bdj610's End of Year MLB All-Star Teams: 1992 Edition

It's now the end of the 1992 season. By the time I named my 1992 End of the Year All-Star Teams, it's junior year in high school. I was making a lot of decisions about my future around this time. Colleges were sending brochures by the sack full. Mount Mercy College in Iowa was the first college to send me mail if I remember correctly. It sounded like a great place to start my college life (although that's not where I wound up going). Baseball took a backseat at this time of my life, so my 1992 All-Star teams once again are made up many of the players who participated in the midsummer classic in San Diego in July plus others that filled the rest of the positions.

This year's teams include 10 pitchers on each team (seven starters, three closers), and the usual 3 players per position (1b, 2b, 3b, ss, c, 9 of), and because the 1993 ASG would be in Baltimore (at the two-year-old Orioles Park at Camden Yards), each team included a DH. So the rosters were expanded back to 35 players per team.

Let's cut to the chase. Without further ado, for the first time online, I am proud to introduce my 1992 End of Year MLB All-Star Teams (in alphabetical order by position):

(On feeds and on other blog sites like Sculu, it all looks normal, but on Blogger, there is this huge space. And I better have this written correctly because Sculu doesn't update even after posts have been edited...)

American League First Basemen Cecil Fielder, Tigers Mark McGwire, Athletics Paul Molitor, Brewers Second Basemen Roberto Alomar, Blue Jays Carlos Baerga, Indians* Chuck Knoblauch, Twins* Third Basemen Wade Boggs, Red Sox Edgar Martinez, Mariners* Robin Ventura, White Sox Shortstops Travis Fryman, Tigers* Cal Ripken, Orioles Omar Vizquel, Mariners* Outfielders Brady Anderson, Orioles* George Bell, White Sox Joe Carter, Blue Jays Juan Gonzalez, Rangers* Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariners Roberto Kelly, Yankees* Kirby Puckett, Twins Ruben Sierra, Athletics Dave Winfield, Blue Jays Catchers Pat Borders, Blue Jays* Ivan Rodriguez, Rangers* Mickey Tettleton, Tigers Designated Hitter: Frank Thomas, White Sox* Pitchers Rick Aguilera, Twins Kevin Brown, Rangers* Roger Clemens, Red Sox Dennis Eckersley, Athletics Juan Guzman, Blue Jays* Mark Langston, Angels Jack McDowell, White Sox Jeff Mongtomery, Royals* Mike Mussina, Orioles* Charles Nagy, Indians* Manager: Cito Gaston, Blue Jays The Starters: 1B: McGwire 2B: Alomar 3B: Boggs SS: Ripken OF: Carter OF: Griffey, Jr. OF: Puckett C: Tettleton DH: Thomas P: Brown *First-Time All-Star

National League First Basemen Will Clark, Giants John Kruk, Phillies Fred McGriff, Padres* Second Basemen Craig Biggio, Astros Ryne Sandberg, Cubs Mike Sharperson, Dodgers* Third Basemen Terry Pendleton, Braves Gary Sheffield, Padres* Matt Williams, Giants Shortstops Tony Fernandez, Padres Barry Larkin, Reds Ozzie Smith, Cardinals Outfielders Barry Bonds, Pirates Brett Butler, Dodgers Andre Dawson, Cubs Ron Gant, Braves Marquis Grissom, Expos* Tony Gwynn, Padres Bip Roberts, Reds* Andy Van Slyke, Pirates Larry Walker, Expos* Catchers Darren Daulton, Phillies* Mike LaValliere, Pirates Tom Pagnozzi, Cardinals* Designated Hitter: Mark Grace, Cubs Pitchers Norm Charlton, Reds* Sid Fernandez, Mets Tom Glavine, Braves Doug Jones, Astros Greg Maddux, Cubs* Dennis Martinez, Expos Mike Morgan, Cubs Lee Smith, Cardinals John Smoltz, Braves Bob Tewksbury, Cardinals* Manager: Felipe Alou, Expos The Starters: 1B: McGriff 2B: Sandberg 3B: Pendleton SS: Smith OF: Bonds OF: Gwynn OF: Van Slyke C: Daulton DH: Grace P: Maddux

Twenty-seven players are first-time all-stars (16 for the American League, 11 for the Nationals). One-person teams on my 1992 rosters include the Angels (Langston), Brewers (Molitor), Royals (Montgomery), Yankees (Kelly), and Mets (Fernandez). Both the Blue Jays and Cubs send five representatives on the AL and NL rosters respectively, leading both leagues (back to that Chicago bias...love it). The White Sox, Braves, Cardinals, and Padres each send four players to their respective squads.

As always, seven regular games (10,000 simulations each, six with the same starting pitchers, one where lineups and starting pitchers change), and one All-Star Game will be simulated during the course of the week. I hope to have the results of all the games by the end of the week.

Now it's time for me to create the .DAT files before getting the games set. To answer commenter Ric Knapp, and to all of those who missed the first post explaining how I getting these simulations, I am using the Strategic Baseball Simulator for all of the simulations. It's been really easy to create my teams via copy and paste. And the simulator has been relatively accurate to say the least. Time to play the games.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama