Heartland Baseball League: OOTP16, Sinmation, Semi-Stats only

HerbD · 10-20-2015, 05:16 PM

The Heartland Baseball League is a 16 team, semi-stats only, fictional league set in the Midwest. The league started in 1978 and we just finished the 2000 season. We play a balanced, interleague schedule(16/4) of 144 games beginning April 1 and ending in September. The top two teams in each league(North/South) complete in the playoffs for a shot at the Heartland Series. All major pitching and hitting ratings/potentials are hidden while the minor ones(fielding, speed, pitcher endurance) are available. Each team has three levels of minors and we boast a full feeder system of college and high school teams. We have a very deep history which has been tracked by the commish and can be found here!

This league has been active since January 2013 and we still have several original owners. The commish does not run a team, just the league. We sim in the AM on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and we sim 1/3 of a month at a time making each regular season complete in about six weeks. We then sim the offseason one month at a time so that they move rather quickly as well. There is no arbitration so players are eligible for free agency after four seasons in the bigs and they become minor league free agents after spending four years in the minors. There is also a $5 million salary cap. We use OOTP16.

The Heartland Baseball League is in search of a GM for the Davenport Bullfrogs. The Bullfrogs just finished their expansion season at a respectable 64-80 good for sixth of eight teams in the HBL North League. This team is full of young talent including the top three voted getters in the owner voted Rookie of the Year. This team had at least one player receive votes for each of the four main awards. They also have a few veterans that are mentoring the young ones including expansion draftee OF Gustavo Flores who is coming off a .302, 29 HR, 113 RBI season. Just added through free agency was 28 year old OF Eric Bradley who hit .274 with 39 homers, and 96 RBI for North League champion Cedar Rapids. The Bullfrogs have a lot of potential to make some noise in 2001 and beyond.

HerbD · 10-21-2015, 08:49 AM

Bump for one of the few semi-stats only online leagues around.

HerbD · 10-24-2015, 10:03 AM

We just rolled over to 2001 and still looking for a Davenport owner. We are just two sims away from Spring Training baseball.

HerbD · 10-27-2015, 04:09 PM

Team has been filled

10-20-2015, 05:16 PM	#1
HerbD All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 854	Heartland Baseball League: OOTP16, Sinmation, Semi-Stats only The Heartland Baseball League is a 16 team, semi-stats only, fictional league set in the Midwest. The league started in 1978 and we just finished the 2000 season. We play a balanced, interleague schedule(16/4) of 144 games beginning April 1 and ending in September. The top two teams in each league(North/South) complete in the playoffs for a shot at the Heartland Series. All major pitching and hitting ratings/potentials are hidden while the minor ones(fielding, speed, pitcher endurance) are available. Each team has three levels of minors and we boast a full feeder system of college and high school teams. We have a very deep history which has been tracked by the commish and can be found here! This league has been active since January 2013 and we still have several original owners. The commish does not run a team, just the league. We sim in the AM on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and we sim 1/3 of a month at a time making each regular season complete in about six weeks. We then sim the offseason one month at a time so that they move rather quickly as well. There is no arbitration so players are eligible for free agency after four seasons in the bigs and they become minor league free agents after spending four years in the minors. There is also a $5 million salary cap. We use OOTP16. The Heartland Baseball League is in search of a GM for the Davenport Bullfrogs. The Bullfrogs just finished their expansion season at a respectable 64-80 good for sixth of eight teams in the HBL North League. This team is full of young talent including the top three voted getters in the owner voted Rookie of the Year. This team had at least one player receive votes for each of the four main awards. They also have a few veterans that are mentoring the young ones including expansion draftee OF Gustavo Flores who is coming off a .302, 29 HR, 113 RBI season. Just added through free agency was 28 year old OF Eric Bradley who hit .274 with 39 homers, and 96 RBI for North League champion Cedar Rapids. The Bullfrogs have a lot of potential to make some noise in 2001 and beyond. __________________ Last edited by HerbD; 10-20-2015 at 05:24 PM.

10-21-2015, 08:49 AM	#2
HerbD All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 854	Bump for one of the few semi-stats only online leagues around. __________________

10-24-2015, 10:03 AM	#3
HerbD All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 854	We just rolled over to 2001 and still looking for a Davenport owner. We are just two sims away from Spring Training baseball. __________________

10-27-2015, 04:09 PM	#4
HerbD All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 854	Team has been filled __________________