Forever Giants: 1895 New York Giants(Year 13)

1894 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1895 83-79

C Duke Farrell 1.5 

1B Jack Doyle 1.1

2B General Stafford -.8

SS Shorty Fuller .8 

3B George Davis 4.25 

LF Eddie Burke -.6 

CF George Van Haltren 2.35 

RF Mike Tiernan 4.8 

C Parke Wilson -1.2 

OF Yale Murphy -1.25 

Uti Tom Bannon -.45

OF Oyster Burns -.05

P Amos Rusie 5.6 

P Dad Clarke 4.3

P Jouett Meekin 2.35 

P Les German .55

-Rusie and Davis continue their Hall of Fame careers; Tiernan will eventually finish his career as one of the 5 greatest ever Giants at the time of his retirement. 

Forever Giants: 1894 New York Giants(Year 12)

1893 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1894 94-68

C Duke Farrell 2.55

1B Jack Doyle 4.5

2B Monte Ward -.9 (17.7) LAST SEASON

SS Shorty Fuller .15 

3B George Davis 5.25 

LF Eddie Burke -.8 

CF George Van Haltren .95

RF Mike Tiernan .4 

Uti Yale Murphy -.1

Uti Parke Wilson .45

1B Roger Connor .55 (60.9) LAST SEASON

P Amos Rusie MVPQ 11.15 

P Jouett Meekin MVPQ 8.55

P Les German .1

P Huyler Westervelt .45

Best Giants season of the decade, with two great pitching performances, by Meekin and Rusie, whose year is the new best Giants season ever.  Connor and Ward, the last connections to the original Giants of '83, finish their Giants careers, Connor leaving as the greatest ever Giant.  Through 2016, he's still in the all time top 10 Giants WAR.  Ewing/Connor/Ward/Welch were all part of that original '83 roster, Keefe joined two years later.  All gone as of the end of '94.  

I Pick Football Games, Week 11 2014

Last week was here.

39-56
Wake +16.5 NC St. loss 
WKU -10 Army win 
Neb +6.5 Wisc loss 
Tenn -8.5 UK win
Geo Tech +3.5 Clem win
Nev +2 AForce loss 
Utah +7.5 Stan win
LSU +2 Ark loss
Aub +2.5 Geo loss
FIU +5 Mid Ten win
Missouri +4.5 A&M win 

ULMonroe +6.5 ULL loss 

Ariz St -9.5 Ore St. loss

6-7
45-63

27-30
Tenn +6 Pitt win
Wash -7.5 TB loss
Carol -2 Atl loss
Det +2.5 Ariz loss
Niners -3.5 NYG win

2-3
29-32

A Tiered MLB Hall of 200

Here's this project.

I'm going to take the top 18 players at each position and tier them.  3 to the inner circle; 6 to the middle; 9 to the outer.

That's for position players, DH's will be funneled into the position with which they're best associated.

54 starting pitchers.  9 inner circle, 18 middle, 27 outer circle.

6 relievers.  1 in the inner, 2 in the middle, 3 in the outer.

That's 204 players.  I may have too many relievers.  If one day you check and I'm down to 3, I've reconsidered. 

The WAR number is a combination of baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; to my eyes its the best number for historical comparison.  I'll also be using OPS+ and ERA+.  Simple.  After 2016, I added a WAR/PA %.

Additionally, I'll reference the player just outside the outer circle and the active player closest to breaking into the outer tier. The team will be the one best associated with the player (if I have to pick a cap, it's the one he's wearing; I'm not splitting caps)

Got it?

I'll start with catchers first.

Forever Giants: 1893 New York Giants (Year 11)

1892 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1893 88-74

C  Jack Doyle 1.85

1B Roger Connor 5.1

2B Monte Ward 2.95

SS Shorty Fuller .8

3B George Davis 5.65

LF Eddie Burke 2.05

CF General Stafford -.3

RF Mike Tiernan 3.25 

OF Harry Lyons -.15

C Jocko Milligan .25

C Parke Wilson -.15

P Amos Rusie MVPQ 9.6

P Mark Baldwin 2.3
P Les Germain 1.5

-Rusie's got the second best Giants season in the now 11 year existence of the organization, we get the debut of George Davis.