1910 A's double up the 1909 Pirates 8 games to 4

Games:
1. Pirates-8 A's-7 MVP: Vic Willis 8 IP for the win
2. Pirates-3 A's-1 MVP: Howie Camnitz 8 IP for the win
3. A's-2 Pirates-0 MVP: Eddie Plank 6 IP for the win
4. A's -4 Pirates-0 MVP: Chief Bender shutout
5. Pirates-5 A's-1 MVP: Chief Wilson 3 RBIs
6. A's-7 Pirates-2 MVP: Frank Baker GW RBI
7. A's-9 Pirates-6 MVP: Eddie Collins 3 RBIs
8. Pirates-10 A's-9 MVP: Honus Wagner 3 runs
9. A's-3 Pirates-2 MVP: Eddie Collins GW RBI
10. A's-3 Pirates-2 MVP: Harry Krause 6 IP for the win
11. A's-6 Pirates-1 MVP: Jack Coombs complete game win
12. A's-3 Pirates-1 MVP: Cy Morgan complete game win

Series MVP: Eddie Collins 2 game MVPs

Yankees 2009 beat up the 1992 Blue Jays 8 games to 2

Games:
1. Yankees-9 BlueJays-7 MVP: Mark Texiera 4 hits
2. Blue Jays-12 Yankees-2 MVP: Kelly Gruber 3 RBIs
3. Yankees-3 Blue Jays-2 MVP: Hideki Matsui 3 RBIs
4. Yankees-10 Blue Jays-7 MVP: Hideki Matsui 3 RBIs
5. Yankees-12 Blue Jays-7 MVP: Mark Texiera 5 RBIs
6. Yankees-4 Blue Jays-1 MVP: CC Sabathia complete game win
7. Yankees-6 Blue Jays-5 MVP: Alex Rodriguez 1 HR
8. Blue Jays-8 Yankees-5 MVP: Pat Borders 3 RBIs
9. Yankees-10 Blue Jays-9 MVP: Johnny Damon walk off HR
10. Yankees-3 Blue Jays-1 MVP: Johnny Damon HR

Series MVP: Mark Texiera 2 game MVPs

1968 Tigers come back and win the final 5 over the 75 Reds to win 8-6 games

Games:
1. Tigers-2 Reds-1 MVP: Denny McClain 8 IP for the win
2. Tigers-7 Reds-5 MVP: Jim Northrup 4 hits
3. Reds-6 Tigers-3 MVP: Johnny Bench 3 RBIs
4. Reds-7 Tigers-3 MVP: Joe Morgan 3 SB
5. Reds-11 Tigers-10 MVP: George Foster 3 RBIs
6. Reds-10 Tigers-3 MVP: George Foster 4 hits
7. Tigers-16 Reds-3 MVP: Mickey Stanley 5 RBIs
8. Reds-5 Tigers-3 MVP: George Foster 3 for 3
9. Reds-4 Tigers-3 MVP: Terry Crowley GW RBI
10. Tigers-5 Reds-0 MVP: Earl Wilson 3 RBIs
11. Tigers-9 Reds-3 MVP: Norm Cash 4 RBIs
12. Tigers-9 Reds-3 MVP: Bill Freehan 3 HR 5 RBIs
13. Tigers-6 Reds-1 MVP: Gates Brown 3 RBIs
14. Tigers-5 Reds-3 MVP: Jim Northrup GW RBI

series MVP: Jim Northrup 2 Game MVPs.  Drove in winning run in game 14 in 10th inning

1946 RedSox hold on to beat the 31 A's 8 games to 7

Games:
1. A's-5 RedSox-4 MVP: Rube Walhberg complete game win
2. RedSox-7 A's-6 MVP: Rudy York 4 RBIs
3. A's-7 RedSox-5 MVP: Lefty Grove 8 IP for the win
4. RedSox-7 A's-6 MVP: Rudy York HR
5. A's-9 RedSox-8  MVP: Mickey Cochrane 3 runs
6. RedSox-5 A's-0 MVP: Dave Ferris shutout
7. RedSox-7 A's-4 MVP: Hal Wagner 3 RBIs
8. A's-8 RedSox-3 MVP: Al Simmons 4 RBIs
9. RedSox-9 A's-5 MVP: Ted Williams 5 RBIs
10. RedSox-7 A's-3 MVP: Ted Williams HR
11. RedSox-9 A's-3 MVP: Bobby Doerr 3 RBIs
12. A's-21 RedSox-4 MVP: Al Simmons 3 for 6 with 6 RBIs
13. A's-8 RedSox-4  MVP: Lefty Grove complete game win
14. A's-6 RedSox-5 MVP: Bing Miller 4 RBIs
15. RedSox-10 A's-8 MVP: Bobby Doerr 4 RBIs

Series MVP: Ted Williams 2 game MVPs

1980 Phillies keep rolling and beat the 82 Brewers 8 games to 1

Games:
1. Phillies-3 Brewers-1  MVP: Steve Carlton 7 IP for the win
2. Phillies-5 Brewers-4 MVP: Larry Bowa GW RB I
3. Phillies-4 Brewers-3 MVP: Bob Walk 7.1 IP for the win
4. Phillies-10 Brewers-6 MVP: Manny Trillo 3 runs
5. Phillies-9 Brewers-7 MVP: Bob Boone 4 hits
6. Phillies-4 Brewers-1 MVP: Bake McBride 3 RBIs
7. Brewers-8 Phillies-7  MVP: Don Money 3 RBIs
8. Phillies-6 Brewers-0  MVP: Dick Ruthven 7 IP for the win
9. Phillies-5 Brewers-2  MVP: Pete Rose 4 hits

Series MVP: Phillies mascot.  Team as a whiole played great but no one excelledor got multiple MVP games

1954 Indians beat the 72 A's 8 games to 4

Games:
1. A's-11 Indians-6  MVP: Mike Epstein 4 RBIs
2. Indians-4 A's-3 MVP: Mike Garcia 8 IP for the win
3. Indians-8 A's-5 MVP: Bill Glynn 4 RBIs
4. A's-6 Indians-3  MVP: Dave Duncan 4 hits
5. Indians-5 A's-1 MVP: Bob Feller 6 IP for the win
6. A's-6 Indians-3 MVP: Mike Epstein 3 RBIs
7. A's-12 Indians-3  MVP: Joe Rudi 4 RBIs
8. Indians-9 A's-1  MVP: Bob Lemon 8 IP for the win
9. Indians-4 A's-2 MVP: Art Houtterman 6 IP for thje win
10. Indians-11 A's-2  MVP: Larry Doby 3 RBIs
11. Indians-5 A's-2  MVP: Bobby Avila 4 hits
12. Indians-5 A's-3  MVP: MVP: Mike Garcia copmplete game win

Series MVP: Mike Epstein 2 game MVP's 7 RBIs in 2 games

#1 overall seed 1927 Yankees lose 8 games to 5 to the 1942 Yankees

After winning 8 games to 0 in round 1, the 1942 Yankees now beat the #1 overall seed, the 1927 Yankees. They have to be a favorite to win it all now.


Games:
1. 42 Yankees-2 27 Yankees-0 MVP: Tiny Bonham 8 IP for the win
2. 42 Yankees-11 27 Yankees-3 MVP: Phil Rizzuto 4 hits
3. 27 Yankees-8 42 Yankees-5  MVP: Tony Lazzeri 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs
4. 42 Yankees-9 27 Yankees-8 MVP: Joe Gordon 3 RBIs
5. 42 Yankees-10 27 Yankees-0 MVP: Tommy Henrich 3 RBIs
6. 27 Yankees-4 42 Yankees-3 MVP: Earl Combs GW RBI
7. 42 Yankees-6  27 Yankees-4 MVP: Joe Dimaggio HR
8. 27 Yankees-2  42 Yankees-1 MVP: Earle Combs 3 hits
9. 42 Yankees-5  27 Yankees-1  MVP: Hank Bowery 6 IP for the win
10. 27 Yankees-5  42 Yankees-4  MVP: Babe Ruth 2 HRs
11. 42 Yankees-2  27 Yankees-1  MVP: Tiny Bonham 8 IP 0 ER for the win
12. 27 Yankees-11  42 Yankees-6  MVP: Lou Gerhig 4 RBIs
13. 42 Yankees-10  27 Yankees-5  MVP: Charlie Keller 4 RBIs

Series MVP: Tiny Bonham 2 wins and 23 IP 0 ERs

1906 Cubs beat the 1912 Giants 8 games to 6

The 1906 Cubs move on to the sweet 16 and join the 1909 Cubs by beating the 1912 Giants


Games:
1. Cubs-4 Giants-1 MVP: Mordacai Brown complete game win
2. Cubs-6 Giants-2 MVP: Frank chance 3 hits
3. Giants-5 Cubs-3 MVP: Jeff Tesreau complete game win
4. Cubs-1 Giants-0 MVP: Ed Reulbach 7 IP 0 ER
5. Giants-8 Cubs-4 MVP: Fred Snodgrass 3 Runs
6. Cubs-4 Giants-1 MVP: Mordacai Brown complete game win
7. Cubs-2 Giants-0 MVP: Jack Pfister 5 hit shutout
8. Giants-5 Cubs-4 MVP: Jeff Tesreau 8.2 IP for the win
9. Giants-5 Cubs-3 MVP: Fred Snodgrass 3 RBIs
10. Cubs-5 Giants-3 MVP: Jack Taylor 6 IP for the win
11. Giants-2 Cubs-1 MVP: Rube Marquard 8.2 IP for the win
12. Cubs-3 Giants-0 MVP: Jack Pfister 6 hit shutout
13. Giants-4 Cubs-1 MVP: Jeff Tesreau complete game win
14. Cubs-4 Giants-3 MVP: Frank Schulte 3 hits

Series MVP: Jack Pfister gets two shutouts

1984 Tigers beat the 86 Mets 8 games to 4

84 Tigers double up the 86 Mets 8 games to 4


Games:
1. Tigers-2 Mets-0 MVP: Jack Morris 5 hit shutout
2. Mets-11 Tigers-7 MVP: Gary Carter 4 RBIs
3. Tigers-4 Mets-2 MVP: Howard Johnson 3 RBIs
4. Mets-5 Tigers-4 MVP: Darryl Strawberry 3 RBIs
5. Tigers-10 Mets-5 MVP: Lance Parrish 5 RBIs
6. Tigers-3 Mets-2 MVP: Howard Johnson GW RBI
7. Tigers-6 Mets-5 MVP: Kirk Gibson 3 RBIs
8. Tigers-7 Mets-5 MVP: Alan Trammell 3 RBIs
9. Tigers-4 Mets-1 MVP: Milt Wilcox 6.1 IP for the win
10. Mets-4 Tigers-3 MVP: Gary Carter-3 RBIs
11. Mets-4 Tigers-2 MVP: Ron Darling 8 IP 11 Ks for the win
12.  Tigers-3 Mets-1 MVP: Lance Parrish 3 RBIs

Series MVP: Lance Parrish won 2 game MVPs with 8 RBIs in those 2 games

69 Orioles double up the 53 Dodgers 8 games to 4

Games:
1. Orioles-2 Dodgers-1 MVP: Boog Powell walk off Home run
2. Orioles-5 Dodgers-4 MVP: Ellie Hendricks 3 hits
3. Orioles-8 Dodgers-5 MVP: Paul Blair walk off HR
4. Orioles-4 Dodgers-1 MVP: Jim Palmer 8 IP for the win
5. Dodgers-9 Orioles-4 MVP: Carl Furillo 3 RBIs
6. Orioles-4 Dodgers-1 MVP: Dave McNally 8.2 IP for the win
7. Dodgers-7 Orioles-3 MVP: Billy Cox 2 Home runs
8. Dodgers-4 Orioles-3 MVP: Duke Snider home run
9. Dodgers-15 Orioles-2 MVP: Roy Campanella 2 HR 5 RBIs
10. Orioles-11 Dodgers-4 MVP: Boog Powell 6 RBIs
11. Orioles-10 Dodgers-9 MVP: Ellie Hendricks 5 RBIs
12. Orioles-4 Dodgers-3 MVP: Davey Johnson GW RBI

Series MVP: Boog Powell 2 game MVPs

1932 Yankees rattle off 7 straight wins to beat 1922 Giants

1932 Yankees beat the Giants of 1922 8 games to 4.  Tony Lazzeri wins 3 game MVPS.  Bill Dickey had a great series too.


Games:
1. Giants-8 Yankees-3 MVP: George Kelly 4 RBIs
2. Giants-9 Yankees-7 MVP: Casey Stengel 4 RBIS
3. Giants-7 Yankees-0 MVP: Phil Douglas 6 IP for the win
4. Yankees-6 Giants-5 MVP: Tony Lazzeri 1 HR
5. Yankees-10 Giants-9 MVP: Babe Ruth GW RBI
6. Yankees-16 Giants-2 MVP: Bill Dickey 4 RBIs
7. Yankees-5 Giants-1 MVP: Red Ruffing complete game win
8. Yankees-5 Giants-4 MVP: George Pipgras 7 IP for the win
9. Yaankees-7 Giants-6 MVP: Bill Dickey 3 hits
10. Yankees-6 Giants-0 MVP: Tony Lazzeri 3 RBIs
11. Giants-10 Yankees-4 MVP: Irish Meusal 6 RBIs
12. Yankees-3 Giants-2 MVP: Tony Lazzeri GW RBI

Series MVP: Tony Lazzeri 3 game MVPs.

Rd 2: 1909 Cubs oust 1912 Red Sox 8 games to 4

Games:
1. Red Sox-2 Cubs-0 MVP: Joe Wood 3 hit shutout
2. Red Sox-9 Cubs-8 MVP: Tris Speaker 4 RBIs
3. Cubs-5 Red Sox-2 MVP: Ed Reulbach complete game win
4. Cubs-4 Red Sox-1 MVP: Jack Pfister 7 IP 0 ER for the win
5. Cubs-11 Red Sox-2 MVP: Frank Chance 3 Runs
6. Red Sox-4 Cubs-3 MVP: Tris Speaker GW RBI
7. Cubs-2 Red Sox-0 MVP: Orval Overall 6 hit shutout
8. Cubs-5 Red Sox-4 MVP: Joe Tinker 4 hits
9. Cubs -6 Red Sox-4 (15) MVP: Harry Steinfeldt 3 RBIs
10. Cubs-6 Red Sox-5 MVP: hARRY sTEINfeldt GW RBI
11. Red Sox-9 Cubs-1 MVP: Harry Hooper 4 hits
12. Cubs-5 Red Sox - 3 MVP: Frank Chance 3 RBIs

Series MVP: Frank Chance/Harry Steinfeldt - both got 2 game MVPs

1992 Blue Jays roll over 1998 Braves 8 games to 1

1992 Blue Jays give up only 5 runs in the first 7 games as they beat the 1998 Braves 8 games to 1.

Games:
1. Blue Jays-7 Braves-1 MVP: Jack Morris Complete game 1 ER
2. Blue Jays-5 Braves-0 MVP: Jimmy Key 8 hit shutout
3. Blue Jays-4 Braves-0 MVP: Juan guzman 3 hit shutout
4. Blue Jays-4 Braves-0 MVP: Dave Winfield 3 RBIs
5. Blue Jays-6 Braves-2 MVP: John Olerud goes 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs
6. Blue Jays-2 Braves-1 MVP: Joe Carter 2 run HR
7. Blue Jays-2 Braves-1 MVP: Jack Morris 8 IP 1 ER for the win
8. Braves-8 Blue Jays-3 MVP: Denny Neagle 8 IP 11 K for the win
9. Blue Jays-10 Braves-3 MVP: Kelly Gruber 3 RBIs

Series MVP: Jack Morris: pitched 2 games, 17 IP 2 ER for 2 wins.

Round 1 summary

Summary of Round 1


Record of these seeds:
1: 3-1
2: 4-0
3: 3-1
4: 3-0
5: 3-1
6: 2-2
7. 2-2
8. 3-1

Yankees: 7-4
Pirates: 2-0
NY Giants: 2-3
Red Sox: 1-3
Mets: 1-1
WhiteSox-  0-2
Tigers: 3-1
STL Cardinals: 1-3
Dodgers: 1-2
Cubs: 2-0

Overall best looking teams:
1. 1942 Yankees
2. 1986 Mets
3. 1927 Ysankees
4. 1975 Reds
5. 1982 Brewers
6. 1909 Pirates

1986 Miracle NY Mets beats the 2004 RedSox 8 games to 3

T86 Mets beat the 2005 Redsox


Games
1. Mets-4 RedSox-3 MVP:Wally Backman GW RBI
2. Mets-13 RedSox-1 MVP: Darryl Strawberry - 1 HR 4 RBIs
3. Mets-6 RedSox-5 MVP: Sid Fernandez 6 IP for the win
4. Mets-6 RedSox-4 MVP: Darryl Strawberry 3 hits, including 1 HR
5. RedSox-6 Mets-0 MVP: Bronson Arroyo 6 IP for the win
6. Mets-2 RedSox-1 MVP: Ron Darling 7 IP for the win
7. Mets-10 Redsox-3 MVP: Lenny Dykstra 4 SB
8. RedSox-9 Mets-2 MVP: Curt Schilling 8 IP for the win
9. RedSox-8 Mets-3 MVP: Jason Varitek GW RBI
10. Mets-11 RedSox-7 MVP: Keith Hernandez 4 RBIs
11. Mets-13 RedSox-0 MVP: Dwight Gooden 3 hit shutout


Series MVP: Dwight Gooden  pitches 26 IP, gave up 1 ER, went 3 and 0

1961 Yankees come back to win 8 games to 7 over 49 Dodgers

Down 7 games to 5, the 61 Yankees come back and win the last 3 games to win the series.  Mantle and Berra both got 3 game MVPs


Games:
1. Yankees -6 Dodgers-2 MVP-Whitey Ford complete game win
2. Yankees-5 Dodgers-0 MVP-Ralph Terry 8 IP win
3. Dodgers-7 Yankees-1 MVP-Ralph Branca 8 IP for the win
4. Dodgers-4 Yankees-3 MVP-Roy Campanella GW RBI
5. Dodgers-5 Yankees-4 MVP-Gil Hodges 3 RBIs
6. Dodgers-6 Yankees-3 MVP-Don Newcombe 8 IP for the win
7. Yankees-5 Dodgers-1 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR 4 RBIs
8. Dodgers-14 Yankees-5 MVP-Carl Furillo 3 RBIs
9. Yankees-4 Dodgers-2 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR
10. Dodgers-15 Yankees-9 MVP-Roy Campanella 4 RBIs
11. Yankees-11 Dodgers-6 MVP-Yogi Berra 3 RBIs
12. Dodgers-3 Yankees-2 MVP-Joe Hatten 6 IP fo the win
13. Yankees-4 Dodgers-3 MVP-Yogi Berra 1 HR 3 RBIs
14. Yankees-11 Dodgers-5 MVP-Yogi Berra 2 HR 5 RBIs
15. Yankees-5 Dodgers-2 MVP-Mickey Mantle 1 HR 3 RBIs

Series MVP-Mickey Mantle/Yogi Berra both got 3 game MVPs with at least 1 HR in each of those games

1969 Balt beats the 57 Braves 8 games to 6

The 69 Baltimore Orioles beat the braves from 1957 8 gams to 6.  This series was back and forth but the Balt offense scored 19 and 18 in the final 3 games for a few big wins.

Games
1. Balt-3 Braves-1 MVP-Dave McNally 7 IP for the win
2. Balt-5 Braves-2 MVP-Mike Cueller - 8 IP for the win
3. Balt-8 Braves-3 MVP-Boog Powell 3 RBIs
4. Braves-4 Balt-1 MVP-Frank Torre 3 RBIs
5. Braves-5 Balt-0 MVP-Eddie Mathews 2 HRs
6. Braves-5 Balt-1 MVP-Lew Burdette 7 IP for the win
7. Balt-12 Braves-8 MVP-Brooks Robinson 6 RBIs
8. Braves-7 Balt-5 MVP-Frank Torre 3 hits
9. Balt-6 Braves-5 MVP-Paul Blair GW RBI
10. Braves-7 Balt-4 MVP-Wes Covington 3 RBIs
11. Braves-3 Balt-2 MVP-Frank Torre HR
12. Balt-18 Braves-1 MVP-Davey Johnson 5 RBIs
13. Balt-7 Braves-6 MVP-Ellie Hendricks 3 hits
14. Balt-19 Braves-1 MVP-Boog Powell 6 RBIs

Series MVP-Boog Powell 9 RBIs in 2 games

1932 Yankees (3) beat the 1940 Reds (14) 8 games to 6

games:
1. Yankees-5 Reds-1 MVP-Lefty Gomez 8.1 IP for the win
2. Reds-3 Yankees-1 MVP-Bucky Walters complete game win
3. Reds-8 Yankees-1 MVP-Billy Werber 3 RBIs
4. Reds-6 Yankees-1 MVP-Harry Craft scores 3 runs
5. Yankees-4 Reds-3 MVP-Earl Combs GW RBI
6. Yankees-7 Reds-6 MVP-Babe Ruth GW RBI
7. Reds-3 Yankees-1 MVP-Bucky Walters complete game win
8. Yankees-8 Reds-7 MVP-Joe Sewell GW RBI
9. Reds-7 Yankees-0 MVP-Jim Turner 8 IP for the win
10. Yankees-4 Reds-1 MVP-Herb Pennock 6 IP for the win
11. Yankees-5 Reds-4 MVP-Lefty Gomez 6.2 IP for the win
12. Yankees-10 Reds-2 MVP-Red Ruffing complete game win
13. Reds-9 Yankees-6 MVP-Ernie  Lombardi 2 HR 5 RBIs
14. Yankees-7 Reds-4 MVP-Tony Lazzari 4 for 5

Series MVP- Lefty Gomez gets 2 wins

4th seed 1939 Yankees double up the 1935 Tigers 8 games to 4

The 4th seeded Yankees of 39 beat the 35 Tigers (13) 8 games to 4.  Joe Dimaggio wins 2 game MVPs and series MVP while good pitching from Red Ruffing and Lefty Gomez carries them into the next round to face the 42 Cards.

Games:
1. Yankees-6 Tigers-2  MVP-Red Ruffing 7 IP 1 ER for the win and goes 2 for 2 with 4 RBIs
2. Tigers-9 Yankees-3 MVP-Schoolboy Rowe complete game win
3. Yankees-4 Tigers-3 MVP-Charlie Keller walk off HR
4. Yankees-15 Tigers-3 MVP-Joe Dimaggio 4 hits
5. Yankees-13 Tigers-12 MVP-Buddy Rosar GW RBI
6. Tigers-7 Yankees-6 MVP-Tommy Bridges 6 IP for the win
7. Yankees-6 Tigers-4 MVP-Lefty Gomez 6 IP for the win
8. Yankees-6 Tigers-2 MVP-Atly Donald 8 IP for the win
9. Tigers-3 Yankees-2 MVP-Pete Fox 4 hits
10. Tigers-5 Yankees-1 MVP-Pete Fox 3 hits
11. Yankees-9 Tigers-2 MVP-Joe Dimaggio 4 RBIs
12. Yankees-8 Tigers-1 MVP-Bill Dickey 4 RBIs

Series MVP- Joe Dimaggio with 2 game MVPs

1909 Tigers (14) beat the 1904 Giants (3) in 11 games

Tigers won 7 1 run games to beat the 1904 Giants 8 games to 3.


Games:
1. Tigers-2 Giants-1 MVP-George Mullin complete game win
2. Giants-10 Tigers-3 MVP-Dan McGann 4 RBIs
3. Tigers-6 Giants-5 MVP-Sam Crawford 4 RBIs
4. Tigers-6 Giants-5 MVP-Matty McIntyre GW RBI
5. Tigers-7 Giants-5 MVP-Matty McIntyre 3 RBIs
6. Tigers-6 Giants-5 MVP-Sam Crawford GW RBI
7. Giants-4 Tigers-1 MVP-Joe McGinty complete game RBI
8. Tigers-10 Giants-5 MVP-Ed Summers complete game win
9. Giants-5 Tigers-3 MVP-Hooks Wiltse 8 IP 1 ER for the win
10. Tigers-4 Giants-3 MVP-Bill Donovan 6 IP for the win
11. Tigers-7 Giants-5 MVP-Sam Crawford 4 RBIs

Series MVP- Sam Crawford who got 3 game MVPs

Battle of the Sox, the RedSox 1912 (4) beat the 1919 Whitesox(13) 8 games to 2

The 1912 Redsox beat the 1919 Whitesox 8 games to 2. Jake Stahl gets 3 game MVPs.

Games:
1. Redsox-2 Whitesox-0 MVP-Joe Wood 2 hit shutout
2. WhiteSox-7 RedSox-0 MVP-Eddie Cicotte 5 hit shutout
3. Redsox-14 Whitesox-3 MVP-Bill Carrigan 4 hits
4. Redsox-3 Whitesox-2 MVP-Larry Gardner GW RBI
5. Redsox-10 Whitesox-7 MVP-Jake Stahl 3 RBIs
6. Whitesox-5 Redsox-2 MVP-Lefty Williams 8.2 IP for the win
7. Redsox-7 Whitesox-6 MVP-Heinei Wagner 3 RBIs
8. Redsox-10 Whitesox-8 MVP-Jake Stahl 3 RBIs
9. Redsox-4 Whitesox-1 MVP-Jake Stahl 3 RBIs
10. Redsox-8 Whitesox-5 MVP-Harry Hooper 3 RBIs

Series MVP - Jake Stahl who gets 3 game MVPs and had 3 RBIs each game

UPSET! 1982 Brewers (16) stun the 1998 Yankees (1) 8 games to 6

In a shocker, The 82 Brewers beat the 1 seed 1998 Yankees 8 games to 6.  They stayed with the Yankees the whole series and kept bouncing back when it looked like the Yankees were gaining control back.  Not sure how far they'll go from here but they got the stunner of the tourney!


Games:
1. Yankees-5 Brewers-3 MVP-Tino Martinez with a HR
2. Brewers-5 Yankees-2 MVP-Vukovich 8.2 IP for the win
3. Brewers-4 Yankees-2 MVP-Ted Simmons 2 HRs
4. Brewers-3 Yankees-1 MVP-Ben Oglivie 2 HRs
5. Yankees-12 Brewers-11 MVP-Paul ONeal 5 for 5 with 4 RBIs
6. Brewers-15 Yankees-9 MVP-Ted Simmons 4 RBIs
7. Yankees-2 Brewers-1 MVP-Paul ONeil GW RBI
8. Yankees-4 Bewers-3 MVP-Jorge Posada GW RBI
9. Brewers-4 Yankees-3 MVP-Charlie Moore GW RBI
10. Brewers-7 Yankees-4 MVP-Charlie Moore 3 RBIs
11. Yankees-5 Brewers-3 MVP-Andy Pettite 7.2 IP for the win
12. Brewers-11 Yankees-6 MVP-Robin Yount 4 RBIs
13. Yankees-10 Brewers-0 MVP-David wells 4 hit shutout
14. Brewers-10 Yankees-6 MVP-Cecil Cooper 4 hits

Series MVP - Ted Simmons/Charlie Moore - Really the whole team deserves the MVP for taking down the #1 seeded 1998 Yankees, but both those guys got 2 game MVPs.

(1) 1975 Reds Take down the 60 Mets (16) 8 games to 2

The 1975 Reds (1) shut out the 1969 Mets 3 times and totally shut down the Mets offense, who only scored 20 runs in 10 games.

Games:
1. Reds-4 Mets-3 MVP-Johnny Bench 3 RBIs
2. Reds-2 Mets-1 MVP-Gary Nolan 8.2 IP for the win
3. Reds-6 Mets-2 MVP-Fred Norman 7 IP 0 ER for the win
4. Reds-6 Mets-2 MVP-Pat Darcy 7 IP 0 ER for the win
5. Reds-7 Mets-0 MVP-Don Gullet 6 IP 0 ER for the win
6. Reds-10 Mets-5 MVP-George Foster 4 RBIs
7. Mets-6 Reds-4 MVP-Cleon Jones-3 RBIs
8. Mets-1 Reds-0 MVP-Ron Swoboda GW RBI
9. Reds-4 Mets-0 MVP-Fred Norman 8 IP 0 ER for the win
10. Reds-2 Mets-0 MVP- Pat Darcy 6.2 IP 0 ER for the win

Series MVP - Fred Norman/Pat Darcy  Combines for 4 wins, 29 IP and 0 ER's.

Started slow but 1927 Yankees (1) beat the 1920 Indians (16) 8 games to 3

If this was a best of 5 series, the Indians of 1920 would have upset the 27 Yankees.  But after being down 3 games to 2 and held to only 20 runs in 5 games, the Yankees explode for scores of 8,9,14 and 11 and end up winning the last 6 games to win 8 games to 3.  Babe Ruth was no where to be seen, not one game MVP.  Gehrig had 1 MVP and arguably 2 but the big guys to step up were Pat Collins and Matt Koenig with 5 mvps among them.


Games:
1. Indians-11 Yankees-6 MVP-Steve O'Neill 3 RBIs
2. Indians-6 Yankees-2 MVP-Stan Covaleski complete game
3. Yankees-6 Indians-4 MVP-Tony Lazzari with a HR
4. Yankees-3 Indians-2 MVP-Pat Collins GW RBI
5. Indians-4 Yankees-3 MVP-Duster Mails 6 IP 1 ER for the win
6. Yankees-3 Indians-2 MVP-Earl Combs GW RBI
7. Yankees-8 Indians-4 MVP-Pat Collins 5 RBIs
8. Yankees-9 Indians-5 MVP-Lou Gehrig 2 HR 5 RBIs
9. Yankees-14 Indians-2 MVP-Matt Koenig 6 RBIs
10. Yankees-11 Indians-10 MVP-Matt Koenig walk off HR
11. Yankees-5 Indians-1 MVP-Pat Collins 3 RBIs

Series MVP - Pat Collins - he won 3 game MVPs including a 5 and a 3 RBI performance

#1 seeded 1909 Pirates easily handle 16 seeded 1917 Giants

With 7 one run games, the 1909 Pirates beat the Giants 8 games to 3.  A lot of pitching duels and low scoring games, but the Pirates were too good a team.


Games:
1. Giants-2 Pirates-1 MVP-George Burns 4 hits
2. Pirates-2 Giants-1 MVP-Howie Camintz 7 IP for the win
3. Pirates-3 Giants-2 MVP-Honus Wagner GW RBI
4. Pirates-3 Giants-2 MVP-Tommy Leach 3 hits
5. Pirates-2 Giants-1 MVP-George Gibson GW RBI
6. Pirates-7 Giants-6 MVP-Vic Willis 7.2 IP for the win
7. Giants-8 Pirates-4 MVP-Benny Kauff 3 RBIs
8. Pirates-5 Giants-4 MVP-Lefty Leifield 7 IP for the win
9. Giants-6 Pirates-2 MVP-Benny Kauff 4 hits
10. Pirates-3 Giants-1 MVP-Deacon Phillippe 6 IP for the win
11. Pirates-5 Giants-1 MVP-Vic Willis 9 IP for the win

Series MVP - Vic Willis gets 2 wins

2009 Yankees (12) come back to beat the 2004 Cardinals (5) 8 games to 7

In a hitting display. Jorge Posada and the Yankees win 8 games to 7.  Posada with the tourney high 4 game MVPs.


Games:
1. Cardinals-8 Yankees-3 MVP-Jim Edmonds 2 HR
2. Yankees-18 Cardinals-1 MVP-Jorge Posada 6 RBIs
3. Yankees-10 Cardinals-4 MVP-Jorge Posada 4 for 5
4. Cardinals-7 Yankees-6 MVP-Albert Pujols GW RBI
5. Yankees-10 Cardinals-2 MVP-Nick Swisher 3 RBIs
6. Yankees-5 Cardinals-1 MVP-Derek Jeter 4 hits
7. Cardinals-2 Yankees-1 MVP-Matt Morris 7 IP 0 ER for the win
8. Yankees-12 Cardinals-8 MVP-Robinson Cano 4 hits
9. Cardinals-7 Yankees-2 MVP-Scott Rolen 3 RBIs
10. Cardinals-7 Yankees-6 MVP-Mike Matheny walk off HR
11. Yankees-10 Cardinals-6 MVP-Jorge Posada 3 RBIs
12. Cardinals-4 Yankees-1 MVP-Larry Walker 2 HRs
13. Cardinals-7 Yankees-6 MVP-Jim Edmonds 4 RBIs
14. Yankees-10 Cardinals-7 MVP-Jorge Posada-3 RBIs
15. Yankees-7 Cardinals-3 MVP-CC Sabathia 6.2 IP 10 k's for the win

Series MVP- Jorge Posada who gets 4 game MVP's, the most so far in the tourney

1953 Dodgers (5) beat the 1964 Cardinals (12) 8 games to 5

The 1953 Dodgers we too much for the 1964 Cardinals.  6 one run games, so this was a real close series.  Hitting dominated until the final game which was a shutout.


Games:
1. Dodgers-7 Cardinals-5 MVP-Carl Erskine complete game for win
2. Cardinals-8 Dodgers-5 MVP-Curt Simmons 6 IP for the win
3. Dodgers-14 Cardinals-13 MVP-Duke Snider 2 HR 5 RBIs
4. Cardinals-8 Dodgers-7 MVP-Mike Shannon 2 HRs
5. Dodgers-13 Cardinals-6 MVP-Carl Furillo 4 RBIs
6. Dodgers-5 Cardinals-2 MVP-Carl Erskine 8.1 IP for the win
7. Cardinals-7 Dodgers-4 MVP-Dick Groat 4 RBIs
8. Cardinals-5 Dodgers-3 MVP-Ray Sadecki 8 IP for the win
9. Cardinals-7 Dodgers-6 MVP-Curt Flood 4 hits
10. Dodgers-8 Cardinals-7 MVP-Gil Hodges-2 RBIs
11. Dodgers-9 Cardinals-8 MVP-Jackie Robinson 4 RBIs
12. Dodgers-4 Cardinals-3 MVP-PeeWee Reese walk off HR
13. Dodgers-6 Cardinals-0 MVP-Billy Loes 7 IP 0 ER for the win

Series MVP-Carl Erskine - won 2 games and the Dodgers won all 3 of his starts.

1942 Cards(5) come back for victory over the 1923 Yankees(12) 8 games to 7

Down 4 games to 0 and down 7 games to 6, the Cardinals of 1942 come back to beat Babe Ruth's 1923 Yankees.  LEd by Stan Musial and Mort Cooper, The Cards would not go down but kept battling back.  Five of the first 7 games were one run games, it was an incredible series.


Games:
1. Yankees-8 Cards-7 MVP-Joe Dugan with 3 hits
2. Yankees-5 Cards-4 MVP-Wally Schang drives in 3 runs
3. Yankees-9 Cards-8 MVP-Babe Ruth goes 5 for 6
4. Yankees-7 Cards-2  MVP-Aaron Ward 3 RBIs
5. Cards-5 Yankees-3 MVP-Jimmy Brown 3 RBIs
6. Cards-3 Yankees-2 MVP-Mort Cooper 8 IP 2 ER for the win
7. Cards-7 Yankees-6 MVP-Stan Musial GW RBI
8. Yankees-4 Cards-1 MVP-Waite Hoyt complete game 1 ER for the win
9. Cards-1 Yankkes-0 11 inn MVP-Enos Slaughter GW RBI
10. Yankees-7 Cards-3 MVP-Herb Pennock 6 IP for the win
11. Cards-6 Yankees-2 MVP-Mort Cooper complete game 2 ER for the win
12. Cards-4 Yankees-3 MVP-Johnny Beazley 8 IP 3 ER for the win
13. Yankees-6 Cards-3 MVP-Wally Pipp 3 RBIs
14. Cards-8 Yankees-5 MVP-Harry Walker 3 RBIs
15. Cards-9 Yankees-2 MVP-Stan Musial 4 RBIs

Series MVP-Mort Cooper.  He got 3 wins, including the final game.

1909 Cubs (5) beat down the 1914 Braves (12) 8 games to 5

The 1909 Cubs pitching was just too much for the 1914 Braves.  In mostly low scoring games, the Cubs beat the Braves 8 games to 5.  Braves did have them tied 4 games to 4 but Cubs were just too strong.  The 1906 Cubs advanced as well, so we may see a showdown in a few rounds...


Games:
1. Cubs-5 Braves-1 MVP-Modecai Brown 8.2 Innings 1 ER for the win
2. Braves-3 Cubs-0  MVP- Dick Rudolph 6 hit shutout
3. Cubs-6 Braves-1 MVP- Ed Reulbach complete game 1 ER for the win
4. Cubs-3 Braves-2 MVP-Frank Chance GW RBI
5. Cubs-4 Braves-0 MVP-Rube Kroh 6 IP 0 ER for the win
6. Braves-3 Cubs-2 MVP-Bill James 9 IP 2 ER for the win
7. Braves-5 Cubs-4 15 Inn  MVP-Red Smith 3 RBIs
8. Braves-9 Cubs-3 MVP-Red Smith 4 hits
9. Cubs-5 Braves-2 MVP-Jack Pfesiter 7 IP 2 ER 1 hit for the win
10. Cubs-9 Braves-6 MVP-Rube Kroh 6 IP 4 ER for the win
11. Cubs-5 Braves-1 MVP-Mordecai Brown 9 IP 1 ER for the win
12. Braves-5 Cubs-2 MVP-Butch Schmidt 3 RBIs
13. Cubs-7 Braves-3 MVP-Ed Reulback 7 IP 2 ER for the win

Series MVP-Mordecai Brown - Pitches 2 victories giving up only 2 ERs in them.

2001 Seattle (2) outplays 1983 Baltimore (15) 8 games to 5

The 2001 Mariners prove their #2 seed by beating the 1983 Orioles 8 games to 5.  Edgar Martinez had 2 big games of 4 and 5 RBIs and Freddy Garcia got 3 wins.

Games:
1. Seattle-8 Balt-5  MVP-Edgar Martinez 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs
2. Seattle-8 Balt-3  MVP-Bret Boone 3 RBIs
3. Balt-7 Seattle-4 MVP-John Shelby 5 hits
4. Balt-6 Seattle-5 MVP-Rick Dempsey 1 HR
5. Balt-4 Seattle-1 MVP-Mike Flanagan 6 IP 1 ER for the win
6. Seattle-16 Balt-3 MVP-Edgar Martiniz 3 for 4 with 5 RBIs
7.Seattle-5 Balt-0 MVP-Freddy Garcia 3 hit shutout
8. Seattle-8 Balt-1 MVP-Jamie Moyer 9 IP 1 ER for the win
9. Balt-8 Seattle-1 MVP-Cal Ripken 2 for 4 3 BIs
10. Seattle-13 Balt-6  MVP-Mike Cameron 3 for 6 with 6 RBIs
11. Balt-3 Seattle-2 MVP-John Lowenstein walk off HR
12. Seattle-2 Balt-0 MVP-Joel Pineiro 6 IP 0 ER for the win
13. Seattle-13 Balt-1 MVP-Freddy Garcia 9 IP 0 ER for the win

Series MVP-Freddy Garcia won 3 games including a shutout and complete game 1 run

54 Indians(2) easily handle the 15th seeded 63 Dodgers in 10 games

Larry Doby powered the Indians with 5 HRs and Early Wynn tossed 2 shutouts to beat the 1963 Dodgers(15) 8 games to 2.

Games:
1. Indians-9 Dodgers-0 MVP-Early Wynn 7 hit shutout.  Doby with 2 HRs
2. Indians-1 Dodgers-0 MVP-Mike Garcia 6 hit shutout
3. Indians-5 Dodgers-3 MVP-Bob Lemon 3 ER for the win
4. Dodgers-9 Indians-5 MVP-Maury Wills 3 for 5 scores 3 runs
5. Indians-7 Dodgers-4 MVP-Larry Doby 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs
6. Indians-14 Dodgers-0 MVP-Larry Doby 2 for 4 with 6 RBIs.  Early Wynn 3 hit shutout.
7. Dodgers-6 Indians-1 MVP-Sandy Koufax 9 IP 1 ER for the win
8. Indians-6 Dodgers-4 MVP-Bill Glynn 4 RBIs
9. Indians-6 Dodgers-1 MVP-Art Houtteman 8 IP 0 ER for the win
10. Indians-13 Dodgers-6 MVP-Bobby Avila 4 for 6 3 runs 3 RBIs

Series MVP - Early Wynn 2 shutouts

1931 A's(2) easily handle the 1926 Cardinals (15) in 10 games

The 31 A's (2) over power the 26 Cardinals 8 games to 2.  Lots of offensive fire power by the A's, including 13 RBIs over 2 games from series MVP Mickey cochrane.  Dib Williams won 3 game MVPs including the first two.


Games:
1. A's-5 Cards-4 MVP-Dib Williams scores 3 runs
2. A's-7 Cards-6 MVP -Dib Williams GW RBIs
3. A's-13 Cards-3 MVP-Mickey Cochrane 3 for 3 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs
4. A's-10 Cards-3 MVP Bing Miller 4 for 5
5. A's-9 Cards-3 MVP - Dib Williams 2 HRs
6. Cards-7 A's-6 MVP-Flint Reihm 7.2 IP for the win
7. A's-7 Cards-4 MVP-Al Simmons 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs
8. Cards-6 A's-4 MVP-Jessie Haines 6 IP 2 ER for the win
9. A's-15 Cards-2 MVP-Mickey cochrane 3 for 5 2 HRs 8 RBIs
10. A's-9 Cards-4 MVP-Al Simmons 3 RBIs

Series MVP- Mickey cochrane- 2 game MVPs which comprise 4 HRs and 13 RBIs over those 2 games.

1906 Cubs(2) overpower the 1918 RedSox(15) as expected

As predicted, the 1906 Cubs were way too much to handle for the 1918 RedSox.  Their pitching was way too much.  In one stretch from games 5 through 8, the Cubs gave up 1 ER, which included 3 shutouts.  Their offense came alive too in the final few games once they went to Fenway.  These Cubs will be a force to deal with.

Games:
1. Redsox-2 Cubs-0 MVP-Carl Mays 2 hit shutout
2. Cubs-3 RedSox-2 10 Inn  MVP-Johnny Kling 2 RBIs GW RBI in 10th
3. RedSox-4 Cubs-1 MVP-Sam Jones 7 IP 1 ER for the win
4. RedSox-6 Cubs-2 MVP-Dutch Leonard 6 IP 2 ER for the win
5. Cubs-4 RedSox-0 MVP-Jack Taylor 6 IP 0 ER for the win
6. Cubs-2 RedSox-1 MVP-Mordecai Brown complete game 1 ER for the win
7. Cubs-2 RedSox-0 MVP Jack Pfeister 1 hit shutout.
8. Cubs-7 RedSox-0 MVP-Carl Lundgren 2 hit shutout
9. Cubs-3 RedSox-2 12 Inn MVP-Jimmy Sheckard drives in GW RBI in 12th
10. Cubs-14 RedSox-1 MVP Johnny Kling 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs
11. RedSox-10 Cubs-2 MVP Carl Mays complete game 1 ER for the win
12. Cubs-11 RedSox-1 MVP Harry Steinfelt 3 for 3 with 4 RBIs

Series MVP - Cubs pitching staff.  No one person stood out.  They had 6 games of giving up 1 run or less.

1984 Tigers(6) outlast the 2002 A's (11) 8 games to 7

In a back and forth series that didnt get a repeat MVP until game 13, the 1984 Tigers(6) win the final 2 games to come back and win the series over the 2002 A's (11) 8 games to 7.


Games
1. A's-18 Tigers-2 MVP Eric Chavez 4 RBIs 2 HRs
2. Tigers-4 A's-2 MVP-Kirk Gibson 2 for 3 with 2 run walk off HR
3. A's-8 Tigers-5 MVP-David Justice 4 for 6 with 2 HRs
4. Tigers-8 A's-4 MVP-Juan Berenguer 6.1 IP for the win
5. Tigers-10 A's-2 MVP-Lance Parrish 2 HR 4 RBI's
6. A's-3 Tigers-2  MVP-Mark Ellis 2 HRs
7. Tigers-8 A's -4 MVP-Howard Johnson 1 HR 3 RBIs
8. Tigers-4 A's-1 MVP-Dan Petry complete game 1 ER
9. A's-5 Tigers-4  MVP-Ramon Hernandez 3 RBIs
10. A's-8 Tigers-2 MVP-Jermaine Dye 5 for 5 with 2 HR and 6 RBIs
11. Tigers-9 A's-7 MVP-Alan Trammell 3 RBIs
12. A's-6 tigers-5 MVP-Scott Hatteberg 3 RBIs
13. A's-10 Tigers-6 MVP-Scott Hatteberg scores 3 runs
14. Tigers-5 A's-0 MVP-Dan Petry 3 hit shutout
15. Tigers-4 A's-0 MVP-Milt Wilcox 8 IP 0 ER for the win

Series MVP - Dan Petry with 2 complete game wins and Tigers won all 3 he started.

77Yanks (11) upset 53Yanks(6) after being down 7 games to 5

The 77Yankees come back from series deficits of 3 to 0, 6 to 2 and 7 to 5 to win the series 8 games to 7.  Including winning 6 of the last 7.  Most of the games were low scoring and Reggie Jackson was real quiet.  It was Ron Guidry and Don Gullett leading the way.

Games:
1. 53 Yanks-6  77 Yanks -5 MVP-Hank Bauer 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs
2. 53 Yanks-7 77Yankes-4  MVP-Joe Collins 3 RBIs
3. 53 Yanks-6 77 Yanks-4  MVP-Ed Lopat 6 IP 1 ER for the win
4. 77Yankes-5 53Yanks-2 MVP-Willie Randolf drives in 2 runs including GW run in top of 10th
5. 77Yanks-8  53Yanks-6  MVP-Chris Chambliss goes 5 for 5
6. 53Yanks-12 77Yanks-5  MVP-Joe Collins 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs
7. 53Yanks-5 77Yanks-2  MVP-Gil McDougald 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs
8. 53Yanks-4  77Yanks-1  MVP-Ed Lopat 6 IP 1 ER for the win
9. 77Yanks-7 53Yanks-4  MVP-Ron Guidry 8 IP 3 ER fo the win
10. 77Yanks-5  53Yanks-2  MVP-Don Gullett 7IP 0 ER for the win
11. 77Yanks-6  53Yanks-3  MVP-Roy White 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs
12. 53Yanks-4  77Yanks-2  MVP- Vic Raschi 7 IP 0 ER for the win
13.  77Yanks-4  53Yanks-1  MVP-Ed Figuero goes 7 IP for the win
14. 77Yanks-3  53Yanks-1  MVP- Bucky Dent drives in GW run
15.  77Yanks-5  53Yanks-2  MVP- Ron Guidry goes 8 IP 2 ER for the win

Series MVP: Ron Guidry win 2 games, 2 game MVPs including game 15

1922 Giants (11) win a squeaker over the 1942 Brooklyn dodgers (6)

The Giants had a 7 games to 4 lead but lose 3 straight and go down 3 to 0 after 7 innings but score 4 in the 8th to win the game and the series 8 games to 7.  George Kelly wins MVP for some big games including a 3 run HR in the 8th in the final game.

Games:
1. Giants-5 Dodgers-3 MVP-Geoge Kelly- 1 HR and 2 RBIs
2. Giants-7 Dodgers-3 MVP-Irish Meusal 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs
3. Giants-6 Dodgers-1 MVP-Phil Douglas 6 IP 0 ER for the win
4. Dodgers-15 Giants-5 MVP-Dixie Walker 1 triple 1 HR with 6 RBIs
5. Dodgers-8 Giants-4 MVP-Max Macon 6 IP 2 ER for the win
6. Giants-3 Dodgers-2 MVP-George Kelly 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs
7. Giants-5 Dodgers-1 MVP-Jesse Barnes 7.2 IP 1 ER for the win
8. Giants-3 Dodgers-0 MVP-Frank Snyder GW RBI
9. Dodgers-8 Giants-2 MVP-Dixie Walker 2 for 4 1 HR 4 RBIs
10. Dodgers-5 Giants-4 10 Innings MVP- Dolph Camilli 3 for 5 with 5 RBIs
11. Giants-5 Dodgers-3 MVP-Irish Meusal 3 RBIs
12. Dodgers-8 Giants-2 MVP Whit Wyatt 9 IP 2 ER for the win
13. Dodgers-5 Giants-1 MVP-Curt Davis 7 IP 1 ER for the win
14. Dodgers-10 Giants-3 MVP- Pete Reiser 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs
15. Giants-4 Dodgers-3 MVP-Art Nehf 9 IP 3 ER for the win. George Kelly hits 3 run homer in top of 8th to go up 4 to 3.

Series MVP - George Kelly Won two game MVPs along with driving in 3 in the top of the 8th of game 15 with a homerun.

As expected, the 1902 Pirate (6) beat down the (11) 1913 A's

The 1902 Pirates(6) were just too tough for the 1913 A's.  Pirates win the series 8 games to 4.  Kitty Bransfield was the hero, winning three game MVPs, while Jack Chesbro leads the way pitching with 2 complete games.


Games:
1. Pirates-5 A's-3 MVP-Jack Chesboro 9 IP 3 ER for the win
2. Pirates-7 A's-3 MVP-Kitty Bransfield 3 RBIs
3. A's-8 Pirates-7 MVP-Eddie Collins 3 for 5 2 R 2 RBIs
4. Pirates-7 A's-3 MVP- Kitty Bransfield 2 for 3 with 5 RBIs
5. Pirates-3 A's-2 MVP-Ed Doheny 8 IP 2 ER for the win
6. Pirates-3 A's-2 12 innings MVP-Honus Wagner GW RBI in the 12th
7. A's-4 Pirates-3 MVP-Rube Oldring drives in GW run
8. A's-9 Pirates-1 MVP-Frank Baker goes 5 for 5
9. A's-11 Pirates-5 MVP-Wally Schang goes 4 for 5
10. Pirates-13 A's-1 MVP-Jack O'Connor goes 3 for 5 with 1 HR and 5 RBIs
11. Pirates-5 A's-3 MVP-Kitty Bransfield drives in winning runs
12. Pirates-4 A's-3 MVP-Jack Chesbro 9 IP 3 ER for the win

Series MVP- Kitty Bransfield- wins 3 game MVPs.  Drove in 5 runs in one game, 3 in another and the GW runs in game 11.

93 Giants (10) upset the (7) seed 88 A's 8 games to 6.

In the battle of the big homerun guys, we see Barry Bonds taking on McGwire and Canseco.  All 3 contributed and we saw a lot of HR's and runs scored.  A's had a 5 games to 3 lead but the Giants won 5of the last 6 to take it.


Games:
1. A's-6 Giants-5 MVP-Mark Mcgwire drives in winning run in bottom of 9th
2. Giants-9 A's-1 MVP-Bill Swift 9IP 1 ER for the win.  Bonds goes 2 for 2 with 3 RBIs and 1 HR and 3 BB
3. A's-5 Giants-4 MVP-Storm Davis 8IP 4 ER for the win.  Lansford 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and Bonds 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs
4. Giants-11 A's-0 MVP-Dave Martinez hits 3 run HR.  Clark and Thompson also get 3 RBIs each. Bonds 2 for 4.
5. Giants-4 A's-3 MVP-Royce Clayton 2 for 4 1 HR 2 RBIs
6. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Steve Ontiveros 7 IP 1 ER for the win.
7. A's-3 Giants-1 Dave Stewart 9 IP 1 ER for the win.  McGwire hits 2 HRs and goes 3 for 4.
8. A's-15 Giants-6 MVP-Mark McGwire goes 3 for 5 with 5 RBIs
9. Giants-8 A's-4 MVP-Matt Williams 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs.  Canseco hits 2 HRs
10. Giants-7 A's-6 MVP-Willie McGee drives in winning run in bottom of the 9th.  Canseco 2 more HRs
11. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Todd Burns 6 IP 1 ER with the win.
12. Giants-4 A's-2 MVP-Willie McGee drives in winning runs and gets 2 RBIs going 2 for 4
13. Giants-2 A's-1 15 innings  MVP Barry Bonds 3 for 5 with walkoff HR in the 15th
14. Giants-9 A's-4 MVP- Bill Swift 9 IP for the win.  Robby Thompson 3 run HR

Series MVP-Bill Swift - 2 complete game wins

72 A's (10) hang on to beat the 62 Giants(7) 8 games to 7!

In our first series going 15 games, the A's hang on to win the series on the 62 Giants 8 games to 7.  The A's had leads of 4 games to 1 and 7 games to 5 but the Giants kept battling back.  Catfish Hunter picks up wins in games 12 and 15 to clinch it for the A's.


Games:
1. A's-4 Giants-3 MVP-Ken Holtzman-9 IP 3 ER for the win.  Duncan goes 3 for 4 with 1 HR
2. Giants-5 A's-3 MVP-Jack Sanford 8 IP 2 ER for the win. Alou goes 3 for 4.
3. A's-7 Giants-1 MVP-Blue Moon Odom 6 IP 0 ER for the win and 1 HR
4. A's-6 Giants-3 MVP- Angel Manguel 1 HR 4 RBIs and goes 2 for 2
5. A's-8 Giants-6 MVP- Reggie Jackson goes 3 for 4.  Manguel gets another HR
6. Giants-10 A's-0 MVP- Billy O'dell tosses 3 hit shutout.  Alou gets 2 HR and 5 RBIs
7. Giants-3 A's-2 MVP-Jack Sanford 9IP 1 ER for the win
8. A's-3 Giants-2 MVP-Tim Cullen.  down 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 9th.  men on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs, Tim Cullen drives a single to score both.
9. Giants-7 A's-3 MVP-Willie Mays goes 2 for 5 with 1 HR and 3 RBIs
10. A's-5 Giants-0 MVP-Dave Hamilton 7 IP 1 H 0 ER for the win
11. Giants-3 A's-2 MVP-Billy O'dell 8.1 IP 2 ER for the win
12. A's-6 Giants-0 MVP-Catfish Hunter tosses 6 hit shutout
13. Giants-10 A's-2 MVP-Juan Marichal 9IP 2 ER and goes 3 for 5 with 4 RBI's with the win.
14. Giants-9 A's-5 MVP-Tom Haller 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs
15. A's-5 Giants-2 MVP-Catfish Hunter 8 IP 1 ER for the win

Series MVP-Catfish Hunter. Pitches 4 games, including wins in games 12 and 15.  Pitched well in the first 2 but incredible in last 2 to win the series.

1946 Redsox (7) hang on to beat the 1924 Senators (10) in offensive showdown, 8 games to 6

Eight times a team scored double digits in these high scoring games.  Walter Johnson however was able to hold the Redsox to under 2 ER per game while they scored 8.5 runs in the other games.  Johnny Pesky with a few huge games early on going 4 for 5 and 5 for 6 and collectively their offense just overpowered the Senators offense.

Games:
1. RedSox-4 Senators-3 MVP- Dave Ferris 6 IP 1 ER for the win. Goslin gets 2 hits and 2 RBIs and 1 HR
2. Senators-8 RedSox-5 MVP-Joe Judge 3 RBI's.  Down 5 to 0 after 8, Washington scores 8 in the 9th.
3. RedSox-13 Senators-3 MVP-Johnny Peskey goes 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs
4. RedSox-13 Senators-7 MVP-Johnny Peskey goes 5 for 6 with 3 RBIs
5. Senators-16 Redsox-12 MVP-Sam Rice 2 for 4 with 4 runs and 4 RBIs
6. Senators-4 RedSox-0 MVP-Walter Johnson tosses 5 hit shutout.
7. Senators-13 RedSox-8 MVP-Ossie Bluege goes 4 for 6 with 3 RBIs
8. RedSox-10 Senators-9 MVP-Pinky Higgins goes 2 for 4 with GW RBI in bottom of 9th. Pesky with 4 RBIs
9. RedSox-12 Senators-10 MVP-Dom Dimaggio goes 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs
10. Senators-14 RedSox-9 MVP-Goose Goslin goes 4 for 6 with 6 RBIs
11. Senators-2 RedSox-1 MVP- Walter Johnson goes 8 IP 1 ER for the win
12. RedSox-2 Senators-1 MVP - Dom Dimaggio drives in GW Run
13. RedSox-7 Senators-5 MVP-Bobby Doerr goes 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's including walkoff HR
14. RedSox-4 Senators-1 MVP- Joe Dobson 6 IP 0 ER for the win

Series MVP- Walter Johnson - In a losing effort 8 games to 6, his pitching kept Washington in it.  Redsox scored 5 total runs in the 3 games he pitched but scored 95 runs in the other 11 games.

Down 4 games to 2, the 1912 Giants (7) comeback to beat the 1917 WhiteSox (10) 8 games to 4.

The 1912 Giants(7), after being down 4 games to 2, win the final 6 games to beat the 1917 WhiteSox(10).  Giants gave up 5 runs over a 5 game stretch to beat down the Whitesox.  Lead by Christy Mathewson and Jeff Tesreau who both got 2 wins, took down the WhiteSox.


Games:
1. WhiteSox-4 Giants-2  MVP-Eddie Cicotte 8 IP 1 ER for the win.
2. WhiteSox-8 Giants-3 MVP-Red Faber 8.1 IP 2 ER for the win.
3. Giants-6 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Fred Snodgrass scores 4 runs.  Tesreau pitches 9 IP 1ER for the win.
4. Giants-5 WhiteSox-4 MVP-Red Ames 6 IP for the win.  Doyle goes 3 for 4 with 1 HR and 2 RBIs
5. WhiteSox-6 Giants-5 MVP-Buck Weaver 4 for 5 with 3 runs scored. Collins gets 3 RBIs.
6. WhiteSox-2 Giants-1 MVP-Eddie Cicotte 9IP 1 ER for the win.
7. Giants-4 WhiteSox-2 MVP-Christy Mathewson 7.2IP 2 ER for the win.
8. Giants-5 WhiteSox-0 MVP-Jeff Tessreau pitches 5 hit shutout. Doyle goes 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and 1 HR
9. Giants-10 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Red Murray goes 3 for 5
10. Giants-5 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Larry Doyle 3 RBIs
11. Giants-5 WhiteSox-1 MVP-Rube Marquard complete game 1 ER for the win
12. Giants-6 WhiteSox-4 MVP-Christy Mathewson goes 8.2 IP 0 ER for the win.

Series MVP- Christy Mathewson win 2 games

1980 Phillies (9) overrun the 1993 Braves(8). Phillies score 8 or more 6 times!

The 1980 Phillies shock the 1993 Braves by basically taking apart their great pitching staff.  They won 8 games to 3, including 6 times scoring 8 runs or more.  The Braves didn't know what hit their staff!

Games:
1. Phillies-5 Braves-1 MVP-Steve Carlton 9 IP 1 ER 10 K for the win
2. Phillies-11 Braves-7  MVP-Garry Maddox 2 for 5 with 4 RBIs and 1 HR
3. Phillies-5 Braves-4 MVP-Larry Bowa 3 SB  Schmidt homers and gets 2 RBIs
4. Braves-5 Phillies-4 MVP-Jeff Blauser goes 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs including the game winner in the bottom of the 9th
5. Phillies-13 Braves-6 MVP-Manny Trillo who goes 2 for 5 with 6 RBIs
6. Philles-11 Braves-10 MVP-Garry Maddox who gets 4 hits.  Schmidt and Boone homer.  Phillies score 5 in the top of the 9th to go up 11 to 10.
7. Phillies-8 Braves-7 MVP- Bake McBride goes 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs.  Schimidt homers.
8. Braves-7 Phillies-1 MVP-Mark Lemke 2 for 3 with a homer and 3 RBIs.
9. Braves-16 Phillies-0 MVP-David Justice 3 for 6 with a homerun and 5 RBIs.  Smoltz goes 8 2/3 for the win.
10. Phillies-11 Braves-4 MVP-Mike Schmidt 2 HR 3 RBIs
11. Phillies-9 Braves-7 MVP-Manny Trillo goes 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs.

Series MVP- Garry Maddox/Mike Schmidt.  Maddox won 2 game MVPs but Schmidt collected 5 homeruns.

68 Tigers (8) beat the 49 Yankees (9) 8 games to 4. Norm Cash was money in extra innings!

After taking a 2 games to 0 lead, the Yankees fell apart and ended up lsoing the series 8 games to 4.  Norm Cash was the hero of games 6 and 7 with the game winning RBIs in extra innings.  McClain pitched 2 masterpieces also.

Games:
1. Yankees-8 Tigers-3 MVP- Yogi Berra- Goes 3 for 5 with 2 HR's and 4 RBI's.  Henrich also goes 3 for 5 with 1 HR and 2 RBIs
2. Yankees-5 Tigers-3 MVP-Allie Reynolds 7 IP 3 E for the win.  Berra and Dimaggio with homers and 2 RBIs each.
3. Tigers-9 Yankees-2 MVP-Dick McAullife goes 2 for 4 with a HR and 5 RBIs
4. Tigers-13 Yankees-8 MVP-Norm Cash 2 for 4 with 1 HR and 4 RBIs.
5. Tigers-2 Yankees-0 MVP-Denny McClain 4 hit shutout
6. Tigers-3 Yankees-2  11 Innings  MVP- Norm Cash with a walk off HR in the 11th
7. Tigers-6 Yankees-5  13 Innings MVP-Norm Cash goes 2 for 6 with 2 RBIs including the game winner in the 13th.
8. Yankees-12 Tigers-5 MVP-Jack Phillips goes 2 for 5 with 4 RBIs and 1 HR.  Byrne also gets 4 RBIs.
9. Tigers-6 Yankees-3 MVP-Denny McClain - 9IP 3 ER Complete game win. Cash with a HR and 3 RBIs
10. Tigers-8 Yankees-1 MVP-Willie Horton 2 for 4 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs.
11. Yankees-6 Tigers-3 MVP- Vic Raschi 7.1 IP 3 ER for the win.  Rizzuto with 1 HR and goes 3 for 5.
12. Tigers-9 Yankees-1 MVP-Willie Horton 1 HR

MVP of series: Norm Cash - He won 3 game MVP's for games 4,6 and 7.  Drove in the winning run in extra innings in both games 6 and 7.  That turned the series around.  Mr Clutch is his new name.

(8) 1942 Yankees over the (9) 1936 Giants 8 games to 0 SWEEP!

The 1942 Yankees take apart the 1936 Giants 8 games to 0.  Charlie Keller leads the way by getting MVP in 3 of the games and becomes the series MVP.  Keller had 3 games of going 3 for 4, once going 4 for 5 and once going 2 for 4.  A few other Yankees had some nice games inclduing Buddy Hassett and Jerry Priddy.  These Yankees look real tough going into round 2 verse potentially the #1 seed overall, the 1927 Yankees.

Games:
1. Yankees-2 Giants-0 MVP-Tiny Bonham 8IP 0 ER for the win.  Henrich drives in both runs.
2. Yankees-11 Giants-1 MVP-Charlie Keller 3 for 4 scores 4 runs 1 HR.  Henrich drives in 3 more runs and Dimaggio goes 3 for 5 with 2 R and 2 RBIs.
3. Yankees-8 Giants-5 MVP-Tommy Henrich 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Priddy and Hasset also get 3 hits.
4.  Yankees-3 Giants-1 MVP - Phil Rizzuto 3 for 4 with 2 runs.  Keller drives in 2 RBI's.
5. Yankees-4 Giants-3 12 Innings  MVP-Charlie Keller 4 for 5, 2 runs, 2 RBI;s including the winning run.  Dimaggio 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's.
6. Yankees-6 Giants-4 MVP-Buddy Hassett 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Keller goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
7. Yankees-8 Giants-3 MVP-Charlie Keller 3 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Bill Dickey also goes 3 for 4.
8. Yankees-11 Giants 6 MVP-Jerry Priddy 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs.  Keller and Hassett go 3 for 4 with 3 RBI's.  Ruffing pitches 7 innings with 1 ER for the win.

(8) 1910 Philly - 8 games to (9) 1916 Redsox - 2 games

In the first series, the 8th seeded 1910 Philadelphia A's beat the 1916 Boston Redsox 8 games to 2.  This one wasn't even close.  After the series was tied 2 to 2, Philly rattled off 6 straight wins, lead by series MVP Harry Krouse.  Him and Jack Coombs both got 2 wins.  On the batting side, Eddie Collins got double digit hits in 3 of the games.

Games:
1. Philly-4 Boston - 2  MVP - Jack Coombs - He pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs.
2. Boston-3 Philly-0  MVP-Dutch Leonard - Tosses a 7 hit shutout. Tilly Walker goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
3. Philly-6 Boston-4  MVP-Eddie Collins - He goes 3 for 3 with 3 RBI's.  Ernie Shore and Hary Davis also get 3 hits.
4. Boston-3 Philly-2 MVP- Carl Mays - Pitches 8 innings with 1 run for the win.  Boston scores 3 in the top of the 9th to win the game.
5. Philly-3 Boston-1 MVP-Harry Krouse - 6 IP 1 ER for the win.
6.  Philly-5 Boston-3 MVP-Jack Coombs- 8 IP 2 ER for the win . Jack Coombs and Rube Oldring goes 3 for 3.
7. Philly-5 Boston-1 MVP-Cy Morgan 7 IP 1 ER for the win.  Eddie Collins goes 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
8. Philly-7 Boston-2 MVP-Eddie Plank 8 IP 1 ER for the win.  Danny Murohy 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's.
9. Philly-4 Boston-3 12 Innings  MVP - Ben Houser drives in winning run in bottom of the 12th.
10. Philly-7 Boston-1 MVP-Harry Krouse 7 IP 0 ER for the win.  Eddie Collins and Ribe Oldring go 2 for 4 with 2 RBI's each.

Series MVP-Hary Krouse 15 IP 2 ER 2 Wins.

Let the games begin...

Im going to start the first series.  Just a few notes.  The first 2 rounds are 15 game series.  The first 7 are at the higher seeds stadium .  The next 7 are at the lower seed's stadium.  The final game is at the higher seed's stadium.  Once a team wins 8 games, the series is over.  I will also rotate the pitching staff each game.

Let's get started...

The Brackets

My Predictions on who will win the Best Baseball team Alltime Tourney

Picking who will win this tournament is extremely difficult.  Below is the list of divisions. 

1901-1919	1920-1947	1948 - 1979	1980-2011
1.Pitts Pirates 1909	1. NYYankees 1927	1. Cincinnati Reds 1975	1. NYYankees 1998
2. Chicago Cubs 1906	2. Philadelphia A's 1931	2. Cleveland Indians 1954	2. Seattle Mariners 2001
3. NYGiants 1904	3. NYYankees 1932	3. NYYankees 1961	3. NY Mets 1986
4. Boston RedSox 1912	4. NYYankees 1939	4. Baltimore Orioles 1969	4. Atlanta Braves 1998
5. Chicago Cubs 1909	5. St Louis Cards 1942	5. Brooklyn Dodgers 1953	5. StLouis Cards 2004
6. Pittsburgh Pirates 1902	6. Brooklyn Dodgers 1942	6. NYYankees 1953	6. Detroit Tigers 1984
7. NYGiants 1912	7. Boston RedSox 1946	7. SF Giants 1962	7. Oakland A's 1988
8. Philadelphia A's 1910	8. NYYankees 1942	8. Detroit Tigers 1968	8. Atlanta Braves 1993
9. Boston Redsox 1916	9. NYGiants-1936	9. NY Yankees-1949	9. Philadelphia Philles 1980
10. Chicago WhiteSox 1917	10. Washington Senators-1924	10. Oakland A's-1972	10. SF Giants 1993
11. Philadelphia A's - 1913	11. NYGiants-1922	11. NYYankees-1977	11. Oakland A's 2002
12. Boston Braves - 1914	12. NYYankees-1923	12. StLouis Cards-1964	12. NYYankees 2009
13. Chicago WhiteSox-1919	13. Detroit Tigers-1935	13. Milwaukee Braves-1957	13. Toronto BlueJays 1992
14. Detroit Tigers - 1909	14. Cincinnati Reds-1940	14. Brooklyn Dodgers-1949	14. Boston RedSox 2004
15. Boston Redsox-1918	15. StLouis Cards-1926	15. LA Dodgers-1963	15. Baltimore Oriolies 1983
16. NY Giants-1917	16. Cleveland Indians-1920	16. NY Mets-1969	16. Milwaukee Brewers 1982

Im going to give you my predictions on who will win and when it's done Im sure they will be completely off.  Well here goes.

In the first divsion, we have a ton of great pitching duels here.  The 1909 Pirates are the #1 seed in this divison and they very well could take this division.  If I had to choose a sleeper, I like the 13th seeded 1919 Chicago Whitesox.  The Blacksox.  They start off against the 1904 Giants and I think they can beat them.  I don't see them going all the way but I can see them winning maybe the first 2 rounds.  But in the end, I think the 1906 or 1909 Cubs are going to end up winning this division.  I feel they can survive these long Best of 15 matchups better than anyone else here.

My Prediction #2 1906  Chicago Cubs over #5 1909 Chicago Cubs in the division finals.

In the second division, you have 3 of the top four seeded teams as NYYankees.  The 1927 Yankees have long been regarded among historians as the best team ever and its hard to argue that.  Thats why they come in as the #1 seed in their division and a 3 to 1 favorite to win it all.  While I think they are one of the greatest, I just don't think they can beat out the 1939 Yankees.  There's some very tough matchups here.  As a sleeper, I like the #10 seed Washington Senators beating the #7 seed 1946 Redsox and then moving on at least one more round.  The 31 A's will pose some great challenges too, but in the end, I see

My Prediction: #4 NYYankees 1939 over the #1 NYYankees 1927

In the third division, we have a very diverse group of teams.  To start off with an upset, I like the Miracle Mets of 1969 beating the #1 seed 1975 Cincinati Reds in a stunner.  I also think the #10 seeded 72 A's will make it real far in this tournament.  However, to make a choice,...

My Prediction: #5 Brooklyn Dodgers 1953 over the 1968 Detroit tigers. 

On to the final division..  This division will have some big fireworks and high scoring games.  First off, I think I will pick a sweep by the #1 seed 98 Yankees over the 82 Brewers.  This one wont even be close.  Those 98 Yankees will definitely move on far in this tournament.  I like the matchup of the 88 A's and the Bash Brothers taking on the 93 Giants.  But in the end I think pitching is going to overcome

My Prediction: #8 Atlanta Braves 1993 over the #5 St Louis Cards

So my final four is :

1906 Cubs
1939 Yankees
1953 Dodgers
1993 Braves

I see the Cubs and Ed Walsh and that pitching staff outlasting the 1939 Yankees in a squeaker.  And I like the tough 1953 Brooklyn dodgers to beat up on those Atlanta Braves.


So in the finals, I like the 1906 Cubs to beat the Dodgers and be reigned as the World Champion!

So we'll see what happens.  The first of the serieses will start soon!

Here's a brief summary of the teams in the tourney.  The NY Yankees by far lead all teams with 11 entries.  After that comes the Giants and the Red sox with 5 entries and then down to  4 entries with Detroit and  St Louis and the Dodgers.  Most of the teams are spread out in years, so you wont see 3 seasons in a row of a team, even if they won 3 world series in a row.  So you probably wont see more than 2 instances of any player.  Although it looks like Babe Ruth will mutliple entries in there as there are 3 Yankee teams from the 20s and early 30s in there along with a few of his RedSox teams when he was a pitcher.  So we have a very diverse competition, it should be very interesting.  Soon Ill make a post telling who I think is going to win each division.

Atlanta Braves 1993

Atlanta Braves 1998

Baltimore Orioles 1969

Baltimore Oriolies 1983

Boston Braves - 1914

Boston RedSox 1912

Boston Redsox 1916

Boston RedSox 1946

Boston RedSox 2004

Boston Redsox-1918

Brooklyn Dodgers 1942

Brooklyn Dodgers 1953

Brooklyn Dodgers-1949

Chicago Cubs 1906

Chicago Cubs 1909

Chicago WhiteSox 1917

Chicago WhiteSox-1919

Cincinnati Reds 1975

Cincinnati Reds-1940

Cleveland Indians 1954

Cleveland Indians-1920

Detroit Tigers - 1909

Detroit Tigers 1968

Detroit Tigers 1984

Detroit Tigers-1935

LA Dodgers-1963

Milwaukee Braves-1957

Milwaukee Brewers 1982

NY Giants-1917

NY Mets 1986

NY Mets-1969

NY Yankees-1949

NYGiants 1904

NYGiants 1912

NYGiants-1922

NYGiants-1936

NYYankees 1927

NYYankees 1932

NYYankees 1939

NYYankees 1942

NYYankees 1953

NYYankees 1961

NYYankees 1998

NYYankees 2009

NYYankees-1923

NYYankees-1977

Oakland A's 1988

Oakland A's 2002

Oakland A's-1972

Philadelphia A's - 1913

Philadelphia A's 1910

Philadelphia A's 1931

Philadelphia Philles 1980

Pitts Pirates 1909

Pittsburgh Pirates 1902

Seattle Mariners 2001

SF Giants 1962

SF Giants 1993

St Louis Cards 1942

StLouis Cards 2004

StLouis Cards-1926

StLouis Cards-1964

Toronto BlueJays 1992

Washington Senators-1924

How am I choosing the best baseball teams

Who is the best baseball team ever?  That is the age old question.  There's no definitive way to determine this.  Great teams were in different eras with different players and cultures, which makes it impossible to compare exactly.  What I want to do is to run a simulation of the top teams and see who comes out on top.  This will not answer the question, but it will be fun and interesting trying.

March madness ended a few weeks back so it gave me an idea of doing a tournament with the top 64 teams of all time.  I will break these out into 4 brackets, just like the tournament.  I feel the best way to break out the teams is by era.  Overall, I want to find the best team from 1901 to today, 2012.  I don't want to try to start comparing pre 1900.

So I will break out the tournament into 4 time periods.  Division one will be the Deal Ball era, and Ill use 1901 to 1918.  Division two will be the time period of 1919 to 1947.  1947 was the year that black athletes were allowed to play baseball, so that adds a dimension of added competition.  Then to break the last two divisions, I don't have any set event to break them out, so Ill just take the remaining years, (2012-1947 = 65 yrs) and split them in half.  So division three is 1948 to 1979 and Division four is 1980 to today.

To actually simulate the games, I am going to use the Sim Matchup engine from www.Whatifsports.com. There I can play all the games and get full outputs on each.  In rounds 1 and 2, I will play a best of 15 series.  I feel that should be enough to decide a winner accurately.  I will rotate pitchers each game.  In rounds 3 and 4, I will use best of 19 and in rounds 5 and 6, I will use a best of 25.

This is going to take me quite awhile to simulate all of these and report on each, but I am going to try to at least get a few series in each week, so hopefully I can have this done in a few months.

The Teams:

1901-1919	1920-1947	1948 - 1979	1980-2011
1.Pitts Pirates 1909	1. NYYankees 1927	1. Cincinnati Reds 1975	1. NYYankees 1998
2. Chicago Cubs 1906	2. Philadelphia A's 1931	2. Cleveland Indians 1954	2. Seattle Mariners 2001
3. NYGiants 1904	3. NYYankees 1932	3. NYYankees 1961	3.  NY Mets 1986
4. Boston RedSox 1912	4. NYYankees 1939	4. Baltimore Orioles 1969	4. Atlanta Braves 1998
5. Chicago Cubs 1909	5. St Louis Cards 1942	5. Brooklyn Dodgers 1953	5. StLouis Cards 2004
6. Pittsburgh Pirates 1902	6. Brooklyn Dodgers 1942	6. NYYankees 1953	6. Detroit Tigers 1984
7. NYGiants 1912	7. Boston RedSox 1946	7. SF Giants 1962	7. Oakland A's 1988
8. Philadelphia A's 1910	8. NYYankees 1942	8. Detroit Tigers 1968	8. Atlanta Braves 1993
9. Boston Redsox 1916	9. NYGiants-1936	9. NY Yankees-1949	9. Philadelphia Philles 1980
10. Chicago WhiteSox 1917	10. Washington Senators-1924	10. Oakland A's-1972	10. SF Giants 1993
11. Philadelphia A's - 1913	11. NYGiants-1922	11. NYYankees-1977	11. Oakland A's 2002
12. Boston Braves - 1914	12. NYYankees-1923	12. StLouis Cards-1964	12. NYYankees 2009
13. Chicago WhiteSox-1919	13. Detroit Tigers-1935	13. Milwaukee Braves-1957	13. Toronto BlueJays 1992
14. Detroit Tigers - 1909	14. Cincinnati Reds-1940	14. Brooklyn Dodgers-1949	14. Boston RedSox 2004
15. Boston Redsox-1918	15. StLouis Cards-1926	15. LA Dodgers-1963	15. Baltimore Oriolies 1983
16. NY Giants-1917	16. Cleveland Indians-1920	16. NY Mets-1969	16. Milwaukee Brewers 1982