Post by Sha-Le Unique on Jan 20, 2016 18:38:09 GMT -5
Being that we have reached our 15-year anniversary, here comes the next edition of the historical rankings through 1967!
To make this interesting and a little more creative in an effort to make this look completely legit and feature no opinionated bias speculation, I decided to do a points system for this, as follows:
- Overall 15-year win-loss records will be ranked on a 2-40 point scale, which includes:
1st in Wins - 20 points
2nd in Wins - 18 points
3rd in Wins - 16 points
4th in Wins - 14 points
5th in Wins - 12 points
6th in Wins - 10 points
7th in Wins - 8 points
8th in Wins - 6 points
9th in Wins - 4 points
10th in Wins - 2 points
Some teams may have also had that one great season and did not reach similar success in other seasons. As a result, top win season ranks (in other words, ranking the # of wins in each team's best seasons) will be done on a 1-16 point season, to reflect that overall 15-year records are worth more, which makes sense.
Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 10 points
2nd Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 9 points
3rd Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 8 points
4th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 7 points
5th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 6 points
6th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 5 points
7th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 4 points
8th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 3 points
9th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 2 points
10th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 1 point
In addition, if a team wins a division title, that's an additional 5 points per division title. If a team has won its league's respective pennant, they will get 10 points per pennant won. As for World Series championships, each team will get 20 points per championship won.
Let's get this started!
10. Washington Senators
Fred Newman became the first Senators player to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award in 1967.
Overall Record: 324-810 (10/10) - 2 points
Best Season: 58-104 (1962) (10/10) - 1 points
Total: 3 points
The 2nd version of the Senators have been mired in what seems to be a never-ending rebuild. Could it be because they haven't traded for more veteran players over time? Or maybe it's because they've traded down in some recent drafts for more depth, which may have backfired on them? There are different ways to look at it, but at least they now have a few studs to build around in Fred Newman, Lew Krausse, and Cleon Jones. Rumor has it the Senators will be moving to Texas in a few seasons, which will give our nation's capital no team once again. Gotta feel for this fan base!
9. California Angels
Jerry Walker has been the most consistent pitcher for the Angels in recent time.
Overall Record: 468-666 (9/10) - 4 points
Best Season: 81-81 (1966) (9/10) - 2 points
Total: 6 points
The Angels have been rebuilding for some time now, but they are close to being a contender in a couple seasons. They have put together a great crop of young homegrown pitchers to build around and while they still lack the young superstar bat, they have enough young hitters that can develop further in the future. But a future rotation of Nolan Ryan, Jerry Walker, Tom Hall, and Mickey Lolich, among others looks very promising.
8. Oakland Athletics
Sadaharu Oh has been one of the few bright spots for the A's.
Overall Record: 1031-1335 (7/10) - 8 points
Best Season: 81-73 (1953) (8/10) - 3 points
Total: 11 points
The A's and Orioles have the exact 15-season records, but they took different paths to get there. While the Orioles were rebuilding for a long time and had a few pretty solid peak seasons, the A's have been mired in sub-par territory for a very long time. They still have not had a winning season since 1953. Under Bosoxi, the A's have had some solid players, but have lacked talent in other areas. Time will tell whether they have a winning record in the neat future or not.
7. Baltimore Orioles
Jim Palmer has emerged as a young ace for the Orioles.
Overall Record: 1031-1335 (7/10) - 8 points
Best Season: 92-70 (1962) (7/10) - 4 points
Total: 12 points
The Orioles' future at one point looked very promising, but in the very tough AL East, they continued to have problems overcoming the Yankees and later, the Tigers. So while they put together some pretty good teams, the Orioles still have yet to sniff the playoffs. They had some good seasons from 1963-1965, but regressed in each of the last 2 seasons. 1968 isn't looking promising either. With Dave leaving for the expansion Royals next season, the Orioles will need to search for their 4th GM quickly. They have a good mix of veterans and younger players, but will need to make more additions to be able to reach the playoffs any time soon.
6. Cleveland Indians
Rich Beck is part of a very solid core of young Indians players that has helped bring the Tribe back into contention.
Overall Record: 1151-1215 (6/10) - 10 points
Best Season: 97-57 (1953) (5/10) - 6 points
Total: 18 points
The Indians for a while have been inconsistent. In the past 13 seasons, they've topped out with 87 wins in 1964 and have had under 60 wins once in 1960. The Indians have pretty much toiled in mediocrity, but over that time, they've put together a nice tandem of Rich Beck and Claude Osteen to anchor the pitching staff and former #1 overall pick Tony Oliva to lead the offense now that the veteran Rocky Colavito isn't getting any younger. The Indians are among the majority of AL teams that have never reached the playoffs, but with the season they have been having in 1968, the future looks a whole lot brighter.
5. Boston Red Sox
Jim Lonborg has become a promising young ace for the Sox.
Overall Record: 1168-1198 (4/10) - 14 points
Best Season: 94-68 (1962) (6/10) - 5 points
Total - 19 points
After putting together a couple more upper 80s-low 90s win seasons, Break finally decided that his current core wasn't going to get the job done and decided to rebuild after the 1965 season. He's made a lot of progress since then and the Red Sox should be competing again in a few seasons. Younger players like Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Lonborg are already in the majors, while Bobby Grich, Cliff Johnson and Bob Reynolds all seem to be big parts of the Red Sox' future. The Red Sox still have yet to make a single trip to the postseason, so maybe with a new core in the future, that could be possible. But in a very tough AL East, it will always be a challenge.
4. Minnesota Twins
Harmon Killebrew led the 1966 Twins to their first playoff appearance and AL pennant in Minnesota.
Overall Record: 1153-1213 (5/10) - 12 points
Best Season: 101-61 (1966) (6/10) - 5 points
1x Division Title - 5 points
1x AL Pennant - 10 points
Total: 32 points
For the longest team, only 3 AL teams had ever made the playoffs, but in 1966, the Twins became the 4th AL team to make the postseason. They won 101 games en route to an AL West division title. The Twins then defeated the mighty Tigers 4 games to 2 in the ALCS, but they would end up falling short in the World Series to the Pirates in 6 games. The many years of rebuilding finally paid off that year, although the Twins fell short of winning another division title in 1967. The Twins are currently retooling a bit and time will tell whether they can bring more postseason success to the Twin Cities in the near future.
3. Chicago White Sox
Mike Fornieles has been a mainstay atop the White Sox' rotation and led them to their second championship in 1967.
Overall Record: 1377-989 (3/10) - 16 points
Best Season: 109-53 (3/10) - 8 points
7x Division Titles - 35 points
3x AL Pennants - 30 points
2x World Series Championships - 40 points
Total: 129 points
Now we come to the postseason mainstays. The White Sox have dominated a weak AL West for quite some time. But to their credit, they now have 3 pennants and are coming off their second championship in 1967. The White Sox have been living off veteran talent in both their pitching staff and lineup for quite some time, but with the AL West being as weak as it was, there was not that much competition for the most part until 1966, of course. The White Sox and Tigers will be reunited in the new AL Central next season, so this should give the two teams more competition in the future.
2. Detroit Tigers
Al Kaline since the start has been one of the best overall players in the league and holds numerous team single season and career records.
Overall Record: 1398-968 (2/10) - 18 points
Best Season: 114-48 (1966) (1/10) - 10 points
7x Division Titles - 35 points
3x AL Pennants - 30 points
2x World Series Championships - 40 points
Total: 133 points
Over the first decade of HOFFBL history, the Tigers were certainly one of the better AL teams and already had a World Series championship to fall back on. In the past five seasons, they've won all five AL East division titles, plus two pennants and a second championship in 1963. They have dominated the AL East through most of the 60s and after 1968, they will take their talents to the new AL Central. The rest of the AL East I've been told will be having all-night parties celebrating the realignment once the 1968 season ends. The Tigers have consistently had one of the best lineups in the AL, plus a very solid pitching staff as well. It's hard to really find any weaknesses within their team and it looks like their winning ways won't be ending any time soon. Good luck, AL Central!
1. New York Yankees
When you think of the HOFFBL Yankees, the first person that will always come to mind is Mickey Mantle.
Overall Record: 1497-869 (1/10) - 20 points
Best Season: 110-44 in 1955 (2/10) - 9 points
5x Division Titles - 25 points
8x AL Pennants - 80 points
4x World Series Championships - 80 points
Total: 214 points
The Yankees have not made the playoffs in each of the past 5 seasons, but their success in the first 10 years of HOFFBL's existence still has them in first in the AL by a mile. The Yankees have been retooling recently and they are setting themselves up to take over the AL East again after the 1969 realignment. Mickey Mantle and Norm Siebern have continued to lead the Yankees' offense, while Cecil Upshaw could be future ace in the making. The Yankees picked a good time to retool with the Tigers being so dominant, and if all goes well for the Yankees leading into the 1970s, Chris' plan will have certainly paid off.
NL ranks coming soon!
To make this interesting and a little more creative in an effort to make this look completely legit and feature no opinionated bias speculation, I decided to do a points system for this, as follows:
- Overall 15-year win-loss records will be ranked on a 2-40 point scale, which includes:
1st in Wins - 20 points
2nd in Wins - 18 points
3rd in Wins - 16 points
4th in Wins - 14 points
5th in Wins - 12 points
6th in Wins - 10 points
7th in Wins - 8 points
8th in Wins - 6 points
9th in Wins - 4 points
10th in Wins - 2 points
Some teams may have also had that one great season and did not reach similar success in other seasons. As a result, top win season ranks (in other words, ranking the # of wins in each team's best seasons) will be done on a 1-16 point season, to reflect that overall 15-year records are worth more, which makes sense.
Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 10 points
2nd Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 9 points
3rd Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 8 points
4th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 7 points
5th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 6 points
6th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 5 points
7th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 4 points
8th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 3 points
9th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 2 points
10th Most Wins in Team's Best Season - 1 point
In addition, if a team wins a division title, that's an additional 5 points per division title. If a team has won its league's respective pennant, they will get 10 points per pennant won. As for World Series championships, each team will get 20 points per championship won.
Let's get this started!
10. Washington Senators
Fred Newman became the first Senators player to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award in 1967.
Overall Record: 324-810 (10/10) - 2 points
Best Season: 58-104 (1962) (10/10) - 1 points
Total: 3 points
The 2nd version of the Senators have been mired in what seems to be a never-ending rebuild. Could it be because they haven't traded for more veteran players over time? Or maybe it's because they've traded down in some recent drafts for more depth, which may have backfired on them? There are different ways to look at it, but at least they now have a few studs to build around in Fred Newman, Lew Krausse, and Cleon Jones. Rumor has it the Senators will be moving to Texas in a few seasons, which will give our nation's capital no team once again. Gotta feel for this fan base!
9. California Angels
Jerry Walker has been the most consistent pitcher for the Angels in recent time.
Overall Record: 468-666 (9/10) - 4 points
Best Season: 81-81 (1966) (9/10) - 2 points
Total: 6 points
The Angels have been rebuilding for some time now, but they are close to being a contender in a couple seasons. They have put together a great crop of young homegrown pitchers to build around and while they still lack the young superstar bat, they have enough young hitters that can develop further in the future. But a future rotation of Nolan Ryan, Jerry Walker, Tom Hall, and Mickey Lolich, among others looks very promising.
8. Oakland Athletics
Sadaharu Oh has been one of the few bright spots for the A's.
Overall Record: 1031-1335 (7/10) - 8 points
Best Season: 81-73 (1953) (8/10) - 3 points
Total: 11 points
The A's and Orioles have the exact 15-season records, but they took different paths to get there. While the Orioles were rebuilding for a long time and had a few pretty solid peak seasons, the A's have been mired in sub-par territory for a very long time. They still have not had a winning season since 1953. Under Bosoxi, the A's have had some solid players, but have lacked talent in other areas. Time will tell whether they have a winning record in the neat future or not.
7. Baltimore Orioles
Jim Palmer has emerged as a young ace for the Orioles.
Overall Record: 1031-1335 (7/10) - 8 points
Best Season: 92-70 (1962) (7/10) - 4 points
Total: 12 points
The Orioles' future at one point looked very promising, but in the very tough AL East, they continued to have problems overcoming the Yankees and later, the Tigers. So while they put together some pretty good teams, the Orioles still have yet to sniff the playoffs. They had some good seasons from 1963-1965, but regressed in each of the last 2 seasons. 1968 isn't looking promising either. With Dave leaving for the expansion Royals next season, the Orioles will need to search for their 4th GM quickly. They have a good mix of veterans and younger players, but will need to make more additions to be able to reach the playoffs any time soon.
6. Cleveland Indians
Rich Beck is part of a very solid core of young Indians players that has helped bring the Tribe back into contention.
Overall Record: 1151-1215 (6/10) - 10 points
Best Season: 97-57 (1953) (5/10) - 6 points
Total: 18 points
The Indians for a while have been inconsistent. In the past 13 seasons, they've topped out with 87 wins in 1964 and have had under 60 wins once in 1960. The Indians have pretty much toiled in mediocrity, but over that time, they've put together a nice tandem of Rich Beck and Claude Osteen to anchor the pitching staff and former #1 overall pick Tony Oliva to lead the offense now that the veteran Rocky Colavito isn't getting any younger. The Indians are among the majority of AL teams that have never reached the playoffs, but with the season they have been having in 1968, the future looks a whole lot brighter.
5. Boston Red Sox
Jim Lonborg has become a promising young ace for the Sox.
Overall Record: 1168-1198 (4/10) - 14 points
Best Season: 94-68 (1962) (6/10) - 5 points
Total - 19 points
After putting together a couple more upper 80s-low 90s win seasons, Break finally decided that his current core wasn't going to get the job done and decided to rebuild after the 1965 season. He's made a lot of progress since then and the Red Sox should be competing again in a few seasons. Younger players like Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Lonborg are already in the majors, while Bobby Grich, Cliff Johnson and Bob Reynolds all seem to be big parts of the Red Sox' future. The Red Sox still have yet to make a single trip to the postseason, so maybe with a new core in the future, that could be possible. But in a very tough AL East, it will always be a challenge.
4. Minnesota Twins
Harmon Killebrew led the 1966 Twins to their first playoff appearance and AL pennant in Minnesota.
Overall Record: 1153-1213 (5/10) - 12 points
Best Season: 101-61 (1966) (6/10) - 5 points
1x Division Title - 5 points
1x AL Pennant - 10 points
Total: 32 points
For the longest team, only 3 AL teams had ever made the playoffs, but in 1966, the Twins became the 4th AL team to make the postseason. They won 101 games en route to an AL West division title. The Twins then defeated the mighty Tigers 4 games to 2 in the ALCS, but they would end up falling short in the World Series to the Pirates in 6 games. The many years of rebuilding finally paid off that year, although the Twins fell short of winning another division title in 1967. The Twins are currently retooling a bit and time will tell whether they can bring more postseason success to the Twin Cities in the near future.
3. Chicago White Sox
Mike Fornieles has been a mainstay atop the White Sox' rotation and led them to their second championship in 1967.
Overall Record: 1377-989 (3/10) - 16 points
Best Season: 109-53 (3/10) - 8 points
7x Division Titles - 35 points
3x AL Pennants - 30 points
2x World Series Championships - 40 points
Total: 129 points
Now we come to the postseason mainstays. The White Sox have dominated a weak AL West for quite some time. But to their credit, they now have 3 pennants and are coming off their second championship in 1967. The White Sox have been living off veteran talent in both their pitching staff and lineup for quite some time, but with the AL West being as weak as it was, there was not that much competition for the most part until 1966, of course. The White Sox and Tigers will be reunited in the new AL Central next season, so this should give the two teams more competition in the future.
2. Detroit Tigers
Al Kaline since the start has been one of the best overall players in the league and holds numerous team single season and career records.
Overall Record: 1398-968 (2/10) - 18 points
Best Season: 114-48 (1966) (1/10) - 10 points
7x Division Titles - 35 points
3x AL Pennants - 30 points
2x World Series Championships - 40 points
Total: 133 points
Over the first decade of HOFFBL history, the Tigers were certainly one of the better AL teams and already had a World Series championship to fall back on. In the past five seasons, they've won all five AL East division titles, plus two pennants and a second championship in 1963. They have dominated the AL East through most of the 60s and after 1968, they will take their talents to the new AL Central. The rest of the AL East I've been told will be having all-night parties celebrating the realignment once the 1968 season ends. The Tigers have consistently had one of the best lineups in the AL, plus a very solid pitching staff as well. It's hard to really find any weaknesses within their team and it looks like their winning ways won't be ending any time soon. Good luck, AL Central!
1. New York Yankees
When you think of the HOFFBL Yankees, the first person that will always come to mind is Mickey Mantle.
Overall Record: 1497-869 (1/10) - 20 points
Best Season: 110-44 in 1955 (2/10) - 9 points
5x Division Titles - 25 points
8x AL Pennants - 80 points
4x World Series Championships - 80 points
Total: 214 points
The Yankees have not made the playoffs in each of the past 5 seasons, but their success in the first 10 years of HOFFBL's existence still has them in first in the AL by a mile. The Yankees have been retooling recently and they are setting themselves up to take over the AL East again after the 1969 realignment. Mickey Mantle and Norm Siebern have continued to lead the Yankees' offense, while Cecil Upshaw could be future ace in the making. The Yankees picked a good time to retool with the Tigers being so dominant, and if all goes well for the Yankees leading into the 1970s, Chris' plan will have certainly paid off.
NL ranks coming soon!
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