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LABR

Fantasy sports league

Summary

Fantasy sports league

LABR was the first high-profile fantasy sports experts league of its kind. Formed by John Hunt, the fantasy baseball columnist for USA Today Baseball Weekly, the league was first formed in 1994 and featured such celebrities as Peter Gammons, Keith Olbermann and Bill James.{{cite news | author-link=Jonah Keri LABR stands for League of Alternative Baseball Reality and was given that nickname and the pronunciation ("labor") by Olbermann as a play on words with the labor strike in baseball at that time. Hunt ran the league and published the results of the LABR league in the Baseball Weeklys (now USA Today Sports Weekly) fantasy baseball preview issue each March from 1994 through 2006. He opted not to return for the 2007 league and was replaced with in-house staff. The dollar values players were sold for in the fantasy league are used as a benchmark for readers in their own fantasy drafts.

The LABR has lost its early status as the premier experts' league, as in 1997 a rival fantasy baseball experts league, Tout Wars, was created by Ron Shandler, who was fed up with the lack of promotion USA Today gave the LABR league.

The LABR Mixed league, AL-Only league and NL-Only league are online and can be viewed by the general public.

The 2020 Major League Baseball season was a 60-game pandemic shortened season. LABR auctions and drafts occurred during Spring Training before the pandemic shutdown.

Scoring rules

LABR uses a Ranked, Rotisserie Based Scoring System of 5 batting categories and 5 pitching categories (5x5).

If there are N teams in the LABR, N points shall be awarded for first place in a category, N-1 for second place, down to 1 point for last place. In the event of a tie, the points will be split. Points will be aggregated over all ten scoring categories (see below). The team with the most points wins.

Example: LABR has 15 teams. Team A has the most home runs, and is awarded 15 points in that category. Teams B and C are tied for second in home runs; they split the second and third place points, and each receive 13.5 points. If a team finished first in all 10 categories, it would receive a total of 1510=150 points. If it finished last in all categories, it would receive 110=10 points. In the case of ties in total points, the final places in the standings are determined by comparing the placement of the teams in the individual categories. The team ahead in a category is given a point. This is done over all categories. The team with the most points is declared the winner. Should the teams still be tied after this process, then the final result shall be declared a tie.

Batting Categories

  • Batting Average
  • Runs
  • Home Runs
  • Runs Batted In
  • Stolen Bases

Pitching Categories

  • Wins
  • Earned Run Average
  • WHIP (Walks+Hits)/(Innings Pitched)
  • Strikeouts
  • Saves

Each team will be required to attain a minimum of 950 innings pitched in order to qualify for placement in the pitching categories of; a) Ratio and b) Earned Run Average, and a minimum of 4,200 at-bats for placement in the batting average category. If these minimum innings or at-bats are not achieved the team will receive 1 point in these categories and every team that meets the minimum innings pitched or at-bats will be ranked in the standings with 15 points for 1st place and so on until all qualifying teams have received points.

Rosters

Rosters shall consist of a lineup of 23 players and a bench of 6 reserve players.

A team's active roster consists of the following players: 5 outfielders, 2 catchers, 1 second baseman, 1 shortstop, 1 middle infielder (either second baseman or shortstop), 1 first baseman, 1 third baseman, 1 corner infielder (first or third baseman), one utility player who may be of any position and 9 pitchers (who may be either starters, relievers or both).

There will also be six reserve players on each team's roster to be selected on draft day. Players who go onto the disabled list may also be reserved on a separate list. There is no limit to the number of disabled list players that can exist on a roster.

Only members of the active roster generate statistics.

Results

AL-Only AuctionNL-Only AuctionMixed Draft
2024James Anderson - RotowireDoug Dennis - Baseball HQ
2023Jason Collette - FangraphsGlenn Colton / Rick Wolf - Colton & The Wolfman
2022Eno Sarris - The AthleticMike Gianella - Baseball Prospectus
2021Ian Kahn - The AthleticDerek Carty - Derek Carty
2020Larry Schechter - Winning Fantasy BaseballDerek Carty - Derek Carty
2019Glenn Colton / Rick Wolf - Colton & The WolfmanDerek VanRiper - The Athletic
2018Glenn Colton / Rick Wolf - Colton & The WolfmanHoward Bender - Fantasy Alarm
2017Steve Gardner - USA TODAY SportsSteve Gardner - USA TODAY Sports
2016Larry Schechter - Winning Fantasy BaseballDerek Carty - ESPN/RotoGrinders
2015Steve Gardner - USA TODAY SportsDerek VanRiper - RotoWire
2014Dave Adler - Baseball HQLenny Melnick - RotoExperts
2013Larry Schechter - Winning Fantasy BaseballGreg Ambrosius/Shawn Childs - NFBC
2012Brad Evans - YahooSteve Moyer - Baseball Info Solutions
2011Chris Liss - RotowireDoug Dennis - Baseball HQ
2010Steve Gardner - USA TODAYClay Davenport - Baseball Prospectus
2009Jason Grey - ESPNDerek Carty - The Hardball Times
2008Jonah Keri - ESPNTristan Cockcroft - ESPN
2007Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton - RotoworldClay Davenport - Baseball Prospectus
2006Jonah Keri - Baseball ProspectusBob Radomski - Sandlot Shrink
2005Jason Grey - Mastersball.comTrevor Braunig, CDM contest winner
2004Michael McMahon - Baseball HQSteve Yoder - Baseball HQ
2003Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton - RotoworldMark Allen - amateur player
2002Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton - RotoworldTristan Cockcroft - CBS Sports
2001Jonathan Mayo - MLB.comRon Shandler - Baseball HQ
2000Michael Brown - amateur playerGreg Faulkner - Owner’s Box
1999Michael Brown/Malek Shubair - amateur playersJohn Hunt - Baseball Weekly
1998Gene McCaffrey/John Menna - Wise Guy BaseballKeith Law - Baseball Prospectus
1997Bill Kulik - Forever BaseballJohn Hunt - Baseball Weekly
1996Lenny Melnick/Irwin Zwilling - Rotisserie Sports HourSteve Moyer - Stats Inc. and John Hunt - Baseball Weekly (tie)
1995Lenny Melnick/Irwin Zwilling - Rotisserie Sports HourMike Vogel - USA Stats
1994Larry Labadini - Fantasy Baseball Scouting ReportJohn Hunt - Baseball Weekly

References

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