Ken Clark Wins 2023 NFBC Post-Season Contest & $20,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

IT'S OFFICIAL: Ken Clark of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas won the 2023 NFBC Post-Season Contest and the record $20,000 grand prize. Ken beat a record field of 472 teams to win this contest where the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games in the World Series.

Ken finished with 1,293 points to edge Steve Wells by 26 points for the $20,000 grand prize. Steve won $5,000 for his runner-up finish as we paid the Top 25 teams overall. Rounding out the Top 5 were Joe Kalinowski, Dan DaSilva and Jason Duponte. This contest featured games played in the Divisional Round, the League Championship Series and the World Series.

Ken had Jonah Heim, Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia, Corbin Carroll, Zac Gallen and Merril Kelly at 3x. At 2x he had Nathan Eovaldi. Great job Ken and congrats.

Here's the Top 100 teams from the final standings now that all stat corrections are official:

2023 NFBC Post-Season Contest Final Standings:
1 Ken Clark Red Mule 1,293
2 Steve Wells Wells 7 1,267
3 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 12 1,260
4 Daniel DaSilva Fabulous Freebirds 1,250
5 Jason Duponte Benzinger 1,245
6 Jason Duponte Burks 1,221
7 Geoffrey Suk Suk 1,214
8 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 5 1,214
9 Robert Kahn Ho Chi Funk 1,211
10 Jason Duponte Barrett 1,201
11 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 7 1,200
12 Scott keikoan keikoan 1,192
13 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 1 1,187
14 MICHELE TURPIN Pandas 1,187
15 Steve Wells Wells 6 1,183
16 Steve Wells Wells 5 1,180
17 Thomas Greenwald THE VALHALLA OF DECADENCE 1,173
18 Troy Klauder Klauder 1,172
19 Jeffrey Johnson Winners 1,169
20 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 8 1,164
21 David Hartley Hartley 1,160
22 Philippe Dussault The Robot P2 1,160
23 Brian Edwards Edwards 1,150
24 Jacob Carson Carson 1,149
25 Philippe Dussault The Robot P1 1,144
26 Chris Fessler Fessler 1,142
27 MICHAEL REGAN Heartless 1,139
28 Michael Secor Coco 1,138
29 LYNN BOSTELMAN BOSTELMAN 1,134
30 Daniel Epstein Epstein_Genco 1,132
31 Ted Cohan Cohan 1,132
32 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 9 1,132
33 Ryan Faye Grey Albright & Donkey Teeth 1,129
34 Douglas Gruber Dawg Paus 4 1,129
35 Leonard Ringle L&M 4 1,129
36 Philippe Dussault The Robot P3 1,127
37 Jeffrey Cook Bodysuit Man 1,125
38 Jason Duponte Reed 1,125
39 Scott keikoan keikoan 1,124
40 Ray Pelleane That's a lil outside ump 1,123
41 Christopher Cosley COZnitive Dissonance 1,123
42 Tanner Greschner Greschner 1,120
43 Ronald Ashmore Ashmore 1,119
44 Chris Fessler Fessler 1,119
45 Troy Ory Playoff GL Ory 1,118
46 Jeff Caywood K-wood's Krushers 1,118
47 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 10 1,112
48 John Fousek Fousek 6 1,111
49 Sid Bickle Bickle 1,108
50 DAVID JORDAN JORDAN 1,108
51 PAUL MEIER Junk Wax Gems 1,108
52 CARSON PETERSEN PETERSEN 1,102
53 william Vittone BeerGuzZers 1,100
54 Derek DowDell DowDell 1,099
55 ANDREW WEISMAN WEISMAN 1,098
56 karen frye frye 1,096
57 Mark Taliaferro Taliaferro 1,094
58 Robert Klein Klein1 1,093
59 Kenneth Morita Mean Machine PSH9 HP 1,093
60 Steve Wagner Wagner 1,092
61 John Fousek Fousek 4 1,092
62 Michael Thompson Thompson 1,092
63 GARY LEHNHART Dead Poets PH1 1,091
64 Kenneth Morita Mean Machine PSH8 HP 1,091
65 Todd Hoppe Hoppe 1,091
66 mark cohen cohen 1,090
67 Dominic Rello Rello 1,089
68 stuart sava kotex army 1,089
69 mark cohen cohen 1,087
70 DAVID GRONSKY TAZ 1,086
71 Scott keikoan keikoan 1,086
72 SHANE DONALDSON DONALDSON 1,084
72 Leonard Ringle L&M 1 1,084
74 ed redding Monsters Inc 1,084
75 Kenneth Morita Mean Machine PSH12 TA 1,084
76 Douglas Gruber Dawg Paus 3 1,082
77 Jeffrey Cook DiMaggio's Donuts 1,082
78 James Wilson Lawd Of WAR PlayOffs 1,082
79 David Hartley Hartley 1,081
80 Andrew Viglietti Viglietti 1,080
81 TYLER COYNE Bobby Witt Junior Caminero 1,080
82 NICHOLAS DAVIDSON DAVIDSON 1,079
83 JAMES BOYD BOYD 1,079
84 Matt Stone Stone 1,078
85 elliott pell Dem Brooklyn Bums 1,078
86 Bryan Brooks BrooksTexphil 1,077
87 Joshua Dawalt DeWALT hldEM 1,077
88 Rick McAtee McAtee 1,077
89 ADAM LAZARUS LAZARUS 1,077
90 Jeffrey Cook Calzone Problems 1,074
91 Andre Bourcier Serenity Now! 1 1,074
92 MATTHEW MCGUIRE MCGUIRE 1,074
93 Joe Kalinowski Bayside Tigers 2 1,073
94 Quintan Kocher Kocher Boyd Postseason 1,073
95 MARK MONZONES MONZONES 1,071
96 Zachary Waxman Waxman 1,071
97 Steve Peralta Dry Heat 1,070
98 Mike Murr Murr 1,070
99 Scott Zeidman Zeidman 1,069
100 Ross Berg VCFS3 1,068

[Greg Ambrosius]

The $20,000 grand prize was a record for this contest and we paid the Top 25 overall. Here was the payouts:

2023 NFBC Post-Season Contest
Overall Prizes:
1 $20,000
2 $5,000
3 $4,000
4 $3,500
5 $3,000
6 $2,500
7 $2,250
8 $2,000
9 $1,750
10 $1,500
11 $1,300
12 $1,200
13 $1,000
14 $800
15 $750
16 $700
17 $600
18 $500
19 $400
20 $350
21 $300
22 $250
23 $200
24 $150
25 $100

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here was Ken Clark's final roster in Round 3:

C Jonah Heim (3X) TEX
1B Christian Walker ARZ
2B Ketel Marte ARZ
SS Corey Seager (3X) TEX
3B Josh Jung TEX
OF Evan Carter TEX
OF Lourdes Gurriel ARZ
OF Adolis Garcia (3X) TEX
OF Corbin Carroll (3X) ARZ
UT Marcus Semien TEX

P Jordan Montgomery TEX
P Nathan Eovaldi (2X) TEX
P Brandon Pfaadt ARZ
P Paul Sewald ARZ
P Zac Gallen (3X) ARZ
P Merrill Kelly (3X) ARZ