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JayW UK · 07-13-2025, 02:06 PM

2019 Regular Season

With 25-year-old Brady Avery (.354, 23 HR, 116 RBI) leading the way on offense and veteran Ed Hudson (16-6, 2.96) heading their rotation, Boston (87-75) won the Atlantic division for the third straight season and fourth time in five years, Washington (83-79) despite boasting one of the better pitching staffs in the Eastern league, finished second, held back by the third worst offense in the NABL. The Generals climbed ahead of New York who dropped back to third with 78 wins whilst Philadelphia continued to struggle, winning a franchise worst 70 games to bring up the rear.
The Central division was once again back in the hands of Indianapolis (95-67), the Racers who possessed the top ranked pitching staff in the NABL, led by Sean Williams (18-7, 3.21 ERA and Eric Parker 15-10, 2.81 ERA) and an offense powered by 1B Gabriel Mendez (.347, 41 HR, 112 RBI) led wire to wire winning their third division title and setting a new franchise record for wins along the way. Their nearest challenger Chicago could only muster 75 wins one ahead of a rejuvenated Cleveland team, who’s 74 wins was at least twelve better than any total posted in the previous four seasons. Bringing up the rear was Detroit with just 66 wins, their poor season (26 less wins than 2018) was headlined by subpar team defense (they led the league in errors) and a pedestrian offense (only Washington, San Diego and San Jose scored less runs).
The Southeast division race was over by mid-August as Atlanta (100-62), with star pitcher Vince Little (22-9, 2.44 ERA) setting records, cruised to the title winning by sixteen games over New Orleans. Although the Blues couldn’t repeat their heroics from the previous season and fell back to 84 wins, due to the struggles of most of the other teams in the Eastern league they still managed to qualify for the playoffs as the Wild Card entry for the second season running. Miami improved on their previous year but were still miles off the pace at 81-81 while Tampa Bay (79-83) dropped into the division basement despite winning two more games than in 2018.

In the Western League, Kansas City (95-67) paced by the NABL’s best offense, featuring slugging duo LF Francisco Martinez (.286, 40 HR, 122 RBI) and 22-year-old 1B Michael Jennings (.346, 37 HR, 110 RBI), finally broke through to take the Midwest division by one game over Oklahoma City (94-68) in a closely fought division race. Minneapolis fell away down the stretch to finish third with 91 wins and miss the playoffs for the first time since 2014. Denver, despite their off-season spending spree and owning the NABL’s highest payroll, slumped to a franchise worst 74-88 record with only RF Ben Douglas (.310, 32 HR, 120 RBI) performing up to expectations.
Dallas, under the stewardship of new manager Kevin Casey and boasting the league’s best pitching staff headlined by Earl Stone (21-6, 1.54 ERA) and Jose Marino (19-4, 2.58 ERA) stormed the Southwest division, coming from nowhere to win 99 games, their nearest rival, Phoenix trailed in a distant second with 82 wins, a 21-game improvement on their 2018 showing. Las Vegas, beset by injuries couldn’t repeat their 2018 form and slumped to just a 77-85 record while Houston fell back to 75-87, their offense unable to bail out their poor pitching. Memphis (74-88) improved their record by two games over the previous season but still dropped into the division basement.
In the Pacific division, Los Angeles (91-71) slugged their way to an NABL best 181 homeruns and once again beat Sanfrancisco (85-77) to the title. San Diego (72-90), despite the signing of Catcher Robin Ashburn, again struggled offensively hitting a league low 78 Homeruns. Seattle (64-98) slumped alarmingly behind the NABL’s worst pitching (with Tyler Little, 7-17, 6.28 ERA being the best of a poor bunch) whilst San Jose lost 100 games for the fifth season in a row, albeit showing improvement on their 2018 record, finishing at 61-101.

07-13-2025, 02:06 PM	#36
JayW UK Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2019 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 221	2019 Regular Season With 25-year-old Brady Avery (.354, 23 HR, 116 RBI) leading the way on offense and veteran Ed Hudson (16-6, 2.96) heading their rotation, Boston (87-75) won the Atlantic division for the third straight season and fourth time in five years, Washington (83-79) despite boasting one of the better pitching staffs in the Eastern league, finished second, held back by the third worst offense in the NABL. The Generals climbed ahead of New York who dropped back to third with 78 wins whilst Philadelphia continued to struggle, winning a franchise worst 70 games to bring up the rear. The Central division was once again back in the hands of Indianapolis (95-67), the Racers who possessed the top ranked pitching staff in the NABL, led by Sean Williams (18-7, 3.21 ERA and Eric Parker 15-10, 2.81 ERA) and an offense powered by 1B Gabriel Mendez (.347, 41 HR, 112 RBI) led wire to wire winning their third division title and setting a new franchise record for wins along the way. Their nearest challenger Chicago could only muster 75 wins one ahead of a rejuvenated Cleveland team, who’s 74 wins was at least twelve better than any total posted in the previous four seasons. Bringing up the rear was Detroit with just 66 wins, their poor season (26 less wins than 2018) was headlined by subpar team defense (they led the league in errors) and a pedestrian offense (only Washington, San Diego and San Jose scored less runs). The Southeast division race was over by mid-August as Atlanta (100-62), with star pitcher Vince Little (22-9, 2.44 ERA) setting records, cruised to the title winning by sixteen games over New Orleans. Although the Blues couldn’t repeat their heroics from the previous season and fell back to 84 wins, due to the struggles of most of the other teams in the Eastern league they still managed to qualify for the playoffs as the Wild Card entry for the second season running. Miami improved on their previous year but were still miles off the pace at 81-81 while Tampa Bay (79-83) dropped into the division basement despite winning two more games than in 2018. In the Western League, Kansas City (95-67) paced by the NABL’s best offense, featuring slugging duo LF Francisco Martinez (.286, 40 HR, 122 RBI) and 22-year-old 1B Michael Jennings (.346, 37 HR, 110 RBI), finally broke through to take the Midwest division by one game over Oklahoma City (94-68) in a closely fought division race. Minneapolis fell away down the stretch to finish third with 91 wins and miss the playoffs for the first time since 2014. Denver, despite their off-season spending spree and owning the NABL’s highest payroll, slumped to a franchise worst 74-88 record with only RF Ben Douglas (.310, 32 HR, 120 RBI) performing up to expectations. Dallas, under the stewardship of new manager Kevin Casey and boasting the league’s best pitching staff headlined by Earl Stone (21-6, 1.54 ERA) and Jose Marino (19-4, 2.58 ERA) stormed the Southwest division, coming from nowhere to win 99 games, their nearest rival, Phoenix trailed in a distant second with 82 wins, a 21-game improvement on their 2018 showing. Las Vegas, beset by injuries couldn’t repeat their 2018 form and slumped to just a 77-85 record while Houston fell back to 75-87, their offense unable to bail out their poor pitching. Memphis (74-88) improved their record by two games over the previous season but still dropped into the division basement. In the Pacific division, Los Angeles (91-71) slugged their way to an NABL best 181 homeruns and once again beat Sanfrancisco (85-77) to the title. San Diego (72-90), despite the signing of Catcher Robin Ashburn, again struggled offensively hitting a league low 78 Homeruns. Seattle (64-98) slumped alarmingly behind the NABL’s worst pitching (with Tyler Little, 7-17, 6.28 ERA being the best of a poor bunch) whilst San Jose lost 100 games for the fifth season in a row, albeit showing improvement on their 2018 record, finishing at 61-101.