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HOB - OOTP2007 style
With all the beta testing I miss dynasty writing so I thought I would give you a little something to whet your appetite for historical play. This is not a TRTR blog so it will not contain any new features. Instead it will just be me recapping in my old History Of Baseball format a season at random from my most recent test sim.
1987 - RED SOX GET REVENGE ON METS Well, it wasn't quite 1986 but the Red Sox and Mets did hook up in a World Series in this sim. It came a year later than real life but this was also quite a different Boston franchise from real life as well. To start with there was no curse of the Bambino as Ruth enjoyed 20 seasons in Boston and retired with a record 731 homeruns. Ruth also had 5 more roundtrippers in 19 postseason games and helped the Sox to a pair of World Series titles. The Ruth curse would instead be magic for Ted Williams and the boys of the 40's as Boston won 2 more World Championships. It would also bring good luck to Fenway in the 70's as Boston would claim 3 more championships in that decade. But this is 1987 and after finishing 3 games back of the surprising Toronto Blue Jays last season, the Red Sox were back in the postseason once again. Boston finished 6 games ahead of Milwaukee and 12 up on the third place Yankees in the regular season to set up a playoff with reigning World Champion Kansas City. Boston would need a Game Seven shutout from Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens (22-9, 2.83) to claim the Pennant. Meanwhile the Mets would have little trouble winning their second straight NL title as they downed Houston in 5 games. There would be no Bill Buckner to break the hearts of New Englanders this time around as Boston prevailed in 6 games with Lenny Dykstra grounding out to Mike Schmidt (I kid you not the series ended on a 3ua groundout) to end the Series. The Red Sox were a mix of homegrown talent (I assigned rookies to their original teams) and free agent signees. Code:
Pos Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG C Rich Gedman 27 108 321 48 69 15 1 17 43 0 13 51 .215 1B Mike Schmidt 37 128 411 52 98 16 0 18 59 1 52 74 .238 2B Juan Beniquez 37 151 505 57 119 22 4 9 43 3 38 94 .236 3B Wade Boggs 28 162 627 120 235 49 6 18 110 2 107 39 .375 SS Paul Molitor 30 159 686 133 182 39 3 21 69 56 78 117 .265 CF Ellis Burks 22 137 465 73 134 25 7 16 70 12 33 92 .288 LF Mike Greenwell23 160 656 106 210 35 7 27 126 5 67 59 .320 RF Denny Walling 33 121 419 76 99 22 3 14 68 13 41 52 .236 DH Sam Horn 23 126 388 65 97 20 0 23 70 0 56 94 .250 RF Jack Clark 31 90 291 60 73 8 0 25 58 0 75 76 .251 RF Todd Benzinger24 112 345 54 112 21 1 18 74 1 24 55 .325 C Dave Valle 26 82 260 42 62 17 0 11 41 2 10 42 .238 CF Eddie Milner 32 46 124 17 33 6 1 5 18 2 12 20 .266 DH Darnell Coles 24 33 97 11 24 6 0 3 13 0 10 18 .247 2B Jim Morrison 34 52 90 15 23 7 0 3 16 0 3 15 .256 CF Rick Manning 32 12 34 3 9 2 0 1 4 2 5 4 .265 LF Dan Gladden 29 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 SS Rey Quinones 23 6 6 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 .333 Player Age W-L G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Roger Clemens 24 22-9 35 35 0 286.1 214 90 25 76 295 2.83 Bruce Hurst 29 17-14 35 35 0 256.2 239 121 37 79 247 4.24 Chuck Rainey 32 14-9 34 34 0 217.2 232 103 27 103 114 4.26 Atlee Hammaker 29 18-7 30 30 0 212.1 196 100 34 65 127 4.24 Rob Woodward 24 7-5 16 16 0 102 106 56 17 38 83 4.94 Storm Davis 25 5-6 12 12 0 83.1 67 31 8 47 55 3.35 Jeff Reardon 25 4-7 49 0 30 57.1 49 17 4 16 50 2.67 Steve Crawford 29 1-0 25 0 1 32 33 12 6 12 29 3.38 John Littlefield 33 1-1 41 0 1 62 75 38 6 27 27 5.52 Tug McGraw 42 4-2 32 0 1 48.2 52 15 8 10 12 2.77 Tom Bolton 31 4-3 37 0 2 44.1 54 22 7 15 46 4.47 Jeff Sellers 23 0-0 3 0 0 5.2 1 0 0 3 5 0.00 Bob Stanley 32 1-1 37 0 6 48.1 40 21 4 19 30 3.91 Many felt Boggs was most deserving of the MVP award but he lost out to Ken Phelps, who had a monster season for the Royals batting .281 with 55 homers and 128 rbi's. Phelps did not win any of the triple crown categories as he was 1 homerun shy of Mark McGwire, who hit 56 for Oakland and also trailed McGwire by 20 rbi's. Clemens was the only 20 game winner in the American League with teammate Atlee Hammaker and Scott Bankhead of Kansas City finishing second with 18 victories each. The Rocket's 295 k's were 6 shy of Baltimore's Mike Scott, who notched 301. The National League had a pair of tight races with the Mets finishing just 2 games ahead of second place Pittsburgh. St Louis and the Cubs were also in the mix until late September as both finished 6 off the pace. Houston's margin of victory was 2 games over San Diego with the Dodgers in third just a game back of the Padres. The Mets pitching, aside from 22 year old Dwight Gooden (19-6, 2.62) was marginal at best. However, the New York offense was far and away the best in the National League with youngsters Darryl Strawberry (.290,33,129), Lenny Dykstra (.304,18,103) and Kevin Mitchell (.256,16,119) leading the way. Dave Magadan (.294, 129 runs) was an outstanding tablesetter while Darryl Evans (.218,15,53) and Tony Bernazard (.274,15,60) added veteran leadership. Gooden won the first Cy Young of his career and Magadan was named the league's top rookie. The MVP award went to San Diego's Tony Gwynn (.382,16,95) who flirted with .400, a plateau only reached 3 times since 1901: Code:
.400 HITTERS Ty Cobb .430 in 1911 Rogers Hornsby .407 in 1922 Babe Herman .413 in 1929 Note: Ted Williams hit .398 in 1943 and Stan Musial hit .395 in 1947 1987 COMBINED LEAGUE LEADERS Since so many players are in the opposite league from real life due to free agency I thought I would post the combined league leaders rather than each league individually. Code:
BATTING AVERAGE
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
T. Gwynn SD .382 (.370) Gwynn SD .370 (.382)
W. Boggs BOS .375 (.363) Boggs Bos .363 (.375)
D. Mattingly NYA .362 (.327) Molitor Mil .353 (.265)
B. Bonilla CHA .329 (.300) Trammell Det .343 (.289)
K. Seitzer KCA .323 (.323) Guerrero LA .338 (.318)
HOME RUNS
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
M. McGwire OAK 56 (49) Dawson ChN 49 (33)
K. Phelps KCA 55 (27) McGwire Oak 49 (56)
F. McGriff TOR 47 (20) Bell Tor 47 (33)
G. Gaetti HOU 41 (31) Murphy Atl 44 (31)
J. Canseco OAK 40 (31) Strawberry NYM 39 (33)
RBI'S
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
M. McGwire OAK 148 (118) Dawson ChN 137 (117)
G. Gaetti HOU 145 (109) Bell Tor 134 (104)
D. Mattingly NYA 133 (115) Evans Bos 123 (retired CEI)
D. Strawberry NYN 129 (104) Wallach Mon 123 (93)
K. Phelps KCA 128 (68) McGwire Oak 118 (148)
STOLEN BASES
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
T. Gwynn SD 87 (56) Coleman StL 109 (35 in 75 games)
J. Cangelosi CHA 72 (21) Reynolds Sea 60 (65)
M. Thompson ATL 71 (46) Wilson KC 59 (28)
T. Raines SLN 69 (50) Gwynn SD 56 (87)
G. Young Hou 65 (26) Hatcher Hous 53 (11)
H. Reynolds KCA 65 (60)
ERA
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
J. Richard HOU 2.59 (retired) Key Tor 2.76 (5.52)
D. Gooden NYN 2.62 (3.21) Ryan Hou 2.76 (retired)
R. Rhoden LA 2.82 (3.86) Viola Min 2.90 (4.17)
R. Clemens BOS 2.83 (2.97) Clemens Bos 2.97 (2.83)
M. Scott BAL 2.85 (3.23) Alexander Atl-Det 3.01 (retired)
WINS
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
R. Clemens Bos 22 (20) Clemens Bos 20 (22)
B. Welch Pit 20 (15) Stewart Oak 20 (15)
D. Cox SLN 19 (11) Langston Sea 19 (10)
D. Gooden NYN 19 (15) 5 tied with 18
B. Ruffin PHI 19 (11)
SAVES
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
D. Robinson PIT 43 (19) Bedrosian Phi 40 (0 injured)
B. Thigpen CHA 43 (16) Smith ChN 36 (36)
R. Myers NYN 42 (6) Henke Tor 34 (23)
L. McCullers SD 38 (16) Worrell StL 33 (31)
M. Henneman DET 37 (7) Franco Cin 32 (3)
K'S
SIM(RL in brackets) REAL LIFE (sim in brackets)
M. Scott BAL 301 (233) Ryan Hou 270 (retired)
R. Clemens BOS 295 (256) Langston Sea 262 (239)
J. Richard HOU 255 (retired) Clemens Bos 256 (295)
S. Fernandez LA 251 (134) Higuera Mil 240 (237)
B. Hurst BOS 247 (190) Scott Hou 233 (301)
Baltimore's John Shelby would probably be the last player you would expect to accomplish this feat but he became the first player since Jimmie Foxx in 1933 to hit 4 homeruns in a single game. Shelby, who turned the trick in May against Oakland, would hit just 8 total on the season. There were 2 no-hitters in 1987, one in each league. Brett Saberhagen of Kansas City and Fernando Valenzuela of the Montreal Expos each had the first no-hitters of their careers. Nolan Ryan (with 4), Claude Osteen, Bobby Shantz and Hugh Bedient (2 each) are the only players with multiple no-hitters in their careers. Later John Tudor and Tom Gordon would also end their careers with 2 no-hitters. Tracy Jones, a marginal outfielder with the Texas Rangers, would get hot in June and end up hitting safely in 36 games, the longest such streak since San Diego's Tony Gwynn had a 40 gamer in 1984. Gwynn's streak is the longest in National League history. The major league mark of 47 games belongs to Al Simmons who did it for the Athletics in 1928. 1987 MILESTONES 04-10-1987 Eddie Murray 300 Home Runs, while playing for St. Louis 04-19-1987 Robin Yount 1000 Runs Batted In, while playing for Detroit 04-29-1987 Rod Carew 1500 Runs Scored, while playing for New York(A) 05-02-1987 Jorge Orta 1000 Runs Batted In, while playing for San Francisco 05-31-1987 Buddy Bell 1000 Runs Batted In, while playing for Toronto 06-13-1987 Rick Reuschel 200 Wins, while playing for New York(A) 07-10-1987 Vida Blue 250 Wins, while playing for Oakland 07-24-1987 Dan Driessen 1000 Runs Scored, while playing for Baltimore 07-28-1987 Bill Madlock 1000 Runs Scored, while playing for Chicago(N) 08-11-1987 Gary Matthews 1000 Runs Scored, while playing for Pittsburgh 08-29-1987 Fred Lynn 2000 Hits, while playing for New York(A) 08-29-1987 Thurman Munson 2500 Hits, while playing for San Francisco 08-31-1987 George Hendrick 1000 Runs Batted In, while playing for Los Angeles 09-04-1987 Eddie Murray 2000 Hits, while playing for St. Louis 09-08-1987 Doug DeCinces 300 Home Runs, while playing for Milwaukee 09-19-1987 Paul Molitor 1000 Runs Scored, while playing for Boston 09-23-1987 Darrell Porter 300 Home Runs, while playing for Cleveland 10-02-1987 Andre Dawson 1000 Runs Batted In, while playing for Montreal
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I assume this is with three year recalc on. Thanks for the post. I read it with my copy of Neft and Cohen by the computer. There's just enough variation to make the game somewhat unpredictable, which is exactly what a historical player wants.
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Not certain, because I have deleted this league file and moved on to another one with the new build, but I would assume it was thru free agency. Btw, in my current sim Maris just hit 65 homers in 1961 to break Ruth's single season record of 60 set in 1921. Instead of Mantle, Maris was teamed with Rocky Colavito on the Indians that season. Colavito hit 44 but even with the power outburst the Tribe finished a distant fourth behind the Yankees.
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Nice info on the game so far! How many leagues would you say you've been through in this whole process? |
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