A whole lotta history: A 200+ year universe

randomlefty10 · 06-19-2005, 08:48 PM

The premise is quite simple. I started the league in 1800 with fictional players and simmed as such until 1886 when I began importing real rookies and scaled back the fictional draft from 10 rounds to 6.

I have simmed through 1899 and now am prepared to take limited control. My plan right now is to essentially become a lifetime offseason consultant to one team. I will draft for them and have free reign to do what I can in terms of trades in the off-season only. I will then sim the entire season turning it back over to the AI.

Next, I'll do a rundown of the league and a brief rundown of the league's 100 year history.

randomlefty10 · 06-19-2005, 09:58 PM

World Baseball League

Team Won-Loss Pennants Championships

International League
Asia
Fukuoka 7915-8086 .495 11-5
Osaka 8413-7588 .526 12-8
Sapporo 7942-8059 .496 3-1
Seoul 7857-8144 .491 5-2
Shanghai 7935-8065 .496 10-8
Tokyo 8036-7964 .502 5-4
DIVISION TOTAL (Pennants-Championships): 46-28

Americas
Cuba 7856-8148 .491 6-2
Domincan 7713-8290 .482 4-2
Latin 8085-7919 .505 9-3
Mexico 8003-8000 .500 10-6
Puerto Rico 8225-7780 .514 21-10
Venezuela 8033-7970 .502 4-2
DIVISION TOTAL: 54-25

American League
East
Atlanta 7849-8153 .491 6-3
Boston 8386-7616 .524 17-12
Chicago 7946-8055 .497 10-4
New York 8024-7977 .501 7-4
Philadelphia 7964-8038 .498 6-3
Washington 7999-8003 .500 7-2
DIVISION TOTAL: 53-28

West
Colorado 8105-7900 .506 11-4
Los Angeles 7849-8153 .491 6-2
Minnesota 8058-7945 .504 7-3
San Francisco 7865-8138 .491 4-2
Seattle 7862-8139 .491 10-3
Texas 8107-7897 .507 9-5
DIVISION TOTAL: 47-19

randomlefty10 · 06-20-2005, 02:17 AM

Shinkichi Tampke

It's difficult to devise a good strategy to recap 100 years of history, so if anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share.

In the meantime, I wanted to write a few random parts of the history that have stuck in my mind. Up first, the rise of super aces.

In the year 1826, New York selected 17 yr old pitcher Shinkichi Tampke with the 10th overall pick. Tampke was up with the big team by '28 and a member of the rotation in '29 at the age of 20. That year, Tampke would go 12-13 with a 3.27 ERA in 35 starts. It would be the last time Tampke would post a losing record for 18 years.

Tampke took home the rookie of the year award in '29. He posted similar marks in '30 and then broke out in 1831 with his first 20 game season going 21-8 and an astounding 1.65 ERA, elected to his first all-star game and won his first Ace Award. He cooled off a bit the next two years going 35-14 with a 2.06 ERA over that span. After that, he stepped it up winning the Ace Award each of the next 3 years with a combined 71-8 record with ERAs of 1.52, 1.86 and 1.32.

Again, Tampke took two years off from winning an Ace Award before again winning three more Ace Awards bringing his total up to 7.

In the end, Tampke, who spent his entire career in New York, would rack up career numbers of 342-151 with a 2.14 ERA, the 2nd best career ERA, 3rd most wins, 5th best winning percentage, 3rd most games started, 4th most innings pitched, 10th most strikeouts, 4th best WHIP, 4 World Series rings, 7 Ace Awards, and 12 All-Star appearences. Tampke retired in 1848.

Up next, the person who overshadowed Tampke's last decade in baseball.

randomlefty10 · 06-20-2005, 02:37 AM

Crispin Bartov

Tampke won his seventh, and third in a row, Ace Award in 1841, the man who took the award from Tampke would not relinquish it for a record amount of time.

It was right at the height of Tampke's reign that in the 1835 draft, Boston selected 18 yr old Crispin Bartov 3rd overall. Like Tampke, Bartov shot quickly up to the big team, joining the rotation at 20 in 1837. The similarities did not end there as Bartov also won the rookie of the year award going 16-9 with a 4.03 ERA.

While Tampke immediately began winning Ace Awards, Bartov struggled a little more at the beginning of his career, and also was waiting for Tampke to move past his prime. Bartov shared Tampke's endurance, but was far more of a strikeout pitcher than Tampke. Bartov made his first big statement in '41, the last time Tampke would win the Ace Award. That year, Bartov went 19-8 with a 2.13 ERA and 289 Ks in 266 IP.

Next year, Bartov knocked Tampke off the top of the mountain with a 22-9 record, 1.96 ERA and 312 Ks to garner his first Ace Award at the age of 25. He would be nearing his mid-life crisis before Bartov would let go of that trophy. His stats during the amazing period of consecutive Ace Awards:

Year Age Team W L Win% GS G CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB Ks ERA Oavg Oobp Oslg Oops
1842 25 BOS AL 22 9 .710 37 36 8 5 0 280.0 184 61 4 29 312 1.96 .184 .225 .279 .503
1843 26 BOS AL 18 5 .783 36 36 3 2 0 265.0 178 55 2 26 265 1.87 .190 .228 .253 .481
1844 27 BOS AL 23 7 .767 37 37 3 1 0 285.0 185 52 2 16 291 1.64 .182 .214 .246 .460
1845 28 BOS AL 23 5 .821 37 37 4 3 0 281.7 199 62 4 23 281 1.98 .195 .229 .282 .511
1846 29 BOS AL 18 8 .692 35 35 6 2 0 263.3 173 53 2 33 269 1.81 .185 .229 .257 .486
1847 30 BOS AL 30 2 .938 37 37 6 3 0 290.3 189 42 3 32 295 1.30 .181 .224 .253 .477
1848 31 BOS AL 16 8 .667 36 35 4 1 0 276.3 192 50 1 30 272 1.63 .193 .228 .269 .497
1849 32 BOS AL 20 6 .769 36 35 7 4 1 273.3 196 60 4 21 239 1.98 .197 .221 .287 .508
1850 33 BOS AL 16 5 .762 34 34 9 4 0 258.0 192 52 4 10 288 1.81 .200 .223 .290 .513
'851 34 BOS AL 22 4 .846 35 35 11 5 0 279.0 182 57 2 20 299 1.84 .184 .222 .254 .476
'852 35 BOS AL 26 5 .839 37 37 13 5 0 296.0 185 49 7 20 298 1.49 .177 .210 .262 .472
1853 36 BOS AL 22 5 .815 36 36 8 5 0 285.3 209 62 12 16 287 1.96 .202 .227 .321 .548

Blessed with an injury free peak and a constantly good team, Bartov racked up a hall of fame career in those 12 years alone. Boston would collapse in '54 and Bartov took a step back going 13-18 with a 2.84 ERA and it looked like his career was nearing its end.

But, when it seemed like Bartov could not surpirse people anymore, he did, returning to ace form going 21-6 with a 2.14 ERA and winning his 13th Ace Award in 1855 at the age of 38. Even then, Bartov was not done. Although he was not dominate anymore he would last four more season with an average of 13.5 wins, finally retiring at 42 in 1859.

His final numbers:
421-188, 2.34 ERA, 5910 Ks
4th best career ERA, Most Wins, 6th best Win%, Most games started, 9th most CG, Most shutouts, Most innings pitched, Most strikeouts, Best WHIP

No one could come anywhere near those marks, but up next, the next dominating pitcher.

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 04:12 PM

Tony Masuichirou

At the tail end of Bartov's amazing streak, Colorado used their 1st round pick, 18th overall to select Tony Masuichirou. Just like Tampke and Bartov before him, he reached the rotation two years after being drafted, though a bit older at 21. Blessed with ratings similar to Bartov's, Masuichirou lacked the endurance and the great team to carry him to similar heights. However, his career would turn out quite well.

Just like Bartov ended Tampke's reign of Ace Awards, it was Masuichirou who ended Bartov's streak of 12 when in 1854 he went 20-4 with a 1.78 ERA. Although his ERA was steady, Tony's win total fluctuated due to his team's fortunes and the next two years he won only 16 and 14 games before rising back in '57 beginning a streak of 5 Ace Awards in 7 years. In '57 and '58 Tony went 45-5 with ERAs of 1.33 and 2.03 respectively. Traded to Texas in 1860, Tony would win his 4th Ace Award going a combined 17-5 with a 1.75 ERA. He capped off in '62 and '63 winning two more Awards by going 37-14 with ERA of 1.87 and 1.48.

In '64 Tony was traded again, this time to Tokyo where he finished his career. Tony would post wins in the high teens through '66 but then with his endurance a real problem, Tokyo moved him to the closer role where he would spend the next 5 years, racking up 161 saves and 24 wins.

Tony would win 2 world series rings, 6 Ace Awards and was a 14-time all-star selection. His final career pitching stats would be:
280-111-161 with a 2.02 ERA. He was also 14-7-9 with a 1.80 ERA in the postseason. He finished with the best career ERA, 12th in wins, 3rd in win%, and 2nd best WHIP.

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 04:21 PM

Joe Figurski

The key to Boston's success has been their ability to draft top-notch talent.
Besides having the best pitcher of all time in Bartov, they also selected arguably the best hitter. In 1879, they used their 1st round pick, 5th overall to take outfielder Joe Figurski. Figurski slipped to 5th because of his age, 24, but he made immediate impact with Boston, breaking camp as the starting centerfielder and going on to win the Rookie Award with a .302/.383/.539 season. Figurski had it all, he could hit for contact (.302 avg that year), hit for power (44 2B, 14 3B, 22 HR), take walks (78), run (66 SB) and play defense (8 assits, 6.2 DWS).

Figurski continued to get better the next three years before finally winning his first Slugger Award in '83 at 28 with a .310/.392/.634 year. Joe would go on to win the next 7 Slugger Awards, 8 in total, giving him the most, to date, in the AL. Joe spent his entire career in Boston and retired in '94.

In his career, Figurski won 5 World Series rings, 8 Slugger Awards, 1 Rookie Award, and was an 11 time all-star. He final numbers were .309/.398/.617 and included 2529 hits, 560 home runs, and 727 stolen bases. He has the 15th best OBP, 2nd best SLG%, 2nd best OPS, 10th most runs scored, 6th most home runs, 7th most stolen bases.

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 04:30 PM

Hanik Drenik

The earliest super ace, Drenik still holds the mark for most Ace Awards in the IL and was one of the more unlikely superstars. Drafted with the 33rd overall pick by Puerto Rico in 1807 at the age of 24, Drenik won the Rookie Award the following year going 17-6. Two years after that, Drenik became a fixture winner of the Ace Award, winning it 8 of the next 9 years. The one year he did not win (1813) was also the only year Drenik lost more than 8 games, his record being 20-10 that year.

Drenik had a somewhat short career with only 14 full years in the rotation, but during that time he was best ever at minimizing losses. Drenik would win 5 World Series rings with Puerto Rico, 8 Ace Awards, 1 Rookie Award and was an 8 time all-star. His final career numbers were 287-93 with a 2.30 ERA.

Drenik ended up with the 3rd best ERA, 10th most wins, Best ever Win% (.755), 7th most CG, 7th most shutouts, and 17th best WHIP (1.00)

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 04:39 PM

Ed Delahanty

Delahanty was drafted 2nd overall by Venezuela in 1888 and started right away with the big team at the age of 20. However, he only played 31 games for Venezuela, batting .346 before he was shipped off in a trade to New York. Ed didn't seem too bothered by the trade hitting .328 with New York (.331 for the year) and won the Rookie Award. The next 3 years were good, but not great years for Ed before he turned a big corner in '92 upping his home runs to 41 and his average to .330. The following year his home runs dipped back to 27 but his doubles went up to 67, showing that the power was still there and his average rose to .345.

In 1894, Ed won the first of his Slugger Awards, batting .341/.409/.716 with 49 home runs, 124 RBI and 132 runs scored. He backed it up next year with a .360/.419/.735 season before slipping a bit in '96. Ed returned in full force in '97 and has won three straight Slugger Awards bringing his total to 5. He has hit over 50 home runs each of the past 3 years and just finished the '99 season with a Triple Crown performance of 53 home runs, 146 runs scored and 132 runs batted in.

Ed is only 31 and already an 11 time all-star with 2265 hits, 473 home runs and a career line of .331/.396/.669, currently the 3rd best avg, best slug% best OPS, and already 25th in home runs. He is certainly one to watch as he marches towards shattering all previous offensive records.

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 04:51 PM

The Schemel Legacy

Maels
Maels was the 5th overall pick in '24 by Shanghai and had a long career with a variety of teams. He won the Rookie Award in '25 while still with Shanghai, but was shipped off to Cuba the following season where he also spent two seasons before being traded to Tokyo, again for two seasons and finally found a home in 1830 across the bay with Fukuoka.

Maels won three gold gloves at third base and was an 8 time all star. He finished his long career with 3185 hits and a .331 average, which are currently 12th and 4th best all time

Andres
I mentioned Delahanty on the road to breaking the Home Run record, and I'll post a more in-depth look at that chase over the years later on, but for now, lets look at the current standard, Maels's son, Andres. Andres was the 4th overall pick by Latin in 1845. Like his father, Andres would have an amazingly long career, spanning 22 years, half with Latin and half with Osaka.

Andres would win a Rookie Award ('46), a Gold Glove ('52 RF), 4 Slugger Awards ('49, '50, '53, '57) and was a 11 time all-star. Never a huge home run hitter, Andres made his impact by his sheer durability, and would finish his career with 3144 hits, 643 home runs and a .295/.387/.534 line. He would also rack up 248 outfield assists against just 14 errors, 3 of which came in his final season at 43. Andres scored the 8th most runs, knocked in the 5th most runs, drew the 10th most walks, hit the most home runs and is 3rd all time in total bases.

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 09:03 PM

Code:

#  AVG (min. 2000 AB) AVG 
1  P. Boutin* .332 
2  R. Shelton* .332 
3  E. Delahanty* .331 
4  M. Schemel .331 
5  T. Bagshaw .328 
6  K. Farrow* .328 
7  K. Smith .326 
8  J. Almeida .323 
9  H. Williams* .323 
10  L. Bruneau .323 
11  P. Shizuo .322 
12  E. Mayo .321 
13  U. Helphrey* .321 
14  D. Kemmerer .321 
15  R. Goebel* .320 
16  N. Utley .320 
17  M. Henson .320 
18  J. Forgnoni .320 
19  J. Hathcox .319 
20  M. Talkington .318 
21  H. Ford .318 
22  J. Grego .317 
23  R. Ba-gu .317 
24  D. Almonte .316 
25  B. Jinpachirou .316 

#  Career Hits H 
1  N. Townzen 3562 
2  D. Hairr 3473 
3  D. Chouinard 3433 
4  T. Vantiemh 3318 
5  T. Scrovegni 3294 
6  R. Retanio 3249 
7  T. Gluyas 3219 
8  R. Geier 3211 
9  J. Lotz 3210 
10  D. Adamski 3200 
11  D. Kemmerer 3191 
12  M. Schemel 3185 
13  J. Moles 3174 
14  S. Greensmith 3162 
15  A. Schemel 3144 
16  P. Shizuo 3062 
17  D. Stinson 3059 
18  J. Hathcox 3047 
19  J. Forgnoni 3036 
19  C. Balster 3036 
21  R. Shelton* 3022 
22  I. Dewester 2978 
23  L. Bruneau 2967 
24  Y. Cusick 2932 
25  C. Jones 2930 

#  Career HRs HR 
1  A. Schemel 643 
2  J. Gordley 638 
3  D. Kemmerer 625 
4  K. Hopkins 617 
5  C. Jones 571 
6  J. Figurski 560 
7  E. Bennett* 553 
8  C. Ballard 551 
9  H. Vavak* 547 
10  T. Gluyas 539 
11  S. Zodikoff 537 
12  J. Shoup 530 
13  R. Geier 525 
14  W. Mellott 513 
15  S. Fleetford 510 
16  O. Muchmore 505 
17  O. York 497 
18  J. Hammond 492 
19  C. Balster 489 
20  F. Hall* 486 
21  D. Fu 477 
21  I. Brandon 477 
23  C. Sudborough 476 
23  J. Moles 476 
25  E. Delahanty* 473 
 
#  Career RBIs RBI 
1  J. Gordley 1877 
2  D. Kemmerer 1871 
3  R. Geier 1860 
4  N. Townzen 1816 
5  A. Schemel 1805 
6  D. Hairr 1745 
7  J. Moles 1743 
8  T. Gluyas 1740 
9  C. Balster 1724 
10  C. Jones 1716 
11  C. Ballard 1712 
12  T. Vantiemh 1697 
13  K. Stenske 1674 
14  S. Zodikoff 1664 
15  E. Bennett* 1652 
16  W. Mellott 1646 
17  J. Figurski 1639 
18  J. Shoup 1627 
19  I. Dewester 1624 
20  H. Vavak* 1618 
21  R. Hovorka* 1612 
22  S. Greensmith 1611 
23  M. Cross 1603 
24  K. Hopkins 1602 
25  J. Ko-ichi 1599 

#  Career Doubles 2B 
1  D. Hairr 926 
2  J. Gordley 870 
3  C. Balster 857 
4  L. Rothrock 839 
5  D. Kemmerer 835 
6  S. Reap 820 
7  J. Tomihiko 804 
8  D. White 795 
9  J. Moles 760 
10  D. Bancker 753 
11  I. Dewester 750 
12  O. Marshall 747 
13  E. Bennett* 746 
14  H. Dupre 739 
15  H. Shizujirou 728 
16  F. Dellert 718 
17  J. Hall 715 
17  E. Deverin 715 
19  Y. Cusick 699 
20  K. Stenske 695 
21  W. Hamurin 689 
22  C. Procopio 687 
22  J. Coil 687 
24  A. Lombardi 676 
25  M. Cross 674 

#  Career Triples 3B 
1  M. Casabou 180 
2  J. Hathcox 179 
3  H. Dupre 177 
4  J. Tripp 168 
5  D. Jarnot 167 
6  J. Fogarty* 166 
7  M. Otoshirou 165 
8  K. Stenske 160 
9  M. Post 154 
9  P. Recio 154 
11  L. Bruneau 146 
12  D. Keon 143 
12  B. Beebe 143 
14  J. Figurski 141 
15  B. Arevalo 139 
15  J. Kittleson 139 
17  Y. Cusick 138 
18  D. Knaack 135 
19  T. Scrovegni 133 
19  T. Gluyas 133 
19  T. Yasusaburou 133 
19  M. Pollard 133 
23  J. Stevens* 132 
23  B. Bujirou 132 
23  K. Ryou 132 
 
#  Career Walks BB 
1  O. Muchmore 1833 
2  K. Pfisterer 1707 
3  T. Palmer 1702 
4  J. Stevens* 1682 
5  E. Grancagnola 1681 
6  C. Balster 1662 
7  T. Scrovegni 1595 
8  K. Morrice 1549 
9  B. Bestandig 1541 
10  A. Schemel 1540 
11  D. Kemmerer 1530 
12  T. Gluyas 1510 
13  O. Marshall 1502 
13  M. Willan 1502 
15  K. Hart 1467 
15  J. Shoup 1467 
17  B. Bittlingmayer* 1402 
18  J. Kittleson 1385 
19  A. Mashek 1370 
20  H. Vavak* 1364 
21  B. Arevalo 1354 
22  I. Dewester 1314 
23  W. McKelroy 1302 
24  J. Cridebring 1293 
25  J. Moles 1281 

#  Career Runs R 
1  T. Scrovegni 1955 
2  D. Kemmerer 1948 
3  T. Gluyas 1919 
4  H. Vavak* 1904 
5  T. Palmer 1865 
6  R. Geier 1839 
7  J. Moles 1804 
8  A. Schemel 1802 
9  N. Townzen 1787 
10  J. Figurski 1781 
11  O. Muchmore 1776 
12  J. Shoup 1763 
13  C. Balster 1758 
14  K. Morrice 1716 
15  C. Jones 1706 
16  M. Post 1684 
17  J. Gordley 1668 
17  J. Stevens* 1668 
19  R. Napolitano 1665 
20  C. Ballard 1649 
21  R. Hovorka* 1645 
22  G. Shichijirou 1627 
22  T. Vantiemh 1627 
24  M. Tofoli 1626 
25  D. Hairr 1621 

#  Career Stolen Bases SB 
1  J. Kittleson 994 
2  M. Post 944 
3  T. Palmer 888 
4  J. Deak 780 
5  M. Otoshirou 750 
6  K. Lamb 734 
7  J. Figurski 727 
8  S. Froelich 700 
9  M. Pollard 676 
10  D. Jarnot 667 
11  K. Ryou 656 
12  E. Youku 649 
13  B. Beebe 643 
14  J. Alger 620 
15  T. Aguilar 608 
16  T. Scrovegni 606 
17  K. Morrice 585 
18  H. Vavak* 562 
19  Y. Phipps 544 
19  C. Hix 544 
21  Y. Slaughter 543 
22  B. Katsumi 542 
23  D. Adamski 540 
24  Y. Cusick 539 
25  R. Crawford 530

Pitching Leaders

Code:

#  ERA (min. 2000 IP) ERA 
1  T. Masuichirou 2.02 
2  S. Tampke 2.14 
3  H. Drenik 2.30 
4  C. Bartov 2.34 
5  U. Pollard 2.34 
6  M. Ko-di 2.40 
7  J. Doumani 2.40 
8  T. Mikitarou 2.42 
9  J. Machin 2.46 
10  R. Nagel 2.47 
11  D. Moore 2.48 
12  P. Conway 2.53 
13  E. Cushing 2.56 
14  C. Ferguson* 2.60 
15  J. Alves 2.63 
16  W. Costanzo 2.64 
17  A. Bracamonte 2.64 
18  C. Hogan 2.64 
19  J. Geis 2.70 
20  A. James 2.70 
21  S. Smith 2.72 
22  R. Jacobsen 2.73 
23  A. Rzeszutek 2.74 
24  E. Pittman 2.76 
25  R. Carella 2.79 

#  Career Wins W 
1  C. Bartov 421 
2  J. Alves 353 
3  S. Tampke 342 
4  A. Mulhall 310 
4  D. Moore 310 
6  U. Pollard 302 
7  R. Edwards 301 
8  R. Nagel 290 
9  A. Bracamonte 289 
10  H. Drenik 287 
11  A. Fries 284 
12  T. Masuichirou 280 
13  C. Hogan 276 
14  E. Cushing 274 
15  E. Pyburn 272 
16  N. Schlattwieler 266 
17  C. Ferguson* 265 
18  K. Derring 263 
19  K. Hayley 261 
20  T. Cann 256 
21  B. Vinton* 254 
22  R. Rayfield 253 
22  T. Mikitarou 253 
24  W. Knaup 251 
25  J. Scott 250 

#  Career Strikeouts K 
1  C. Bartov 5910 
2  E. Pyburn 4369 
3  T. Cann 4153 
4  C. Sutter 3916 
5  U. Pollard 3860 
6  A. Bowmaker 3691 
7  J. Richardson 3536 
8  T. Kirou 3524 
9  R. Nagel 3401 
10  S. Tampke 3320 
11  A. Farrell 3294 
12  R. Abdul 3288 
13  C. Hogan 3216 
14  J. Alves 3207 
15  R. McClure 3194 
16  A. Mulhall 3177 
17  N. Schlattwieler 3137 
18  R. Leboeuf 3135 
19  R. Rayfield 3099 
20  K. Stinchcomb 3098 
21  E. Cushing 3064 
22  T. Tanetarou 2981 
23  T. Masuichirou 2961 
24  J. Beauchamp 2939 
25  S. Barker 2920 
 
#  Career Saves SV 
1  R. Duckett 499 
2  M. Treat 478 
3  M. Danielsen 463 
4  J. Liang 447 
5  M. Wilson 446 
6  M. Oliverio 407 
7  C. Koster 405 
8  Z. Kaskey 403 
9  S. McAfee 398 
10  C. Trudeau 396 
11  A. Nariakira 395 
12  J. Weaver 384 
13  E. Verflieren 383 
14  A. Utaemon 382 
15  J. Pickett 372 
16  M. Malbrough 371 
17  F. Baker 367 
18  W. Hafford 366 
19  A. Johnson 365 
20  J. Caisse 361 
21  J. Fallmerayer 358 
22  D. Geale 354 
23  B. Case 349 
24  P. Gruber 347 
24  X. Low 347 

#  Career CG CG 
1  J. Scott 164 
2  L. Philbrook 150 
3  T. Mikitarou 127 
3  B. Hussey 127 
5  J. Mass 126 
6  C. Hogan 123 
7  D. Moore 121 
7  H. Drenik 121 
9  C. Bartov 116 
9  W. Knaup 116 
11  P. Kittredge 109 
12  C. Young* 105 
13  P. Puckett 101 
14  J. Mankin 100 
14  M. Ewers 100 
14  K. Hayley 100 
17  R. Spigner 97 
18  E. Lachmund 96 
19  G. Leal 95 
20  G. Temme 94 
21  D. Fischl 91 
22  E. Cobban 90 
22  D. Smeltzer 90 
24  G. Raysor 89 
25  J. Hard 88 

#  Career SHO SHO 
1  C. Bartov 53 
2  T. Mikitarou 51 
2  D. Moore 51 
4  C. Hogan 47 
5  J. Scott 41 
6  G. Raysor 40 
7  L. Philbrook 38 
8  H. Drenik 37 
9  E. Cobban 35 
10  W. Knaup 33 
11  R. Edwards 32 
11  P. Kittredge 32 
11  E. Natsu 32 
14  M. Ko-di 30 
15  L. Mabe 27 
15  B. Hussey 27 
17  T. Morelli 26 
17  T. Osamu 26 
17  L. Petchey 26 
17  G. Conley 26 
17  R. Carella 26 
22  E. Lachmund 25 
22  S. Tampke 25 
22  G. Leal 25 
22  A. Bracamonte 25

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 09:04 PM

International League Batting Single Season Records :

Batting Average : .387, Maels Schemel (1833, Fukuoka)
Homeruns : 57, Terrill Stallman (1894, Cuba)
Runs Batted In : 153, Terrill Stallman (1894, Cuba)
At Bats : 676, George Jenkins (1849, Seoul)
Hits : 223, Erick Mayo (1843, Seoul)
Doubles : 71, Callean Hallemeier (1873, Tokyo)
Triples : 20, Ugolino Ancellotti (1837, Mexico)
Runs : 148, Ronaldo Napolitano (1822, Osaka)
Bases On Balls : 140, Brian Bittlingmayer (1894, Puerto Rico)
Strikeouts : 142, Georgie Martin (1881, Puerto Rico)
Stolen Bases : 86, Joe Deak (1810, Latin)
Hitting Streak : 42, Bruce Brown (1821, Shanghai)
Rookie AVG : .345, Fielder Jones (1896, Mexico)
Rookie Hits : 197, Dominic Chouinard (1880, Cuba)
Rookie Homeruns : 35, Sunny Taichirou (1888, Shanghai)
Rookie RBI : 108, Jaime Feeney (1856, Latin)

International League Pitching Single Season Records :

ERA : 1.00, Hanik Drenik (1814, Puerto Rico)
Games : 122, John Machin (1876, Puerto Rico)
Games Started : 38, Major Dominy (1806, Cuba)
Wins : 26, Wil Lynagh (1896, Tokyo)
Losses : 25, Lamont Clancy (1842, Latin)
Saves : 45, Bob Umezu (1871, Osaka)
Bases On Balls : 124, David Wormald (1826, Shanghai)
Strikeouts : 278, Ulises Pollard (1870, Osaka)
Rookie Wins : 23, Antoine James (1828, Shanghai)
Rookie Saves : 33, Justin Ri-bai (1829, Osaka)
Rookie K's : 221, Ned Garvin (1899, Venezuela)
BB's in one Game: 12, Santi Toogood (9/16/1834, Puerto Rico)
K's in one Game : 17, Eisaku Pyburn (5/22/1830, Tokyo)

International League Batting Single Game Records :

At Bats X-Innings : 10, Tremaine Quinn (6/8/1896, Venezuela)
At Bats 9 Innings : 7, Jayson Park (5/1/1898, Puerto Rico)
Hits X-Innings : 7, Gerald Lidblom (7/6/1821, Shanghai)
Hits 9 Innings : 6, Manuel Palmieri (7/19/1893, Tokyo)
Doubles : 5, Manuel Lorgnon (5/9/1812, Shanghai)
Triples : 3, Manuel Casabou (4/11/1879, Tokyo)
Homeruns : 4, Fernando Hall (5/7/1891, Latin)
RBI : 12, Mario Hock (6/1/1851, Venezuela)
Runs : 6, Andrew Conkling (6/4/1845, Cuba)
Stolen Bases : 4, Fielder Jones (5/17/1898, Mexico)
Bases On Balls : 5, Matt Tofoli (8/3/1884, Mexico)
Strikeouts : 5, Donall Carter (4/16/1892, Cuba)

American League Batting Single Season Records :

Batting Average : .398, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado)
Homeruns : 63, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado)
Runs Batted In : 153, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado)
At Bats : 657, Anthony Suppa (1883, New York)
Hits : 229, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado)
Doubles : 74, Dru Kemmerer (1865, Colorado)
Triples : 22, Jim Fogarty (1894, Colorado)
Runs : 152, Brian Bittlingmayer (1891, Atlanta)
Bases On Balls : 129, Jose Stevens (1896, Washington)
Strikeouts : 151, Eric Youku (1846, Los Angeles)
Stolen Bases : 92, Jim Kittleson (1859, New York)
Hitting Streak : 35, Cliff Foletier (1890, Philadelphia )
Rookie AVG : .348, Nap Lajoie (1897, Seattle )
Rookie Hits : 192, Nap Lajoie (1897, Seattle )
Rookie Homeruns : 35, Sam Thompson (1885, New York)
Rookie RBI : 110, Cliff Ballard (1876, San Francisco)

American League Pitching Single Season Records :

ERA : 1.10, Don Moore (1828, Minnesota)
Games : 123, Bryan McClinchey (1870, Minnesota)
Games Started : 37, James Seymour (1899, Chicago)
Wins : 30, Crispin Bartov (1847, Boston)
Losses : 25, Mark Cavitt (1862, Atlanta)
Saves : 46, Denton Vaughn (1854, Colorado)
Bases On Balls : 145, Jesus Hill (1878, Chicago)
Strikeouts : 312, Crispin Bartov (1842, Boston)
Rookie Wins : 18, Arlie Pond (1896, Texas)
Rookie Saves : 27, Paul Messier (1802, Philadelphia )
Rookie K's : 235, James Seymour (1896, Chicago)
BB's in one Game: 12, Tucky Becerra (7/25/1829, San Francisco)
K's in one Game : 17, Don Moore (4/21/1829, Minnesota)

American League Batting Single Game Records :

At Bats X-Innings : 11, Kerry Stenske (8/22/1870, Atlanta)
At Bats 9 Innings : 8, Keizo Rummenigge (7/13/1830, New York)
Hits X-Innings : 6, Bill Joyce (4/22/1895, San Francisco)
Hits 9 Innings : 6, Michael Dobbyn (9/4/1899, Atlanta)
Doubles : 4, James Scothorne (8/31/1899, New York)
Triples : 3, Jeramy Myers (5/11/1882, Washington)
Homeruns : 4, Marcel Akens (4/2/1846, Texas)
RBI : 9, Dru Kemmerer (9/17/1879, Colorado)
Runs : 6, Jim Hall (9/6/1886, Los Angeles)
Stolen Bases : 6, Bill Wilcsek (6/4/1844, New York)
Bases On Balls : 6, Denny Lyons (4/25/1897, Washington)
Strikeouts : 5, Ken Farrow (8/9/1899, Boston)

randomlefty10 · 06-22-2005, 09:06 PM

Code:

1800 World Series Winner 
 
Cuba, beat Philadelphia 4 to 3
 
 
1801 World Series Winner 
 
Texas, beat Mexico 4 to 3
 
 
1802 World Series Winner 
 
Fukuoka, beat Minnesota 4 to 3
 
 
1803 World Series Winner 
 
Seattle , beat Venezuela 4 to 2
 
 
1804 World Series Winner 
 
Fukuoka, beat Seattle 4 to 2
 
 
1805 World Series Winner 
 
Venezuela, beat Chicago 4 to 1
 
 
1806 World Series Winner 
 
Chicago, beat Sapporo 4 to 2
 
 
1807 World Series Winner 
 
Latin, beat Boston 4 to 3
 
 
1808 World Series Winner 
 
Philadelphia , beat Puerto Rico 4 to 3
 
 
1809 World Series Winner 
 
Seattle , beat Latin 4 to 0
 
 
1810 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Seattle 4 to 2
 
 
1811 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Seattle 4 to 2
 
 
1812 World Series Winner 
 
Los Angeles, beat Osaka 4 to 2
 
 
1813 World Series Winner 
 
Minnesota, beat Osaka 4 to 3
 
 
1814 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Washington 4 to 2
 
 
1815 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Los Angeles 4 to 1
 
 
1816 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Seattle 4 to 0
 
 
1817 World Series Winner 
 
Mexico, beat Washington 4 to 2
 
 
1818 World Series Winner 
 
Mexico, beat Colorado 4 to 3
 
 
1819 World Series Winner 
 
Washington, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 1
 
 
1820 World Series Winner 
 
Tokyo, beat Colorado 4 to 1
 
 
1821 World Series Winner 
 
Atlanta, beat Mexico 4 to 1
 
 
1822 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Washington 4 to 3
 
 
1823 World Series Winner 
 
Domincan, beat Minnesota 4 to 1
 
 
1824 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Minnesota 4 to 1
 
 
1825 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Tokyo 4 to 1
 
 
1826 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Chicago 4 to 3
 
 
1827 World Series Winner 
 
Texas, beat Sapporo 4 to 3
 
 
1828 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Washington 4 to 2
 
 
1829 World Series Winner 
 
Texas, beat Venezuela 4 to 2
 
 
1830 World Series Winner 
 
Seoul, beat Texas 4 to 0
 
 
1831 World Series Winner 
 
New York, beat Seoul 4 to 1
 
 
1832 World Series Winner 
 
Chicago, beat Seoul 4 to 0
 
 
1833 World Series Winner 
 
Sapporo, beat New York 4 to 1
 
 
1834 World Series Winner 
 
New York, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 3
 
 
1835 World Series Winner 
 
Los Angeles, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 0
 
 
1836 World Series Winner 
 
New York, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 2
 
 
1837 World Series Winner 
 
Colorado, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 2
 
 
1838 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Los Angeles 4 to 2
 
 
1839 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Shanghai 4 to 2
 
 
1840 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 1
 
 
1841 World Series Winner 
 
New York, beat Mexico 4 to 0
 
 
1842 World Series Winner 
 
Colorado, beat Shanghai 4 to 3
 
 
1843 World Series Winner 
 
San Francisco, beat Domincan 4 to 1
 
 
1844 World Series Winner 
 
Texas, beat Osaka 4 to 2
 
 
1845 World Series Winner 
 
San Francisco, beat Seoul 4 to 2
 
 
1846 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Boston 4 to 2
 
 
1847 World Series Winner 
 
Seoul, beat Boston 4 to 2
 
 
1848 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Seattle 4 to 1
 
 
1849 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Chicago 4 to 2
 
 
1850 World Series Winner 
 
Washington, beat Latin 4 to 2
 
 
1851 World Series Winner 
 
Philadelphia , beat Mexico 4 to 1
 
 
1852 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Cuba 4 to 3
 
 
1853 World Series Winner 
 
Mexico, beat Colorado 4 to 3
 
 
1854 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Colorado 4 to 2
 
 
1855 World Series Winner 
 
Cuba, beat New York 4 to 3
 
 
1856 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Boston 4 to 1
 
 
1857 World Series Winner 
 
Venezuela, beat Philadelphia 4 to 2
 
 
1858 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Chicago 4 to 1
 
 
1859 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Washington 4 to 2
 
 
1860 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat New York 4 to 3
 
 
1861 World Series Winner 
 
Mexico, beat Texas 4 to 3
 
 
1862 World Series Winner 
 
Tokyo, beat Texas 4 to 3
 
 
1863 World Series Winner 
 
Fukuoka, beat Los Angeles 4 to 2
 
 
1864 World Series Winner 
 
Minnesota, beat Fukuoka 4 to 1
 
 
1865 World Series Winner 
 
Philadelphia , beat Fukuoka 4 to 2
 
 
1866 World Series Winner 
 
Texas, beat Fukuoka 4 to 3
 
 
1867 World Series Winner 
 
Tokyo, beat Chicago 4 to 1
 
 
1868 World Series Winner 
 
Tokyo, beat Chicago 4 to 0
 
 
1869 World Series Winner 
 
Mexico, beat Atlanta 4 to 2
 
 
1870 World Series Winner 
 
Atlanta, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 0
 
 
1871 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat San Francisco 4 to 2
 
 
1872 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Colorado 4 to 0
 
 
1873 World Series Winner 
 
Domincan, beat Colorado 4 to 3
 
 
1874 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Philadelphia 4 to 1
 
 
1875 World Series Winner 
 
Seattle , beat Puerto Rico 4 to 3
 
 
1876 World Series Winner 
 
Atlanta, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 1
 
 
1877 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Seattle 4 to 2
 
 
1878 World Series Winner 
 
Colorado, beat Domincan 4 to 0
 
 
1879 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Seattle 4 to 3
 
 
1880 World Series Winner 
 
Osaka, beat Atlanta 4 to 0
 
 
1881 World Series Winner 
 
Shanghai, beat Los Angeles 4 to 1
 
 
1882 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Puerto Rico 4 to 0
 
 
1883 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Latin 4 to 2
 
 
1884 World Series Winner 
 
Puerto Rico, beat Atlanta 4 to 2
 
 
1885 World Series Winner 
 
Latin, beat Texas 4 to 1
 
 
1886 World Series Winner 
 
Latin, beat Boston 4 to 1
 
 
1887 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Latin 4 to 3
 
 
1888 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Latin 4 to 3
 
 
1889 World Series Winner 
 
Minnesota, beat Cuba 4 to 1
 
 
1890 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Latin 4 to 0
 
 
1891 World Series Winner 
 
Chicago, beat Fukuoka 4 to 3
 
 
1892 World Series Winner 
 
Fukuoka, beat San Francisco 4 to 0
 
 
1893 World Series Winner 
 
Fukuoka, beat Minnesota 4 to 1
 
 
1894 World Series Winner 
 
Colorado, beat Osaka 4 to 3
 
 
1895 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Fukuoka 4 to 0
 
 
1896 World Series Winner 
 
Mexico, beat Colorado 4 to 2
 
 
1897 World Series Winner 
 
Boston, beat Cuba 4 to 2
 
 
1898 World Series Winner 

Boston, beat Cuba 4 to 3

randomlefty10 · 06-25-2005, 08:08 PM

One of my goals when taking over Seattle was to replenish the farm system. I inherited a system ranked 5th worst with only two prospects in the top 100 and neither one noteworthy at that.

State of the team

The rotation looks fantastic. All five members were under 30 and the fifth starter, Bernhard was the weakest link at 3.5 stars. This is an established group that could form a great backbone for the next 5 years or so.

The pen is another situation entirely. Completely lacking in any talent except for Piatt, a 25yr old 5 star prospect who's actually slated to be a starter.

The lineup has a few bright spots but on the whole is clearly lacking. Reginald Shelton has been a mainstay at 2B for quite a while but now is 37. The future of the team rests with Lange, a 4.5 star 28 yr old CF and Nap Lajoie, 25, playing 1B. The rest of the lineup is filled with bit players. The main problem is in RF and 3B, places I'll look to upgrade through trade.

Roster moves

I took one of my average RF and moved him to Fukuoka who is in dire need of a RF in exchange for one of their many talented relief pitchers. I was very pleased with this move, it cost me almost nothing since the player I moved was starting in RF only against lefties and the marginal value in upgrading my bullpen is extremely high.

Next I moved one of the SP who was stuck in AAA to San Francisco in exchange for a MR prospect, part of my aim of restocking the farm teams with younger talent.

Next, I tabbed two guys on the waiver wire, a 24 yr old 3B prospect who has solid talent indicators but has yet to develop and another young MR.

Time for the preseason draft. We pick 15th this year, which is relaly lucky since there is only 16 entrants for this draft. Rube Waddell, Jimmy Barrett and Sam Crawford go as expected with the top 3 picks. When it came down to us, we had our choice of one of two picks, McLaughlin, a 24 yr old MR with decent stuff but nothing else or Dillard a 26 yr old 3B with no real discernable skills. McLaughlin won out by virtue of being left handed. As would become usual, I made no selections in the Rule 5 and off we went to spring training where I learned our claims had been made and we moved the 3B we got off waivers, Ball, right up into the starting role with the big club.

Still feeling that our club lacked power, I went looking for more trade possibilities. With Piatt waiting in the wings, I decided to see what I could get for SP Bernhard packaged with Cooley, the current starting RF. I found a taker in Sapporo, who would give up Sam Crawford in order to get ahold of Bernhard. The deal was quickly struck and we now had a huge addition for our lineup.

Since Piatt was so much better suited to MR, I decided to experiment with a 4 man rotation with Piatt making occaisonal starts to provide rest. The lineup and staff now satisfactory to me, I let go of control for the season.

ROTATION
T. Starr
B. Briggs
I. Korb
R. Holbrook
(Spot) W. Piatt
(CL) Z. Sgolik

LINEUP
SS G. Diana
2B R. Shelton
RF S. Crawford
1B N. Lajoie
CF B. Lange
LF R. Imlay
Ca A. Cascaria
3B A. Bell

randomlefty10 · 06-30-2005, 09:18 PM

Update***

I'm dealing with issues concerning Catobase and the rollover to 6.5. Not sure yet whether they cna be resolved or not. If not, I'll just continue on with the Almanac.

randomlefty10 · 07-02-2005, 11:01 PM

Player News

1900 saw little change from the year before. In the AL, Ed Delahanty won his 6th straight Slugger Award with the top OPS in the league although he did not appear in the Top of any triple crown category. He also hit his 500th homerun on August 28th.

Lloyd Deel, 26, won his 5th consecutive Ace Award, elevating his chance to challenge Bartov atop the list of all-time pitchers. His ERA, 1.61, was more than a half run better than anyone else (2.15) in the league.

James Seymour continues to dominate in strikeouts. Seymour who has some of the best stuff and movement in history also has some of the worst control ever seen. His walks allowed have come close to the number of hits allowed. Yet, he is still able to be quite a successful pitcher. In fact, on May 12th, he tossed a perfect game against Boston in which he struck out 13.

On April 13th, James Rodrigue of Atlanta tossed a near perfect game against New York. He allowed no hits, no walks and struck out 4. He had a perfecto through 7.2 before he plunked Art Nichols.

Top Philadelphia prospect Noodles Hahn suffered a traumatic event on May 17th when after weeks of coomplaining about vision problems was diagnosed with Glaucoma. Team officials still are not sure about Hahn's future, but there are rumours that his career could be over.

Tex Miljours of LA got 4 at bats against Colorado Sept. 18 and made the most out of all 4 of them becoming only the third player ever to hit 4 home runs in a game joining Marcel Akens in 1846 and Fernando Hall in 1891.

Results

In the IL, the league was extremely bunched as Tokyo won a league high 87 games with Cuba and Latin tied for a league worst 89 losses. Tokyo took the Pacific division by 3 games over Fukuoka, Seoul, and Shanghai. Tokyo made their mark against left handed pitching, going 23-9, while going just 64-64 against righties. In the Caribbean, Puerto Rico won the division with 84 wins, 2 better than Mexico.

Over in the AL we saw a bit more disparity as Seattle won a league high 90 games, 4 games better than Los Angeles and San Francisco. In the Atlantic division, Chicago with 87 wins, bested Boston by 6 to move into the postseason.

Into the postseason, Puerto Rico started with a bang, a 20-2 trouncing against Tokyo, while Chicago posted 5 in the 7th to take game 1 against Seattle 9-5.

Puerto Rico swept the first two at Tokyo with a 4-1 win in 13 innings and Chicago did the same to Seattle, winning 6-1.

Chicago would go on to sweep Seattle out in 4 games while Tokyo would even the series up at 2 before Puerto Rico would run Tokyo out of town with back to back shutouts in games 5 and 6 winning their 22nd pennant.

In the World Series, it really began in game 4 when Puerto Rico lost at home and fell down 3-1 in the series and then stormed back 14-5, but still faced winning games 6 and 7 in Chicago. 7 runs in the 4th inning helped them take it the series to 7, but James Seymour was just too much in game 7 going 7.2, yielding 5 hits, 3 walks, 2 runs while King 10 to garner the win and go 4-0 with a 1.73 ERA in the postseason. Chicago became only the 15th team to successfully defend their title, though they are the 7th in the last 21 seasons, with Boston doing it 3 times ('83, '88, '98).

WORLD CHAMPION
CHICAGO
11th Pennant
5th World Series

randomlefty10 · 07-03-2005, 09:16 PM

1901 off season

DRAFT

First 3 picks:
SP Doc White
SP Eddie Plank
SP Roy Patterson

Seattle takes CF John Dobbs to fill some depth in the organization

The AI made some changes to the Seattle team mid season, notably trading Isaac Korb to Texas for 3B Reiley Crum and trading Tony Starr to Osaka for SP Brandon Bullins. As a result, our lineup is now quite stacked, but the pitching is a bit thin in terms of star power right now, but boy are they young.

I'm happy to note that our minor league system has moved up to 12th in the league.

ROTATION
B Briggs (25)
R Holbrook (24)
B Bullins (24)
W Piatt (26)
J Frankilin (23)

(CL) Z Sgolik (26)

LINEUP
2B G Diana (31)
1B N Lajoie (26)
LF R Imlay (26)
RF S Crawford (20)
3B R Crum (28)
CF B Lange (29)
Ca A Cascarcia (32)
SS R Roy (29)

There wasn't much to do since Seattle did have a league best 90 wins last year and are loaded with youth.

ALSO
Although I managed to fix the catobase issues, I ran into another with the 1901 import year and now the career stats issue so I'm going to stop the sim for now to see if a fix can be worked, otherwise I'll have to come up with some ad hoc solution.

Astros33Resurrected · 07-04-2005, 03:24 PM

Keep this one going for a while, I rather enjoy it

randomlefty10 · 07-04-2005, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astros33Resurrected

Keep this one going for a while, I rather enjoy it

Thanks, much appreciated.

I'll be posting some more history stuff while I wait to go forward with the sim.

randomlefty10 · 07-04-2005, 10:53 PM

SEATTLE 1803-1811

During this 9 year span, Seattle never failed to win less than 90 games, reaching a high of 101 in 1809. Seattle won their division each of those 9 years and took home 5 pennants and 2 world championships.

1803 93 67 .581 - 4-3 4-2 .234 3.06
1804 90 70 .563 - 4-2 2-4 .259 3.36
1805 91 69 .569 - 3-4 --- .247 3.28
1806 91 69 .569 - 3-4 --- .259 3.27
1807 94 66 .588 - 2-4 --- .261 3.20
1808 96 64 .600 - 3-4 --- .255 3.13
1809 101 59 .631 - 4-2 4-0 .273 2.90
1810 97 63 .606 - 4-1 2-4 .264 2.98
1811 90 70 .563 - 4-2 2-4 .250 2.82

There was quite a bit of turnover during that span. In the lineup, there was only two players there for the entire span and both had been with Seattle since the beginning and both made 1811 their last year as starters. 1B Marvin Schmucker was Seattle's 1st ever draft pick at the age of 26 and in his 13 year career Marvin averaged .293/.379/.531 with 28 home runs, 93 runs and 89 RBI. He won Slugger Awards in 04 and 08. 2B Nolan Jacoby was the 6th draft pick made by Seattle also at age 26. In his 13 year career, Nolan averaged .261/.308/.442 with 19 home runs, 86 runs, 75 RBI, and 25 stolen bases.

On the pitching side, however, there was a lot of stability. Starting at the top Alton Bracamonte, Seattle's 27th round pick led Seattle's rotation throughout their dominance. Bracamonte had a 19 year career that culminated in election to Hall of Fame. Alton ended with 289-156 with a 2.64 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 2 Ace Awards ('05, '09)

Behind Alton was Hisato Filmer, not as long lasting as Bracamonte, taking home 2 Ace Awards ('08 and '11) and finished with a 187-106 record and a 2.90 ERA. Behind Filmer was Mark Ewers, who took the Ace Award in 1804 (22-7, 2.51). Fourth was Gerald Temme, an 8 time Gold Glove winner. Closing out the games was Justin Liang, the 9th round pick in 1800 at age 26 who pitched past the age of 44, all with Seattle. Liang was a 4 time all-star who racked up 447 saves, 4th all time, and a 2.79 ERA.

randomlefty10 · 07-04-2005, 11:18 PM

1836

1836 featured one the best finishes ever seen. In the New England division, rivals New York and Boston fought it out at the top all year. Down the stretch New York would rip off 13 wins in a row, Boston came back with 8 in a row and stayed tied with New York heading to the final three. However, there the fortunes went polar opposites as New York swept the final three and was off into the playoffs with huge momentum. They weren't the only team on a roll though. Starting in late August, Puerto Rico won 17 in a row, 21 of 23 and 26 of 30 to steam roll past Mexico and Venezuela and take the division by 7 games.

The Playoff Teams

New York was led by future hall of famers CF Eien Deverin and SP Shinkichi Tampke. Tampke carried a 0.90 ERA into September after a 0.51 ERA month of August and finished the year 24-1 with a 1.32 ERA.

San Francisco's ace was future hall of famer Alberto Mulhall who went 23-5 that year and would win 310 games in his career, 4th most of all time.

Puerto Rico also had a future hall of famer, LF Terrance Gluyas who would have 3219 hits and 539 home runs in his career.

Sapporo had future hall of famer SS Totoya Scrovegni, who would go on to score more runs than anyone in history.

The playoffs were no short of interesting matchups. In the IL, red hot Puerto Rico, with the second best offense in the WBL faced off against 105 win Sapporo who sported the second best pitching staff in the WBL. In the AL, red hot New York, which sported the best pitching staff in baseball faced San Francisco, a team that scored more runs than anyone else that season and were riding their own 4 game winning streak into the postseason. In the league series it was the hot teams staying hot each winning in 6 games and in the World Series it was New York keeping Puerto Rico's offense quiet that led to the six game win.

06-19-2005, 08:48 PM	#1
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	A whole lotta history: A 200+ year universe The premise is quite simple. I started the league in 1800 with fictional players and simmed as such until 1886 when I began importing real rookies and scaled back the fictional draft from 10 rounds to 6. I have simmed through 1899 and now am prepared to take limited control. My plan right now is to essentially become a lifetime offseason consultant to one team. I will draft for them and have free reign to do what I can in terms of trades in the off-season only. I will then sim the entire season turning it back over to the AI. Next, I'll do a rundown of the league and a brief rundown of the league's 100 year history. __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

06-19-2005, 09:58 PM	#2
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	World Baseball League Team Won-Loss Pennants Championships International League Asia Fukuoka 7915-8086 .495 11-5 Osaka 8413-7588 .526 12-8 Sapporo 7942-8059 .496 3-1 Seoul 7857-8144 .491 5-2 Shanghai 7935-8065 .496 10-8 Tokyo 8036-7964 .502 5-4 DIVISION TOTAL (Pennants-Championships): 46-28 Americas Cuba 7856-8148 .491 6-2 Domincan 7713-8290 .482 4-2 Latin 8085-7919 .505 9-3 Mexico 8003-8000 .500 10-6 Puerto Rico 8225-7780 .514 21-10 Venezuela 8033-7970 .502 4-2 DIVISION TOTAL: 54-25 American League East Atlanta 7849-8153 .491 6-3 Boston 8386-7616 .524 17-12 Chicago 7946-8055 .497 10-4 New York 8024-7977 .501 7-4 Philadelphia 7964-8038 .498 6-3 Washington 7999-8003 .500 7-2 DIVISION TOTAL: 53-28 West Colorado 8105-7900 .506 11-4 Los Angeles 7849-8153 .491 6-2 Minnesota 8058-7945 .504 7-3 San Francisco 7865-8138 .491 4-2 Seattle 7862-8139 .491 10-3 Texas 8107-7897 .507 9-5 DIVISION TOTAL: 47-19 __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

06-20-2005, 02:17 AM	#3
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Shinkichi Tampke It's difficult to devise a good strategy to recap 100 years of history, so if anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share. In the meantime, I wanted to write a few random parts of the history that have stuck in my mind. Up first, the rise of super aces. In the year 1826, New York selected 17 yr old pitcher Shinkichi Tampke with the 10th overall pick. Tampke was up with the big team by '28 and a member of the rotation in '29 at the age of 20. That year, Tampke would go 12-13 with a 3.27 ERA in 35 starts. It would be the last time Tampke would post a losing record for 18 years. Tampke took home the rookie of the year award in '29. He posted similar marks in '30 and then broke out in 1831 with his first 20 game season going 21-8 and an astounding 1.65 ERA, elected to his first all-star game and won his first Ace Award. He cooled off a bit the next two years going 35-14 with a 2.06 ERA over that span. After that, he stepped it up winning the Ace Award each of the next 3 years with a combined 71-8 record with ERAs of 1.52, 1.86 and 1.32. Again, Tampke took two years off from winning an Ace Award before again winning three more Ace Awards bringing his total up to 7. In the end, Tampke, who spent his entire career in New York, would rack up career numbers of 342-151 with a 2.14 ERA, the 2nd best career ERA, 3rd most wins, 5th best winning percentage, 3rd most games started, 4th most innings pitched, 10th most strikeouts, 4th best WHIP, 4 World Series rings, 7 Ace Awards, and 12 All-Star appearences. Tampke retired in 1848. Up next, the person who overshadowed Tampke's last decade in baseball. Last edited by randomlefty10; 06-22-2005 at 04:22 PM.

06-20-2005, 02:37 AM	#4
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Crispin Bartov Tampke won his seventh, and third in a row, Ace Award in 1841, the man who took the award from Tampke would not relinquish it for a record amount of time. It was right at the height of Tampke's reign that in the 1835 draft, Boston selected 18 yr old Crispin Bartov 3rd overall. Like Tampke, Bartov shot quickly up to the big team, joining the rotation at 20 in 1837. The similarities did not end there as Bartov also won the rookie of the year award going 16-9 with a 4.03 ERA. While Tampke immediately began winning Ace Awards, Bartov struggled a little more at the beginning of his career, and also was waiting for Tampke to move past his prime. Bartov shared Tampke's endurance, but was far more of a strikeout pitcher than Tampke. Bartov made his first big statement in '41, the last time Tampke would win the Ace Award. That year, Bartov went 19-8 with a 2.13 ERA and 289 Ks in 266 IP. Next year, Bartov knocked Tampke off the top of the mountain with a 22-9 record, 1.96 ERA and 312 Ks to garner his first Ace Award at the age of 25. He would be nearing his mid-life crisis before Bartov would let go of that trophy. His stats during the amazing period of consecutive Ace Awards: Year Age Team W L Win% GS G CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB Ks ERA Oavg Oobp Oslg Oops 1842 25 BOS AL 22 9 .710 37 36 8 5 0 280.0 184 61 4 29 312 1.96 .184 .225 .279 .503 1843 26 BOS AL 18 5 .783 36 36 3 2 0 265.0 178 55 2 26 265 1.87 .190 .228 .253 .481 1844 27 BOS AL 23 7 .767 37 37 3 1 0 285.0 185 52 2 16 291 1.64 .182 .214 .246 .460 1845 28 BOS AL 23 5 .821 37 37 4 3 0 281.7 199 62 4 23 281 1.98 .195 .229 .282 .511 1846 29 BOS AL 18 8 .692 35 35 6 2 0 263.3 173 53 2 33 269 1.81 .185 .229 .257 .486 1847 30 BOS AL 30 2 .938 37 37 6 3 0 290.3 189 42 3 32 295 1.30 .181 .224 .253 .477 1848 31 BOS AL 16 8 .667 36 35 4 1 0 276.3 192 50 1 30 272 1.63 .193 .228 .269 .497 1849 32 BOS AL 20 6 .769 36 35 7 4 1 273.3 196 60 4 21 239 1.98 .197 .221 .287 .508 1850 33 BOS AL 16 5 .762 34 34 9 4 0 258.0 192 52 4 10 288 1.81 .200 .223 .290 .513 '851 34 BOS AL 22 4 .846 35 35 11 5 0 279.0 182 57 2 20 299 1.84 .184 .222 .254 .476 '852 35 BOS AL 26 5 .839 37 37 13 5 0 296.0 185 49 7 20 298 1.49 .177 .210 .262 .472 1853 36 BOS AL 22 5 .815 36 36 8 5 0 285.3 209 62 12 16 287 1.96 .202 .227 .321 .548 Blessed with an injury free peak and a constantly good team, Bartov racked up a hall of fame career in those 12 years alone. Boston would collapse in '54 and Bartov took a step back going 13-18 with a 2.84 ERA and it looked like his career was nearing its end. But, when it seemed like Bartov could not surpirse people anymore, he did, returning to ace form going 21-6 with a 2.14 ERA and winning his 13th Ace Award in 1855 at the age of 38. Even then, Bartov was not done. Although he was not dominate anymore he would last four more season with an average of 13.5 wins, finally retiring at 42 in 1859. His final numbers: 421-188, 2.34 ERA, 5910 Ks 4th best career ERA, Most Wins, 6th best Win%, Most games started, 9th most CG, Most shutouts, Most innings pitched, Most strikeouts, Best WHIP No one could come anywhere near those marks, but up next, the next dominating pitcher. Last edited by randomlefty10; 06-22-2005 at 04:23 PM.

06-22-2005, 04:12 PM	#5
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Tony Masuichirou At the tail end of Bartov's amazing streak, Colorado used their 1st round pick, 18th overall to select Tony Masuichirou. Just like Tampke and Bartov before him, he reached the rotation two years after being drafted, though a bit older at 21. Blessed with ratings similar to Bartov's, Masuichirou lacked the endurance and the great team to carry him to similar heights. However, his career would turn out quite well. Just like Bartov ended Tampke's reign of Ace Awards, it was Masuichirou who ended Bartov's streak of 12 when in 1854 he went 20-4 with a 1.78 ERA. Although his ERA was steady, Tony's win total fluctuated due to his team's fortunes and the next two years he won only 16 and 14 games before rising back in '57 beginning a streak of 5 Ace Awards in 7 years. In '57 and '58 Tony went 45-5 with ERAs of 1.33 and 2.03 respectively. Traded to Texas in 1860, Tony would win his 4th Ace Award going a combined 17-5 with a 1.75 ERA. He capped off in '62 and '63 winning two more Awards by going 37-14 with ERA of 1.87 and 1.48. In '64 Tony was traded again, this time to Tokyo where he finished his career. Tony would post wins in the high teens through '66 but then with his endurance a real problem, Tokyo moved him to the closer role where he would spend the next 5 years, racking up 161 saves and 24 wins. Tony would win 2 world series rings, 6 Ace Awards and was a 14-time all-star selection. His final career pitching stats would be: 280-111-161 with a 2.02 ERA. He was also 14-7-9 with a 1.80 ERA in the postseason. He finished with the best career ERA, 12th in wins, 3rd in win%, and 2nd best WHIP. Last edited by randomlefty10; 06-22-2005 at 04:23 PM.

06-22-2005, 04:21 PM	#6
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Joe Figurski The key to Boston's success has been their ability to draft top-notch talent. Besides having the best pitcher of all time in Bartov, they also selected arguably the best hitter. In 1879, they used their 1st round pick, 5th overall to take outfielder Joe Figurski. Figurski slipped to 5th because of his age, 24, but he made immediate impact with Boston, breaking camp as the starting centerfielder and going on to win the Rookie Award with a .302/.383/.539 season. Figurski had it all, he could hit for contact (.302 avg that year), hit for power (44 2B, 14 3B, 22 HR), take walks (78), run (66 SB) and play defense (8 assits, 6.2 DWS). Figurski continued to get better the next three years before finally winning his first Slugger Award in '83 at 28 with a .310/.392/.634 year. Joe would go on to win the next 7 Slugger Awards, 8 in total, giving him the most, to date, in the AL. Joe spent his entire career in Boston and retired in '94. In his career, Figurski won 5 World Series rings, 8 Slugger Awards, 1 Rookie Award, and was an 11 time all-star. He final numbers were .309/.398/.617 and included 2529 hits, 560 home runs, and 727 stolen bases. He has the 15th best OBP, 2nd best SLG%, 2nd best OPS, 10th most runs scored, 6th most home runs, 7th most stolen bases. Last edited by randomlefty10; 06-22-2005 at 04:23 PM.

06-22-2005, 04:30 PM	#7
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Hanik Drenik The earliest super ace, Drenik still holds the mark for most Ace Awards in the IL and was one of the more unlikely superstars. Drafted with the 33rd overall pick by Puerto Rico in 1807 at the age of 24, Drenik won the Rookie Award the following year going 17-6. Two years after that, Drenik became a fixture winner of the Ace Award, winning it 8 of the next 9 years. The one year he did not win (1813) was also the only year Drenik lost more than 8 games, his record being 20-10 that year. Drenik had a somewhat short career with only 14 full years in the rotation, but during that time he was best ever at minimizing losses. Drenik would win 5 World Series rings with Puerto Rico, 8 Ace Awards, 1 Rookie Award and was an 8 time all-star. His final career numbers were 287-93 with a 2.30 ERA. Drenik ended up with the 3rd best ERA, 10th most wins, Best ever Win% (.755), 7th most CG, 7th most shutouts, and 17th best WHIP (1.00) __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

06-22-2005, 04:39 PM	#8
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Ed Delahanty Delahanty was drafted 2nd overall by Venezuela in 1888 and started right away with the big team at the age of 20. However, he only played 31 games for Venezuela, batting .346 before he was shipped off in a trade to New York. Ed didn't seem too bothered by the trade hitting .328 with New York (.331 for the year) and won the Rookie Award. The next 3 years were good, but not great years for Ed before he turned a big corner in '92 upping his home runs to 41 and his average to .330. The following year his home runs dipped back to 27 but his doubles went up to 67, showing that the power was still there and his average rose to .345. In 1894, Ed won the first of his Slugger Awards, batting .341/.409/.716 with 49 home runs, 124 RBI and 132 runs scored. He backed it up next year with a .360/.419/.735 season before slipping a bit in '96. Ed returned in full force in '97 and has won three straight Slugger Awards bringing his total to 5. He has hit over 50 home runs each of the past 3 years and just finished the '99 season with a Triple Crown performance of 53 home runs, 146 runs scored and 132 runs batted in. Ed is only 31 and already an 11 time all-star with 2265 hits, 473 home runs and a career line of .331/.396/.669, currently the 3rd best avg, best slug% best OPS, and already 25th in home runs. He is certainly one to watch as he marches towards shattering all previous offensive records. __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

06-22-2005, 04:51 PM	#9
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	The Schemel Legacy Maels Maels was the 5th overall pick in '24 by Shanghai and had a long career with a variety of teams. He won the Rookie Award in '25 while still with Shanghai, but was shipped off to Cuba the following season where he also spent two seasons before being traded to Tokyo, again for two seasons and finally found a home in 1830 across the bay with Fukuoka. Maels won three gold gloves at third base and was an 8 time all star. He finished his long career with 3185 hits and a .331 average, which are currently 12th and 4th best all time Andres I mentioned Delahanty on the road to breaking the Home Run record, and I'll post a more in-depth look at that chase over the years later on, but for now, lets look at the current standard, Maels's son, Andres. Andres was the 4th overall pick by Latin in 1845. Like his father, Andres would have an amazingly long career, spanning 22 years, half with Latin and half with Osaka. Andres would win a Rookie Award ('46), a Gold Glove ('52 RF), 4 Slugger Awards ('49, '50, '53, '57) and was a 11 time all-star. Never a huge home run hitter, Andres made his impact by his sheer durability, and would finish his career with 3144 hits, 643 home runs and a .295/.387/.534 line. He would also rack up 248 outfield assists against just 14 errors, 3 of which came in his final season at 43. Andres scored the 8th most runs, knocked in the 5th most runs, drew the 10th most walks, hit the most home runs and is 3rd all time in total bases. __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it. Last edited by randomlefty10; 07-04-2005 at 11:02 PM.

06-22-2005, 09:04 PM	#11
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Recordbook International League Batting Single Season Records : Batting Average : .387, Maels Schemel (1833, Fukuoka) Homeruns : 57, Terrill Stallman (1894, Cuba) Runs Batted In : 153, Terrill Stallman (1894, Cuba) At Bats : 676, George Jenkins (1849, Seoul) Hits : 223, Erick Mayo (1843, Seoul) Doubles : 71, Callean Hallemeier (1873, Tokyo) Triples : 20, Ugolino Ancellotti (1837, Mexico) Runs : 148, Ronaldo Napolitano (1822, Osaka) Bases On Balls : 140, Brian Bittlingmayer (1894, Puerto Rico) Strikeouts : 142, Georgie Martin (1881, Puerto Rico) Stolen Bases : 86, Joe Deak (1810, Latin) Hitting Streak : 42, Bruce Brown (1821, Shanghai) Rookie AVG : .345, Fielder Jones (1896, Mexico) Rookie Hits : 197, Dominic Chouinard (1880, Cuba) Rookie Homeruns : 35, Sunny Taichirou (1888, Shanghai) Rookie RBI : 108, Jaime Feeney (1856, Latin) International League Pitching Single Season Records : ERA : 1.00, Hanik Drenik (1814, Puerto Rico) Games : 122, John Machin (1876, Puerto Rico) Games Started : 38, Major Dominy (1806, Cuba) Wins : 26, Wil Lynagh (1896, Tokyo) Losses : 25, Lamont Clancy (1842, Latin) Saves : 45, Bob Umezu (1871, Osaka) Bases On Balls : 124, David Wormald (1826, Shanghai) Strikeouts : 278, Ulises Pollard (1870, Osaka) Rookie Wins : 23, Antoine James (1828, Shanghai) Rookie Saves : 33, Justin Ri-bai (1829, Osaka) Rookie K's : 221, Ned Garvin (1899, Venezuela) BB's in one Game: 12, Santi Toogood (9/16/1834, Puerto Rico) K's in one Game : 17, Eisaku Pyburn (5/22/1830, Tokyo) International League Batting Single Game Records : At Bats X-Innings : 10, Tremaine Quinn (6/8/1896, Venezuela) At Bats 9 Innings : 7, Jayson Park (5/1/1898, Puerto Rico) Hits X-Innings : 7, Gerald Lidblom (7/6/1821, Shanghai) Hits 9 Innings : 6, Manuel Palmieri (7/19/1893, Tokyo) Doubles : 5, Manuel Lorgnon (5/9/1812, Shanghai) Triples : 3, Manuel Casabou (4/11/1879, Tokyo) Homeruns : 4, Fernando Hall (5/7/1891, Latin) RBI : 12, Mario Hock (6/1/1851, Venezuela) Runs : 6, Andrew Conkling (6/4/1845, Cuba) Stolen Bases : 4, Fielder Jones (5/17/1898, Mexico) Bases On Balls : 5, Matt Tofoli (8/3/1884, Mexico) Strikeouts : 5, Donall Carter (4/16/1892, Cuba) American League Batting Single Season Records : Batting Average : .398, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado) Homeruns : 63, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado) Runs Batted In : 153, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado) At Bats : 657, Anthony Suppa (1883, New York) Hits : 229, Dru Kemmerer (1871, Colorado) Doubles : 74, Dru Kemmerer (1865, Colorado) Triples : 22, Jim Fogarty (1894, Colorado) Runs : 152, Brian Bittlingmayer (1891, Atlanta) Bases On Balls : 129, Jose Stevens (1896, Washington) Strikeouts : 151, Eric Youku (1846, Los Angeles) Stolen Bases : 92, Jim Kittleson (1859, New York) Hitting Streak : 35, Cliff Foletier (1890, Philadelphia ) Rookie AVG : .348, Nap Lajoie (1897, Seattle ) Rookie Hits : 192, Nap Lajoie (1897, Seattle ) Rookie Homeruns : 35, Sam Thompson (1885, New York) Rookie RBI : 110, Cliff Ballard (1876, San Francisco) American League Pitching Single Season Records : ERA : 1.10, Don Moore (1828, Minnesota) Games : 123, Bryan McClinchey (1870, Minnesota) Games Started : 37, James Seymour (1899, Chicago) Wins : 30, Crispin Bartov (1847, Boston) Losses : 25, Mark Cavitt (1862, Atlanta) Saves : 46, Denton Vaughn (1854, Colorado) Bases On Balls : 145, Jesus Hill (1878, Chicago) Strikeouts : 312, Crispin Bartov (1842, Boston) Rookie Wins : 18, Arlie Pond (1896, Texas) Rookie Saves : 27, Paul Messier (1802, Philadelphia ) Rookie K's : 235, James Seymour (1896, Chicago) BB's in one Game: 12, Tucky Becerra (7/25/1829, San Francisco) K's in one Game : 17, Don Moore (4/21/1829, Minnesota) American League Batting Single Game Records : At Bats X-Innings : 11, Kerry Stenske (8/22/1870, Atlanta) At Bats 9 Innings : 8, Keizo Rummenigge (7/13/1830, New York) Hits X-Innings : 6, Bill Joyce (4/22/1895, San Francisco) Hits 9 Innings : 6, Michael Dobbyn (9/4/1899, Atlanta) Doubles : 4, James Scothorne (8/31/1899, New York) Triples : 3, Jeramy Myers (5/11/1882, Washington) Homeruns : 4, Marcel Akens (4/2/1846, Texas) RBI : 9, Dru Kemmerer (9/17/1879, Colorado) Runs : 6, Jim Hall (9/6/1886, Los Angeles) Stolen Bases : 6, Bill Wilcsek (6/4/1844, New York) Bases On Balls : 6, Denny Lyons (4/25/1897, Washington) Strikeouts : 5, Ken Farrow (8/9/1899, Boston) __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

06-25-2005, 08:08 PM	#13
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Taking Over One of my goals when taking over Seattle was to replenish the farm system. I inherited a system ranked 5th worst with only two prospects in the top 100 and neither one noteworthy at that. State of the team The rotation looks fantastic. All five members were under 30 and the fifth starter, Bernhard was the weakest link at 3.5 stars. This is an established group that could form a great backbone for the next 5 years or so. The pen is another situation entirely. Completely lacking in any talent except for Piatt, a 25yr old 5 star prospect who's actually slated to be a starter. The lineup has a few bright spots but on the whole is clearly lacking. Reginald Shelton has been a mainstay at 2B for quite a while but now is 37. The future of the team rests with Lange, a 4.5 star 28 yr old CF and Nap Lajoie, 25, playing 1B. The rest of the lineup is filled with bit players. The main problem is in RF and 3B, places I'll look to upgrade through trade. Roster moves I took one of my average RF and moved him to Fukuoka who is in dire need of a RF in exchange for one of their many talented relief pitchers. I was very pleased with this move, it cost me almost nothing since the player I moved was starting in RF only against lefties and the marginal value in upgrading my bullpen is extremely high. Next I moved one of the SP who was stuck in AAA to San Francisco in exchange for a MR prospect, part of my aim of restocking the farm teams with younger talent. Next, I tabbed two guys on the waiver wire, a 24 yr old 3B prospect who has solid talent indicators but has yet to develop and another young MR. Time for the preseason draft. We pick 15th this year, which is relaly lucky since there is only 16 entrants for this draft. Rube Waddell, Jimmy Barrett and Sam Crawford go as expected with the top 3 picks. When it came down to us, we had our choice of one of two picks, McLaughlin, a 24 yr old MR with decent stuff but nothing else or Dillard a 26 yr old 3B with no real discernable skills. McLaughlin won out by virtue of being left handed. As would become usual, I made no selections in the Rule 5 and off we went to spring training where I learned our claims had been made and we moved the 3B we got off waivers, Ball, right up into the starting role with the big club. Still feeling that our club lacked power, I went looking for more trade possibilities. With Piatt waiting in the wings, I decided to see what I could get for SP Bernhard packaged with Cooley, the current starting RF. I found a taker in Sapporo, who would give up Sam Crawford in order to get ahold of Bernhard. The deal was quickly struck and we now had a huge addition for our lineup. Since Piatt was so much better suited to MR, I decided to experiment with a 4 man rotation with Piatt making occaisonal starts to provide rest. The lineup and staff now satisfactory to me, I let go of control for the season. ROTATION T. Starr B. Briggs I. Korb R. Holbrook (Spot) W. Piatt (CL) Z. Sgolik LINEUP SS G. Diana 2B R. Shelton RF S. Crawford 1B N. Lajoie CF B. Lange LF R. Imlay Ca A. Cascaria 3B A. Bell __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

06-30-2005, 09:18 PM	#14
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Update*** I'm dealing with issues concerning Catobase and the rollover to 6.5. Not sure yet whether they cna be resolved or not. If not, I'll just continue on with the Almanac.

07-02-2005, 11:01 PM	#15
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	1900 Player News 1900 saw little change from the year before. In the AL, Ed Delahanty won his 6th straight Slugger Award with the top OPS in the league although he did not appear in the Top of any triple crown category. He also hit his 500th homerun on August 28th. Lloyd Deel, 26, won his 5th consecutive Ace Award, elevating his chance to challenge Bartov atop the list of all-time pitchers. His ERA, 1.61, was more than a half run better than anyone else (2.15) in the league. James Seymour continues to dominate in strikeouts. Seymour who has some of the best stuff and movement in history also has some of the worst control ever seen. His walks allowed have come close to the number of hits allowed. Yet, he is still able to be quite a successful pitcher. In fact, on May 12th, he tossed a perfect game against Boston in which he struck out 13. On April 13th, James Rodrigue of Atlanta tossed a near perfect game against New York. He allowed no hits, no walks and struck out 4. He had a perfecto through 7.2 before he plunked Art Nichols. Top Philadelphia prospect Noodles Hahn suffered a traumatic event on May 17th when after weeks of coomplaining about vision problems was diagnosed with Glaucoma. Team officials still are not sure about Hahn's future, but there are rumours that his career could be over. Tex Miljours of LA got 4 at bats against Colorado Sept. 18 and made the most out of all 4 of them becoming only the third player ever to hit 4 home runs in a game joining Marcel Akens in 1846 and Fernando Hall in 1891. Results In the IL, the league was extremely bunched as Tokyo won a league high 87 games with Cuba and Latin tied for a league worst 89 losses. Tokyo took the Pacific division by 3 games over Fukuoka, Seoul, and Shanghai. Tokyo made their mark against left handed pitching, going 23-9, while going just 64-64 against righties. In the Caribbean, Puerto Rico won the division with 84 wins, 2 better than Mexico. Over in the AL we saw a bit more disparity as Seattle won a league high 90 games, 4 games better than Los Angeles and San Francisco. In the Atlantic division, Chicago with 87 wins, bested Boston by 6 to move into the postseason. Into the postseason, Puerto Rico started with a bang, a 20-2 trouncing against Tokyo, while Chicago posted 5 in the 7th to take game 1 against Seattle 9-5. Puerto Rico swept the first two at Tokyo with a 4-1 win in 13 innings and Chicago did the same to Seattle, winning 6-1. Chicago would go on to sweep Seattle out in 4 games while Tokyo would even the series up at 2 before Puerto Rico would run Tokyo out of town with back to back shutouts in games 5 and 6 winning their 22nd pennant. In the World Series, it really began in game 4 when Puerto Rico lost at home and fell down 3-1 in the series and then stormed back 14-5, but still faced winning games 6 and 7 in Chicago. 7 runs in the 4th inning helped them take it the series to 7, but James Seymour was just too much in game 7 going 7.2, yielding 5 hits, 3 walks, 2 runs while King 10 to garner the win and go 4-0 with a 1.73 ERA in the postseason. Chicago became only the 15th team to successfully defend their title, though they are the 7th in the last 21 seasons, with Boston doing it 3 times ('83, '88, '98). WORLD CHAMPION CHICAGO 11th Pennant 5th World Series __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

07-03-2005, 09:16 PM	#16
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	1901 offseason 1901 off season DRAFT First 3 picks: SP Doc White SP Eddie Plank SP Roy Patterson Seattle takes CF John Dobbs to fill some depth in the organization The AI made some changes to the Seattle team mid season, notably trading Isaac Korb to Texas for 3B Reiley Crum and trading Tony Starr to Osaka for SP Brandon Bullins. As a result, our lineup is now quite stacked, but the pitching is a bit thin in terms of star power right now, but boy are they young. I'm happy to note that our minor league system has moved up to 12th in the league. ROTATION B Briggs (25) R Holbrook (24) B Bullins (24) W Piatt (26) J Frankilin (23) (CL) Z Sgolik (26) LINEUP 2B G Diana (31) 1B N Lajoie (26) LF R Imlay (26) RF S Crawford (20) 3B R Crum (28) CF B Lange (29) Ca A Cascarcia (32) SS R Roy (29) There wasn't much to do since Seattle did have a league best 90 wins last year and are loaded with youth. ALSO Although I managed to fix the catobase issues, I ran into another with the 1901 import year and now the career stats issue so I'm going to stop the sim for now to see if a fix can be worked, otherwise I'll have to come up with some ad hoc solution. __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

07-04-2005, 03:24 PM	#17
Astros33Resurrected Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lufkin, TX Posts: 2,213	Keep this one going for a while, I rather enjoy it

07-04-2005, 10:53 PM	#19
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	The First Dynasty SEATTLE 1803-1811 During this 9 year span, Seattle never failed to win less than 90 games, reaching a high of 101 in 1809. Seattle won their division each of those 9 years and took home 5 pennants and 2 world championships. 1803 93 67 .581 - 4-3 4-2 .234 3.06 1804 90 70 .563 - 4-2 2-4 .259 3.36 1805 91 69 .569 - 3-4 --- .247 3.28 1806 91 69 .569 - 3-4 --- .259 3.27 1807 94 66 .588 - 2-4 --- .261 3.20 1808 96 64 .600 - 3-4 --- .255 3.13 1809 101 59 .631 - 4-2 4-0 .273 2.90 1810 97 63 .606 - 4-1 2-4 .264 2.98 1811 90 70 .563 - 4-2 2-4 .250 2.82 There was quite a bit of turnover during that span. In the lineup, there was only two players there for the entire span and both had been with Seattle since the beginning and both made 1811 their last year as starters. 1B Marvin Schmucker was Seattle's 1st ever draft pick at the age of 26 and in his 13 year career Marvin averaged .293/.379/.531 with 28 home runs, 93 runs and 89 RBI. He won Slugger Awards in 04 and 08. 2B Nolan Jacoby was the 6th draft pick made by Seattle also at age 26. In his 13 year career, Nolan averaged .261/.308/.442 with 19 home runs, 86 runs, 75 RBI, and 25 stolen bases. On the pitching side, however, there was a lot of stability. Starting at the top Alton Bracamonte, Seattle's 27th round pick led Seattle's rotation throughout their dominance. Bracamonte had a 19 year career that culminated in election to Hall of Fame. Alton ended with 289-156 with a 2.64 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 2 Ace Awards ('05, '09) Behind Alton was Hisato Filmer, not as long lasting as Bracamonte, taking home 2 Ace Awards ('08 and '11) and finished with a 187-106 record and a 2.90 ERA. Behind Filmer was Mark Ewers, who took the Ace Award in 1804 (22-7, 2.51). Fourth was Gerald Temme, an 8 time Gold Glove winner. Closing out the games was Justin Liang, the 9th round pick in 1800 at age 26 who pitched past the age of 44, all with Seattle. Liang was a 4 time all-star who racked up 447 saves, 4th all time, and a 2.79 ERA. __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

07-04-2005, 11:18 PM	#20
randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	A Recap 1836 1836 featured one the best finishes ever seen. In the New England division, rivals New York and Boston fought it out at the top all year. Down the stretch New York would rip off 13 wins in a row, Boston came back with 8 in a row and stayed tied with New York heading to the final three. However, there the fortunes went polar opposites as New York swept the final three and was off into the playoffs with huge momentum. They weren't the only team on a roll though. Starting in late August, Puerto Rico won 17 in a row, 21 of 23 and 26 of 30 to steam roll past Mexico and Venezuela and take the division by 7 games. The Playoff Teams New York was led by future hall of famers CF Eien Deverin and SP Shinkichi Tampke. Tampke carried a 0.90 ERA into September after a 0.51 ERA month of August and finished the year 24-1 with a 1.32 ERA. San Francisco's ace was future hall of famer Alberto Mulhall who went 23-5 that year and would win 310 games in his career, 4th most of all time. Puerto Rico also had a future hall of famer, LF Terrance Gluyas who would have 3219 hits and 539 home runs in his career. Sapporo had future hall of famer SS Totoya Scrovegni, who would go on to score more runs than anyone in history. The playoffs were no short of interesting matchups. In the IL, red hot Puerto Rico, with the second best offense in the WBL faced off against 105 win Sapporo who sported the second best pitching staff in the WBL. In the AL, red hot New York, which sported the best pitching staff in baseball faced San Francisco, a team that scored more runs than anyone else that season and were riding their own 4 game winning streak into the postseason. In the league series it was the hot teams staying hot each winning in 6 games and in the World Series it was New York keeping Puerto Rico's offense quiet that led to the six game win. __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.