Nomar Tracker

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:42 AM

Made a quick site and here it is http://chad_cid.tripod.com/

I've always wondered what kind of stats Nomar might have now if he hadn't have had so many injuries. I also wonder where he'd end up, with what stats and what team. So I've decided to find out in my own way. I've decided to sim, starting in 1999 (after his 1st 2 full seasons) and see where he goes.

The computer will control all the teams including Boston and we will see where things go from there.

Notes: I have edited the starting rotation a little, however all the player stats are the same. Also I extended Nomar contract from 1 to 4 years to hopefully give him some more time on the Sox.

Right now this is what the Red Sox line-up looks like.

Pitchers

Starters

1)P. Martinez
2)B. Saberhagen
3)T. Wakefield
4)R. Martinez
5)P. Rapp

Spot Starter
1)B. Rose

Mop-Up
1)T. Gordon
2)B. Rose

Middle
1)J. Wasdin
2)R. Cormier
3)B. Rose

Set-Up
1)R. Garces
2)T. Gordon

Closer
1)D. Lowe

Hitters

Starters

1)J. Offerman-2B
2)T. Nixon-RF
3)N. Garciaparra-SS
4)B. Daubach-1B
5)B. Huskey-CF
6)T. Oleary-LF
7)M. Stanley-DH
8)J. Veritek-C
9)J. Valentin-3B

Bench

C- S. Hatteberg
2B- J. Frye
SS- L. Merloni
CF- M. Coleman

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:51 AM

The 1st month of the 1999 season has passed and Nomar is having an incredible year.

Hitting (avg-hr-rbi) .425-11-25

Of his 45 hits he has 4 2B, 2 3B, 12 BB, and only 4 K.

So far he's had an 8 and a 15 game hitting streak, getting hits in 23 of his 1st 26 games. Doing all this earned him a batter of the month award and 2 player of the game awards.

Other notes:
Boston is just 13-13 in last place in the AL east 6 games behind TB (!!) who hold 1st.

Also, after starting the season 3-1 with a 1.93 era Pedro was injured and sent out for 5-6 weeks (4 weeks remaining).

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:59 AM

month two has passed and Nomar continues to have a spectacular 3rd season.

His stats as of 6/2/99 are:
.388-19-47
Along with 5 SB, 13 2B, 3 3B, a .452 OBP, .752 slg %, and 1.204 OPS

Also he has 83 hits, 24 BB, and 9 K in 239 PA.

Other Notes: Pedro has just come off the DL but has yet to make a start since his injury, the Red Sox need all the help they can get, they are 27-26 in 4th place and are still 6 games out of 1st place.

Wakefield has been sent to AAA with a 5.82 ERA and 2-2 record in 6 games and 5 starts in the majors. He's been replaced by Jaun Pena who's doing even worse then he is.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 04:12 AM

Month 3 is now complete.

Nomars Stats:

.376-24-67

He also has 8 SB (in 10 attempts), 16 2B, 6 3B, 33BB, and 17K.

OBP-.441 SLG-696 OPS-1.137

He has 120 hits in 319 AB (356 PA) in his 78 games and 77 starts.

Other notes:
Boston is in 3rd at 43-36 just 2 games out of 1st bhind Baltimore and New York.

Nomar is tied for 1st in the majors in batting average with Bernie Williams. He is also tied for 5th in the AL in homers, is 1st in hits, and 9th in RBI.

Pedro has stayed healthy and is now 6-1 with a 1.86 ERA in 11 starts.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 04:28 AM

July has come to a close.

Nomars stats:

.385-26-76

OBP: 448 - SLG: 707 - OPS: 1.154

SB: 9 - CS: 4 - 2B: 21 - 3B: 7 - R 85- BB - 37 K - 17

Other notes:

Boston has captured 1st place and holds a slim 1 game lead over the Yankees and just 4 games over Baltimore. The Red Sox record this year so far is 59-43

Nomar is running away as league leader in average, Manny Ramirez is the closest at 19 points behind.

Pedro is 9-2 with a 1.83 ERA, and Tim Wakefield is back in the rotation, he's got a 4-2 record and 4.53 ERA in 7 starts. However he is 2-0 with a 1.72 ERA in the 2 starts he has made since returning to the majors.

Nomar is tied with Manny in 14th in RBI in the AL, tied with A- Rod for 11th in HR, 3rd behind Manny and Jim Thome in OBP, 3rd behind Ramirez and Palmeiro in SLG, and 2nd behind only Manny in OPS.

Martinez is 1st in ERA in the majors.

Some new faces came to Boston before the trade deadline ended. Including Jeff Cirillo (.313-7-33) who came in return for Cormier (4-1 3.41).

Also Nomar was NOT selected to the all-star team.

Thats all for tonight I'll finish this season off tomarrow.

slackmeisterPA · 03-01-2003, 11:15 AM

This is really cool! I remember trying one of these with Ted Williams, if he hadn't gone off to war, and I remember it was a lot of fun seeing the stats the players could compile like that.

Have fun and I hope you can continue,

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 02:43 PM

August is over.

1st one note about last month that I forgot to add. Nomar was injured on July 2nd for 3 weeks, thats why alot of his stats didn't change much.

Nomars stats:

.388-31-87

2B: 27 - 3B: 8 - SB: 13 - CS: 4 - R:97 - BB: 39 - K: 21

OBP: .445 - SLG: 715 - OPS: 1.159

Other Notes:

Red Sox are 78-52, in 1st place 6 games up on the Yankees!

Nomar hits 30+ HR for 3 consecutive years.

Pedro continues to have a Cy Young year, he's 15-2 with a 1.60 ERA in just 22 starts.

Wakefield was again sent to the minors and replaced with Pena.

Derek Lowe has 37 saves and a 2.09 ERA.

Nomar leads the Red Sox in Avg, HR, RBI, Runs Scored, OBP, SLG, OPS, and SB.

He also has fewer stike outs than any starter, and in fact even has fewer than 2 part time players.

Cirillo seems like a good pick up for the Sox, he went .310-4-16 for the sox in his 1st full month. His ytd stats are .312-11-49 with 8 SB.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:13 PM

September is over.

Nomars Stats:

Not a great month for Nomar, his avg-obp-slg was just
.293-.358-.505

.370-36-111

2B: 33 - 3B: 8 - SB: 18 - CS:6 - R:111 - BB:49 - K:30

OBP: .428 - SLG: .674 - OPS: 1.102

League Leaders

Home Runs
(Rank-Name-Team-HR-AVG-RBI)
1) M. Mcgwire STL - 56- .266- 111
2) B. Bonds SFG - 55- .267- 130
3) R. Palmeiro TEX - 51- .306- 131
3) J. Canseco TBD - 51- .269- 146
5) J. Gonzalez TEX - 48- .323- 127

Wins
(Rank-Name-Team-W-L-ERA)
1)O. Hernandez NYY- 19-7 4.26
2)P. Martinez BOS- 18-2 1.76
2)P. Harnisch CIN- 18-9 3.71
4)B. Saberhagen BOS- 17-4 3.25
4)D. Neagle CIN- 17-6 3.27

Other Notes:

Pena was injured and was sent out for 5 weeks (3 left), Tim Wakefield will take his place.

Pena's numbers on the year 11-7 5.28, 146.2 IP, and 26 Starts.

Wakefields numbers on the year (MLB) 4-4 5.04, 69.2 IP,
11 G 10 GS

The Sox have 4 players with 20+ homers at this point, Nixon (20), Huskey (24), O'leary (26), and Garciaparra (36)

Possible Free agents this year include:
SP M. Portugal (AAA)
C S. Hatteberg
OF T. O'leary
3B J. Cirillo

and a bunch of minor league guys making 100k

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:40 PM

Well the regular season is over and Nomars year end stats are:

.372-38-120

2B:34 - 3B:9 - SB:20 - CS:6 (76.9%) - R:117 - BB:50 - K:32

OBP: .429 - SLG: .678 - OPS: 1.107

G: 133 GS:129 1AB: 543 - H: 202 - TB: 368 - EB: 81

Other Notes:

The Red Sox finished the season in the wild card spot, just dropping behind the Yankees in October, during the final weeks of the season.

Pedro Martinez ended up with an 18-3 record and 1.93 ERA and 220 Ks in his 27 starts and 191.2 IP.
Opponents avg-obp-slg was .198-.232-301. K/9 is 10.3

Cirillo, O'leary, Hatteberg and Portugal remain with out contracts. for next season.

I will post the league leaders in the next post.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:47 PM



 League Leaders 



 Combined League Leaders Batting Average :



  Pos  Player                AVG  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB   K

  1.   N. Garciaparra BOS   .372 543 202 34  9 38 120  50  32 

  2.   D. Jeter NYY         .346 612 212 33 10 25 123  86  94 

  3.   M. Ramirez CLE       .335 550 184 33  3 39 117 114 126 

  4.   W. Clark ANA         .329 565 186 38  7 23  95  72  60 

  5.   R. Alomar CLE        .328 687 225 36 10 26  99  85  64 

  6.   C. Jones ATL         .325 581 189 43  6 45 115 107  68 

  7.   M. Sweeney KCR       .324 618 200 38  0 19  88  52  37 

  8.   E. Martinez SEA      .323 640 207 39  1 41 111 112 119 

  9.   B. Williams ANA      .322 609 196 28  3 23 102 109  84 

  10.  D. Young CIN         .322 488 157 35  3 16  67  41  82 

  11.  J. Gonzalez TEX      .320 590 189 27  7 49 133  49  98 

  12.  C. Koskie MIN        .320 562 180 39  4 12  78  90  86 

  13.  S. Casey CIN         .319 568 181 32  5 23  86  66  64 

  14.  P. Konerko CHW       .317 580 184 38  1 24  91  53  56 

  15.  C. Beltran KCR       .317 540 171 26 15 19  75  37  67 



 Combined League Leaders Homeruns :



  Pos  Player               HR  AB   H 2B 3B RBI  BB   K   AVG

  1.   M. Mcgwire STL       57 576 150 22  3 114 132 155  .260 

  2.   B. Bonds SFG         56 597 155 38  5 132  96  86  .260 

  3.   R. Palmeiro TEX      53 609 185 42  1 140  81  52  .304 

  4.   J. Canseco TBD       52 595 159 17  1 148  96 153  .267 

  5.   J. Thome CLE         50 576 173 32  2 150 141 127  .300 

  6.   M. Stairs OAK        50 588 172 31  1 153 113 102  .293 

  7.   S. Sosa CHC          49 632 158 19  1 114  72 168  .250 

  8.   J. Gonzalez TEX      49 590 189 27  7 133  49  98  .320 

  9.   C. Jones ATL         45 581 189 43  6 115 107  68  .325 

  10.  C. Delgado TOR       45 570 171 31  2 134  79 102  .300 

  11.  E. Durazo ARI        45 569 162 18  9 115 107 151  .285 

  12.  E. Martinez SEA      41 640 207 39  1 111 112 119  .323 

  13.  E. Burks SFG         41 590 153 28  4 103  91 113  .259 

  14.  D. Justice CLE       39 561 151 23  1 124 101  98  .269 

  15.  B. Giles PIT         39 520 160 35  6 101  75  68  .308 



  Combined League Leaders On Base Percentage :



  Pos  Player                 OBP   AVG   H  BB  HP  PA

  1.   M. Ramirez CLE        .454  .335 184 114  11 681 

  2.   J. Giambi OAK         .434  .313 161 110   3 631 

  3.   J. Thome CLE          .434  .300 173 141   1 727 

  4.   C. Jones ATL          .430  .325 189 107   4 698 

  5.   N. Garciaparra BOS    .429  .372 202  50   5 599 

  6.   D. Jeter NYY          .426  .346 212  86   3 707 

  7.   E. Martinez SEA       .424  .323 207 112   1 756 

  8.   J. Bagwell HOU        .422  .264 149 150   9 730 

  9.   B. Williams ANA       .422  .322 196 109   0 726 

  10.  C. Koskie MIN         .417  .320 180  90   5 660 

  11.  M. Stairs OAK         .407  .293 172 113   2 706 

  12.  W. Clark ANA          .406  .329 186  72   6 656 

  13.  B. Abreu PHI          .403  .287 162 108   4 682 

  14.  R. Alomar CLE         .403  .328 225  85   4 784 

  15.  G. Sheffield LAD      .402  .283 164 114   4 703 

 

  Combined League Leaders Slugging Percentage :



  Pos  Player                 SLG  TB EBH   AVG   OBP  PA  AB

  1.   N. Garciaparra BOS    .678 368  81  .372  .429 599 543 

  2.   C. Jones ATL          .652 379  94  .325  .430 698 581 

  3.   J. Gonzalez TEX       .639 377  83  .320  .373 646 590 

  4.   R. Palmeiro TEX       .637 388  96  .304  .384 693 609 

  5.   J. Thome CLE          .623 359  84  .300  .434 727 576 

  6.   B. Giles PIT          .623 324  80  .308  .395 600 520 

  7.   B. Bonds SFG          .621 371  99  .260  .363 695 597 

  8.   M. Ramirez CLE        .618 340  75  .335  .454 681 550 

  9.   M. Mcgwire STL        .606 349  82  .260  .397 712 576 

  10.  M. Stairs OAK         .604 355  82  .293  .407 706 588 

  11.  C. Delgado TOR        .598 341  78  .300  .393 664 570 

  12.  A. Rodriguez SEA      .594 263  60  .287  .377 517 443 

  13.  L. Walker COL         .587 288  61  .310  .399 569 491 

  14.  E. Durazo ARI         .585 333  72  .285  .400 689 569 

  15.  E. Martinez SEA       .580 371  81  .323  .424 756 640 

                                                                                                         Combined League Leaders On-Base plus Slugging Percentage :

  

  Pos  Player                 OPS   OBP   SLG  PA

  1.   N. Garciaparra BOS   1.107  .429  .678 599 

  2.   C. Jones ATL         1.083  .430  .652 698 

  3.   M. Ramirez CLE       1.072  .454  .618 681 

  4.   J. Thome CLE         1.057  .434  .623 727 

  5.   R. Palmeiro TEX      1.022  .384  .637 693 

  6.   B. Giles PIT         1.018  .395  .623 600 

  7.   J. Gonzalez TEX      1.012  .373  .639 646 

  8.   M. Stairs OAK        1.010  .407  .604 706 

  9.   E. Martinez SEA      1.004  .424  .580 756 

  10.  M. Mcgwire STL       1.003  .397  .606 712 

  11.  C. Delgado TOR        .991  .393  .598 664 

  12.  L. Walker COL         .986  .399  .587 569 

  13.  E. Durazo ARI         .985  .400  .585 689 

  14.  B. Bonds SFG          .984  .363  .621 695 

  15.  D. Jeter NYY          .981  .426  .556 707

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 03:51 PM

Combined League Leaders Wins :



  Pos  Player               W  L SV   ERA   G GS

  1.   O. Hernandez NYY    19  8  0  4.38  36 36 

  2.   P. Harnisch CIN     19  9  0  3.58  34 34 

  3.   B. Saberhagen BOS   18  4  0  3.16  31 31 

  4.   J. Wright CLE       18  7  0  4.08  34 34 

  5.   R. Johnson ARI      18  7  0  2.69  35 35 

  6.   C. Schilling PHI    18  4  0  2.87  31 31 

  7.   P. Martinez BOS     18  3  0  1.93  27 27 

  8.   D. Neagle CIN       18  6  0  3.15  34 34 

  9.   J. Lima HOU         17  2  0  3.63  28 28 

  10.  G. Heredia SFG      17 13  0  4.76  34 34 

  11.  J. Smoltz ATL       17  6  0  2.82  33 33 

  12.  D. Oliver FLA       17 10  0  3.71  32 32 

  13.  D. Wells TOR        16 15  0  4.71  33 33 

  14.  K. Rogers OAK       16  3  0  4.04  30 30 

  15.  J. Jimenez STL      16  3  0  3.76  32 32 



Combined League Leaders Earned Run Average :



  Pos  Player                ERA   G  W  L SV    IP  HA  ER  BB   K

  1.   P. Martinez BOS      1.93  27 18  3  0 191.2 138  41  26 220 

  2.   K. Brown LAD         2.09  30 12  7  0 202.1 142  47  33 153 

  3.   M. Thurman MON       2.49  30 15  7  0 195.0 164  54  45 102 

  4.   R. Johnson ARI       2.69  35 18  7  0 241.1 168  72  74 295 

  5.   J. Smoltz ATL        2.82  33 17  6  0 211.0 180  66  47 183 

  6.   S. Hitchcock SDP     2.83  32 13  7  0 209.2 188  66  57 151 

  7.   A. Fernandez FLA     2.85  26 13  8  0 170.1 119  54  58  95 

  8.   C. Schilling PHI     2.87  31 18  4  0 216.1 150  69  38 155 

  9.   K. Benson PIT        2.94  27  9  9  0 177.2 145  58  66 110 

  10.  K. Millwood ATL      3.01  36 16  7  0 248.0 178  83  60 210 

  11.  D. Neagle CIN        3.15  34 18  6  0 239.2 168  84  56 171 

  12.  B. Saberhagen BOS    3.16  31 18  4  0 207.2 216  73  18 92 

  13.  J. Rosado KCR        3.22  36 14 11  0 254.1 219  91  77 138 

  14.  H. Irabu NYY         3.33  24 15  6  0 167.2 153  62  38  91 

  15.  M. Mussina COL       3.36  35 15 11  0 238.2 239  89  57 193

dsvitak · 03-01-2003, 08:02 PM

This data looks good, and here is a suggestion from Tiger Fan to make it look better.

At the top of the data, type

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In the example above, replace ( with < and ) with >

This will order the columns very nicely, and make it a lot easier to read.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 10:03 PM

1st off, a made a quick site for the league, right now it just has info about Nomar, Boston as well as League Leaders.
Here is the address http://chad_cid.tripod.com/

Playoffs

The play-offs start today.

AL

Texas vs. New York

Boston vs. Clevland

NL

Atlanta vs. Cincinnati

Houston vs. Atlanta

Game 1:

Clevland at Boston

Starting pitchers were P. Martinez (18-3 1.93) for Boston and M. Yoshii (12-12 5.25) for Clevland.

Yoshii pitched a spectacular game, going all nine innings and allowing just 1 ER. Pedro went 8.1 and allowed 2. The final score was 4-1 Clevland, the only Boston run came from Nomar Garciaparra who was 1 for 4.

Final Score: CLE 4 - BOS 1
W-Yoshii
L-Martinez

Game 2:

Clevland at Boston

Game 2 saw Bret Saberhagen (18-4 3.16) face off against Bartolo Colon (13-7 3.92).

This game was close all night and would end up going in to extra innings. Saberhagen pitched 7.1 and allowed 3 ER, Colon went just 5.1 allowing 2 runs, but only 1 was earned. After 9 the score was tied at 3 apiece. However in the top of the 10th Dereck Lowe
gave up what would prove to a game winning home run to Manny Ramirez.

Garciaparra was 1/5 with a double.

Final Score: CLE 4 - BOS 3
W-M. Jackson
L-D. Lowe

Game 3:

Boston at Clevland

In game 3 many Red Sox fans had lost hope. Their 2 top pitchers had failed to win a single game, and now they were forced to rely on Ramon Martinez (6-18 5.15) to come through with a victory over future hall of famer Dwight Gooden (13-11 4.30). Meanwhile Clevland fans were preparing to celebrate a sweep.

However Martinez pitched well enough for the Sox to get the lead in the 4th inning. By the 6th inning Martinez and Gooden had both reached their limit. Ramon had given up 4 runs through 6 full innings while Gooden had given up 5 through 6 full as well.

The game now rested in the hands of the relievers, for Boston that meant Alberto Reyes (5-2 4.32), who had come over from the Brewers in exchange for Mike Stanley at the deadline. For Clevland it was Paul Shuey (10-4 4.46), who had gone 3.1 giveing up just 2 hits and 1 ER in game 2.

However on this night the Sox got the best of him, scoring 2 runs (1 earned) in his 2 innings of work. Reyes and Lowe meanwhile combined for 3 shut out innings to get the Sox the win.

Final Score: BOS 7-CLE 4
W- R. Martinez
L- D. Gooden
S-D. Lowe

Nomar was 1/2 with an RBI and 3 BB.

Game 4:

Boston at Clevland

In game 4 Boston elected to pitch Pedro Martinez (0-1 2.16 in series) on 3 days rest, meanwhile Clevland handed the ball to back to Yoshii [*OT-for some reason they picked to have him start again over 23 year old Jaret Wright who was 18-7 with a 4.08 era in the regular season, anyone get that?*], who was also on just 3 days rest.

The Red Sox quickly jumped on Yoshii, scoring 6 runs in just 4.1 innings. Pedro meanwhile pitched 8 strong innings and gave up 3 earned runs. In the end the Sox blasted the Indians 10-4.

Final Score: BOS 10 - CLE 4
W- P. Martinez
L- M. Yoshii

Nomar went 2/5 with a HR and 2 RBI.

Game 5:

The day of the deciding game had arrived, and would feature Bret Saberhagen starting for the Red Sox, and Bartolo Colon taking the hill for the Indians.

This game turned out to be quite a pitchers duel. Bret Saberhagen looked good in his 7.1 scoreless innings with 8 hits and no walks, while Colon went 6 allowing just 2 ER on 5 hits.

Lowe, after an intentional walk to Ramirez then struke out David Justice and Richie Sexson. Meanwhile Steve Reed and Chris Haney pitched 2 shutout innings.

As the 9th inning began the Red Sox held on to a 2-0 lead. The inning began with Travis Fryman lining out to the 1st baseman. The Sox were now just 2 outs away from winning the series. Next up was pinch hitter Enrique Wilson who singled to right. That was followed by an Omar Vizquel single to right, and a Roberto Alomar fly out to right-center.

As Wil Cordero stepped to the plate with 2 on and 2 out, the Sox pulled Lowe in favor of Alberto Keyes, who walked Cordero loading the bases. Next up was Manny Ramirez (.335-39-117), the Sox called on John Wasdin to deal with him. It turned out to be a fatal mistake as Ramirez knocked a 392 foot grand slam over the right field fence.

It would end up being the game winner, allowing the Indians to move on and face the Yankees in the next round.

Garciapara went 0/4.

Final Score: CLE 4 - BOS 2
W- C. Haney
L- A. Reyes
S- M. Jackson

I'll recap the rest of the post season later tonight.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 10:10 PM

Thanks dsvitak, I would have done it myself but I didn't want to check to see what kind of code the forum used, at the time and I figured I'd fix it later.

Cidifer · 03-01-2003, 11:53 PM

Yankees Win the World Series

Well the post season is over.

Yankees beat Texas in 4, Houston swept Arizona, and Cinny beat Atlanta in 4 in the 1st round.

Then the Yankees won the ALCS over the Indian 4 games to 1, and the Astros beat Cincinnati by the same.

In the WS the Yankees lost only one to the Astros in game 4 where Jose Lima got the win.

MVP and Cy Young Winners Announced

In the AL the MVP went to none other than Boston's own Nomar Garciaparra, who batted .372, had 202 hits, and a .429 on-base percentage.

In the NL the award went to Atlanta 3B Chipper Jones. Jones batted .325 while hitting 45 bombs in addition to his 43 doubles and 133 runs scored.

Both men were 1st in batting in their respective divisions.

Boston's Pedro Martinez also had some celebrating to do along side Garciaparra. He was awarded the 1999 Cy Young. Batters hit just .198 against Pedro while he went 18-3 in his 27 starts. He struck out 220 while walking only 26, he threw 5 shut outs and had an ERA of 1.93.

In the NL, Arizona's Randy Johnson took home the Cy Young. He had a record of 18-7, and an ERA of 2.69 in his 241.1 innings of work this season. In that time he struck out 295 batters and had a shut out along with 4 complete games. He was 3rd in the National League in ERA and 2nd in Wins.

The AL rookie of the year was Chicago's Chris Singleton who hit .299 (.336 obp) with 25 homers and 101 RBI. He also had an impressive 43 SB.

The Rookie of the year in the NL was Arizona's Erubiel Durazo, who batted .285 and slugged .585, he also had an OBP of .400. His 45 home runs and 115 RBI helped propell the Diamondbacks to the playoffs.

Other Notes

It seems that Boston isn't likely to re-sign Cirillo (.307-14-61) , and O'leary (.277-27-98), despite both having pretty successful years for the Sox.

Cidifer · 03-02-2003, 12:07 AM

Cirillo went to TB for just under 4 mil a year, while O'leary went to the Yanks for about 3.1, both of them signed on for 4 years.

The Sox didn't pick up anything major in the FA period, in fact just a couple of minor league guys that might have a shot at the bench someday.

Cidifer · 03-02-2003, 12:21 AM

In the off-season Boston picked up LF Doug Glanville (.291-10-62 and 32 SB) in exchange for Ramon Martinez (6-18 5.15)

Looks like a good pick up for the Sox, his speed and defense helps make up for the loss of power they got from O'leary last season.

The Sox line-up after the draft now looks like this;

1)D. Glanville-LF
2)R. Jefferson-DH
3)N. Garciaparra-SS
4)B. Daubach-1B
5)B. Huskey-CF
6)T. Nixon-RF
7)J. Veritek-C
8)J. Offerman-2B
9)J. Valentin-3B

SP
1)P. Martinez
2)B. Saberhagen
3)J. Pena
4)T. Wakefield
5)P. Rapp

Mop-up
K. Bullinger

Middle
1)J. Wasdin
2)T. Gordon
3)M. Guthrie

Set-Up
R. Garces

Closer
D. Lowe
Wish the Sox could have landed Phil Nevin (.244-37-102) but he slipped through their fingures and signed for like 135,000 more in SEA (I checked the offers every day for the 1st couple days), the Sox also went after Curt Schilling (18-4 2.87) but he was asking for way too much.

slackmeisterPA · 03-02-2003, 12:35 AM

Way Back Wasdin does it again. I love the Sox, even in a fantasy world something goes terribly wrong so close to the end.

Great thread, keep it going!

Cidifer · 03-02-2003, 02:36 PM

March-April 2000

It was a so-so opening month for Garciaparra, who batted .317 with 8 homers and 15 RBI. He has collected 5 doubles and 1 triple as well.

So far he and Jefferson (.323-4-11) have been the only ones performing well, with Trot Nixon (.279-4-8) the only other performing to task. Aside from these three the highest batting avg on the team is Offermans .235.

Pitching has also been a disappointment in some areas so far this season. While Derek Lowe's 9 saves and 0.00 ERA in 13.0 innings of work, as well as the performances of Garces (2-0 0.00 in 10.2 innings) and Juan Pena (2-1 2.39) stand out as successes there are many players having sub par seasons.

Pedro is 2-2 with a 3.32 ERA and Saberhagen is just 1-2 with a 5.10.

Boston is 15-11 and tied with the Yankees for 2nd place, 4 games back of Toronto.

Cidifer · 03-02-2003, 02:56 PM

May 2000:

Well another month has passed and Nomar has remained solid, he went .318 with 6 homers and 18 RBI in the month. In addition he has 10 doubles and a triple and was walked 10 times.

So far on the season he is hitting .318 with 14 homers and 33 RBI. He has hit 15 2B and 2 3B while stealing 5 bags and being caught twice. He has been walked 20 times and struck out only 7, his OBP is .380 and his SLG% is .607 giving him a .987 OPS.

Other Notes

The Red Sox offense has slightly improved at some possitions while DH Reggie Jefferson has remained strong (.342-8-24), Nixon has remained consistent (.276-6-18) while Huskey
(.284-4-23 in May) and Glanville (.294-6-12 in the month) have been getting into a grove.

However John Valentin (.181-5-17), and Jason Veritek (.192-3-23) continue to disappoint.

On the pitching side the Red Sox still do not have anyone performing like an ace, and Gaces (3-1 1.09) and Lowe (2.28 15 saves), remain the only bright spots.

The Sox are now in 2nd place with a 28-25 record, 3 games back of Toronto.

03-01-2003, 03:42 AM	#1
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	Nomar Tracker Made a quick site and here it is http://chad_cid.tripod.com/ I've always wondered what kind of stats Nomar might have now if he hadn't have had so many injuries. I also wonder where he'd end up, with what stats and what team. So I've decided to find out in my own way. I've decided to sim, starting in 1999 (after his 1st 2 full seasons) and see where he goes. The computer will control all the teams including Boston and we will see where things go from there. Notes: I have edited the starting rotation a little, however all the player stats are the same. Also I extended Nomar contract from 1 to 4 years to hopefully give him some more time on the Sox. Right now this is what the Red Sox line-up looks like. Pitchers Starters 1)P. Martinez 2)B. Saberhagen 3)T. Wakefield 4)R. Martinez 5)P. Rapp Spot Starter 1)B. Rose Mop-Up 1)T. Gordon 2)B. Rose Middle 1)J. Wasdin 2)R. Cormier 3)B. Rose Set-Up 1)R. Garces 2)T. Gordon Closer 1)D. Lowe Hitters Starters 1)J. Offerman-2B 2)T. Nixon-RF 3)N. Garciaparra-SS 4)B. Daubach-1B 5)B. Huskey-CF 6)T. Oleary-LF 7)M. Stanley-DH 8)J. Veritek-C 9)J. Valentin-3B Bench C- S. Hatteberg 2B- J. Frye SS- L. Merloni CF- M. Coleman Last edited by Cidifer; 03-01-2003 at 10:07 PM.

03-01-2003, 04:28 AM	#5
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	July has come to a close. Nomars stats: .385-26-76 OBP: 448 - SLG: 707 - OPS: 1.154 SB: 9 - CS: 4 - 2B: 21 - 3B: 7 - R 85- BB - 37 K - 17 Other notes: Boston has captured 1st place and holds a slim 1 game lead over the Yankees and just 4 games over Baltimore. The Red Sox record this year so far is 59-43 Nomar is running away as league leader in average, Manny Ramirez is the closest at 19 points behind. Pedro is 9-2 with a 1.83 ERA, and Tim Wakefield is back in the rotation, he's got a 4-2 record and 4.53 ERA in 7 starts. However he is 2-0 with a 1.72 ERA in the 2 starts he has made since returning to the majors. Nomar is tied with Manny in 14th in RBI in the AL, tied with A- Rod for 11th in HR, 3rd behind Manny and Jim Thome in OBP, 3rd behind Ramirez and Palmeiro in SLG, and 2nd behind only Manny in OPS. Martinez is 1st in ERA in the majors. Some new faces came to Boston before the trade deadline ended. Including Jeff Cirillo (.313-7-33) who came in return for Cormier (4-1 3.41). Also Nomar was NOT selected to the all-star team. Thats all for tonight I'll finish this season off tomarrow. Last edited by Cidifer; 03-01-2003 at 04:34 AM.

03-01-2003, 10:03 PM	#13
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	1st off, a made a quick site for the league, right now it just has info about Nomar, Boston as well as League Leaders. Here is the address http://chad_cid.tripod.com/ Playoffs The play-offs start today. AL Texas vs. New York Boston vs. Clevland NL Atlanta vs. Cincinnati Houston vs. Atlanta Game 1: Clevland at Boston Starting pitchers were P. Martinez (18-3 1.93) for Boston and M. Yoshii (12-12 5.25) for Clevland. Yoshii pitched a spectacular game, going all nine innings and allowing just 1 ER. Pedro went 8.1 and allowed 2. The final score was 4-1 Clevland, the only Boston run came from Nomar Garciaparra who was 1 for 4. Final Score: CLE 4 - BOS 1 W-Yoshii L-Martinez Game 2: Clevland at Boston Game 2 saw Bret Saberhagen (18-4 3.16) face off against Bartolo Colon (13-7 3.92). This game was close all night and would end up going in to extra innings. Saberhagen pitched 7.1 and allowed 3 ER, Colon went just 5.1 allowing 2 runs, but only 1 was earned. After 9 the score was tied at 3 apiece. However in the top of the 10th Dereck Lowe gave up what would prove to a game winning home run to Manny Ramirez. Garciaparra was 1/5 with a double. Final Score: CLE 4 - BOS 3 W-M. Jackson L-D. Lowe Game 3: Boston at Clevland In game 3 many Red Sox fans had lost hope. Their 2 top pitchers had failed to win a single game, and now they were forced to rely on Ramon Martinez (6-18 5.15) to come through with a victory over future hall of famer Dwight Gooden (13-11 4.30). Meanwhile Clevland fans were preparing to celebrate a sweep. However Martinez pitched well enough for the Sox to get the lead in the 4th inning. By the 6th inning Martinez and Gooden had both reached their limit. Ramon had given up 4 runs through 6 full innings while Gooden had given up 5 through 6 full as well. The game now rested in the hands of the relievers, for Boston that meant Alberto Reyes (5-2 4.32), who had come over from the Brewers in exchange for Mike Stanley at the deadline. For Clevland it was Paul Shuey (10-4 4.46), who had gone 3.1 giveing up just 2 hits and 1 ER in game 2. However on this night the Sox got the best of him, scoring 2 runs (1 earned) in his 2 innings of work. Reyes and Lowe meanwhile combined for 3 shut out innings to get the Sox the win. Final Score: BOS 7-CLE 4 W- R. Martinez L- D. Gooden S-D. Lowe Nomar was 1/2 with an RBI and 3 BB. Game 4: Boston at Clevland In game 4 Boston elected to pitch Pedro Martinez (0-1 2.16 in series) on 3 days rest, meanwhile Clevland handed the ball to back to Yoshii [OT-for some reason they picked to have him start again over 23 year old Jaret Wright who was 18-7 with a 4.08 era in the regular season, anyone get that?], who was also on just 3 days rest. The Red Sox quickly jumped on Yoshii, scoring 6 runs in just 4.1 innings. Pedro meanwhile pitched 8 strong innings and gave up 3 earned runs. In the end the Sox blasted the Indians 10-4. Final Score: BOS 10 - CLE 4 W- P. Martinez L- M. Yoshii Nomar went 2/5 with a HR and 2 RBI. Game 5: The day of the deciding game had arrived, and would feature Bret Saberhagen starting for the Red Sox, and Bartolo Colon taking the hill for the Indians. This game turned out to be quite a pitchers duel. Bret Saberhagen looked good in his 7.1 scoreless innings with 8 hits and no walks, while Colon went 6 allowing just 2 ER on 5 hits. Lowe, after an intentional walk to Ramirez then struke out David Justice and Richie Sexson. Meanwhile Steve Reed and Chris Haney pitched 2 shutout innings. As the 9th inning began the Red Sox held on to a 2-0 lead. The inning began with Travis Fryman lining out to the 1st baseman. The Sox were now just 2 outs away from winning the series. Next up was pinch hitter Enrique Wilson who singled to right. That was followed by an Omar Vizquel single to right, and a Roberto Alomar fly out to right-center. As Wil Cordero stepped to the plate with 2 on and 2 out, the Sox pulled Lowe in favor of Alberto Keyes, who walked Cordero loading the bases. Next up was Manny Ramirez (.335-39-117), the Sox called on John Wasdin to deal with him. It turned out to be a fatal mistake as Ramirez knocked a 392 foot grand slam over the right field fence. It would end up being the game winner, allowing the Indians to move on and face the Yankees in the next round. Garciapara went 0/4. Final Score: CLE 4 - BOS 2 W- C. Haney L- A. Reyes S- M. Jackson I'll recap the rest of the post season later tonight. Last edited by Cidifer; 03-02-2003 at 01:09 AM.

03-02-2003, 12:21 AM	#17
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	In the off-season Boston picked up LF Doug Glanville (.291-10-62 and 32 SB) in exchange for Ramon Martinez (6-18 5.15) Looks like a good pick up for the Sox, his speed and defense helps make up for the loss of power they got from O'leary last season. The Sox line-up after the draft now looks like this; 1)D. Glanville-LF 2)R. Jefferson-DH 3)N. Garciaparra-SS 4)B. Daubach-1B 5)B. Huskey-CF 6)T. Nixon-RF 7)J. Veritek-C 8)J. Offerman-2B 9)J. Valentin-3B SP 1)P. Martinez 2)B. Saberhagen 3)J. Pena 4)T. Wakefield 5)P. Rapp Mop-up K. Bullinger Middle 1)J. Wasdin 2)T. Gordon 3)M. Guthrie Set-Up R. Garces Closer D. Lowe Wish the Sox could have landed Phil Nevin (.244-37-102) but he slipped through their fingures and signed for like 135,000 more in SEA (I checked the offers every day for the 1st couple days), the Sox also went after Curt Schilling (18-4 2.87) but he was asking for way too much. Last edited by Cidifer; 03-02-2003 at 01:11 AM.

03-02-2003, 02:56 PM	#20
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	May 2000: Well another month has passed and Nomar has remained solid, he went .318 with 6 homers and 18 RBI in the month. In addition he has 10 doubles and a triple and was walked 10 times. So far on the season he is hitting .318 with 14 homers and 33 RBI. He has hit 15 2B and 2 3B while stealing 5 bags and being caught twice. He has been walked 20 times and struck out only 7, his OBP is .380 and his SLG% is .607 giving him a .987 OPS. Other Notes The Red Sox offense has slightly improved at some possitions while DH Reggie Jefferson has remained strong (.342-8-24), Nixon has remained consistent (.276-6-18) while Huskey (.284-4-23 in May) and Glanville (.294-6-12 in the month) have been getting into a grove. However John Valentin (.181-5-17), and Jason Veritek (.192-3-23) continue to disappoint. On the pitching side the Red Sox still do not have anyone performing like an ace, and Gaces (3-1 1.09) and Lowe (2.28 15 saves), remain the only bright spots. The Sox are now in 2nd place with a 28-25 record, 3 games back of Toronto. Last edited by Cidifer; 03-03-2003 at 12:33 AM.

03-01-2003, 03:51 AM	#2
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	The 1st month of the 1999 season has passed and Nomar is having an incredible year. Hitting (avg-hr-rbi) .425-11-25 Of his 45 hits he has 4 2B, 2 3B, 12 BB, and only 4 K. So far he's had an 8 and a 15 game hitting streak, getting hits in 23 of his 1st 26 games. Doing all this earned him a batter of the month award and 2 player of the game awards. Other notes: Boston is just 13-13 in last place in the AL east 6 games behind TB (!!) who hold 1st. Also, after starting the season 3-1 with a 1.93 era Pedro was injured and sent out for 5-6 weeks (4 weeks remaining).

03-01-2003, 03:59 AM	#3
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	month two has passed and Nomar continues to have a spectacular 3rd season. His stats as of 6/2/99 are: .388-19-47 Along with 5 SB, 13 2B, 3 3B, a .452 OBP, .752 slg %, and 1.204 OPS Also he has 83 hits, 24 BB, and 9 K in 239 PA. Other Notes: Pedro has just come off the DL but has yet to make a start since his injury, the Red Sox need all the help they can get, they are 27-26 in 4th place and are still 6 games out of 1st place. Wakefield has been sent to AAA with a 5.82 ERA and 2-2 record in 6 games and 5 starts in the majors. He's been replaced by Jaun Pena who's doing even worse then he is.

03-01-2003, 04:12 AM	#4
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	Month 3 is now complete. Nomars Stats: .376-24-67 He also has 8 SB (in 10 attempts), 16 2B, 6 3B, 33BB, and 17K. OBP-.441 SLG-696 OPS-1.137 He has 120 hits in 319 AB (356 PA) in his 78 games and 77 starts. Other notes: Boston is in 3rd at 43-36 just 2 games out of 1st bhind Baltimore and New York. Nomar is tied for 1st in the majors in batting average with Bernie Williams. He is also tied for 5th in the AL in homers, is 1st in hits, and 9th in RBI. Pedro has stayed healthy and is now 6-1 with a 1.86 ERA in 11 starts.

03-01-2003, 11:15 AM	#6
slackmeisterPA Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 275	This is really cool! I remember trying one of these with Ted Williams, if he hadn't gone off to war, and I remember it was a lot of fun seeing the stats the players could compile like that. Have fun and I hope you can continue,

03-01-2003, 02:43 PM	#7
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	August is over. 1st one note about last month that I forgot to add. Nomar was injured on July 2nd for 3 weeks, thats why alot of his stats didn't change much. Nomars stats: .388-31-87 2B: 27 - 3B: 8 - SB: 13 - CS: 4 - R:97 - BB: 39 - K: 21 OBP: .445 - SLG: 715 - OPS: 1.159 Other Notes: Red Sox are 78-52, in 1st place 6 games up on the Yankees! Nomar hits 30+ HR for 3 consecutive years. Pedro continues to have a Cy Young year, he's 15-2 with a 1.60 ERA in just 22 starts. Wakefield was again sent to the minors and replaced with Pena. Derek Lowe has 37 saves and a 2.09 ERA. Nomar leads the Red Sox in Avg, HR, RBI, Runs Scored, OBP, SLG, OPS, and SB. He also has fewer stike outs than any starter, and in fact even has fewer than 2 part time players. Cirillo seems like a good pick up for the Sox, he went .310-4-16 for the sox in his 1st full month. His ytd stats are .312-11-49 with 8 SB.

03-01-2003, 03:13 PM	#8
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	September is over. Nomars Stats: Not a great month for Nomar, his avg-obp-slg was just .293-.358-.505 .370-36-111 2B: 33 - 3B: 8 - SB: 18 - CS:6 - R:111 - BB:49 - K:30 OBP: .428 - SLG: .674 - OPS: 1.102 League Leaders Home Runs (Rank-Name-Team-HR-AVG-RBI) 1) M. Mcgwire STL - 56- .266- 111 2) B. Bonds SFG - 55- .267- 130 3) R. Palmeiro TEX - 51- .306- 131 3) J. Canseco TBD - 51- .269- 146 5) J. Gonzalez TEX - 48- .323- 127 Wins (Rank-Name-Team-W-L-ERA) 1)O. Hernandez NYY- 19-7 4.26 2)P. Martinez BOS- 18-2 1.76 2)P. Harnisch CIN- 18-9 3.71 4)B. Saberhagen BOS- 17-4 3.25 4)D. Neagle CIN- 17-6 3.27 Other Notes: Pena was injured and was sent out for 5 weeks (3 left), Tim Wakefield will take his place. Pena's numbers on the year 11-7 5.28, 146.2 IP, and 26 Starts. Wakefields numbers on the year (MLB) 4-4 5.04, 69.2 IP, 11 G 10 GS The Sox have 4 players with 20+ homers at this point, Nixon (20), Huskey (24), O'leary (26), and Garciaparra (36) Possible Free agents this year include: SP M. Portugal (AAA) C S. Hatteberg OF T. O'leary 3B J. Cirillo and a bunch of minor league guys making 100k

03-01-2003, 03:40 PM	#9
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	Well the regular season is over and Nomars year end stats are: .372-38-120 2B:34 - 3B:9 - SB:20 - CS:6 (76.9%) - R:117 - BB:50 - K:32 OBP: .429 - SLG: .678 - OPS: 1.107 G: 133 GS:129 1AB: 543 - H: 202 - TB: 368 - EB: 81 Other Notes: The Red Sox finished the season in the wild card spot, just dropping behind the Yankees in October, during the final weeks of the season. Pedro Martinez ended up with an 18-3 record and 1.93 ERA and 220 Ks in his 27 starts and 191.2 IP. Opponents avg-obp-slg was .198-.232-301. K/9 is 10.3 Cirillo, O'leary, Hatteberg and Portugal remain with out contracts. for next season. I will post the league leaders in the next post.

03-01-2003, 08:02 PM	#12
dsvitak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,409	This data looks good, and here is a suggestion from Tiger Fan to make it look better. At the top of the data, type (pre)(font size="2") place the text data in here (/pre)(/font size) In the example above, replace ( with < and ) with > This will order the columns very nicely, and make it a lot easier to read.

03-01-2003, 10:10 PM	#14
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	Thanks dsvitak, I would have done it myself but I didn't want to check to see what kind of code the forum used, at the time and I figured I'd fix it later.

03-01-2003, 11:53 PM	#15
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	Yankees Win the World Series Well the post season is over. Yankees beat Texas in 4, Houston swept Arizona, and Cinny beat Atlanta in 4 in the 1st round. Then the Yankees won the ALCS over the Indian 4 games to 1, and the Astros beat Cincinnati by the same. In the WS the Yankees lost only one to the Astros in game 4 where Jose Lima got the win. MVP and Cy Young Winners Announced In the AL the MVP went to none other than Boston's own Nomar Garciaparra, who batted .372, had 202 hits, and a .429 on-base percentage. In the NL the award went to Atlanta 3B Chipper Jones. Jones batted .325 while hitting 45 bombs in addition to his 43 doubles and 133 runs scored. Both men were 1st in batting in their respective divisions. Boston's Pedro Martinez also had some celebrating to do along side Garciaparra. He was awarded the 1999 Cy Young. Batters hit just .198 against Pedro while he went 18-3 in his 27 starts. He struck out 220 while walking only 26, he threw 5 shut outs and had an ERA of 1.93. In the NL, Arizona's Randy Johnson took home the Cy Young. He had a record of 18-7, and an ERA of 2.69 in his 241.1 innings of work this season. In that time he struck out 295 batters and had a shut out along with 4 complete games. He was 3rd in the National League in ERA and 2nd in Wins. The AL rookie of the year was Chicago's Chris Singleton who hit .299 (.336 obp) with 25 homers and 101 RBI. He also had an impressive 43 SB. The Rookie of the year in the NL was Arizona's Erubiel Durazo, who batted .285 and slugged .585, he also had an OBP of .400. His 45 home runs and 115 RBI helped propell the Diamondbacks to the playoffs. Other Notes It seems that Boston isn't likely to re-sign Cirillo (.307-14-61) , and O'leary (.277-27-98), despite both having pretty successful years for the Sox.

03-02-2003, 12:07 AM	#16
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	Cirillo went to TB for just under 4 mil a year, while O'leary went to the Yanks for about 3.1, both of them signed on for 4 years. The Sox didn't pick up anything major in the FA period, in fact just a couple of minor league guys that might have a shot at the bench someday.

03-02-2003, 12:35 AM	#18
slackmeisterPA Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 275	Way Back Wasdin does it again. I love the Sox, even in a fantasy world something goes terribly wrong so close to the end. Great thread, keep it going!

03-02-2003, 02:36 PM	#19
Cidifer Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 60	March-April 2000 It was a so-so opening month for Garciaparra, who batted .317 with 8 homers and 15 RBI. He has collected 5 doubles and 1 triple as well. So far he and Jefferson (.323-4-11) have been the only ones performing well, with Trot Nixon (.279-4-8) the only other performing to task. Aside from these three the highest batting avg on the team is Offermans .235. Pitching has also been a disappointment in some areas so far this season. While Derek Lowe's 9 saves and 0.00 ERA in 13.0 innings of work, as well as the performances of Garces (2-0 0.00 in 10.2 innings) and Juan Pena (2-1 2.39) stand out as successes there are many players having sub par seasons. Pedro is 2-2 with a 3.32 ERA and Saberhagen is just 1-2 with a 5.10. Boston is 15-11 and tied with the Yankees for 2nd place, 4 games back of Toronto.