Round 4 Season 27


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The Hitters

I don’t expect a great deal of offense in this penultimate season of the elimination round. Cupid Childs is the number one seed facing Earl Torgeson and Fielder Jones from days gone by and stars of the 1970’s, Lou Whitaker, Ralph Garr, Willie Wilson, Bobby Grich, and Omar Moreno. Given the speed of these guys, we might see many stolen bases!

Cupid Childs
Round One S37
Round Two
Round 3 S35
W – L
81-73
BYE
75-79
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Earl Torgeson
Round One S5
Round Two
Round 3 S21
W – L
78-76
BYE
71-83
Earl-Torgeson-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff Card
Fielder Jones
Round One S14
Round Two S33
Round 3 S42
W – L
69-85
83-71
63-84
Fielder-Jones-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff Card
Lou Whitaker
Round One S5
Round Two S7
Round 3 S22
W – L
70-84
83-71
67-87
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Ralph Garr
Round One S16
Round Two S16
Round 3 S28
W – L
70-84
82-72
73-81
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Willie Wilson
Round One S56
Round Two S21
Round 3 S34
W – L
78-76
BYE
66-88
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Bobby Grich
Round One S35
Round Two S25
Round 3 S54
W – L
58-96
86-68
65-89
Bobby-Grich-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff
Omar Moreno
Round One S17
Round Two S5
Round 3 S41
W – L
60-94
76-78
44-110
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The Results

Earl Torgeson went 47-21 after the All-Star break to run away with the pennant as Fielder Jones held off a surging Willie Wilson for fourth place. Cupid Childs and Lou Whitaker make up the rest of the top 4 to move on to Round 5.

Season Highlights

  • Very low offense this go round with Ralph Garr8 leading all hitters with a .310 average and the unlikely Bobby Grich topping all with a meager 22 home runs.
  • Willie Wilson8 had 101 stolen bases with Wilson7 swiping an even 100 in a rather disappointing speed showing.
  • Lou Whitaker9 had a 6 for 6 game in which the Whitaker team topped Omar Moreno by a score of 17-1.
  • No-Hitters
    8/ 7 Larry French4 of Lou Whitaker tossed a perfect game vs Willie Wilson

Tim Bruno

Tim has been a baseball fan for most of his life and has played a great deal of baseball and softball over the years. Although his playing days are long behind him, he remembers back when he was an extremely fast catcher with an extremely bad arm. He has been playing Strat-o-Matic baseball since he was 14. Tim is currently living in southwest France and writes A LOT about coffee at Procaffeination.com. He has also written Procaffeination: A Coffee Lover's Dictionary, which will be available soon. You can find out more about Tim's writing at TimothyBruno.com and if you want to contact him about the tournament, drop him an email at Tim@BaseballsGreatestPlayerPlayoff.com

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