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italyprof · 03-11-2018, 06:40 AM

So, update:

We have completed the 1918 season. The Blues won the World Series in both 1916 and 1917 somehow, despite the loss of Mickey Mantle in the expansion fantasy draft.

Johnny Mize stepped up as a superstar, and Bobby Thomson filled in for Mantle quite well. The pitching of Tom Seaver and Three-Finger Brown was responsible for the rest. The rest of the team seems ordinary enough: Art Shamsky in right field, Chase Headley at third base, Horace Clark at second base (one of the banes of my early years as a Yankees fan). Hardly world beaters, but we won narrowly in 1916, in two 7 game series, and then swept the powerful Giants in 1917 in four games.

But we came in third in 1918, as the Athletics took over the division and the Oklahoma City Cowboys won the AL pennant and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Series. League batting averages were .263 in each league overall - it has varied from .245-.265 over the 18 seasons played, and league ERAs were 4.20 in the AL, 4.11 in the NL. The extremes have been 3.51 and 4.36 over the years.

THE FIRST PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME:

(a very cool thing that rewards years of patient world-building no?):

Mike Donlin, Pedro Martinez, Tex Hughson and Pat Malone are the first four to enter the Hall.

The great Clayton Kershaw retired finally. He is a sure Hall of Famer. His final career stats: W 333 - L 149. ERA 2.59 3,917 Strikeouts in 4,385 innings. 618 games pitched.

These numbers seem likely to stand for a long time. But a rookie named Walter Johnson just entered the league for the coming 1919 season. hmm...

Ron Santo of the Orioles led the AL in batting in 1917, hitting .370, and Santo also hit 55 home runs, though Mize's 149 RBI prevented him from winning a Triple Crown. Detroit's Derek Jeter led the league in triples with 16. Bob Dernier of the San Francisco Seals stole 106 bases and Eddie Collins of the Cowboys stole 97. Detroit's Chris Short won the ERA crown for the AL with 2.49, and Curt Simmons of Oklahoma City (OC) won 22 games.

In the NL, Kris Bryant of Brooklyn hit .358, and Mickey Mantle hit .353 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. There was a big home run race in the NL: Glenn Davis and Ken Griffey Jr. of the Giants hit 56 and 53 respectively, Gus Zernial hit 53 for the Superbas (have to change the LA and Brooklyn names around - Dodgers for Brooklyn, Angels and Hollywood Stars after the old PCL team, for LA, dodgers comes from dodging trolley cars which LA people don't do.) Mickey Mantle hit 50 for LA, and Ted Williams hit 47 for the Houston Colts. Carl Hubbell won 23 games and posted a 2.37 ERA for the Beaneaters (maybe time to think up a better NL team name for Boston too). Hubbell struck out 252 to win the pitching triple crown.

03-11-2018, 06:40 AM	#29
italyprof All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 983	So, update: We have completed the 1918 season. The Blues won the World Series in both 1916 and 1917 somehow, despite the loss of Mickey Mantle in the expansion fantasy draft. Johnny Mize stepped up as a superstar, and Bobby Thomson filled in for Mantle quite well. The pitching of Tom Seaver and Three-Finger Brown was responsible for the rest. The rest of the team seems ordinary enough: Art Shamsky in right field, Chase Headley at third base, Horace Clark at second base (one of the banes of my early years as a Yankees fan). Hardly world beaters, but we won narrowly in 1916, in two 7 game series, and then swept the powerful Giants in 1917 in four games. But we came in third in 1918, as the Athletics took over the division and the Oklahoma City Cowboys won the AL pennant and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Series. League batting averages were .263 in each league overall - it has varied from .245-.265 over the 18 seasons played, and league ERAs were 4.20 in the AL, 4.11 in the NL. The extremes have been 3.51 and 4.36 over the years. THE FIRST PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME: (a very cool thing that rewards years of patient world-building no?): Mike Donlin, Pedro Martinez, Tex Hughson and Pat Malone are the first four to enter the Hall. The great Clayton Kershaw retired finally. He is a sure Hall of Famer. His final career stats: W 333 - L 149. ERA 2.59 3,917 Strikeouts in 4,385 innings. 618 games pitched. These numbers seem likely to stand for a long time. But a rookie named Walter Johnson just entered the league for the coming 1919 season. hmm... Ron Santo of the Orioles led the AL in batting in 1917, hitting .370, and Santo also hit 55 home runs, though Mize's 149 RBI prevented him from winning a Triple Crown. Detroit's Derek Jeter led the league in triples with 16. Bob Dernier of the San Francisco Seals stole 106 bases and Eddie Collins of the Cowboys stole 97. Detroit's Chris Short won the ERA crown for the AL with 2.49, and Curt Simmons of Oklahoma City (OC) won 22 games. In the NL, Kris Bryant of Brooklyn hit .358, and Mickey Mantle hit .353 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. There was a big home run race in the NL: Glenn Davis and Ken Griffey Jr. of the Giants hit 56 and 53 respectively, Gus Zernial hit 53 for the Superbas (have to change the LA and Brooklyn names around - Dodgers for Brooklyn, Angels and Hollywood Stars after the old PCL team, for LA, dodgers comes from dodging trolley cars which LA people don't do.) Mickey Mantle hit 50 for LA, and Ted Williams hit 47 for the Houston Colts. Carl Hubbell won 23 games and posted a 2.37 ERA for the Beaneaters (maybe time to think up a better NL team name for Boston too). Hubbell struck out 252 to win the pitching triple crown.