B.a.T.T.Y.

[scprideandms]

The Braves managed to suck once again and I believe will have the #3 overall pick, there are 1 guy I REALLY want, and 2 others I really like (one is probably a surprise)...... we'll see

[JasonBonham]

Bench is going #1

[scprideandms]

I figured as much. He was IMO the BEST catcher ever IRL. Let's hope he gets along better with his teammates in the lg than he did IRL. There were some lifestyle differences that he and other players (especially Pete) just did not agree on.

[metsgeek]

Story of my career in this league..... Good draft class, late draft pick pick. Weak draft class, good draft pick.

[scprideandms]

DAMN, I gotta revise my list, the BRaves HR factor is friggin 20!!!!!!!!

[deuelz]

BaTTY Catobase updated through 1915

[legendsport]

Through the 1915 season:

OOTP Board Alias	Team - GM Since			Wins	Losses	Pct	Pennants (* = WS Champ)
metsgeek		Boston (A) - original		1225	1044	.540	1909
scprideandms		Boston (N) - original		1143	1127	.504	1902
			Brooklyn - 1905			922	774	.544	*1906 *1907
jeheinz72		Chicago (A) - original		1065	1203	.470	
Nuk			Chicago (N) - 1908		714	519	.579	1910 1912* 1913 1915
tward13			Cincinnati - original		1030	1238	.454	1904
NYJuggalo45		Cleveland - 1906		832	708	.540	*1910 1912
JasonBonham		Detroit - original		1079	1189	.476	1905
jf7623			New York (A) - original		960	1308	.423	
Y0da55			New York (N) - original		1178	1091	.519	*1905
Yankees227		Philadelphia (A) - original	1083	1185	.478	
deuelz			Philadelphia (N) - original	1115	1153	.492	*1908
mjj55409		Pittsburgh - 1910		515	409	.557	*1911
satchel73		St. Louis (A) - original	1261	1008	.556	1901 1903 *1904 1908 1911
pat			St. Louis (N) - original	1078	1190	.475	1914*
cec2			Washington - original		1233	1035	.544	1902 1906 1907 1913* 1914 1915*
					
OOTP Board Alias	Team - GM Tenure		Wins	Losses	Pct	Pennants
DamnYankees		Brooklyn - 1901-03		220	201	.523	
italianstallion		Cleveland - 1901-04		262	312	.456	
kreitena		Chicago (N) - 1901-07		460	576	.444	
ifspuds			Pittsburgh - 1901-09		622	723	.462	1901 1903 *1909

[legendsport]

The results of the 1916 amateur draft:

Round 1:

Detroit pick: C Johnny Bench
Philadelphia (N) pick: LF Roy White
Boston (N) pick: RF Richard Hidalgo
Cincinnati pick: 3B Tommy Leach
Philadelphia (A) pick: 1B Kent Hrbek
New York (A) pick: P Don Robinson
Brooklyn pick: P Dave Koslo
Cleveland pick: 1B Dave Kingman
Pittsburgh pick: CF Joe Visner
Chicago (A) pick: RF Chief Wilson
St. Louis (N) pick: SS Chris Speier
Boston (A) pick: P Teddy Higuera
St. Louis (A) pick: RF Spud Johnson
Washington pick: CF Buttercup Dickerson
New York (N) pick: P Ted Davidson
Chicago (N) pick: 3B Kid Elberfeld


Round 2 :

Detroit pick: CF Denny Walling
Philadelphia (N) pick: 2B Rabbit Nill
Boston (N) pick: CF Don Baylor
Cincinnati pick: P Steve Karsay
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Pat Luby
New York (A) pick: P Alan Benes
Brooklyn pick: P Jeff Calhoun
Cleveland pick: P Bob Stoddard
Pittsburgh pick: SS Wid Conroy
Chicago (A) pick: CF Peanuts Lowrey
St. Louis (N) pick: P Steve Kline
Boston (A) pick: 3B Eddie Yost
St. Louis (A) pick: P Happy Townsend
Washington pick: RF Frenchy Bordagaray
New York (N) pick: RF Pop Corkhill
Chicago (N) pick: P Mike Fetters


Round 3 :

Detroit pick: P Orville Jorgens
Philadelphia (N) pick: 1B Dee Fondy
Boston (N) pick: 2B Jim Baxes
Cincinnati pick: SS Bill Barrett
Philadelphia (A) pick: C Bennie Warren
New York (A) pick: C Johnnie Heving
Brooklyn pick: LF Willard Marshall
Cleveland pick: 2B Dario Lodigiani
Pittsburgh pick: 1B Bud Zipfel
Chicago (A) pick: 3B Jim Presley
St. Louis (N) pick: 3B Eddie Miksis
Boston (A) pick: P Ed Glynn
St. Louis (A) pick: P John Cummings
Washington pick: 2B Johnny Berardino
New York (N) pick: C Tyler Houston
Chicago (N) pick: SS Jack Wilson


Round 4 :

Detroit pick: RF Ed McGhee
Philadelphia (N) pick: 1B Jim Powell
Boston (N) pick: CF Donell Nixon
Cincinnati pick: 2B Fernando Vina
Philadelphia (A) pick: SS Pat Rockett
New York (A) pick: 2B Curt Roberts
Brooklyn pick: CF Jim Donahue
Cleveland pick: 1B J.R. Phillips
Pittsburgh pick: 3B Mike McNally
Chicago (A) pick: LF Gene Bailey
St. Louis (N) pick: RF Karl Olson
Boston (A) pick: 2B Juan Bell
St. Louis (A) pick: SS Patsy McGaffigan
Washington pick: 3B Claude Corbitt
New York (N) pick: 3B Tom Hafey
Chicago (N) pick: 1B Tony Solaita

[tward13]

Joe, please see my e-mail about the draft.

[JasonBonham]

Guys, dont know about you all but Batty has become my favorite OOTP league I ever been in. Probibly because of the format things just move along. Sure their are plenty of leagues that guys spend hours posting on boards or working out trades ad they tout the great "activaty" but I guess this has become almost like a personal home sim league without having to do it myself.

First thing I do every day is download batty files, check out my team , send in export. 15-20 mins done.

[legendsport]

EARLY LEADERS LOOK FAMILIAR

The Chicago Cubs have surged out to the best start of any team this season, with a 28-13 record through May 31, good enough to lead the National League by four games over the Giants. In recent seasons the Cubs have dominated the league, winning pennants on an almost annual basis with the usual runners-up being those selfsame Giants.

Over in the American League, the Red Sox and Indians are tied atop the standings with identical 26-15 records. The defending World Series champion Senators are four games off the pace. In the early going it looked like the Yankees, a team which usually scuffles through the season, was going to make a run. New York started with a nine game winning streak before losing three straight to start a skid which saw them go 10-22 after their 9-0 start, and dropped them back into a fourth-place tie, seven games behind the leaders.

Frank Schulte of the Red Sox has been living up to his nickname of "Wildfire" as he has burned AL pitching for the first two months of the season, sitting far ahead in the batting leaders with a .429 average. New York Giants star Ross Barnes is back to his hot-hitting ways, posting an NL-best .385 mark thus far, a significant improvement over his 1915 average of .339 and much closer to his breakout season of 1914 which saw him hit .421 to lead the league.

Another Giant, Jim McCormick, has been the league's best pitcher with a ridiculously low 1.13 ERA and a 7-1 record through eight starts. He's completed seven of his eight starts and tossed four shutouts so far. Over in the AL, Joaquin Andujar of Boston and Philadelphia's Dave Stieb each have a 1.88 ERA to lead the league while another pair of hurlers - Mark Eichhorn (WAS) and Gary Nolan (BOS) each have eight victories.

[metsgeek]

Red Sox hopes, get ready to be dashed again!! Joe didn't mention that we are in the midst of a 5 game losing streak,

Yippee!!

[NYJuggalo45]

this might be the last year Cleveland has a shot...most of our top players are on the other side of 30 and the ratings have begun to slip. Hoping we can win 1 more WS ring before the rebuilding phase begins

[satchel73]

The Browns lose Rico Carty for his whole career. I don't even know when the injury happened--spring training?

Oh well--even Cap Anson can't say he ended up with a .404 career average, even if it's in just 104 at bats.

[legendsport]

TRIBE BUILDS AL LEAD, NL RACE STILL TIGHT

The Cleveland Indians have opened up a nine-game lead on the Boston Red Sox in the American League. The Washington Senators, defending champions, are in third-place, a full twelve games back. Cleveland's 63-33 record is the best in the game and it looks as though they'll be printing World Series tickets this fall. After all, they possess the league's top batting average (.270) and top ERA (2.48). With old reliables Dave Orr and Joe DiMaggio still producing on offense and the solid pitching of Joaquin Andujar, Vic Aldridge, Eddie Hogan and Chief Hogsett, the Tribe is running on all cylinders. DiMaggio currently has 2730 career hits, and if he continues to hit, could reach the magic 3000 hit mark late next season, or early in 1918. He is 36 years old though, so no one knows how much longer he can continue to produce.

The National League is still led, as usual, by the Chicago Cubs with the second-place team - just a game back - being the New York Giants, again - as usual. The Cubs and Giants seem to do this every year with the Cubbies managing to squeeze just an extra win or two more than the Giants to capture the NL flag. If the Giants could take care of business at home where their record is 24-24, they'd be unstoppable as they are extremely proficient on the road with a 31-17 mark away from the Polo Grounds. The Cubs on the other hand, are 32-16 at home, but 24-24 on the road.

[tward13]

Brutal. Tommy Leach, the guy I got in the draft rather than who I wanted (Wilson) took a double hit to contact. Now down to a 3. Nice #4 pick.

We're going to continue sucking for years.

[legendsport]

GIANTS, INDIANS TO MEET IN WORLD SERIES

The New York Giants captured the NL pennant, largely on the strength of winning head-to-head battles with the Chicago Cubs down the stretch, finishing with a strong 93-61 record and a nine-game cushion over Chicago. New York's star second baseman - and strong MVP candidate - Ross Barnes hit .350 for the season, to lead the league while a trio of 20-game winners (Scott Service, John Wetteland and Jim McCormick) led the staff.

The Giants will have their hands full in the series as they'll face the AL champion Indians. The Indians' pythagorean record was a staggering 107-47, but they "underachieved" to a final standing of 98-56, which was still good enough to finish eight games ahead of Boston. Cleveland boasted the best batting average (.266) and ERA (2.36) in all of BaTTY. Dave Orr (.330-3-70, 29 steals) remains a star, tying for second in the league in batting average, though Joe DiMaggio (.287-0-56, 20 steals) seems to be slowing down at age 36. Vic Aldridge remains the mainstay of the staff, with a league-best 29-9 record and an ERA of 2.09, second-best to Fred Heimach of Boston.

[Nuk]

Congrats to the Giants - they beat me up head to head and deserve the pennant.

It looks like the Cubs have peaked - and it is time to rebuild. At least in the infield.

[metsgeek]

How many 2nd place finishes does this make for me?? AAARRRGHH!

[legendsport]

GIANTS WIN WORLD SERIES

The New York Giants capped an outstanding season by upending the Cleveland Indians in a seven-game World Series to be crowned 1917's champions. It didn't come easy - after winning the first two games at the Polo Grounds and winning game four in Cleveland, the Giants dropped two straight, including a tough 1-0 loss in game six before winning a tightly-contested game seven by a 4-2 score to win the title. Amazingly, the Giants beat Vic Aldridge, the Indians' ace pitcher, all three times they faced him, leaving the usually dominant hurler with an 0-3 record and 5.59 ERA in the Fall Classic. The Series MVP went to catcher Deacon White who dominated the series with a .545 batting average and 10 runs batted in.