Lead Story - 12/30/2020

SEASON 4 POSTSEASON

SEASON 4 PLAYOFFS

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
OAKLAND ATHLETICS vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

G1: ATHLETICS 10, Orioles 4

G2: Orioles 6, ATHLETICS 3 F/10

G3: Athletics 1, ORIOLES 0

G4: ORIOLES 2, Athletics 1 (W.O.)

G5: ORIOLES 2, Athletics 1

G6: ATHLETICS 2, Orioles 0

G7: Orioles 5, ATHLETICS 2

*ORIOLES win Series, 4-3, advance to World Series


NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
PITTSBURGH PIRATES vs. NEW YORK GIANTS

G1: Giants 10, PIRATES 6

G2: Giants 11, PIRATES 1

G3: GIANTS 9, Pirates 4

G4: Pirates 9, GIANTS 6 F/12

G5: GIANTS 9, Pirates 4

*GIANTS win Series, 4-1, advance to World Series

WORLD SERIES
BALTIMORE ORIOLES vs. NEW YORK GIANTS

G1: GIANTS 10, Orioles 1

G2: Orioles 5, GIANTS 4 F/13

G3: Giants 5, ORIOLES 0

G4: Giants 2, ORIOLES 1 (NYG: 2R-Top 9th)

G5: Giants 5, ORIOLES 3

*GIANTS win World Series, 4-3

League Chat Box

10/29/2020

SEASON 4 PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS

Updated 10/29/20

1. Pirates
2. Indians
3. Giants
4. Phillies
5. Red Sox
6. Athletics
7. Twins
8. Cardinals
9. Cubs
10. Orioles
11. White Sox
12. Yankees
13. Tigers
14. Dodgers
15. Reds
16. Braves

10/16/2019

Days Off Granted

Its just easier than building them all into the schedule. I'm time-challenged as is..
PC Days off will be granted following each of these designated days (A line will be struck through when the day off has been granted.) :

Day 8
Day 15
Day 25
Day 33
Day 42
Day 51
Day 59
Day 69
Day 75
Day 83
Day 90 (3? for AS Break)
Day 102
Day 112
Day 119
Day 128
Day 134
Day 138
Day 146
Day 156

8/28/2019

SWITCH 2 THE FUTURE

AGE EDITS (PC/bbref.com Discrepancy)
**When importing players, PC is taking them from the Baseball-reference.com database, often, for an unknown reason, players are aged 1-2 yrs. In a Classic Progression league like ours, this can be problematic. You're literally being robbed of player progressions. To avert this, all owners are asked to skim through their rosters for any age discrepancies. Its not mandated, but it's only going to help your club. I will edit all ages to their correct number upon request. It is ENTIRELY up to the owner. ***

STAT SWITCH AHEAD ONE SEASON (Each franchise can select one new import each season to change their stats to the following season, three players can be chosen for the inaugural season. Stats are edited to match that season. Age and Import Year will remain the same.)
Player MUST meet following criteria :

HITTERS: May not exceed 300 AB in import season. Following season must be with at least 200 AB to qualify.
SP's: May not exceed 100 IP in import season. Following season must be with at least 75 IP to qualify.
RP's: May not exceed 40 IP in import season. Following season must be with at least 25 IP to qualify.

Season One

ATL - RP Jason Marquis (2000 --> 2001) (*becomes SP)

BAL - RP B.J. Ryan (2000 --> 2001)
BAL - C Ellie Hendricks (1968 --> 1969)
BAL - OF Dave May (1968 --> 1969)
BAL - C Jim Stephens (1908 --> 1909)

BOS - SP Joe Wood (1908 --> 1909)
BOS - OF Tris Speaker (1908 --> 1909)
BOS - SS Hal Rhyne (1930 --> 1931)
BOS - C Bill Carrigan (1908 --> 1909)

CHC - 2B Rogers Hornsby (1930 --> 1931)
CHC - RP Chuck Hartenstein (1968 --> 1969)
CHC - RP Pete Mikkelsen (1968 --> 1969)

CWS - RP Mark Buehrle (2000 --> 2001) (*becomes SP)
CWS - OF Carlos May (1968 --> 1969)
CWS - 3B Bill Melton (1968 --> 1969)

CIN - RP John Riedling (2000 --> 2001)
CIN - 2B Dick Egan (1908 --> 1909)
CIN - SP Jack Rowan (1908 --> 1909)
CIN - 1B Dick Hoblitzel (1908 --> 1909)

CLE - C Duke Sims (1968 --> 1969)
CLE - RP Ricardo Rincon (2000 --> 2001)
CLE - OF Richie Scheinblum (1968 --> 1972)

DET - SS Billy Rogell (1930 --> 1931)
DET - 1B Robert Fick (2000 --> 2001) (*switches to C/1B)
DET - 1B Tony Clark (2000 --> 2001)

LAD - C Paul Lo Duca (2000 --> 2001)

MIN - C Chad Moeller (2000 --> 2003)
MIN - SP Tom Hall (1968 --> 1969)
MIN - 1B Harmon Killebrew (1968 --> 1969) (*switches to 3B)
MIN - OF Jim Holt (1968 --> 1970)

NYG - RP Joe Gibbon (1968 --> 1969)
NYG - RP Roy Parmelee (1930 --> 1931) (*becomes SP)
NYG - OF Ollie Brown (1968 --> 1969)

NYY - SP Lefty Gomez (1930 --> 1931)
NYY - RP Randy Choate (2000 --> 2001)
NYY - 3B Alfonso Soriano (2000 --> 2001) (*switches to 2B)
NYY - SP Jack Warhop (1908 --> 1909)

OAK - SP Harry Krause (1908 --> 1909)
OAK - 2B Dick Green (1968 --> 1969)
OAK - SS Eric McNair (1930 --> 1931) (*switches to 3B)

PHI - OF Moose McCormick (1908 --> 1909)
PHI - SP Dave Coggin (2000 --> 2001)
PHI - SP Snipe Hansen (1930 --> 1932)

PIT - 3B Aramis Ramirez (2000 --> 2001)
PIT - C Carl Taylor (1968 --> 1969)(*declined pos. switch)
PIT - RP Jason Christiansen (2000 --> 2001)
PIT - SS Abraham Nunez (2000 --> 2001) (*switches to 2B)

STL - n/a

SEASON 2:
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ATL - SP Odalis Perez (2001 --> 2002)
BAL - RP Jorge Julio (2001 --> 2002)
BOS - n/a
CHC - n/a
CWS - n/a
CIN - n/a
CLE - n/a
DET - n/a
LAD - n/a
MIN - OF Bobby Kielty (2001 --> 2002)
NYG - RP Chad Zerbe (2001 --> 2002)
NYY - n/a
OAK - RP Chad Bradford (2001 --> 2002)
PHI - C Johnny Estrada (2001 --> 2004)
PIT - RP Damaso Marte (2001 --> 2002)
STL - n/a

SEASON 3:
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ATL - n/a
BAL - n/a
BOS - SP Ken Brett (1969 --> 1970) (*becomes RP)
CHC - n/a
CWS - n/a
CIN - n/a
CLE - C Ray Fosse (1969 --> 1970)
DET - n/a
LAD - SS Billy Grabarkewitz (1969 --> 1970) (*switches to 3B)
MIN - n/a
NYG - n/a
NYY - n/a
OAK - SP Vida Blue (1969 --> 1971)
PHI - RP Barry Lersch (1969 --> 1970)
PIT - 1B Bob Robertson (1969 --> 1970)
STL - n/a

SEASON 4:
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ATL - n/a
BAL - n/a
BOS - n/a
CHC - n/a
CWS - n/a
CIN - n/a
CLE - n/a
DET - OF Gee Walker (1931 --> 1932)
LAD - C Ernie Lombardi (1931 --> 1932)
MIN - C Cliff Bolton (1931 --> 1935)
NYG - n/a
NYY - n/a
OAK - n/a
PHI - OF Hal Lee (1931 ---> 1932)
PIT - n/a
STL - n/a


VETERAN SP --> RP CONVERSIONS:

SEASON 1:
PIT - SP Sam Leever - 1908 (66 Rk, 1.15 WHIP, 8.4/1.9/1.3 90 Stam/11 Fire)
PHI - SP Larry Jackson - 1968 (68 Rk, 1.19 WHIP, 8.5/2.2/4.7 126 Stam/14 Fire)

SEASON 2:
PHI - SP Curt Schilling - 2000 (70 Rk, 1.20 WHIP, 8.8/2.0/7.0 126 Stam/16 Fire)

SEASON 3:
PIT - SP Bob Veale - 1968 (75 Rk, 1.20 WHIP, 7.1/3.7/6.0 115 Stam/14 Fre)

SEASON 4:
DET - SP Bill Donovan - 1908 (74 Rk, 1.13 WHIP, 8.0/2.2/4.7 136 Stam/13 Fire)
LAD - SP Don Drysdale - 1968 (78 Rk, 1.13 WHIP, 7.9/2.3/5.6 133 Stam/13 Fire)
OAK - SP Eddie Plank - 1908 (79 RK, 1.09 WHIP, 7.9/1.9/4.5 121 Stam/12 Fire)
PIT - SP Vic Willis - 1908 (78 Rk, 1.08 WHIP, 7.5/2.2/2.4 124 Fire/ 9 Fire)

8/27/2019

FUTURE IMPORT YEARS

During each off-season, all 16 franchises will receive imports from the designated year previously assigned by the Commish. This will include any rookies, or players in their first year with the franchise and/or with the franchise in that particular year and not currently in the league. There will be no duplicate players. Any new imports traded during the season in question automatically go to the first team they accrued a G, AB or IP. No exceptions.

S-2: 2001 ------ S-26. 2007 ----- S-50. 2013
S-3 : 1969 ------ S-27. 1975 ----- S-51. 1981
S-4 : 1931 ------ S-28. 1937 ----- S-52. 1943
S-5 : 1909 ------ S-29. 1915 ----- S-53. 1921
S-6 : 2002 ------ S-30. 2008 ----- S-54. 2014
S-7 : 1970 ------ S-31. 1976 ----- S-55. 1982
S-8 : 1932 ------ S-32. 1938 ----- S-56. 1944
S-9 : 1910 ------ S-33. 1916 ----- S-57. 1922
S-10 : 2003 ----- S-34. 2009 ----- S-58. 2015
S-11 : 1971 ----- S-35. 1977 ----- S-59. 1983
S-12 : 1933 ----- S-36. 1939 ----- S-60. 1945
S-13 : 1911 ----- S-37. 1917 ----- S-61. 1923
S-14 : 2004 ----- S-38. 2010 ----- S-62. 2016
S-15 : 1972 ----- S-39. 1978 ----- S-63. 1984
S-16 : 1934 ----- S-40. 1940 ----- S-64. 1946
S-17 : 1912 ----- S-41. 1918 ----- S-65. 1924
S-18 : 2005 ----- S-42. 2011 ----- S-66. 2017
S-19 : 1973 ------ S-43. 1979 ----- S-67. 1985
S-20 : 1935 ------ S-44. 1941 ----- S-68. 1947
S-21 : 1913 ------ S-45. 1919 ----- S-69. 1925
S-22 : 2006 ------ S-46. 2012 ----- S-70. 2018
S-23 : 1974 ------ S-47. 1980 ------ S-71. 1986
S-24 : 1936 ------ S-48. 1942 ------ S-72. 1948
S-25 : 1914 ------ S-49. 1920 ------ S-73. 1926

S-74. 2019
S-75. 1987
S-76. 1949
S-77. 1927
S-78. 2020*
S-79. 1988
S-80. 1950
S-81. 1928
S-82. 2021*
S-83. 1989
S-84. 1951
S-85. 1929
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S-86. 1990
S-87. 1952
S-88. 2022* or 1991
S-89. 1991 or 1953
S-90. TBD
S-91. TBD

8/27/2019

Low IP SP -> RP Conversions/Position Changes

Based on a sliding scale. When imported, a 90+ Rk SP must have 40 IP minimum or will be converted to a RP...A 80-89 Rk SP Must have at least 30 IP to remain a SP...A 70-79 Rk SP must have a minimum of 20 IP to remain a SP.

SEASON 1:
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CIN - Charlie Rhodes - 1908 (96 RK, 37 IP)
CLE - Jack Ryan - 1908 (92 RK, 35 IP)
LAD - Alan Foster - 1968 (99 RK, 15 IP)
PHI - Earl Moore - 1908 (92 RK, 26 IP)
PIT - Chick Brandom - 1908 (94 RK, 17 IP)

SEASON 2:
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NYY - Adrian Hernandez - 2001 (87 RK, 22 IP)

SEASON 3:
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none

SEASON 4:
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PIT - Bill Harris - 1931 (92 RK, 31 IP)

Position Changes
SEASON 1:
SEASON 2:
SEASON 3:
SEASON 4: CIN - Tony Cuccenello (3B --> 2B)
PIT - Freddie Patek (SS --> OF)
OAK - Olmedo Saenz (DH --> 3B)
DET - Bill Akers (SS --> 3B)

8/26/2019

Same Name, Different Player...

Sandy Alomar, Sr. - 2B (CWS) - 1968
Sandy Alomar, Jr. - C (CLE) - 2000

Tom J. Hughes - SP (MIN) - 1908
Tom F. Hughes - OF (DET) - 1930

Brian L. Hunter - OF (CIN) - 2000
Brian R. Hunter - 1B (ATL) - 2000

Ramon J. Martinez - SP (BOS) - 2000
Ramon E. Martinez - SS (NYG) - 2000

Lee May - 1B (CIN) - 1968
A. Lee Maye - OF (CLE) - 1968 (*kept hitting for Duplicate Player)

Al S. Shaw - OF (STL) - 1908
Al L. Shaw - C (CWS) - 1908

Ed Sprague, Sr. - RP (OAK) - 1968
Ed Sprague, Jr. - 3B (BOS) - 2000

George R. Stone - OF (BAL) - 1908
George H. Stone - SP (ATL) - 1968

Bill John Sweeney - 3B (ATL) - 1908
Bill Joseph Sweeney - 1B (BOS) - 1930

Ed Walsh, Sr. - SP (CWS) - 1908
Ed Walsh, Jr. - RP (CWS) - 1930

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Jose 'Palillo' Santiago - SP (BOS) - 1968
Jose R. Santiago - RP (PHI) - 2001 (both w/ middle name Rafael, eldest referred to by nickname.)

Craig F. Wilson - 3B (CWS) - 2000
Craig A. Wilson - 1B (PIT) - 2001

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Danny Murphy 'I' - OF (OAK) - 1908
Danny Murphy 'II' - RP (CWS) - 1969 (both have middle name Francis, referred to 'I' and 'II' chronologically.)

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Billy Sullivan, Sr. - C (CWS) - 1908
Billy Sullivan, Jr. - 3B (CWS) - 1931

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