Alltime Allstar League begins operation - Page 5

dfsteele · 12-14-2004, 03:37 PM

Eugene, very interesting idea and write-ups (I like the level of detail which you are providing). I was curious, with players being from different eras in real life, what league totals and era settings are you using?

Eugene Church · 12-14-2004, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dfsteele

Eugene, very interesting idea and write-ups (I like the level of detail which you are providing). I was curious, with players being from different eras in real life, what league totals and era settings are you using?

Thanks for checking my league out...and thanks for your comments...they are helpful...I wish more were offered so that I could improve this thread.

If all goes well, I will soon have a link for the league website, so more info will be accessible.

I spent a lot of time editing player ratings so that Ty Cobb, Frank Baker, Cy Young, Rube Waddell, etc. ratings would yield stats that they would have gotten in the 1950's...Deadballers ratings were adjusted...pitchers, too. I had to increase strikeouts and home runs allowed ratings to normalize them to the 1950's. My system is not perfect, but a pretty good attempt. We'll see how well I did at the end of the season.

One thing I think is going to happen...in OOTPB some players will be great, some good, some average, some fair and some poor...that's means some of these baseball greats are going to be poor. I have trouble dealing with a great player hitting .225 when his lifetime average was .325. This may happen. I remember in an earlier alltime allstar league I had, Tom Seaver went 7-22 and 5.00 ERA for a bad team.

I'm a fan of the Golden Age of Baseball era...1946-1960...so I basically try to get those kind of stats...home run leaders 35-50....doubles....40-50...triples...10-20....complete game pct....25%-60%.

I run test leagues prior to playing any league in order to get the team stats and individual stats that I want.

I could give you my league totals, but I have found what works with one league doesn't work with another league, because the players are not identical in each league.

I sim the first 6 innings of each game, then play out the rest of the game. This is done to keep the AI from making the pitching changes and pinch hitters and other subs. IMO the AI does a poor job of pitcher use...often pulling a pitcher with a low pitch count and a safe lead. Basically, it uses too many pitchers for the style game I like. It is set for modern day baseball with 11 man staffs and uses double switches ad nauseum (IMO). I use 9 man staffs because prior to 1960, teams carried 7-8 pitchers. You need at least 9 in OOTPB...otherwise it will use position players in extra inning games too often. Prior to 1960 teams did not make wholesale substitutions in games. Starting position players pretty much played the whole game. I pick all starting pitchers and make about 90% of the pitching changes and subs. I get very realistic stats this way as far as pitcher use.

ERA settings in League Setup:
Bunting: often
Hit and Run: often
Stealing: normal
Pinch Hitting: not often (to limit substitutions and double switches)
Use Relievers: normal
Pitcher Endurance: good
Typical Rotation: 5 (should be 4, but I like to use a starter occasionally in relief in an important game...using 5 starters give more rest to the staff and make it easier for me use a starter in relief)
Lead off lineup AI: favor speed

Team Strategies settings:
(these are set to limit position player substitutions and cut down on the double switches...and to try to keep the AI from pulling relievers too quickly)
Most are set to the middle (default settings)
except for these:
Pinch hit position players: less...all the way to the left.
Pull starters: Quickly...all the way to the left.
Pull relievers: Slow.....all the way to the right.
Favor lefty/lefty: less....all the way to the left.

In the Individual Player Settings:
I set a lot of players to "never pinch hit for" to cut down on double switches and subs.

If you need more information and details, I will be glad to share what knowledge I have.

Eugene Church · 12-14-2004, 08:42 PM

I just signed up to have a website produced for this Alltime Allstar League.

You will be able to access league information.

Eugene Church · 12-15-2004, 12:42 AM

Monday, April 28, 1901

The New York Yankees (13-7) are back in first place in the American League. They won a close encounter with the Boston Red Sox (4-14), while the Cleveland Indians (11-7) lost in 10 innings to the seventh place Washington Nationals (7-13).

New York scored two in the 8th to bump off the Bosox 5 to 4 for the third straight game. Boston outhit the Bombers 11 to 8, but still came up short. Goofy Gomez (1-1 5.17) got credit for the victory with ninth inning help from Sparky Lyle (0-1 1 save 2.61), who got his first save of the year. Smokey Joe Wood (0-1 4.37) went 7 in defeat. The Red Sox outhomered the powerful Yanks, too, with Nomar Garciappara (3 .329) and Bobby Doerr (1 .154) each slugging one out of the park. Joe DiMaggio, Joe Gordon and Derek Jeter paced the New Yorkers.

The Nationals' Goose Goslin doubled off the wall and knocked Cleveland out of first place after a short one day stay in a 10 inning 6-4 victory. The Indians trail New York by one game. Rick Aguilera (2-0 1 save 0.00) gained the win and Ray Narleski (1-1 16.62) received the loss. Rocky Colavito (3 .343) slugged 3 hits and 2 rbi's, including his third roundtripper, to pace the Tribe.

At Comiskey Park the White Sox (10-8) socked it to the Orioles (10-9) 10 to 2 as knuckleballer Wilbur Wood (2-1 1.46) turned in another fine performance, striking out 6 and walking only one. Magglio Ordonez (4 .254) and Eddie Collins (.453) each powered in 3 runs. Milt Pappas (0-1 10.80) was hammered early and racked up the loss. Chisox Ordonez and Minnie Minoso (2 .226) clubbed homers.

In a brilliantly pitched game, the Detroit Tigers' (10-9) Frank Lary (1-0 3.00) outhurled Catfish Hunter (1-1 1.21) of the A's 2 to 1. Lary surrendered only 4 hits and struckout 10 batters, Catfish yielded only 5 singles and only one earned run, and Detroit's Sam Crawford and Harvey Kuenn singled in their only runs in the sixth.

National league scores Wednesday.

Eugene Church · 12-15-2004, 03:54 PM

Monday, April 28, 1901

In the National League play, Pittsburgh (13-5) got help from recording-setting strikeout artist Sandy Koufax and the Brooklyn Dodgers (9-11) and moved ahead of Cincinnati (12-6) by a game. the third place Giants (12-7) kept pace with them in an easy win over the Cardinals and trail by only one and a half games.

The Pirates slashed the Atlanta Braves (10-10) convincingly 8 to 1 at County Stadium behind the righthand slants of Ray Kremer (2-0 0.45) and Bill Mazeroski's 3 rbi's. Warren Spahn (3-1 2.72) suffered his first defeat of the season. He left after 5 innings and gave up 6 runs.

The Dodgers' Sandy Koufax (3-2 5.90) was firing on all cylinders in Cincinnati, as he set the MLB strikeout mark with an even dozen. Jackie Robinson's 5th inning triple gave him all the runs he needed in the tight 2-1 victory. Dolph Luque (2-2 4.23) was hung with the tough loss. The Reds' Ed Roush (1 .329)accounted for their lone run off Koufax with his first homer of the year.

In St. Louis at Sportsman's Park, Juan Marichal picked up his third consecutive triumph 8 to 3 over the homestanding Cardinals, backed by a strong 12 hit attack by the Giants (12-7). Marichal effectively scattered 10 hits against the hardhitting Cards in a complete game performance. Offensively New York was led by Freddie Lindstrom's (.314) 3 hits and 2 each from Bill Terry (.392) and Roger Bresnaham (.290), plus Barry Bonds (3 .329) socked one out for the winners. Max Lanier (0-3 9.82) lasted only 4 innings and caught the loss. Ducky Medwick had 3 hits for the Redbirds.

Finally, at the Vet in Philly, Chicago's Ferguson Jenkins (2-2 2.25) was almost flawless in a 2-0 blanking of the Phils. He chunked a 5 hitter with 6 k's and 2 walks. Philadelphia's Curt Simmons (1-2 2.25) only gave up 3 hits in defeat, one of them Gabby Hartnett's (1 .304) second inning homer. And that's all that the Cubbies needed.

Eugene Church · 12-16-2004, 12:37 AM

Tuesday, April 29, 1901

All of the first division clubs were victorious in the American League.

At Fenway Park the Yanks' Whitey Ford (3-1 2.75), Mariano Rivera (1-0 3 saves 0.00) and Joe DiMaggio teamed up to slip by Boston 4 to 3, who have lost ten in a row. Ford held the Red Sox (4-15) to 6 hits and kept New York (14-7) at the top of the heap. Rivera got him out of a jam in the ninth to preserve the win and get his third save. DiMaggio (5 .273) had a homer and 3 rbi's and Joe Gordon (4 .351) 3 hits for the Bronx Bombers. Pinchhitter Sammy White (1 .294) hit a 2 out ninth inning homer and two walks later, New York brought in their bullpen specialist and he got the final out. Pedro Martinez (1-3 2.48) was the losing pitcher. Boston is hitting a paltry .231, worst in the majors. Ted Williams (0 HR .175), Mo Vaughn (0 HR .122) and Carl Yastrzemski (1 HR .200) have been major disappointments so far.

The second place Indians (12-7) brought out the longball, slammed 13 hits and crushed Washington 10 to 4. Larry Doby (5 .328) hit 2 roundtrip blasts for 4 rbi's and Earl Averill (3 .347) added another one, good for 3 more. Addie Joss (3-1 3.89) had no trouble and went all the way. Bert Blyleven (1-3 4.79) was the loser. Harmon Killebrew (4 .196) collected his fourth home run for the Nats. The Tribe is leading the Junior Circuit with a .302 team batting average, topped only by the NL Pirates, who are hitting a whopping .306 so far this season to lead the Majors.

At Comiskey the visiting third place Orioles held on for a 3-2 victory over the fifth place White Sox. Mike Cuellar (5-0 2.66) won his fifth of the season, tops in both leagues, and was nicked for just 7 hits. Billy Pierce (0-3 8.39) pitched well but lost it. Little Stu Miller (0-0 1 save 7.71) got Cuellar out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth to capture the victory. Baltimore's Vern Stephens (1 .300) had a two run blast and Frank Thomas ( 5 .323) hit #5 for the Chisox.

Prince Hal Newhouser (1-3 3.92) got his first win of the year on a 7 hitter, walking one and whiffing seven, as third place Detroit (11-9) dumped the fifth place Athletics (10-9) 5 to 1. Ty Cobb went 2 for 4 with a home run and a double and two runs batted in for the Tigers. The A's Ed Rommel (2-2 5.33) went 6 innings in defeat.

Over in the tight Senior Circuit race, the Giants (13-7) moved to within a half game of the first place Pittsburgh (13-6) and sneaked into second place ahead of the Redlegs(12-7).

In the top of the tenth, the "Say Hey Kid", Willie Mays, sent a "Mad Hungarian" fastball into the stands with two men aboard and made the New York Giants victorious over the St. Louis Cardinals (7-12) 6 to 3. It was Willie's fourth fourbagger this year. Reliever Robb Nen (1-1 3.48) gave up the tying run in the eighth, but stopped the Cards rest of the way. Al Hrabosky (0-1 7.45) was the victim of Mays' homer and suffered the loss. Bill Terry (4 .429) had brilliant 5 for 5 day and Travis Jackson (0 .288) had 3 hits and 3 runs scored. Chick Hafey (2 .349) had 2 hits for the Redbirds and scored twice. Starters Harry Brecheen (1-2 6.49) and Gaylord Perry (1-1 4.80) both pitched well enough to win.

Wally Berger's (2 .337) first inning homer was all John Smoltz (1-3 6.35) and the Atlanta Braves (11-9) needed to beat the first place Pirates (13-6). Smoltz made it stand up and shutout the Bucs 1-0. Deacon Phillippe (2-2 2.94) was almost as good in a losing effort. Smoltz allowed only 3 hits and Phillippe only 5 in two fine outings. The fourth place Braves now are just 2 and a half game out of first.

Second place Cincinnati (12-7) outhit the fifth place Dodgers (10-11) 11 to 8, but Brooklyn got 'em when they counted to come away with a 4-2 victory.
Dazzy Vance (3-1 3.35) was the winner, while Paul Derringer (2-2 2.65) got the loss. Duke Snider (4 .259), Mike Piazza (1 .224) and Pedro Guerrero (0 .194) drove in runs in the decisive seventh when the Bum took the lead for good. Snider also hammered his 4th roundtripper in the ninth.

In Philadelphia, clutch-hitting Chuck Klein of the Phillies (9-12) came through in the late innings to edge the Chicago Cubs (4-15) 3 to 2. He tied the score in the seventh with a double and delivered a game-cinching two-out single in the ninth, making reliever Rick Wise (2-0 4.15) the winner over Bruce Sutter (0-1 4.35) . Both starters Hippo Vaughn and Curt Schilling pitched well and left with the score tied 2-2. Klein (2 .405) had 3 hits and Scott Rolen a home run(1 .278) to pace the Phils. Larry Bowa extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Kiki Cuyler (0 .341) had 3 for the Chicubs.

Eugene Church · 12-17-2004, 09:28 PM

Wednesday, April 30, 1901

(I will begin posting rbi's for players...it will be the number after the "dash".
example: (3-14 .330) indicates a player has 3 homers, 14 rbi's and is hitting .330.)

The top four teams in the American League put it on the second division again today. New York (15-7), Cleveland (13-7) and Detroit (12-9) and Baltimore (12-9) all came up winners.

The Bronx Bombers won their sixth straight and continued to roll, whipping the Boston Red Sox 6 to 3 and extending the Beantowners' losing skein to a whopping eleven. They did it with timely hitting and good pitching. Mel Stottlemyre (2-1 3.94) throttled the Bosox on 8 scattered hits and got good bat support from Mickey Mantle (0-2 .286) and Joe DiMaggio (5-15 .293), each with three hits. A five run fifth off of Sox's starter Carl Mays (0-2 4.32) cinched the win. Mays walked four and he got an early shower. Dom DiMaggio (0-4 .250) and Ted Williams (0-5 .191) garnered two hits each off Stottlemyre, who went the route.

In Griffith Stadium, the Tribe (13-7) remained a game behind the Yanks with a sparkling 3-0 victory. Herb Score (3-2 4.46) totally shut down the Nationals on a three hitter and beat the Big Train, Walter Johnson, who gave up only one earned run as Washington committed three errors behind him. Lajoie (0-4 .333) Speaker (0-13 .372) and Averill (3-20 .354) led the potent Cleveland attack with two hits each. Averill drove in 2 of the runs and now totals 20 this year and tied for the ML lead with Detroit's Hank Greenberg. Score struck out six and issued only two bases on balls. He also snapped the Nationals' Cecil Travis' hitting streak at 20 games.

Baltimore (12-9) pounded three Chicago (10-10) pitchers for 13 hits on the way to an 8-2 victory. Ned Garver (1-0 3.47) tossed a seven hitter for the Birds. Ken Williams (1.6 .229) finally showing signs that he is breaking out of his early season slump with a double, triple and three rbi's. Orioles Marty McManus (0-7 .282) added 3 singles and 2 rbi's and Cal Ripkin (3-10 .356) had two hits and two rbi's. Magglio Ordonez (4-13 .271) touched Garver for three hits to pace the Sox. Gary Peters (0-2 6.40) was roughed up early and lasted on two innings and took the loss.

At Briggs Stadium, Detroit swept its third in a row as Schoolboy Rowe (3-1 3.82) taught the Athletics a lesson in pitching as he twirled a five hit 5-2 victory. He struck out six and walked only one. Chief Bender (1-1 7.41) went seven innings for Philadelphia surrendering four runs and eight hits. The Tigs' Bill Freehan (1-11 .197) slapped a two run homer and Harvey Kuenn (0-11 .324) and Charlie Gehringer (1-7 .240) each contributed a pair of hits and Hank Greenberg (4-20 .372) scored twice.

In National League action, first place Pittsburgh (14-6) and second place New York (14-7) continued their tight battle with victories. The Giants still trail the Pirates by a half game. Third place Cincinnati ( 12-8) faltered and dropped two games back. Atlanta (11-10) fell and is in fourth place.

Pittsburgh's bats finally awoke against Atlanta in the eighth inning and scored five runs in a 6-2 win, highlighted by Ralph Kiner's 2 run go ahead single. Loser Greg Maddux (3-2 3.55) was leading 2-1 after seven, but could not hold on. Sam Leever (2-2 1.86) went the first seven inning and got the victory with Roy Face (1-0 2.08) finishing it with two scoreless frames. Arky Vaughan (1-18 .329) supplied three hits and an rbi, Willie Stargell (2-10 .260) a homer, two ribbies and two runs scored and Roberto Clemente (2-15 .312) two base hits.

For six innings the Giants and the Cards (7-13) were locked in a tight 2-2 pitchers' duel between Christy Mathewson (2-3 3.86) and Dizzy Dean (0-5 7.89). However back-to-back triples by Bill Terry (5-13 .427) and Barry Bonds (3-14 .325) sent Dean to his fifth straight loss. Mathewson scattered 9 hits for the win, helped by 15 Giant hits. Freddie Lindstrom (0-6 .333) went 4 for 5. Jeff Kent (1-12 .325); Bonds and Terry added 2 hits each and Wes Westrum (1-5 .182) walloped a 3 run blast in the ninth. Stan Musial (0-10 .330) had three hits for the Redbirds.

At Cincinnati's Crosley Field, Dodger Orel Hershiser tossed a fine two hit shutout, blanking the Reds 8 to 0. Gil Hodges (5-10 .237) and Mike Piazza (2-8 .259) cracked home runs in a 14 hit display. Jackie Robinson (3-17 .367) and Piazza each had 3 hits and 2 rbi's. Bucky Walters (2-2 3.26) was dealt the defeat. Cincinnati fell two games back of the first place Pirates. Brooklyn improved to 11-11 in the league standings.

Mike Schmidt's (2-15 .296) three run clout in the sixth inning broke up a 1-1 tie in Philadelphia and dealt Moe Brown (0-5 7.30) his fifth loss. The sixth place Phils (10-12) behind Pete Alexander's (2-2 3.68) five hitter dealt the last place Cubs (4-16) a 4 to 1 defeat.

Eugene Church · 12-18-2004, 08:13 PM

Thursday, May 1, 1901

The Yanks increased their lead in the American League to two games over Cleveland, who lost a last inning heartbreaker to the third place team, Detroit. And the Bosox broke their losing steak.

Lefthander Ron Guidry (3-1 5.45) stopped sixth place Chicago (10-11) on 8 hits in a 5-2 New York (16-7) win. The Yankees' longball power won the day. Babe Ruth (5-17 .313) hammered two into the stands at Comiskey and drove in three and Derek Jeter (4-17 .266) drove in the other two with another fourbag blow. Ed Walsh (2-1 4.22) went all the way and took the loss. The top hitter in the Majors, Chisox's Eddie Collins (1-17 .427) raised his average to .427 with 2 basehits.

Clutch hitting in the bottom of the ninth won it for Detroit (13-9) over second place Cleveland (13-8). Four hits in a row brought them back from a one run deficit to win 5 to 4 and move them up to third place, just a half behind the Indians. Ty Cobb (2-15 .375) singled in the winning run. John Hiller (1-0 2.35) hurled a scoreless eighth and ninth for the victory. Jim Bunning (1-2 3.93)went the first seven and gave up only one earned run. Bob Feller (2-1 3.71) tired late and lost the game. Sam Crawford (0-14 .328), Hank Greenberg (4-21 .378) Charlie Gehringer (1-7 .253) and George Kell (0-12 .308) each had two hits in the Tigers' 14 hits and Harry Heilmann got a hit in his 12th consecutive game . Earl Averill (3-22 .378) had a perfect 3 for 3 day and 2 rbi's for the Indians. He took over the Major League lead with 22 rbi's.

Well, it's been a long time coming, but the last place Red Sox (6-16) finally won a game. Cy Young put a stop to their eleven game losing stretch with a 6-2 win over the fourth place Baltimore Orioles (12-10). Nomar Garciappara (4-13 .313) ripped a three run homer and Ted Williams (1-6 .194) a bases empty blast to aid in the victory. Ken Williams (2-7 .231) hit one for Baltimore. Urban Shocker (0-3 10.24) was headed for a shutout, but wore out in the sixth and seventh to suffer the defeat.

The A's Lefty Grove was superb in a 3-0 seven hit performance against the seventh place Washington Nats (7-16). The crafty righthander had perfect control, walking none and striking out six. Jimmy Foxx (1-9 .279) led the Philadelphia hit parade with three and Bert Campaneris (0-6 .357) drove in two runs. Goose Goslin (1-15 .384) went 2 for 4 for the Nationals. Frank Viola (1-4 6.12) gave up all three runs in six innings in defeat.

In the National, Pittsburgh (15-6) expanded their league lead to one and a half games with some help from third place Cincinnati (13-8) as they nudged out second place New York (14-8) in a thriller.

The top team in the National, the Pirates supported Bob Veale (2-0 2.70) with a 10 hit attack and he responded by giving them a complete game, beating the Phillies (10-13) 7 to 4. Honus Wagner (2-14 .313) and Jason Kendell (1-9 .429) delivered two hits and two rbi's each. Del Ennis whacked a two run homer for Philadelphia. Steve Carlton (1-3 5.75) was tagged with the defeat, leaving after giving up all the runs in five innings.

Cincinnati and New York continued their battle for second place, this time head-to-head at Crosley Field. Ernie Lombardi (0-1 .200) singled in the game winner in the last of the ninth as the Reds squeezed by the Giants 4 to 3. Vada Pinson (1-2 .346) had three hits and scored the winning run. Ed Roush (1-11 .313) and Tony Perez (2-14 .276) chipped in two hits and one rbi apiece. New York outhit the Redlegs 10 to 9 with Willie Mays going 3 for 5 and Bill Terry (5-14 .424), Travis Jackson (0-2 .290) and Jeff Kent (1-12 .330) all getting two hits each. Southpaw Carl Hubbell (3-1 2.85) sustained his first loss in a tough one. Rob Dibble (1-0 1.50) got Pete Donahue out of hot water in the ninth and got the win.

Atlanta got a route-going start from Lew Burdette (2-2 3.49) as he restricted the Cubbies (4-17) to seven hits in the 4-3 matchup. Ed Reulbach (2-3 3.38) labored well in defeat. The Braves' power brigade had three solo roundtrippers from Javy Lopez (4-10 .240), Rafael Furcal (1-12 .315) and Eddie Mathews (5-12 .304). Mathews totaled three hits and two runs batted in; Lopez also pitched in three hits and Furcal had two. Billy Herman touched Burdette for a pair of safeties and pinchhitter Bill Madlock (1-2 .250) parked one in the County Stadium parking lot, his first fourbagger this season. Burdette blitzed five batters and walked one.

At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, it was the longest game in Major League history as the seventh place Cardinals (8-13) outlasted fifth place Brooklyn (11-12) 4 to 3 in fourteen innings, finally decided when Rogers Hornsby belted a double to score Stan Musial from first. Todd Worrell (1-0 2 Saves 2.00) blanked the Dodgers in six sterling innings of relief and he picked up the victory. Losing reliever, Bob Welch (0-3 4.26), was almost as effective as he gave up but one run in 5 innings. Starting pitchers Don Newcombe (0-0 2.30) for the Bums and Bob Gibson (2-1 4.78) for the Cards both had good outings, too. Ducky Medwick's (1-12 .321) three hits and 2 rbi's led the Redbirds. Gamewinner Hornsby also had two runs batted in. Dodger Gil Hodges (6-11 .267) had four hits and took over the MLB home run lead with his sixth. Pedro Guerrero (1-7 .234) added another one.

Eugene Church · 12-20-2004, 10:35 PM

Friday, May 2, 1901

In the Junior League, New York (16-8) had their lead cut to one and a half games as Detroit (14-9) moved up to second place with a close win over the Indians (13-9) and the Athletics (12-10) slipped past Baltimore (13-11) for fourth place in the standings.

In Chicago, "The Big Hurt" put the hurt on Mariano Rivera and the Yankees. Frank Thomas (6-13 .299) of the sixth place White Sox crashed a walk off home run in the last of the thirteenth to nip New York 4 to 3 and tied Gil Hodges of the Dodgers and Eddie Mathews of the Braves for the most in the Majors. Eddie Collins (1-17 .432) whacked three hits for the Chisox and reliever Joe Horlen (1-0 2.51) was the winning pitcher. Rivera (1-1 0.64) gave up his first run this season and got the loss. Lou Gehrig (4-21 .325) with three hits and two rbi's and Babe Ruth (5-17 .330) had three hits to top the Bronx Bombers.

Detroit nudged ahead of Cleveland in the battle for second place by a half game. Curveballer Tommy Bridges of the Tigers was outstanding as he held the hot hitting Indians to just 3 hits in the 3-1 victory. Bob Lemon (1-2 5.85) toiled for the Tribe in defeat, going out after six innings. Harry Heilmann (2-18 .303) drove in three runs for the victors. Ty Cobb (2-15 .391) had three hits and two runs scored. The Tigers trail the AL leading Yanks by one and a half game.

The eighth place Red Sox and the fifth place Orioles swapped 3-1 victories at Fenway Park. Bosox Smokey Joe Wood (1-1 3.41) breezed to the first game win, striking out 5 and walking one for Boston (6-16). Smokey Joe also helped his own cause with a home run. Ted Williams (2-7 .197) also smacked a fourbagger. Oriole Dick McNally (1-1 2.74) pitched a fine game, too, in defeat, giving up only 2 runs and 5 hits in six innings of work. Baltimore gained a split with good pitching in the nightcap by Hoyt Wilhelm, who scattered 7 singles in the 3-1 win. Brooks Robinson and Sam West led the Baltimore batters with two hits and an rbi each. Pedro Martinez (1-4 2.72) took another tough loss despite a fine outing. As a team the Red Sox are hitting a weak .229, the worst in the Major Leagues.

In Washington, it took 13 innings for the fourth place A's (12-10) to get by the seventh place Nationals (7-17). Jimmy Dykes (1-14 .316) singled off Jim Kaat (0-0 7.07) to drive Miguel Tejada with the winning run. Philadelphia was behind early 4-0 as Rube Waddell lasted on 4 innings. Vida Blue (1-0 3.00), Rollie Fingers (0-0 1 Save 1.69) and winner Ed Rommel (3-2 4.60) combined for 9 shutout innings. Camilo Pascual (0-2 5.65) was the losing pitcher. Jose Canseco (3-13 .255) slammed a 3 run homer and Al Simmons (0-10 .300) and Tejeda (0-16 .273) each had two hits for the Athletics. Sam Rice (0-8 .262) and Cecil Travis (0-9 .348) were 2 for 6 to pace the Nats.

In the National League, second place New York (15-8) has won 7 of their last 8 and moved to within a half game of first place Pittsburgh (15-7) with an extra inning win over third place Cincinnati (13-9), while the Pirates got knocked off by some fine Phillies' pitching. Atlanta (13-11) divided a doubleheader with last place Chicago and held on to fourth place.

The Giants on the road blasted Cincinnati's Rob Dibble (1-1 5.87) for four runs in the twelfth to pick up a 5-1 triumph. Freddie Lindstrom (0-7 .321) singled in Jeff Kent (1-12 .333), who had led off with a double to start the inning. Travis Jackson (0-4 .292) with two hits extended his hitting streak to ten games and drove in two runs for the New Yorkers. Robb Nen (2-1 3 Saves 2.70) put the nails in the Reds' coffin with 3 scoreless innings. Dibble chalked up the loss. Starters Juan Marichal (3-0 2.47) and Dolph Luque (2-2 3.35) left with the score deadlocked at 1-1. Davy Conception (0-0 .273) had three hits for Cincy in the defeat.

In Philly at Veterans Stadium, the fifth place Phillies' (11-13) Robin Roberts (2-2 4.86) slapped a K on seven batters and walked none and stopped first place Pittsburgh on just five hits 4 to 1. Mike Schmidt (3-16 .295) and Chuck Klein (3-16 .405) crunched home runs, Andy Seminick's (1-6 .243) two hits pushed across two runs and Del Ennis (2-13 .288) added two hits and two runs scored. The Bucs Roberto Clemente (3-17 .327) rapped a first inning home run and that was all the Pirates got. Jesse Tannehill (2-2 4.31) got the loss, going seven innings and being touched for all four runs.

In Atlanta, the fourth place Braves (13-11) and the last place Cubs (5-18) split a pair of games. The visiting Chicubs took the first game behind Charlie Root's (1-4 3.58) eight hitter. He finally got his first win of the season after four losses. He struck out seven and walked nobody. Chicago's Mark Grace (1-7 .268) went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and two rbi's and Hack Wilson (1-6 .305) 3 for 5, two runs and one rbi, including his first homer of the year. Eddie Mathews (6-13 .313) accounted for the Braves only run with his sixth roundtripper.

In the second game, Tom Glavine (1-1 4.32) baffled the Cubbies on two hits 5 to 1. Hack Wilson's (2-7 .302) four base blast was the only score the crafty lefthander gave up. He struck out four and walked four. Bruin Fergie Jenkins (2-3 3.00) was the losing pitcher. Atlanta tallied all of their runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by back-to-back roundtrippers by Andruw Jones' (2-5 .222) three run slam and Johnny Logan's (1-5 .278) bases empty blow.

Mort Cooper (4-1 3.71) and Harry Brecheen (1-2 1 Save 6.04) of the St. Louis Cardinals collaborated on an eight hitter, all singles, to best the fifth place Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2. The winner, Cooper, went the first seven innings, while Brecheen chucked a scoreless eighth and ninth for the save. The seventh place Cards' (9-13) Stan Musial doubled home the game winner in the seventh off of Brooklyn (11-13) starter Don Sutton (3-2 3.09), who only gave up two earned runs in seven innings.

GForce · 12-20-2004, 10:40 PM

Eugene,

Great to see you have this going. I know we've discussed these all-time things many times and I'm glad to see you have this up and running. Looking forward to seeing more from it.

GH

Eugene Church · 12-20-2004, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GForce

Eugene,

Great to see you have this going. I know we've discussed these all-time things many times and I'm glad to see you have this up and running. Looking forward to seeing more from it.

GH

Thanks for checking it out. If I can improve this thread, let me know...constructive suggestions would be appreciated.

It took awhile to do all the research and edit the players ratings...still don't know how the pitching ratings will come out...I'm bewildered by stuff and movement and how they interact with control.

It is pale in comparison to your and Spanky's leagues, but I am really enjoying it. These writeups demand that I pay very close attention to the games. It is far, far superior to simming leagues...IMHO, of course...as I know at least half of the OOTPB Community prefer simming to playing out games.

I should have a website in the next week or two. Halifan's wife is designing it for me. This should help me out and give you guys that are interested a lot more info about the league. These writeups are killing me time-wise.

GForce · 12-20-2004, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Thanks for checking it out. If I can improve this thread, let me know.

It took awhile to do all the research and edit the players ratings...still don't know how the pitching ratings will come out...I'm bewildered by stuff and movement and how they interact with control.

It is pale in comparison to your and Spanky's leagues, but I am really enjoying it. These writeups demand that I pay very close attention to the games.

I should have a website in the next week or two. Halifan's wife is designing it for me. This should help me out and give you guys that are interested a lot more info about the league. These writeups are killing me time-wise.

It hardly pales in comparison to anything, because I know all the time you put into researching it. My all-time league is still in production, so I'm behind you as far as I can see

Yours is out there and running now. Hopefully, mine will be soon...you may have even inspired me to get back to it!

As for the write-ups, only advice I will give is mess with a few different ways of posting (do weekly or bi-weekly team summaries, perhaps) until you find a way that you're comfortable with both stylistically and time-wise.

Beyond that, just do what you enjoy.

GH

Eugene Church · 12-20-2004, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GForce

As for the write-ups, only advice I will give is mess with a few different ways of posting (do weekly or bi-weekly team summaries, perhaps) until you find a way that you're comfortable with both stylistically and time-wise.
GH

Thanks for the suggestions...I would like to do it, but just don't have the time. By the time I play out the 8 games a day...16 when I have doubleheaders...it is tough to update this thread.

Hopefully the website will free up some time...the box scores will be there...so I may be able to write about the teams more.

Eugene Church · 12-22-2004, 08:25 AM

League stats will be coming up after Saturday, May 3rd games.

Dagrims · 12-22-2004, 08:53 AM

Eugene, you've done a fantastic job getting this league exactly the way you want it, and your pride in it clearly shows. I'm looking forward to checking things out on the upcoming web site - it should allow you to spend a bit less time on your posts, since it seems that is what you want to do. Once posting updates to a dynasty feels like an obligation, it's time to revisit the posting style and frequency. These things are supposed to be fun, first and foremost. I had an interesting concept going on the Title Bout message boards, I received very nice feedback, and it was even linked on one of the game's web pages. For some reason I started feeling an obligation to proceed with updates quickly and regularly, and I just got burned out with it. Unfortunately, I haven't picked it back up but it's an idea I'd like to complete some time. With my softball league dynasty, it was a time issue that made me put it aside, but it was really fun to play and think about so I decided to resurrect it. I'll probably change the posting style somewhat to make the updates a bit quicker to complete.

When someone is having fun with his/her league and its concept, it becomes clearly evident in the posts. The enthusiasm just emanates from the prose, and it makes for a very enjoyable read. I personally would not have the patience nor inclination to play out all the games in a league, but because I can see how much you've put into your replay, it makes for a better read. My suggestion is to keep doing what you're doing for as long as you like doing it.

Switching gears a bit, regarding this comment:

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One thing I think is going to happen...in OOTPB some players will be great, some good, some average, some fair and some poor...that's means some of these baseball greats are going to be poor. I have trouble dealing with a great player hitting .225 when his lifetime average was .325. This may happen. I remember in an earlier alltime allstar league I had, Tom Seaver went 7-22 and 5.00 ERA for a bad team.

That's happened to me over the years when I've conducted "All-star" replays. It does look weird seeing some great players compile poor statistics, but that's also fun in a way. I wonder how players like Vlad Guerrero or Albert Pujols or Curt Schilling would perform in a modern-day league of eight or ten teams comprised of only the best players.

Eugene Church · 12-22-2004, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagrims

That's happened to me over the years when I've conducted "All-star" replays. It does look weird seeing some great players compile poor statistics, but that's also fun in a way. I wonder how players like Vlad Guerrero or Albert Pujols or Curt Schilling would perform in a modern-day league of eight or ten teams comprised of only the best players.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I think I will just update this thread as I get time to do it, that way I won't burnout...I haven't played my two fictional leagues once since I started this alltime league. And I miss them...to me they are "real" players, too.

Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski are still under .200 in the first month of the season...but I can deal with it because I know it will happen.

Guerrero and Pujols will surely be added in later years. Shilling is already in it.
He is 2-2 in 5 starts with 2 CG's/4.15 ERA/32 K's in 39 IP with 8 BB's.

Eugene Church · 12-22-2004, 07:48 PM

Saturday, May 3, 1901

Around the Major Leagues today, here is how it went: In the National League there is a new leader, the New York Giants. Over in the American League, the Tigers moved to within a half game of the first place Yankees.

New York (16-8) broke open a 1-1 game against the Reds (13-10) with a five run outburst in the eighth to win going away 6 to 1. They took over the top spot in the National, a half game in front of Pittsburgh. Bill Terry (5-18 .417) cleared the bases with a three run double to key the victory. Giant starter, Joe McGinnity (3-2 2.77) went the first seven innings for the win and left for a pinchhitter. Frank Linzy (0-0/1 Save/13.50) finished up with two runless frames. Jim Maloney (2-1 3.42) was the loser for Cincinnati. Ed Roush (1-11 .322) cracked three hits for the Redlegs.

The fifth place Phils' (12-13) lefty Curt Simmons (2-2 2.17) pitched the full nine innings in a 4-2 triumph and knocked the Pirates (15-8) out of first place. The offensive heroes were Mike Schmidt (3-16 .304), who collected two hits and two runs, Del Ennis (3-14 .304) two hits with a homer and an rbi and Scott Rolen(1-2 .273) with a double and an rbi. Bucco hurler Babe Adams (3-1 2.91) pitched creditably, but suffered his first loss.

The Dodgers (12-13), tied with Philadelphia for fifth place, came back from a 5-2 deficit in the late innings to bump off the seventh place St. Louis Redbirds 6 to 5. Good relief work by Ron Perranoski (1-0 3.86) and Don Drysdale (1-2/1 Save/4.50) sealed the game. Mike Piazza (3-10 .277) hammered a pinch hit 2 run blast in the seventh and Zach Wheat (1-12 .300) and Gary Sheffield (2-4 .204) drove in the tying and winning runs in the top of the ninth. Cardinal John Tudor (1-0 3.24) took the lead into the seventh, but couldn't hold it. Al Hrabosky (0-2 7.59) was hit hard in his only inning and took the loss.

Ed Cicotte of the fifth place Chicago White Sox (12-11) became the first five game winner in the Majors and he did it in grand style by whitewashing the first place New York Yankees (16-9) 7 to 0 on a six hitter with no walks and six K's. Eddie Collins (2-19 .435) had two hits including a fourbagger and two rbi's, Joe Jackson (1-11 .338) went 2 for 3, scored twice and drove in one, and Frank Thomas (6-15 .309) delivered two hits and two rbi's. Joe DiMaggio (5-15 .305) punched out 3 for 4 for the New Yorkers. Herb Pennock (3-2 4.78) struggled and was tagged for 10 hits in six plus innings. He got his second loss of the year. The Yanks' Earl Combs (0-6 .366) had a single to stretch his hitting skein to 19 games.

At Briggs Stadium the Tigers (15-9) closed to within a half game of the top spot in the American League by slipping past the third place Cleveland Indians (13-10) 4 to 3. Virgil "Fire" Trucks (3-0 1.78) spun a seven hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks for his third consecutive victory. Ty Cobb (2-15 .396) topped the Tigers with 2 hits and Harry Heilmann ran his hitting streak to 13 games. Early Wynn (2-2 2.93) too the loss for the Tribe.

Seventh place Washington's (8-17) Bert Blyleven (2-3 4.22) and Bill Dailey (1-1 2.00) combined on a 5-3 win over the fifth place Athletics (12-11). Rod Carew's (1-5 .308) two run blast in the seventh brought home the victory. Carew was 2 for 3 with 3 rbi's. Al Simmons (0-10 .319) was the only big bat for the A's with three hits. Ed Plank (3-2 3.29) went all the way in the defeat.

Eugene Church · 12-22-2004, 07:49 PM

Leader board stats will be posted in the next two days.

Eugene Church · 12-23-2004, 08:57 PM

ALLTIME ALLSTAR BASEBALL LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
TEAM..........WON-LOST..... (BA)(ERA)
New York........16-9..........(.265)(3.75)
Detroit...........15-9..........(.297)(3.67)
Cleveland.......13-10.........(.286)(4.29)
St. Louis........13-11.........(.261)(4.65)
Chicago.........12-11.........(.273)(4.02)
Philadelphia....12-11.........(.255)(4.12)
Washington.....8-17.........(.268)(4.39)
Boston...........6-17.........(.229)(4.33)

BATTING LEADERS:
E. Collins (CHW).435, T. Cobb (DET).396, H. Greenberg (DET).371, E. Averill (CLE).366, E. Combs (NYY).366, G. Goslin (WAS).362, T. Speaker (CLE).360, B. Jacobson (STB).356, C. Travis (WAS).344, J. Jackson (CHW).338

HITS:
Cobb (DET) 38, Collins (CHW) 37, Goslin (WAS) 34, Greenberg (DET) 33, Averill (CLE) 33, Carew (WAS) 32, Speaker (CLE) 32, Travis (WAS) 32, Combs (NYY) 30, Rosen (CLE) 30

DOUBLES:
Lajoie (CLE) 12, Greenberg (DET) 12, Speaker (CLE) 12, Goslin (WAS) 11, Cobb (DET) 10, Cronin (BOS) 10, Simmons (PHA) 10, Averill (CLE) 10, Gehrig (NYY) 9, Collins (CHW) 9

TRIPLES:
Speaker (BOS) 4, Kell (DET) 3, Averill (CLE) 3

HOME RUNS:
Thomas (CHW) 6, Ordonez (CHW) 5, J. DiMaggio (NYY) 5, Ruth (NYY) 5, Doby (CLE) 5, Garciappara (BOS) 4, Gehrig (NYY) 4, Greenberg (DET) 4, Killebrew (WAS) 4, Jeter (NYY) 4

RBI's:
Averill (CLE) 22, Gehrig (NYY) 21, Greenberg (DET) 21, Rosen (CLE) 19, Heilmann (DET) 19, Collins (CHW) 19, Jeter (NYY) 17, Ruth (NYY) 17, Tejada (PHA) 16, Appling (CHW) 16

RUNS:
Greenberg (DET) 24, Cobb (DET) 22, Speaker (CLE) 21, Lajoie (CLE) 20, Thomas (CHW) 20, J. DiMaggio (NYY) 18, Heilmann (DET) 18, Collins (CHW) 18, Gehrig (NYY) 17, Tejada (PHA) 17

STOLEN BASES:
Collins (CHW) 10, Cobb (DET) 9, Jackson (CHW) 6, Aparicio (CHW) 4, Henderson (PHA) 4, Garciappara (BOS) 3, Lajoie (CLE) 3, Rice (WAS) 3, Speaker (CLE) 3

WINS:
Cuellar (STB) 5, Cicotte (CHW) 5, Guidry (NYY) 3, Joss (CLE) 3, Plank (PHA) 3, Pennock (NYY) 3, Rommel (PHA) 3, Mussina (STB) 3, Ford (NYY) 3, Rowe (DET) 3

ERA:
W. Wood (CHW) 1.46, Trucks (DET) 1.78, Wilhelm (STB) 1.88, Cicotte (CHW) 1.90, Mussina (STB) 2.12, Cuellar (STB) 2.66, Martinez (BOS) 2.72, Ford (NYY) 2.75, Wynn (CLE) 2.93, Plank (PHA) 3.29

SAVES:
Shantz (PHA) 3, Wilhelm (STB) 3, Rivera (NYY) 3, W. Wood (CHW) 2

STRIKEOUTS:
Martinez (BOS) 33, Score (CLE) 29, Grove (PHA) 25, Johnson (WAS) 24, Blyleven (WAS) 24, J. Wood (BOS) 24, Cicotte (CHW) 23, Ford (NYY) 22, Viola (WAS) 22, Feller (CLE) 22

Eugene Church · 12-23-2004, 09:31 PM

ALLTIME ALLSTAR BASEBALL LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

TEAM...........WON-LOST...(BA)(ERA)
New York..........16-8.....(.284)(3.33)
Pittsburgh.........15-8.....(.287)(2.84)
Cincinnati..........13-10...(.267)(3.81)
Boston..............13-11...(.261)(3.99)
Brooklyn............12-13...(.254)(4.19)
Philadelphia........12-13...(.260)(4.38)
St. Louis............9-14....(.274)(5.38)
Chicago.............5-18....(.233)(4.14)

BATTING AVERAGE:
B. Terry (NYG) .417, C. Klein (PHI) .388, F. Robinson (CIN) .359, J. Mize (STL) . 352, J. Robinson (BRO) .343, R. Clemente (PIT) .327, B. Mazeroski (PIT) .325, E. Roush (CIN) .322, E. Mathews (BOS) .322, C. Hafey (STL) .320

DOUBLES:
Berger (BOS) 10, F. Robinson (CIN) 10, Hafey (STL) 10, Schmidt (PHI) 10, Musial (STL ) 9, J. Robinson (BRO) 9, Klein (PHI) 8, Mathews (BOS) 8, Wheat (BRO) 8, P. Waner (PIT) 7

TRIPLES:
Vaughan (PIT) 4, Furcal (BOS) 4, Wheat (BRO) 4, Wagner (PIT) 3, B. Bonds (NYG) 3

HOME RUNS:
Mathews (BOS) 6, Hodges (BRO) 6, F. Robinson (CIN) 5, Terry (NYG) 5, Snider (BRO) 4, Mize (STL) 4, Kiner (PIT) 4, Lopez (BOS) 4, Ott (NYG) 4, Mays (NYG) 4

RBI's:
Vaughan (PIT) 20, Snider (BR) 19, Terry (NYG) 18, Mize (STL) 17, Kiner (PIT) 17, J. Robinson (BRO) 17, Ott (NYG) 17, Clemente (PIT) 17, Schmidt (PHI) 16, Hornsby (STL) 16

RUNS:
Terry (NYG) 21, Wagner (PIT) 20, Musial (STL) 19, Allen (PHI) 19, Kiner (PIT) 18, Snider (BRO) 18, Clemente (PIT) 18, Schmidt (PHI) 17, Hafey (STL) 17, B. Bonds (NYG) 16

WINS:
M. Cooper (STL) 4, J. Marichal (NYG) 3, D. Vance (BRO) 3, W. Spahn (BOS) 3, P. Donahue (CIN) 3, Koufax (BRO) 3, Hubbell (NYG) 3, McGinnity (NYG) 3, Adams (PIT) 3, Sutton (BRO) 3

ERA:
S. Leever (PIT) 1.82, C. Simmons (PHI) 2.17, J. Marichal (NYG) 2.47, W. Spahn (BOS) 2.51, P. Derringer (CIN) 2.65, J. McGinnity (NYG) 2.77, Hubbell (NYG) 2.85, B. Adams (PIT) 2.91, D. Phillippe (PIT) 2.94, Jenkins (CHC) .300

SAVES:
R. Nen (NYG) 3, T. Worrell (STL) 2

STRIKEOUTS:
Vance (BRO) 36, Shilling (PHI) 32, Koufax (BRO) 29, Marichal (NYG) 27, Roberts (PHI) 26, Root (CHC) 24, Brown (CHC) 23, Alexander (PHI) 23, Burdette (BOS) 22, Spahn (BOS) 22

12-15-2004, 12:42 AM	#84
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Monday, April 28, 1901 The New York Yankees (13-7) are back in first place in the American League. They won a close encounter with the Boston Red Sox (4-14), while the Cleveland Indians (11-7) lost in 10 innings to the seventh place Washington Nationals (7-13). New York scored two in the 8th to bump off the Bosox 5 to 4 for the third straight game. Boston outhit the Bombers 11 to 8, but still came up short. Goofy Gomez (1-1 5.17) got credit for the victory with ninth inning help from Sparky Lyle (0-1 1 save 2.61), who got his first save of the year. Smokey Joe Wood (0-1 4.37) went 7 in defeat. The Red Sox outhomered the powerful Yanks, too, with Nomar Garciappara (3 .329) and Bobby Doerr (1 .154) each slugging one out of the park. Joe DiMaggio, Joe Gordon and Derek Jeter paced the New Yorkers. The Nationals' Goose Goslin doubled off the wall and knocked Cleveland out of first place after a short one day stay in a 10 inning 6-4 victory. The Indians trail New York by one game. Rick Aguilera (2-0 1 save 0.00) gained the win and Ray Narleski (1-1 16.62) received the loss. Rocky Colavito (3 .343) slugged 3 hits and 2 rbi's, including his third roundtripper, to pace the Tribe. At Comiskey Park the White Sox (10-8) socked it to the Orioles (10-9) 10 to 2 as knuckleballer Wilbur Wood (2-1 1.46) turned in another fine performance, striking out 6 and walking only one. Magglio Ordonez (4 .254) and Eddie Collins (.453) each powered in 3 runs. Milt Pappas (0-1 10.80) was hammered early and racked up the loss. Chisox Ordonez and Minnie Minoso (2 .226) clubbed homers. In a brilliantly pitched game, the Detroit Tigers' (10-9) Frank Lary (1-0 3.00) outhurled Catfish Hunter (1-1 1.21) of the A's 2 to 1. Lary surrendered only 4 hits and struckout 10 batters, Catfish yielded only 5 singles and only one earned run, and Detroit's Sam Crawford and Harvey Kuenn singled in their only runs in the sixth. National league scores Wednesday. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-15-2004 at 05:13 PM.

12-15-2004, 03:54 PM	#85
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Monday, April 28, 1901 In the National League play, Pittsburgh (13-5) got help from recording-setting strikeout artist Sandy Koufax and the Brooklyn Dodgers (9-11) and moved ahead of Cincinnati (12-6) by a game. the third place Giants (12-7) kept pace with them in an easy win over the Cardinals and trail by only one and a half games. The Pirates slashed the Atlanta Braves (10-10) convincingly 8 to 1 at County Stadium behind the righthand slants of Ray Kremer (2-0 0.45) and Bill Mazeroski's 3 rbi's. Warren Spahn (3-1 2.72) suffered his first defeat of the season. He left after 5 innings and gave up 6 runs. The Dodgers' Sandy Koufax (3-2 5.90) was firing on all cylinders in Cincinnati, as he set the MLB strikeout mark with an even dozen. Jackie Robinson's 5th inning triple gave him all the runs he needed in the tight 2-1 victory. Dolph Luque (2-2 4.23) was hung with the tough loss. The Reds' Ed Roush (1 .329)accounted for their lone run off Koufax with his first homer of the year. In St. Louis at Sportsman's Park, Juan Marichal picked up his third consecutive triumph 8 to 3 over the homestanding Cardinals, backed by a strong 12 hit attack by the Giants (12-7). Marichal effectively scattered 10 hits against the hardhitting Cards in a complete game performance. Offensively New York was led by Freddie Lindstrom's (.314) 3 hits and 2 each from Bill Terry (.392) and Roger Bresnaham (.290), plus Barry Bonds (3 .329) socked one out for the winners. Max Lanier (0-3 9.82) lasted only 4 innings and caught the loss. Ducky Medwick had 3 hits for the Redbirds. Finally, at the Vet in Philly, Chicago's Ferguson Jenkins (2-2 2.25) was almost flawless in a 2-0 blanking of the Phils. He chunked a 5 hitter with 6 k's and 2 walks. Philadelphia's Curt Simmons (1-2 2.25) only gave up 3 hits in defeat, one of them Gabby Hartnett's (1 .304) second inning homer. And that's all that the Cubbies needed. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-16-2004 at 08:24 PM.

12-16-2004, 12:37 AM	#86
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Tuesday, April 29, 1901 All of the first division clubs were victorious in the American League. At Fenway Park the Yanks' Whitey Ford (3-1 2.75), Mariano Rivera (1-0 3 saves 0.00) and Joe DiMaggio teamed up to slip by Boston 4 to 3, who have lost ten in a row. Ford held the Red Sox (4-15) to 6 hits and kept New York (14-7) at the top of the heap. Rivera got him out of a jam in the ninth to preserve the win and get his third save. DiMaggio (5 .273) had a homer and 3 rbi's and Joe Gordon (4 .351) 3 hits for the Bronx Bombers. Pinchhitter Sammy White (1 .294) hit a 2 out ninth inning homer and two walks later, New York brought in their bullpen specialist and he got the final out. Pedro Martinez (1-3 2.48) was the losing pitcher. Boston is hitting a paltry .231, worst in the majors. Ted Williams (0 HR .175), Mo Vaughn (0 HR .122) and Carl Yastrzemski (1 HR .200) have been major disappointments so far. The second place Indians (12-7) brought out the longball, slammed 13 hits and crushed Washington 10 to 4. Larry Doby (5 .328) hit 2 roundtrip blasts for 4 rbi's and Earl Averill (3 .347) added another one, good for 3 more. Addie Joss (3-1 3.89) had no trouble and went all the way. Bert Blyleven (1-3 4.79) was the loser. Harmon Killebrew (4 .196) collected his fourth home run for the Nats. The Tribe is leading the Junior Circuit with a .302 team batting average, topped only by the NL Pirates, who are hitting a whopping .306 so far this season to lead the Majors. At Comiskey the visiting third place Orioles held on for a 3-2 victory over the fifth place White Sox. Mike Cuellar (5-0 2.66) won his fifth of the season, tops in both leagues, and was nicked for just 7 hits. Billy Pierce (0-3 8.39) pitched well but lost it. Little Stu Miller (0-0 1 save 7.71) got Cuellar out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth to capture the victory. Baltimore's Vern Stephens (1 .300) had a two run blast and Frank Thomas ( 5 .323) hit #5 for the Chisox. Prince Hal Newhouser (1-3 3.92) got his first win of the year on a 7 hitter, walking one and whiffing seven, as third place Detroit (11-9) dumped the fifth place Athletics (10-9) 5 to 1. Ty Cobb went 2 for 4 with a home run and a double and two runs batted in for the Tigers. The A's Ed Rommel (2-2 5.33) went 6 innings in defeat. Over in the tight Senior Circuit race, the Giants (13-7) moved to within a half game of the first place Pittsburgh (13-6) and sneaked into second place ahead of the Redlegs(12-7). In the top of the tenth, the "Say Hey Kid", Willie Mays, sent a "Mad Hungarian" fastball into the stands with two men aboard and made the New York Giants victorious over the St. Louis Cardinals (7-12) 6 to 3. It was Willie's fourth fourbagger this year. Reliever Robb Nen (1-1 3.48) gave up the tying run in the eighth, but stopped the Cards rest of the way. Al Hrabosky (0-1 7.45) was the victim of Mays' homer and suffered the loss. Bill Terry (4 .429) had brilliant 5 for 5 day and Travis Jackson (0 .288) had 3 hits and 3 runs scored. Chick Hafey (2 .349) had 2 hits for the Redbirds and scored twice. Starters Harry Brecheen (1-2 6.49) and Gaylord Perry (1-1 4.80) both pitched well enough to win. Wally Berger's (2 .337) first inning homer was all John Smoltz (1-3 6.35) and the Atlanta Braves (11-9) needed to beat the first place Pirates (13-6). Smoltz made it stand up and shutout the Bucs 1-0. Deacon Phillippe (2-2 2.94) was almost as good in a losing effort. Smoltz allowed only 3 hits and Phillippe only 5 in two fine outings. The fourth place Braves now are just 2 and a half game out of first. Second place Cincinnati (12-7) outhit the fifth place Dodgers (10-11) 11 to 8, but Brooklyn got 'em when they counted to come away with a 4-2 victory. Dazzy Vance (3-1 3.35) was the winner, while Paul Derringer (2-2 2.65) got the loss. Duke Snider (4 .259), Mike Piazza (1 .224) and Pedro Guerrero (0 .194) drove in runs in the decisive seventh when the Bum took the lead for good. Snider also hammered his 4th roundtripper in the ninth. In Philadelphia, clutch-hitting Chuck Klein of the Phillies (9-12) came through in the late innings to edge the Chicago Cubs (4-15) 3 to 2. He tied the score in the seventh with a double and delivered a game-cinching two-out single in the ninth, making reliever Rick Wise (2-0 4.15) the winner over Bruce Sutter (0-1 4.35) . Both starters Hippo Vaughn and Curt Schilling pitched well and left with the score tied 2-2. Klein (2 .405) had 3 hits and Scott Rolen a home run(1 .278) to pace the Phils. Larry Bowa extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Kiki Cuyler (0 .341) had 3 for the Chicubs. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-16-2004 at 08:25 PM.

12-17-2004, 09:28 PM	#87
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Wednesday, April 30, 1901 (I will begin posting rbi's for players...it will be the number after the "dash". example: (3-14 .330) indicates a player has 3 homers, 14 rbi's and is hitting .330.) The top four teams in the American League put it on the second division again today. New York (15-7), Cleveland (13-7) and Detroit (12-9) and Baltimore (12-9) all came up winners. The Bronx Bombers won their sixth straight and continued to roll, whipping the Boston Red Sox 6 to 3 and extending the Beantowners' losing skein to a whopping eleven. They did it with timely hitting and good pitching. Mel Stottlemyre (2-1 3.94) throttled the Bosox on 8 scattered hits and got good bat support from Mickey Mantle (0-2 .286) and Joe DiMaggio (5-15 .293), each with three hits. A five run fifth off of Sox's starter Carl Mays (0-2 4.32) cinched the win. Mays walked four and he got an early shower. Dom DiMaggio (0-4 .250) and Ted Williams (0-5 .191) garnered two hits each off Stottlemyre, who went the route. In Griffith Stadium, the Tribe (13-7) remained a game behind the Yanks with a sparkling 3-0 victory. Herb Score (3-2 4.46) totally shut down the Nationals on a three hitter and beat the Big Train, Walter Johnson, who gave up only one earned run as Washington committed three errors behind him. Lajoie (0-4 .333) Speaker (0-13 .372) and Averill (3-20 .354) led the potent Cleveland attack with two hits each. Averill drove in 2 of the runs and now totals 20 this year and tied for the ML lead with Detroit's Hank Greenberg. Score struck out six and issued only two bases on balls. He also snapped the Nationals' Cecil Travis' hitting streak at 20 games. Baltimore (12-9) pounded three Chicago (10-10) pitchers for 13 hits on the way to an 8-2 victory. Ned Garver (1-0 3.47) tossed a seven hitter for the Birds. Ken Williams (1.6 .229) finally showing signs that he is breaking out of his early season slump with a double, triple and three rbi's. Orioles Marty McManus (0-7 .282) added 3 singles and 2 rbi's and Cal Ripkin (3-10 .356) had two hits and two rbi's. Magglio Ordonez (4-13 .271) touched Garver for three hits to pace the Sox. Gary Peters (0-2 6.40) was roughed up early and lasted on two innings and took the loss. At Briggs Stadium, Detroit swept its third in a row as Schoolboy Rowe (3-1 3.82) taught the Athletics a lesson in pitching as he twirled a five hit 5-2 victory. He struck out six and walked only one. Chief Bender (1-1 7.41) went seven innings for Philadelphia surrendering four runs and eight hits. The Tigs' Bill Freehan (1-11 .197) slapped a two run homer and Harvey Kuenn (0-11 .324) and Charlie Gehringer (1-7 .240) each contributed a pair of hits and Hank Greenberg (4-20 .372) scored twice. In National League action, first place Pittsburgh (14-6) and second place New York (14-7) continued their tight battle with victories. The Giants still trail the Pirates by a half game. Third place Cincinnati ( 12-8) faltered and dropped two games back. Atlanta (11-10) fell and is in fourth place. Pittsburgh's bats finally awoke against Atlanta in the eighth inning and scored five runs in a 6-2 win, highlighted by Ralph Kiner's 2 run go ahead single. Loser Greg Maddux (3-2 3.55) was leading 2-1 after seven, but could not hold on. Sam Leever (2-2 1.86) went the first seven inning and got the victory with Roy Face (1-0 2.08) finishing it with two scoreless frames. Arky Vaughan (1-18 .329) supplied three hits and an rbi, Willie Stargell (2-10 .260) a homer, two ribbies and two runs scored and Roberto Clemente (2-15 .312) two base hits. For six innings the Giants and the Cards (7-13) were locked in a tight 2-2 pitchers' duel between Christy Mathewson (2-3 3.86) and Dizzy Dean (0-5 7.89). However back-to-back triples by Bill Terry (5-13 .427) and Barry Bonds (3-14 .325) sent Dean to his fifth straight loss. Mathewson scattered 9 hits for the win, helped by 15 Giant hits. Freddie Lindstrom (0-6 .333) went 4 for 5. Jeff Kent (1-12 .325); Bonds and Terry added 2 hits each and Wes Westrum (1-5 .182) walloped a 3 run blast in the ninth. Stan Musial (0-10 .330) had three hits for the Redbirds. At Cincinnati's Crosley Field, Dodger Orel Hershiser tossed a fine two hit shutout, blanking the Reds 8 to 0. Gil Hodges (5-10 .237) and Mike Piazza (2-8 .259) cracked home runs in a 14 hit display. Jackie Robinson (3-17 .367) and Piazza each had 3 hits and 2 rbi's. Bucky Walters (2-2 3.26) was dealt the defeat. Cincinnati fell two games back of the first place Pirates. Brooklyn improved to 11-11 in the league standings. Mike Schmidt's (2-15 .296) three run clout in the sixth inning broke up a 1-1 tie in Philadelphia and dealt Moe Brown (0-5 7.30) his fifth loss. The sixth place Phils (10-12) behind Pete Alexander's (2-2 3.68) five hitter dealt the last place Cubs (4-16) a 4 to 1 defeat. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-18-2004 at 10:10 AM.

12-18-2004, 08:13 PM	#88
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Thursday, May 1, 1901 The Yanks increased their lead in the American League to two games over Cleveland, who lost a last inning heartbreaker to the third place team, Detroit. And the Bosox broke their losing steak. Lefthander Ron Guidry (3-1 5.45) stopped sixth place Chicago (10-11) on 8 hits in a 5-2 New York (16-7) win. The Yankees' longball power won the day. Babe Ruth (5-17 .313) hammered two into the stands at Comiskey and drove in three and Derek Jeter (4-17 .266) drove in the other two with another fourbag blow. Ed Walsh (2-1 4.22) went all the way and took the loss. The top hitter in the Majors, Chisox's Eddie Collins (1-17 .427) raised his average to .427 with 2 basehits. Clutch hitting in the bottom of the ninth won it for Detroit (13-9) over second place Cleveland (13-8). Four hits in a row brought them back from a one run deficit to win 5 to 4 and move them up to third place, just a half behind the Indians. Ty Cobb (2-15 .375) singled in the winning run. John Hiller (1-0 2.35) hurled a scoreless eighth and ninth for the victory. Jim Bunning (1-2 3.93)went the first seven and gave up only one earned run. Bob Feller (2-1 3.71) tired late and lost the game. Sam Crawford (0-14 .328), Hank Greenberg (4-21 .378) Charlie Gehringer (1-7 .253) and George Kell (0-12 .308) each had two hits in the Tigers' 14 hits and Harry Heilmann got a hit in his 12th consecutive game . Earl Averill (3-22 .378) had a perfect 3 for 3 day and 2 rbi's for the Indians. He took over the Major League lead with 22 rbi's. Well, it's been a long time coming, but the last place Red Sox (6-16) finally won a game. Cy Young put a stop to their eleven game losing stretch with a 6-2 win over the fourth place Baltimore Orioles (12-10). Nomar Garciappara (4-13 .313) ripped a three run homer and Ted Williams (1-6 .194) a bases empty blast to aid in the victory. Ken Williams (2-7 .231) hit one for Baltimore. Urban Shocker (0-3 10.24) was headed for a shutout, but wore out in the sixth and seventh to suffer the defeat. The A's Lefty Grove was superb in a 3-0 seven hit performance against the seventh place Washington Nats (7-16). The crafty righthander had perfect control, walking none and striking out six. Jimmy Foxx (1-9 .279) led the Philadelphia hit parade with three and Bert Campaneris (0-6 .357) drove in two runs. Goose Goslin (1-15 .384) went 2 for 4 for the Nationals. Frank Viola (1-4 6.12) gave up all three runs in six innings in defeat. In the National, Pittsburgh (15-6) expanded their league lead to one and a half games with some help from third place Cincinnati (13-8) as they nudged out second place New York (14-8) in a thriller. The top team in the National, the Pirates supported Bob Veale (2-0 2.70) with a 10 hit attack and he responded by giving them a complete game, beating the Phillies (10-13) 7 to 4. Honus Wagner (2-14 .313) and Jason Kendell (1-9 .429) delivered two hits and two rbi's each. Del Ennis whacked a two run homer for Philadelphia. Steve Carlton (1-3 5.75) was tagged with the defeat, leaving after giving up all the runs in five innings. Cincinnati and New York continued their battle for second place, this time head-to-head at Crosley Field. Ernie Lombardi (0-1 .200) singled in the game winner in the last of the ninth as the Reds squeezed by the Giants 4 to 3. Vada Pinson (1-2 .346) had three hits and scored the winning run. Ed Roush (1-11 .313) and Tony Perez (2-14 .276) chipped in two hits and one rbi apiece. New York outhit the Redlegs 10 to 9 with Willie Mays going 3 for 5 and Bill Terry (5-14 .424), Travis Jackson (0-2 .290) and Jeff Kent (1-12 .330) all getting two hits each. Southpaw Carl Hubbell (3-1 2.85) sustained his first loss in a tough one. Rob Dibble (1-0 1.50) got Pete Donahue out of hot water in the ninth and got the win. Atlanta got a route-going start from Lew Burdette (2-2 3.49) as he restricted the Cubbies (4-17) to seven hits in the 4-3 matchup. Ed Reulbach (2-3 3.38) labored well in defeat. The Braves' power brigade had three solo roundtrippers from Javy Lopez (4-10 .240), Rafael Furcal (1-12 .315) and Eddie Mathews (5-12 .304). Mathews totaled three hits and two runs batted in; Lopez also pitched in three hits and Furcal had two. Billy Herman touched Burdette for a pair of safeties and pinchhitter Bill Madlock (1-2 .250) parked one in the County Stadium parking lot, his first fourbagger this season. Burdette blitzed five batters and walked one. At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, it was the longest game in Major League history as the seventh place Cardinals (8-13) outlasted fifth place Brooklyn (11-12) 4 to 3 in fourteen innings, finally decided when Rogers Hornsby belted a double to score Stan Musial from first. Todd Worrell (1-0 2 Saves 2.00) blanked the Dodgers in six sterling innings of relief and he picked up the victory. Losing reliever, Bob Welch (0-3 4.26), was almost as effective as he gave up but one run in 5 innings. Starting pitchers Don Newcombe (0-0 2.30) for the Bums and Bob Gibson (2-1 4.78) for the Cards both had good outings, too. Ducky Medwick's (1-12 .321) three hits and 2 rbi's led the Redbirds. Gamewinner Hornsby also had two runs batted in. Dodger Gil Hodges (6-11 .267) had four hits and took over the MLB home run lead with his sixth. Pedro Guerrero (1-7 .234) added another one. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-18-2004 at 11:58 PM.

12-14-2004, 03:37 PM	#81
dfsteele Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 113	Eugene, very interesting idea and write-ups (I like the level of detail which you are providing). I was curious, with players being from different eras in real life, what league totals and era settings are you using?

12-14-2004, 08:42 PM	#83
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	I just signed up to have a website produced for this Alltime Allstar League. You will be able to access league information.

12-20-2004, 10:35 PM	#89
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Friday, May 2, 1901 In the Junior League, New York (16-8) had their lead cut to one and a half games as Detroit (14-9) moved up to second place with a close win over the Indians (13-9) and the Athletics (12-10) slipped past Baltimore (13-11) for fourth place in the standings. In Chicago, "The Big Hurt" put the hurt on Mariano Rivera and the Yankees. Frank Thomas (6-13 .299) of the sixth place White Sox crashed a walk off home run in the last of the thirteenth to nip New York 4 to 3 and tied Gil Hodges of the Dodgers and Eddie Mathews of the Braves for the most in the Majors. Eddie Collins (1-17 .432) whacked three hits for the Chisox and reliever Joe Horlen (1-0 2.51) was the winning pitcher. Rivera (1-1 0.64) gave up his first run this season and got the loss. Lou Gehrig (4-21 .325) with three hits and two rbi's and Babe Ruth (5-17 .330) had three hits to top the Bronx Bombers. Detroit nudged ahead of Cleveland in the battle for second place by a half game. Curveballer Tommy Bridges of the Tigers was outstanding as he held the hot hitting Indians to just 3 hits in the 3-1 victory. Bob Lemon (1-2 5.85) toiled for the Tribe in defeat, going out after six innings. Harry Heilmann (2-18 .303) drove in three runs for the victors. Ty Cobb (2-15 .391) had three hits and two runs scored. The Tigers trail the AL leading Yanks by one and a half game. The eighth place Red Sox and the fifth place Orioles swapped 3-1 victories at Fenway Park. Bosox Smokey Joe Wood (1-1 3.41) breezed to the first game win, striking out 5 and walking one for Boston (6-16). Smokey Joe also helped his own cause with a home run. Ted Williams (2-7 .197) also smacked a fourbagger. Oriole Dick McNally (1-1 2.74) pitched a fine game, too, in defeat, giving up only 2 runs and 5 hits in six innings of work. Baltimore gained a split with good pitching in the nightcap by Hoyt Wilhelm, who scattered 7 singles in the 3-1 win. Brooks Robinson and Sam West led the Baltimore batters with two hits and an rbi each. Pedro Martinez (1-4 2.72) took another tough loss despite a fine outing. As a team the Red Sox are hitting a weak .229, the worst in the Major Leagues. In Washington, it took 13 innings for the fourth place A's (12-10) to get by the seventh place Nationals (7-17). Jimmy Dykes (1-14 .316) singled off Jim Kaat (0-0 7.07) to drive Miguel Tejada with the winning run. Philadelphia was behind early 4-0 as Rube Waddell lasted on 4 innings. Vida Blue (1-0 3.00), Rollie Fingers (0-0 1 Save 1.69) and winner Ed Rommel (3-2 4.60) combined for 9 shutout innings. Camilo Pascual (0-2 5.65) was the losing pitcher. Jose Canseco (3-13 .255) slammed a 3 run homer and Al Simmons (0-10 .300) and Tejeda (0-16 .273) each had two hits for the Athletics. Sam Rice (0-8 .262) and Cecil Travis (0-9 .348) were 2 for 6 to pace the Nats. In the National League, second place New York (15-8) has won 7 of their last 8 and moved to within a half game of first place Pittsburgh (15-7) with an extra inning win over third place Cincinnati (13-9), while the Pirates got knocked off by some fine Phillies' pitching. Atlanta (13-11) divided a doubleheader with last place Chicago and held on to fourth place. The Giants on the road blasted Cincinnati's Rob Dibble (1-1 5.87) for four runs in the twelfth to pick up a 5-1 triumph. Freddie Lindstrom (0-7 .321) singled in Jeff Kent (1-12 .333), who had led off with a double to start the inning. Travis Jackson (0-4 .292) with two hits extended his hitting streak to ten games and drove in two runs for the New Yorkers. Robb Nen (2-1 3 Saves 2.70) put the nails in the Reds' coffin with 3 scoreless innings. Dibble chalked up the loss. Starters Juan Marichal (3-0 2.47) and Dolph Luque (2-2 3.35) left with the score deadlocked at 1-1. Davy Conception (0-0 .273) had three hits for Cincy in the defeat. In Philly at Veterans Stadium, the fifth place Phillies' (11-13) Robin Roberts (2-2 4.86) slapped a K on seven batters and walked none and stopped first place Pittsburgh on just five hits 4 to 1. Mike Schmidt (3-16 .295) and Chuck Klein (3-16 .405) crunched home runs, Andy Seminick's (1-6 .243) two hits pushed across two runs and Del Ennis (2-13 .288) added two hits and two runs scored. The Bucs Roberto Clemente (3-17 .327) rapped a first inning home run and that was all the Pirates got. Jesse Tannehill (2-2 4.31) got the loss, going seven innings and being touched for all four runs. In Atlanta, the fourth place Braves (13-11) and the last place Cubs (5-18) split a pair of games. The visiting Chicubs took the first game behind Charlie Root's (1-4 3.58) eight hitter. He finally got his first win of the season after four losses. He struck out seven and walked nobody. Chicago's Mark Grace (1-7 .268) went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and two rbi's and Hack Wilson (1-6 .305) 3 for 5, two runs and one rbi, including his first homer of the year. Eddie Mathews (6-13 .313) accounted for the Braves only run with his sixth roundtripper. In the second game, Tom Glavine (1-1 4.32) baffled the Cubbies on two hits 5 to 1. Hack Wilson's (2-7 .302) four base blast was the only score the crafty lefthander gave up. He struck out four and walked four. Bruin Fergie Jenkins (2-3 3.00) was the losing pitcher. Atlanta tallied all of their runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by back-to-back roundtrippers by Andruw Jones' (2-5 .222) three run slam and Johnny Logan's (1-5 .278) bases empty blow. Mort Cooper (4-1 3.71) and Harry Brecheen (1-2 1 Save 6.04) of the St. Louis Cardinals collaborated on an eight hitter, all singles, to best the fifth place Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2. The winner, Cooper, went the first seven innings, while Brecheen chucked a scoreless eighth and ninth for the save. The seventh place Cards' (9-13) Stan Musial doubled home the game winner in the seventh off of Brooklyn (11-13) starter Don Sutton (3-2 3.09), who only gave up two earned runs in seven innings. Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-21-2004 at 11:39 PM.

12-20-2004, 10:40 PM	#90
GForce Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,458 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Eugene, Great to see you have this going. I know we've discussed these all-time things many times and I'm glad to see you have this up and running. Looking forward to seeing more from it. GH

12-22-2004, 08:25 AM	#94
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	League stats will be coming up after Saturday, May 3rd games.

12-22-2004, 07:48 PM	#97
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Saturday, May 3, 1901 Around the Major Leagues today, here is how it went: In the National League there is a new leader, the New York Giants. Over in the American League, the Tigers moved to within a half game of the first place Yankees. New York (16-8) broke open a 1-1 game against the Reds (13-10) with a five run outburst in the eighth to win going away 6 to 1. They took over the top spot in the National, a half game in front of Pittsburgh. Bill Terry (5-18 .417) cleared the bases with a three run double to key the victory. Giant starter, Joe McGinnity (3-2 2.77) went the first seven innings for the win and left for a pinchhitter. Frank Linzy (0-0/1 Save/13.50) finished up with two runless frames. Jim Maloney (2-1 3.42) was the loser for Cincinnati. Ed Roush (1-11 .322) cracked three hits for the Redlegs. The fifth place Phils' (12-13) lefty Curt Simmons (2-2 2.17) pitched the full nine innings in a 4-2 triumph and knocked the Pirates (15-8) out of first place. The offensive heroes were Mike Schmidt (3-16 .304), who collected two hits and two runs, Del Ennis (3-14 .304) two hits with a homer and an rbi and Scott Rolen(1-2 .273) with a double and an rbi. Bucco hurler Babe Adams (3-1 2.91) pitched creditably, but suffered his first loss. The Dodgers (12-13), tied with Philadelphia for fifth place, came back from a 5-2 deficit in the late innings to bump off the seventh place St. Louis Redbirds 6 to 5. Good relief work by Ron Perranoski (1-0 3.86) and Don Drysdale (1-2/1 Save/4.50) sealed the game. Mike Piazza (3-10 .277) hammered a pinch hit 2 run blast in the seventh and Zach Wheat (1-12 .300) and Gary Sheffield (2-4 .204) drove in the tying and winning runs in the top of the ninth. Cardinal John Tudor (1-0 3.24) took the lead into the seventh, but couldn't hold it. Al Hrabosky (0-2 7.59) was hit hard in his only inning and took the loss. Ed Cicotte of the fifth place Chicago White Sox (12-11) became the first five game winner in the Majors and he did it in grand style by whitewashing the first place New York Yankees (16-9) 7 to 0 on a six hitter with no walks and six K's. Eddie Collins (2-19 .435) had two hits including a fourbagger and two rbi's, Joe Jackson (1-11 .338) went 2 for 3, scored twice and drove in one, and Frank Thomas (6-15 .309) delivered two hits and two rbi's. Joe DiMaggio (5-15 .305) punched out 3 for 4 for the New Yorkers. Herb Pennock (3-2 4.78) struggled and was tagged for 10 hits in six plus innings. He got his second loss of the year. The Yanks' Earl Combs (0-6 .366) had a single to stretch his hitting skein to 19 games. At Briggs Stadium the Tigers (15-9) closed to within a half game of the top spot in the American League by slipping past the third place Cleveland Indians (13-10) 4 to 3. Virgil "Fire" Trucks (3-0 1.78) spun a seven hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks for his third consecutive victory. Ty Cobb (2-15 .396) topped the Tigers with 2 hits and Harry Heilmann ran his hitting streak to 13 games. Early Wynn (2-2 2.93) too the loss for the Tribe. Seventh place Washington's (8-17) Bert Blyleven (2-3 4.22) and Bill Dailey (1-1 2.00) combined on a 5-3 win over the fifth place Athletics (12-11). Rod Carew's (1-5 .308) two run blast in the seventh brought home the victory. Carew was 2 for 3 with 3 rbi's. Al Simmons (0-10 .319) was the only big bat for the A's with three hits. Ed Plank (3-2 3.29) went all the way in the defeat.

12-22-2004, 07:49 PM	#98
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	Leader board stats will be posted in the next two days.

12-23-2004, 08:57 PM	#99
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	ALLTIME ALLSTAR BASEBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS TEAM..........WON-LOST..... (BA)(ERA) New York........16-9..........(.265)(3.75) Detroit...........15-9..........(.297)(3.67) Cleveland.......13-10.........(.286)(4.29) St. Louis........13-11.........(.261)(4.65) Chicago.........12-11.........(.273)(4.02) Philadelphia....12-11.........(.255)(4.12) Washington.....8-17.........(.268)(4.39) Boston...........6-17.........(.229)(4.33) BATTING LEADERS: E. Collins (CHW).435, T. Cobb (DET).396, H. Greenberg (DET).371, E. Averill (CLE).366, E. Combs (NYY).366, G. Goslin (WAS).362, T. Speaker (CLE).360, B. Jacobson (STB).356, C. Travis (WAS).344, J. Jackson (CHW).338 HITS: Cobb (DET) 38, Collins (CHW) 37, Goslin (WAS) 34, Greenberg (DET) 33, Averill (CLE) 33, Carew (WAS) 32, Speaker (CLE) 32, Travis (WAS) 32, Combs (NYY) 30, Rosen (CLE) 30 DOUBLES: Lajoie (CLE) 12, Greenberg (DET) 12, Speaker (CLE) 12, Goslin (WAS) 11, Cobb (DET) 10, Cronin (BOS) 10, Simmons (PHA) 10, Averill (CLE) 10, Gehrig (NYY) 9, Collins (CHW) 9 TRIPLES: Speaker (BOS) 4, Kell (DET) 3, Averill (CLE) 3 HOME RUNS: Thomas (CHW) 6, Ordonez (CHW) 5, J. DiMaggio (NYY) 5, Ruth (NYY) 5, Doby (CLE) 5, Garciappara (BOS) 4, Gehrig (NYY) 4, Greenberg (DET) 4, Killebrew (WAS) 4, Jeter (NYY) 4 RBI's: Averill (CLE) 22, Gehrig (NYY) 21, Greenberg (DET) 21, Rosen (CLE) 19, Heilmann (DET) 19, Collins (CHW) 19, Jeter (NYY) 17, Ruth (NYY) 17, Tejada (PHA) 16, Appling (CHW) 16 RUNS: Greenberg (DET) 24, Cobb (DET) 22, Speaker (CLE) 21, Lajoie (CLE) 20, Thomas (CHW) 20, J. DiMaggio (NYY) 18, Heilmann (DET) 18, Collins (CHW) 18, Gehrig (NYY) 17, Tejada (PHA) 17 STOLEN BASES: Collins (CHW) 10, Cobb (DET) 9, Jackson (CHW) 6, Aparicio (CHW) 4, Henderson (PHA) 4, Garciappara (BOS) 3, Lajoie (CLE) 3, Rice (WAS) 3, Speaker (CLE) 3 WINS: Cuellar (STB) 5, Cicotte (CHW) 5, Guidry (NYY) 3, Joss (CLE) 3, Plank (PHA) 3, Pennock (NYY) 3, Rommel (PHA) 3, Mussina (STB) 3, Ford (NYY) 3, Rowe (DET) 3 ERA: W. Wood (CHW) 1.46, Trucks (DET) 1.78, Wilhelm (STB) 1.88, Cicotte (CHW) 1.90, Mussina (STB) 2.12, Cuellar (STB) 2.66, Martinez (BOS) 2.72, Ford (NYY) 2.75, Wynn (CLE) 2.93, Plank (PHA) 3.29 SAVES: Shantz (PHA) 3, Wilhelm (STB) 3, Rivera (NYY) 3, W. Wood (CHW) 2 STRIKEOUTS: Martinez (BOS) 33, Score (CLE) 29, Grove (PHA) 25, Johnson (WAS) 24, Blyleven (WAS) 24, J. Wood (BOS) 24, Cicotte (CHW) 23, Ford (NYY) 22, Viola (WAS) 22, Feller (CLE) 22 Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-23-2004 at 09:35 PM.

12-23-2004, 09:31 PM	#100
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,179	ALLTIME ALLSTAR BASEBALL LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS TEAM...........WON-LOST...(BA)(ERA) New York..........16-8.....(.284)(3.33) Pittsburgh.........15-8.....(.287)(2.84) Cincinnati..........13-10...(.267)(3.81) Boston..............13-11...(.261)(3.99) Brooklyn............12-13...(.254)(4.19) Philadelphia........12-13...(.260)(4.38) St. Louis............9-14....(.274)(5.38) Chicago.............5-18....(.233)(4.14) BATTING AVERAGE: B. Terry (NYG) .417, C. Klein (PHI) .388, F. Robinson (CIN) .359, J. Mize (STL) . 352, J. Robinson (BRO) .343, R. Clemente (PIT) .327, B. Mazeroski (PIT) .325, E. Roush (CIN) .322, E. Mathews (BOS) .322, C. Hafey (STL) .320 DOUBLES: Berger (BOS) 10, F. Robinson (CIN) 10, Hafey (STL) 10, Schmidt (PHI) 10, Musial (STL ) 9, J. Robinson (BRO) 9, Klein (PHI) 8, Mathews (BOS) 8, Wheat (BRO) 8, P. Waner (PIT) 7 TRIPLES: Vaughan (PIT) 4, Furcal (BOS) 4, Wheat (BRO) 4, Wagner (PIT) 3, B. Bonds (NYG) 3 HOME RUNS: Mathews (BOS) 6, Hodges (BRO) 6, F. Robinson (CIN) 5, Terry (NYG) 5, Snider (BRO) 4, Mize (STL) 4, Kiner (PIT) 4, Lopez (BOS) 4, Ott (NYG) 4, Mays (NYG) 4 RBI's: Vaughan (PIT) 20, Snider (BR) 19, Terry (NYG) 18, Mize (STL) 17, Kiner (PIT) 17, J. Robinson (BRO) 17, Ott (NYG) 17, Clemente (PIT) 17, Schmidt (PHI) 16, Hornsby (STL) 16 RUNS: Terry (NYG) 21, Wagner (PIT) 20, Musial (STL) 19, Allen (PHI) 19, Kiner (PIT) 18, Snider (BRO) 18, Clemente (PIT) 18, Schmidt (PHI) 17, Hafey (STL) 17, B. Bonds (NYG) 16 WINS: M. Cooper (STL) 4, J. Marichal (NYG) 3, D. Vance (BRO) 3, W. Spahn (BOS) 3, P. Donahue (CIN) 3, Koufax (BRO) 3, Hubbell (NYG) 3, McGinnity (NYG) 3, Adams (PIT) 3, Sutton (BRO) 3 ERA: S. Leever (PIT) 1.82, C. Simmons (PHI) 2.17, J. Marichal (NYG) 2.47, W. Spahn (BOS) 2.51, P. Derringer (CIN) 2.65, J. McGinnity (NYG) 2.77, Hubbell (NYG) 2.85, B. Adams (PIT) 2.91, D. Phillippe (PIT) 2.94, Jenkins (CHC) .300 SAVES: R. Nen (NYG) 3, T. Worrell (STL) 2 STRIKEOUTS: Vance (BRO) 36, Shilling (PHI) 32, Koufax (BRO) 29, Marichal (NYG) 27, Roberts (PHI) 26, Root (CHC) 24, Brown (CHC) 23, Alexander (PHI) 23, Burdette (BOS) 22, Spahn (BOS) 22 Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-23-2004 at 09:41 PM.