P L A G U E !!!!!

[sflcat]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

AT THE LAST PIT STOP ON THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE
1936

In addition to the players listed above, the following individuals will never make their mark on the world. They would have been born in 1936, but Haemorrhagic Fever struck them down.

STEPHEN AMBROSE
ALAN ALDA
BURT REYNOLDS
JIM BROWN
MARION BARRY, JR.
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
JOHN MCCAIN
BUDDY HOLLY
MICHAEL LANDON
SILVIO BERLUSCONI
DON DELILLO
MARY TYLER MOORE
YVES SAINT-LAURENT

Oh, hell no. No Jimmy Brown setting rushing records? No Smokey and the Bandit? No MASH? No Bonanza or Little House on the Prarie? No Mary Tyler Moore Show?

I can no longer read this thread. It's just too heartbreaking.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by sflcat

Oh, hell no. No Jimmy Brown setting rushing records? No Smokey and the Bandit? No MASH? No Bonanza or Little House on the Prarie? No Mary Tyler Moore Show?

I can no longer read this thread. It's just too heartbreaking.

I see you're not shedding tears over John Mccain

[sflcat]

Meh...Politicians, lawyers...no big loss...and I'm actually okay with McCain.

At least he won't have to endure the Hanoi Hilton.

[metsgeek]

1936 Prospect Watch:
VICTOR STARFFIN


This is his actual photo, by the way

After emigrating to Japan as a young child, this young Russian hurler learned the game of baseball. Years later, he jumped at the first chance to travel to the country that created the game and traveled to New York City in February, 1936. Fresh off the plane, he walked into the offices of the three New York clubs and demanded a tryout in broken English. Skeptically, scouts from the Perfectos, Knights and Highlanders gathered at the Polo Grounds expecting nothing. Boy were they surprised when he threw fastball after fastball right down the pipe! The bidding war has begun, and you can be certain it will be a dogfight to land this young hotshot!

Talents (Stuff/Control/Movement): 85/80/60
Current Ratings: 43/40/30

[metsgeek]

1936 DRAFT - Round 1

Washington pick: P Hilton Smith
St. Louis pick: 1B Johnny Mize
Chicago pick: P Bob Feller
Brooklyn pick: P Victor Starffin
Pittsburgh pick: SS Eddie Joost
Detroit pick: P Slim Jones
Milwaukee pick: RF Bill Nicholson
Boston (F) pick: LF Jeff Heath
Boston (C) pick: CF Larry Rosenthal
Philadelphia pick: 3B Ray Dandridge
New York (F) pick: LF Jumbo Kimbro
Louisville pick: RF Bill Wrigley
Buffalo pick: 1B George McQuinn
Cleveland pick: CF Gene Benson
New York (C) pick: CF Jimmy Ripple
Cincinnati pick: P Sig Jakucki

[metsgeek]

1936 FINAL STANDINGS

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE Standings 
 
Team          W   L  PCT   GB Pyt.Rec Diff  Home  Away XInn  1Run  M# Streak Last10 

New York (C) 90  64 .584    -  86-68   4   46-31 44-33  9-6  36-21  *   L6    1-9 
Boston (C)   89  65 .578  1.0  87-67   2   48-29 41-36  6-5  29-24  -   W2    9-1 
Cleveland    87  67 .565  3.0  87-67   0   48-29 39-38 11-5  33-19  -   W1    5-5 
Cincinnati   84  70 .545  6.0  95-59 -11   43-34 41-36  7-10 26-28  -   W3    5-5 
Brooklyn     74  80 .481 16.0  69-85   5   41-36 33-44  8-6  22-23  -   L2    5-5 
Chicago      72  82 .468 18.0  70-84   2   41-36 31-46  3-6  25-31  -   W1    6-4 
Philadelphia 66  88 .429 24.0  68-86  -2   39-38 27-50  4-8  22-30  -   L1    3-7 
Pittsburgh   54 100 .351 36.0  56-98  -2   29-48 25-52  2-4  12-29  -   L1    6-4

As the season went along, it appeared that noone in the Continental league wanted to win the pennant and the eventual chore of facing the 108 win Boston Pilgrims. If numbers told the story, the Cincinnati Scarlets would have been the eventual champs. Unfortunately for Cincy fans, neither the 52 homers by Shawn Kienast nor the 20 win seasons from Harlan Pyle and Willie Powell were enough to make up for the ill-fated bounces of the ball. The eventual winners were the New York Highlanders, who backed their way into the playoffs....nearly blowing a 9 game lead by losing 9 of their last 10 games while the 2nd place Boston Shamrocks won 9 of 10. The Highlanders should be huge underdogs.

FEDERAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team          W   L  PCT   GB Pyt.Rec Diff  Home  Away XInn   1Run M# Streak Last10 

Boston (F)  108  46 .701    - 113-41  -5   54-23 54-23 10-7  30-19  *   L1    7-3 
Washington   93  61 .604 15.0  94-60  -1   48-29 45-32  7-6  27-23  -   W2    5-5 
Louisville   81  73 .526 27.0  82-72  -1   37-40 44-33  9-4  19-17  -   W1    4-6 
New York (F) 81  73 .526 27.0  83-71  -2   40-37 41-36  9-7  26-26  -   L2    6-4 
Detroit      72  82 .468 36.0  71-83   1   39-38 33-44  7-10 21-21  -   W1    3-7 
St. Louis    67  87 .435 41.0  62-92   5   31-46 36-41  3-4  15-22  -   L1    5-5 
Buffalo      64  90 .416 44.0  56-98   8   27-50 37-40  7-7  19-19  -   W5    7-3 
Milwaukee    50 104 .325 58.0  55-99  -5   24-53 26-51  3-10 14-24  -   L6    3-7

Next to the word dynasty in the dictionary, there should be an image of the Boston Pilgrims logo. Winning their 6th straight, the Beantown Boys had what for them was an off season, with only 108 wins. Over the span of their 6 pennants, the Pilgrims have compiled a 645-279 record. Satchel Paige still won 24 games, but he took a back seat to Van Mungo who led the way with a 27-5 record. Jimmie Foxx should be on the way to his 3rd Top Slugger, launching 48 bombs for the homer crown. The Pilgrims should easily handle the Highlanders for their 3rd crown in 5 years....but that's what we said in '34 and '35 as well.

[metsgeek]

RYAN GLEASON, 2B, DETROIT WOLVERINES, 33 Years Old - Gleason had an unexpected slump after midseason and coaches are wondering if something is affecting his play outside of baseball. At 33, most players still have a couple years left, but Gleason may be on his way out.

Year     G   AB    H  2B 3B HR RBI   R   BB  HP SF   K  SB  CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS Teams 
  
1923   121  500  147  13  4  2  42  80   43  0   1  84  31  13 .294 .349 .348 .697 DET 
1924   142  544  177  13  4  8  50  98   71  1   3  61  48  16 .325 .402 .408 .810 DET 
1925   137  525  173  22  5  9  91  99   71  0   2  53  30  15 .330 .408 .442 .850 DET 
1926   144  502  173  24  6  7  82 115  100  0   2  42  34  15 .345 .452 .458 .910 DET,FL
1927   133  450  138  20  4  5  59  79  110  1   2  56  34  11 .307 .442 .402 .844 DET  
1928   149  525  175  32  3  5  61 111  116  0   3  67  42  12 .333 .452 .434 .886 DET,FL
1929   120  446  164  23  2  7  65  79   68  0   1  49  30  11 .368 .450 .475 .926 DET 
1930   148  539  172  18  1 18  93 111  105  0   1  66  32  11 .319 .429 .456 .886 DET 
1931   146  537  181  17  5 12  94 111   96  0   7  54  38  11 .337 .433 .454 .887 DET,FL
1932   146  529  168  15  5  4  65  83   82  2   7  56  34  17 .318 .406 .388 .794 DET,FL 
1933   117  412  130  11  5  5  58  49   35  1   3  53  28  10 .316 .368 .403 .771 DET,FL 
1934   151  528  150  13  5  2  81  60   72  0   4  84  37  22 .284 .368 .339 .707 DET,FL 
1935   140  522  172  11  2  1  74  76   42  0   3  55  37  22 .330 .377 .364 .741 DET 
1936   106  338  100   7  0  1  24  38   27  0   1  54  10  13 .296 .347 .325 .672 DET 

Total 1900 6897 2220 239 51 86 939 1189 1038 5  40 834 465 199 .322 .409 .409 .818 

(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 85/60/20/50/65
Current Talents: 49/38/12/36/21
Current Ratings: 42/32/3/36/21

JAMES CONCANNON, 1B, NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS, 3 Years Old - Highlander fans were stunned when the new hit that Concannon had been released, since his stats through August had been solid, if not up to his usual excellence. The St. louis maroons snatched him up, but as 1936 came to a close, it became apparent that the Highlanders may have known what they were doing. Even so, the way they went about it was rather unprofessional.

Year     G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR  RBI   R  BB  HP SF    K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS Teams 
  
1923    17   20    8   2  0   0    2   4   2   0  0    5   0  1 .400 .455 .500  .955  NYH 
1924    95  118   38   9  0   2   28  15  14   0  1   18   0  0 .322 .391 .449  .840  NYH
1925   104  129   39   6  0   5   27  17  10   0  0   26   0  0 .302 .353 .465  .818  NYH 
1926   126  365  120  21  2  14   70  60  43   2  2   61   0  0 .329 .400 .512  .913  NYH 
1927   143  520  171  40  1  15   76  92  40   1  6   86   1  0 .329 .374 .496  .870  NYH 
1928   129  455  145  26  1  23  107  71  63   1  9   77   0  0 .319 .396 .532  .928  NYH 
1929   146  531  158  28  0  20   83  97  51   2  2  116   1  1 .298 .360 .463  .823  NYH 
1930   116  445  181  36  2  32  119  84  34   2  4   68   1  0 .407 .447 .712 1.160  NYH
1931   147  550  185  26  2  35  156  96  45   1 10  115   0  0 .336 .381 .582  .963  NYH,CL 
1932   150  585  212  38  4  31  126 105  37   2  1  137   0  0 .362 .402 .600 1.002  NYH,CL 
1933   146  564  188  29  4  35  118  99  47   0  3  138   0  0 .333 .383 .585  .968  NYH,CL
1934   150  564  196  26  2  22   93  85  44   0  7  109   1  0 .348 .390 .518  .908  NYH,CL 
1935   141  546  192  27  2  16   91  79  48   0  7   83   0  0 .352 .399 .496  .896  NYH,CL 
1936   111  409  122  10  2   7   55  51  28   1  2   72   1  1 .298 .343 .384  .727  NYH,STL,CL 

Total 1721 5801 1955 324 22 257 1151 955 506  12 54 1111   5  3 .337 .388 .533  .921 

(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 83/90/83/34/60
Current Talents: 12/38/11/40/35
Current Ratings: 17/34/6/32/27

MICHAEL "IRISH" PATRICK, SP, BOSTON SHAMROCKS, 29 Years Old - Patrick returned to form, winning 25 games, but the rest of Shamrocks weren't up to snuff. Despite winning 9 of their last 10, they fell short of the pennant by one game.

Year    G  GS   W   L  SV   ERA     IP   HA   R  ER  HR    BB    K  CG SHO WHIP BABIP   Teams 
  
1924                              PLAYED IN AA                                          BSB
1925                              PLAYED IN AAA                                         BSB
1926   41  41  13  17   0  3.83  275.0  232  128 117  25  153  257   2   1 1.40 .287    BSB 
1927   33  33  10  10   0  3.27  223.0  189   86  81  22   98  210   1   1 1.29 .283    BSB
1928   42  42  18  15   0  3.52  289.0  253  128 113  28  135  265   3   0 1.34 .289    BSB 
1929   32  32  12   9   0  3.15  202.2  177   85  71  14   85  195   2   0 1.29 .292    BSB 
1930   41  41  23  11   0  3.05  298.0  262  115 101  25   93  227   3   1 1.19 .275    BSB,CL
1931   42  42  24  10   0  2.84  348.2  291  121 110  15  100  306  19   3 1.12 .280    BSS,CL 
1932   41  41  25   8   0  3.23  334.2  332  133 120  11  105  263  14   2 1.31 .314    BSS,CL 
1933   42  42  33   3   0  1.55  360.0  287   75  62   5   95  291  21   7 1.06 .272    BSS,CL
1934   42  42  29   8   0  2.53  342.0  295  110  96   6  103  226  21   9 1.16 .275    BSS,CL 
1935   33  33  22   6   0  1.66  265.0  220   59  49   5   56  177  14   4 1.04 .268    BSS,CL 
1936   39  39  25   9   0  1.98  318.2  235   75  70   3   97  195  16   8 1.04 .241    BSS,CL 

Total 428 428 234 106   0  2.74 3256.2 2773 1115 990 159 1120 2612 116  36 1.20 .279 

                (Stuff/Control/Movement)
Original Talents: 90/40/90
Current Talents: 90/76/91
Current Ratings: 84/71/94

ALEJANDRO ROMO, SP, LOUISVILLE COLONELS, 30 Years Old - A nagging back injury limited Romo's stamina all year. Fans noticed and have expressed their dismay that their ace may be declining. Hopefully he recovers in the offseason

Year    G  GS   W   L  SV   ERA     IP   HA   R  ER HR  BB    K CG SHO WHIP BABIP Teams 
  
1925                              PLAYED IN AA                                     LOU
1926                              PLAYED IN AAA                                    LOU
1927   38   4   2   5   0  5.71   58.1   84   43  37  4  31   16  0   0 1.97 .354  LOU 
1928   42  42  11  18   0  4.20  281.0  296  154 131 11 104  151  1   1 1.42 .308  LOU 
1929   41  41  15  17   0  3.69  285.1  288  129 117  9  92  173  4   1 1.33 .302  LOU 
1930   41  41  25   9   0  3.72  326.1  329  155 135  6 126  202 11   0 1.39 .309  LOU,FL 
1931   33  33  17  13   0  4.95  249.1  300  163 137 16 117  148  9   2 1.67 .342  LOU 
1932   38  38  20   7   0  2.82  293.2  265  105  92 19  97  193 10   1 1.23 .276  LOU,FL 
1933   40  40  22  13   0  2.78  317.0  271  120  98 10  96  233 13   5 1.16 .277  LOU,FL
1934   41  41  27   7   0  2.11  337.1  259   90  79  5 101  262 16   6 1.07 .262  LOU,FL 
1935   31  31  20   4   0  2.31  241.1  194   71  62  5  65  152  7   5 1.07 .260  LOU 
1936   37  37  15  10   0  3.31  279.2  281  126 103  6 102  182 11   2 1.37 .307  LOU 

Total 382 348 174 103   0  3.34 2669.1 2567 1156 991 91 931 1712 82  23 1.31 .295 

                (Stuff/Control/Movement)
Original Talents: 40/90/90
Current Talents: 68/71/118
Current Ratings: 70/72/94

JEFFERSON "ALBERT" TIBBS, RF, LOUISVILLE COLONELS, 28 Years Old - Tibbs remains one of the top sluggers in the game, but his team can't keep up with the juggernaut that is the Pilgrims

Year     G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB  HP SF   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS Teams 
   
1926                              PLAYED IN A BALL                                  LOU 
1927                              PLAYED IN AAA                                     LOU
1928    59   64   25   0  0   0  12   8  13   0  0   9   0  0 .391 .494 .391  .884  LOU 
1929   114  125   44   1  0   6  24  26  28   0  1  28   0  0 .352 .468 .504  .972  LOU 
1930   124  175   65   2  0  15  46  43  39   0  2  44   0  0 .371 .481 .640 1.121  LOU 
1931   131  311  107   3  0  29  85  69  51   3  2 104   0  1 .344 .439 .633 1.072  LOU
1932   147  535  182  11  1  59 144 119 101   1  2 149   1  0 .340 .444 .695 1.140  LOU 
1933   145  514  159   7  1  39 110  93  88   2  1 127   0  0 .309 .412 .554  .966  LOU,FL
1934   147  537  172   9  1  47 122 117  95   1  3 122   0  0 .320 .421 .603 1.025  LOU,FL 
1935   150  523  160   7  0  45 111 109  93   1  1 131   1  1 .306 .411 .577  .988  LOU 
1936   148  534  164  10  0  43 110 117 100   0  1 123   0  0 .307 .416 .567  .983  LOU,FL
 
Total 1165 3318 1078  50  3 283 764 701 608   8 13 837   2  2 .325 .429 .598 1.027 

(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 90/30/90/90/30
Current Talents: 90/30/136/90/30
Current Ratings: 90/25/135/89/37

MIKE PAZ, 2B, LOUISVILLE COLONELS, 33 Years Old - Paz returned to form after last year's career season. He is aging, along with the rest of the Colonels, and by the time the Pilgrims dynastyis over, they may need to rebuild as well.

Year     G   AB   H  2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB  HP SF   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS Teams 
   
1927    20   73   24   6  0  2   9  15  15   0  0   7   0  0 .329 .443 .493 .936  LOU 
1928   124  445  127  15  0  3  26  53  79   0  1  69   0  1 .285 .392 .339 .732  LOU 
1929   140  507  162  22  2  7  57  77  75   0  3  79   3  1 .320 .405 .412 .817  LOU 
1930   147  570  146  20  3  5  66 105  98   0  4  93   1  1 .256 .363 .328 .691  LOU 
1931   144  566  194  23  1  7  69 107  80   0  2  83   1  0 .343 .423 .424 .847  LOU 
1932   146  583  174  20  3  2  47 101  71   0  4  84   0  0 .298 .372 .353 .726  LOU
1933   139  483  144  22  1  5  50  55  72   0  3  69   1  2 .298 .387 .379 .766  LOU 
1934   147  535  156  23  1  2  43  81  77   0  2  65   1  1 .292 .379 .350 .729  LOU 
1935   132  485  169  15  1  1  63  63  64   0  4  49   0  1 .348 .421 .390 .811  LOU 
1936   147  548  148  20  1  6  63  78  95   0  2  69   0  0 .270 .377 .343 .720  LOU 

Total 1286 4795 1444 186 13 40 493 735 726   0 25 667   7  7 .301 .391 .370 .762 

(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 90/65/23/76/63
Current Talents: 63/58/23/68/53
Current Ratings: 55/61/16/61/55

LARRY BRYAN, 1B, MILWAUKEE BREWERS, 31 Years Old - Bryan was the toast of Milwaukee as he won his first batting title. Not much else was worth toasting as the Brewers finished dead last

Year     G   AB   H  2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB HP SF   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS Teams 
   
1928    45   71  19   9  0  0   9   7   6  0  0   8   1  0 .268 .325 .394 .719  MIL 
1929    96  134  38   3  0  2  20  18  18  0  1  24   0  0 .284 .366 .351 .717  MIL 
1930    97  157  54   9  1  1  24  31  20  0  1  29   1  1 .344 .416 .433 .849  MIL 
1931   105  141  52   7  0  4  23  30  22  1  0  22   0  0 .369 .457 .504 .961  MIL 
1932   122  215  82  11  1  5  46  31  17  0  2  20   0  2 .381 .423 .512 .935  MIL 
1933   146  521 170  25  0  8  81  76  57  1  5  90   1  1 .326 .390 .420 .811  MIL,FL 
1934   134  465 154  19  4 10  76  67  73  1  1  71   1  1 .331 .422 .454 .876  MIL 
1935   147  486 165  16  5 10  94  71  62  1  2  71   0  1 .340 .414 .455 .869  MIL,FL 
1936   151  507 189  15  2  7  83  75  96  3  4  52   1  4 .373 .472 .452 .924  MIL,FL 

Total 1043 2697 923 114 13 47 456 406 371  7 16 387   5 10 .342 .421 .446 .867 

(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 83/70/36/80/58
Current Talents: 83/70/46/69/42
Current Ratings: 77/67/38/62/43

TONY "HERCULES" PAPADAPOULOS, LF, DETROIT WOLVERINES, 32 Years Old - Hercules saw a drop in power, but the rest of his game remained at his customary levels.

Year     G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB  HP SF   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS Teams 
   
1929   143  473  132  10  1  35 106  97  93   4  4 123   1  0 .279 .399 .526  .925  DET 
1930   148  490  132   5  2  42 117 127 121   8  4 113   4  0 .269 .419 .545  .964  DET 
1931   148  520  157  10  4  46 133 125 113   3  8 108   2  0 .302 .424 .602 1.026  DET 
1932   149  525  157  17  1  34 101  99 111   4  4 101   2  0 .299 .422 .530  .952  DET 
1933   145  508  157  10  3  22  79  91  97   6  4  98   0  2 .309 .423 .470  .893  DET,FL 
1934   149  524  149  12  2  33  84 105  89   4  0 104   1  1 .284 .392 .504  .896  DET 
1935   146  507  148  11  0  32  96 105 102   3  5  83   2  3 .292 .410 .503  .913  DET,FL 
1936   135  467  138   6  2  16  67  66  88   0  3  83   1  1 .296 .405 .420  .825  DET 

Total 1163 4014 1170  81 15 260 783 815 814  32 32 813  13  7 .291 .412 .513  .926 

(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 61/35/90/90/45
Current Talents: 74/35/78/90/46
Current Ratings: 70/30/82/82/42

JOE SAINT, SP, LOUISVILLE COLONELS, 29 Years Old - Saint again missed a good portion of the season to injury...this time to bone chips in his shoulder. This is getting to be the status quo.

Year    G  GS   W   L  SV   ERA     IP   HA   R    ER  HR  BB   K CG SHO WHIP BABIP   Teams 
  
1930   38  38  15  16   0  5.17  243.2  258  160  140  53  95  245  3   1 1.45  .309    LOU 
1931   40  32  17  11   0  5.45  254.1  287  164  154  41  75  218 11   1 1.42  .327    LOU 
1932   56  17   9  11   1  4.08  183.0  192   94   83  27  24  160  3   1 1.18  .308    LOU 
1933   36  36  17  13   0  3.39  281.2  256  122  106  42  45  245 15   1 1.07  .272    LOU,FL 
1934   36  36  18  12   0  2.69  298.0  254  104   89  34  51  267 18   2 1.02  .269    LOU 
1935   33  33  18   8   0  2.64  265.2  206   87   78  25  38  208 13   0 0.92  .244    LOU 
1936   28  28  13  10   0  2.75  232.2  192   80   71  21  47  177 12   2 1.03  .252    LOU,FL 

Total 267 220 107  81   1  3.69 1759.0 1645  811  721 243 375 1520 75   8 1.15  .282   
 
                (Stuff/Control/Movement)
Original Talents: 90/83/55
Current Talents: 90/86/60
Current Ratings:85/91/52

PETER LIPKING, RP, WASHINGTON MONUMENTALS, 29 Years Old - Lipking was sent to AAA after a poor start to the season, but he came back and was able to pitch in 69 games.

 
Year    G  GS  W  L  SV   ERA    IP    HA   R  ER HR  BB   K CG SHO WHIP BABIP   Teams 
  
1931   63   0   1  5  13  5.24  67.0   75  41  39  8  30  52  0   0 1.57  .328    WAS
1932   68   0   3  5   6  3.31  73.1   72  29  27  7  23  54  0   0 1.30  .301    WAS 
1933   70   0   3  7  26  3.65  66.2   69  32  27  7  27  52  0   0 1.44  .301    WAS 
1934   57   0   7  7  22  3.30  62.2   73  27  23  3  22  47  0   0 1.52  .341    WAS 
1935   52   0   8  5  24  4.34  45.2   44  22  22  8  22  30  0   0 1.45  .273    WAS 
1936   69   0   3  6   3  5.29  66.1   71  39  39  7  26  41  0   0 1.46  .312    WAS 

Total 379   0  25 35  94  4.17 381.2  404 190 177 40 150 276  0   0 1.45  .312 

                (Stuff/Control/Movement)
Original Talents: 80/70/75
Current Talents: 74/70/75
Current Ratings: 72/63/71

SHAWN "SPECIAL-K" KIENAST, 1B, CINCINNATI SCARLETS, 23 Years Old - Kienast came into his own this season, leading all of baseball with 52 homers. Unfortunately Cincy's luck was completely absent this season. Despite owning the best run differential, the Scarlets managed to lose all the close, finishing in 4th.

Year    G   AB   H 2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB HP SF   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS Teams 

1932  125  458 147 16  0  13  53  70  50  3  2  84  0  0 .321 .390 .441  .831  CIN 
1933  147  536 179 16  0  33 115 101  84  3  2 121  0  0 .334 .426 .549  .974  CIN,CL
1934  106  398 119 13  0  26  84  69  66  4  1  89  0  0 .299 .403 .528  .931  CIN 
1935  149  487 137 16  1  27  87  82 106  2  5  83  0  0 .281 .408 .485  .893  CIN 
1936  148  536 179 17  0  52 121 127 105  3  3  98  0  0 .334 .444 .657 1.100  CIN,CL 

Total 675 2415 761 78  1 151 460 449 411 15 13 475  0  0 .315 .416 .536  .952   
 
(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 80/70/95/78/35
Current Talents: 80/70/128/96/35
Current Ratings: 74/70/113/90/43

BOB SAXON, LF, CINCINNATI SCARLETS, 23 Years Old - Saxon made it up to AAA in 1936, where he continued his usual output of 24 HR and a .311 average. He was called up in September, but has yet to notch his first hit.

Year    G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB HP SF   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS Teams 

1933                         PLAYED IN AA
1934                         PLAYED IN AA 
1935                         PLAYED IN AA
1936    3   3   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  CIN 
 
Total   3   3   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000 
 
(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 78/61/62/46/51
Current Talents: 78/61/42/27/33
Current Ratings: 44/39/38/26/34

TIM "THE CANNON" GANNON, 3B, NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS, 20 Years Old - Gannon's batting average dropped to human levels in his first complete season, but his run production skyrocketed. This young kid seems destined for stardom.

Year    G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB HP SF   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS Teams 

1934                         PLAYED IN A 
1935  113 427 153 10  1 12  67  67  38  1  1  55  0  2 .358 .411 .471 .882  NYH 
1936  148 562 162 19  6 20 101  95  46  5  5  90  2  0 .288 .345 .450 .795  NYH,CL 

Total 261 989 315 29  7 32 168 162  84  6  6 145  2  2 .319 .373 .459 .832 
 
(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 71/62/76/52/60
Current Talents: 54/62/76/36/41
Current Ratings: 61/56/68/42/49

ALASTAIR "H.R.H." WINDSOR, CF, WASHINGTON MONUMENTALS, 22 Years Old - With the political chaos in Great Britain and travel to his home country blocked, the young prince has turned his sights to the game and allowed no distractions. Whatever happens in Jolly Old England, he's got a future in baseball.

Year    G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB HP SF   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS Teams 

1935   83 100  30  3  0  1  18   9   8  1  1  17  8  3 .300 .355 .360 .715  WAS 
1936  115 313 107  8  1  1  36  52  36  1  2  29 24  5 .342 .409 .383 .792  WAS 

Total 198 413 137 11  1  2  54  61  44  2  3  46 32  8 .332 .396 .378 .774 
 
(Con/Gap/HR/Eye/Avoid)
Original Talents: 90/40/40/65/32
Current Talents: 90/40/40/65/32
Current Ratings: 68/32/13/47/39

VICTOR STARFFIN, RP, BROOKLYN PERFECTOS, 20 Years Old - The young Russian emigre was quickly promoted through AA and AAA, finally jumping to the bigs in July, where he served as a mopup man in the Brooklyn pen. He'll bide his time there until management considers him ready to join the rotation, and that may be sooner than most people think.

 
Year    G  GS  W  L  SV   ERA    IP    HA   R  ER HR  BB   K CG SHO WHIP BABIP Teams 

1936   41   0  0  4   1  6.05  41.2    55  34  28  7  22  21  0  0  1.85 .322   BRO 

Total  41   0  0  4   1  6.05  41.2    55  34  28  7  22  21  0  0  1.85 .322 

                (Stuff/Control/Movement)
Original Talents: 85/80/60
Current Talents: 98/80/78
Current Ratings: 63/49/45

[metsgeek]

1936 WORLD SERIES PREVIEW

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE CHAMPION: NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS (90-64)


Team Batting Average: .281 (4th)
Team ERA: 4.02 (8th)

Top Batters:
Tim "The Cannon" Gannon - .288, 20 HR, 101 RBI
Dewey Creacy - .321, 21 HR, 94 RBI, 29 SB
Lou Chiozza - .311, 6 HR, 60 RBI, 26 SB
Ed Morgan - .289, 7 HR, 79 RBI

Top Pitchers:
Sug Cornelius - 17-8, 3.26 ERA
Bernie Walter - 16-8, 3.26 ERA
Red Parnell - 5-2, 2.33 ERA, 28 Saves


FEDERAL LEAGUE CHAMPION: BOSTON PILGRIMS (108-46)



Team Batting Average: .285 (2nd)
Team ERA: 3.17 (1st)

Top Batters:
Jimmie Foxx - .317, 48 HR, 145 RBI
Buck Leonard - .319, 40 HR, 131 RBI
George Puccinelli - .347, 18 HR, 74 RBI
John Beckwith - .298, 23 HR, 98 RBI

Top Pitchers:
Satchel Paige - 24-8, 2.38 ERA, 293 K
Van Mungo - 27-5, 2.34 ERA, 187 K
Terris McDuffie - 17-6, 3.71 ERA, 170 K


This is the Pilgrims' 6th straight World Series, and as usual, they are heavily favored. However, we've heard that tale before. Van Mungo has supplanted Satchel Paige as the Pilgrims' ace, but the crafty vet is still head and shoulders above the competition. In Jimmie Foxx and Buck Leonard, they also have arguably 2 of the top 3 sluggers in the FL, the other being Jefferson Tibbs of the Louisville Colonels. The Highlanders, on the other hand, didn't even seem to be the top team in the CL, having reached there mainly due to the ineptitude of the other CL teams. It should be a cakewalk

PREDICTION: Pilgrims in 6

[Special K 9274]

Not to go off topic or anything here Mets, but what is the career record for home runs in this league, and does Shawn Kienast (151 HR's at age 23) have a legit shot to beat it?

[lewis31lewis52]

Yay, only 1 more season until I'm in!

Keep up the good work on this.

[kreitena]

New York stands no chance. Saying Boston in 6 is pretty generous.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Special K 9274

Not to go off topic or anything here Mets, but what is the career record for home runs in this league, and does Shawn Kienast (151 HR's at age 23) have a legit shot to beat it?

I'll check that out tonight when I get home from work.

As an aside, we'll have Hall of Fame polls starting in 3 seasons. Also, now that I finally know how to upload, I'll be posting the HTML reports somewhere.

As of this afternoon, I have a week off, so the pace should pick up for a while. One of the few fringe bennies of being a high school teacher.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Special K 9274

.....what is the career record for home runs in this league, and does Shawn Kienast (151 HR's at age 23) have a legit shot to beat it?

Sorry I forgot to check this on Friday. Babe Ruth has the record with 588. I'd say Kienast needs to average 35 HR for 13 more years. It's within reach, but others are in the running, too....and the offense will be going down a bit (not to mention that we could very well be entering a version of WWII).

[metsgeek]

Good news!!! I finally got my @$$ in gear and uploaded the PLAGUE HTML Reports

Check them out HERE

They're a bit messy now. I'll get around to cleaning up the text files soon, but for now, you may see about 10 "1901" seasons from when I was testing the league totals way back when I started this monstrosity 11 months ago

[metsgeek]

1936 WORLD SERIES

9/27/1936 - GAME 1 HIGHLANDERS 6 - PILGRIMS 5, 10 innings

Dewey Creacy, Highlander RF, leads the way against the usually dominant Satchel Paige with a 3 hit, 3 RBI day, capped off by a solo shot to win it in extras when Boston closer "Wild Bill" Hallahan hangs one over the center of the plate. Yet again, the Pilgrims are surprised to find themselves behind when they were supposed to dominate.

9/28/1936- GAME 2 HIGHLANDERS 2 - PILGRIMS 18

These are the Pilgrims we've come to expect! The boys from Boston treat the Highlanders like red-headed stepchildren with a 10-spot in the bottom of the 7th, blowing the game wide open and knocking Sam Streeter for a loop. Jeff Heath led the way with 3 hits, including a longball, and 6 RBI. Streeter provided the only runs for New York with a 2 RBI tater of his own in the 5th.

9/30/1936 - GAME 3 PILGRIMS 4 - HIGHLANDERS 0

Jimmie Foxx launches 2 solo shots to lead the Pilgrims offense, but Terris McDuffie only needs one of them as he shuts out New York despite allowing a whopping 7 walks.

10/1/1936 - GAME 4 PILGRIMS 9 - HIGHLANDERS 0

Satchel Paige redeems his Game 1 performance by blanking the Highlanders in complete game shutout to put the Pilgrims up 3 games to 1. Jimmie Foxx hits his 4th homer of the Series and Joe Hauser knocks in 3.

10/2/1936 - GAME 5 PILGRIMS 10 - HIGHLANDERS 2

The Pilgrims bats are once again unleashed against Sam Streeter and a host of relievers as Boston coasts to the crown in a cakewalk. Joe Cronin and Harry "The Horse" Danning each knock in 3 in the series-clinching win.


1936 WORLD CHAMPS - BOSTON PILGRIMS
4th Championship

SERIES MVP: Van Mungo - 2-0, 2.00 ERA, 18 IP, 14 H, 2 BB, 14 K

* at 25, Mungo has already pitched in 6 World Series!!

[metsgeek]

1936 AWARD WINNERS

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE TOP ROOKIE: 
Beau Bell (CLE) - He batted .389 in 465 AB, with 6 homers and 91 RBI.

FEDERAL LEAGUE TOP ROOKIE: 
Hilton Smith (WAS) - He had a record of 23-7 with an ERA of 2.54 and 3 shutouts.  In 40 games started, he pitched 290.2 innings, fanning 171 and walking 62 batters.

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE TOP ACE: 
Michael Patrick (BSS) - He had a record of 25-9 with an ERA of 1.98 and 8 shutouts. In 39 games started, he pitched 318.2 innings, fanning 195 and walking 97 batters.

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE TOP SLUGGER: 
Shawn Kienast (CIN) - He batted .334 in 536 AB, with 52 homers and 121 RBI.

FEDERAL LEAGUE TOP ACE: 
Van Mungo (BSP) - He had a record of 27-5 with an ERA of 2.34 and 5 shutouts.  In 40 games started, he pitched 338.1 innings, fanning 187 and walking 82 batters.

FEDERAL LEAGUE TOP SLUGGER: 
Jimmie Foxx (BSP) - He batted .317 in 492 AB, with 48 homers and 145 RBI.

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE GOLD GLOVE Winners: 
Pitcher: Tom Baker (PHI)
Catcher: Bill Perkins (PHI)
First Base: Babe Herman (BSS)
Second Base: Augie Galan (PIT)
Third Base: Bill Cissell (CHC)
Shortstop: Eric Mcnair (PHI)
Leftfield: Carl Reynolds (CIN)
Centerfield: Joe Medwick (BRO)
Rightfield: Ed Stone (CHC)

FEDERAL LEAGUE GOLD GLOVE Winners: 
Pitcher: Rufus Smith (MIL)
Catcher: Bill Dickey (WAS)
First Base: Lou Dials (MIL)
Second Base: Max Bishop (NYK)
Third Base: Ed Cotter (MIL)
Shortstop: Chester Williams (MIL)
Leftfield: Tony Papadapoulos (DET)
Centerfield: Gee Walker (STL)
Rightfield: George Selkirk (DET)

1936 LEAGUE LEADERS

TOP 5 in BATTING AVG :
.389 Beau Bell(CL, CLE)
.373 Larry Bryan(FL, MIL)
.347 George Puccinelli(FL, BSP)
.344 Chuck Klein(FL, LOU)
.336 Charlie Gehringer(CL, PHI)

TOP 5 in HOMERUNS :
52 Shawn Kienast(CL, CIN)
48 Jimmie Foxx(FL, BSP)
43 Jefferson Tibbs(FL, LOU)
40 Buck Leonard(FL, BSP)
30 Mel Ott(FL, BUF)

TOP 5 in RBI :
145 Jimmie Foxx(FL, BSP)
131 Buck Leonard(FL, BSP)
121 Shawn Kienast(CL, CIN)
121 Chuck Klein(FL, LOU)
110 Jefferson Tibbs(FL, LOU)

TOP 5 in ERA :
1.92 Bill Foster(FL, NYK)
1.98 Michael Patrick(CL, BSS)
2.34 Van Mungo(FL, BSP)
2.38 Harlan Pyle(CL, CIN)
2.38 Satchel Paige(FL, BSP)

TOP 5 in WINS :
27 Van Mungo(FL, BSP)
25 Michael Patrick(CL, BSS)
24 Bill Foster(FL, NYK)
24 Harlan Pyle(CL, CIN)
24 Satchel Paige(FL, BSP)

TOP 5 in SAVES :
42 Fred Schemanske(CL, CHC)
38 Dick Ward(CL, CLE)
37 Clay Roe(FL, BUF)
33 Jim Tennant(CL, BSS)
30 Slim Jones(FL, DET)

[mirrf]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

Good news!!! I finally got my @$$ in gear and uploaded the PLAGUE HTML Reports

Check them out HERE

They're a bit messy now. I'll get around to cleaning up the text files soon, but for now, you may see about 10 "1901" seasons from when I was testing the league totals way back when I started this monstrosity 11 months ago

Odd. I took a look at Bill Foster, the current career ERA leader. Here's a quote from his history:

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1933, going 6-0, 1.95...
Injured on 6/19/1933 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career...
Signed as a free agent by New York (F) on 9/4/1933.
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1933, going 4-0, 0.91...

Something in there doesn't make sense. Career ending injuries usually make you miss a start.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by mirrf

Odd. I took a look at Bill Foster, the current career ERA leader. Here's a quote from his history:

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1933, going 6-0, 1.95...
Injured on 6/19/1933 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career...
Signed as a free agent by New York (F) on 9/4/1933.
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1933, going 4-0, 0.91...

Something in there doesn't make sense. Career ending injuries usually make you miss a start.

I have the "Retired Players may come back" toggled on....and I also had to resim 1933 after an error occured. He must have had a "CEI" in the first sim, then come back from it

I'll have to edit the 1st three lines out, but I'm sure there are other errors. Since it wasn't an online league, I wasn't as anal retentive about editing the text files.

[mirrf]

I'm one of the few people who actually like this sort of anomaly. It's hard to figure someone of that caliber switching teams mid-season. -But it could always happen in a fictional league.

I could imagine that Bill hated Cleveland, so he fakes an injury to move to the bright lights of New York.

[metsgeek]

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS - 1936

* Italicized events actually happened. If the event is partially italicized, the parts in normal type have been changed for this reality. The changes could be extremely minor or quite significant.

• January 10 - President Alf Landon announces that the United States will boycott both the Winter and Summer Olympics, to be held in the Magyar Dominion in München and Budapest respectively, in protest of their recent aggressive military tactics and as yet unsubstantiated reports of atrocities.
  
• January 16 - Serial killer Albert Fish executed in Sing Sing
• January 31 - The Green Hornet radio show debuts.
• February 6-16 - 1936 Winter Olympics: Canada, Mexico and Australia join the United States in the boycott of the competition in München. Combined skiing (later known as Alpine) makes its debut, and military patrol is introduced as a demonstration sport. The International Olympic Committee refuses admission of this sport into the Olympic Program, but the expressed desires of Ferenc Szalasi forces the IOC to make this program a demonstration sport.
  
  Opening ceremonies at the 1936 Winter Olympics in München
  
• February - The Klaussteinhöhlen-Komplex, infamous for its use as a subterranean Justizvollzugsanstalt (JVA) by the D.H.R.V. during the Great Global War, is reopened by the Magyar Dominion as a medical research facility. It will be run by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli and a 25 year-old recent graduate of the University of München named Josef Mengele.
  
• February 17 - The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in US newspapers
  
• February 26-28 - Led by Sadao Araki, the Imperial Way Faction engineers a successful coup against the Japanese government. Many opponents are killed in the conflict, including General Hideki Tōjō, who had been one of his supporters before the plot unfolded. In the ensuing transition of power, Emperor Hirohito loses much influence, and Japan begins a return to the old Shogunate system, but in the form of a modern Military Shogunate.
• March - The Population of the Kaposvár concentration camp eclipses 300,000
  
• March 1 - Construction of the Kennedy Dam is completed
• March 3 - Sadao Araki is named Minister-General of Japan. He is chosen narrowly over hardliner General Kazushige Ugaki. This choice leads to internal strife within the military.
  
  Rivals Sadao Araki & General Kazushige Ugaki
  
  
• April - The first NFL Draft is held
• May 8 - Jockey Ralph Neves is involved in a racing accident at Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California and mistakenly pronounced dead. A while later, he wakes up in the morgue and promptly returns to the racetrack but is not allowed to compete in any of the remaining races because of his 'death.'
• Summer - Plans are announced for a Baseball Hall of Fame to be established in 1939, the game's supposed centennial, in Cooperstown, New York. 10 players will be slated for induction after national balloting later this year.
• June 6 - New York Special Prosecutor Thomas Dewey secures the conviction of Charles "Lucky" Luciano for prostitution. Luciano is later imprisoned at the Clinton Correctional Facility.
• June 9 - Republican National Convention: President Alf Landon secures the nomination for his re-election.
  
• June 19 - Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in the ninth round of their heavyweight boxing match at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
• June 23 - Democratic National Convention: Alabama Senator Hugo Black is narrowly chosen as the party's candidate for President over Michigan Governor Royal S. Copeland and veteran Virginia Congressman Carter Glass. Oklahoma Senator Thomas Gore will join the ticket as the VP candidate.
• June 28 - His Royal Highness, Prince Alastair of Windsor, announces that he is removing himself from the line of succession to the throne of the United Kingdom. With no other direct descendants of King Arthur alive, it is determined that the next in line to the throne would be 46 year-old Prince Waldemar of Prussia, great-grandson of Queen Victoria. Cynics cite Alastair's announcement as convenient, noting Waldemar's historic relations within the Magyar Dominion and Prime Minister Oswald Mosley's obvious admiration for their government.
• July - Membership in the British Black Shirts exceeds 250,000
  
• July 18 - Spain's civil war begins when nationalist troops under the command of General Francisco Franco rise against the democratic republic with support of agents of the Magyar Dominion.
  
• August 1 - The 1936 Summer Olympics: Ceremonies open in Budapest, capital of the Magyar Dominion, marking the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history. Thirty-Six nations have joined the United States in boycotting the ceremonies, including Canada, Mexico, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Sweden and Norway.
  
• September 6 - The last surviving thylacine, Benjamin, dies alone in her (despite being named Benjamin, it was female) cage in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
  
  The last photo of Benjamin before her death
  
  
• October 9 - Generators at the Kennedy Dam begin to transmit electricity from the Colorado River 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
• October 28 - U.S. President Alf Landon rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
• November 3 - U.S. presidential election, 1936: Republican Alf Landon is narrowly reelected to a second term over Democratic Hugo Black, Governor of Alabama, by a margin or 276 electoral votes to 255.
  
• November 23 - The first edition of Life is published.
• December 1 - In the United Kingdom, King Arthur abdicates the throne, citing ill health. Rumors swirl that the abdication is due to political pressure.
  
• December 11 - The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 on behalf of the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
• December 13 - His Royal Highness Prince Alastair, currently in the United States playing in CF for the Washington Monumentals, reaffirms his decision to remove himself from the line of succession to the British throne.
• December 26 - Amid controversy, Prince Waldemar of Prussia is crowned King Waldo of the United Kingdom. His first official act is to name Sir Oswald Mosley as Lord-Protector of the United Kingdom, a title not held since Richard Cromwell in 1659.
  
  King Waldo in his first official portrait
  
  
• December 29 - The British Parliament officially recognizes Sir Oswald Mosley as Lord-Protector of the United Kingdom.
  
• December 30 - The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.