WBRL Season-end Point Totals
Margin of Victory:
- 15.5 2000 Atomic Roadrunners
- 14.5 1997 Misogynistic Padres
- 14 2008 Atomic Roadrunners
- 13 1998 New World Order
- 12 1999 New World Order
- 8.5 1996 Goodfellas
- 7.5 2007 Goodfellas
- 6.5 2006 Get Off Kong!
- 6 2003 New World Order
- 5.5 2005 Privatize This!
- 5 2004 X-Men/NWO (tie)
- 5 1995 Goodfellas
- 3 2002 Stanimals
- 1.5 2001 New World Order
Most Points:
- 94 2006 Get Off Kong!
- 93 1997 Misogynistic Padres
- 92.5 2000 Atomic Roadrunners
- 88 1998 New World Order
- 87.5 2006 Atomic Roadrunners (2nd)
- 86.5 1995 Goodfellas
- 85 2001 New World Order
- 83.5 2001 Goodfellas (2nd)
- 83.5 1996 Goodfellas
- 83 2001 Shoeless Jews (3rd)
- 83 1999 New World Order
- 82 2008 Atomic Roadrunners
- 81.5 2005 Privatize This!
- 81.5 1995 Cork County Cronies (2nd)
Lowest Winning Points:
- 64 2002 Stanimals
- 69.5 2003 New World Order
- 74 2004 X-Men/New World Order (tie)
- 79.5 2007 Goodfellas
Lowest Points:
- 13.5 1995 Fear of a Black Ballclub
- 20.5 1996 Old Town
- 21.5 1999 Shoeless Jews
- 25 1997 Old Town
- 25.5 1997 Shoeless Jews (9th)
- 25.5 1998 Dr. Style Studs/Old Town (tie)
- 27 1996 Guns ‘n Braves (9th)
- 27 2000 X-Men
- 28 1996 Cork County Cronies (8th)
- 28 2001 Dr. Style’s Studs
- 28 2005 Atomic Roadrunners
- 28.5 2006 Stanimals
- 29 1995 Stanimals (9th)
- 29.5 2003 Rocky Mountain SERA’s
- 30.5 2003 Shoeless Jews (8th)
- 31 2004 The Pi Train
- 31 2008 Misogynistic Padres
- 33 2002 Shoeless Jews
- 34 2007 Stanimals
1992 WBRL Draft Flashback
Players Still active since our 1992 original draft:
Luis Gonzalez - $15 - Fear of a Black Ballclub
Gary Sheffield - $12 - Fear of a Black Ballclub
Tom Glavine - $26 - Twisted Pfister
John Smoltz - $23 - Yo Chief, Buzz Me Up!
Greg Maddux - $18 - Shoeless Jews
Pedro Martinez - $4 - Guns ‘n Braves
Mike Stanton - $3 - Shoeless Jews
Rudy Seanez - Minors 3rd Round - Stanimals
Cliff Floyd - Minors 4th Round - Atomic Roadrunners
Curt Schilling - Minors 8th Round - Dr. Style’s Studs
Chipper Jones - Minors 10th Round - Fear of a Black Ballclub
Trevor Hoffmann - Minors 11th Round - Guns ‘n Braves
Moises Alou - Minors 12th Round - Dr. Style’s Studs
Salomon Torres - Minors 13th Round - Atomic Roadrunners
Dmitri Young - Minors 16th Round - Los Presidentes
Just Missed:
Barry Bonds - $44 - Dr. Style’s Studs
Craig Biggio - $22 - Home Fuckin’ Cookin’
Steve Finley - $18 - Dr. Style’s Studs
Reggie Sanders - $4 - Guns ‘n Braves
Rheal Cormier - Minors 6th Round - Grab Some Bench!
Rondell White - Minors 16th Round - Atomic Roadrunners
Managers (and ex-managers):
Bud Black - $3 - Grab Some Bench!
Joe Girardi - $3 - Grab Some Bench!
Mike Scioscia - $5 - Fear of a Black Ballclub
Willie Randolph - $5 - Atomic Roadrunners
Lloyd McClendon - Minors 9th Round - Atomic Roadrunners
Feeling old yet?
1995 - Money Left on the Table
I just completed digitizing the draft rosters and transactions of the entire 1995 season. Thanks to former commissioner Steve Sharik for keeping all paper records of the season - including Kinko’s fax cover sheets, receipts, and transaction slips that he left his apartment with en route to Kinko’s. In addition, all weekly standings reports are included as well. Top notch!
Some interesting tidbits:
- 1995 started oddly, as the MLB strike/lockout ran into the season, and Opening Day was Monday, April 25th.
- Several free agents didn’t sign until after the season started.
- A few “replacement” players were kept on, such as Benny Agbayani, Matt Herges, Cory Lidle, Kerry Lightenberg, Kevin Millar, Damian Miller, Rick Reed, and Chris Truby. (Thanks to Baseball-Almanac.com)
Money Left on the Table:
1995 was the year that money was left on the table:
- Shoeless Jews: $33
- Goodfellas: $21
- Misogynistic Tendencies: $20
- Fear of a Black Ballclub: $20
- X-Men: $15
- Cork County Cronies: $14
- Dr. Style’s Studs $9
- Stanimals $9
It should be noted that several teams may have traded “Cash” in 1994, and thus these numbers are inflated. I doubt that more than $10 per transaction changed hands, though.
Contract Extensions:
1995 saw the invention of “Contract Extensions”, which allowed each owner to protect players for an additional $5 per year after their initial 3-year contract. Thus, Mike Piazza (normally $5), had a 6 year contract at $20. Here is an index of the 1995 contract extensions:
- Six Year Contracts:
- Mike Piazza 6/20
- Moises Alou 6/20
- Reggie Sanders 6/19
- Royce Clayton 6/16
- Matt Williams 5/40
- Jeff Bagwell 5/29
- Ken Hill 5/24
- Gary Sheffield 5/22
- Dave Hollins 5/18
- Bill Swift 5/18
- Derek Bell 5/17
- Darren Daulton 5/16
- Pedro Astacio 5/15
- Rod Beck 5/15
- Curt Schilling 5/15
- Deion Sanders 5/15
- Wil Cordero 5/13
- Darren Lewis 5/11
- Jeff Fassero 5/11
- Fred McGriff 4/35
- Marquis Grissom 4/31
- Pete Harnisch 4/19
- Jeff King 4/11
- Mariano Duncan 4/11
- Danny Jackson 4/10
- Darryl Kile 4/10
- Johnny Ruffin 4/10
- David Nied 4/10
- Mark Portugal 4/8
- Eric Karros 4/6
- Bernard Gilkey 4/6
Big Money Players:
And yet there was money left on the table. The below prices seem pretty reasonable:
- $61 Barry Bonds - Guns ‘n Braves
- $40 Larry Walker - Dr. Style’s Studs
- $39 Sammy Sosa - Stanimals
- $36 Roberto Kelly - Goodfellas
- $36 Gregg Jeffries - Dr. Style’s Studs
- $36 Steve Avery - Shoeless Jews
- $35 Andy Benes - Stanimals
- $33 Tom Glavine - Shoeless Jews
- $33 Craig Biggio - Stanimals
- $33 Bobby Bonilla - Misogynistic Tendencies
- $32 Barry Larkin - Cork County Cronies
- $31 Doug Drabek - Shoeless Jews
Protected Minor Leaguers That Did Nothing:
- Alan Benes - Andy’s Atomic Roadrunners
- Chad Mottola - Dr. Style’s Studs
- Trey Beamon - Stanimals
- Nigell Wilson - Cork County Cronies
- Billy Ashley - Cork County Cronies
- Ron Coomer - Cork County Cronies
- Chris Roberts - Cork County Cronies
Great Looking Minor League Selections . . .Down the Road:
- Round 1 - Billy Wagner - Goodfellas
- 1 - Ugueth Urbina - Shoeless Jews
- 3 - Andruw Jones - Misogynistic Tendencies
- 6 - Scott Rolen - Stanimals (no surprise there)
- 6 - Derrek Lee - Dr. Style’s Studs
- 7 - Richard Hidalgo - Dr. Style’s Studs
- 8 - Bobby Abreu - Shoeless Jews
- 11 - Jason Schmidt - Dr. Style’s Studs
- 12 - Mike Lieberthal - Fear of a Black Ballclub
- 12 - Paul Konerko - Dr. Style’s Studs
- 14 - Todd Helton (Tennessee) - Dr. Style’s Studs
- 14 - Darin Erstad (Nebraska) - Andy’s Atomic Roadrunners
- 15 - Edgar Renteria - X-Men
Questionable Minor League Selections:
- 10 - Roberto Clemente - Shoeless Jews
- 11 - Trajan Langdon (Duke basketball, Padres) - Goodfellas
- 14 - Roberto Duran - Shoeless Jews
- 15 - Chris Webber (Washington Bullets) - Guns ‘n Braves
- 16 - Paul Blair (All-Star OF for the 1964-76 Orioles) - Goodfellas
- 16 - Manon Von Gerkan (Supermodel) - Dr. Style’s Studs
Fan Favorites:
- Rod Henderson - P - MON - Guns ‘n Braves
- Archi Cianfrocco - CM - HOU - Guns ‘n Braves
- Curt Leskanic - P - COL - Goodfellas
- Blas Minor - P - PIT - Goodfellas
- Joe Orsulak - OF - NYM - X-Men
- Scott Bullett - OF - CHI - X-Men
- Jim Tatum - C - COL - Misogynistic Tendencies
- “Taco” Tavo Alvares - P - MON - Misogynistic Tendencies
- Andy Stankewicz - IF - HOU - Shoeless Jews (to which Steve wrote “BENCH” for position)
- Steve Buechele - 3B - CHI - Shoeless Jews
- Basil Shabazz - OF - STL - Shoeless Jews
- BOTH Brian Hunters - (OF, HOU) and (3B, PHIL) - Andy’s Atomic Roadrunners
- Howard Johnson - CM - NYM - Dr. Style’s Studs
- Chris Nabholz - P - CHI - Fear of a Black Ballclub
- Charlie O’Brien - C - ATL - Stanimals
- Rich Aude - SS - SD - Stanimals
- Jacob Brumfield - OF - CIN - Cork County Cronies
- Hiram Bocachica - SS - MON - Cork County Cronies
Trades:
- May 16th
- Guns ‘n Braves gets OF Dave Justice
- Dr. Style’s Studs gets P’s Shane Reynolds, Chan-Ho Park, and 1B Roberto Petagine
- Shoeless Jews gets OF’s Al Martin and Darryl Whitmore
- Fear of a Black Ballclub gets P’s Carlos Perez and Pete Smith
- Goodfellas gets 2B Quilvio Veras and P Jeff Fassero
- Dr. Style’s Studs gets 1B Brooks Kieschnick, OF Midre Cummings, and P Joey Hamilton
- Misogynistic Tendencies gets
- 2B Mickey Morandini and P Heathcliff Slocumb (from Goodfellas)
- OF Larry Walker and P Frank Castillo (from Dr. Style’s Studs)
- Dr. Style’s Studs gets 2B Mike Lansing and P Jason Isringhausen
- Shoeless Jews gets 2B Bret Boone, and P’s Greg Swindell and Dustin Hermansen
- Stanimals gets 1B Cliff Floyd and OF Dave Clark
- Guns ‘n Braves gets
- 3B Matt Williams (from Dr. Style’s Studs)
- SS Mariano Duncan, OF Chuck Carr, and P Tom Glavine (from Shoeless Jews)
- Marquis Grissom (from Stanimals)
- Dr. Style’s Studs gets P John Hudek
- Cork County Cronies gets P Tom Henke
- Guns ‘n Braves get P Danny Jackson from Goodfellas
- Goofellas get “future considerations” from Guns ‘n Braves
- Stanimals gets OF Alex Ochoa and P Heathcliff Slocumb from Misogynistic Tendencies
- Misogynistic Tendencies gets OF Sammy Sosa and C Charlie O’Brien
- Goodfellas gets OF Ellis Burks
- Guns ‘n Braves gets P Frank Castillo, OF Andruw Jones, and $10 for 1996
- Misogynistic Tendencies gets
- SS Chad Fonville (from Goodfellas)
- OF Barry Bonds (from Guns ‘n Braves)
WBRL Average Finishes since 1991
WBRL average finishes since 1991 (# place/seasons):
| Place | Owner | Titles |
| 3.059 | Tom Ross | 6.5 |
| 4.267 | Drew Capece | 4 |
| 4.706 | Alex Tava | .5 |
| 5.067 | Andrew Flynn | 1 |
| 5.412 | Stan Sharik | 1.5 |
| 5.846 | Steve Sharik | 0 |
| 5.875 | Tim Nygard | 2 |
| 5.882 | Paul Hershberg | 1 |
| 6.222 | Mark Rataczjack | 0 |
| 6.250 | Barry Stahl | 0 |