Smasher League Division Series Preview: R'yleh Cultists vs.



Smasher League Division Series Preview: R'yleh Cultists vs. Queens Mecuries

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Vital Statistics

[b]Owner: [/b] CthulhuDreams
[b]Location: [/b]
[b]Home Grounds: [/b]
[b]Founded:[/b]
[b]Record:[/b]
[b]Runs Scored:[/b] 920 (5.68 per game)
[b]Runs Allowed:[/b] 651 (4.02 per game)
[b]All-Time Playoff Record:[/b]


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Vital Statistics

[b]Owner: [/b] Senerio
[b]Location: [/b]
[b]Home Grounds: [/b] Shea Park
[b]Founded:[/b]
[b]Record:[/b]
[b]Runs Scored:[/b] 879 (5.53 per game)
[b]Runs Allowed:[/b] 714 (4.41 per game)
[b]All-Time Playoff Record:[/b]

[b]The Parks[/b]

Cultists transferred to Neutral Field after playing in a slight pitchers park for balance of the season.

Mecuries are in Shea Park, 113 HR factor, 103 R factor.

[b]Positional Breakdown![/b]


[b]Catcher[/b]

Hartnett (R) .255 / .324 / .??? with 9 HRs and 1 SB
vs.
Mickey Cochrane (L) .323 / .373 / .??? with 7 HRs and 2 Stolen Bases
Carlton Fisk (R) .279 / .313 / .??? with 5 HRs


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]First Base [/b]

1B: Albert Pujols .289 / .364 / .??? with 25 HRs and 6 SBs
vs.
Mike Greenwell .289 / .332 / .??? with 10 HRs and 3 SB

[b]EDGE: Cultists [/b]

[b]Second Base [/b]

Rogers Hornsby (R) .300 / .353 / .??? with 19 HRs and 7 SBs.
vs.
Bobby Doerr (R)  .246 / .289 / .??? with 12 HR and 0 SB


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Third Base[/b]

Ron Santo .264 / .342 / .??? with 14 HRs and 1 SB
vs.
Wade Boggs .293 / .356 / .??? with 4 HR and 1 SB


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Shortstop[/b]

Arky Vaughn .296 / .353 with 7 HRs and 3 SBs
vs.
Verns Stephens .254 / .293 with 10 HRs


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Left Field[/b]

Billy Williams .287 / .321 / .??? with 9 HRs and
Bob Johnson .254 / .318 / .??? with 8 HRs
vs.
Ted Williams .319 / .416 / .??? with 34 HRs


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Centre Field[/b]

Tris Speaker .312 / .366 / .??? with 5 HRs and 17 SBs
vs.
Dom Dimaggio .283 / .336 / .??? with 4 HRs and 4 SBs


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Right Field[/b]

RF: Ancient Stan Musial .280 / .336 / .??? with 11 HRs and
Carlos Beltran .258 / .315 / .??? with 2 HRs and 3SBs (:siren: Beltran has a small sample size there)

vs.

Cuyler .305 / .341 / .??? with 5 HRs and 5 SBs or
Dwight Evens .245 / .283 / .??? with 4 homers in a small sample size


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Designated Hitter[/b]

Mike Piazza .296 / .344 / .??? with 20 HRs
vs.
Reggie Smith (The Other Reggie) .257 / .313 / .??? with 18 HRs and 3 SBs.


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Pitching[/b]


[b]SP 1[/b]

Christy Mathewson 22-7, ERA 2.72 with 225.1 IP and 93Ks
vs.
Rodger Clemens (20-10, ERA 3.98, 244 IP, 207Ks)


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]SP 2[/b]

Walter Johnson 14-6 with a 3.68 ERA, 220 IP and 117Ks
vs.
Lefty Grove (15-9, ERA 3.59, 248.1 IP, 117 Ks)


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]SP 3[/b]

Ray Collins 20-7 ERA 3.24 225 IP 76 Ks
vs.
Justin Verlander (6-3 ERA 4.37, 127.2 IP, 88Ks)


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]SP 4[/b]

Steve Carlton 11-13 4.53 ERA, 224.1 IP, 134Ks
vs.
Joe Bush (6-4, ERA 2.55 IP 74.0, 38Ks)


[b]EDGE: Cultists Mecuries [/b]


[b]Bullpen[/b]

I cannot be bothered to assemble all the stats, but in short the Mercuries have a terrible bullpen, and the Cultists have one that is [i]even worse[/i]