I enjoy the lower cap leagues, because I dislike teams filled with superstars, and want more realistic teams, some average guys, some below average guys and maybe a sprinkle of stardom.

$50 mil and below preferably, as low as $30, but $40-$50 mil is best.

those of you who also enjoy these, what players have you found seem to preform or over preform on a regular basis.

Ive had luck with pitcher 1903 Togie Pittinger in $40 and below.
As for hitters, 1985 Lonnie Smith always seems to work for me.

Common picks...
** 3.9mm Ben Zobrist is on every team is make, 80mm or lower caps. Excellent OBP, doesn't need rest, good enough D at 2b with positional flexibility.
** 3.3mm Gene Tenace is a lock for lower caps. Good obp with a little pop and respectable catcher defense. Only 515pa but you can backfill with scrubs.
** 3.9mm Maury Wills is ok. He plays up in lower caps because he'll steal more bases vs bad catchers.
** People love the 3.9mm Whit Merrifield because of A/A defense and tons of PAs, but I think a low obp guy with 0 pop is pretty brutal.

My cookies
** 3.8mm Eduardo Nunez - why doesn't anybody else use him?? He's like that Merrifield with more pop, just as many steals, and A/D defense at both 3b and SS. Total steal!
** 4mm Hal chase - never used him but am trying him out. Performance history very solid. 25+ hr and ok 1b defense

Lonnie Smith for sure as well as Jim Spencer…
I love using Stump Weidman in low cap leagues…While he will use up a big percentage of your pitching budget, he’ll pitch at 100% every other day and up up winning at least 40 games for you..,

94 Vince Coleman is a stud at 40 mil. He can lead off,without fatigue, all season and will steal 150-200 bases

1886 Jim Lillie is by far the most used player in the ultra low cap leagues ($30-40M). With a salary of $1,467,402 and 572 PA/162, he is by far the lowest $/PA players with over 500 PA’s. And he comes with B- range in the OF which is on the higher end in these low cap leagues. But, his performance can vary. His RL numbers:

GP	PA/162	AB/162	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	RS	SO	BB	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
114	572	557	73	9	0	0	22	37	80	11	13	31	0.175	0.197	0.197	0.394

The seasons I have used him:

Sea	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
6	161	616	62	166	17	1	4	78	24	69	2	8	14	0.269	0.297	0.320	0.617
7	162	650	62	166	19	0	6	54	13	109	5	16	21	0.255	0.275	0.312	0.587
6	161	607	44	129	16	2	5	47	21	88	1	5	18	0.213	0.240	0.270	0.510
5	162	674	55	136	11	1	1	37	21	91	1	8	13	0.202	0.227	0.226	0.452

All of the seasons above were played at Safeco but the variation is huge, a whopping .165 difference in OPS. Luckily, overall team performance is not largely affected as his two worst seasons were also his only two playoff appearances.

Other top performers for me have been:

Sea	Player	SN	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	STRK	L STRK
5	Workman, Chuck	1944	145	526	86	147	22	5	33	109	53	47	0	0.279	0.346	0.529	0.874	8	8
3	Greene, Todd	1999	101	437	68	132	27	0	24	109	14	64	0	0.302	0.325	0.529	0.854	0	12
5	Palka, Daniel	2018	145	568	101	157	32	10	27	95	44	128	0	0.276	0.334	0.511	0.845	6	13
7	Motley, Darryl	1985	125	497	89	140	31	2	30	89	19	46	19	0.282	0.311	0.533	0.844	6	8
3	Franco, Maikel	2021	129	452	66	125	29	1	25	78	29	33	0	0.277	0.322	0.511	0.833	5	9
6	Henderson, Rickey	2000	146	551	135	164	25	2	6	42	130	59	107	0.298	0.438	0.383	0.821	8	10
2	Perez, Neifi	2006	110	437	74	150	29	3	4	61	11	17	0	0.343	0.358	0.451	0.808	0	9
7	McAllister, Sport	1903	118	409	52	143	22	1	2	31	17	14	3	0.350	0.380	0.423	0.803	3	11
6	Ganzel, Charlie	1888	147	572	80	195	24	4	2	63	27	19	18	0.341	0.373	0.407	0.780	0	23
4	Corcoran, Tim	1978	128	425	54	141	22	1	0	48	34	18	4	0.332	0.387	0.388	0.775	1	8
6	Lopez, Nicky	2022	146	550	84	177	17	9	3	40	41	45	34	0.322	0.372	0.402	0.774	10	10
6	Ganzel, Charlie	1888	146	591	83	187	34	6	5	112	30	21	11	0.316	0.354	0.420	0.773	0	25
4	Gallagher, Al	1973	119	408	65	133	13	2	0	44	50	23	1	0.326	0.403	0.368	0.771	0	11
4	Lopez, Nicky	2022	145	536	90	168	20	11	1	69	29	32	39	0.313	0.354	0.397	0.751	2	10
2	Buckner, Bill	1987	99	400	45	121	13	5	2	44	18	14	0	0.303	0.340	0.375	0.715	1	11
2	Kuiper, Duane	1981	121	455	66	147	18	1	0	50	17	15	0	0.323	0.348	0.367	0.715	6	15
4	Alomar, Sandy	1974	114	447	74	138	12	2	2	49	18	28	19	0.309	0.338	0.358	0.696	2	14
2	Keeler, Willie	1907	162	637	74	196	14	1	3	85	29	26	1	0.308	0.338	0.347	0.685	6	7

And for pitchers:

Season	Player	SN	G	GS	CG	SHO	W	L	SV	SVO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	OAV	OBP	SLG	WHIP	ERA
6	Rosenthal, Trevor	2017	44	0	0	0	0	0	40	41	40.0	22	2	1	0	5	31	0.155	0.193	0.155	0.68	0.23
7	Gray, Josiah	2022	34	33	0	0	17	8	0	0	228.7	150	74	60	20	55	216	0.181	0.239	0.279	0.90	2.36
5	Vazquez, Javier	2010	32	32	2	1	13	14	0	0	220.7	163	74	59	16	54	159	0.198	0.250	0.297	0.98	2.41
2	Krukow, Mike	1984	40	40	4	2	26	8	0	0	290.3	253	91	73	12	57	228	0.230	0.271	0.303	1.07	2.26
2	Coleman, Joe	1975	41	41	2	1	21	12	0	0	293.7	251	127	92	15	71	219	0.224	0.274	0.314	1.10	2.82
4	Viola, Frank	1983	41	41	1	0	21	9	0	0	288.0	255	96	76	20	73	203	0.237	0.290	0.328	1.14	2.38
6	Smiley, John	1997	30	30	1	0	13	8	0	0	210.7	212	67	58	12	30	141	0.261	0.290	0.347	1.15	2.48
3	Astacio, Pedro	1998	40	40	1	0	22	10	0	0	281.3	271	129	106	24	54	244	0.247	0.292	0.362	1.16	3.39
3	Viola, Frank	1983	41	40	3	1	25	13	0	0	292.0	275	126	109	24	69	223	0.246	0.292	0.357	1.18	3.36
4	Krukow, Mike	1984	42	40	1	1	20	10	0	0	262.7	248	89	75	9	63	202	0.246	0.293	0.305	1.18	2.57
6	De La Rosa, Jorge	2016	30	30	0	0	20	4	0	0	190.3	172	57	48	14	53	149	0.235	0.292	0.321	1.18	2.27
4	Stoneman, Bill	1970	35	35	3	1	23	8	0	0	259.0	236	101	89	15	89	252	0.238	0.309	0.319	1.25	3.09
4	Wood, Kerry	2010	63	0	0	0	4	3	36	40	52.7	44	23	20	2	36	52	0.221	0.345	0.266	1.52	3.42
2	Dibble, Rob	1993	71	0	0	0	0	7	36	40	62.7	57	31	27	1	41	66	0.241	0.352	0.266	1.56	3.88

Like Lillie showed above, all of these players can also have large variations in performance.
There are many other players who are successful in these leagues. Just4me, gogotoads, fillies, jpeterso, sinatra, rbow, area51man, and many others I am forgetting at the moment, put together some phenomenal teams and use completely different players than I use with high success rates. There are many winning strategies in the low caps with a large variety of players who can make an impact.

Good info