Mankato Strat Nerd: 2025

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Stat break: 1969 Oakland Athletics

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bando 21 3 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 .238
Campaneris 22 4 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 .409
Cater 17 1 7 4 1 0 1 0 0 .412
D Duncan 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167
Francona 7 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .714
D Green 14 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214
Haney 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Jackson 20 5 6 4 0 1 2 2 0 .300
Johnson 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Monday 20 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 .300
T Reynolds 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Roof 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rudi 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
J Tartabull 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

C Dobson 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1.80
Fingers 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Lindblad 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

C Hunter 2 2 14.6 8 2 0 3 14 0 2 0 0.00
Krausse 1 1 4 6 5 3 1 3 0 0 1 6.75

Nash 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.00

Odom 1 1 8 6 4 4 5 4 0 1 0 4.50

Pizarro 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.50
Roland 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Talbot 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00

Stat break: 1973 San Francisco Giants

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

Arnold 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bonds 21 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 .286

Fuentes 17 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 .235

Goodson 11 1 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 .455

Kingman 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Maddox 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .158

Matthews 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .105

McCovey 15 2 3 3 0 0 1 5 0 .200
Ontiveros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Phillips 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Da Rader 18 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222

Speier 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .264

Thomasson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Barr 1 1 6.3 7 5 5 0 4 0 0 1 7.11

Bradley 1 1 6 7 3 3 1 5 0 0 1 4.50

Bryant 2 2 13.6 10 7 5 1 7 0 0 2 3.29

D'Acquisto 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00

Marichal 1 1 7 7 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1.29

McDowell 3 0 2.3 2 3 2 3 4 0 0 0 7.73

McMahon 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Moffitt 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 27.00

Sosa 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 inf

Willoughby 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 27.00

Ringo bracket: 1969 Oakland Athletics defeat the 1973 San Francisco Giants in five games

Call it a reversal of form. The '69 A's were swept in Tournment One; the '73 Giants were the champions of Tournament Three. But in this one, Tournament Four, the A's dismissed the Giants rather swiftly.

Game One: A's 3, Giants 2: Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and Tommie Reynolds scored in the second after a lead-off triple. After that Ron Byrant and two relievers shut down the A's, but that was enough for Catfish Hunter, who allowed two unearned runs in 6.2 innings, with Jim Roland getting the final out of the seventh and Rollie Fingers threw two innings for the save.

Game Two: A's 8, Giants 4: The A's got homers from Jackson and Danny Cater and Blue Moon Odom alled six hits and four runs in eight innings for the win. The Giants led 4-3 after six, but Oakland scored two in the seventh, one in the eighth and two more in the ninth to pull away.

Game Three: A's 9, Giants 2: Oakland didn't score until the fifth, but then started roughing up four San Francisco hurlers, scoring in each of their final four hitting innings. Chuck Dobson gave way to a pinch hitter in the fifth (Bob Johnson tripled in two runs) but got credit for the win.

Game Four: Giants 5, A's 1: Juan Marichal scattered eight hits in seven innings but held the A's to a single run. Lew Krausse, hurt to a degree by the fielding. allowed all five runs, three earned in 4-plus innings.

Game Five: A's 5, Giants 0: Hunter gave up just three hits in eight innings as the Athletics wrapped up the series. Oakland got two unearned runs in the first off Bryant, then were shut down until the ninth when they turned four walks, a double and a single into three runs. Cater drove in two with the double. The other scored on a wild pitch by Elias Sosa, who didn't retire any of the three men he faced.

Projected rotation: Hunter-Odom-C Dobson-Nash(?)-(Hunter)-(Odom)-(Dobson). Krausse, Pizzaro and Talbot are also options for the fourth game. The bullpen will be fully available for the start of the second round.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Stat break: 1973 Chicago White Sox

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

D Allen 23 6 5 5 0 1 2 4 0 .217

Alvarado 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bradford 15 4 2 5 1 0 3 2 0 .333

C Brinkman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Dent 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200

Hairston Sr 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250

K Henderson 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273

E Herrmann 21 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 .238

J Jeter 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

P Kelly 20 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200

Leon 12 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333

C May 21 4 8 5 1 0 1 2 0 .381

Melton 24 6 5 7 2 0 2 2 0 .208

Muser 14 3 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 .429
Orta 22 4 8 7 0 1 2 1 0 .364

Sharp 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Acosta 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00

Bahnsen 2 2 13.6 14 3 2 4 11 0 1 0 1,32

Fisher 2 0 5.6 5 4 4 5 4 0 0 0 6.35

Forster 2 0 2.3 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 3.86

Gossage 1 0 1 5 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 45.00

Kaat 1 1 0.3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 136.36

Johnson 1 0 4.6 5 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 7.71

Stone 1 0 4 4 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 2.25

Wood 3 3 18.3 21 11 11 3 12 0 2 1 5,40

Stat break: 2009 Detroit Tigers

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Mi Cabrera 27 5 12 5 1 0 1 2 0 .444
Everett 11 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273
Granderson 28 7 12 5 5 0 1 0 0 .429
C Guillen 13 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 .231
Huff 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Inge 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 .087
Laird 22 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 .182
Ordonez 23 5 9 4 1 0 2 4 0 .391
Polanco 28 2 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 .214
Raburn 16 4 6 8 2 1 1 3 0 .375
Santiago 11 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Thames 11 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 .182
C Thomas 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Galarragga 2 0 2.6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
E Jackson 2 2 12 12 6 6 1 10 0 0 1 4.50
Lyon 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Miner 3 0 2.3 7 8 8 4 0 0 0 1 30.90

R Perry 2 0 2 10 7 7 2 0 0 0 1 31.50

Porcello 1 1 7 5 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 2.57

Rodney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Seay 2 0 2.6 4 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 13.48

Verlander 2 2 13 13 9 9 4 16 0 1 0 6.23

Washburn 1 1 7 6 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 3,86

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Paul bracket: 1973 White Sox defeat 2009 Detroit Tigers in six games

Wilbur Wood and Stan Bahnsen combined to start five of the six games and went 4-1 in the White Sox's mild upset of the Tigers. Buddy Bradford homered three times as the Sox outhomered Detroit 11-7 for the series and tormented the Tigers' middle relief corps.

Game One: Tigers 11, White Sox 9: The Tigers plated eight runs in the third to take control of the game and knock Wood out early. Chicago put up two crooked numbers against Justin Verlander, but the Tigers were able to turn a two-run lead over to closer Fernando Rodney.

Game Two: White Sox 13, Tigers 6: It was a pitchers' duel for six innings -- 2-1 White Sox at that point -- and a sluggers' delight in the final three frames. Bradford homered twice for Chicago, and Jorge Orta and Bill Melton each blasted three-run shots. Magglio Ordonez capped a five-run rally in the ninth against Goose Gossage with a three-run homer.

Game Three: Tigers 10, White Sox 4: Chicago starter Jim Kaat got only one out, and Eddie Fisher couldn't put up zeros in a lenghty relief outing. Marcus Thames hit a pair of homers for Detroit, and Ordonez also homered. Rick Porcello allowed three earned runs in seven innings for the win.

Game Four: White Sox 3, Tigers 0: Wood bounced back from his first-game disaster for a six-hit shutout, retiring the final 11 hitters. Chicago scored three runs in the first inning, with Bradford bringing in two runs with a double.

Game Five: White Sox 7, Tigers 3: Verlander carried a 2-0 lead into the seventh but was pulled after allowing a leadoff double to Eddie Leon in the eighth. Zach Miner allowed that inherited runner to score to even the score and then saw the roof cave in in the ninth. Carlos May capped a five-run outburst with a double off lefty specialist Bobby Seay.

Game Six: White Sox 6, Tigers 3: Wood started on two days rest and gave up three runs in the first, all scoring on a homer by Ryan Raburn. The lefty knuckleballer then threw seven scoreless innings and his teammates chipped away at Edwin Jackson. Orta evened the score in the seventh with a leadoff homer and Bradford put the Sox ahead for good with a leadoff homer in the eighth. Melton hit a two run tater later in the inning. Cy Acosta relieved for a three up-three down ninth to end the series.

Projected rotation: Bahnsen-Wood-Kaat-Bahnsen-(Wood)-(Kaat with penalty?)-(Bahnsen). The White Sox bullpen will be fully rested for the start of the second round.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Stat break: American Giants

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Baro 12 0    3 0   0 0 0    0    0 .250
W Brown 18 1 8 3 0    0 1   2    2 .444
Cannady 20 2 3 0   0    1 0    1    0 .150
Carr 19 3 4 2 1    1 1 1 0 .211
Joseph 16 1 4 2   2    0 0    1    0 .250
Perkins 11 0 1    0 0 0 0    0 0 .091
Poles 15 2    4 1    1 1 0    1    3 .267
Seay 8 1    1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125
Serrell 12 0 3 1    0 0    0 0    1 .250
Trouppe 10 1 1 1 0    0    1 1 0 .100
Wright 20 2    4 2 0    1 1 0 1 .200

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Cooper 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Day 1 1 2 3 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 4.50
Drake 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

R Foster 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.00

Jones 1 1 8.6 7 5 4 3 6 0 0 1 4.15

Manning 1 1 8 9 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 6.75
Trent 1 1 8.6 6 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 0.00

T Williams 2 1 10.3 9 3 3 4 5 0 0 2 2.61

Stat break: 1973 Detroit Tigers

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Brinkman 16 1    5 2   1 0 0    1    0    .313
G Brown 14 2 0 0 0    0 0   2    0 .000
I Brown 3 0 0    0 0    0 0    0 0 .000
Cash 15 5 10 2 2    0 1 1 0 .750
Freehan 16 4 4 1   0    0 0    1    0 .250
Horton 16 4 4    0 1 0 0    0 0 .250
Howard 4    0    0 0    0 0 0    0    0 .000
Kaline 7 1    1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143
McAuliffe 16 3 2 0    0 0    0 2    0 .125
Northrup    16 0 3 1 0    0    0 1 0 .188
Au Rodriguez 20 1    4 1 1    0 0 0 0 .200
Sims 2 0 1    0 0    0 0 1 0 .500
Sharon 1 2 1 2 0    0 1 0 0 1.000
Stanley 20 1 6 8 1    0 0 1 0 .300
Taylor 4 0 0    0 0    0 0 1 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Coleman 2 2 17.3 11 5 5 4 6 0 2 0 2.60
Farmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Fryman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Hiller 2 0 2.6 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3.37

LaGrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Lolich 2 2 11 13 7 7 2 8 0 0 1 5.73
Miller 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.00

J Perry 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.00
Scherman 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.00

Paul bracket: 1973 Detroit Tigers defeat American Giants in five games

In the biggest upset so far in the first round, the first of the NeL teams to play got bounced in a quick, but closely competed series by the 1973 Detroit Tigers.

Game One: Tigers 7, Am. Giants 6 (10 innings): Leon Day was pulled after allowing five runs in two innings. Mickey Lolich was out after a five-run third inning. But Rube Foster of the Giants and Bob Miller of the Tigers gave their teams quality innings (one run in five innings from Foster, four scoreless for Miller). Will Bill Wright homered off John Hiller in the ninth to even the score at six, the third homer of the game from the Giants (others coming from Tank Carr and Willard Brown). Mickey Stanley singled home the game winner in the bottom of the 10th off Tom Williams, who was working his third inning of relief.

Game Two: Tigers 5, Am. Giants 4: Dick Sharon, pinch-hitting for Ed Brinkman with two outs and one on in the ninth, hammered the walk-off homer off Slim Jones. Willie Horton had three hits and two runs for the Tigers. Joe Coleman went the distance, allowing four runs on four hits.

Game Three: Tigers 6, Am. Giants 0: Jim Perry allowed five singles in his complete game shutout, with the Giants getting just one man into scoring position. The Tigers had a pair of three-run innings, in the second and ninth; all six runs were charged against Max Manning.

Game Four: Am. Giants 2, Tigers 1: Ted Trent went 8.6 innings, allowing six hits and an unearned run, for the win, with the only run coming in the ninth after shortstop Dick Seay booted a grounder. Wright tripled in a run in the first off Lolich and Quincy Trouppe homered in the eighth.

Game Five: Tigers 2, Am. Giants 1: Light-hitting Ed Brinkman was the unlikely batting hero in the end. Williams and Joe Coleman matched zeros for six innings. In the seventh, Newt Joseph doubled and scored on a Spot Poles triple.Coleman then stranded Poles on third by retiring Bonnie Serrell and Wright. In the top of the eighth, Brinkman led off with a single, advanded to second on a grounder and scored the tying run on Stanley's single. In the top of the ninth, Brinkman singled in Norm Cash with two outs to put the Tigers ahead. Hiller relieved in the bottom of the inning with one on and two out to retire Poles and Serrell to end the series.

Projected rotation: Lolich-Coleman-Perry-Lolich-(Coleman)-(Perry with penalty)-(Lolich). The bullpen will be fully rested for the second round.

Monday, March 24, 2025

Stat break: 1924 Cincinnati Reds

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bohne 6 0 1 0    0    0    0 0    0 .167
Bressler 14 1    2 1   0 1 0     2    0    .143
Burns 9 0   1 0 1    0 0 1 0    .111
Caveney 8 0 1 0     0    0    0 1    0 .125
Critz 15 1 4 0    0    1 0    1    0 .267
Daubert 11 0 1 0    0    0    0     1    0 .091
Duncan 8 3 3 0    0    2    0 0    0 .375
Fowler 1 0 0 0    0    0    0    0     0    .000
B Hargrave 6 0    2    1    1    0    0 0 0 .333
C Lee 2    0 1 2    0    0    0 0     0     .500
Pinelli 10 0 3 1 0    0    0 4 0 .300
Roush 16 1 3 0    1    0 0 0 0 .188
C Walker 7 0 1 0       1 0 0 1 0 .142
I Wingo 7 0 0 0 0    0 0    0    0     .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Donohue 1 1 8 8 5 5 2 5 0 0 1 5.63

Luque 1    1 7 11 9    9     7 3 0 0 1 11.57
J May 1     0 1 2 0 0       0 1 0      0     0 0.00
C Mays 1 1 7 7 4 4 2 1 0 0 1 5.14|
Rixey 1     1 9 7 1 1 2 2 0 0     1 1.00

Sheehan 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00

Stat break: 1973 Oakland A's

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

J Alou 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Andrews 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bando 13 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 .154

Campaneris 16 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .250

Carty 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250

B Conigliaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000

Davalillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fosse 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250

Green 10 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300

Jackson 14 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 .214

De Johnson 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000

Kubiak 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Mangual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

North 17 3 4 2 0    1    0   1 2 .235
Rudi 14 3 6 7 1    0    1    2    0    .429
Tenace 15 0 4 2 3 0    0 0   0 .267

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Blue 1 1 7 6 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 2.57
Fingers 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0. 0 0.00

Hamilton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0    0 0 0 0.00
Holtzman 1 1 7 7 0 0 1 3 0   1 0 0.00
Hunter 1 1 8 6 2 1 3 4 0    1 0 1.13
Knowles 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Lindblad 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Odom 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1.80

Pina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Paul bracket: 1973 Oakland A's sweep 1924 Cincinnati Reds

The Moustache Gang A's made quick work of the punchless Reds, holding Cincinnati to just six runs in the four games.

Game One: Athletics 1, Reds 0: Ken Holtzman and Eppa Rixey pitched their way in and out of trouble for seven innings without surrending a tally. Rico Carty pinch hit for Holtzman to lead off the top of the eighth and doubled. Bill North immediately singled in pinch-runner Ted Kubiak, and Darold Knowles spun two perfect frames to nail down the opening win.

Game Two: Athletics 4, Reds 2: Ray Fosse homered in the third, and the A's added single tallies in the fourth, fifth and seventh. The Reds scored a pair in the sixth, with Edd Roush leading off with a double and Rube Bressler following with a triple, eventually scoring on a two-out boot by Bert Campaneris. Catfish Hunter went eight innings for the win.

Game Three: Athletics 9. Reds 3: Joe Rudi collected three hits and three RBIs, and Gene Tenace hit a pair of doubles and drove in two runs with his three hits to back Vida Blue. North scored a pair of runs.

Game Four: Athletics 5, Reds 1: Blue Moon Odom provided five innings of one-run ball, and Paul Lindblad ate up the final four innings for the long save. Rudi homered in the fourth and drove in two more in a four-run fifth inning.

Projected rotation: The sweep gives the A's full rest, so all pitchers will be available for the start of Round 2. The A's will replace Carty on the roster with Vic Davalillo, giving Oakland a legitimate pinch runner on its bench.