Hits, Hits, and more Hits - Page 2

mpejkrm · 08-18-2012, 01:51 AM

Prior to the 1882 season (typo in title), the Major Leagues expanded (ok, so my expansion isn't exactly accurate, but it's very, very close). The Pittsburgh Alleghneys, St. Louis Brown Stockings,, Philadelphia Quakers, and New York Gothams joined the National League. The old St. Louis Brown Stockings moved to the AL and became the Louisville Eclipse. The Boston Red Caps remained in the NL but changed to the Boston Red Stockings.

In the AL, the Boston Americans, Detroit Wolverines, Chicago White Sox, and Washington Nationals joined the league.

The expansion draft occurred one day after the end of the regular season. Each team was allowed to protect 5 players (I tried 10, but the new teams were just so bad it wasn't even fair). All players with under two years of service were protected automagically. The 30-round expansion draft was in a serpentine format. Here are some notable players who swapped uniforms.

Abner Dalrymple was the #4 pick to Pittsburgh. Reigning 1881 MVP Buttercup Dickerson went 1 pick later to the Brown Stockings.

mpejkrm · 08-18-2012, 02:34 AM

It's been a tough past few years for Deacon White. The sure-fire Hall of Fame catcher has struggled mightily since the expansion of the schedule in 1979. A bounceback year was just what he needed. He got his wish.

White finished 6th in the Majors with 107 base hits, but still dropped his average, slugging, and OPS. Part of it has to do with the fact that he had 50 more at-bats than last season.

After losing eight straight World Series, the National League claimed another championship, as the remarkable Chicago White Stockings won their first pennant and defeated the heavy favorites in the Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2. The Orioles/Canaries have won 7 of the AL's 11 pennants (Cleveland has won the other 4).

Roger Connor had a remarkable rookie season, but no one expected him to break out like he did in '81. With 7 more RBI, Connor would have won the Triple Crown. He collected a record-tying 133 hits, good for a .378 batting average. His .970 OPS led the league, while his 39.4 VORP set a new single-season record.

Cap Anson proved his slump in 1880 was a fluke, smacking 126 hits (.346 average) with a career high two home runs and 51 driven in. He walked more than he struck out and had an .819 OPS. All this, in 12 fewer at-bats than 1880.

Dan Brouthers was having a great bounce back season from a bad rookie year, and he earned an All-Star nod in the process. But after straining his groin on August 22nd, and then suffering a week-long setback a week before his return on October 1st, he ended his season short. He reached the same number of at-bats in 21 fewer games and had more hits, more doubles, triples, RBIs, walks, strikeouts, a higher average, OBP, slugging, OPS, VORP, and OPS+.

Andy Leonard was the only notable player to retire this season. Leonard's playing time began to diminish after a dismal 1877 season and he did not play in 1880 or '81. The 5-time All-Star was a second round pick by the Orioles in the 1871 inaugural draft and spent his entire career their, finishing with 560 hits, 27th all-time. In real life, Leonard played through the 1880 season and had 716 hits.

Deacon White became the first player ever to reach 1,000 career hits on August 18th. John Clapp and Clipper Flynn leaped almost 10 spots each on the career leaderboard, allowing Bill Craver to sneak onto it. Dick Higham fell down to 21st.

Active Members of the 2000 hit club
Deacon White (2,066) 1,025
Jim O'Rourke (2,642) 821
Paul Hines (2,134) 748
John Montgomery Ward (2,104) 352
Jack Glasscock (2,040) 239
Dan Brouthers (2,296) 126
Roger Connor (2,467) 254

Active Memebers of the 3000 hit club
Cap Anson (3297) 987

Players to Debut Next

Bid McPhee (#158 all-time, 2,250 hits) -- 1882

1881 Hits Leaders
1. Roger Connor -- 133
2. Jack Rowe -- 129
3. Cap Anson -- 126
4. John Montgomery Ward -- 120
5. George Gore -- 115
6. Deacon White -- 107

1881 Hits Rookie Leader
1. Jerry Denny -- 98
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Season Hits Leaders
T-1. Cap Anson (1879) -- 133
T-1. Roger Connor (1881) -- 133
3. Jack Rowe (1881) -- 129
4. Cap Anson (1881) -- 126
5. Buttercup Dickerson (1879) -- 122
6. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121
7. John Montgomery Ward (1881) -- 120
T-8. John Montgomery Ward (1879) -- 116
T-8. John Montgomery Ward (1880) -- 116
T-8. George Gore (1879) -- 116
11. Paul Hines (1879) -- 115

Season Hits Rookie Leaders
1. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121
T-2. George Gore (1879) -- 116
T-2. John Montgomery Ward (1879) -- 116
4. Jack Farrell (1879) -- 110
T-5. John O'Rourke (1879) -- 109
T-5. Hardy Richardson (1879) -- 109

Career Hits Leaders
1. Deacon White# - 1,025
2. Cap Anson# - 987
3. Joe Start# - 912
4. Cal McVey# - 863
5. George Hall# - 831
6. Ross Barnes# - 822
7. Jim O'Rourke# - 921
8. Tom York# - 819
9. Bob Ferguson# - 774
10. Paul Hines# - 748
11. George Wright# - 685
12. Jimmy Wood# - 667
13. John Clapp# - 663
14. Clipper Flynn# - 656
15. John McMullin# - 647
16. Davy Force# - 607
17. Levi Meyerle# - 605 (Note: selected in 15th round of expansion draft)
18. Bill Craver# - 604
19. Lip Pike - 602
20. Mike McGeary# - 599

mpejkrm · 08-21-2012, 07:41 PM

A dream season came for another player -- Dan Brouthers in 1882. He demolished the single season home run (22) and RBI (96) records while also setting a new record for hits, with 135. John Montgomery Ward finished with 129 hits and won the batting title, hitting .399.

Cap Anson continued his domination, hitting 119 hits and a career-high 7 home runs. His Red Stockings defeated the Louisville Eclipse, 4 games to 1, to claim their third World Series.

Everyone expected the expansion teams to struggle -- but no one expected the Boston Americans to go a ridiculous 8-76, for a winning percentage of .095. The Boston Red Stockings changed their name to the Beaneaters.

Whatever happened to Roger Connor, the rookie who exploded in '81 to win the MVP? Injuries limited him to 50 games and a mere 69 hits, not enough to qualify for the batting title.

Two big-name players retired this season. Chief among them was Jimmy Wood. The 38-year old was limited to 9 hits in 1882, putting his career number at 676, 15th all-time. Wood was a 2nd-round pick in the inaugural draft, and went on to go to 8 All-Star games, win a gold glove, 6 player of the week awards, and 2 player of the month awards. In real life, Wood played 3 seasons and had 162 hits.

The other big-name player to hang it up was 38-year old Bill Craver. Craver collected 455 hits in real life, but collected 616 hits and finished 23rd all-time. Craver was selected to 5 All-Star games and won 3 Player of the Week Awards.

Tom Barlow makes his debut on the all-time list after a great season. Orator Shafer, Steve King, Ezra Sutton (returning), and Gat Stires rose to the Top 20.

Active Members of the 2000 hit club
Deacon White (2,066) 1,133
Jim O'Rourke (2,642) 932
Paul Hines (2,134) 843
John Montgomery Ward (2,104) 481
Jack Glasscock (2,040) 331
Dan Brouthers (2,296) 261
Roger Connor (2,467) 323
Bid McPhee (2,250) 78

Active Memebers of the 3000 hit club
Cap Anson (3297) 1,106

Players to Debut Next

Jimmy Ryan (#95 all-time, 2,502 hits) -- 1885

1881 Hits Leaders
1. Dan Brouthers -- 135
2. John Montgomery Ward -- 129
3. Cap Anson -- 119
4. King Kelly -- 118
5. Ed Swartwood -- 116
6. Tom Barlow -- 113

1881 Hits Rookie Leader
1. Chief Roseman -- 98
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Season Hits Leaders
1. Dan Brouthers (1882) -- 135
T-2. Cap Anson (1879) -- 133
T-2. Roger Connor (1881) -- 133
T-4. Jack Rowe (1881) -- 129
T-4. John Montgomery Ward (1882) -- 129
6. Cap Anson (1881) -- 126
7. Buttercup Dickerson (1879) -- 122
8. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121
9. John Montgomery Ward (1881) -- 120
10. Cap Anson (1882) -- 119

Season Hits Rookie Leaders
1. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121
T-2. George Gore (1879) -- 116
T-2. John Montgomery Ward (1879) -- 116
4. Jack Farrell (1879) -- 110
T-5. John O'Rourke (1879) -- 109
T-5. Hardy Richardson (1879) -- 109

Career Hits Leaders
1. Deacon White# - 1,113
2. Cap Anson# - 1,106
3. Cal McVey# - 961
4. Jim O'Rourke# - 932
5. George Hall# - 927
6. Joe Start# - 922
7. Tom York# - 882
8. Ross Barnes# - 874
9. Paul Hines# - 843
10. Bob Ferguson# - 774
11. Clipper Flynn# - 737
12. John McMullin# - 708
13. Tom Barlow# - 702
14. George Wright# - 694
15. Jimmy Wood# - 667
16. John Clapp# - 663
17. Orator Shafer# - 657
18. Steve King# - 651
19. Ezra Sutton# - 646
20. Gat Stires# - 634

mpejkrm · 08-24-2012, 09:10 PM

Had a problem with the save file, will be starting over... sorry

scott1964 · 08-24-2012, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mpejkrm

Everyone expected the expansion teams to struggle -- but no one expected the Boston Americans to go a ridiculous 8-76, for a winning percentage of .095. The Boston Red Stockings changed their name to the Beaneaters.

Whatever happened to Roger Connor, the rookie who exploded in '81 to win the MVP? Injuries limited him to 50 games and a mere 69 hits, not enough to qualify for the batting title.

Who was on that team?

08-18-2012, 01:51 AM	#21
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	1882 League Expansion Prior to the 1882 season (typo in title), the Major Leagues expanded (ok, so my expansion isn't exactly accurate, but it's very, very close). The Pittsburgh Alleghneys, St. Louis Brown Stockings,, Philadelphia Quakers, and New York Gothams joined the National League. The old St. Louis Brown Stockings moved to the AL and became the Louisville Eclipse. The Boston Red Caps remained in the NL but changed to the Boston Red Stockings. In the AL, the Boston Americans, Detroit Wolverines, Chicago White Sox, and Washington Nationals joined the league. The expansion draft occurred one day after the end of the regular season. Each team was allowed to protect 5 players (I tried 10, but the new teams were just so bad it wasn't even fair). All players with under two years of service were protected automagically. The 30-round expansion draft was in a serpentine format. Here are some notable players who swapped uniforms. Abner Dalrymple was the #4 pick to Pittsburgh. Reigning 1881 MVP Buttercup Dickerson went 1 pick later to the Brown Stockings. Last edited by mpejkrm; 08-18-2012 at 01:55 AM.

08-18-2012, 02:34 AM	#22
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	1881: Connor Sets All-time Record as White Rebounds It's been a tough past few years for Deacon White. The sure-fire Hall of Fame catcher has struggled mightily since the expansion of the schedule in 1979. A bounceback year was just what he needed. He got his wish. White finished 6th in the Majors with 107 base hits, but still dropped his average, slugging, and OPS. Part of it has to do with the fact that he had 50 more at-bats than last season. After losing eight straight World Series, the National League claimed another championship, as the remarkable Chicago White Stockings won their first pennant and defeated the heavy favorites in the Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2. The Orioles/Canaries have won 7 of the AL's 11 pennants (Cleveland has won the other 4). Roger Connor had a remarkable rookie season, but no one expected him to break out like he did in '81. With 7 more RBI, Connor would have won the Triple Crown. He collected a record-tying 133 hits, good for a .378 batting average. His .970 OPS led the league, while his 39.4 VORP set a new single-season record. Cap Anson proved his slump in 1880 was a fluke, smacking 126 hits (.346 average) with a career high two home runs and 51 driven in. He walked more than he struck out and had an .819 OPS. All this, in 12 fewer at-bats than 1880. Dan Brouthers was having a great bounce back season from a bad rookie year, and he earned an All-Star nod in the process. But after straining his groin on August 22nd, and then suffering a week-long setback a week before his return on October 1st, he ended his season short. He reached the same number of at-bats in 21 fewer games and had more hits, more doubles, triples, RBIs, walks, strikeouts, a higher average, OBP, slugging, OPS, VORP, and OPS+. Andy Leonard was the only notable player to retire this season. Leonard's playing time began to diminish after a dismal 1877 season and he did not play in 1880 or '81. The 5-time All-Star was a second round pick by the Orioles in the 1871 inaugural draft and spent his entire career their, finishing with 560 hits, 27th all-time. In real life, Leonard played through the 1880 season and had 716 hits. Deacon White became the first player ever to reach 1,000 career hits on August 18th. John Clapp and Clipper Flynn leaped almost 10 spots each on the career leaderboard, allowing Bill Craver to sneak onto it. Dick Higham fell down to 21st. Active Members of the 2000 hit club Deacon White (2,066) 1,025 Jim O'Rourke (2,642) 821 Paul Hines (2,134) 748 John Montgomery Ward (2,104) 352 Jack Glasscock (2,040) 239 Dan Brouthers (2,296) 126 Roger Connor (2,467) 254 Active Memebers of the 3000 hit club Cap Anson (3297) 987 Players to Debut Next Bid McPhee (#158 all-time, 2,250 hits) -- 1882 1881 Hits Leaders 1. Roger Connor -- 133 2. Jack Rowe -- 129 3. Cap Anson -- 126 4. John Montgomery Ward -- 120 5. George Gore -- 115 6. Deacon White -- 107 1881 Hits Rookie Leader 1. Jerry Denny -- 98 ------------------------------------ Season Hits Leaders T-1. Cap Anson (1879) -- 133 T-1. Roger Connor (1881) -- 133 3. Jack Rowe (1881) -- 129 4. Cap Anson (1881) -- 126 5. Buttercup Dickerson (1879) -- 122 6. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121 7. John Montgomery Ward (1881) -- 120 T-8. John Montgomery Ward (1879) -- 116 T-8. John Montgomery Ward (1880) -- 116 T-8. George Gore (1879) -- 116 11. Paul Hines (1879) -- 115 Season Hits Rookie Leaders 1. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121 T-2. George Gore (1879) -- 116 T-2. John Montgomery Ward (1879) -- 116 4. Jack Farrell (1879) -- 110 T-5. John O'Rourke (1879) -- 109 T-5. Hardy Richardson (1879) -- 109 Career Hits Leaders 1. Deacon White# - 1,025 2. Cap Anson# - 987 3. Joe Start# - 912 4. Cal McVey# - 863 5. George Hall# - 831 6. Ross Barnes# - 822 7. Jim O'Rourke# - 921 8. Tom York# - 819 9. Bob Ferguson# - 774 10. Paul Hines# - 748 11. George Wright# - 685 12. Jimmy Wood# - 667 13. John Clapp# - 663 14. Clipper Flynn# - 656 15. John McMullin# - 647 16. Davy Force# - 607 17. Levi Meyerle# - 605 (Note: selected in 15th round of expansion draft) 18. Bill Craver# - 604 19. Lip Pike - 602 20. Mike McGeary# - 599

08-21-2012, 07:41 PM	#23
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	1882: Brouthers Magical, barely missed Triple Crown A dream season came for another player -- Dan Brouthers in 1882. He demolished the single season home run (22) and RBI (96) records while also setting a new record for hits, with 135. John Montgomery Ward finished with 129 hits and won the batting title, hitting .399. Cap Anson continued his domination, hitting 119 hits and a career-high 7 home runs. His Red Stockings defeated the Louisville Eclipse, 4 games to 1, to claim their third World Series. Everyone expected the expansion teams to struggle -- but no one expected the Boston Americans to go a ridiculous 8-76, for a winning percentage of .095. The Boston Red Stockings changed their name to the Beaneaters. Whatever happened to Roger Connor, the rookie who exploded in '81 to win the MVP? Injuries limited him to 50 games and a mere 69 hits, not enough to qualify for the batting title. Two big-name players retired this season. Chief among them was Jimmy Wood. The 38-year old was limited to 9 hits in 1882, putting his career number at 676, 15th all-time. Wood was a 2nd-round pick in the inaugural draft, and went on to go to 8 All-Star games, win a gold glove, 6 player of the week awards, and 2 player of the month awards. In real life, Wood played 3 seasons and had 162 hits. The other big-name player to hang it up was 38-year old Bill Craver. Craver collected 455 hits in real life, but collected 616 hits and finished 23rd all-time. Craver was selected to 5 All-Star games and won 3 Player of the Week Awards. Tom Barlow makes his debut on the all-time list after a great season. Orator Shafer, Steve King, Ezra Sutton (returning), and Gat Stires rose to the Top 20. Active Members of the 2000 hit club Deacon White (2,066) 1,133 Jim O'Rourke (2,642) 932 Paul Hines (2,134) 843 John Montgomery Ward (2,104) 481 Jack Glasscock (2,040) 331 Dan Brouthers (2,296) 261 Roger Connor (2,467) 323 Bid McPhee (2,250) 78 Active Memebers of the 3000 hit club Cap Anson (3297) 1,106 Players to Debut Next Jimmy Ryan (#95 all-time, 2,502 hits) -- 1885 1881 Hits Leaders 1. Dan Brouthers -- 135 2. John Montgomery Ward -- 129 3. Cap Anson -- 119 4. King Kelly -- 118 5. Ed Swartwood -- 116 6. Tom Barlow -- 113 1881 Hits Rookie Leader 1. Chief Roseman -- 98 ------------------------------------ Season Hits Leaders 1. Dan Brouthers (1882) -- 135 T-2. Cap Anson (1879) -- 133 T-2. Roger Connor (1881) -- 133 T-4. Jack Rowe (1881) -- 129 T-4. John Montgomery Ward (1882) -- 129 6. Cap Anson (1881) -- 126 7. Buttercup Dickerson (1879) -- 122 8. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121 9. John Montgomery Ward (1881) -- 120 10. Cap Anson (1882) -- 119 Season Hits Rookie Leaders 1. Roger Connor (1880) -- 121 T-2. George Gore (1879) -- 116 T-2. John Montgomery Ward (1879) -- 116 4. Jack Farrell (1879) -- 110 T-5. John O'Rourke (1879) -- 109 T-5. Hardy Richardson (1879) -- 109 Career Hits Leaders 1. Deacon White# - 1,113 2. Cap Anson# - 1,106 3. Cal McVey# - 961 4. Jim O'Rourke# - 932 5. George Hall# - 927 6. Joe Start# - 922 7. Tom York# - 882 8. Ross Barnes# - 874 9. Paul Hines# - 843 10. Bob Ferguson# - 774 11. Clipper Flynn# - 737 12. John McMullin# - 708 13. Tom Barlow# - 702 14. George Wright# - 694 15. Jimmy Wood# - 667 16. John Clapp# - 663 17. Orator Shafer# - 657 18. Steve King# - 651 19. Ezra Sutton# - 646 20. Gat Stires# - 634

08-24-2012, 09:10 PM	#24
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	Had a problem with the save file, will be starting over... sorry