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I absolutely adore whatifsports.com and last week I joined an 80's franchise league. I picked the California Angels for reasons unbeknownst to me. The league had a very low salary cap so unfortunately I couldn't afford such Angel greats as Wally Joyner, Mike Witt, and Bob Boone but hopefully you still think favorably of my roster and perhaps seeing some of these old names will conjure up some nice memories:
Name (Bats)% PA AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG Salary
Gary Pettis '85 (S) 95 94 83 0 0 8 .229 .312 .289 $2.93M
Doug Decinces '83 (R)100 70 65 1 9 0 .323 .357 .477 $3.34M
Bobby Grich '81 (R)100 98 87 8 28 0 .425 .490 .770 $5.51M
Tony Armas '89 (R) 96 38 37 2 6 0 .324 .342 .568 $1.22M
Reggie Jackson '82(L)100 103 89 6 16 0 .247 .340 .517 $4.10M
Devon White '89 (S)100 109 105 3 16 9 .276 .294 .390 $2.67M
Ed Ott '81 (L)100 67 62 2 6 0 .226 .269 .355 $1.03M
Tim Foli '82 (R)100 88 83 0 2 0 .217 .253 .253 $2.04M
BENCH
Name (Bats)% PA AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG Salary
Kent Anderson '89 (R)100 43 38 0 1 0 .184 .279 .237 $859K
Bobby Clark '82 (R) 95 17 13 0 0 1 .077 .294 .077 $200K
Tom Donohue '80 (R)100 23 23 0 1 1 .217 .217 .217 $246K
Daryl Sconiers '83 (L) 95 61 57 0 6 0 .175 .213 .211 $1.97M
Max Venable '89 (L) 90 11 11 0 1 0 .455 .455 .727 $469K
Rob Picciolo '84 (R) 96 23 22 0 1 0 .182 .217 .182 $250K
STARTERS
Pitcher % W-L SV IP ERA OAV WHIP K/9 BB/9 Salary
Chuck Finley '89 (L) 100 2-1 0 31.0 5.23 .279 1.55 8.71 4.06 $6.36M
Steve Renko '81 (R) 100 2-0 0 26.2 2.36 .147 0.75 5.40 2.03 $4.17M
Bruce Kison '82 (R) 23 1-2 0 29.2 3.34 .221 1.08 7.58 2.12 $4.69M
Alfredo Martinez '80(R) 17 1-2 0 32.0 4.78 .267 1.34 5.06 2.25 $3.67M
Jim Slaton '85 (R) 100 0-3 0 12.0 9.75 .288 1.83 3.75 5.25 $3.20M
Dave Lemanczyk '80 (R) 100 3-1 1 25.2 1.75 .176 0.86 3.16 2.45 $1.92M
BULLPEN
Pitcher % W-L SV IP ERA OAV WHIP K/9 BB/9 Salary
Ralph Botting '80(L) 100 0-0 0 6.0 12.00 .424 2.33 9.00 0.00 $247K
Andy Hassler '82 (L) 100 0-2 0 9.1 7.71 .333 1.93 4.82 4.82 $2.00M
Greg Minton '89 (R) 100 1-1 4 15.0 2.40 .154 1.07 6.00 4.80 $2.83M
Gary Lucas '87 (L) 100 2-0 0 13.2 1.32 .149 0.66 6.59 1.32 $2.09M
Pat Clements '85 (L) 100 0-0 1 13.2 0.66 .149 0.66 3.29 1.32 $1.90M
Those aren't their real life stats, just what they've done for me thus far. Suffice to say Bobby Grich is my new hero. And for anyone that enjoys baseball's history like I do I would wholeheartedly recommend whatifsports.com. Check it out some time.
Name (Bats)% PA AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG Salary
Gary Pettis '85 (S) 95 94 83 0 0 8 .229 .312 .289 $2.93M
Doug Decinces '83 (R)100 70 65 1 9 0 .323 .357 .477 $3.34M
Bobby Grich '81 (R)100 98 87 8 28 0 .425 .490 .770 $5.51M
Tony Armas '89 (R) 96 38 37 2 6 0 .324 .342 .568 $1.22M
Reggie Jackson '82(L)100 103 89 6 16 0 .247 .340 .517 $4.10M
Devon White '89 (S)100 109 105 3 16 9 .276 .294 .390 $2.67M
Ed Ott '81 (L)100 67 62 2 6 0 .226 .269 .355 $1.03M
Tim Foli '82 (R)100 88 83 0 2 0 .217 .253 .253 $2.04M
BENCH
Name (Bats)% PA AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG Salary
Kent Anderson '89 (R)100 43 38 0 1 0 .184 .279 .237 $859K
Bobby Clark '82 (R) 95 17 13 0 0 1 .077 .294 .077 $200K
Tom Donohue '80 (R)100 23 23 0 1 1 .217 .217 .217 $246K
Daryl Sconiers '83 (L) 95 61 57 0 6 0 .175 .213 .211 $1.97M
Max Venable '89 (L) 90 11 11 0 1 0 .455 .455 .727 $469K
Rob Picciolo '84 (R) 96 23 22 0 1 0 .182 .217 .182 $250K
STARTERS
Pitcher % W-L SV IP ERA OAV WHIP K/9 BB/9 Salary
Chuck Finley '89 (L) 100 2-1 0 31.0 5.23 .279 1.55 8.71 4.06 $6.36M
Steve Renko '81 (R) 100 2-0 0 26.2 2.36 .147 0.75 5.40 2.03 $4.17M
Bruce Kison '82 (R) 23 1-2 0 29.2 3.34 .221 1.08 7.58 2.12 $4.69M
Alfredo Martinez '80(R) 17 1-2 0 32.0 4.78 .267 1.34 5.06 2.25 $3.67M
Jim Slaton '85 (R) 100 0-3 0 12.0 9.75 .288 1.83 3.75 5.25 $3.20M
Dave Lemanczyk '80 (R) 100 3-1 1 25.2 1.75 .176 0.86 3.16 2.45 $1.92M
BULLPEN
Pitcher % W-L SV IP ERA OAV WHIP K/9 BB/9 Salary
Ralph Botting '80(L) 100 0-0 0 6.0 12.00 .424 2.33 9.00 0.00 $247K
Andy Hassler '82 (L) 100 0-2 0 9.1 7.71 .333 1.93 4.82 4.82 $2.00M
Greg Minton '89 (R) 100 1-1 4 15.0 2.40 .154 1.07 6.00 4.80 $2.83M
Gary Lucas '87 (L) 100 2-0 0 13.2 1.32 .149 0.66 6.59 1.32 $2.09M
Pat Clements '85 (L) 100 0-0 1 13.2 0.66 .149 0.66 3.29 1.32 $1.90M
Those aren't their real life stats, just what they've done for me thus far. Suffice to say Bobby Grich is my new hero. And for anyone that enjoys baseball's history like I do I would wholeheartedly recommend whatifsports.com. Check it out some time.