#9/10 Seeded Teams
#10 1927 Brooklyn Robins,
Original Season Record:65-88, 6th place, NL
Star Attractions: You will not find a much better 1-2 starting pitching punch than Dazzy Vance and Jesse Petty. Their combined W-L record of 29-33 was much more a reflection of the team around them than the two individuals. Vance led the league in WAR with 7.7, had a 2.70 ERA, and led the league with 25 complete games and 184 strikeouts. Southpaw Petty had a 2.98 ERA and both were workhorses, topping 270 innings apiece.
Also Featuring: Watty Clark did excellent work in relief with a 2.32 ERA in 73.6 innings. Hall-of-Fame outfielder Max Carey was the offensive spark plug, with 32 stolen bases, 10 triples, 30 doubles and 64 walks.
Potential Pitfalls: The Robins were atrociously bad offensively with a dismal .306 on base percentage as a team and a woeful .342 slugging percentage. A leaky defence, especially on the infield, did no favours to a great pitching staff. The most puzzling part of this team was that they played in a bandbox ballpark, Ebbetts Field, yet still could not hit worth a lick, while the pitching staff excelled in spite of a disadvantageous home field.
#9 1927 Cleveland Indians
Original Season Record: 66-87, .431, 6th place, AL
Star Attractions: Hall-of-Fame shortstop Joe Sewell hit .316 with 48 doubles and George Burns led the team with a .319 batting average and 51 doubles (three Indians had more than 40 doubles)
Also Featuring: The starting pitching is pretty respectable with 18-game winner Willis Hudlin who logged 264.6 innings and Jake Miller who had a lighter workload, but an impressive 3.21 ERA.
Potential Pitfalls: While the offence is fairly efficient at getting on base at a decent rate, but it is really hard to compete when your leader in home runs has just five and as a whole the team hit just 26 dingers. There is also a severe lack of pitching depth on this team, and while you might get away with that if your top pitchers were studs, in Cleveland`s case their best hurlers are much more solid, than anything special.
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