Simulating … err … ruining the Phillies: Part 5 (the all-time team)

Our Daniel Walsh simulated the Phillies in a variety of experiments in the game Out of the Park Baseball. Each day this week, Walsh chronicles his simulations.

You deserve to be happy.

You deserve a good baseball team to watch and the chance to dwell in nostalgia every now and then.

For that reason, I’ve fired up the ol’ time machine, dusted off the cryogenics lab, taken an antacid, and brought you the Phillies team you deserve: one made entirely of all-time great Phillies.

EXPERIMENT 4: THE ALL-TIME TEAM

The selection methodology was a mix between the Phillies who had the best career at a position and those who had the best season at a position, which is how Ken Giles wound up on the roster…