In which I chronicle my adventures in solitaire Strat-O-Matic Baseball. Current project: A five-team league drawn from the Negro League set, the 2000 Hall of Fame set and all-star teams from the 1969 and 1973 season sets.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Metroplex bracket: Round 1 recap
Eliminated: 1973 New York Mets (4); 2019 New York Mets (6); 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates (9); 2019 Philadelphia Phillies (10); 1973 New York Yankees (12); 1973 Philadelphia Phillies (14); 2019 Pittsburgh Pirates (150; 2019 Baltimore Orioles (16)
2019 teams won three series, lost four
1973 teams won four series, lost three
1969 teams won one series, lost none
1961 teams won no series, lost one
(there were no 2009 teams in this bracket)
Two lower seeds advanced.
Yankees advanced two of three teams. Red Sox and Expos/Nationals advanced two of two; Orioles advanced one of two; Pirates advanced one of three. Mets and Phillies had all of their teams eliminated.
Second-round matchups: 1969 Yankees (8) vs 2019 Yankees (1); 2019 Red Sox vs. 2019 Nationals (2); 1973 Pirates (11) vs. 1973 Orioles (3); 1973 Expos (13) vs. 1973 Red Sox (5
Monday, July 27, 2020
Stat break: 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Burgess 13 3 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 .461
Christopher 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Clemente 23 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 .261
Groat 23 3 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 .261
Hoak 16 2 4 4 0 0 1 4 0 .250
Leppert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Logan 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000
Mazeroski 19 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 .421
Moryn 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nelson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Skinner 14 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 .214
Smith 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stuart 17 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 .412
Virdon 21 4 6 3 1 1 1 3 0 .286
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Face 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Friend 2 2 15.3 9 5 5 1 6 0 1 1 2.94
Gibbon 1 1 6 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 4.50
Haddix 1 1 2 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.00
Labine 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.00
Law 1 1 5 3 2 2 5 4 0 0 1 3.60
McBean 2 0 2.3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.86
Shantz 4 0 5.3 12 7 6 1 6 0 0 0 10.13
Sturdivant 2 0 3.6 6 6 6 2 1 0 0 1 14.71