3B: 1912 Tillie Shafer (did not play in 1911).Therefore I looked on Baseball Reference for players with high OBP but low SLG, plugged their seasons into OOTP to optimize my ratings criteria, and came up with a lineup of: In deciding a team (9 batters, 3 starters, 7 relievers), my strategy was to pick players ranked no higher than 50 in OOTP whom I believe can play higher than their rankings.Īs any OOTP player knows, the best hitters are those with good contact and a good eye such hitters with low power are often ranked as mediocre but can put up good stats. We’re kind of trying to beat each other with the worst team possible So, if you were +18 in run differential, but ranked 20 points higher than me, you’d lose. However many points you’re above me in ranking, we subtract off your run differential.

I’m setting people’s overall ranking on a scale from 20-80 (80 being the absolute best). The second half of the scoring is based off of player rating. So if you were to beat me 6-0 in all of the 3 games, you’d be at +18. First half of the scoring is run differential.

Recently, The Dugs reached out and asked to collaborate on another OOTP challenge, one which I have taken up. (By the way, another nod at the inspiration: “Gud” is “Dug” spelled backwards.) Such means included a team of players who spent time in prison, one featuring the largest players in baseball history, and the 2019 Detroit Tigers. In that tournament-opening article, I mentioned that the tournament was inspired by The Dugs’ recent Experimental Baseball Tournament, a short OOTP competition between eight teams composed by unorthodox means. If you’ve been following my ongoing Gud Twins Tourney, you’ll know that I’m an avid Out of the Park player.

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