League Rules

LEAGUE RULES

1. All players in this database have had their ratings adjusted to their peak career statistics. Some of those players have been edited to eliminate any outliers. This is to increase competition in the league.

2. Every team starts with 7 Permanent Players. These are players that spent the majority of their career with your franchise and played in the 1970s-Present. You can make changes to your 7 players but they will not go on your team until the following offseason. For hitters, I will use YRS,GP & ABs to determine tie-breakers between two franchises. For pitchers, I will use YRS, GP & IPs to determine tie-breakers. THESE PLAYERS CANNOT BE TRADED! If you Drop or Trade a permanent player, he will be placed back on your roster with a Salary Penalty of $20. The Penalty will reduce by $5 every season.

3. The following franchises have been merged and players from either can count towards your 7 Permanent Players. Blue Jays/Rangers, Mariners/Royals, Diamondbacks/Padres and Rockies/Reds.

4. Each team has $175 to sign up to 21 addition players. You do not need to sign players tagged as "No Trade Perm Players." They will stay on your roster without a contract.

5. We will have a 2 Round Slow Draft based on last season's order of finish.

6. Following the Slow Draft, we will hold the Auto Draft to get rosters back to 23.

7. There will be a 5 round Supplemental Draft after Game 5.

8. Free Agency opens after Game 6.

9. Slump Buster has a limit of 60 days.

10. Injuries can be as long as 24 days. (60 days when there were 30 teams)

11. Each team is limited to 9 trades per season. Again, you cannot trade your "Perm Players."

12. Trades will be shut down after Game 130.

13. Free Agency will be shut down at the end of the Regular Season.

14. You CAN challenge trades. You must do it openly through the chatbox (transparency). You can send me a message if you feel like I did not notice the challenge. I will post a poll and wait on at least 10 votes. The majority rules.

END OF RULES!!!


LEAGUE SETUP INFO
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1. SIM SCHEDULE: Mostly run by user-sim 3-4 sims per day. 162 game schedule (2 and 3 game series). I might sim some games while I am online. It depends on how much time I get. Just keep up with your lineup bc the season will fly by before you know it.

2. TIEBREAKERS: One game playoff will be used for Division Championship and Wild Card Winners.

3. TRADING: If you trade for a player under contract, you inherit the contract. Trades will be monitored. Limited to 9 trades per season. You cannot trade "Perm Players."

4. CONTRACTS: 3 yr contracts and players will demand raises. Players won't ReSign.

5. TEAM SALARIES: $175 <--Subject to change

MORE POST-SEASON STUFF
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6. AWARDS:
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MVP AL (Auto)
MVP NL (Auto)
Cy Young AL (Auto)
Cy Young NL (Auto)
World Series MVP (Commish Choice)

7. ROSTER SIZE: We will carry 30 players per team, 5 minor league spots equaling 35 total players. I have limited QPOS for players because I am tired of seeing good players out of position. Managers in this league will have to play their players at their normal positions to be successful. The extra players should help you just in case someone gets injured. Injuries can reach up to 24 games (See Rule #10). If you get in a jam because of injuries, I suggest you drop someone.

8. UNOWNED TEAMS: After the auto draft, any unowned team will be filled with players that meet that Franchise's Designation.

9. I will remove or move managers that do not appear active. If you keep a qualified lineup, rotation and sign players, you will be fine.


Thanks!
Dalbey52/MJGIII

END OF SETUP


PLAYER EDITING "THE EXTRA NERDY STUFF!"
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It will be my goal to keep this league as realistic and competitive as possible. All player ratings will fall between a specific range to eliminate any outliers. Since we don't have player progression, this should increase the chance of having more diversity w/ our MVP's and our Cy Young award winners. Minimizing the length of contracts & the size of rosters should also contribute to parity in the league. I will be editing players along the way. You may notice players' POSITION eligibility changing to better reflect the player.

Here is the...
Statistical Range
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Featured Player (High-Low)
Ty Cobb AVG .400-.250
Ted Williams OBP .540-.310
Barry Bonds SLG .840-.375
Babe Ruth OPS 1.365-.750(C,2B,3B).800(1B,3B,OF)
Ichiro Suzuki ABs 685-450, 400(C)
Billy Hamilton RUNS 165-45
Ichiro Suzuki HITS 255-100
Joe Medwick 2Bs 64-15
Sam Thompson 3Bs 28-1
Barry Bonds HRs 64-1
Hack Wilson RBI 173-45
Barry Bonds BBs 147-20
Mark Reynolds SOs 197-40
HBP 20-1
Rickey Henderson SBs 100-1
CFLD% .999-.985
CRF 8.1-5.2
1BFLD% .999-.985
1BRF 10.5-7.4
2BFLD% .999-.975
2BRF 5.5-4.0
3BFLD% .988-.930
3BRF 3.5-2.2
SSFLD% .996-.955
SSRF 6.0-3.9
OFFLD% .999-.965
CFRF 3.3-2.0
RF/LFRF 3.0-1.5

FIRE CALCULATION: Max Runs/4, 4MVP=40, 3MVP=39, 2MVP=38, 1MVP=30+, HoF=30+, AS=20+

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SP Statistical Ranges
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Wins + Losses must equal 40 or less
(adjusted for pitchers before 1980)
Wins 9-30
Losses 1-20
ERA 1.10 - 4.50
Complete Games 1-25
Wild Pitches 1-25
Innings Pitched 180-399 or highest IPs in a season that does not exceed 399.
(SPs must have at least 1 season with 100IPs to qualify. However, other seasons will be added to the totals to exceed 180IPs)
.88-1.00 WHIP Range for Hall of Fame. Combined lowest h/9 & bb/9
.88-1.01 WHIP Range for Cy Young Winner. Combined lowest h/9 & bb/9
.90-1.30 WHIP Range for All-Stars. Combined lowest h/9 & bb/9
.92-1.30 WHIP Range for any other player 1980-Present. Combined lowest h/9 & bb/9
.94-1.30 WHIP Range for any other player 1960-1979. Single Season total
.96-1.30 WHIP Range for any other player Past-1959. Single Season total
H/9 5.3-9.9 at least 150IPs
BB/9 1.0-4.9 at least 150IPs
K/9 1.5-11.5 at least 100IPs
Stamina 127-90
Fire 40-15

Automatic On Fire Qualifications
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40 - 4+ Cy Young Awards
39 - 3 Cy Young Awards
38 - 2 Cy Young Awards
37 - Cy Young Award
30 - Hall of Fame Pitcher
20 - All-Star Pitcher

On Fire Calculations
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Highest number between
Wins + 6 = On Fire
or
(5 - ERA)*11 = On Fire
Minimum is 15 on Fire for SPs
or
Highest natural Fire according to Guy's calculations
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RP Statistical Ranges
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W-L = Career Average
ERA 1.00-4.50
Wild Pitches 1-15
Innings Pitched 50-179
Saves 56-1
MR WHIP .90-1.20 19Svs or less
CL WHIP .70-1.09
WHIP minimums according to Saves
44sv = .95.96
43=97/96
42=97/98
41=98/99
40=99/1.00
39=1.00/1.01
38=1.01/1.02
37=1.02/1.03
36=1.03/1.04
35=1.04/1.05
34=1.05/1.06
33=1.06/1.07
32=1.07/1.08
31-20=1.08/1.09
RP STAMINA 20-89
K/9 Range 1.5-15.5
**There is no range for H/9 or BB/9. Only for WHIP**
ON FIRE Saves-5 with a minimum of 1
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Primary player positions will also include the different OF positions (RF,CF,LF). Players will qualify for a 2nd position if they have played more than 70 games at another position. OF if 2 or more OF positions, UT if qualified for 1 IF and/or 1 OF position. IF if qualified for 2 or more IF positions.


HOME FIELD RATINGS
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STADIUM CALCULATOR
Elevation (subtracted from fence)

Sea Level: 0-599ft
600-1199ft 1% -5ft
1200-1799ft 2% -10ft
1800-2399ft 3% -15ft
2400-2999ft 4% -20ft
3000-3599ft 5% -25ft
3600-4199ft 6% -30ft
4200-4799ft 7% -35ft
4800-6000ft 8% -40ft

Average July Temperature (subracted from fence)

60-69 = 0ft
70-73 = -1ft
74-77 = -2ft
78-81 = -3ft
82-85 = -4ft
86-89 = -5ft
90-93 = -6ft
94-99 = -7ft

True Distance Calculator

(LFx3 + LC + CF)/5 or (RFx3 + RC + CF)/5

Hitter advantage

Less-339 Big Bo
340-346 Mild Bo
347-353 None
354-360 Mild Dis
361-More Big Dis

ASK COMMISSIONER IF YOU WANT YOUR FENCES RECALCULATED


EDITING
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1B's w/ OPS under .900 have 1 secondary position. 1B's with OPS were limited at their 2nd POS unless they spent significant time at a 2nd position. No 1B had an OPS under .800. Range set by OPS T.Helton to S.Cox

QPOS Criteria
OPS 1.000+ Extremely limited
OPS .900+ atleast 100 games
OPS .800+ atleast 1QPOS
OPS .700+ IF, OF, UT


Top Tier Player modifications
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Ks
Mark Reynolds 195
Adam Dunn 194
Drew Stubbs 193
Ryan Howard 192
Jack Cust 191
Curtis Granderson 190
Danny Espinosa 189
Jose Hernandez 188
Preston Wilson 187
Rob Deer 186
Pete Incaviglia 185
Jim Thome 184
Rickie Weeks 183
Cecil Fielder 182
Carlos Pena 182
Austin Jackson 181
Mo Vaughn 180

2B
Joe Medwick 64
Hank Greenberg 63
Paul Waner 62
Charlie Gehringer 60

3B
Chief Wilson 31
Heinie Reitz 30
Dave Orr 29
Sam Thompson 28
George Davis 27
Kiki Cuyler 26
Shoeless Joe Jackson 26

AVG
400 Ty Cobb
399 Rogers Hornsby
398 Shoeless Joe Jackson
397 Ted Williams
396 Harry Heilmann
395 George Sisler/Nap Lajoie
394 Tony Gwynn/Bill Terry
393 Babe Ruth
392 Al Simmons
391 Hugh Duffy/Ed Delahanty
390 George Brett
389 Tris Speaker
388 Rod Carew/Luke Appling
387 Billy Hamilton
386 Chuck Klein
385 Arky Vaughan
384 Willie Keeler/Jessie Burkett/Sam Thompson
383 Hughie Jennings/Cap Anson/John McGraw
382 Joe Kelley/Fred Clarke/King Kelly/Deacon White
381 Honus Wagner/Joe DiMaggio
380 Paul Waner
379 Lou Gehrig/Larry Walker/Goose Goslin/Freddie Lindstrom
378 Babe Herman/Lefty O'Doul/Earl Averill/Heinie Manush/Sam Crawford
377 Tip O'Neill/Ross Barnes/Tuck Turner/Fred Dunlap/Pete Browning
376 Stan Musial
375 Zack Wheat
374 Dan Brouthers/Joe Medwick
373 Jack Clements/Bill Lange/Lave Cross
372 Nomar Garciaparra/Todd Helton/Ichiro Suzuki/Eddie Collins/Heinie Zimmerman
371 Tommy Tucker/Roger Conner/Jim Bottomley/Jake Stenzel/Charlie Gehringer
370 Andres Galarraga/Barry Bonds

WALKS
Barry Bonds 147
Babe Ruth 146
Mark McGwire 145
Ted Williams 144
Ed Yost 143
Jeff Bagwell 142
Mickey Mantle 141
Harmon Killebrew 140
Garry Sheffield 139
Frank Thomas 138

AB/HR
Barry Bonds (36) 64 8.01 512.64
Mark McGwire (34) 63 8.02 505.26
Sammy Sosa (29) 62 9.02 559.24
Roger Maris (26) 61 9.67 589.87
Babe Ruth+ (32) 60 8.48 508.8
Alex Cabrera 59 10.57 624
Jimmie Foxx+ (24) 58 10.09 585.22
Ryan Howard (26) 58 10.02 581.16
Hank Greenberg+ (27) 58 9.59 556.22
Alex Rodriguez (26) 57 10.8 615.6
Luis Gonzalez (33) 57 10.68 608.76
Ken Griffey (27) 56 11.12 622.72
Hack Wilson+ (30) 56 10.45 585.2
Sadaharu Oh 55 11.45 629.75
Jose Bautista (29) 54 10.54 569.16
David Ortiz (30) 54 10.33 557.82
Ralph Kiner+ (26) 54 10.17 549.18
Mickey Mantle+ (29) 54 9.52 514.08
Josh Gibson 53 12 636
George Foster (28) 52 11.83 615.16
Willie Mays+ (34) 52 10.73 557.96
Jim Thome (31) 52 9.23 479.96
Andruw Jones (28) 51 11.49 585.99
Johnny Mize+ (34) 51 11.49 585.99
Cecil Fielder (26) 51 11.24 573.24
Brady Anderson (32) 50 11.58 579
Greg Vaughn (32) 50 11.46 573
Prince Fielder (23) 50 11.46 573
Albert Belle (28) 50 10.92 546
Todd Helton (27) 49 11.98 587.02
Lou Gehrig+ (31) 49 11.82 579.18
Frank Robinson+ (30) 49 11.76 576.24
Ted Kluszewski (29) 49 11.69 572.81
Larry Walker (30) 49 11.59 567.91
Harmon Killebrew+ (33) 49 11.33 555.17
Albert Pujols (26) 49 10.92 535.08
Mike Schmidt+ (31) 48 11.42 548.16
Dave Kingman (30) 48 11.08 531.84
Willie Stargell+ (31) 48 10.65 511.2
Troy Glaus (23) 47 11.98 563.06
Eddie Mathews+ (22) 47 11.9 559.3
Reggie Jackson+ (23) 47 11.68 548.96
Juan Gonzalez (26) 47 11.51 540.97
Hank Aaron+ (37) 47 10.53 494.91
Kevin Mitchell (32) 47 10.33 485.51
Jeff Bagwell (26) 47 10.26 482.22
Carlos Pena (29) 46 10.65 489.9
Rocky Colavito (24) 45 11.93 536.85
Lance Berkman (30) 45 11.91 535.95
Manny Ramirez (28) 45 11.55 519.75
Willie McCovey+ (31) 45 10.91 490.95
Jay Buhner (30) 44 11.75 517
Matt Williams (28) 44 10.35 455.4
Jason Giambi (29) 43 11.86 509.98
Gary Sheffield (31) 43 11.65 500.95
Ted Williams+ (38) 43 11.05 475.15
Frank Thomas (26) 43 10.5 451.5
Jack Clark (31) 42 11.97 502.74
Jim Edmonds (33) 42 11.46 481.32
Travis Hafner (29) 42 10.81 454.02

RUNS
Billy Hamilton 165
Babe Ruth 164
Lou Gehrig 163
Tip O'Neill 163
Willie Keeler 162
Joe Kelley 162
Arlie Latham 162
Hugh Duffy 161
Jesse Burkett 160
Fred Dunlap 160

RBI
Hack Wilson 173
Lou Gehrig 172
HAnk Greenberg 171
Jimmie Foxx 170
Babe Ruth 169
Chuck Klein 168
Joe DiMaggio 167
Sam THompson 166
Manny Ramirez 165
Al Simmons 164
Hal Trosky 162
Sammy Sosa 160
Ted Williams 158
Juan GOnzalez 157

SBs
Rickey Henderson 100
Arlie Latham 99
Lou Brock 99
Billy Hamilton 98
Vince Coleman 98
Maury Wills 97
Pete Browning 97
Ty Cobb 96

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