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Apr. 1, 1997 • Season Preview Edition
Apr. 1, 1997 • Season Preview Edition
UL 1997 Preview
Feds' Repeat? Toppers' Redemption?
There will be no sneaking up on people this year for the Boston Federals.
A surprise team in 1996 that narrowly squeaked into the playoffs on the last day on its way to its second UL title, the Feds enter the 1997 campaign with bullseyes on their backs. The addition of MVP candidate Albert Belle— combined with the maturation of young stars Jim Thome, Julian Tavarez; and Sammy Sosa and Mike Piazza hitting their peak—makes Mark Waller's charges the early favorites.
A resurgent St. Louis Maroons squad under rookie GM Jeremy Lemmon is tipped to top a wide-open West Division, while Atlanta and Cleveland will make another attempt to grasp the elusive ring. St. Louis missed the playoffs the last two years with 87- and 89-win campaigns, while GM Andy Chaney (ATL) and Charlie Qualls (CLE) have both made the postseason with strong pitching staffs two of the last three seasons.
Other compelling stories this season include GM Glen Reed's return to Brooklyn, the club he led to seven UL titles from 1955-64. Also moving is GM Tim Widholm, who moves to L.A. and will try to raise the Outlaws back into contention. Finally, the Seattle Rainiers are poised to be the most improved club and almost certainly will end a run of three straight Waffle Houses.
Offensive East, Pitching-Heavy West
Keystone is predicted to have the most prolific offense, followed by Boston and Brooklyn. St. Louis is a surprise pick to lead the league in pitching, followed by Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The Maroons rotation features three pitchers over 35, including Jim Gott, who was 20-8 last season.
Vladimir Guerrero (MON) vaulted from #15 to #1 on the player rankings and Chipper Jones (STL) debuts in the #7 position. Havana's Sean Bergman is the most improved pitcher, jumping 10 spots to #2, making him an early Cy Young favorite, while former Cy Young winners Floyd Youmans (LA) and Dwight Gooden (SEA) continue to decline. The Brooklyn rotation should get a boost from Mike Timlin and Kevin Brown, who enter the top 20 this year. Brown—drafted at age 20 in 1986—was a top-5 prospect for four years, but failed to emerge as a superstar until last year, his age-30 season, when he posted a 16-7 record and 3.02 ERA.
Senate Probe/McCain-Reid Tour Update
Expansion on the Horizon?
The unofficial “Ball Out West” Senate committee of western senators is (yet again) expanding its investigation of the UL’s fake-baseball monopoly. The Feinstein-Gramm group has grown to 10 senators representing eight western states, with Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) joining in late March in time to secure free tickets to the Washington Monuments home opener on April 1. “Oh, hell yeah!” Domenici exclaimed, when asked if he was concerned about the issue (and wanted to score box seats at Griffith Stadium for the game against the Toronto Polar Bears).
Committee Co-Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced on Opening Day that the Bay Area would get dibs over the “very next” UL franchise, either through expansion or relocation. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) told reporters that negotiations were “moving forward” on the timing of expansion and the location of additional franchises. Separately, Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) said the committee “had the league by the balls.” When asked to elaborate, Gramm only chuckled and adjusted his oversized “Don’t Mess With Texas” belt buckle.
As usual the UL Commissioner remained mum under the guidance of his legal counsel. An intern at the sprawling United League Headquarters and Resort revealed that the commissioner has looked “haggard” and “worn out” in recent weeks, suggesting the pressure of the investigation might be getting to him—or maybe it’s the C6/C7 cervical stenosis. The other intern (the league can only afford two unpaid interns, which tells you everything you need to know about the state of its payroll and finance departments) provided investigative reporter Stedman Pacafox with a “for internal use only” memo that reveals that the UL is looking into sites in Texas and California for potential UL expansion as early as 1999. A second—and potential rival—investigative reporter claimed that Pacafox may be squatting in an unused storage room at UL HQ, which would explain his nearly-constant “insider access” to league operations.
Meanwhile, for their part of anti-trust investigation, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Harry Reid (D-NV) released more details on their “extensive tour of UL facilities” (aka epic road trip to hit all 18 UL stadiums in a rented Ford Mustang convertible). The Senators have arranged (courtesy of UL HQ) luxury box seat accommodations and announced the first 10 stops on their tour.
April 3 - Havana @ Boston
April 6 - Denver @ Montreal
April 9 - Toronto @ Brooklyn
April 10 - Brooklyn @ Manhattan
April 14 - Havana @ Keystone
April 19 - Los Angeles @ Washington
April 21 - Manhattan @ Toronto
April 24 - Keystone @ Cleveland
April 27 - Atlanta @ Detroit
April 30 - Toronto @ Chicago
Staffers for the senators said they expect “unobstructed sightlines” and “free nachos” as part of their official inquiry and that the self-proclaimed “Odd Couple” would make a stop at the UL Hall of Fame in Beachville, Ont. on the drive between Toronto and Cleveland. Staffers also revealed that the duo would not actually drive the Ford Mustang the whole time, but would fly from city to city and only use the convertible from airports to ballparks, while staffers would take turns driving the car between cities.
Predicted Finish
Predicted Finish
WEST
BNN W L GB R RA
St. Louis 97 63 - 9 1
Cleveland 90 70 7 4 4
Atlanta 89 71 8 10 2
Chicago 86 74 11 5 7
Denver 83 77 14 6 14
Seattle 82 78 15 14 5
Los Angeles 79 81 18 15 3
Minneapolis 79 81 18 7 17
Detroit 76 84 21 12 13
Reed BNN Diff
1 Chicago 5 +4
2 Atlanta 4 +2
4 Denver 7 +3
6 St. Louis 1 +3
7 Los Angeles 9 +2
8 Cleveland 2 -6
13 Detroit 14 +1
14 Minneapolis 10 -4
15 Seattle 8 -7
EAST
BNN W L GB R RA
Boston 90 70 - 2 9
Brooklyn 84 76 6 3 11
Toronto 78 82 12 8 16
Manhattan 77 83 13 11 10
Keystone 76 84 14 1 18
Montreal 74 86 16 13 12
Florida 73 87 17 16 8
Havana 70 90 20 17 6
Washington 63 97 27 18 15
Reed BNN Diff
3 Brooklyn 6 +3
5 Toronto 11 +6
7 Keystone 13 +6
9 Boston 3 -6
11 Manhattan 12 +1
13 Florida 16 +3
16 Montreal 15 -1
17 Havana 17 0
18 Washington 18 0
Positional Rankings
underlined means different position last year; italics means tied
Positional Rankings
underlined means different position last year; italics means tied
LEFT FIELDERS
1 1 Barry Bonds STL
2 2 Ryan Klesko DET
3 3 Albert Belle BOS
4 4 Kal Daniels MPS
5 6 Manny Ramirez ATL
6 5 Dion James KEY
7 7 Ellis Burks SEA
8 9 Gregg Jefferies WAS
9 8 Cliff Floyd MON
SHORTSTOP
1 2 N. Garciaparra SEA
2 3 Alan Trammell CHI
3 - John Valentin BRO
4 6 Barry Larkin DEN
5 5 Jose Valentin ATL
6 - Orlando Cabrera KEY
7 8 Rey Sanchez STL
8 - Kevin Elster FLO
9 - Ricky Gutierrez TOR
THIRD BASEMEN
1 1 Gary Sheffield CHI
2 4 Chipper Jones STL
3 - Scott Rolen MPS
4 2 Jim Thome BOS
5 1 Wil Cordero KEY
6 3 Alex Rodriguez CLE
7 5 Jeff Cirillo LA
8 9 Edgardo Alfonzo MON
9 7 Wade Boggs ATL
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POSITION PLAYERS
01 15 Vladi Guerrero MON
02 01 Ken Griffey Jr BRO
03 02 Barry Bonds STL
04 05 Gary Sheffield CHI
05 09 Ivan Rodriguez MON
06 03 Ryan Klesko DET
07 -- Chipper Jones STL
08 06 John Olerud CHI
09 10 Jim Edmonds CLE
10 04 Albert Belle BOS
11 08 Juan Gonzalez TOR
12 -- Scott Rolen MPS
13 13 Mark Grace DEN
14 07 Frank E. Thomas LA
15 17 Jim Thome BOS
16 -- Darin Erstad DEN
17 18 Jeff Bagwell KEY
18 -- Bobby Abreu MPS
19 19 Tony Gwynn ATL
20 14 Wil Cordero KEY
-- 11 Kal Daniels MPS
-- 12 Roberto Alomar CLE
-- 16 N Garciaparra SEA
-- 20 Eric Davis LA
CENTER FIELDERS
1 1 Ken Griffey Jr BRO
2 2 Jim Edmonds CLE
3 4 Darin Erstad DEN
4 3 Raul Mondesi TOR
5 5 Sammy Sosa BOS
6 7 Johnny Damon SEA
7 - Andruw Jones WAS
8 9 Garret Anderson MPS
9 - Michael Tucker STL
CATCHERS
1 1 Ivan Rodriguez MON
2 3 Mike Piazza BOS
3 6 Charles Johnson FLO
4 2 Dave Nilsson BRO
5 4 Mike Stanley KEY
6 - Jason Kendall CHI
7 - Gregg Zaun HAV
8 9 Rick Wilkins DEN
9 5 Rich Gedman CLE
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STARTING PITCHERS
01 01 Pedro Martinez ATL
02 12 Sean Bergman HAV
03 02 Greg Swindell LA
04 05 Ismael Valdez CLE
05 08 Jon Lieber BOS
06 03 Fern Valenzuela ATL
07 07 Bret Saberhagen STL
08 19 Francis Cordova FLO
09 11 J. Isringhausen MPS
10 -- Steve Cooke CHI
11 -- Mike Timlin BRO
12 06 Erik Hanson MAN
13 15 Rheal Cormier LA
14 04 Dwight Gooden SEA
15 -- Julian Tavarez BOS
16 -- Kevin Brown BRO
17 09 Mike Mason WAS
18 14 Scott Sanderson CLE
19 -- Jim Gott STL
20 -- Shane Reynolds HAV
-- 10 Floyd Youmans LA
-- 13 Joe Magrane DEN
-- 16 Mike Mussina FLO
-- 17 Kelly Downs ATL
-- 18 Tom Glavine WAS
-- 20 Bruce Hurst LA
RIGHT FIELDERS
1 2 Vladi Guerrero MON
2 1 Juan Gonzalez TOR
3 - Bobby Abreu MPS
4 3 Tony Gwynn ATL
5 6 Bernie Williams MPS
6 5 Tim Salmon CHI
7 4 Eric Davis CHI
8 - Joe Nunnally MAN
9 - Luis Gonzalez DET
SECOND BASEMEN
1 1 Roberto Alomar CLE
2 2 Geronimo Pena BRO
3 6 Fernando Vina DET
4 - Tony Batista STL
5 4 Robin Yount CLE
6 3 Ryne Sandberg WAS
7 7 Bret Boone ATL
8 4 Carlos Baerga KEY
9 - Del DeSheilds DEN
FIRST BASEMEN
1 1 John Olerud CHI
2 3 Mark Grace DEN
3 2 Frank E Thomas LA
4 4 Jeff Bagwell KEY
5 7 Carlos Delgado CLE
6 6 Greg Colbrunn ATL
7 9 Eric Karros TOR
8 - Reg Jefferson STL
9 8 Will Clark MON
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TOP RELIEVERS (tiers)
* * Steve Karsay FLO
* - Terry Adams DET
A Greg McMichael BRO
A B Mariano Rivera SEA
B A Cory Bailey MON
B - Mike Grace TOR
B - Ricardo Rincon MPS
B B Jose Mesa TOR
B - Heath Slocumb MAN
- B Tim Scott HAV
- B John Smoltz TOR
* - 4.5
A - 4.0
B - 3.5
Prospects
Prospects
TOP 20 PROSPECTS
1 RF Magglio Ordonez WAS
2 1B David Ortiz SEA
3 1B Todd Helton DET
4 SP Kelvim Escobar MPS
5 SS Miguel Tejada MON
6 2B Derek Jeter MON
7 SP Chris Carpenter KEY
8 SP Kevin Millwood TOR
9 LF Shannon Stewart LA
10 CF Torii Hunter SEA
11 CF Richard Hidalgo MAN
12 C Jason Varitek SEA
13 RF Ben Grieve FLO
14 SP Derek Lowe TOR
15 SP Bartolo Colon FLO
16 1B Derrek Lee ATL
17 SP Matt Morris MAN
18 2B Jose Vidro TRO
19 RF Jose Guillen SEA
20 1B Brad Fullmer MON
FARM SYSTEM RANKINGS
# LY Pts Team
1 4 241 Seattle
2 1 222 Montreal
3 9 154 Manhattan
4 2 137 Minneapolis
5 10 132 Washington
6 12 131 Toronto
7 3 131 Florida
8 14 123 Keystone
9 7 111 Detroit
10 11 84 Los Angeles
11 6 59 Denver
12 5 50 Chicago
13 16 38 Atlanta
14 8 31 Brooklyn
15 13 22 St. Louis
16 15 8 Havana
17 17 6 Boston
18 18 0 Cleveland
West Division
West Division
East Division
East Division
ATLANTA HILLTOPPERS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 110 50 1st 4.5 2.7 3 1
1995 82 80 9=t 4.9 4.6 13 5
1996 94 66 2nd 5.4 4.5 3 1
Avg HR RBI WAR
RF L Tony Gwynn .380 15 92 7.7
CF R Rondell White .272 27 84 4.5
1B R Greg Colbrunn .290 25 81 2.7
LF R Manny Ramirez .284 31 108 4.7
2B R Bret Boone .250 31 94 2.6
3B L Wade Boggs .295 4 78 2.7
SS R Jose Valentin injured
C R Charles Johnson .255 17 73 4.1
W L ERA WAR
SP L Pedro Martinez 16 3 2.60 8.0
SP L Fernie Valenzuela 22 6 3.26 7.0
SP R Kelly Downs 14 11 4.25 2.7
SP R Julio Valera 34 SV 3.05 1.1
SP R Darryl Kile 15 10 4.00 2.9
CL R Bill Wegman 17 SV 5.81 0.4
IN: 3B Gary Gaetti, LF Joe Carter, LF Phil Bradley, 2B Julio Franco, SP David Wells, RP Steve Howe
OUT: SS John Valentin, SP Dwight Gooden, RF Al Martin, 1B Howard Johnson
BOSTON FEDERALS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 99 61 3rd 4.6 3.7 2 9
1995 78 84 12th 5.1 5.3 8 14
1996 86 74 7th 5.3 5.1 6 12
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF R Sammy Sosa .282 34 83 5.0
C R Mike Piazza .320 33 112 6.0
LF R Albert Belle .323 37 102 5.7
3B L Jim Thome .300 32 115 6.2
1B S Howard Johnson .255 16 33 1.6
RF L Al Martin .318 6 28 1.2
2B R Chuck Knoblauch .284 4 67 2.6
SS R Rey Ordonez .255 1 39 0.8
W L ERA WAR
SP R Jon Lieber 15 9 4.02 4.8
SP R Julian Tavarez 14 7 4.68 3.5
SP R Miguel Batista 6 5 6.03 0.6
SP L Kenny Rogers 18 7 4.84 4.0
SP L Andy Pettitte 5 3 6.38 2.2
CL R Billy Taylor 39 SV 3.60 1.1
IN: LF Albert Belle, RF Al Martin, 1B Howard Johnson, CF Otis Nixon
OUT: RF Ellis Burks, SP Erik Hanson, LF Joe Carter, 3B Dave Hansen
CHICAGO COLTS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 83 77 10th 3.4 3.1 11 2
1995 92 70 4th 5.3 4.4 3 3
1996 93 67 3rd 5.6 5.0 1 10
Avg HR RBI WAR
1B L John Olerud .328 26 93 6.3
LF L Frank Catalanotto rookie
3B R Gary Sheffield .324 40 120 7.2
RF R Tim Salmon .261 31 120 2.7
2B R Robin Yount .301 14 43 2.0
CF R J. Allensworth .290 15 61 2.1
C R Jason Kendall .287 7 86 1.8
SS R Alan Trammell .303 21 104 3.6
W L ERA WAR
SP L Steve Cooke 21 8 4.07 5.6
SP R Don Robinson 10 11 4.79 3.4
SP R John Mitchell 16 7 4.15 4.1
SP R Charlie Lea 11 11 4.83 2.2
SP R John Doherty 11 9 4.76 3.1
CL R Mike Henneman 11 11 4.83 2.2
IN: RF Tim Salmon, SP Don Robinson, SP Charlie Lea, 2B Robin Yount, *Frank Catalanotto, 3B Dave Hansen
OUT: LF Albert Belle, RF Junior Felix, SS Jay Bell, SP Jeff M. Robinson
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 91 69 7th 4.1 3.5 7 5
1995 86 76 7th 5.2 4.9 4 8
1996 89 71 4-t 5.4 4.8 4 7
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B S Geronimo Pena .284 15 76 4.8
1B L Alvin Davis .281 11 80 1.9
CF L Ken Griffey Jr .303 32 101 7.6
LF L Mike Greenwell .302 14 68 3.2
RF R Marty Cordova .288 26 102 5.5
C L Dave Nilsson .261 21 86 2.0
SS R John Valentin .261 23 91 2.6
3B S Scott Spiezio rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP R Kevin Brown 16 7 3.02 4.1
SP R Scott Sanderson 11 9 4.69 4.2
SP R Mike Timlin 10 3 3.63 1.9
SP L Randy Tomlin 10 6 4.91 2.7
SP R Shawn Hillegas Double-A
CL R Greg McMichael 28 SV 3.11 1.9
IN: SP Scott Sanderson, SP Randy Tomlin, SS John Valentin, C Dave Nilsson, *Scott Spiezio
OUT: 3B Matt Williams, SP John Smiley, SP Charlie Lea, SP David Cone
CLEVELAND BARONS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 71 89 12th 3.4 3.9 12 10
1995 97 65 2nd 5.1 4.0 9 2
1996 95 65 1st 5.4 4.9 5 9
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B S Roberto Alomar .273 10 61 2.6
LF L Luis Polonia .319 5 36 1.8
CF L Jim Edmonds .312 31 89 5.5
3B R Alex Rodriguez .311 21 89 3.1
1B L Carlos Delgado .338 37 111 6.3
RF R Eric Davis .276 19 77 2.8
SS R Craig Grebeck .240 6 43 2.1
C L Rich Gedman .252 10 67 2.1
W L ERA WAR
SP R Ismael Valdez 15 9 4.17 3.8
SP R Jose DeLeon 11 6 5.40 2.2
SP R Kirk McCaskill minors
SP R Alex Fernandez 4 17 6.64 1.5
SP R Salomon Torres 8 5 5.46 2.1
CL R Toby Borland 18 SV 3.70 1.3
IN: RF Eric Davis, 1B Mike Aldrete, SP Jose DeLeon, SP Alex Fernandez, C Ron Karkovice
OUT: LF Dion James, SP Scott Sanderson, SP Randy Tomlin, 2B Robin Yount, SP Melido Perez, 3B Gary Gaetti, LF Phil Bradley
FLORIDA FLAMINGOS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 86 74 9th 3.6 3.5 10 6
1995 79 83 11th 4.1 4.7 17 6
1996 65 95 15th 4.2 4.8 18 8
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B R Eric Young .263 4 38 4.2
1B S Junior Felix .281 25 100 3.7
CF S Bernie Williams .266 15 72 3.9
LF R Glenallen Hill .310 25 88 5.8
CF S Orlando Merced .271 11 61 1.5
3B R Scott Brosius .273 15 68 2.8
SS R Kevin Elster .217 4 31 0.5
C R Brad Ausmus .231 6 48 2.5
W L ERA WAR
SP R Francisco Cordova 10 12 3.41 3.5
SP R Bartolo Colon rookie
SP L Greg Hibbard 13 14 4.21 3.0
SP R Mike Mussina 8 13 4.64 1.9
SP R Pete Smith 11 8 4.31 0.7
CL R Steve Karsay 24 SV 3.15 2.1
IN: RF Junior Felix, *SP Bartolo Colon, CF Orlando Merced, *RF Ben Grieve
OUT: --
DENVER 14ers
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 57 103 16th 3.0 4.2 17 14
1995 69 93 15th 5.0 5.4 11 16
1996 83 77 10th 5.1 4.7 10 4
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF S Tim Raines .322 14 71 6.2
SS R Barry Larkin .277 15 67 3.0
1B L Mark Grace .337 17 100 5.8
RF L Larry Walker .278 13 56 1.2
CF L Darin Erstad .309 11 93 5.4
C L Rick Wilkins .262 29 93 4.4
3B R Travis Fryman .264 15 77 1.7
2B L Delino DeShields .261 10 60 2.3
W L ERA WAR
SP L Joe Magrane 12 13 4.12 3.2
SP L David West 10 7 4.07 2.3
SP R Andy Benes 7 15 4.24 1.8
SP L Greg Mathews 12 9 4.34 3.3
SP R Charles Nagy 10 13 3.68 3.0
CL R Todd Frohwirth 29 SV 2.39 2.1
IN: SP Greg Mathews, SP Andy Benes, LF Larry Walker, *RP Keith Foulke
OUT: RF Luis Gonzalez, RP Lee Smith
HAVANA LEONES
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 77 83 11th 3.8 4.0 8 11
1995 77 85 13th 5.1 4.8 6 7
1996 84 76 9th 5.2 4.8 8 6
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF S Bip Roberts .310 5 61 3.8
2B L Jeff Treadway .312 14 82 3.1
CF R Shane Mack .305 17 62 3.6
1B L Rafael Palmeiro .315 28 122 5.9
RF L Matt Lawton .268 19 99 2.7
3B R Kevin Seitzer .282 16 89 2.8
C L Mike Scioscia .295 14 80 3.5
SS L Ozzie Guillen .271 1 40 0.6
W L ERA WAR
SP R Sean Bergman 15 8 3.69 5.7
SP R Shane Reynolds 17 10 4.15 4.8
SP L Chris Nabholz 10 13 4.73 2.3
SP R David Cone 10 9 4.81 0.5
SP L Donovan Osborne 15 9 4.24 1.5
CL R Tim Scott 42 SV 2.79 0.3
IN: C Gregg Zaun, SP Scott Sanders, SS Ozzie Guillen, SP David Cone, RP Lee Smith
OUT: SP Denny Neagle, SP Dave Beard, C Todd Hundley
DETROIT GRIFFINS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 94 66 5th 4.5 3.4 3 5
1995 94 68 3rd 5.5 4.9 2 8
1996 62 98 17th 4.9 5.8 15 17
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B L Fernando Vina .276 10 56 1.5
RF R Marc Newfield .320 7 30 1.9
LF L Ryan Klesko .289 33 90 5.0
3B R Matt Williams .270 38 123 3.7
1B L Todd Helton rookie
C R Eli Marrero rookie
CF L T Hollandsworth rookie
SS S Nefi Perez rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP R Terry Adams 4 10 4.76 1.8
SP L Pete Schourek 8 7 4.50 3.0
SP R Phil Leftwich 8 7 5.15 -0.2
SP L Justin Thompson 5 1 4.99 0.7
SP L Denny Neagle injured
SP R Hector Carrasco 22 SV 5.91 0.2
IN: *1B Todd Helton, 3B Matt Williams, RF Luis Gonzalez, SP Denny Neagle, *C Eli Marrero, SP Justin Thompson, SP Phil Leftwich
OUT: C Dave Nilsson, SP Andy Benes, LF Larry Walker, CF Orlando Merced, SP Scott Sanders, SP Alex Fernandez, C Gregg Zaun, SS Ozzie Guillen
KEYSTONE STARLINGS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 92 68 6th 4.4 4.0 6 12
1995 89 73 5th 6.0 5.5 1 17
1996 77 83 12th 5.3 5.5 7 14
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF L Dion James .329 14 79 6.3
SS R Orlando Cabrera rookie
2B S Carlos Baerga .281 17 75 1.6
1B R Jeff Bagwell .315 33 112 6.9
3B R Wil Cordero .301 33 95 4.7
CF L Rich Becker rookie
CF R Kirby Puckett minors
C R Kevin L. Brown .294 14 65 2.2
W L ERA WAR
SP R John Smoltz 11 9 3.84 2.5
SP L Butch Henry 12 7 4.08 3.6
SP R Dave Beard 7 8 4.30 2.4
SP R Van Landingham 8 15 5.60 1.9
SP R Rusty Meacham 2 3 70.2 -0.8
CL R Steve Olin 35 SV 4.38 2.0
IN: LF Dion James, SP John Smoltz, *SS Orlando Cabrera, C Kevin L. Brown, SP Dave Beard, SS Jeff Blauser
OUT: RF Tim Salmon, 1B Edgar Martinez, SP Aaron Sele, SP Jose DeLeon
LOS ANGELES OUTLAWS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 88 72 8th 3.7 3.1 9 3
1995 101 61 1st 5.1 4.0 6 1
1996 82 78 11th 5.0 4.6 11 2
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF L Andy Van Slyke .287 18 72 4.2
3B R Jeff Cirillo .300 19 98 6.1
1B R Frank E. Thomas .320 37 123 7.0
2B S Tony Phillips .249 9 37 1.6
SS R Jay Bell .265 9 60 1.3
CF S Stan Javier .285 15 87 5.0
LF R Shannon Stewart rookie
C L Matt Merullo rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP L Greg Swindell 17 7 3.34 5.3
SP L Rheal Cormier 10 9 3.90 3.4
SP L Bruce Hurst 7 16 4.44 3.6
SP R Dave Schmidt 5 7 3.16 2.3
SP R Floyd Youmans 16 11 3.72 1.9
CL L Derek Lilliquist 3 SV 3.76 1.1
IN: SS Jay Bell, *LF Shannon Stewart, *C Matt Merullo
OUT: RF Eric Davis, SP Jose Lima
MANHATTAN GRAY SOX
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 62 98 13-t 3.2 4.8 14 18
1995 82 80 9-t 4.8 5.2 14 12
1996 89 71 4-t 5.2 4.7 9 5
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF R Bubba Trammell rookie
2B L Mickey Morandini .270 1 18 0.6
1B R Ed N. Sprague .255 29 104 2.5
RF L Jon Nunnally .291 22 89 3.9
3B R David Bell .306 6 44 1.6
C L Darrin Fletcher .244 8 43 0.7
SS R Tony Graffanino .275 8 34 3.3
CF S F.P. Santangelo .292 7 63 2.7
W L ERA WAR
SP R Matt Morris rookie
SP R Pat Hentgen 13 10 4.31 3.2
SP R Roger Clemens 14 13 4.26 1.1
SP L Terry Mulholland 10 12 5.23 3.5
SP R Bobby Munoz 10 10 4.53 2.3
CL R Heathy Slocumb 23 SV 3.03 1.3
IN: *Matt Morris
OUT: --
MINNEAPOLIS FOXES
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 58 102 15th 3.2 4.3 15 16
1995 73 89 14th 5.0 5.5 10 18
1996 63 97 16th 5.0 5.9 12 18
Avg HR RBI WAR
RF L Bobby Abreu .338 15 58 3.9
CF L Garret Anderson .328 18 85 3.5
3B R Scott Rolen .298 8 36 1.4
LF L Kal Daniels .294 23 83 5.0
1B R Edgar Martinez .292 13 59 3.0
C S Jorge Posada .297 13 51 1.9
2B R Chris Gomez .291 12 70 1.6
SS R Rich Aurilia .232 12 59 -0.4
W L ERA WAR
SP R J. Isringhausen 8 10 3.91 3.3
SP L Jose Rosado rookie
SP R Chris Bosio 10 18 5.43 2.1
SP R Brad Radke 2 5 5.35 0.7
SP R Jeff M. Robinson 9 7 6.23 0.5
CL L Ricardo Rincon rookie
IN: 1B Edgar Martinez, SP Chris Bosio, *SP Jose Rosado, *RP Ricardo Rincon, RF Derek Bell, SP Jeff M. Robinson
OUT: SP Greg Mathews, 1B Mike Aldrete
MONTREAL VOYAGEUERS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 56 104 17th 3.4 4.7 9 17
1995 65 97 17th 4.5 5.3 15 13
1996 74 86 13th 4.9 5.7 14 16
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF L Cliff Floyd .297 29 86 4.9
1B L Will Clark .282 13 67 2.9
RF R Vladimir Guerrero .334 38 109 7.6
C R Ivan Rodriguez .316 20 104 5.3
CF L Steve Finley .280 10 50 1.6
3B R Edgardo Alfonzo .282 13 72 2.3
2B R Derek Jeter rookie
SS R Miguel Tejada rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP R Livan Hernandez 13 10 4.76 1.6
SP R Jose Silva rookie
SP R Ramiro Mendoza rookie
SP R Jose Mercedes 8 11 5.97 0.7
SP L Steve Avery 9 11 4.86 2.1
CL R Jerry DiPoto 23 SV 5.19 0.5
Inj: SP Jim Abbott (2 mo)
IN: *2B Derek Jeter, *SS Miguel Tejada, *SP Jose Silva, *SP Ramiro Mendoza
OUT: SP Chris Bosio, SS Jeff Blauser
ST. LOUIS MAROONS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 98 62 4th 4.5 3.5 4 6
1995 87 75 6th 4.9 4.6 12 4
1996 89 71 4-t 4.9 4.6 13 3
Avg HR RBI WAR
RF L David Justice .261 17 75 2.1
2B R Tony Batista .286 20 69 4.8
3B S Chipper Jones .271 25 87 3.0
LF L Barry Bonds .309 48 124 8.0
1B R Reggie Jefferson .334 26 96 4.4
C R Terry Steinbach .251 10 50 0.9
CF L Michael Tucker .269 9 27 1.9
SS R Rey Sanchez .275 2 41 3.0
W L ERA WAR
SP R Bret Saberhagen 12 9 3.84 4.1
SP R Jim Gott 20 8 3.29 4.7
SP L Britt Burns 16 12 4.00 4.5
SP L Frank Viola 10 9 5.19 2.1
SP R Roger Salkeld 3 1 5.98 -0.1
CL L Bruce Ruffin 2 SV 4.73 0.9
IN: RP Jeff Montgomery, *Richie Sexson
OUT: 2B Julio Franco
TORONTO POLAR BEARS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 101 59 2nd 4.7 3.5 1 8
1995 84 78 8th 5.1 5.1 5 11
1996 85 75 8th 5.5 5.1 2 11
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B S Jose Oquendo .292 4 53 2.9
CF R Raul Mondesi .284 33 105 4.5
RF R Juan Gonzalez .347 45 121 7.1
1B R Eric Karros .293 43 133 5.0
SS R Cory Snyder .261 37 112 2.1
C R Mike Stanley .304 25 93 3.3
LF L Brant Brown .284 21 47 1.7
3B R Chris Stynes rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP R Mike Grace 11 7 3.66 4.1
SP R Brian Holman 11 5 4.30 3.2
SP R Rene Arocha 7 8 4.22 1.9
SP R Aaron Sele 14 11 4.29 3.1
SP R Derek Lowe rookie
CL R Jose Mesa 17 SV 2.91 0.8
Inj: C Benito Santiago (5 mo)
IN: C Mike Stanley, SP Aaron Sele, *SP Derek Lowe, SP Jose Lima, SP Chad Ogea
OUT: SP John Smoltz, C Kevin L. Brown, SP Don Robinson, RP Steve Howe
SEATTLE RAINIERS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 55 105 18th 3.0 4.3 18 15
1995 57 105 18th 3.8 5.1 18 10
1996 60 100 18th 4.3 5.6 17 15
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF L Johnny Damon .282 13 79 2.1
SS R Nomar Garciaparra .288 23 93 2.3
1B L David Ortiz rookie
LF R Ellis Burks .291 33 121 4.5
C S Jason Varitek rookie
RF R Jose Guillen rookie
3B S Ken Caminiti .266 16 81 2.8
2B R Benji Gil .256 17 61 2.8
W L ERA WAR
SP R Erik Hanson 10 11 4.92 4.8
SP R Dwight Gooden 10 13 5.07 3.1
SP L John Smiley 4 7 4.70 1.5
SP R Joey Hamilton injured
SP R Jack Armstrong 6 19 6.20 1.3
CL R Mariano Rivera 18 SV 3.44 1.7
IN: LF Ellis Burks,SP Erik Hanson, SP Dwight Gooden, *1B David Ortiz, *RF Jose Guillen, *Jason Varitek, SP John Smiley, 3B Ken Caminiti
OUT: SP Jaime Navarro, RF Derek Bell, CF Otis Nixon
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
W L Pl R RA Rank
1994 62 98 13-t 3.2 4.2 16 13
1995 66 96 16th 4.3 5.4 16 15
1996 70 90 14th 4.8 5.3 16 13
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B R Ryne Sandberg .285 27 87 5.0
3B S Omar Vizquel .307 3 38 1.7
RF R Magglio Ordonez rookie
LF S Gregg Jefferies .315 15 93 5.8
CF R Andruw Jones .236 22 71 4.2
1B L Jason Giambi .252 16 64 3.7
C S Todd Hundley .235 2 12 0.2
SS R Mariano Duncan .284 4 38 1.3
W L ERA WAR
SP L Mike Mason 9 7 4.14 2.5
SP L Tom Glavine 8 14 4.75 2.1
SP R Kevin Tapani 13 7 4.09 2.5
SP R Melido Perez 11 8 4.82 2.1
SP R Jaime Navarro 8 8 5.46 1.9
CL R Bobby Thigpen 0 SV 6.75 -0.2
IN: *RF Magglio Ordonez, SP Melido Perez, SP Jaime Navarro, C Todd Hundley
OUT: 3B Ken Caminiti, SP David Wells, SP Chad Ogea
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