Teams 5 + 6

1915 Tigers
Since I couldn't get the dominant modern pitchers I went with two bats I love. I was looking at all the Cobb seasons and noticed Baby Doll Jacobson with a random 37 games for the Tigers. Didn't even know he played there. Starting with those two cloned is nice. Add in Crawford and Veach... we can hit. Starting with Baby Doll at second and third... hope that works.

2005 Cubs
Haven't really been successful with Cubbies teams. Can't figure them out. So I took a team who's biggest stars aren't usually thought of as Cubs.

Maddux and Nomar. There are other good hitters and pitchers. I think they have the potential to be a good team but again, haven't been successful with Cubs teams...

Teams 7 + 8

1935 Braves
As much as this pick was about being the only owner with 6 Babes... I also wanted a Wally Berger. My grandfather was a huge fan. Modeled his own batting stance to match his. Ended up being named Wally because of it. Having a guy named Rabbit is fun too.

I don't want to talk about their pitching... though the Boston press would talk about nothing else if they knew about this team.

2006 Twins
I wanted to stay in the most modern division with the Twins. The more teams from after the Mauer/Morneau/Hunter period the better off for my chances. This one has some starting pitching and some pretty dominant relievers.

This one feels like my worst team as far as talent... not sure if taking them was worth it.

Teams 9 + 10

1915 Browns
Thought about a Machado and relievers team... didn't like them. Haven't ever had success using Cal. In my mind that required me to take a Sisler team. My last team with Sisler he is paired with Ruth. This time he gets Baby Doll (yup, again.) Lots of the best seasons from decent players and a pretty good pitching staff. Facing off against what is likely a couple of similar teams doesn't help, but only one of them has Sisler and Baby Doll to hit 1-4...

2011 Giants
I was hoping to avoid the Bonds teams by picking a later season... I failed. Two Bonds teams ended up in my division. Unless I get some career seasons and my defense makes a huge difference I will be playing to avoid last place in this division. Eh.

Picks 11 + 12
This is where I started thinking about what my last picks would be... The Reds and A's had so many good options spread out over multiple sets of years so they would be last. The Cardinals had players I like spread out leaving multiple options there. I had a few options I liked from the Indians... so I needed to find a White Sox team and a Dodgers team.

2010 White Sox
So many teams with holes. Didn't want to get into the fight for the best pre-1920 teams... so go modern. Look for something that would make my team different from other teams after 2000... and I find 2010. Manny. Andruw Jones. Konerko. Ok, RH power set. Juan Pierre to lead off, A.J. at Catcher so there are at least some LH hitting, Vizquel covering short and hitting.

Wait... 6 outfielders? Two first baseman? What? ok. Jones gets to play second and third. Two Pierre's and a Manny in the outfield. Konerko at first and DH. The insane 08 Manny partial off the bench for Pierre against some lefties.

I used every pitcher slot to get enough innings. They should be pretty good innings. I hope.

1993 Dodgers
Pitching. Wow.
1530 real life IP.
2.14 real life ERA (for a modern team?)
.208 OAV
1.04 WHIP

A rotation of Pedro, Pedro, Hershiser, Hershiser.

Can they hit? Piazza, Strawberry, Eric Davis, Butler. I guess Jody Reed and Jose Offerman hitting 8-9 and covering the middle infield is the team weakness. Not really sure how this team lasted this long. Am I missing something? I do wish I could have avoided facing off with 92...

Picks 13 + 14

2012 Cardinals
I had looked at many Cardinals teams early. I kept picking another franchise. The teams I was looking at kept going. At this point I wanted zero to do with the 20's or 40's teams. Even if I found a diamond others had missed I would still have to beat those other teams. By going after 2005 I could leave myself a chance of not having to deal with them... if fatboydad helped out and took another post 2005 team. He decided to avoid 2005 by going earlier and keeping them in my division. Oh well. I can shoot for second.

It seemed odd to go modern Cards and not have Pujols or Big Mac. This team does have both Beltran, Berkman and Furcal so there are plenty of switch hitters in the lineup. I will also have Holliday and Molina from the right side. Carpenter will be my only lefty with significant AB's. I do loooooveee that Yankee partial. This is another team where I am using all of the pitching slots to get enough quality innings.

2005 Indians
Second to last pick here too. Avoided all of the early years. Lee and Sabathia (one full season from each as well as great partials). Millwood. A bunch of very good reliever innings. I am hopeful that my pitching can win games. Not really that hopeful though. Looking at this team now I think I could have done better.

Picks 15 + 16
Last two. Intentionally leaving these for last seems to have been a decent decision. They have so many good era's to take players from (and some that it's probably good not to compete against after you have missed out.)

2009 A's
Anything after 1999 came with a guarantee of being in the last division. There were some teams there with talent... because you can twist. This team doesn't have the names on the pitching staff some of the other years I am playing against will have. What they do have is one good season from a bunch of guys. Eight 120 IP seasons are kind of like four 240 IP seasons, right?

Really what brought me to this team was wanting a better RH bat to compliment Giambi. This team will have two dominant (though PA short) Nomar seasons. Both will get to play against LH starting pitching while they switch off against RH (except for division games and late in the season if he has PA's left).

2007 Reds
I kept looking at all the studs available in so many of these seasons. I also kept seeing that there was not anything sitting there that would make my team with studs better than the teams I would be playing if I took them. Let the guys with 70's teams beat each other up. Let the early teams beat each other up. If more of them end up in the NL so much the better.

Go modern. Go interesting. How many lefties can I put into the same lineup? Two Votto. Two Hamilton. Two Juniors. Let's go.

I always panic when I see these come up, as I don't want to lose out on good teams while I'm researching.

2014 Tigers
This team jumped to mind off the top of my head for depth of pitching, and some stud hitters. Verlander and Scherzer will handle the rotation (helped by Comerica Park, to limit homers), supported by Price. Smyly, Soria and Nathan create a very strong bullpen. This team is incredibly balanced on D and offense. More than 300 HR in my starting lineup (402 total) in a modern division should play well. Alex Gonzalez is a dead spot in the 9 hole, but with the rest of the lineup, I can afford his weak bat to get some strong SS defense. Prediction: 88 wins

2006 Dodgers
Obviously 2008 went early, but I wanted to grab a non-Braves Maddux team, so quickly jumped at this one. Maddux (x2), Lowe and Perez is a strong rotation, but my bullpen is the star here. Gagne (x2), Saito (x2) and Kuo should seal any lead after 7 innings. In total, this pitching staff boasts a 0.89 WHIP and 2.08 RL ERA. A versatile lineup of good defenders will also help, with Nomar, Kent, Lofton and Furcal anchoring things. I like this team a lot, and with only one other Maddux team in the division, we should be looking at a playoff spot. Prediction: 95 wins

2003 Braves
Another Maddux team, though not as confident in this one. Thankfully I avoided the full Maddux division, but finishing Top 6 will be a challenge due to pitching depth. Smoltz backs up Maddux (x2), but Shane Reynolds also makes the rotation. Smoltz, Hernandez and Holmes are a solid back of the pen, but not elite by any means. Thankfully, the offense and defense is strong, with Chipper, Sheff, Furcal, Andruw Jones and Javy Lopez. Prediction: 88 wins

2013 Indians
I started by looking at the Bauer Reds teams and ended up looking at his Indians seasons. Kluber is usually solid for me, so he and Bauer (along with Josh Tomlin) will make up the rotation, with a strong bullpen consisting of Tomlin, Joe Smith, Matt Albers and Rich Hill (x2). The addition of a late-career Giambi provides two stud anchors for my lineup, with Jose Ramirez and Michael Brantley for pop, and Bourn and Aviles for defense. This team doesn’t scream “dominant”, but it’s very well balanced. Touch division though, so: Prediction: 87 wins

1932 Yankees
I initially avoided the Ruth teams because I didn’t like the pitching. However, my division now makes it a complete crapshoot, with 1930-1933 all together with likely very similar rosters. Sewell (x2) and Lazzeri bring strong IF defense to support Gehrig (x2), Ruth (x2), Dickey and Combs. Red Ruffing and Johnny Allen provide some good bullpen options, but this division is gonna be nothing but fireworks. Prediction: 84 wins

2012 Orioles
I think I overestimated this team. I was excited for Arrieta and Thome, but the rotation will be a weak spot (Arrieta x2, Wolf x2). Britton and O’Day should lock down the late innings if I can get a lead. This lineup has thunder, with Thome (x2) and Davis (x2), but the difference maker will have to be defense, with Davis, Machado, Roberts and Markakis all bringing good value. Overall, I’m not super optimistic. Prediction: 80 wins

1964 Giants
I was a bit surprised to find this team still on the board. The bullpen is not elite, so we might struggle in the late innings, but hopefully Marichal (x2) and Perry (x2) can allow us to build up some big leads. Another lineup with 300+ HR, with Mays (x2), Snider (x2) and Cepeda. Lanier and Pagan bring good, light-hitting D at the back of the lineup. This is another team that will likely be facing a lot of similar rosters. Prediction: 84 wins

1981 Phillies
Not sure how to feel about this team, as there are a few players I don’t use often. Rose, Schmidt and Sandberg will make for a strong lineup and provide really good defense. My rotation isn’t overly strong, with Carlton (x2), Ruthven and Christenson, but McGraw, Reed and Bystrom provide some solid BP options. I don’t even know how to predict this team, but: Prediction: 84 wins

2008 White Sox
Based on my division, I like this team more than I should. Buehrle (x2) and Vazquez (2) provide a reliable, though not exceptional rotation. Dotel (x2) and Jenks make for a strong back end of the pen, but the lineup is why I chose this team. More than 300 HR (with 7 .300+ hitters) in the starting line up alone. Thome and Griffey together will be a nightmare on RHP, though we may struggle a bit vs lefties. Konerko and Dye will help there, as will Joe Crede off the bench. This team also brings incredible defense. Prediction: 88 wins

2001 Athletics
Another team that feels like great value this late. Hudson (x2), Zito and Mulder bring a solid rotation, though the bullpen is a bit meh. A lot of solid but not exceptional relievers. This is another team with a good blend of average, power and defense though, which should help. Giambi (x2), Tejada (x2) and Damon (x2) bring a strong lineup core. Another team that’s hard for me to gauge, but I’m cautiously optimistic. Prediction: 86 wins

2021 Twins
I had this team built for a while, but waited as I wasn’t sure I could stretch the pitching enough. 1400 quality IP, but will that be enough in a capless league? Based on the teams in my division, it should be, but we’ll see. ’20 Maeda is always a stud for me in WIS. He’s joined by himself, Berrios (x2) and Pineda. The bullpen is this team’s strength though. It will take some micromanaging, but Hill, Duffey, Rogers, Stashak and Colome should make things tough in the late innings. This team has a fun lineup, with the likes of Arraez, Donaldson, Cruz, Garver and Buxton. I don’t use them often, but I’m excited to see how we do. Prediction: 88 wins

2006 Reds
This pick was a division play. It should be competitive based on the teams in my division, but overall, it’s hard to tell. The AL spans from 1974 to 2019 and there are some good Reds teams in there. The winner of this division – hopefully me – could be a .500 team. The rotation is very unsexy, with Harang, Arroyo and Lohse (x2), but Guardado and Cormier offer solid bullpen options. Yet another stacked lineup: Griffey (x2), Edwin (x2), Aurilia, Phillips and Dunn. Lots of power, good defense. We’ll see. Prediction: 81 wins

1920 Browns
This is when it became apparent I had a problem. I couldn’t help myself from snagging a few more teams. I had to pick an NL team to counter my 2012 Orioles selection. Not sure how this team will pan out, but I should be facing somewhat similar lineups. Shocker (x2) and Weilman make up the rotation, with Weilman also providing a very good closer season. In between? Meh. Sisler, Ken Williams and Marty McManus (all x2) make for a strong lineup, and this team brings pretty good defense for the era. Prediction: 84 wins

1918 Senators
Another team that needed to be early in the century to counter my Twins selection. I’ve been enticed by Walter Johnson for most of the draft, but didn’t like the rest of the roster. However, as things unfolded, the other teams in my division should be in the same boat. Big Train (x2) and Ayers make up the core of the rotation. Dumont brings a strong closer season, but the rest of the staff is a tossup. Rice (x2) tops the order, with Judge, Schulte an Milan adding some offense. I tanked the bottom two spots in my order to get stud defense from Doc Lavan and George McBride up the middle. We’ll see if the gamble pays off. Prediction: 79 wins

1960 Braves
A bit surprised this team was still lingering, albeit similar to those around it once again. The one thing most of these Braves teams lacked was solid 2B defense. Seeing Schoendienst there (along with Torre’s rookie season) made this team easy to grab. Joined by Aaron (x2) and Mathews (x2), I like this lineup a lot. Pitching? Ehhhh. Spahn rarely does well for me in the SIM, so hopefully that changes here. McMahon brings a couple strong, backend bullpen seasons, so we’ll see. This should be another team that’s at least fun to watch. Prediction: 85 wins

Whew... just finished updating my lineups, pitching rotations and other settings, for all 17 teams. Somehow, I was stupid enough to roster 3 versions of a player on 3 different teams.

Still in the process of setting up the roster verification process for all the leagues. I've set it up for about 6 leagues so far and have even sent some site-mails to people with an illegal player.

1911 Indians - Didn't catch the post of the tourney until the following day. I wanted to scramble for a good pick right away and I probably made a mistake. I saw 1910 Indians were taken right out of the gate so I looked at 1909 and 1911. It was a choice between Joss and Shoeless. I figured I already had Cy Young and Cy Falkenberg so I'd rather have Shoeless Joe Jackson. I knew it was a good team otherwise with 2x Lajoie. But really this was a dumb pick cause now I have to share a division with the 1910 Indians and the 1909 Indians don't.

1913 Pirates - I was finally able to do a bit of research and getting a 2x Honus Wagner, Fred Clarke, Max Carey, Claude Hendrix, Babe Adams, Al Mamaux, Howie Camnitz and George McQuillan was too good to pass up. This team had a good intersection of these players in the same year that 1912 and 1914 does not.

1905 Tigers - Tiger teams were pretty open at this point and they were all later Tiger teams. Since no one was taking very early Tiger teams, I decided to research. The biggest problem is that they lacked any real pitching. However Eddie Cicotte pitched 18 innings here so that was a huge find. I have a 2x Cobb, Crawford, and Hickman (who I found out also played 2B). 3B and SS are weak. I’m using 4 unique catchers and drafted over 3000 innings since they’re all starting pitchers. Should be fun.

1993 Giants – The Giants team of my childhood. When searching Bonds seasons, starting pitching is an issue. 2007 was already taken by this point. Jason Schmidt could be cloned on multiple squads but you’d be hard pressed to find a real good 3^rd and 4^th starter. 1993 had “Swifty and Burky” and a journeyman relief pitcher named Dave Righetti who almost gave up no home runs in 1981. Much of the 1989 crew was still there including Will Clark, Robby Thompson and Matt Williams. Also “ET McGee” was cloned for a fantastic outfield.

1992 Dodgers – the nemesis team of my childhood. I remember a young Pedro Martinez and Vin Scully talking how he might be better that his older brother Ramon who was already one of the better pitchers in the league. I also remember that it was supposed to be a big deal to have Eric Davis and Darryl Strawberry, two local boys, big stars, play in the same outfield together. Whoops, that didn’t work out. The 1992 team was loaded with talent that also had Hershiser and Piazza, but ended up losing 99 games that season.

1964 Braves – I noticed no one had claimed a mid-century Braves team. I quickly did some research and found that 1964 was the only season when Spahn and Niekro were teammates. And yes, those two and their clones are my whole starting rotation. Add in 2x Torre, Aaron, Mathews and the Beeg Boy and this is one of the best lineups in the mid-century.

1961 White Sox – again, didn’t see anyone taking a Joe Horlen season yet. Like my Braves pick, I researched all of his seasons and this one seemed to have the best intersection of other players such as Peters, Sievers, Minoso, Fox and others. I’m not going to be able to compete vs the Ed Walshes, but we’ll hold our own in our division.

1957 Phillies – There were lots of Alexander teams taken. There were lots of Schmidt and 21^st century Philly teams taken. But there was a large empty space in the middle and no one had taken a “Whiz Kid” team. I only need to be the best team in my division, surely there would be other mid-century Phillies teams taken, right? 1957 and 1958 were very similar. Both had Ashburn, Roberts, Hacker, Farrell, Lopata, Hamner, Jones and schwarze’s favorite player, Jim Hearn. Tiebreaker went to 57 which had Haddix and Andy Seminick at the cost of not having Wally Post. Unfortunately, I’m paired with the 1917 and 1930 Phillies with their Pete and re-Petes.

I kept looking at some of the Twins, Reds and Oriole teams but there wasn’t anything left that I thought was worth taking. I didn’t want to take a team “just to take a team”.

What is the longest time period between two teammates that you guys have?

Mine is 27 years from the 1957 Phillies (1944 Ron Northey and 1971 Bob Miller)

I didn't build a lot of teams, nor did I ever consider trying to get into every league. I started out with two teams, found a couple more I liked the next day, etc. Was going to stop at 6 but forced a 7th in. I just don't love trying to manage 20+ teams at once and already have about 10 seasons active.

I've played only an occasional twist league and don't have anywhere near the encyclopedic knowledge of some of the greats who played a season or two on another team, so I undoubtedly missed a lot of better picks just from not having time to keep digging. Generally I found a team I liked for a franchise after researching the team history a bit, built a roster to see if it worked, and picked it. I only had one built team I didn't enter, but now I see I could potentially use it in Round 2. Though of course I deleted it to enter my final team ... alas.

I think this is in the order I picked my teams, or at least close to it.

2024 Dodgers: This is the franchise I know best, and of course I thought about Pedro, Maddux and Koufax seasons too. But I thought it likely only a few people knew that Dinelson Lamet pitched a couple games for LA this year, and I knew I could only use one Ohtani hitting season so his best pitching season would work well, too. So I have a rotation of two Kershaws (13 and 15), Lamet, 22 Ohtani and 21 Walker Buehler. I had way more bullpen stalwarts than I could roster, going with an all-righty group headed by 23 Ryan Brasier's LA partial, 18 Blake Treinen and 22 Evan Phillips, all at 1.21 ERC# or below. Plus 23 Phillips, 19 Tyler Glasnow, 10 Daniel Hudson and 18 Buehler as a spot starter, and it's really a deep pen. The toughest call was having to go with just 12 and cut my best lefty.

On offense, of course I get the one and only 50-50 guy, a pair of Mookies at 2B and RF, a pair of Freddie Freemans at 1B and LF (he'll be fine out there, right?), and some nice supporting characters in Max Muncy, Will Smith, Miguel Rojas, Teoscar Hernandez, and Jason Heyward. The power is outstanding, and the base stealing even better (213 out of 246 attempts, 87%). None of the recent LA catchers can throw decently, but the Campanellas might slow us down some. Are there possibly better Dodger teams? Yeah, I'm sure if I'd built 5 or 6 of the ones that popped into my head I could have made arguments for them. But I felt this would be a really deep team and figured no better time to roll out the 24 Shohei than here as the World Series kicks off.

1977 Reds: I've played a couple Reds only leagues and found the lack of pitching pretty notable, though obviously I didn't research the guys who only played a short time but had great seasons elsewhere. So I knew Tom Seaver joined the team in 77 and would want to look in his era and capture most or all of the Big Red Machine lineup. 77 worked best because I can get 78 Mike Caldwell and 82 Mario Soto to complete the rotation. Plus Joe Hoerner and Dale Murray had fine relief seasons elsewhere, so that felt like a solid enough staff.

The toughest choices involved how to use Pete Rose and configure the defense as effectively as possible. With more depth in the OF, I decided to stick a poor-range 69 Rose at 1B and grab 70 Bob Bailey for the bulk of the 3B time (with 74 Bench taking the rest). 77 Foster will have to man CF with B range, flanked by 68 Rose and a platoon of 75 Griffey and 76 Foster (who will actually play 1B against LHP with Rose moving to the OF). That leaves me with 75 and 76 Joe Morgan to play 2B and DH, 72 Bench, and 76 Concepcion elsewhere. Not sure how to use 292 great PA from 79 Champ Summers, but I know the Morgans need rest. Having too many good bats is usually a good problem.

1911 Cubs: My experience in Cubs franchise drafts also told me that there's not as much talent in the last 60-70 years as you'd think. My only question was whether there was enough hitting on a deadball team to be competitive. The pitching obviously would be there. I landed on 1911 to get the usual suspects (Browns, Reulbachs, Pfiesters) along with a fine 1918 Fred Toney to anchor the pen. Other than Toney, I suspect my pitching looks a lot like the rest of my division.

I was pleasantly surprised to see how many punchy bats I could assemble for this team, though. Chance had a couple good years, Evers hit .341 once, Heinie Zimmerman is a beast, plus there's some good production in Jimmy Sheckard and Frank Schulte and Solly Hofman, among others. Plus a whole lot of A range around the diamond to help those pitchers. Feels like a team that can eke out a few runs even against the studs from the Aughts, I think.

2004 Red Sox: I didn't take a Dodger team with Pedro or any team with Maddux, so this was my best opportunity. The Curse Breakers also had Schilling to bring a couple good SP seasons as well as Derek Lowe's great SP and RP seasons. Toss a couple Keith Foulkes, a couple LOOGYs, and the unhittable and unpredictable 04 Scott Williamson, and you've got the makings of an interesting pen. Williamson will probably walk two guys and exceed his pitch count immediately half the time, but we'll see what happens. I used him once and he surprised me. But of course every team here can hit a ton out of the ball ...

Speaking of offense ... so many good choices here. I started with a pair of Nomars, which left only 1B for David Ortiz unless I play Nomar OOP. I had forgotten how good 96 Ellis Burks is, and that left me only one spot for a Manny. I figured I could use his amazing 08 partial as much as possible and his 532 PA 00 season for the rest out in LF. Plus a Damon, Mueller, Varitek and Pokey Reese bringing one good glove out there at least. It's a pretty horrific defense, frankly. Pedro and Schilling had better strike a lot of guys out.

1943 Cardinals: You can never go wrong with wartime Cardinals, I have heard it often said. I have usually done pretty well using some incarnation of these guys, so why not here too? It's all the usual pitching suspects: Mort Cooper and Harry Brecheen with the biggest load, plus old pals like Munger, Pollet, Lanier, Gumbert and Brazle. Thankfully not the always disappointing Ted Wilks, though.

Of course you have to make sure you get a wartime season where Musial was stateside, so he's the centerpiece. Harry the Hat's .371 season usually plays nicely, and I always like Johnny Hopp, Whitey Kurowski and Walker Cooper. Not sure where to play Debs Garms and Frank Demaree, but there's a lot of talent to spread around the OF for sure. The middle infield is a bit of a drag and not great enough defensively to make up for the lack of offense, though.

1970 Orioles: I had to find a season where Frank Robinson was on the team as well as McNally, Palmer and Cuellar to form a rotation. I think a season or two had already been picked in this time period, but I honestly can't remember. I just knew I could count on a good set of bullpen options and great defense with this era, so I went for it. The pen will have some Dick Hall, Eddie Watt, Moe Drabowsky and Pete Richert covering all the innings I need.

It's not a particularly scary offense, though. The F-Robs are the stars, but it's a drop from there with the likes of the one good Brooksie offensive season, Boog Powell, Bobby Grich (beating out Davey Johnson at 2B), Don Buford, and Paul Blair. Super PH Roger Freed will hit for Mark Belanger a lot!

1924 Tigers: I thought I was done but found a little time to look deeper at a couple franchises with a lot of spots left. I found the collection of bats on this Tigers team tempting enough to see what they can do against a franchise low on pitching studs in their history. The only saving grace pitching wise is I get one great Dutch Leonard season to key the rotation, and after that it's just cannon fodder really. I have two versions of Hooks Dauss and Syl Johnson for chrissakes ... plus Earl Whitehill, the bane of 16x16 leagues with his one tolerable 35-inning season. We're gonna give up heaps of runs.

But that's OK, because I think this team is going to score all day and all night. The lineup has a pair of Ty Cobbs, Harry Heilmanns and Charlie Gehringers, plus Heinie Manush, six of which hit .371 or higher. Yeah, they'll normalize a bit, but it's still going to be a tough team to slow down. I've even got 3 catchers who hit at least .344. And I don't even have room for Bob Fothergill (.367/.421/.506) or Al Wingo (.370/.456/.527) in the lineup. Plus, I stuck them in Palace of the Fans just to up the ante. The box scores should be entertaining, no matter how things go.

Posted by toysboys on 10/25/2024 4:05:00 PM (view original):
What is the longest time period between two teammates that you guys have?

Mine is 27 years from the 1957 Phillies (1944 Ron Northey and 1971 Bob Miller)

My 24 Tigers have 1911 Cobb and 1937 Gehringer, so 26 years apart.

I finally take the lead in something!

86 Cubs: 1972 Chris Speier and 2002 Jamie Moyer- 30 years.

schwarze will tell me the roster is illegal shortly.

Posted by toysboys on 10/25/2024 4:05:00 PM (view original):
What is the longest time period between two teammates that you guys have?

Mine is 27 years from the 1957 Phillies (1944 Ron Northey and 1971 Bob Miller)

A quick check on all the rosters, and the teams with the biggest years difference are:
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WAS_1933	41
MIN_1987	40
LAD_1993	37
PHA_1930	35
CHW_1991	32
LAD_2002	31
STL_1963	31
CLE_1997	31

I had to look this up, but Nick Altrock played 1 game for the 1933 Senators. He was 56 years old at the time. kstober is using his 1904 and 1905 seasons. He is also using 1945 Ray Prim, who was a 26-year old rookie for the 1933 Senators.