I spent three-plus months (or what in real time would have amounted to through mid-July) running through 90 game mini-seasons for 128 of Major League Baseball's best teams in history. Half of them failed to make it this far, with the 2010 Texas Rangers taking the consolation crown. But now we seek to find the champion of champions.
Over the next three rounds, we're going back into the eight groups, but in bracket form. We're onto single elimination, but in best-of-five format. The higher seeds based on group finish get home field advantage in a 2-2-1 format. One thing I want to make clear is the use of the designated hitter: my simulator goes based off of the league rules of the home team, so any games hosted by American League teams from 1973 or later will utilize the designated hitter; all other games will have the pitcher automatically bat ninth.
Because of the sheer number of games that are going to be taking place for these first few rounds, I'm going to break this round up into multiple parts focusing on just a couple of groups per each post. All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com. You can view the bracket, as well as scores and standings from group play, here. Let's play ball!
Group G
(8) 2007 Colorado Rockies vs (1) 1967 St. Louis Cardinals
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| @ '67 STL 6, '07 COL 5 | '67 STL leads 1-0 | W: Carlton (1-0) | L: Francis (0-1) | SV: Hoerner (1) |
| @ '67 STL 2, '07 COL 1 | '67 STL leads 2-0 | W: Willis (1-0) | L: Fogg (0-2) | SV: Hoerner (2) |
| '67 STL 2, @ '07 COL 1 | '67 STL wins 3-0 | W: Washburn (1-0) | L: Cook (0-1) | SV: Hoerner (3) |
(7) 1989 Oakland Athletics vs (2) 2001 Seattle Mariners
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| @ '01 SEA 4, '89 OAK 3 (13) | '01 SEA leads 1-0 | W: Rhodes (1-0) | L: Young (0-1) |
| '89 OAK 8, @ '01 SEA 6 | Series tied 1-1 | W: Honeycutt (1-0) | L: Moyer (0-1) | SV: Eckersley (1) |
| '01 SEA 4, @ '89 OAK 2 | '01 SEA leads 2-1 | W: Sele (1-0) | L: Eckersley (0-1) |
| '01 SEA 5, @ '89 OAK 0 | '01 SEA wins 3-1 | W: Abbott (1-0) | L: Davis (0-1) |
(6) 1994 Montreal Expos vs (3) 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| '94 MON 9, @ '25 PIT 6 | '94 MON leads 1-0 | W: Hill (1-0) | L: Meadows (0-1) | SV: Wetteland (1) |
| '94 MON 7, @ '25 PIT 3 | '94 MON leads 2-0 | W: Martinez (1-0) | L: Yde (0-1) |
| @ '94 MON 4, '25 PIT 3 | '94 MON wins 3-0 | W: Shaw (1-0) | L: Adams (0-1) |
(5) 2000 New York Yankees vs (4) 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| '00 NYY 5, @ '71 PIT 2 | '00 NYY leads 1-0 | W: Clemens (1-0) | L: Blass (0-1) | SV: Rivera (1) |
| @ '71 PIT 7, '00 NYY 4 | Series tied 1-1 | W: Ellis (1-0) | L: Pettitte (0-1) | SV: Giusti (1) |
| '71 PIT 8, @ '00 NYY 3 | '71 PIT leads 2-1 | W: Johnson (1-0) | L: Cone (0-1) | SV: Giusti (2) |
| '71 PIT 8, @ '00 NYY 2 | '71 PIT wins 3-1 | W: Walker (1-0) | L: Hernandez (0-1) |
Group A
(8) 1928 New York Yankees vs (1) 1904 New York Giants
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| @ '04 NYG 6, '28 NYY 3 | '04 NYG leads 1-0 | W: Mathewson (1-0) | L: Pipgras (0-1) |
| @ '04 NYG 7, '28 NYY 6 (10) | '04 NYG leads 2-0 | W: McGinnity (1-0) | L: Zachary (0-1) |
| '04 NYG 7, @ '28 NYY 5 | '04 NYG wins 3-0 | W: Taylor (1-0) | L: Pennock (0-1) | SV: Milligan (1) |
(7) 1908 Chicago Cubs vs (2) 1939 New York Yankees
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| @ '39 NYY 13, '08 CHC 2 | '39 NYY leads 1-0 | W: Ruffing (1-0) | L: Reulbach (0-1) |
| '08 CHC 6, @ '39 NYY 3 (10) | Series tied 1-1 | W: Brown (1-0) | L: Sundra (0-1) |
| '39 NYY 3, @ '08 CHC 2 | '39 NYY leads 2-1 | W: Sundra (1-1) | L: Lundgren (0-1) | SV: Murphy (1) |
| @ '08 CHC 6, '39 NYY 2 | Series tied 2-2 | W: Overall (1-0) | L: Pearson (0-1) | SV: Lundgren (1) |
| @ '39 NYY 3, '08 CHC 1 | '39 NYY wins 3-2 | W: Russo (1-0) | L: Lundgren (0-2) | SV: Murphy (2) |
(6) 2007 Boston Red Sox vs (3) 2009 New York Yankees
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| '07 BOS 5, @ '09 NYY 2 | '07 BOS leads 1-0 | W: Beckett (1-0) | L: Sabathia (0-1) | SV: Papelbon (1) |
| @ '09 NYY 10, '07 BOS 6 | Series tied 1-1 | W: Burnett (1-0) | L: Matsuzaka (0-1) |
| @ '07 BOS 8, '09 NYY 6 | '07 BOS leads 2-1 | W: Okajima (1-0) | L: Hughes (0-1) | SV: Papelbon (2) |
| @ '07 BOS 8, '09 NYY 1 | '07 BOS wins 3-1 | W: Wakefield (1-0) | L: Chamberlain (0-1) |
(5) 1935 Detroit Tigers vs (4) 1932 New York Yankees
| Final Score | Series Summary | Decisions |
|---|---|---|
| @ '32 NYY 8, '35 DET 4 | '32 NYY leads 1-0 | W: Brown (1-0) | L: Bridges (0-1) |
| '35 DET 3, @ '32 NYY 0 | Series tied 1-1 | W: Rowe (1-0) | L: Ruffing (0-1) |
| @ '35 DET 9, '32 NYY 3 | '35 DET leads 2-1 | W: Sullivan (1-0) | L: Pipgras (0-1) |
| '32 NYY 12, @ '35 DET 10 | Series tied 2-2 | W: Brown (2-0) | L: Sorrell (0-1) | SV: MacFayden (1) |
| @ '32 NYY 14, '35 DET 4 | '21 NYY wins 3-2 | W: Pennock (1-0) | L: Lawson (0-1) |
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