[quote]Originally posted by Granny Hamner:
How about Ray Chapman, who in real life was killed by Carl Mays' submarine pitch?
We need a Tiger Fan's Historical HOB Abstract.
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoy it. Unfortunately my early posts are gone as they were on the first board and it shut down. There are some mid-70's post on the second OOTP board. I did have a website going for a little while but I am not to good at creating them so I prefer to post my recaps here. I love the Historical HOB Abstract idea...maybe I will try and create a web site again when I finish the sim. I just completed the 1993 regular season tonight and I still havent decided what to do when I reach 2001. Maybe keep the league going and call it the Future of Baseball Replay.
Anyway, here is the info on both Chapman and Mays, plus a recap on the career of my favorite HOB player.
Ray Chapman
The shortstop had a long and successful career in the HOB. He was a member of the Senators 1917 World Championship team after leaving Cleveland as a free agent during that offseason. He would have been the American League's best shortstop during the period although National Leaguers Eddie Collins and Rogers Hornsby overshadowed him.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1912 .225 0 15 102 160 36 8 5 18 6 3 16 15 .295 .338 CLE
1913 .267 0 51 152 600 160 42 16 91 26 12 43 51 .316 .390 CLE
1914 .269 1 44 145 540 145 25 18 90 26 8 45 59 .325 .387 CLE
1915 .266 1 37 137 455 121 29 7 69 19 7 43 40 .329 .367 CLE
1916 .217 2 47 134 470 102 24 12 60 18 6 44 29 .284 .332 CLE
1917 .272 6 91 152 526 143 25 15 98 38 5 71 29 .358 .411 WAS,A
1918 .308 9 104 150 575 177 35 19 127 31 7 78 32 .391 .482 WAS,A
1919 .252 14 79 149 540 136 29 16 89 27 10 83 25 .352 .443 WAS,A
1920 .286 10 99 151 535 153 34 12 98 29 12 86 37 .385 .450 WAS,A
1921 .235 8 72 149 540 127 27 14 92 27 8 70 44 .323 .381 WAS
1922 .246 7 65 121 451 111 17 11 80 19 6 54 31 .327 .379 WAS
1923 .301 15 103 135 518 156 36 19 107 27 11 66 43 .380 .531 WAS,A
1924 .249 14 82 139 518 129 24 16 89 23 11 67 34 .335 .438 WAS
1925 .289 11 108 149 547 158 28 17 124 26 12 65 29 .364 .463 WAS
1926 .284 11 89 148 539 153 18 20 120 27 7 82 42 .378 .453 WAS
1927 .287 11 74 145 550 158 24 16 114 28 16 75 28 .373 .449 WAS
1928 .289 14 83 149 557 161 35 9 112 30 8 74 31 .372 .460 WAS
1929 .236 12 65 147 517 122 16 19 86 23 14 49 40 .302 .410 WAS
1930 .346 0 4 33 26 9 1 0 7 3 4 1 2 .370 .385 WAS
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 9164 3785
Total AVG : .268 .278
Total Hits: 2457 1053
Total HR : 146 17
Total RBI : 1312 364
Total Runs: 1671 671
Total SB : 453 233
Carl Mays
Carl Mays imported as a middle reliever since this was before the modified database became available. He led the major leagues in saves twice and was a 4 time allstar. His 131 career saves ranked him 11th in the first 50 years of the HOB.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1915 3.51 5 4 12 25 0 0 25.2 10 7 7 BOS
1916 4.28 3 1 3 18 0 0 27.1 13 3 11 BOS
1917 3.86 5 5 15 27 0 0 35.0 15 4 16 BOS
1918 3.16 1 4 3 33 0 0 57.0 20 14 20 BOS
1919 2.13 0 4 12 34 0 0 38.0 9 11 20 BOS
1920 3.52 1 4 8 25 0 0 30.2 12 16 22 BOS
1921 3.03 2 1 22 37 0 0 32.2 11 6 24 BOS
1922 4.55 5 9 18 41 0 0 65.1 33 15 39 BOS,A
1923 4.80 5 4 4 48 0 0 65.2 35 12 52 BOS,A
1924 5.43 5 9 7 42 0 0 64.2 39 17 46 BOS
1925 2.19 5 1 7 42 0 0 61.2 15 13 50 BOS,A
1926 3.90 4 6 6 52 0 0 62.1 27 10 44 BOS
1927 2.99 5 0 2 61 0 0 78.1 26 7 45 BOS,A
1928 4.34 12 9 6 48 1 0 203.1 98 26 128 BOS
1929 3.96 6 13 6 38 1 0 179.1 79 18 117 BOS
1930 5.38 9 10 0 53 0 0 180.2 108 28 92 BOS
1931 4.26 7 2 0 39 0 0 74.0 35 15 31 BOS
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 4.11 2.92
Total Wins : 80 207
Total Losses: 86 126
Total Saves : 131 31
Total SHO : 0 29
Total CG : 2 231
Total K's : 764 862
Total BB's : 222 734
While on the topic of Mays I thought I would post the career of one of his teammates with the Red Sox. I am speaking of the only fictional player added to the now 93 year old History of Baseball replay.
Tiger Fan
On a whim I created myself as a mediocre third baseman and placed 'Tiger Fan' in the free agent pool around 1922. The Red Sox grabbed me and let me develop in the minors for a few seasons before giving me a shot at the big leagues. I was there starting 3B for a couple of seasons but the Red Sox were the worst team in the league at that time. In 1937, you can imagine my excitement when I was dealt to Detroit (I did not arrange this trade or tinker with my player ratings at all). My greatest moment in the game came when I hit a pinch hit homer in the 1937 World Series to help Detroit beat Pittsburgh in 4 straight. I was 'watching' that game being played out and my wife thought I was an idiot when I let out a cheer upon seeing the ball leave the yard. I had 2 other pinch hit opportunities in that series but was retired both times.
TIGER FAN CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1926 .200 1 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .800 BOS
1927 .238 1 3 20 21 5 1 0 4 1 0 3 3 .333 .429 BOS
1928 .261 1 11 39 46 12 0 1 6 0 0 3 15 .306 .370 BOS
1929 .188 0 15 103 144 27 7 0 11 1 0 3 39 .204 .236 BOS
1930 .217 5 18 107 180 39 4 0 23 0 3 7 30 .246 .322 BOS
1931 .249 7 36 114 273 68 15 1 40 2 1 12 50 .281 .388 BOS
1932 .242 14 67 147 501 121 18 1 53 2 2 24 114 .276 .365 BOS
1933 .201 15 71 152 586 118 19 3 54 6 5 17 138 .224 .321 BOS
1934 .246 4 29 100 268 66 13 2 29 3 0 8 66 .268 .354 BOS
1935 .223 3 28 69 157 35 8 0 15 0 2 4 31 .242 .331 BOS
1936 .210 6 30 112 347 73 14 0 38 8 0 20 85 .253 .303 BOS
1937 .234 14 54 114 367 86 13 1 49 1 3 17 86 .268 .390 BOS,DET
1938 .229 12 38 113 293 67 10 0 39 6 0 6 59 .244 .386 DET
1939 .149 0 5 33 74 11 2 0 3 0 1 1 17 .160 .176 DET
1940 .182 0 0 8 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 DET
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 3273 NONE
Total AVG : .223
Total Hits: 731
Total HR : 83
Total RBI : 407
Total Runs: 367
Total SB : 30