I came to think of this as the league that defied an elevator pitch. There was no simple way to describe this melange of second-and-third tier Hall of Famers and Negro League cards players backed up by a selection of 1924 players with one full 1969 team tossed in, with elements of theme teams and randomized rosters.
Some things worked. Some did not. Notes for review if (or when) I try to revisit this format:
* Even a great real-life team is simply not competitive in a league of Hall of Fame misfits.
The 1969 Baltimore Orioles are representative of one of the best multi-year teams in baseball history. They were in the cellar wire-to-wire.
One problem: The O's were coded defensively to the standards of 1969. The Hall of Fame lineups were coded to the defensive standards of the late 1990s. And there's a huge difference. Even though the Orioles of the late 1960s-early 70s were perhaps the greatest fielding team ever, in the context of this league they were second rate.
Mark Belanger, for example. He's a 2 e26. I suspect he should have been a 1, but I'm sure Strat has its reasons to stick him with a 2 for that season, He is one of the great defensive shortstops in in baseball history, and in this league he was the worst glove of the regular shortstops (behind Rabbit Maranville, Dave Bancroft, Phil Rizzuto, Dick Seay and Pee Wee Reese).
* Using the closer rule with 1924 cards is ... complicated.
The four HoF teams had two Hall of Fame starters apiece with the rest of the staff made up of 1924 pitchers. Three of the four teams wound up deploying one of their better "starters" as essentially full-time relievers. (Vic Keen did make two starts for the Quakers.) The fourth team, the Flashes, was paired with one of the few 1924 teams that had a semblance of a bullpen.
Upshot: I generally went deeper with starters for those teams than I did with the two non-HoF squads. Which is realistic.
* The HoF lineups were set in stone, and the only in-game substitutions allowed for the them were of pitchers and for injury. As noted above, circumstances limited pitching changes for those teams. That made managing them a bit dull.
The Black Caps were easily the most fun for me to manage because I could shuffle the lineup and pull pitchers aggressively. I probably overmanaged them as a result.
* The Quakers won the title by six games, a pretty solid margin for a 60-game season. They also had the most first-tier HoFers (in my estimation) and the league's best defensive middle infield; they had power; and they got more offense from the bottom of their lineup than I could have expected. Perhaps because of the quality of the middle infield, Red Faber and Ted Lyons were arguably the two most effective HoF starters (with Fergie Jenkins in the mix as well). They also had the league's shakiest bullpen and the single worst defensive regular (Hank Greenberg in left field); those weren't sufficient handicap.
* It was very much a hitters league. Only one ERA qualifier, Sam Streeter of the Black Caps, had an ERA under 3.00, and he barely made it. A majority of the HoF regulars had batting averages above .300. The Orioles pitchers in particular struggled.
On to the next league ... stay tuned.
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Monday, June 27, 2016
Leftover League awards
Player of the Year: Hack Wilson, Raymond Rams
Pitcher of the Year: Red Faber, Guilford Quakers
All Star team:
Catcher: Rick Ferrell, Guilford Quakers
First base: Jim Bottomley, Fordham Flashes
Second base: Nellie Fox, Raymond Rams
Third base: Fred Lindstrom, Fordham Flashes
Shortstop; Phil Rizzuto, Raymond Rams
Left field: Heinie Manush, Ortonville Orators
Center field: Hack Wilson, Raymond Rams
Right field: Larry Doby, Guilford Quakers
Pitchers: Red Faber, Guilford Quakers; Ted Lyons, Guilford Quakers; Sam Streeter, Lincoln Park Black Caps; Ferguson Jenkins, Ortonville Orators
Pitcher of the Year: Red Faber, Guilford Quakers
All Star team:
Catcher: Rick Ferrell, Guilford Quakers
First base: Jim Bottomley, Fordham Flashes
Second base: Nellie Fox, Raymond Rams
Third base: Fred Lindstrom, Fordham Flashes
Shortstop; Phil Rizzuto, Raymond Rams
Left field: Heinie Manush, Ortonville Orators
Center field: Hack Wilson, Raymond Rams
Right field: Larry Doby, Guilford Quakers
Pitchers: Red Faber, Guilford Quakers; Ted Lyons, Guilford Quakers; Sam Streeter, Lincoln Park Black Caps; Ferguson Jenkins, Ortonville Orators
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Leftover League leaders (pitchers)
Top 10 in Triple Crown categories, top five in others
WINS: 1. Faber (Quakers) 11; 2. Lyons (Quakers) 9; 3. Jenkins (Orators) and Perry (Rams) 8; 5. Haines (Flashes) 7; 6. Drake (Black Caps), Holland (Black Caps), Kaufmann (Quakers) and Sutton (Orators) 6
ERA (60 innings minimum): 1. Streeter (Black Caps) 2.97; 2. T Williams (Black Caps) 3.31; 3. Faber (Quakers) 3.65; 4. Nehf (Flashes) 3.84; 5. Jenkins (Orators) 3.87; 6. Lyons (Quakers) 3.89; 7. Whitehill (Rams) 3.91; 8. Drake (Black Caps) 3.98; 9. Perry (Rams) 4.05; 10. Cockrell (Black Caps) 4.07
STRIKEOUTS: 1. Jenkins (Orators) 77; 2. Perry (Rams) 73; 3. Ruffing (Rams) 70; 4. Sutton (Orators) 69; 5. Cuellar (Orioles) 48; 6. Faber (Quakers) and Palmer (Orioles) 46; 8. Grimes (Flahses) 39; 9. McNally (Orioles) 38; 10 T Williams (Black Caps) 35
LOSSES: Grimes (Flashes) 9; Cockrell (Black Caps), Cuellar (Orioles), Jenkins (Orators) and Ruffing (Rams), 7.
SAVES: Dauss (Rams) 10; Keen (Quakers) 9; Danforth (Orators) 8; three with six.
INNINGS: Ruffing (Rams) 126.6; Perry (Rams) 126.3; Sutton (Orators) 114.6; Jenkins (Orators) 114; two with 111.
GAMES: Hall (Orioles) 23; Watt (Orioles) 22; four with 20
GAMES STARTED: Eight with 15
GAMES STARTED: Eight with 15
HITS ALLOWED: Ruffing (Rams) 142; Haines (Flashes) 136; Perry (Rams) 131; Cuellar (Orioles) and Lyons (Quakers) 127
RUNS ALLOWED: Ruffing (Rams) 68; Sutton (Orators) 62; McNally (Orioles) 61; Perry (Rams) 60; Cuellar (Orioles) 59
EARNED RUNS ALLOWED: Ruffing (Rams) 68; McNally (Orioles) 60; Cuellar (Orioles) 59; Sutton (Orators) 58; Perry (Rams) 55
BASES ON BALLS: Ruffing (Rams) 55; Sutton (Orators) 40; Lyons (Quakers) 38; Perry (Rams) 37; Grimes (Flashes) 35
Leftover League leaders (hitters)
(Top 10 in Triple Crown categories, top five in others)
BATTING AVERAGE (186 plate appearances to qualify): 1. Manush (Orators) .382; 2. Bottomley, (Flashes) .356; 3. Carey (Quakers) .354; 4. Harris (Black Caps ) .350; 5. Combs (Rams) .349; 6. Cuyler (Orators) .345; 7. Rizzuto (Rams) .3421; 8. Lindstrom (Flashes) .3417; 9. Wilson (Rams) .340; 10. Doby (Quakers) .331
HOME RUNS: 1. Wilson (Rams) 20; 2. F. Robinson (Orioles) 17; 3. Perez (Quakers) 13; 4. Bottomley (Flashes); Hafey (Flashes) 12; 6. Greenberg (Quakers),Kelly (Flashes),and Powell (Orioles) 11; 9. Blair (Orioles) and B. Robinson (Orioles) 10
RUNS BATTED IN: 1. Bottomley (Flashes) 60; 2. Wilson (Rams) 59; 3. Doby (Quakers) and Perez (Quakers) 51; 5. Cuyler (Orators) and Manush (Orators) 47; 7. Flick (Rams) and F. Robinson (Orioles) 44; 9. Greenberg (Quakers) and Medwick (Flashes) 41
AT BATS: Lindstrom (Flashes) 278; Carey (Quakers) 271; Herman (Orators) 263; Bottomley (Flashes) and Combs (Rams) 261
RUNS: Combs (Rams) 53; Wilson (Rams) 51; Lindstrom (Flashes) 50; Ashburn (Orators) and Carey (Quakers) 48
HITS: Carey (Quakers) 96; Lindstrom (Flashes) 95; Bottomley (Flashes) 93; Combs (Rams) 91; Wilson, (Rams) 86
DOUBLES: Hafey (Flashes) 21; Greenberg (Quakers) and Medwick (Flashes) 20; O'Rourke (Orators) 19; Sewell (Rams) 18
TRIPLES: Combs (Rams) and Maranville (Quakers) 10; Doby (Quakers) 6; Manush (Orators) and Youngs (Flashes) 5
BASES ON BALLS: Evers (Quakers) 39; Reese (Orators) 38; Doby (Quakers) 35; Combs (Rams) 33); three with 30
STOLEN BASES: Carey (Quakers) 13; Chance (Rams) 9; Benjamin (Black Caps), Evers (Quakers) and Flick (Rams) 5
Hitters
BATTING AVERAGE (186 plate appearances to qualify): 1. Manush (Orators) .382; 2. Bottomley, (Flashes) .356; 3. Carey (Quakers) .354; 4. Harris (Black Caps ) .350; 5. Combs (Rams) .349; 6. Cuyler (Orators) .345; 7. Rizzuto (Rams) .3421; 8. Lindstrom (Flashes) .3417; 9. Wilson (Rams) .340; 10. Doby (Quakers) .331
HOME RUNS: 1. Wilson (Rams) 20; 2. F. Robinson (Orioles) 17; 3. Perez (Quakers) 13; 4. Bottomley (Flashes); Hafey (Flashes) 12; 6. Greenberg (Quakers),Kelly (Flashes),and Powell (Orioles) 11; 9. Blair (Orioles) and B. Robinson (Orioles) 10
RUNS BATTED IN: 1. Bottomley (Flashes) 60; 2. Wilson (Rams) 59; 3. Doby (Quakers) and Perez (Quakers) 51; 5. Cuyler (Orators) and Manush (Orators) 47; 7. Flick (Rams) and F. Robinson (Orioles) 44; 9. Greenberg (Quakers) and Medwick (Flashes) 41
AT BATS: Lindstrom (Flashes) 278; Carey (Quakers) 271; Herman (Orators) 263; Bottomley (Flashes) and Combs (Rams) 261
RUNS: Combs (Rams) 53; Wilson (Rams) 51; Lindstrom (Flashes) 50; Ashburn (Orators) and Carey (Quakers) 48
HITS: Carey (Quakers) 96; Lindstrom (Flashes) 95; Bottomley (Flashes) 93; Combs (Rams) 91; Wilson, (Rams) 86
DOUBLES: Hafey (Flashes) 21; Greenberg (Quakers) and Medwick (Flashes) 20; O'Rourke (Orators) 19; Sewell (Rams) 18
TRIPLES: Combs (Rams) and Maranville (Quakers) 10; Doby (Quakers) 6; Manush (Orators) and Youngs (Flashes) 5
BASES ON BALLS: Evers (Quakers) 39; Reese (Orators) 38; Doby (Quakers) 35; Combs (Rams) 33); three with 30
STOLEN BASES: Carey (Quakers) 13; Chance (Rams) 9; Benjamin (Black Caps), Evers (Quakers) and Flick (Rams) 5
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Final stats: Guilford Quakers
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Adams 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Carey 271 48 96 37 14 4 5 18 13 .354
Doby 236 47 78 51 14 6 9 35 0 .331
Evers 237 44 58 25 6 2 1 39 6 .245
Ferrell 231 32 74 34 17 1 3 20 0 .320
Grantham 14 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 .357
Greenberg 241 47 70 41 20 3 11 26 0 .290
Grigsby 18 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Heathcote 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400
Maranville 228 32 66 21 8 10 0 14 4 .289
H Miller 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
O'Farrell 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Perez 255 40 73 51 10 1 13 16 0 .286
Statz 10 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200
Tinker 210 22 64 40 17 4 3 13 6 .305
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Aldridge 10 10 68.6 72 35 33 34 23 0 3 2 4.33
Blake 20 0 24 34 18 17 13 7 6 1 2 6.38
Bush 12 0 19 23 10 10 6 10 0 1 1 4.74
Faber 15 15 111 109 50 45 34 46 0 11 4 3.65
Jacobs 9 8 60.3 70 31 28 26 16 0 3 1 4.18
Kaufmann 10 10 75.6 79 45 44 28 27 0 6 1 5.23
Keen 16 2 37.3 33 18 16 10 6 9 2 3 3.86
T Lyons 15 15 111 127 57 48 38 28 0 9 5 3.89
Blake 20 0 24 34 18 17 13 7 6 1 2 6.38
Bush 12 0 19 23 10 10 6 10 0 1 1 4.74
Faber 15 15 111 109 50 45 34 46 0 11 4 3.65
Jacobs 9 8 60.3 70 31 28 26 16 0 3 1 4.18
Kaufmann 10 10 75.6 79 45 44 28 27 0 6 1 5.23
Keen 16 2 37.3 33 18 16 10 6 9 2 3 3.86
T Lyons 15 15 111 127 57 48 38 28 0 9 5 3.89
Milstead 8 0 10 18 18 18 7 1 0 0 1 16.20
Wheeler 16 0 23.6 29 11 8 5 3 2 1 2 3.04
Final stats: Raymond Rams
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Bassler 14 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 .214
Blue 16 3 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 .375
Chance 237 44 64 26 11 4 1 24 9 .270
Combs 261 53 91 31 9 10 2 33 5 .349
Flick 248 39 81 44 8 3 5 20 6 .327
Fothergill 9 2 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Fox 229 27 71 38 9 3 3 6 2 .310
Haney 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Pratt 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200
Rizzuto 228 38 78 40 11 3 4 25 2 .342
Schalk 216 23 57 24 9 0 1 21 1 .263
Sewell 254 40 78 33 18 1 2 30 2 .307
Wilson 253 51 86 59 11 3 20 25 1 .340
Wingo 20 0 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 .250
Woodall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Collins 10 10 62.6 64 36 33 28 22 0 4 5 4.74
Dauss 15 0 16 14 6 6 0 7 10 2 2 3.38
Holloway 9 9 57.3 80 45 41 18 19 0 5 2 6.43
Leonard 9 0 12 28 17 17 4 8 0 0 0 12.75
S Johnson 17 0 19 27 19 17 5 9 1 1 0 8.05
G Perry 15 15 122.3 131 60 55 37 73 0 8 5 4.05
Dauss 15 0 16 14 6 6 0 7 10 2 2 3.38
Holloway 9 9 57.3 80 45 41 18 19 0 5 2 6.43
Leonard 9 0 12 28 17 17 4 8 0 0 0 12.75
S Johnson 17 0 19 27 19 17 5 9 1 1 0 8.05
G Perry 15 15 122.3 131 60 55 37 73 0 8 5 4.05
Ruffing 15 15 126.6 142 69 68 55 70 0 5 7 4.83
Stoner 16 0 34 40 23 23 22 7 0 2 2 6.08
Wells 10 0 15.6 27 11 11 9 4 0 1 0 6.32
Wells 10 0 15.6 27 11 11 9 4 0 1 0 6.32
Whitehill 10 10 73.6 85 37 32 22 25 0 2 6 3.91
Final stats: Ortonville Orators
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Ashburn 257 48 77 28 11 2 2 30 2 .300
Brouthers 237 36 71 35 12 4 4 19 0 .300
Cuyler 238 46 82 47 15 3 7 26 4 .345
Herman 263 45 78 22 16 4 1 13 1 .297
T Jackson 228 27 71 35 9 1 6 14 1 .311
Jacobson 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Manush 241 32 92 47 15 5 3 10 1 .382
McManus 12 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 .333
McMillan 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400
O'Rourke 248 24 76 39 19 1 5 4 2 .306
Reese 205 15 51 16 6 1 2 38 2 .257
Rice 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249
Severeid 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Tobin 26 3 11 0 1 2 0 1 0 .423
K Williams 22 3 9 4 3 0 0 2 0 .409
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Bayne 16 0 19.3 25 20 19 18 10 0 0 2 8.85
Danforth 11 0 12.6 15 6 6 6 4 8 1 2 4.26
Davis 10 10 62.6. 70 37 37 30 18 0 1 4 5.31
Jenkins 15 15 114 124 52 49 19 77 0 8 7 3.87
Kolp 18 0 28.3 53 35 33 11 9 1 0 0 10.48
G Lyons 2 0 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0.00
Pruett 16 0 15.6 20 15 14 10 7 1 1 1 8.04
Shocker 10 10 76.3 93 41 38 11 34 0 5 4 4.48
Sutton 15 15 114.6 117 62 58 40 69 0 6 6 4.55
Danforth 11 0 12.6 15 6 6 6 4 8 1 2 4.26
Davis 10 10 62.6. 70 37 37 30 18 0 1 4 5.31
Jenkins 15 15 114 124 52 49 19 77 0 8 7 3.87
Kolp 18 0 28.3 53 35 33 11 9 1 0 0 10.48
G Lyons 2 0 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0.00
Pruett 16 0 15.6 20 15 14 10 7 1 1 1 8.04
Shocker 10 10 76.3 93 41 38 11 34 0 5 4 4.48
Sutton 15 15 114.6 117 62 58 40 69 0 6 6 4.55
Vanguilder 20 0 27.6 37 13 11 8 13 3 2 1 3.58
Wingard 10 10 62.3 82 49 40 30 15 0 2 5 5.78
Friday, June 24, 2016
Final stats: Baltimore Orioles
Hitters
Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Belanger 226 17 52 34 5 2 2 21 3 .230
Blair 255 37 72 36 14 1 10 14 5 .282
Buford 244 30 59 8 13 1 1 29 3 .241
Dalyrmple 13 2 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .308
Etchebarren 32 0 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250
Floyd 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Hendricks 184 19 31 20 2 0 6 19 0 .168
D Johnson 230 28 68 18 16 2 4 18 1 .296
D May 37 5 10 1 2 0 0 1 0 .270
Motton 19 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263
Powell 237 28 65 40 14 1 11 24 0 .274
Rettemund 9 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333
B Robinson 241 29 53 24 6 4 10 13 0 .220
F Robinson 242 34 67 44 8 4 17 30 2 .277
Salmon 30 9 13 8 2 1 4 1 0 .433
Pitchers
Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Cuellar 15 15 109.3 127 59 59 26 48 0 4 7 4.86
D Hall 23 0 31.6 21 7 5 7 9 4 1 0 1.42
Hardin 12 8 60.6 90 47 44 10 22 0 2 3 6.53
Leonhard 16 1 32.6 43 18 17 13 9 0 1 4 4.68
Lopez 14 1 25 25 16 14 14 22 0 0 3 5.04
McNally 14 14 86 103 61 60 33 38 0 5 6 6.28
D Hall 23 0 31.6 21 7 5 7 9 4 1 0 1.42
Hardin 12 8 60.6 90 47 44 10 22 0 2 3 6.53
Leonhard 16 1 32.6 43 18 17 13 9 0 1 4 4.68
Lopez 14 1 25 25 16 14 14 22 0 0 3 5.04
McNally 14 14 86 103 61 60 33 38 0 5 6 6.28
Palmer 10 10 73 75 43 43 28 46 0 4 4 5.30
Phoebus 12 11 64 74 52 47 24 25 0 2 6 6.61
Richert 16 0 16 23 9 9 3 19 6 3 0 5.06
Watt 22 0 24.3 40 19 18 8 19 5 2 1 6.66
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