Round 5 Season 11


Joe Jackson Featured card for Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff

The Hitters

Despite his involvement in the “Black Sox” scandal, Joe Jackson still figures to be a force in the tournament. He is a clear favorite in this season that features several Hall-of-Famers, including Vladimir Guerrero, Ron Santo, and Billy Herman. There will also be competition from Jim Wynn, Andrew McCutchen, Bill Bruton, and the speedy Darby O’Brien. As per usual, the top 4 finishers and those above .500 move on automatically to Round 7.

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Joe Jackson
Round One S62
Round Two
Round 3 S3
Round 4

W – L
122-32
BYE
108-46
BYE
Jim Wynn
Round One S30
Round Two S9
Round 3 S55
Round 4
W – L
72-82
98-56
95-59
BYE
Andrew McCutchen
Round One S12
Round Two
Round 3 S31
Round 4
W – L
100-54
BYE
86-68
BYE
Andrew-McCutchen-Card Baseball's Greatest Player Playoff
Vladimir Guerrero
Round One S12
Round Two
Round 3 S31
Round 4
W – L
85-69
BYE
81-73
BYE
Vladimir-Guerrero-Card Baseball's Greatest Player Playoff
Ron Santo
Round One S14
Round Two S13
Round 3 S9
Round 4
W – L
65-89
91-63
77-76
BYE
Bill Bruton
Round One S68
Round Two
Round 3 S43
Round 4 S16
W – L
81-73
BYE
74-79
BYE
Bill-Bruton-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff
Billy Herman
Round One S28
Round Two S29
Round 3 S39
Round 4 S9
W – L
69-85
78-76
71-83
84-70
Darby O’Brien
Round One S5
Round Two S18
Round 3 S2
Round 4 S18
W – L
72-82
89-65
65-89
78-76
Darby-OBrien-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff

The Results

Joe Jackson went 24-11 down the stretch to sneak by Andrew McCutcheon and take the league flag. Santo cruised into third while Guerrero picked up his 77th win to qualify and then promptly lost his last nine games. Jim Wynn just missed, losing his final game of the season. He and Herman, Bruton, and O’Brien take their chances in one of the Round 6 elimination leagues.

Season Highlights

  • Joe Jackson was definitely the hitting star, leading second place by over 50 points in batting average with .332. Jackson2 set the pace with a healthy .375
  • Jim Wynn9 and Wynn6 tied for the league lead in homers with 36.
  • Darby O’Brien2 had a 6-hit day, going 6-7 including a 12th inning, walk-off, game-winning double vs Billy Herman.
  • Joe Jackson99 hit for the cycle and had 7 RBI in a game against Ron Santo.
  • Red Faber6 of the Ron Santo team struck out 15 Darby O’Briens in only 7 1/3 innings before getting relief help from Francisco Rodriguez.

    No-Hitters

    None

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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