8 All Star selections and a Cy Young award in 1982, his achievements in the '80s are even more remarkable given the quality of offenses he was facing during the BoHo's "Golden Age".
Almost always going up against the opposition's #1 starter Mulwray still compiled a 180-73 record from 1980-89. Mulwray really shone in the playoffs where his was 11-3, 4-1 in World series play, and big games where he always seemed to find a way to win when it mattered most.
Mulwray was named the MVP of the 1986 World series for for winning two games in the series. Mulwray pitched 16 2/3 innings in two starts while giving up only one earned run on 9 hits with 3 walks and 11 strikeouts.
Overall Mulwray finished in the top 10 in wins, Games started and innings pitched and top 15 in shutouts and strikeouts.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2157339]Art Raymond[/url]
Art Raymond only pitched 14 years in the majors so he's not that highly placed in career stats, but during those fourteen years he was as dominant as any pitcher could be.
Raymond only posted two losing seasons and they were when the Nails were really declining. Raymond holds the single season strikeout record as well as the single season win mark of 29 from his amazing 1975 season, which also produced the second best single season ERA mark ever in league history.
An eight time All Star Raymond also won two Cy Young awards.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4183155]Richie Redmond[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197519]Jake Riss[/url] - Initial Class
Jake Riss won three Cy Youngs during his career. Throughout his 15 year career he piled up 69 shutouts (1st), 288 wins (3rd), an ERA of 2.79, (6th but 4th among SP), 2854 strikeouts (4th) and a 1.11 WHIP (T-5th but T-4h among SP). He helped bring the Red Birds to the playoffs 10 times in a row, from 1950-1959. He also helped the team get to 7 World Series and win 5 of them. He played his entire career in St. Louis.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197235]Marty Sandusky[/url] - Initial Class
Marty was one of the most dominate pitchers at the beginning of the Bob Horner League. He won 6 Cy Youngs during his entire career. His ERA, and WHIP are in the Top 5. Sandusky also holds the record for most strikeouts in a single season. He actually holds the top 3.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197676]Drummond Santiago[/url] - Initial Class
Drummond Santiago was one of the best pitchers in the game. He played for Milwaukee and St. Louis. He holds the 1st and 2nd season records for WHIP as well as the career record at 1.05. He also barely holds the single season shutout record with nine. He's second all time for shutouts and is 5th for all time ERA. He tallied 258 career wins over 13 years. Throughout his career he won the Cy Young six times in a row. He helped bring the Red Birds to the playoffs 9 times in a row, from 1951-1959. He also helped the team get to 7 World Series and win 5 of them.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197311]Elijah Stark[/url]
He played the majority of his career in Baltimore and NYN. He was a remarkable horse for 17 seasons, 14 with 15 or more wins. One of two 300 hundred game winners (#2 with 307 wins) and one of three with 3000 Ks (#3 with 3051). Other all time records: #2 with innnings pitched (4,271), #2 games started (578), #6 Shutouts (39) and #9 Complete Games (136). He made 11 LCS appearances, 3 World Series and finally a ring in '66.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2492627]Josh Taft[/url]
Josh Taft was the star pitcher for the Red Birds during their run in the late 70's early 80's. He almost made it to 300 wins, but fell short with 295 putting him at 4th all-time. He's 6th in shutouts with 45, and his WHIP at 1.16 puts him tied for 15th all time with John Morris. Taft was in the playoffs 8 times, making it the series 6 times, and winning two of them. During his career he won the Cy Young Award twice, was a All-star 11 times, and he started the all-star game 4 years in a row. Taft also ranks 9th all-time in K's with 2796.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4131236]John Ullger[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3239984]Eddy Valiant[/url]
The fourth player taken in the 1978 draft Valiant arrived just as Cleveland was emerging from their rebuild of the '70s. Valiant spent less than half a season in the minor leagues, taking over a spot in the Buckeyes rotation in July of 1978 and staying there for 17 years.
For the decade of the 1980s Valiant was as dominating as a pitcher could be, winning 186 games and three consecutive Cy Young Awards. In his three Cy Young years Valiant was an amazing 71-14, and his 228 strikeouts in 1983 is the 5th highest single season total in league history.
Overall Valiant retires with 264 wins, tied for 12th All Time, over 2,700 strikeouts, three Cy Young trophies, six All Star appearances and a pair of Championship rings.
Relief Pitchers
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197695]Doug Branch[/url]
Tied for all time league lead in saves, would have the lead except for 2 seasons late in his career not in closers role. In 902 appearances over 18 seasons, he had 3.48 era and a 2 to 1 K to BB ratio. He was however never lucky enough to reach postseason play. He was a 9 time allstar, had 7 seasons with 40 or more saves and 2 seasons of 50 or more. Too bad for him he never finished higher than 2nd in the firemans award race.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197761]Dick Cabell[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2900684]Bill Crumpler[/url]
Bill was a one of the best at his position. A fireballer, not many RP's have K more batters. Due to his role on a terrible Red Birds team during the mid-80's until the end of his career and the lack of a strong bullpen Crumpler was constantly called upon in non-save situations as well as save situations. Constantly other RP's could not get the job done, and Coach Marcel Galligani would resort to Bill. Bill made the all-star team in 1979 and then went on to be a RP on the all-star team until 1992. During his all-star tenure he was the highest rated RP 8 times of his 14 years. He came in third in Cy Young voting in 1981 was constantly in the top 2 or 3 for fireman awards winning only in 1983. His rate stats are better then current HoFer's Doug Branch and Ira Schmandt. He also has more career K's than any other RP besides Gene Dickshot in the HoF. He currently ranks 8th overall in saves.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197724]Gene Dickshot[/url]
321 saves and 146 wins. He could of easily had 500+ saves but spend some of his best years as a middle reliever. A remarkably durable pitcher. He also won 6 fireman awards in a row before he was moved from the closer roll.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2004927]Gene Johnson[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3481280]Charlie Jones[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197813]Gene Jorgensen[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4024201]Bernabe Montoya[/url]
Bernabe Montoya was the greatest reliever in Cleveland history and one of the best in the annals of the BoHo. Originally taken 9th overall in the 1988 draft by Cincinnati Montoya was acquired by Cleveland in the spring of 1989.
In 1991 Montoya debuted and had a sensational rookie year, winning AL Rookie of the Year honors at age 22. Things got a bit rocky for the young closer over the next few seasons but by 1995 Montoya had settled in as a premier closer and began a string of 11 consecutive seasons with 30+ saves, and 10 straight All Star selections.
Always a workhorse Montoya averaged over 85 appearances a year and almost 100 innings pitched annually over the course of sixteen seasons. Despite his years of success with playoff teams it wasn't until 2003 that Montoya finally won a Fireman award.
Montoya finished his career with 560 saves, 6th All Time, in 1385 games, the 5th highest total in league history. Montoya also won over 100 games and finished with over 1,000 strikeouts. Montoya was dubbed "The Opera Man" by former Buckeyes starter Angel Martin while Montoya was in AAA because, as Martin said, "when he comes into the game the Fat Lady starts singin ".
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1197655]John Oster[/url]
He was the all-time save leader. He is now tied for that spot with 572 saves. His career whip and era and just as good with 1.14 and 2.83. He played his entire career in Chicago. He won 6 fireman awards and at one point won five in a row.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693376]Luke Razor[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2655528]Ira Schmandt[/url]
"The Big I" Schmandt retired with 380 saves, 7 Fireman Awards, 8 All Star appearances, a Cy Young and 2 World Series rings. Much like AJ Gettman, Schmandt had a brilliant season followed by a bad one and retired.
Schmandt was originally drafted 13th overall in 1970 by Brooklyn and spent 14 1/2 years in Brooklyn before being acquired by Cleveland in July of '84 . Schmandt immediately took over the closer role in Cleveland and was essential in the Buckeyes run to 3 consecutive World Series (winning two).
Catchers
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1332120]Colonel Glockson[/url]
The all time HR leader for catchers with 448, he was a 14-time all star, with nine first team selections, including his rookie year when he finished 3rd in ROY behind Ernie Judy and Jay Sisti. Lifetime averages of .309, .532, and .377.
Both of these players were drafted Guppies and played their entire careers here. The best years of their careers correspond with a stretch of seven consecutive playoff appearances for the Guppies, including two consecutive WS titles.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655451&statsorimps=stats]Frank Hale[/url]
Hale made 11 AS games as a catcher for the Guppies, including 10 straight. He had 10 90+ RBI seasons, and 12 20+ HR seasons, and threw out 30.9% of base stealers for those years which records are available. He hit 389 HR and also managed to steal 254 bases, at a 69% success rate. His career OPS is .851.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693196]Jerry McLarney[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3065072]Lane Meyer[/url]
Lane Meyer was drafted in the #5 spot of the 1975 draft as a raw 17 year old with a big arm and an ability to crush fastballs, when he was done after the 1994 season Mayer had amassed the greatest offensive totals of any catcher in BoHo history.
Like most young power hitters Meyer struggled with contact early in his career yet still hit 21 homers his rookie year and finished third in the 1979 American League Rookie of the Year balloting. Meyer's numbers continued to improve and he finally emerged as a major force in 1983, starting a string of eight consecutive All Star appearances. Meyer was the American League MVP in 1984 and 1985 and was a [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/oldforum-viewthread.jsp?tid=151135]controversial runner up[/url] in 1987. Meyer's 1985 season was one for the ages, hitting .335 with 46 homers, 136 RBI, an OPS of 1.040 and 13 steals in 14 attempts and capping things off with the World Series MVP in the Buckeyes' first Championship since 1971.
Meyer struggled with injuries over the course of his 16 year career, missing time in five separate seasons and never playing more than 145 games in any year, yet still retires as the All Time home run King among catchers, and 22nd overall, with 456. Meyer hit more than 40 homers on three occasions and his 46 bombs in 1985 tie him with [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1332120&statsorimps=stats]Colonel Glockson[/url] for the single season high by a catcher.
Overall Meyer retires with 456 homers, almost 2,500 hits, 1,447 RBI, 186 stolen bases and a career slugging percentage over .500. Meyer was an eight time All star, won two MVPs to go along with two Championship rings, and threw out almost 40% of attempted steals over his career.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3379970]Terry Thies[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1498489]Vin Velazquez[/url]
In a league which has produced only one HOF catcher Vin stands out. Velazquez had an amazing career in which he went to the post season 13 times with four different teams. D- health severely limited Velazquez' counting stats but he still finished with over 300 homers and a career average of .300.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4024192]Charlie Wade[/url]
Charlie Wade decided to call it quits after finally reaching the World Series in 2007 with Brooklyn. Originally drafted by Cincinnati in the 2nd round of the 1988 draft Charlie spent a year in the Cobras minor league system before being dealt to Cleveland.
Charlie was primarily a 1B for his first two and a half seasons in Cleveland but after the retirement of Hall of Famer Lane Meyer Wade emerged as the Buckeyes #1 catcher in the spring of 1995. For the next ten plus seasons Charlie Wade provided Cleveland with All Star caliber play behind the plate before being dealt to Brooklyn in June of 2005.
Once in Brooklyn Charlie continued his top level play and helped the Dodgers to their first ever World Series appearance in 2007. In the series Charlie was superb offensively, with 8 hits and 7 walks to reach base 15 times in seven games, but it was not to be as the Dodgers lost in seven.
For his career Charlie Wade had 2281 hits, 390 doubles, 89 triples and 215 home runs, 1190 runs scored, 1078 RBI and 294 stolen bases. Charlie was always solid behind the plate as well, finishing with a career fielding % of .997 and throwing out almost 40% of attempted thieves. Wade was a 6 time All Star, 5 times a starter.
First Basemen
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655526]Johnny Harris[/url]
Johnny was drafted 10th in the first round in 1970 and then started that year, finishing 2nd in the ROY. In 1975 he would make his first All-star game and continue to go to the All-star game for the next 8 years. Overall, he had 7 AS starts and 2 AS backups. During his career with CHN, WAS, and STL, he complied over 3000 hits, over 500 HR's and 500 SB's. He was the first to ever accomplish the 500/500 feat. He also finished with over 1700 runs scored and runs batted in. His career average was .305, with a .527 slugging percentage and he managed to win three MVPs in a row while he played for WAS. During his career he made the playoffs 7 times, made the WS 4 times, and unfortunately only won on title.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1883868]Mike Henry[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1883868]Tommy Lohr[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197850]George Mabry[/url]
Named King George by his teammates, he finished his career leading the league in career hits, HRs, RBI's, and Runs. He also won nine MVP's in a row. He dominated the AL for years, helping his team get to the playoffs, but he was never able to win a ring.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1238746]Gary Sommerville[/url]
Truly one of the most productive hitters in BoHoL history. Possibly 2nd only to King George.
-- #3 in al time RBI's (1826), Runs (1988) and Hits (3,220) at the time of HOF induction
-- #4 in HRs (500) at the time of HOF induction
-- Twelve 100+ RBI seasons- 11 of them consecutive!
-- 3 MVP's ('63,'64 & '67)
-- 3 WS Rings & 12 LCS
He was the offensive missing piece that put the NY Duke Street Kings over the top and finally got the championship (after losing to him twice when he was with the AL Chicago Claymores).
Second Basemen
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1498418]Randy Boss[/url]
Taken as an afterthought, 48th overall, in the 1955 draft "The Bossman" burst onto the scene with the Redbirds in 1959 finishing 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting and helping St. Louis to a World Series victory.
In the spring of 1967 Boss was dealt to Milwaukee but Boss' tenure in Milwaukee was brief as he was moved again in July of '67 to Cleveland in a deal that has Milwaukee fans scratching their heads to this day.
Boss reacted well to the change in leagues, and was the AL's MVP in 1968. In 1971 Boss hit a career high 37 Homeruns, driving in 107, to lead the Buckeyes to their dramatic World Championship victory. Given up for dead in mid-season Cleveland tore off a 34-3 stretch in August and September to make the playoffs and then rolled to a dramatic World Series win culminated when Boss drove in Zaza Coomer with the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning of game 7.
Overall Boss was a 9 time All Star ,3 first team selections, along with his 1968 AL MVP, and finished with 381 stolen bases to go along with 371 HRs and over 900 extra base hits. Boss scored over 1,500 runs and drew over 1,000 walks. Boss was also a superb infielder, recording only 75 errors over a career that spanned over 2300 starts at 2B and 3B.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4352974]Harvey Davey[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197797]Tommy Iburg[/url]
Tommy Iburg's stats for a "mostly" 2b are pretty impressive. He almost reach 500 HR's as well. He was stopped at 492. He is one of 5 players with more than 3000 hits
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1498460]Ernie Judy[/url]
Now thats a shoe in. Guy was a machine scoring runs. 15 strainght seasons of 100 runs!!! Judy also had one MVP award. He was mostly a leadoff hitter. Impressive stats for a #1 or #2 hitter in the lineup.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2294107]John McBride[/url]
A stalwart for 18 seasons John McBride finished his career with 3,021 hits, almost 1,600 runs scored and 500 doubles. a six time All Star (3 1st Team selections) McBride played in 6 post season's but only had one ring to show for it.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1197874]Alex Sudgen[/url]
Alex Sudgen won an MVP, had a .308 BA(15th all time), .400 OBP(4th all time). He was a 2nd baseman. He has the record for most walks in a single season, and is the only player to reach the 100 mark twice. He had two other chances but fell short at 98 and 97. He has started 7 all-star games. He appeared on the MVP voting 3 other times. He orignally had the record for most stolen bases in the single season which he held for 13 years. He also was part of the Red Bird decade playoff run.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1456521]Bill Torre[/url]
Third Basemen
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2954317]Cliff Janeway[/url]
Janeway was the premiere third baseman of his era starting in nine All Star games, including seven in a row. Janeway was the 11th pick in the 1974 draft and arrived in Cleveland for the 1978 season. After a disappointing rookie season Janeway took off in 1979, earning the first of what would be nine 1st team All Star selections at 3B while posting a 30/30 season. The 1979 season was not without controversy as Janeway finished as the runner-up for AL MVP to [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655526]Johnny Harris[/url] who played only 26 games in the American League after coming over in a deadline deal. Cliff was not to be denied, however, and in 1983 he was named AL MVP for a monstrous year that included 40 homers, 141 runs scored and an OPS of 1.039.
For the decade of the '80s Janeway was the dominant third baseman in the BoHo and one of the most feared hitters in the game helping the Buckeyes reach the playoffs nine times and winning two Championship rings to go along with his seven straight All Star starts. All good things end though and in May of 1991 Janeway was dealt to Brooklyn . Cliff played well in the National League but his best days were behind him and in the winter of 1992 Janeway announced his retirement.
As with many of the Buckeye greats Janeway had health issues which limited his playing time. Though he never played more than 142 games in a season Janeway nonetheless hit 30 or more homers five times, twice hitting 40, and stealing 30 bags on three occasions. Janeway also hit over .300 eight times and had seven seasons when his OPS was north of .900.
Janeway leaves behind a career that saw him hit 372 homers while stealing 318 bases to go along with a career batting average of .302 and an OPS of .885.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197911]S.A. Rich[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693192]Tim Trucks[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197810]Luther Whitt[/url] - Initial Class
Luther Whitt won 3 MVP's, and started in every all-star game from 1950-1960. For awhile he held the all-time stolen base record, he is now 4th all time. He's 3rd all time for BA with a BA of .326. He is also third all-time with a OBP of .406. In over 14 seasons he only committed 58 errors. He is tenth all time in runs with 1499. He helped bring the Red Birds to the playoffs 10 times in a row, from 1950-1959. He also helped the team get to 7 World Series and win 5 of them. He played his entire career in St. Louis.
Shortstops
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4131167]Alberto Anderson[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2004994]John Caulfield[/url]
Always a contender. Always a clutch hitter and always in the lineup. Led my team to 3 rings. a 40/40 member. An incredible defensive SS. Very low error total as a SS. I know there is no stat for this, but if the SS has any influence on the # of DPs, then he defintely contributed.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3804489]Pedro Ellerbe[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3380019]George Fernandez[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197562]Rob Floyd[/url] - Initial Class
Rob Floyd was the first player to reach 500 HR's in the Bob Horner League. A milestone that every player dreams of achieving. He won two MVPs during his amazing career. He finished with a career .309 BA and is 2nd all-time for slugging with .569 and second for OPS with .951. He played most of his career in Baltimore and Chicago.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1332262]Pelham Layden[/url]
Hall of Famer Pelham Layden played 18 seasons with the Philadelphia Firemouths. The shortstop was a member of the 1967 World Series champions. During his 18 seasons in Philadelphia, Layden never hit fewer than 22 homeruns in a season. Layden ended his career with 3012 hits (5th all-time), 559 HR's (2nd), 1539 RBI's (14th). In addition to being a power hitter, Layden also stole 271 bases during his career. His 10004 AB's rank him 7th in that category. Ten times, Layden hit over .300 and had a career average of .301. He is also among the leaders in several other offensive categories.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2655470]Lou Lewis[/url]
Two time MVP who made 11 AS teams, 5 at 2B, 6 at SS. One of the most consistent performers of his era, his 13 year streak of 100 RBI seasons included 12 straight 100 run seasons as well. He retired in 1990 with 551 HR and 1944 RBI, both fifth all time, and an OPS of .892.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2954158&statsorimps=stats]Larry Mills[/url]
Larry was drafted 4th overall in 1974. He then made his big league appearance in 1976, and quickly showed that he was going to be a force to reckon with as he won the 1976 AL RoY. He played his entire career at shortstop that included stops in Baltimore and Kansas City. His 2974 Games played are 3rd all-time, and his 3,454 hits rank him 4th all-time. During his career he also amassed 1935 runs, (which are 7th all-time), 1728 RBI (which are 14th all-time), 579 doubles (which are 7th all-time), and 1356 walks (which are 5th all-time). During his career he made the All Star team 7 times with 5 All-Star Starts. He won the AL MVP in 1986 & 1987. He helped his team reach the World Series 7 times, winning 3 World Series Rings.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1372812]Cal "Fox" Mulder[/url]
12 time allstar, 8 consecutive starts 64-72 and 4 second team at SS. 2597 games started with only 92 errors. 2989 hits, 391 HRs, 568 SBs, 503 2Bsand a .295 lifetime average.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2004868]Phil Pope[/url]
Phil was an anchor in the middle of the St. Louis lineup for 17 seasons, first as a shortstop then as an All Star 3B. He appeared to be easily able to reach 3000 hits for his career until he retired at 37. The Red Birds are still confused by this because the team was in the middle of great playoff runs.
Overall, Phil was one of the best 3B's during his stay in the majors. Only committing more than 5 errors in one season during his career, and that was when he switched from SS to 1B to 3B to make room for Ty Thorsen. His first hand full of years were absolutely terrible and have greatly hurt his career BA and OBP but, blessed with great health, he still finished with 341 homers and stole 376 bases for his career. A 6 time All Star (3 1st Teams) Pope was the runner up for NL MVP in 1975.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4293649]Troy Shaughnessy[/url]
Troy Shaughnessy was the first overall selection in the 1991 draft, and a controversial one as well. Asked later in his career if the weight of being a number one selection ever bothered him Shaughnessy replied: "No, I always considered it an honour, never a burden".
Shaughnessy spent two years in the minors before debuting in 1993 and winning the '93 National League Rookie of the Year Award and followed that up by starting at 2B for the '94 NL All Star squad. Shaughnessy was moved to SS in 1996 and was the NL backup All Star at that position four times between 1997 and 2001. Shaughnessy racked up games played and hits and lead the BoHo in RBI in 1997 and steals in 1999.
In the spring of 2002 the, soon to be, 31 year old was dealt to Cleveland for a pair of prospects as Philadelphia attempted to rebuild. Shaughnessy reacted well to the change of leagues' leading the BoHo in runs, hits, triples, walks, steals and OBP enroute to winning the 2002 American League MVP and, what would be his only, a trip to the playoffs.
Shaughnessy continued to star for Cleveland, starting three more All Star games and serving as a backup in another, and finishing 4th in the 2004 MVP race. Troy was the Buckeyes starting SS through 2008 and was a supersub in 2009 when he reached the 3,000 hit mark.
For his career Shaughnessy retires with 3,091 hits (15th all time), he is also top twenty all time in runs scored (19th), doubles (18th) and walks (9th) and is the All Time triples King with 176.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2582478]Ty Thorsen[/url]
Thorsen was one of the best players to ever play for St. Louis and one of the best players in the league. He retired 1st in career runs (2133) 2nd in hits (3672), 8th in HR's (530), 1st in doubles (642), 2nd in walks (1436) and is 12th all-time in OBP (.384) To go along with all of this he also managed a .307 BA, 1899 RBIs and is one of two 500/500 guys. Thorsen had 630 SB's for 4th all time. He scored at least 125 runs 10 seasons in a row. He won two MVP's, and lost out on three because his team didn't make the playoffs. One time he almost won it, but lost it because of the 163 game. Made the all-star team 11 years in a row with 8 AS starts. A flawless defender who actually had an errorless year as well. He lead his team to 6 WS in a row, only winning two of them.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2728720]Minoso Torres[/url]
Left Fielders
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2214514]Pete Kaat[/url]
Pete Kaat was part of the dynamic 3000 hit club outfield for the Red Birds. He batted all-over the lineup doing what he did best, getting on base. That can be seen by his 3123 hits, and 1381 walks. He ranks 10th all-time in hits and 2nd all-time in walks. He ranks 11th all-time in runs with 1774 and 9th all-time in doubles with 539. He stole 543 bases as well. He was never a homerun hitter and that can be seen by his 250 HR's. He was however an outstanding thrower and retired with A overall arm. The final year when defensive stats were introduced half way through the season, he threw out 4 guys at home in 97 games. He is also one of 6 players to ever walk 100 times in a season. He's a five time all-star with 4 AS starts, and a 2 time WS winner.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2807387&statsorimps=stats]R.C. Locker[/url]
His lifetime AVG of .313 is 6th all time in the BoHoL
His lifetime OPS of .910 is 11th all time in the BoHoL
His lifetime OBP of .383 is 15th all time in the BoHoL
His lifetime SLG of .527 is 18th(tie) all time in the BoHoL
From 1980-1991, his lowest OPS in any season was .901, and he once went 14 seasons without hitting below .300
He wasn't blessed with great health, but his still managed to have six 100+ RBI and seven 100+ RUN seasons, and he also rapped out 2768 hits. He stole 384 bases with a sucess rate of 76.3%, hit 408 HR and 503 2B, and was part of a team that won 2 WS and made the playoffs six times.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1779007]Clete Pall[/url]
Clete Pall played 15 of his 17 seasons with the Stearnwheelers, spending 2 complete seasons and 2 partial seasons with Milwaukee. In 1962 the Stearnwheelers made 4 trades. We sent 3 1st rounders to Chicago for Mikey Eubank and Phil Ross, 1 1st rounder to St Louis for Jesue Gettinger. Harry Mulcatchy was retrieved from St Louis in a cp trade and 2 1st rounders went to Boston for Clete Pall and John Finley. All of these trades were instrumental in our 3 straight WS titles from 68-70 but none more important than the trade for Clete Pall.
He finished his career in Cincy with a .303 life time average. A 10 time 1st Team All Star while twice serving as a reserve, in addition he was a 3 time National League MVP (1968, 1971 and 1972). He set the standard for stealing bases in the BoHol. Finishing as the all time leader in stolen bases at 673 he also finished 6th in hits(3029) 4th in runs(1816) 3rd in singles(2017) 3rd in doubles(550) 6th in games played(2648) and 4th in BBs(1166). The lowest he finished in any offensive catagory was 33rd in HR(348). He was no defensive liability comitting only 78 errors in 2648 games at 2 of positions and at 1st base. This guy was one of BoHo's best.
Center Fielders
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3065141]Joe Bergman[/url]
Joe Bergman was the premiere Center Fielder of his time and maybe of All Time in the Bob Horner League. Drafted in the 14th spot of the 1975 Bergman played his entire career with Milwaukee, helping the Black Hats become one of the BoHo's great dynasties winning 4 Championships.
Bergman's numbers are staggering 3579 hits (3rd all time), 2,121 runs scored (2nd all time), 601 steals (6th all time) and four MVP Awards. Bergman scored 100 or more runs for 14 consecutive seasons, had 200 or more hits 8 times and also hit 377 homers driving in almost 1,500 runs as a nine time All Star over the course of his storied career.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1778870]Steve Colangelo[/url]
Steve Colangelo is a worthy candidate and a member of the 3000 hit club.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2655524]Steve Ferris[/url]
Ferris was the matching bookend to Lou Lewis, with two MVPs and 12 AS appearances, 12 straight 100 RBI seasons and 11 straight 100 run seasons. His game also included speed, finishing with 400 SB and an 81% success rate. His 550 career HR rate sixth behind Lewis, and his 2033 RBI are second all time. Lifetime OPS .900, 3178 hits.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2294241]Buzz Foss[/url]
Buzz Foss came up with a bang winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1969. He was a 10 time all-star with 7 All-star starts. A great competitor, he complied 4 MVP awards as well. While Foss could hit for power, he was known for his speed and his ability to knock guys in. That can been seen by his 7 straight seasons of at least 130 RBI's and three seasons with at least 60 SB's. When he retired he was 2nd all time in hits, with 3433, 4th in RBI's with 1954, 4th in runs with 1966, 1st in steals with 726, 5th in doubles with 581, 7th in triples with 149, and 6th in walks with 1247. He retired with a .301 batting average and 2 WS rings, with 6 WS apps, and 8 playoff apps. He is the CF and 2nd part of the 3k OF hit club for St. Louis.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3114252]Joe Grimes[/url]
Joe bounced around the league a lot, playing for 4 different teams over his 18 year career. Originally selected number 1 overall in the 1976 draft by Washington, he lived up to his hype as he collected the ROY in 1977, and two MVP's in 1982 and 1984. He's MVP's showcased his ability to hit anything as in 1983 he was traded to the national league. He was never a big homerun hitter, only smashing 334 during his career, but he collected 3054 hits, 1722 runs, .303 average, with an OBP of .384. He played in 8 all-star games with 2 starts. He is also another rare talent in Simdynasty, as he had more career walks (1289) then strikeouts (1240). Besides his individual awards, he also was a team player as he helped his teams reach 11 LCS, with 5 WS berths and 3 titles.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3114296]Scarboroughh Jantzen[/url]
He was a 2nd round pick in 1976 that put up some pretty sweet numbers while playing CF for 17+ years. He appeared in 7 LCS and 2 WS but we never won the big game. He was an 11 time all star and a starter 2 of those times.
He retired with 507 HRs which ranks him 10th all time, .509 slg % which is 36th all time, 2896 hits which is 28th all time, 452 doubles, 324 stolen bases, 1810 RBIs which ranks him 10th all time, 1699 runs scored which ranks him 20th all time, 127 triples which ranks him 22nd all time, strikeouts which ranks him 4th all time. He was in the top 5 for the MVP award in 1987, 1989 - 94 and had the prevlidge of winning it in 1992.
He was our heart and sole of the Cinci Cobras playoff teams! He wasn't blessed with great contact but he could hit the ball when he did.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2807429]Freddy Knauss[/url]
Knauss was a sensational player who had the misfortune to be cursed with D health.
Originally drafted 6th overall in 1972 Knauss was the 1974 Rookie of the Year and a 6 time 1st team All Star who twice lead the league in Batting Average and hit .340 or better three separate times. Cleveland acquired Knauss in 1985 and he helped the Buckeyes to a pair of World Championships.
The bad health meant Knauss was never able to play more than 135 games in any year and after an injury in the 1985 LCS he was shut down on September 1st every year afterwards further shrinking his numbers.
Freddy's "counting" numbers don't look great though he is over 300 HR and 300 SB, but he's top 20 in Batting Average, OPS, OBP and Slugging Percentage. He also easily passes the Bill James "Was he ever considered the best player at his position?" test.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3850513]Cliff McDermott[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2004774]John Sparks[/url]
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197683&statsorimps=stats]Will Tolentino[/url]
Will was a 1950 draftee by Cinncinnati, but was traded to Chicago in 1951. He played 14 full seasons in the big leagues, and two seasons around 80 games. He finished 475 HR?s and a career average of .312. He also finished with 1671 runs and 1668 RBI?s. He was the starting CF for the American league 1953-1955, 1958-1964 was the starting CF again. Appearing on the MVP ballot, (back then was only five guys) once between 53 and 55 and appeared on it every year from 58-63. He never won an MVP, but finished by King George a few times. Also in 1962 he won the triple crown, but finished 3rd in MVP voting. Not only was it the AL Triple crown, but he lead the league in each category. Quite a distressing event. Will was fast, but never insane, and stole bases at his own pace. That is why he only stole 270 bases, and was caught 39 times. Besides his personal feats, his team made it to the WS 8 times, winning 4 of them.
Right Fielders
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197439]Ricky Chipman[/url]
Chipman ranks among the best hitters of all time. He hit 442 HR which ranks him 7th all-time, 5th in batting average, 6th in hits, and 10th in RBI. He also won an MVP. In his rookie season, he hit .365 with 43 HR and 109 RBI. He followed that up in his second season with .351 43 HR and 109 RBI.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197973]Andy Delahanty[/url] - Initial Class
Andy won two MVP's and is the all-time leading slugger with .604. He also holds the career BA record at .341 and the career OPS record at 1.022. He's second in doubles with 488 9th in hits, HR's and RBI's. He played the majority of his career in Kansas City.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655421]Rich Duvall[/url]
Rich spent 20 seasons in the majors, mostly with New York in the American League.
He was an All Star for eight straight seasons from 1976-83, 5 times first team and finished his career with 512 homers (9th all time), 1573 RBI (21st all time), 1540 runs scored, 2818 hits and over 1,000 extra base hits.
Sadly Rich only made the post season once in his illustrious career, winning the World Series in 1978 with the Yankees.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3962125]Roy Gagne[/url]
Roy Gagne was the 4th overall pick of the 1987 draft. By the end of his career he retired 26th overall in home runs with 443. Those 443 home runs are the third most ever by a Red Bird. During the reign of the pitcher Gagne lead the league in home runs back to back seasons with only 34 and 35 home runs. Besides the home runs, Gagne had 1594 runs, 2843 hits, 463 doubles, 108 triples, and 1582 RBI's.
His power was also seen in the playoffs. Through his 97 playoff games Gagne hit 18 home runs, 11 in the World Series. He also had three 3 home run series, one in the LCS and two in the World Series. While his team managed to reach the World Series 7 times, he only has two rings.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3201877]Red Huffman[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2348318]Eric Osborne[/url]
Eric is one of the best lead off hitters to ever grace the Bob Horner League. While this sim does not give much credit to players who have A+ contact and low B power, Eric did quite an outstanding job. He retired 3rd in career doubles with 603, 1st in walks with 1476, 5th in hits 3322, 2nd in steals with 687 and 6th in runs with 1927. Eric was a 3 time All-star with 1 all-star start. He had 14 seasons in a row where he scored at least 100 runs. He did not hit homeruns and that can be seen by his 208 career homeruns, but something Eric accomplished which is unheard of is he retired with more career walks and than strikeouts. 1476 walks :1472 k's. He was 2 time WS winner, with 6 WS apps, and 8 playoff apps. He is the third part of the 3k OF hit club from St. Louis.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2582422]Andy Schmidt[/url]
-- Stolen Bases
He stole 569 bases in his career while only being caught 103 times. This translates to an 85% career stolen base rate. While being 7th on the all time stolen base list, he's 122nd on the all time caught stolen list. In 1984 he set the single season stolen base record with 68 steals, being caught 10 times, good enough for 87%, but his best SB% year was 1978, with 45 steals and only 3 CS (94%)
-- Power
Lest one get the impression Schmidt was only a burner, he had eleven straight seasons of over 20 HR, including two 30/30 seasons, seven straight seasons with ten or more triples, and nine straight seasons with a slugging percentage greater than .500.
[Edited on 12-30-2012 by tim_ackley]
BHL Hall of Fame (1950-2010)
January 09, 2006 at 04:16AM View BBCode
Players are listed alphabetically by position.Starting Pitchers
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3329955]Charlie Barfield[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3530838]Blaise Batten[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197795]Rick Baumgartner[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3329765]Mitch Bradley[/url]
Mitch Bradley was the 3rd overall pick in the 1979 amateur draft and went on to pitch 16 seasons in the BoHo, all with the Cleveland Buckeyes.
Bradley debuted in 1982 just as the Buckeyes were beginning to dominate the American League and was a member of the greatest starting rotation in BoHo history, the legendary "Four Horsemen", that lead Cleveland to seven straight playoff appearances and a pair of Championships.
Bradley lead the American League in wins with 23, part of a four year string of 20 win seasons, in 1986 and missed out on the Cy Young Award that year by a single vote as the Buckeyes won their second consecutive Championship.
Bradley racked up 255 career victories to end up 19th on the All Time list and his 50 career shutouts are the 6th best total in the BoHo. Bradley is also the all time strikeout king in Cleveland team history, and 13th on the league chart. Bradley was a five time All Star who won 20 or more games four years in a row. Bradley's last season was a 16-8 year leaving many observers surprised at his early retirement as another 10 wins would have made him the Buckeye's all time leader in victories.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3380093]Jose Caraballo[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3201768]John Gillon[/url]
John Gillon was a starting pitcher for Cleveland, Cincinnati and Boston over the course of 16 seasons. The fifth player taken in the 1977 draft Gillon wound up as the fifth winningest pitcher in league history with 300 career victories.
Gillon was a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" rotation for Cleveland in the 1980s and helped the Buckeyes to three consecutive trips to the World series and a pair of World Championships. Gillon's 1987 season is one of the greatest single season's in memory as he went 26-2 with an ERA of 1.84 and a WHIP of 0.94 while tossing 15 complete games to win his first Cy Young Award.
Gillon won the American Cy Young Award again in 1988 as the Buckeyes went to the postseason again but were eliminated by KC and the decision was made to rebuild the squad. The BoHo was shocked when Gillon, only 29 at the time, was traded to Cincinnati in the spring of 1989 for two prospects and a 1st round pick.
Gillon continued his dominance in the National League winning another pair of Cy Young Awards and helping Cinci to the post season all seven years he was there but was unable to garner another ring. In April of 1996 Gillon was dealt to Boston as Cinci began their rebuild and he won his 300th game in his 2nd to last career start.
Overall Gillon finished with 300 wins, 9 consecutive All Star appearances, 4 Cy Young Awards, 14 trips to the playoffs and a pair of World Series rings. The ultimate "corner painter" Gillon walked less than 1,000 batters over the course of almost 4,000 innings pitched and stands 6th overall in BoHo history with a career WHIP of 1.11.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197701]Dutch Hargesheimer[/url]
Dutch was an original 1950 draftee who played 20 seasons, winning 285 games (5th) and striking out 2958 (4th). Again, a key player, the ace pitcher, on a very good Guppies team in the early into the mid 60s, a guy who could have reached the coveted milestones of 300 wins and 3000 K's if he hadn't spent five seasons at the beginning of his career in the 'pen.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3239844]Tom Howell[/url]
During his career the 1st overall pick of 1978 racked up 269 Wins (10th), an ERA of 3.37 (30th), a WHIP of 1.19 (30th), 584 Games (7th), 9 LCS, 6 WS appearances, and 4 WS Rings. Tom also managed to make the All-Star team 8 times. During his career he was overshadowed by teammate Charlie Barfield but he still was one of the best SP the League ever had.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2410843]Carlos Kalbfus[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4352937]Lyman Kirke[/url]
Lyman Kirke was drafted third overall in 1992 and proceeded to spend his entire career with the Red Birds. His consistency helped the Red Birds reach the playoffs nine times, and the World Series seven times. Unfortunately he only has two World Series rings. Kirke had at least 15 wins for 11 straight seasons. Twice he lead the league in shutouts and once in wins. Kirke was also a seven time all-star and finished his career with 241 wins fourth most by a pitcher in a Red Birds uniform. He is only 1 win ahead of former great [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197676]Drummond Santiago[/url]. Unfortunately Kirke never won a Cy Young while his counter parts in the rotation won 4 Cy Youngs.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693363]Max Kruk[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1198003]Frank Levrault[/url]
He's the King Frank of Pitching! #1 in about everything. Unlike King George, Frank won the World Series a hand full of times. He has a commanding lead in wins over the next closest player. Frank also dominated the AL for most of his career and pitching against Marby in the playoffs for almost a decade.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3962231]John Lopez[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4518829]Tony Mahler[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197593]Otto Midkiff[/url]
A shoe in and a vote for him is just a minor formality. 300 Game winner with 56 shutouts, which is third overall behind Santiago and Riss. 4 Cy Youngs as well.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197535]Cly Monteleone[/url]
50's pitcher: This guy was a stud who pitched great for a NYA team that was abandoned in the late 50's early 60's. By the time I got him in '62, he was already in his mid 30's and gave me 2 great seasons (In '62, we gave him no run support). I admit, his numbers are on the fence but any owner from the 50's can tell you he was tough.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2728843]John Morris[/url]
All he did was win 4 CY's and make 10 straight AS games. Career 261-163, 3.12 ERA (15th) with 1.16 WHIP (Tied for 15th). He?s 11th in career wins, and 12th in career K?s with 2745.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2807301]Hollis Mulwray[/url]
Mulwray was the greatest pitcher in Cleveland's history. The great Buckeye's lefthander retired as the 9th winningest pitcher in BoHo history and the franchise leader in career wins with 262 victories.
The last player taken in the first round of the 1972 draft Mulwray was a victim of the Buckeyes rebuilding efforts of the mid '70s as he was rushed to the major leagues at 21 and endured three seasons of major losses while the team grew up around him.
By the '80s Mulwray was a fully matured ace and over the decade he won 180 games, 8 All Star selections and a Cy Young award in 1982, his achievements in the '80s are even more remarkable given the quality of offenses he was facing during the BoHo's "Golden Age".
Almost always going up against the opposition's #1 starter Mulwray still compiled a 180-73 record from 1980-89. Mulwray really shone in the playoffs where his was 11-3, 4-1 in World series play, and big games where he always seemed to find a way to win when it mattered most.
Mulwray was named the MVP of the 1986 World series for for winning two games in the series. Mulwray pitched 16 2/3 innings in two starts while giving up only one earned run on 9 hits with 3 walks and 11 strikeouts.
Overall Mulwray finished in the top 10 in wins, Games started and innings pitched and top 15 in shutouts and strikeouts.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2157339]Art Raymond[/url]
Art Raymond only pitched 14 years in the majors so he's not that highly placed in career stats, but during those fourteen years he was as dominant as any pitcher could be.
Raymond only posted two losing seasons and they were when the Nails were really declining. Raymond holds the single season strikeout record as well as the single season win mark of 29 from his amazing 1975 season, which also produced the second best single season ERA mark ever in league history.
An eight time All Star Raymond also won two Cy Young awards.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4183155]Richie Redmond[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197519]Jake Riss[/url] - Initial Class
Jake Riss won three Cy Youngs during his career. Throughout his 15 year career he piled up 69 shutouts (1st), 288 wins (3rd), an ERA of 2.79, (6th but 4th among SP), 2854 strikeouts (4th) and a 1.11 WHIP (T-5th but T-4h among SP). He helped bring the Red Birds to the playoffs 10 times in a row, from 1950-1959. He also helped the team get to 7 World Series and win 5 of them. He played his entire career in St. Louis.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197235]Marty Sandusky[/url] - Initial Class
Marty was one of the most dominate pitchers at the beginning of the Bob Horner League. He won 6 Cy Youngs during his entire career. His ERA, and WHIP are in the Top 5. Sandusky also holds the record for most strikeouts in a single season. He actually holds the top 3.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197676]Drummond Santiago[/url] - Initial Class
Drummond Santiago was one of the best pitchers in the game. He played for Milwaukee and St. Louis. He holds the 1st and 2nd season records for WHIP as well as the career record at 1.05. He also barely holds the single season shutout record with nine. He's second all time for shutouts and is 5th for all time ERA. He tallied 258 career wins over 13 years. Throughout his career he won the Cy Young six times in a row. He helped bring the Red Birds to the playoffs 9 times in a row, from 1951-1959. He also helped the team get to 7 World Series and win 5 of them.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197311]Elijah Stark[/url]
He played the majority of his career in Baltimore and NYN. He was a remarkable horse for 17 seasons, 14 with 15 or more wins. One of two 300 hundred game winners (#2 with 307 wins) and one of three with 3000 Ks (#3 with 3051). Other all time records: #2 with innnings pitched (4,271), #2 games started (578), #6 Shutouts (39) and #9 Complete Games (136). He made 11 LCS appearances, 3 World Series and finally a ring in '66.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2492627]Josh Taft[/url]
Josh Taft was the star pitcher for the Red Birds during their run in the late 70's early 80's. He almost made it to 300 wins, but fell short with 295 putting him at 4th all-time. He's 6th in shutouts with 45, and his WHIP at 1.16 puts him tied for 15th all time with John Morris. Taft was in the playoffs 8 times, making it the series 6 times, and winning two of them. During his career he won the Cy Young Award twice, was a All-star 11 times, and he started the all-star game 4 years in a row. Taft also ranks 9th all-time in K's with 2796.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4131236]John Ullger[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3239984]Eddy Valiant[/url]
The fourth player taken in the 1978 draft Valiant arrived just as Cleveland was emerging from their rebuild of the '70s. Valiant spent less than half a season in the minor leagues, taking over a spot in the Buckeyes rotation in July of 1978 and staying there for 17 years.
For the decade of the 1980s Valiant was as dominating as a pitcher could be, winning 186 games and three consecutive Cy Young Awards. In his three Cy Young years Valiant was an amazing 71-14, and his 228 strikeouts in 1983 is the 5th highest single season total in league history.
Overall Valiant retires with 264 wins, tied for 12th All Time, over 2,700 strikeouts, three Cy Young trophies, six All Star appearances and a pair of Championship rings.
Relief Pitchers
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197695]Doug Branch[/url]
Tied for all time league lead in saves, would have the lead except for 2 seasons late in his career not in closers role. In 902 appearances over 18 seasons, he had 3.48 era and a 2 to 1 K to BB ratio. He was however never lucky enough to reach postseason play. He was a 9 time allstar, had 7 seasons with 40 or more saves and 2 seasons of 50 or more. Too bad for him he never finished higher than 2nd in the firemans award race.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197761]Dick Cabell[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2900684]Bill Crumpler[/url]
Bill was a one of the best at his position. A fireballer, not many RP's have K more batters. Due to his role on a terrible Red Birds team during the mid-80's until the end of his career and the lack of a strong bullpen Crumpler was constantly called upon in non-save situations as well as save situations. Constantly other RP's could not get the job done, and Coach Marcel Galligani would resort to Bill. Bill made the all-star team in 1979 and then went on to be a RP on the all-star team until 1992. During his all-star tenure he was the highest rated RP 8 times of his 14 years. He came in third in Cy Young voting in 1981 was constantly in the top 2 or 3 for fireman awards winning only in 1983. His rate stats are better then current HoFer's Doug Branch and Ira Schmandt. He also has more career K's than any other RP besides Gene Dickshot in the HoF. He currently ranks 8th overall in saves.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197724]Gene Dickshot[/url]
321 saves and 146 wins. He could of easily had 500+ saves but spend some of his best years as a middle reliever. A remarkably durable pitcher. He also won 6 fireman awards in a row before he was moved from the closer roll.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2004927]Gene Johnson[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3481280]Charlie Jones[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197813]Gene Jorgensen[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4024201]Bernabe Montoya[/url]
Bernabe Montoya was the greatest reliever in Cleveland history and one of the best in the annals of the BoHo. Originally taken 9th overall in the 1988 draft by Cincinnati Montoya was acquired by Cleveland in the spring of 1989.
In 1991 Montoya debuted and had a sensational rookie year, winning AL Rookie of the Year honors at age 22. Things got a bit rocky for the young closer over the next few seasons but by 1995 Montoya had settled in as a premier closer and began a string of 11 consecutive seasons with 30+ saves, and 10 straight All Star selections.
Always a workhorse Montoya averaged over 85 appearances a year and almost 100 innings pitched annually over the course of sixteen seasons. Despite his years of success with playoff teams it wasn't until 2003 that Montoya finally won a Fireman award.
Montoya finished his career with 560 saves, 6th All Time, in 1385 games, the 5th highest total in league history. Montoya also won over 100 games and finished with over 1,000 strikeouts. Montoya was dubbed "The Opera Man" by former Buckeyes starter Angel Martin while Montoya was in AAA because, as Martin said, "when he comes into the game the Fat Lady starts singin ".
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1197655]John Oster[/url]
He was the all-time save leader. He is now tied for that spot with 572 saves. His career whip and era and just as good with 1.14 and 2.83. He played his entire career in Chicago. He won 6 fireman awards and at one point won five in a row.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693376]Luke Razor[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2655528]Ira Schmandt[/url]
"The Big I" Schmandt retired with 380 saves, 7 Fireman Awards, 8 All Star appearances, a Cy Young and 2 World Series rings. Much like AJ Gettman, Schmandt had a brilliant season followed by a bad one and retired.
Schmandt was originally drafted 13th overall in 1970 by Brooklyn and spent 14 1/2 years in Brooklyn before being acquired by Cleveland in July of '84 . Schmandt immediately took over the closer role in Cleveland and was essential in the Buckeyes run to 3 consecutive World Series (winning two).
Catchers
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1332120]Colonel Glockson[/url]
The all time HR leader for catchers with 448, he was a 14-time all star, with nine first team selections, including his rookie year when he finished 3rd in ROY behind Ernie Judy and Jay Sisti. Lifetime averages of .309, .532, and .377.
Both of these players were drafted Guppies and played their entire careers here. The best years of their careers correspond with a stretch of seven consecutive playoff appearances for the Guppies, including two consecutive WS titles.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655451&statsorimps=stats]Frank Hale[/url]
Hale made 11 AS games as a catcher for the Guppies, including 10 straight. He had 10 90+ RBI seasons, and 12 20+ HR seasons, and threw out 30.9% of base stealers for those years which records are available. He hit 389 HR and also managed to steal 254 bases, at a 69% success rate. His career OPS is .851.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693196]Jerry McLarney[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3065072]Lane Meyer[/url]
Lane Meyer was drafted in the #5 spot of the 1975 draft as a raw 17 year old with a big arm and an ability to crush fastballs, when he was done after the 1994 season Mayer had amassed the greatest offensive totals of any catcher in BoHo history.
Like most young power hitters Meyer struggled with contact early in his career yet still hit 21 homers his rookie year and finished third in the 1979 American League Rookie of the Year balloting. Meyer's numbers continued to improve and he finally emerged as a major force in 1983, starting a string of eight consecutive All Star appearances. Meyer was the American League MVP in 1984 and 1985 and was a [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/oldforum-viewthread.jsp?tid=151135]controversial runner up[/url] in 1987. Meyer's 1985 season was one for the ages, hitting .335 with 46 homers, 136 RBI, an OPS of 1.040 and 13 steals in 14 attempts and capping things off with the World Series MVP in the Buckeyes' first Championship since 1971.
Meyer struggled with injuries over the course of his 16 year career, missing time in five separate seasons and never playing more than 145 games in any year, yet still retires as the All Time home run King among catchers, and 22nd overall, with 456. Meyer hit more than 40 homers on three occasions and his 46 bombs in 1985 tie him with [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1332120&statsorimps=stats]Colonel Glockson[/url] for the single season high by a catcher.
Overall Meyer retires with 456 homers, almost 2,500 hits, 1,447 RBI, 186 stolen bases and a career slugging percentage over .500. Meyer was an eight time All star, won two MVPs to go along with two Championship rings, and threw out almost 40% of attempted steals over his career.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3379970]Terry Thies[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1498489]Vin Velazquez[/url]
In a league which has produced only one HOF catcher Vin stands out. Velazquez had an amazing career in which he went to the post season 13 times with four different teams. D- health severely limited Velazquez' counting stats but he still finished with over 300 homers and a career average of .300.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4024192]Charlie Wade[/url]
Charlie Wade decided to call it quits after finally reaching the World Series in 2007 with Brooklyn. Originally drafted by Cincinnati in the 2nd round of the 1988 draft Charlie spent a year in the Cobras minor league system before being dealt to Cleveland.
Charlie was primarily a 1B for his first two and a half seasons in Cleveland but after the retirement of Hall of Famer Lane Meyer Wade emerged as the Buckeyes #1 catcher in the spring of 1995. For the next ten plus seasons Charlie Wade provided Cleveland with All Star caliber play behind the plate before being dealt to Brooklyn in June of 2005.
Once in Brooklyn Charlie continued his top level play and helped the Dodgers to their first ever World Series appearance in 2007. In the series Charlie was superb offensively, with 8 hits and 7 walks to reach base 15 times in seven games, but it was not to be as the Dodgers lost in seven.
For his career Charlie Wade had 2281 hits, 390 doubles, 89 triples and 215 home runs, 1190 runs scored, 1078 RBI and 294 stolen bases. Charlie was always solid behind the plate as well, finishing with a career fielding % of .997 and throwing out almost 40% of attempted thieves. Wade was a 6 time All Star, 5 times a starter.
First Basemen
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655526]Johnny Harris[/url]
Johnny was drafted 10th in the first round in 1970 and then started that year, finishing 2nd in the ROY. In 1975 he would make his first All-star game and continue to go to the All-star game for the next 8 years. Overall, he had 7 AS starts and 2 AS backups. During his career with CHN, WAS, and STL, he complied over 3000 hits, over 500 HR's and 500 SB's. He was the first to ever accomplish the 500/500 feat. He also finished with over 1700 runs scored and runs batted in. His career average was .305, with a .527 slugging percentage and he managed to win three MVPs in a row while he played for WAS. During his career he made the playoffs 7 times, made the WS 4 times, and unfortunately only won on title.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1883868]Mike Henry[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1883868]Tommy Lohr[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197850]George Mabry[/url]
Named King George by his teammates, he finished his career leading the league in career hits, HRs, RBI's, and Runs. He also won nine MVP's in a row. He dominated the AL for years, helping his team get to the playoffs, but he was never able to win a ring.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1238746]Gary Sommerville[/url]
Truly one of the most productive hitters in BoHoL history. Possibly 2nd only to King George.
-- #3 in al time RBI's (1826), Runs (1988) and Hits (3,220) at the time of HOF induction
-- #4 in HRs (500) at the time of HOF induction
-- Twelve 100+ RBI seasons- 11 of them consecutive!
-- 3 MVP's ('63,'64 & '67)
-- 3 WS Rings & 12 LCS
He was the offensive missing piece that put the NY Duke Street Kings over the top and finally got the championship (after losing to him twice when he was with the AL Chicago Claymores).
Second Basemen
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1498418]Randy Boss[/url]
Taken as an afterthought, 48th overall, in the 1955 draft "The Bossman" burst onto the scene with the Redbirds in 1959 finishing 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting and helping St. Louis to a World Series victory.
In the spring of 1967 Boss was dealt to Milwaukee but Boss' tenure in Milwaukee was brief as he was moved again in July of '67 to Cleveland in a deal that has Milwaukee fans scratching their heads to this day.
Boss reacted well to the change in leagues, and was the AL's MVP in 1968. In 1971 Boss hit a career high 37 Homeruns, driving in 107, to lead the Buckeyes to their dramatic World Championship victory. Given up for dead in mid-season Cleveland tore off a 34-3 stretch in August and September to make the playoffs and then rolled to a dramatic World Series win culminated when Boss drove in Zaza Coomer with the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning of game 7.
Overall Boss was a 9 time All Star ,3 first team selections, along with his 1968 AL MVP, and finished with 381 stolen bases to go along with 371 HRs and over 900 extra base hits. Boss scored over 1,500 runs and drew over 1,000 walks. Boss was also a superb infielder, recording only 75 errors over a career that spanned over 2300 starts at 2B and 3B.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4352974]Harvey Davey[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197797]Tommy Iburg[/url]
Tommy Iburg's stats for a "mostly" 2b are pretty impressive. He almost reach 500 HR's as well. He was stopped at 492. He is one of 5 players with more than 3000 hits
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1498460]Ernie Judy[/url]
Now thats a shoe in. Guy was a machine scoring runs. 15 strainght seasons of 100 runs!!! Judy also had one MVP award. He was mostly a leadoff hitter. Impressive stats for a #1 or #2 hitter in the lineup.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2294107]John McBride[/url]
A stalwart for 18 seasons John McBride finished his career with 3,021 hits, almost 1,600 runs scored and 500 doubles. a six time All Star (3 1st Team selections) McBride played in 6 post season's but only had one ring to show for it.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1197874]Alex Sudgen[/url]
Alex Sudgen won an MVP, had a .308 BA(15th all time), .400 OBP(4th all time). He was a 2nd baseman. He has the record for most walks in a single season, and is the only player to reach the 100 mark twice. He had two other chances but fell short at 98 and 97. He has started 7 all-star games. He appeared on the MVP voting 3 other times. He orignally had the record for most stolen bases in the single season which he held for 13 years. He also was part of the Red Bird decade playoff run.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1456521]Bill Torre[/url]
Third Basemen
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2954317]Cliff Janeway[/url]
Janeway was the premiere third baseman of his era starting in nine All Star games, including seven in a row. Janeway was the 11th pick in the 1974 draft and arrived in Cleveland for the 1978 season. After a disappointing rookie season Janeway took off in 1979, earning the first of what would be nine 1st team All Star selections at 3B while posting a 30/30 season. The 1979 season was not without controversy as Janeway finished as the runner-up for AL MVP to [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655526]Johnny Harris[/url] who played only 26 games in the American League after coming over in a deadline deal. Cliff was not to be denied, however, and in 1983 he was named AL MVP for a monstrous year that included 40 homers, 141 runs scored and an OPS of 1.039.
For the decade of the '80s Janeway was the dominant third baseman in the BoHo and one of the most feared hitters in the game helping the Buckeyes reach the playoffs nine times and winning two Championship rings to go along with his seven straight All Star starts. All good things end though and in May of 1991 Janeway was dealt to Brooklyn . Cliff played well in the National League but his best days were behind him and in the winter of 1992 Janeway announced his retirement.
As with many of the Buckeye greats Janeway had health issues which limited his playing time. Though he never played more than 142 games in a season Janeway nonetheless hit 30 or more homers five times, twice hitting 40, and stealing 30 bags on three occasions. Janeway also hit over .300 eight times and had seven seasons when his OPS was north of .900.
Janeway leaves behind a career that saw him hit 372 homers while stealing 318 bases to go along with a career batting average of .302 and an OPS of .885.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197911]S.A. Rich[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3693192]Tim Trucks[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197810]Luther Whitt[/url] - Initial Class
Luther Whitt won 3 MVP's, and started in every all-star game from 1950-1960. For awhile he held the all-time stolen base record, he is now 4th all time. He's 3rd all time for BA with a BA of .326. He is also third all-time with a OBP of .406. In over 14 seasons he only committed 58 errors. He is tenth all time in runs with 1499. He helped bring the Red Birds to the playoffs 10 times in a row, from 1950-1959. He also helped the team get to 7 World Series and win 5 of them. He played his entire career in St. Louis.
Shortstops
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4131167]Alberto Anderson[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2004994]John Caulfield[/url]
Always a contender. Always a clutch hitter and always in the lineup. Led my team to 3 rings. a 40/40 member. An incredible defensive SS. Very low error total as a SS. I know there is no stat for this, but if the SS has any influence on the # of DPs, then he defintely contributed.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3804489]Pedro Ellerbe[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3380019]George Fernandez[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197562]Rob Floyd[/url] - Initial Class
Rob Floyd was the first player to reach 500 HR's in the Bob Horner League. A milestone that every player dreams of achieving. He won two MVPs during his amazing career. He finished with a career .309 BA and is 2nd all-time for slugging with .569 and second for OPS with .951. He played most of his career in Baltimore and Chicago.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1332262]Pelham Layden[/url]
Hall of Famer Pelham Layden played 18 seasons with the Philadelphia Firemouths. The shortstop was a member of the 1967 World Series champions. During his 18 seasons in Philadelphia, Layden never hit fewer than 22 homeruns in a season. Layden ended his career with 3012 hits (5th all-time), 559 HR's (2nd), 1539 RBI's (14th). In addition to being a power hitter, Layden also stole 271 bases during his career. His 10004 AB's rank him 7th in that category. Ten times, Layden hit over .300 and had a career average of .301. He is also among the leaders in several other offensive categories.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2655470]Lou Lewis[/url]
Two time MVP who made 11 AS teams, 5 at 2B, 6 at SS. One of the most consistent performers of his era, his 13 year streak of 100 RBI seasons included 12 straight 100 run seasons as well. He retired in 1990 with 551 HR and 1944 RBI, both fifth all time, and an OPS of .892.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2954158&statsorimps=stats]Larry Mills[/url]
Larry was drafted 4th overall in 1974. He then made his big league appearance in 1976, and quickly showed that he was going to be a force to reckon with as he won the 1976 AL RoY. He played his entire career at shortstop that included stops in Baltimore and Kansas City. His 2974 Games played are 3rd all-time, and his 3,454 hits rank him 4th all-time. During his career he also amassed 1935 runs, (which are 7th all-time), 1728 RBI (which are 14th all-time), 579 doubles (which are 7th all-time), and 1356 walks (which are 5th all-time). During his career he made the All Star team 7 times with 5 All-Star Starts. He won the AL MVP in 1986 & 1987. He helped his team reach the World Series 7 times, winning 3 World Series Rings.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=1372812]Cal "Fox" Mulder[/url]
12 time allstar, 8 consecutive starts 64-72 and 4 second team at SS. 2597 games started with only 92 errors. 2989 hits, 391 HRs, 568 SBs, 503 2Bsand a .295 lifetime average.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2004868]Phil Pope[/url]
Phil was an anchor in the middle of the St. Louis lineup for 17 seasons, first as a shortstop then as an All Star 3B. He appeared to be easily able to reach 3000 hits for his career until he retired at 37. The Red Birds are still confused by this because the team was in the middle of great playoff runs.
Overall, Phil was one of the best 3B's during his stay in the majors. Only committing more than 5 errors in one season during his career, and that was when he switched from SS to 1B to 3B to make room for Ty Thorsen. His first hand full of years were absolutely terrible and have greatly hurt his career BA and OBP but, blessed with great health, he still finished with 341 homers and stole 376 bases for his career. A 6 time All Star (3 1st Teams) Pope was the runner up for NL MVP in 1975.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=4293649]Troy Shaughnessy[/url]
Troy Shaughnessy was the first overall selection in the 1991 draft, and a controversial one as well. Asked later in his career if the weight of being a number one selection ever bothered him Shaughnessy replied: "No, I always considered it an honour, never a burden".
Shaughnessy spent two years in the minors before debuting in 1993 and winning the '93 National League Rookie of the Year Award and followed that up by starting at 2B for the '94 NL All Star squad. Shaughnessy was moved to SS in 1996 and was the NL backup All Star at that position four times between 1997 and 2001. Shaughnessy racked up games played and hits and lead the BoHo in RBI in 1997 and steals in 1999.
In the spring of 2002 the, soon to be, 31 year old was dealt to Cleveland for a pair of prospects as Philadelphia attempted to rebuild. Shaughnessy reacted well to the change of leagues' leading the BoHo in runs, hits, triples, walks, steals and OBP enroute to winning the 2002 American League MVP and, what would be his only, a trip to the playoffs.
Shaughnessy continued to star for Cleveland, starting three more All Star games and serving as a backup in another, and finishing 4th in the 2004 MVP race. Troy was the Buckeyes starting SS through 2008 and was a supersub in 2009 when he reached the 3,000 hit mark.
For his career Shaughnessy retires with 3,091 hits (15th all time), he is also top twenty all time in runs scored (19th), doubles (18th) and walks (9th) and is the All Time triples King with 176.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2582478]Ty Thorsen[/url]
Thorsen was one of the best players to ever play for St. Louis and one of the best players in the league. He retired 1st in career runs (2133) 2nd in hits (3672), 8th in HR's (530), 1st in doubles (642), 2nd in walks (1436) and is 12th all-time in OBP (.384) To go along with all of this he also managed a .307 BA, 1899 RBIs and is one of two 500/500 guys. Thorsen had 630 SB's for 4th all time. He scored at least 125 runs 10 seasons in a row. He won two MVP's, and lost out on three because his team didn't make the playoffs. One time he almost won it, but lost it because of the 163 game. Made the all-star team 11 years in a row with 8 AS starts. A flawless defender who actually had an errorless year as well. He lead his team to 6 WS in a row, only winning two of them.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2728720]Minoso Torres[/url]
Left Fielders
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2214514]Pete Kaat[/url]
Pete Kaat was part of the dynamic 3000 hit club outfield for the Red Birds. He batted all-over the lineup doing what he did best, getting on base. That can be seen by his 3123 hits, and 1381 walks. He ranks 10th all-time in hits and 2nd all-time in walks. He ranks 11th all-time in runs with 1774 and 9th all-time in doubles with 539. He stole 543 bases as well. He was never a homerun hitter and that can be seen by his 250 HR's. He was however an outstanding thrower and retired with A overall arm. The final year when defensive stats were introduced half way through the season, he threw out 4 guys at home in 97 games. He is also one of 6 players to ever walk 100 times in a season. He's a five time all-star with 4 AS starts, and a 2 time WS winner.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2807387&statsorimps=stats]R.C. Locker[/url]
His lifetime AVG of .313 is 6th all time in the BoHoL
His lifetime OPS of .910 is 11th all time in the BoHoL
His lifetime OBP of .383 is 15th all time in the BoHoL
His lifetime SLG of .527 is 18th(tie) all time in the BoHoL
From 1980-1991, his lowest OPS in any season was .901, and he once went 14 seasons without hitting below .300
He wasn't blessed with great health, but his still managed to have six 100+ RBI and seven 100+ RUN seasons, and he also rapped out 2768 hits. He stole 384 bases with a sucess rate of 76.3%, hit 408 HR and 503 2B, and was part of a team that won 2 WS and made the playoffs six times.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1779007]Clete Pall[/url]
Clete Pall played 15 of his 17 seasons with the Stearnwheelers, spending 2 complete seasons and 2 partial seasons with Milwaukee. In 1962 the Stearnwheelers made 4 trades. We sent 3 1st rounders to Chicago for Mikey Eubank and Phil Ross, 1 1st rounder to St Louis for Jesue Gettinger. Harry Mulcatchy was retrieved from St Louis in a cp trade and 2 1st rounders went to Boston for Clete Pall and John Finley. All of these trades were instrumental in our 3 straight WS titles from 68-70 but none more important than the trade for Clete Pall.
He finished his career in Cincy with a .303 life time average. A 10 time 1st Team All Star while twice serving as a reserve, in addition he was a 3 time National League MVP (1968, 1971 and 1972). He set the standard for stealing bases in the BoHol. Finishing as the all time leader in stolen bases at 673 he also finished 6th in hits(3029) 4th in runs(1816) 3rd in singles(2017) 3rd in doubles(550) 6th in games played(2648) and 4th in BBs(1166). The lowest he finished in any offensive catagory was 33rd in HR(348). He was no defensive liability comitting only 78 errors in 2648 games at 2 of positions and at 1st base. This guy was one of BoHo's best.
Center Fielders
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3065141]Joe Bergman[/url]
Joe Bergman was the premiere Center Fielder of his time and maybe of All Time in the Bob Horner League. Drafted in the 14th spot of the 1975 Bergman played his entire career with Milwaukee, helping the Black Hats become one of the BoHo's great dynasties winning 4 Championships.
Bergman's numbers are staggering 3579 hits (3rd all time), 2,121 runs scored (2nd all time), 601 steals (6th all time) and four MVP Awards. Bergman scored 100 or more runs for 14 consecutive seasons, had 200 or more hits 8 times and also hit 377 homers driving in almost 1,500 runs as a nine time All Star over the course of his storied career.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1778870]Steve Colangelo[/url]
Steve Colangelo is a worthy candidate and a member of the 3000 hit club.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2655524]Steve Ferris[/url]
Ferris was the matching bookend to Lou Lewis, with two MVPs and 12 AS appearances, 12 straight 100 RBI seasons and 11 straight 100 run seasons. His game also included speed, finishing with 400 SB and an 81% success rate. His 550 career HR rate sixth behind Lewis, and his 2033 RBI are second all time. Lifetime OPS .900, 3178 hits.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2294241]Buzz Foss[/url]
Buzz Foss came up with a bang winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1969. He was a 10 time all-star with 7 All-star starts. A great competitor, he complied 4 MVP awards as well. While Foss could hit for power, he was known for his speed and his ability to knock guys in. That can been seen by his 7 straight seasons of at least 130 RBI's and three seasons with at least 60 SB's. When he retired he was 2nd all time in hits, with 3433, 4th in RBI's with 1954, 4th in runs with 1966, 1st in steals with 726, 5th in doubles with 581, 7th in triples with 149, and 6th in walks with 1247. He retired with a .301 batting average and 2 WS rings, with 6 WS apps, and 8 playoff apps. He is the CF and 2nd part of the 3k OF hit club for St. Louis.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3114252]Joe Grimes[/url]
Joe bounced around the league a lot, playing for 4 different teams over his 18 year career. Originally selected number 1 overall in the 1976 draft by Washington, he lived up to his hype as he collected the ROY in 1977, and two MVP's in 1982 and 1984. He's MVP's showcased his ability to hit anything as in 1983 he was traded to the national league. He was never a big homerun hitter, only smashing 334 during his career, but he collected 3054 hits, 1722 runs, .303 average, with an OBP of .384. He played in 8 all-star games with 2 starts. He is also another rare talent in Simdynasty, as he had more career walks (1289) then strikeouts (1240). Besides his individual awards, he also was a team player as he helped his teams reach 11 LCS, with 5 WS berths and 3 titles.
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3114296]Scarboroughh Jantzen[/url]
He was a 2nd round pick in 1976 that put up some pretty sweet numbers while playing CF for 17+ years. He appeared in 7 LCS and 2 WS but we never won the big game. He was an 11 time all star and a starter 2 of those times.
He retired with 507 HRs which ranks him 10th all time, .509 slg % which is 36th all time, 2896 hits which is 28th all time, 452 doubles, 324 stolen bases, 1810 RBIs which ranks him 10th all time, 1699 runs scored which ranks him 20th all time, 127 triples which ranks him 22nd all time, strikeouts which ranks him 4th all time. He was in the top 5 for the MVP award in 1987, 1989 - 94 and had the prevlidge of winning it in 1992.
He was our heart and sole of the Cinci Cobras playoff teams! He wasn't blessed with great contact but he could hit the ball when he did.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2807429]Freddy Knauss[/url]
Knauss was a sensational player who had the misfortune to be cursed with D health.
Originally drafted 6th overall in 1972 Knauss was the 1974 Rookie of the Year and a 6 time 1st team All Star who twice lead the league in Batting Average and hit .340 or better three separate times. Cleveland acquired Knauss in 1985 and he helped the Buckeyes to a pair of World Championships.
The bad health meant Knauss was never able to play more than 135 games in any year and after an injury in the 1985 LCS he was shut down on September 1st every year afterwards further shrinking his numbers.
Freddy's "counting" numbers don't look great though he is over 300 HR and 300 SB, but he's top 20 in Batting Average, OPS, OBP and Slugging Percentage. He also easily passes the Bill James "Was he ever considered the best player at his position?" test.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3850513]Cliff McDermott[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2004774]John Sparks[/url]
[url=http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197683&statsorimps=stats]Will Tolentino[/url]
Will was a 1950 draftee by Cinncinnati, but was traded to Chicago in 1951. He played 14 full seasons in the big leagues, and two seasons around 80 games. He finished 475 HR?s and a career average of .312. He also finished with 1671 runs and 1668 RBI?s. He was the starting CF for the American league 1953-1955, 1958-1964 was the starting CF again. Appearing on the MVP ballot, (back then was only five guys) once between 53 and 55 and appeared on it every year from 58-63. He never won an MVP, but finished by King George a few times. Also in 1962 he won the triple crown, but finished 3rd in MVP voting. Not only was it the AL Triple crown, but he lead the league in each category. Quite a distressing event. Will was fast, but never insane, and stole bases at his own pace. That is why he only stole 270 bases, and was caught 39 times. Besides his personal feats, his team made it to the WS 8 times, winning 4 of them.
Right Fielders
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197439]Ricky Chipman[/url]
Chipman ranks among the best hitters of all time. He hit 442 HR which ranks him 7th all-time, 5th in batting average, 6th in hits, and 10th in RBI. He also won an MVP. In his rookie season, he hit .365 with 43 HR and 109 RBI. He followed that up in his second season with .351 43 HR and 109 RBI.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=1197973]Andy Delahanty[/url] - Initial Class
Andy won two MVP's and is the all-time leading slugger with .604. He also holds the career BA record at .341 and the career OPS record at 1.022. He's second in doubles with 488 9th in hits, HR's and RBI's. He played the majority of his career in Kansas City.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2655421]Rich Duvall[/url]
Rich spent 20 seasons in the majors, mostly with New York in the American League.
He was an All Star for eight straight seasons from 1976-83, 5 times first team and finished his career with 512 homers (9th all time), 1573 RBI (21st all time), 1540 runs scored, 2818 hits and over 1,000 extra base hits.
Sadly Rich only made the post season once in his illustrious career, winning the World Series in 1978 with the Yankees.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3962125]Roy Gagne[/url]
Roy Gagne was the 4th overall pick of the 1987 draft. By the end of his career he retired 26th overall in home runs with 443. Those 443 home runs are the third most ever by a Red Bird. During the reign of the pitcher Gagne lead the league in home runs back to back seasons with only 34 and 35 home runs. Besides the home runs, Gagne had 1594 runs, 2843 hits, 463 doubles, 108 triples, and 1582 RBI's.
His power was also seen in the playoffs. Through his 97 playoff games Gagne hit 18 home runs, 11 in the World Series. He also had three 3 home run series, one in the LCS and two in the World Series. While his team managed to reach the World Series 7 times, he only has two rings.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=3201877]Red Huffman[/url]
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=2348318]Eric Osborne[/url]
Eric is one of the best lead off hitters to ever grace the Bob Horner League. While this sim does not give much credit to players who have A+ contact and low B power, Eric did quite an outstanding job. He retired 3rd in career doubles with 603, 1st in walks with 1476, 5th in hits 3322, 2nd in steals with 687 and 6th in runs with 1927. Eric was a 3 time All-star with 1 all-star start. He had 14 seasons in a row where he scored at least 100 runs. He did not hit homeruns and that can be seen by his 208 career homeruns, but something Eric accomplished which is unheard of is he retired with more career walks and than strikeouts. 1476 walks :1472 k's. He was 2 time WS winner, with 6 WS apps, and 8 playoff apps. He is the third part of the 3k OF hit club from St. Louis.
[url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?playername=nobody&mode=stats&id=2582422]Andy Schmidt[/url]
-- Stolen Bases
He stole 569 bases in his career while only being caught 103 times. This translates to an 85% career stolen base rate. While being 7th on the all time stolen base list, he's 122nd on the all time caught stolen list. In 1984 he set the single season stolen base record with 68 steals, being caught 10 times, good enough for 87%, but his best SB% year was 1978, with 45 steals and only 3 CS (94%)
-- Power
Lest one get the impression Schmidt was only a burner, he had eleven straight seasons of over 20 HR, including two 30/30 seasons, seven straight seasons with ten or more triples, and nine straight seasons with a slugging percentage greater than .500.
[Edited on 12-30-2012 by tim_ackley]
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