National League Eastern Conference Season in Review

The results are in and today, we will review the seasons of the twelve All-Star Teams that comprised of the National League Eastern Conference.

The twelve teams that make up this conference were split into two divisions (click on the links to see the cards and players of each of the teams):

• Eastern Conference Division 1 (AL Stadiums)

1. 1991 (Toronto)
2. 1993 (Baltimore)
3. 1997 (Cleveland)
4. 1999 (Boston)
5. 2005 (Detroit)
6. 2008 (New York A)

• Eastern Conference Division 2 (NL Stadiums)

1. 1988 (Cincinnati)
2. 1994 (Pittsburgh)
3. 1996 (Philadelphia)
4. 2000 (Atlanta)
5. 2002 (Milwaukee)
6. 2006 (Pittsburgh)

Here are the results of the simulated 162-game season:

If you can't see the picture, here are the standings:

Eastern Conference Division 1

• 99 NL ALL-STAR 98-64
• 05 NL ALL-STAR 91-71
• 08 NL ALL-STAR 84-78
• 97 NL ALL-STAR 83-79
• 93 NL ALL-STAR 76-86
• 91 NL ALL-STAR 56-106

1999 NL All-Stars - NL Eastern Conference Division 1 Winner 

Eastern Conference Division 2

• 02 NL ALL-STAR 97-65
• 00 NL ALL-STAR 92-70
• 96 NL ALL-STAR 85-77
• 06 NL ALL-STAR 81-81
• 94 NL ALL-STAR 67-95
• 88 NL ALL-STAR 62-100

2002 NL All-Stars - NL Eastern Conference Division 2 Winner 

Team stats:

The 1999 NL All-Stars led the NL East Conference in batting average (.277), home runs (250, Mark McGwire with 30) RBI's (845, McGwire with 69), OPS (.818). The 1988 team led in stolen bases (168, Andy Van Slyke with 24).

The 1999 NL All-Stars, led by Kevin Millwood (19-7, 3.32 ERA), won the conference regular season title with its 98-64 record (which coincidentally, the 1999 AL All-Stars finished their season with the same record). The 2002 and 2008 NL All-Stars teams tied for the conference lead in saves with 51. The 1997 team led in team ERA with a "low" 3.78 and shutouts with 10. The 1991 NL All-Stars led the conference with 32 complete games.

The 2008 NL All-Stars led the conference in fielding percentage (a low 86 errors, .986 fielding percentage).

The top four teams in each division will advance to the 32-team tournament, meaning eight teams will advance to the postseason. Each round of this postseason will consist of 10,000 simulated games, and each series will have it's own post (akin to the simulations I held on my humble, little blog). Each first place team will take on the fourth place team within its division, and each second place team will take on the third place team. So the first eight series will consist of the following teams:

Eastern Conference Division 1
(1) 1999 NL vs. (4) 1997 NL
(2) 2005 NL vs. (3) 2008 NL

Eastern Conference Division 2
(1) 2002 NL vs. (4) 2006 NL
(2) 2000 NL vs. (3) 1996 NL

Congratulations to the advancing teams. On Thursday, the National League Western Conference season in review.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama