United Baseball Alliance
 

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Random Debut
16 Teams
162 Game Schedule with interleague play
Trading is only allowed during the offseason
Free agency after 6 years of service
DH in both leagues
Injuries are set to low
Fatigue setting is set to high
Logos for each team are from the mods forum and Low's awesome work

Atlantic League

North
Hartford Whalers
Newark Colonials
Cincinnati Spartans
Bronx Barbarians

South
Tampa Pirates
Baton Rouge Reapers
Charlotte Flyers
DC Generals

Pacific League

North
Green Bay Braves
Provo Raptors
Denver Grizzlies
Detroit Ducks

South
Dallas Oilers
San Diego Panthers
Phoenix Devils
Oakland Rhinos

My random debut league begins in 1901 using 1993 as the base year. The inaugural draft pool consisted of players from 1901-2018.

The Inaugural Draft
 

Inaugural Draft

Round 1

1. Phoenix Devils - LF Barry Bonds, age 24
2. Baton Rouge Reapers - CF Mickey Mantle, age 20
3. Bronx Barbarians - SP Greg Maddux, age 20
4. San Diego Panthers - LF Carl Yastrzemski, age 22
5. Tampa Pirates - 2B Eddie Collins Sr, age 25
6. Cincinnati Spartans - SP Charles Bender, age 23
7. Oakland Rhinos - LF Harmon Killebrew, age 25
8. DC Generals - 3B George Brett, age 20
9. Charlotte Flyers - 2B Rod Carew, age 22
10. Newark Colonials - CF Reggie Smith, age 21
11. Hartford Whalers - SP Juan Marichal, age 24
12. Green Bay Braves - 2B Pete Rose Sr, age 23
13. Detroit Ducks - 2B Paul Molitor, age 23
14. Denver Grizzlies - SP Bert Blyleven, age 20
15. Dallas Oilers - SP Luis Tiant, age 24
16. Provo Raptors - LF Ralph Kiner, age 25

Round 2

17. Provo Raptors - SP Ed Walsh, age 28
18. Dallas Oilers - CF Andrew McCutchen, age 27
19. Denver Grizzlies - Matt D Williams, age 29
20. Detroit Ducks - SP Eddie Plank, age 29
21. Green Bay Braves - SP Jon Matlack, age 22
22. Hartford Whalers - SS Arky Vaughan, age 23
23. Newark Colonials - SP Orel Hershiser, age 26
24. Charlotte Flyers - SP Gaylord Perry, age 27
25. DC Generals - SP Vida Blue, age 22
26. Oakland Rhinos - SP Warren Spahn, age 26
27. Cincinnati Spartans - SS Lou Boudreau, age 26
28. Tampa Pirates - SP Hippo Vaughn, age 23
29. San Diego Panthers - SP Jacob deGrom, age 26
30. Bronx Barbarians - 1B Don Mattingly, age 20
31. Baton Rouge Reapers - SP Madison Bumgarner, age 21
32. Phoenix Devils - SP Doug Drabek, age 30

I was heavily involved in drafting the first round. I wanted to make sure each team had an "icon". I found it really helped me connect with each team and remember them.

I then chose the Reapers as my team to control for the start of the league.

Year 1 Preseason Predictions
 

Year 1 Preseason Predictions

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Year 1 All Star Game

The first All Star Game show cased the United Baseball Alliances best. Willie Montanez of the Charlotte Flyers hit the first All Star Game home run in the top of the 4th off of Doug Drabek of the Phoenix Devils.

Montanez went on to take All Star MVP honors going 2/3 with a home run and 2 runs batted in.

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All Star Break Update
 

Midseason Standings

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Midseason UBA Leaders

AVG: Mickey Mantle, .386
HR: Mickey Mantle, 21
RBI: Mickey Mantle, 90
SB: Bob Bescher, 43

ERA: Kevin Gross, 2.12
Wins: Ed Halicki and Eddie Plank, 12
K's: Bert Blyleven, 118
Saves: Dick Hall, 27

Year 1 Final Standings

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The Tampa Pirates entered the inaugural season as the favorites and did not disappoint, winning 94 games.

The Pirates have earned a first round bye and will await the winner of the Wild Card Round between the DC Generals and Hartford Whalers.

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The Dallas Oilers were predicted to finish 3rd in the Pacific League South. They not only qualified for the playoffs, but they ended the season as the top team in the Pacific League and will earn a first round bye. They will await the winner of the Wild Card Round between the Provo Raptors and Green Bay Braves.

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Year 1 Atlantic League Wild Card Round

The Atlantic League Wild Card Round will feature the DC Generals (86-76) versus the Hartford Whalers (90-72). The two teams split the 10 game regular season series 5-5.

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The DC Generals are led by George Brett (.313/17/82) and Sam Crawford (.305/22/87). Ed Halicki leads the pitching staff and won 19 games during the regular season.

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Jimmy Williams hit 27 homeruns for the Whalers and Juan Marichal is the ace of the Whalers staff.

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The Hartford Whalers would go on to win the Wild Card Series 3 games to 1. They will face the Tampa Pirates in the Atlantic League Championship series.