I'm just now putting the year-end data into my SDMB OOTP history charts. I'll have information over the coming days on records set, for good or ill, and it looks like there were probably many this year. However, I can say this much so far.
Based on runs scored and allowed, the two greatest teams in SDMB OOTP history are squaring off in this year's Cecil Cup. River Cities' 122-40 Pythagorean record is, by 11 games, the highest mark ever in SDMB OOTP history. However, Seattle's 111-51 Pythagorean mark is the second best such record, beating last year's River Cities squad by one game. And, the teams posted two of the best three records ever. Here's the list of teams to win 100 games or more in a season.
113-49: 2009 River Cities
112-50: 2005 Seattle
110-52: 2009 Seattle
108-54: 2005 Stockholm
107-55: 2004 Houston
106-56: 2008 Seattle
104-58: 2009 South Bay
103-59: 2004 Stockholm, 2008 River Cities
101-61: 2007 Saskatoon
100-62: 2007 Seattle
So, this is likely the two best SDMB OOTP teams ever in a head-to-head death match for the Cecil Cup. [Too bad I expect it to be wearing the "corpse" label again.]
I'd love to see a simulated tournament of the top 8 or so teams. Especially if the 2005 Sherman Wheeler could be more like the 2008-2009 version.
ReplyDeleteIf he'd had been as dominant then, not only would I not have released him after that season, but I probably would have won close to 120 games that year.
And yet there I was with a paltry $3MM per year offer. It was fate, I tell you, FATE!
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