1989 Simulation (OOTPB 6.5 vs. OOTPB 2006 vs. MLB)

I decided to see how OOTPB 6.5 compared to OOTPB 2006 from a statistical standpoint. The numbers below in no way reflect in sort of scientific conclusions. My population is way too small to read into any significant conclusions, but I figured it would be fun for giggles. I decided to compare the results to the 1989 MLB season; no particular reason other than I graduated from high school that year. I ran everything with default settings (except for the pain and suffering of trying to get minor leagues setup in OOTPB 2006.

The first section is the real life results of the 1989 season, followed by the results of an OOTPB 6.5 simulation, and the results of an OOTPB 2006 simulation.

Feel free to post comments, questions, etc.

*Denotes the worst record. I have also taken the liberty to include Atlanta’s results.

MLB 1989 Season
AL East: Toronto 89-73 (.260 AVG, 3.58 ERA)
AL West: Oakland 99-63 (.261 AVG, 3.09 ERA)
NL East: Chicago 93-69 (.261 AVG, 3.43 ERA)
NL West: San Francisco 92-70 (.250 AVG, 3.30 ERA)
*Detroit 59-103 (.242 AVG, 4.53 ERA)
Atlanta 63-97 (.234 AVG, 3.70 ERA)

ALCS: Oakland 4 – Toronto 1
NLCS: San Francisco 4 – Chicago 1
World Series: Oakland 4 – San Francisco 0

AVG: K. Puckett (MIN) .339 AVG, 9 HR, 89 RBI, 11 SB
HR: K. Mitchell (SF) .291 AVG, 47 HR, 125 RBI, 3 SB
W: B. Saberhagen (KC) 23-6, 2.16 ERA, .961 WHIP
ERA: B. Saberhagen (KC) 23-6, 2.16 ERA, .961 WHIP

OOTPB 6.5 1989 Season
AL East: Boston 99-63 (.272 AVG, 3.81 ERA)
AL West: Oakland 99-63 (.262 AVG, 3.29 ERA)
NL East: Chicago 92-70 (.275 AVG, 3.72 ERA)
NL West: San Diego 84-78 (.271 AVG, 4.07 ERA)
*Atlanta 63-99 (.248 AVG, 4.45 ERA)

ALCS: Oakland 4 – Boston 2
NLCS: San Diego 4 – Chicago 0
World Series: Oakland 2 – San Diego 4

AVG: D. Smith (CHI NL) .372 AVG, 20 HR, 115 RBI, 21 SB
HR: H. Johnson (NY NL) .313 AVG, 59 HR, 128 RBI, 8 SB
W: C. Cary (NY AL) 20-11, 4.08 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
ERA: T. Mulholland (SF) 7-6, 2.61 ERA, 1.11 WHIP

OOTPB 2006 1989 Season
AL East: Cleveland 95-66 (.268 AVG, 3.89 ERA)
AL West: Seattle 93-68 (.288 AVG, 4.46 ERA)
NL East: New York 95-66 (.261 AVG, 3.83 ERA)
NL West: Cincinnati 93-68 (.265 AVG, 3.74 ERA)
*Detroit 60-101 (.249 AVG, 5.28 ERA)
Atlanta 86-75 (.250 AVG, 3.78 ERA)

ALCS: Cleveland 4 – Seattle 1
NLCS: Cincinnati 4 – New York 3
World Series: Cincinnati 4 – Cleveland 1

AVG: K. Bass (HOU) .345 AVG, 10 HR, 68 RBI, 26 SB
HR: M. McGwire (OAK) .241 AVG, 49 HR, 110 RBI, 1 SB
W: Greg Swindell (CLE) 24-8, 3.50 ERA, 1.24 WHIP
ERA: B. Saberhagen (KC) 20-7, 1 SV, 2.57 ERA, 1.03 WHIP

Notes: K. Pukett (MIN) .330 AVG (6th overall); K. Mitchell (SF) 40 HRs (3rd overall); N. Ryan (TX) 13-14, 3.31 ERA, 279K; A. Davis (SEA) 1B signed a 4-year contract valued at $62,320,000; C. Lansford (OAK) 3B signed a 6-year contract valued at $89,196,000.

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2 thoughts on “1989 Simulation (OOTPB 6.5 vs. OOTPB 2006 vs. MLB)”

  1. My all-time favorite player is George Brett – only player to win a batting title in 3 different decades – 1976 .333, 1980 .390, 1990 .329. In real life Brett hit .282, in OOTPB 6.3 Brett hit.279, and in OOTPB 2006 Brett hit .285.

    Growing up Dale Murphy was my favorite Braves player. In real life Murphy was .228 AVG, 20 HR, 84 RBI; OOTPB 6.5 Murphy was .225 AVG, 18 HR, 56 RBI. In OOTPB 2006 Murphy did not play for the Braves! Instead he spent his time at AA and AAA. Ouch.

  2. I guess we can finally say that OOTPB 2006 is officially a poor simulation because the Cubs won the WS in 1990 (over the Blue Jays). LOL

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