League Rules
1924 Light Service AJ League1. Basic Pitch: This is a non-contract league based on the 1924 season. Your first team will be picked in the order you joined the league and put “Hiya” in the chatbox. Your second team will be chosen in inverse order of your first team’s 1924 win total. If 2 teams had the same number of wins, we will use winning percentage as the first tiebreaker. A team's wins since 1924 will be the second tiebreaker.
For a hypothetical example, Albert joins first, Bobby joins second, and Carlos joins third. For their first teams, they pick in that order. Albert picks Wichita (101 wins), Bobby picks Tulsa (89 wins), and Carlos picks Amarillo (94 wins).
For their second teams, the order is Bobby first (89 wins), Carlos second (94 wins), and Albert 3rd (101 wins).
You may not trade players between your teams. This is a boot-able offense.
2. How are players acquired?
First season USED? 1924
Minimum AB/IP? 50 AB, 15 IP, for the first season. Stats will be doubled after the first year. Afterwards, 100 AB and 25 IP will be the minimums for importing and stat changing.
Duplicate players are allowed in Season 1, but not in import cohorts: a player goes where he has the most IP or AB during his import season. Once assigned, a player is yours until you cut him, trade him, or don’t include him in your best 20 players.
ANY ISSUE ABOUT WHICH TEAM A PLAYER BELONGS ON MUST BE RAISED PRIOR TO THE FIRST GAME, OR THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IS WAIVED. Once a player “suits up” for a game, he belongs to that team.
3. Updating personnel:
Progressions: type: Unpredictable. Plateau range: 28 - 30. 31 begins regression.
Note: For 1930- 1945, the plateau will be 28 - 31. For 1946 - 1980, the range will be 28 - 32. From 1981 - 2000, the range will be 29 - 32. From 2001 on, it will be 30 - 33.
Imports and Minimums? Season 1: 15 IP, 50 AB. After: 25 IP, 100 AB.
Stat changing? Yes. Minimums to change: 25 IP, 100 AB. Once games start, if a player is caught having stat-switched to a year where the minimums are not met, the player will be removed from the league for the season, and will only return if imported. I make a distinction between an owner turning himself in before games start, and the Commissioner or another owner catching him during the season.
Trades? Yes, but not between your teams. No trades, or waivers, after game 140 and before the end of the World Series.
Anyone can question the fairness of a trade, and forward a review request to the trade review committee. I will select the members of this committee, and majority rules. If for some reason there is a tie (as with an abstention), the Commissioner will break the tie. The Commissioner will oversee the performance of this committee. Requests to have trades reviewed must be made within 1 week or 20 games from the trade, whichever comes first.
DRAFT: During the offseason, after imports, you can select 20 players to keep. You do this by signing them to a 1-year contract: when I advance contracts, the others will be washed into the Free Agent pool. 6 rounds is usually enough, although in the first 5 years there may not be enough players to warrant a draft this long. We will be working towards 6 rounds. (Waiver claims will follow once the season starts.)
Draft order will be based upon presumed team strength. PC’s impression of team strength will be calculated when everybody is down to 20 players. If you keep fewer than 20 players, which is your option, it will be interpreted as an attempt to get a higher draft pick, and the teams with fewer than 20 players will draft after those who retained 20.
Note that when games begin, you must have enough players of the right type for sims to run. This would be 11 position players and 9 pitchers. If you don't have these minimums, your team's sims won't run, and you will forfeit games until you do (yes -- we will do waiver claims once the season begins.).
4. League set up, number of games, rotation size, injury length, and roster size:
1 10-team league. 154 game season until 1961. Beginning in 1962, we will play a 162-game season. 4-man rotations until 1974; in 1975 we will move to a 5-man rotation. Injuries: 10/15 (H/P). Rosters will be 26/7, once the draft arrives.
5. Playoffs:
5 teams make the playoffs, and the regular season champ gets a bye until the World Series. The first wild card round is best-of-3. The Wild Card Finals are best-of-5. The World Series is best-of-7.
Rules about ties for a playoff spot:
A wild card team never hosts a series against a non-wild card team.
If teams tie for a playoff spot:
⇒ If both teams would be “in”, use head to head record as a tiebreaker. Run differential is the 2nd tie-breaker.
⇒ If one is in, the other is out, 1 game playoff (@ head 2 head winner)
In addition to a Cy Young and a MVP Award, there will also be a Manager of the Year Award given to the owner with the best combined record. The Manager of the Year gets the ring for the season.
MY BASIC EXPECTATIONS OF EACH OWNER:
⇒ Your commitment is season to season. When you join, you will be expected to actively run your team until the end of the season, which is when the regular season ends for non-playoff teams, or when your playoff team is eliminated. If you quit mid-season without my blessing, I will share this information with other commissioners.
⇒ Actively running your team means that you read messages once per day, meet all deadlines, and communicate any difficulties to the commissioner.
⇒ I will provide a minimum of 48 hours between a posting of a deadline, and the deadline. Ignorance of the deadline will not be an excuse for failing to meet the deadline.
⇒ If you will be away, and unable to get your messages, give the commissioner advance notice. Inactivity for ten (10) days, or repeated failure to meet deadlines, may result in your being booted from the league.
⇒ Every owner is expected to field a team (9 pitchers and 11 fielders) every game. Failure to do so, making the sims not run, results in a forfeit.
⇒ Read and be familiar with the rules immediately upon joining: it may affect your desire to be in the league, or your desire to pick a certain team.
Please keep all conversations clean
Please don't be rude to fellow owners
Please be active, if not active for 14 days you may be removed from the league
We all love baseball and that's why we're here. So Just have fun and enjoy!
General rules:
Each offseason, you can switch a SP to RP, or a RP to a SP, but stamina will remain “as is.”. You can change it back the next offseason if you like, but no changes between first pitch and the last out of the World Series.
You can switch a player’s primary and secondary positions if they played 50% or more games THAT season at their secondary position, or at least 25% of their games for their career at their secondary position.
During an offseason, a player can be switched to the position they played most in their career, regardless of the requirements of General Rule #2.
You can switch a DH to his secondary position, as long as he has a fielding percentage.
Off season duties:
After season 1, double the stats.
The Manager of the Year gets the ring for the season.
Unpredictable progression after world series. Plateau range: 28 - 30. 31 begins regression.
Note: For 1930- 1945, the plateau will be 28 - 31. For 1946 - 1980, the range will be 28 - 32. From 1981 - 2000, the range will be 29 - 32. From 2001 on, it will be 30 - 33.
Imports: You get all the imports from the next season that are not already in the league (25 IP/100 AB minimum)
Stat changes: unlimited with minimums for importing (25 IP/100 AB minimum)
Sign 20 players to protect them from the draft.
Stat changing is turned off for the offseason. Team strength is then calculated by Pennant Chase.
Draft (working toward 6 rounds). Draft order will be based upon presumed team strength. PC’s impression of team strength will be calculated when everybody is down to 20 players. If you keep fewer than 20 players, it will be interpreted as an attempt to get a higher draft pick, and the teams with fewer than 20 players will draft after those who retained 20.
Turn drops and trades on
Opening Day
Elastic Clause: I reserve the right to create new rules as necessary to deal with problems as they arise.
Some leagues use fictional player progression. To learn more about how players progress, check the Player Potential page.
League Settings
| Year Range of Stats | 1926 - 1926 |
| Roster Size (Majors) | 26 |
| Roster Size (Minors) | 7 |
| Keepers | (20 keepers) |
| Change Stats Allowed | |
| Free Agency | (waivers) |
| Drops | |
| No-Drop List | |
| Player Fatigue | |
| Batter Injuries | (10 games max) |
| Pitcher Injuries | (15 games max) |
| Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats | |
| Allows Max Surprise Bunts | |
| Min Batters Pitcher Must Face | 1 |
| Slump Buster | (15 days) |
| On Fire | Uses WAR |
| User Sims | (every 3 hours) |
