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jksander · 10-21-2024, 01:06 AM

March 31, 1958: Tom Poholsky made his A’s debut today, facing Boston’s Mike Fornieles, and he pitched five shutout innings with five hits and seven strikeouts. But the Red Sox got on the board with four unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh, and though Billy Martin hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth it wasn’t enough for us to claw our way back, losing this one 4-2. We were outhit 11-7, led by Martin with a hit, a run and two RBIs.

Wally Westlake has refused to be demoted after clearing waivers, so the 37-year-old has been released at a cost of $2,714.

April 1, 1958: Bob Turley pitched against Baltimore’s Dave Wickersham, and we took the lead in the bottom of the third when Chuck Diering grounded out to drive in Danny O’Connell to score. Turley got through five scoreless innings, and Ron Fairly hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to add on! The bullpen held it and we won this one 3-0! Turley improved to 2-0 in spring games with an 0.00 ERA, allowing just a hit with five walks and five strikeouts in his five innings. Sturdevant, Osinski and Blaylock each held the lead, and Don Bessent finished it out with a perfect final frame as he saved his first game and got his spring ERA down to 0.69! We outhit Baltimore 7-5, led by Fairly’s homer and a pair of hits by Sievers.

April 3, 1958: Larry Jansen cleared waivers but refused to be demoted, so the 37-year-old became our latest player to get a full contract release, at a cost of $2,727. Bill Wight pitched this afternoon, facing Cleveland’s Tom Cheney, who looks like he’s made incredible progress in the offseason at age 23. Cleveland took a one-run lead in the top of the fourth, but in the bottom of the seventh Billy Martin scored off a single by Harry Walker, and Metkovich gave us the lead when he came around to score off a sac-fly by George Wilson! Walt Bond hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, and we held tough to win 4-1. Wight pitched five innings with three hits, four walks, three strikeouts and an earned run. Arnie Portocarrero got the win with a two inning effort (two hits, one walk) and Don Osinski got his first spring save with just a walk to pitch around in the ninth -- his ERA stands at 0.69 so far this spring, making him a real Rule 5 steal! Each team had just five hits today, ours led by Bond with his hit, walk and two-run homer.

April 4, 1958: We have seven spring games left including today’s. Milt Pappas pitched against Washington’s Mickey McDermott, and he left the game after five innings holding a 4-3 lead. The bullpen again came through for us as we were able to add on and hold the Senators off by a 6-4 margin. Pappas improved to 2-1 in spring games with a 1.19 ERA, allowing seven hits with a walk and three runs, two of which were earned. Bessent allowed a hit with a strikeout in his two innings, and then Blaylock, our other Rule 5 wunderkind, allowed just three hits and an earned run with a strikeout in his two innings, picking up his first save and giving him a 2.45 ERA so far. Washington outhit us 11-9, but we got an incredible game out of Ernie Banks -- he hit four times with two runs and four RBIs, including a triple and a homer. He and 20-year-old Walt Bond lead the team with three homers each so far this spring.

April 5, 1958: Carl Erskine pitched against the Yankees’ Mike McCormick this afternoon, and he gave up four runs in five innings as we dug ourselves a big hole. The bullpen didn’t give an inch from there, but we were outhit 8-6 and lost this one 4-0. Erskine remains erratic on the mound ... he’s gone 2-3 with a 5.68 ERA through his five starts, and he’s given up six or more hits and three or more runs in three of them. He’s looking like a starter who will be moving lower in our rotation so we can use him more sparingly, but he’s still got a starting spot for now. Billy Martin hit twice to lead our offense, and he has hit .353 this spring, making him a solid backup option for O’Connell, who has struggled thus far.

Dan Osinski suffered a day-to-day injury with shoulder tendinitis. We’re putting him on the 15-day IL, and we’re hoping he’ll be able to return to the 25-man roster by the time Cleveland comes to town on the 21st. In the meantime we’ll keep our bullpen of Blaylock, Sturdivant, Miller, Bessent and Portocarrero for the time being. We may bring Bob Lee back up for our opening day roster to be used sparingly until his return, but I’ll make that decision when we have a better idea of his recovery time.

April 6, 1958: Tom Poholsky pitched against Detroit’s Paul Foytack this afternoon, and the Tigers dominated their way to an easy 4-1 win. Poholsky gave us five innings with eight hits, striking out four but allowing four runs (three earned) as his spring ERA dipped to 4.05. But we knew he’d have games like this ... his control is excellent, but he has to work hard to put the ball where it needs to be to make up for average stuff. He’s still an improvement over our starters at the bottom of the rotation last year, and we have a much improved bullpen, so we’re just looking for starters who can get us deep enough for the bullpen to put games away. The Tigers outhit us 11-9 today, and only Crandall picked up more than one hit, though Sievers and Spencer had a hit and a walk, Spencer scoring our only run.

April 7, 1958: Bob Turley pitched today against Chicago’s Bernie Daniels, and Turley only made it through four innings before leaving with us trailing 3-0. Phil Jantze walked in a run to get us on the board in the top of the sixth, however, and Catfish Metkovich hit a two-run homer to tie it up in the top of the seventh! In the top of the eighth we took the lead with a sac-fly and an E9 error that allowed Phil Jantze to score, and we added on three more in the top of the ninth to seal it, beating the White Sox 7-3! Turley allowed six hits, four walks and three earned runs in his four innings with just two batters striking out ... but the bullpen got through five with just three hits, a walk and three strikeouts between them! Portocarrero got his second spring win with a two-inning effort, and Bob Miller finished them off in a non-save situation. We outhit Chicago 15-9, and six players (Bond, Banks, Wilson, Metkovich, Astroth and Jantze) hit more than once ... but Metkovich led the way with his two-run homer.

April 8, 1958: Bill Wight pitched against Boston’s Frank Baumann today, and an RBI double by Danny O’Connell and a Roy Sievers two-run homer in the bottom of the first quickly put us in the lead. Sturdivant came out to relieve Wight in the sixth inning leading 3-2, and he held the lead for two innings, Daryl Spencer adding on in the bottom of the seventh as Harry Walker reached on an E4 error. Blaylock held on for the final two innings for his second save of the spring, as we beat the Red Sox 4-2! Wight had four hits, five strikeouts and two earned starts in his win, and though each team had seven hits, ours was led by Sievers with two hits, a run and two RBIs.

April 9, 1958: Carl Erskine pitched against Baltimore’s Jim Owens, and a two-run homer by Banks quickly put us on top in the top of the first. But Baltimore slammed Erskine in the bottom of the second, scoring five quick runs, and he was out of the game after three innings. Portocarrero came out in the bottom of the fourth trailing by three, and this one got ugly from there ... the bullpen had its first real rough night of the spring and we lost 11-5, getting outhit 13-8. Erskine allowed seven hits, three walks and struck out two, letting them score six earned runs in three innings, and though Blaylock and Bessent were unscathed, Portocarrero allowed three runs off three hits and Miller had two (unearned) runs with two hits and a strikeout in his inning. Banks and Pafko each homered, with Banks leading the way with two hits, two runs and three RBIs.

April 10, 1958: Today in our final spring game we started Tom Poholsky against Cleveland’s Mike Garcia. Cleveland took the lead quickly, and had a 4-1 lead on us when we brought out Turley to pitch the remainder. We got a run back in the seventh but didn’t have a real rally in us as we lost the game 4-2 despite outhitting them 10-7. Poholsky allowed seven hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts in his five innings, but Turley was solid with three innings and just a single strikeout. O’Connell had a hit, a walk and an RBI to lead the way, but Carl Sawatski hit three times and got nowhere to lead on hits alone.

We finished the spring season with a record of 13-17, tied for fifth place. New York led the way at 19-11, while Detroit and Washington were 17-13 each. I am going to bring Bob Lee up for at least the first week of the season, or until Osinski returns from his injury, whichever comes first. That means we have three players to cut on the offensive side of things -- I’ve settled on 37-year-old Catfish Metkovich, 19-year-old Chris Cannizzaro and 41-year-old Harry Walker. Cannizzaro has all his options left, so he was able to go down to AAA easily. But Metkovich and Walker had to be released, as they were both going to (rightfully, at their ages) refuse demotion. Metkovich cost us $4,050 to release, while Walker cost us $2,921.

OPENING DAY ROSTER

Lineup
C - Del Crandall
1B - Ernie Banks
2B - Danny O’Connell
3B - Daryl Spencer
SS - Carl Sawatski
LF - Ray Sievers
CF - Chuck Diering
RF - Ron Fairly

Bench
C - Joe Astroth
2B - Billy Martin
3B - Phil Jantze
SS - George Wilson
LF/CF - Walt Bond
LF/RF - Andy Pafko

Starters
1 - Milt Pappas
2 - Bob Turley
3 - Bill Wight
4 - Tom Poholsky
5 - Carl Erskine

Bullpen
CL - Bob Blaylock
ST - Tom Sturdivant
SU - Bob Miller
MR - Don Bessent, Bob Lee
LR - Arnie Portocarrero

Wight and Erskine are our only pitchers over the age of 30, and Sturdivant and Bessent, at age 27, are our oldest relievers. Our lineup, while still skewing older overall, does feature 19-year-old Ron Fairly, and Walt Bond (at 20) and Phil Jantze (at 22) look solid coming off the bench.

April 14, 1958: While we don’t open our season until tomorrow, Boston and Washington get things started today, and our owner reached out to me to let me know he still expects us to compete for a .500 record this season. Early predictions were not great, the national sportswriters being very familiar with our lack of starting depth, but now that we’ve added Turley and Pohosky, and with our bullpen proving to be exceptional in spring games, the Baseball News Network has upped our expected record to 75-79, which would be good for fifth place if the prognostications held. The BNN is anticipating a real hot race between Cleveland and New York, with both teams expected to win 95 or more games. Over in the NL the Dodgers, now in Los Angeles, are predicted to win 91 games and narrowly beat out Milwaukee, though I’m sure the two-time reigning champs are going to have plenty to say about that!

Despite their solid draft haul this year, Baltimore is still expected to finish last in the AL, with the Cubs earning that level of disrespect in the NL. The Orioles have Billy Williams, the #1 prospect in the nation, however, though for now he’ll be playing off the bench and trying to secure the starting spot at left field. They also have Gaylord Perry (#6 BNN), but the 19-year-old right handed ace is going to be starting out at AA San Antonio, down in the Texas League. None of our prospects ranked in the top ten ... here’s how our farm is looking at the moment, with prospects within the BNN 250:

#14 - RF Ron Fairly (MLB)
#58 - 3B Steve Boros (AAA Buffalo) ... expected in majors by 1960
#66 - LHP Dennis Bennett (AA Little Rock) ... expected in majors by 1960
#77 - RHP Bob Lee (MLB)
#99 - RHP Jim Duckworth (AA Albany) ... expected in majors by 1961
#102 - LHP Dean Skidgel (AA Rochester / Winona) ... expected in majors by 1961
#105 - CF Jose Tartabull (AA Albany) ... expected in majors by 1960
#192 - LFP Juan Piedra (AA Rochester / Winona) ... expected in majors by 1960
#217 - RHP Dan Osinski (MLB)

We’ve had three more solid results come through, with a couple guys’ final analysis expected to come in within the next week (though the development complex is now closed down for the season).

- First baseman Gerald Reimer, currently in AAA Buffalo, spent his season working on his gap power, and he’s made noticeable improvements at driving balls through the alleys, and his defense at first base is coming along nicely as well. His gap power rating rose five points, and he’s now nearing his ceiling in that regard. The fifth rounder from last year’s draft doesn’t have a ton of upside, and is going to need to put in continued work if he wants to make the majors, but this is a nice start.

- 17-year-old right handed starter Larry Maxie was our sixth rounder this year, and he spent the winter working on his control. He’s still got a long way to go, but his control has improved by leaps and bounds over what he left high school with. If he can keep showing these kinds of developmental leaps, he’s got a future in the back end of our rotation in a few seasons.

- Middle infielder Jack Damaska had outstanding results working on his gap power, and though he’s still on the bubble as a prospect, the 1956 5th rounder still has the potential to make the leap eventually if he keeps putting in work on self-improvement. But he’ll need more power if he’s going to compete for a starting spot as a first baseman, and his defense needs significant improvement elsewhere.

10-21-2024, 01:06 AM	#85
jksander All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,823	March 31, 1958: Tom Poholsky made his A’s debut today, facing Boston’s Mike Fornieles, and he pitched five shutout innings with five hits and seven strikeouts. But the Red Sox got on the board with four unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh, and though Billy Martin hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth it wasn’t enough for us to claw our way back, losing this one 4-2. We were outhit 11-7, led by Martin with a hit, a run and two RBIs. Wally Westlake has refused to be demoted after clearing waivers, so the 37-year-old has been released at a cost of $2,714. April 1, 1958: Bob Turley pitched against Baltimore’s Dave Wickersham, and we took the lead in the bottom of the third when Chuck Diering grounded out to drive in Danny O’Connell to score. Turley got through five scoreless innings, and Ron Fairly hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to add on! The bullpen held it and we won this one 3-0! Turley improved to 2-0 in spring games with an 0.00 ERA, allowing just a hit with five walks and five strikeouts in his five innings. Sturdevant, Osinski and Blaylock each held the lead, and Don Bessent finished it out with a perfect final frame as he saved his first game and got his spring ERA down to 0.69! We outhit Baltimore 7-5, led by Fairly’s homer and a pair of hits by Sievers. April 3, 1958: Larry Jansen cleared waivers but refused to be demoted, so the 37-year-old became our latest player to get a full contract release, at a cost of $2,727. Bill Wight pitched this afternoon, facing Cleveland’s Tom Cheney, who looks like he’s made incredible progress in the offseason at age 23. Cleveland took a one-run lead in the top of the fourth, but in the bottom of the seventh Billy Martin scored off a single by Harry Walker, and Metkovich gave us the lead when he came around to score off a sac-fly by George Wilson! Walt Bond hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, and we held tough to win 4-1. Wight pitched five innings with three hits, four walks, three strikeouts and an earned run. Arnie Portocarrero got the win with a two inning effort (two hits, one walk) and Don Osinski got his first spring save with just a walk to pitch around in the ninth -- his ERA stands at 0.69 so far this spring, making him a real Rule 5 steal! Each team had just five hits today, ours led by Bond with his hit, walk and two-run homer. April 4, 1958: We have seven spring games left including today’s. Milt Pappas pitched against Washington’s Mickey McDermott, and he left the game after five innings holding a 4-3 lead. The bullpen again came through for us as we were able to add on and hold the Senators off by a 6-4 margin. Pappas improved to 2-1 in spring games with a 1.19 ERA, allowing seven hits with a walk and three runs, two of which were earned. Bessent allowed a hit with a strikeout in his two innings, and then Blaylock, our other Rule 5 wunderkind, allowed just three hits and an earned run with a strikeout in his two innings, picking up his first save and giving him a 2.45 ERA so far. Washington outhit us 11-9, but we got an incredible game out of Ernie Banks -- he hit four times with two runs and four RBIs, including a triple and a homer. He and 20-year-old Walt Bond lead the team with three homers each so far this spring. April 5, 1958: Carl Erskine pitched against the Yankees’ Mike McCormick this afternoon, and he gave up four runs in five innings as we dug ourselves a big hole. The bullpen didn’t give an inch from there, but we were outhit 8-6 and lost this one 4-0. Erskine remains erratic on the mound ... he’s gone 2-3 with a 5.68 ERA through his five starts, and he’s given up six or more hits and three or more runs in three of them. He’s looking like a starter who will be moving lower in our rotation so we can use him more sparingly, but he’s still got a starting spot for now. Billy Martin hit twice to lead our offense, and he has hit .353 this spring, making him a solid backup option for O’Connell, who has struggled thus far. Dan Osinski suffered a day-to-day injury with shoulder tendinitis. We’re putting him on the 15-day IL, and we’re hoping he’ll be able to return to the 25-man roster by the time Cleveland comes to town on the 21st. In the meantime we’ll keep our bullpen of Blaylock, Sturdivant, Miller, Bessent and Portocarrero for the time being. We may bring Bob Lee back up for our opening day roster to be used sparingly until his return, but I’ll make that decision when we have a better idea of his recovery time. April 6, 1958: Tom Poholsky pitched against Detroit’s Paul Foytack this afternoon, and the Tigers dominated their way to an easy 4-1 win. Poholsky gave us five innings with eight hits, striking out four but allowing four runs (three earned) as his spring ERA dipped to 4.05. But we knew he’d have games like this ... his control is excellent, but he has to work hard to put the ball where it needs to be to make up for average stuff. He’s still an improvement over our starters at the bottom of the rotation last year, and we have a much improved bullpen, so we’re just looking for starters who can get us deep enough for the bullpen to put games away. The Tigers outhit us 11-9 today, and only Crandall picked up more than one hit, though Sievers and Spencer had a hit and a walk, Spencer scoring our only run. April 7, 1958: Bob Turley pitched today against Chicago’s Bernie Daniels, and Turley only made it through four innings before leaving with us trailing 3-0. Phil Jantze walked in a run to get us on the board in the top of the sixth, however, and Catfish Metkovich hit a two-run homer to tie it up in the top of the seventh! In the top of the eighth we took the lead with a sac-fly and an E9 error that allowed Phil Jantze to score, and we added on three more in the top of the ninth to seal it, beating the White Sox 7-3! Turley allowed six hits, four walks and three earned runs in his four innings with just two batters striking out ... but the bullpen got through five with just three hits, a walk and three strikeouts between them! Portocarrero got his second spring win with a two-inning effort, and Bob Miller finished them off in a non-save situation. We outhit Chicago 15-9, and six players (Bond, Banks, Wilson, Metkovich, Astroth and Jantze) hit more than once ... but Metkovich led the way with his two-run homer. April 8, 1958: Bill Wight pitched against Boston’s Frank Baumann today, and an RBI double by Danny O’Connell and a Roy Sievers two-run homer in the bottom of the first quickly put us in the lead. Sturdivant came out to relieve Wight in the sixth inning leading 3-2, and he held the lead for two innings, Daryl Spencer adding on in the bottom of the seventh as Harry Walker reached on an E4 error. Blaylock held on for the final two innings for his second save of the spring, as we beat the Red Sox 4-2! Wight had four hits, five strikeouts and two earned starts in his win, and though each team had seven hits, ours was led by Sievers with two hits, a run and two RBIs. April 9, 1958: Carl Erskine pitched against Baltimore’s Jim Owens, and a two-run homer by Banks quickly put us on top in the top of the first. But Baltimore slammed Erskine in the bottom of the second, scoring five quick runs, and he was out of the game after three innings. Portocarrero came out in the bottom of the fourth trailing by three, and this one got ugly from there ... the bullpen had its first real rough night of the spring and we lost 11-5, getting outhit 13-8. Erskine allowed seven hits, three walks and struck out two, letting them score six earned runs in three innings, and though Blaylock and Bessent were unscathed, Portocarrero allowed three runs off three hits and Miller had two (unearned) runs with two hits and a strikeout in his inning. Banks and Pafko each homered, with Banks leading the way with two hits, two runs and three RBIs. April 10, 1958: Today in our final spring game we started Tom Poholsky against Cleveland’s Mike Garcia. Cleveland took the lead quickly, and had a 4-1 lead on us when we brought out Turley to pitch the remainder. We got a run back in the seventh but didn’t have a real rally in us as we lost the game 4-2 despite outhitting them 10-7. Poholsky allowed seven hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts in his five innings, but Turley was solid with three innings and just a single strikeout. O’Connell had a hit, a walk and an RBI to lead the way, but Carl Sawatski hit three times and got nowhere to lead on hits alone. We finished the spring season with a record of 13-17, tied for fifth place. New York led the way at 19-11, while Detroit and Washington were 17-13 each. I am going to bring Bob Lee up for at least the first week of the season, or until Osinski returns from his injury, whichever comes first. That means we have three players to cut on the offensive side of things -- I’ve settled on 37-year-old Catfish Metkovich, 19-year-old Chris Cannizzaro and 41-year-old Harry Walker. Cannizzaro has all his options left, so he was able to go down to AAA easily. But Metkovich and Walker had to be released, as they were both going to (rightfully, at their ages) refuse demotion. Metkovich cost us $4,050 to release, while Walker cost us $2,921. OPENING DAY ROSTER *Lineup* C - Del Crandall 1B - Ernie Banks 2B - Danny O’Connell 3B - Daryl Spencer SS - Carl Sawatski LF - Ray Sievers CF - Chuck Diering RF - Ron Fairly *Bench* C - Joe Astroth 2B - Billy Martin 3B - Phil Jantze SS - George Wilson LF/CF - Walt Bond LF/RF - Andy Pafko *Starters* 1 - Milt Pappas 2 - Bob Turley 3 - Bill Wight 4 - Tom Poholsky 5 - Carl Erskine *Bullpen* CL - Bob Blaylock ST - Tom Sturdivant SU - Bob Miller MR - Don Bessent, Bob Lee LR - Arnie Portocarrero Wight and Erskine are our only pitchers over the age of 30, and Sturdivant and Bessent, at age 27, are our oldest relievers. Our lineup, while still skewing older overall, does feature 19-year-old Ron Fairly, and Walt Bond (at 20) and Phil Jantze (at 22) look solid coming off the bench. April 14, 1958: While we don’t open our season until tomorrow, Boston and Washington get things started today, and our owner reached out to me to let me know he still expects us to compete for a .500 record this season. Early predictions were not great, the national sportswriters being very familiar with our lack of starting depth, but now that we’ve added Turley and Pohosky, and with our bullpen proving to be exceptional in spring games, the Baseball News Network has upped our expected record to 75-79, which would be good for fifth place if the prognostications held. The BNN is anticipating a real hot race between Cleveland and New York, with both teams expected to win 95 or more games. Over in the NL the Dodgers, now in Los Angeles, are predicted to win 91 games and narrowly beat out Milwaukee, though I’m sure the two-time reigning champs are going to have plenty to say about that! Despite their solid draft haul this year, Baltimore is still expected to finish last in the AL, with the Cubs earning that level of disrespect in the NL. The Orioles have Billy Williams, the #1 prospect in the nation, however, though for now he’ll be playing off the bench and trying to secure the starting spot at left field. They also have Gaylord Perry (#6 BNN), but the 19-year-old right handed ace is going to be starting out at AA San Antonio, down in the Texas League. None of our prospects ranked in the top ten ... here’s how our farm is looking at the moment, with prospects within the BNN 250: #14 - RF Ron Fairly (MLB) #58 - 3B Steve Boros (AAA Buffalo) ... expected in majors by 1960 #66 - LHP Dennis Bennett (AA Little Rock) ... expected in majors by 1960 #77 - RHP Bob Lee (MLB) #99 - RHP Jim Duckworth (AA Albany) ... expected in majors by 1961 #102 - LHP Dean Skidgel (AA Rochester / Winona) ... expected in majors by 1961 #105 - CF Jose Tartabull (AA Albany) ... expected in majors by 1960 #192 - LFP Juan Piedra (AA Rochester / Winona) ... expected in majors by 1960 #217 - RHP Dan Osinski (MLB) We’ve had three more solid results come through, with a couple guys’ final analysis expected to come in within the next week (though the development complex is now closed down for the season). - First baseman Gerald Reimer, currently in AAA Buffalo, spent his season working on his gap power, and he’s made noticeable improvements at driving balls through the alleys, and his defense at first base is coming along nicely as well. His gap power rating rose five points, and he’s now nearing his ceiling in that regard. The fifth rounder from last year’s draft doesn’t have a ton of upside, and is going to need to put in continued work if he wants to make the majors, but this is a nice start. - 17-year-old right handed starter Larry Maxie was our sixth rounder this year, and he spent the winter working on his control. He’s still got a long way to go, but his control has improved by leaps and bounds over what he left high school with. If he can keep showing these kinds of developmental leaps, he’s got a future in the back end of our rotation in a few seasons. - Middle infielder Jack Damaska had outstanding results working on his gap power, and though he’s still on the bubble as a prospect, the 1956 5th rounder still has the potential to make the leap eventually if he keeps putting in work on self-improvement. But he’ll need more power if he’s going to compete for a starting spot as a first baseman, and his defense needs significant improvement elsewhere. __________________ "Goodbye To 'The Mack'": The 1916 A's In Peril -- An OOTP 27 Dynasty Online Leagues Modern Baseball (Chicago White Sox) Championship Baseball League (Winnipeg Goldeye) WPORBL 55 (Chicago Cubs) WPORBL 74 (Oakland A's) WPORBL 94 (Montreal Expos) WPOBL (Cincinnati Reds)