The Completely Fictional History of Baseball - Page 3

metsgeek · 05-16-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Powderguy

Nice write-up. But 2-37!!!!

LMFAO!

Right in line with the actual standings

legendsport · 05-16-2007, 07:54 PM

CLIFFORD 'SCOT' CAMPBELL

After having a down season in '72, Campbell has bounced back nicely, recording a solid .297 average with 60 safeties in 202 tries. Perhaps it was the surroundings - he toiled for the lowly Middletown Mansfields in 1872 - in 1873 he was back in fast company with the champion White Stocking Club of Philadelphia.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1871 Chicago - NA	21	27	110	34	7	0	1	13	20	8	2	1	17	10	2	.309	.364	.400	.764	10.4
1872 Middletown - NA	22	17	73	14	0	1	0	4	6	3	0	0	0	6	4	.192	.224	.219	.443	-4.5
1873 Philadelphia - NA	23	52	202	60	6	0	2	23	37	31	0	1	8	24	10	.297	.389	.356	.745	14.9
Total NA		3 yrs.	96	385	108	13	1	3	40	63	42	2	2	25	40	16	.281	.353	.343	.696	20.8

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1871 Chicago - ML	SS	25	25	46	73	22	132	13	.902	222.0	4.82				
1871 Chicago - ML	3B	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00				
1872 Middletown - ML	3B	11	11	10	27	1	42	5	.881	86.0	3.87				
1872 Middletown - ML	SS	6	6	12	27	6	44	5	.886	54.0	6.50				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	3B	52	52	51	121	10	190	18	.905	467.0	3.31				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	SS	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	7.0	3.86

WALKER 'BOOK' RHOADES

The fold of the Cleveland Forest City Club forced Rhoades into a change of scenery. Apparently, his new surroundings in Philadelphia agreed with him, as his first season with the Philadelphia Athletic Club was a good one. His 1.73 ERA was the best in the Association and he posted a 25-17 won-loss record.

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Career Pitching Stats
Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
1872 Cleveland - NA	21	22	22	9	10	0	2.50	191.0	222	101	53	1	12	9	18	0	1.23	.286	30.5
1873 Philadelphia - NA	22	45	45	27	15	0	1.73	396.0	355	139	76	0	34	173	40	6	0.98	.266	94.3
Total NA		2 yrs.	67	67	36	25	0	1.98	587.0	577	240	129	1	46	182	58	6	1.06	.273	124.8

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1872 Cleveland - ML	P	22	22	15	52	3	75	8	.893	191.0	3.16				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	P	45	45	27	114	3	160	19	.881	396.0	3.20

CAVETANO BLANCO

1873 was a breakout season for Blanco, who won accolades as the top pitcher in the association after a 35-win season for his new club, the White Stockings of Philadelphia. Blanco led the Association in victories and strikeouts (340) and posted the second-best ERA with a 1.95 mark.

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Career Pitching Stats
Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
1872 Troy - NA	22	25	25	9	16	0	2.98	217.2	278	140	72	3	14	39	24	1	1.34	.310	23.8
1873 Philadelphia - NA	23	50	50	35	15	0	1.95	458.0	375	157	99	4	76	340	50	11	0.98	.281	95.0
Total NA		2 yrs.	75	75	44	31	0	2.28	675.2	653	297	171	7	90	379	74	12	1.10	.293	118.9

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1872 Troy - ML	P	25	25	12	56	1	80	12	.850	217.2	2.81				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	P	50	50	19	100	6	140	21	.850	458.0	2.34

ARTURO VILLANUEVA

Villanueva remained with his friend and countryman Cavetano Blanco, moving from the folded Troy club to the reconstituted White Stockings of Philadelphia. While Blanco had a truly breakout season, Villanueva took a step back, finishing with a .244 average. His array of talents remain superb, so 1873 is more than likely an aberration.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1872 Troy - NA	22	25	98	27	4	0	0	13	12	2	1	2	0	2	3	.276	.291	.316	.608	-1.1
1873 Philadelphia - NA	23	52	209	51	10	8	0	10	32	8	9	2	9	4	1	.244	.298	.368	.667	8.0
Total NA		2 yrs.	77	307	78	14	8	0	23	44	10	10	4	9	6	4	.254	.296	.352	.648	6.9

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1872 Troy - ML	SS	25	25	36	84	9	130	10	.923	222.1	4.86				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	SS	52	52	69	152	21	234	13	.944	469.0	4.24

MIKE 'THE HITMAN' FELDBUSH

What looked like a promising career took a downturn right from the start. Feldbush signed with the Canary Club of Baltimore and entered the Association looking like a future star, but saw his talents take several hits this season and now looks to be - at best - a role player. His average, in infrequent appearances, was .244 and he appeared at both second and third as well as making an emergency pitching appearance. He's only 20, so there may be some hope of a talent revival, but his future seems dubious.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1873 Baltimore - NA	19	32	78	19	2	1	1	11	8	3	1	1	4	1	2	.244	.277	.333	.610	-0.3
Total NA		1 yrs.	32	78	19	2	1	1	11	8	3	1	1	4	1	2	.244	.277	.333	.610	-0.3

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1873 Baltimore - ML	2B	17	14	52	52	10	109	5	.954	124.0	7.55				
1873 Baltimore - ML	3B	8	6	5	20	2	31	6	.806	51.2	4.35				
1873 Baltimore - ML	P	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	3.1	2.70

JOHN MAHONEY

Like Mike Feldbush, Mahoney signed with the Baltimore Canaries as a highly-touted rookie. Unlike Feldbush, Mahoney lived up to his billing in 1873, finishing with a solid .328 average at the tender age of 18. His talents remain impressive, so it looks as if Mahoney will only get better.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1873 Baltimore - NA	18	37	125	41	4	1	0	11	17	6	3	0	16	0	0	.328	.373	.376	.749	8.8
Total NA		1 yrs.	37	125	41	4	1	0	11	17	6	3	0	16	0	0	.328	.373	.376	.749	8.8

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1873 Baltimore - ML	3B	27	27	13	83	5	109	13	.881	222.0	3.89				
1873 Baltimore - ML	SS	4	2	9	7	3	18	2	.889	28.0	5.14				
1873 Baltimore - ML	1B	6	4	50	3	6	56	3	.946	36.0	13.25				
1873 Baltimore - ML	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.2	0.00

Sven Draconian · 05-16-2007, 08:37 PM

Very nice read, but how did you get the schedule to have a different # of games played for so many teams.

metsgeek · 05-16-2007, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sven Draconian

Very nice read, but how did you get the schedule to have a different # of games played for so many teams.

Knowing Joe, I wouldn't be surprised if he manually scheduled the games using historical records to which he has access in the MLB.

legendsport · 05-16-2007, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sven Draconian

Very nice read, but how did you get the schedule to have a different # of games played for so many teams.

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

Knowing Joe, I wouldn't be surprised if he manually scheduled the games using historical records to which he has access in the MLB.

Pete's on the right track. The teams are playing their actual schedules for that year. I generated a schedule in the sim, exported it, and then edited it to reflect the actual schedule and imported it back into the sim. It's quite a bit of work to be honest, but I wanted to reflect the wild & woolly Association schedule where teams dropped in, dropped out and often didn't bother to finish the season.

Syd Thrift · 05-17-2007, 01:51 AM

Another question for you: how are you getting the pictures? Screenshots seem kind of laborious for me but I love the flavor they are adding to your dynasty.

legendsport · 05-17-2007, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Another question for you: how are you getting the pictures? Screenshots seem kind of laborious for me but I love the flavor they are adding to your dynasty.

I upload the images to my website and then just link to them in the write-ups. The interesting thing is that the pix will change over time; since OOTP ages the players and their pictures change, eventually we'll see these guys looking like old men. The only way to avoid that would be to load them as attachments, which doesn't integrate as well into the writing and is also more time consuming.

canadiancreed · 05-17-2007, 09:41 AM

If you're hosting the pics somewhere you could just put the pictures in as IMG tags where you want them. It's what I've done with mine over the years.

legendsport · 05-17-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by canadiancreed

If you're hosting the pics somewhere you could just put the pictures in as IMG tags where you want them. It's what I've done with mine over the years.

That's exactly what I'm doing.

canadiancreed · 05-17-2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by legendsport

That's exactly what I'm doing.

Maybe I mis-understood then. You're using the ones that the game produces, or have you taken a snapshot of what the game makes so it's always frozen in time?

legendsport · 05-17-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by canadiancreed

Maybe I mis-understood then. You're using the ones that the game produces, or have you taken a snapshot of what the game makes so it's always frozen in time?

I'm using what the game produces. Basically I set the league up as an online league (with no GMs) and I just periodically update the website. I could take the player pictures I want to use and put them in different folders if I wanted to "freeze" the players' looks, but I don't have a problem with them changing over time. It's also less to manage this way.

It helps that I'm planning on making this an online league sometime down the road.

Sven Draconian · 05-17-2007, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by legendsport

Pete's on the right track. The teams are playing their actual schedules for that year. I generated a schedule in the sim, exported it, and then edited it to reflect the actual schedule and imported it back into the sim. It's quite a bit of work to be honest, but I wanted to reflect the wild & woolly Association schedule where teams dropped in, dropped out and often didn't bother to finish the season.

I sort of thought that must be what you do, but damn is that a lot of work

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legendsport · 05-18-2007, 07:32 PM

The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, April 10, 1874:

FOURTH "PROFESSIONAL" SEASON SET TO BEGIN

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players is on the verge of beginning its fourth season. Like each season thus far, there have been changes in the composition of the Association as, each season, Clubs have failed to finish their schedules, or disbanded before the conclusion of championship play.

As always, the top teams are expected to come from the ranks of the "Stocking" Clubs - the White Stockings of Philadelphia and the Red Stockings of Boston. This season will see the return of base ball to the city of Chicago as that locale, much damaged by a large fire in 1871, has been rebuilt - a "Second City" if you will - and is deserving of another professional club. Interestingly, the backers of the new Chicago club chose as their moniker - what else? - the White Stocking Club. This means there will be two Clubs competing under this name.

The Philadelphia White Stocking Club, last season's Champion, is expected to field a strong nine once again. They feature one of the Association's top hurlers in Cavetano Blanco, and have an accomplished assortment of batsmen to support him. The Boston Club is led by the game's best batsman, the Englishman Rube Pitman, and is expected to be in the Championship mix once again.

In addition to the White Stockings of Chicago, a new Club has joined the Association to represent the city of Hartford in Connecticut. The Dark Blue Club is not expected to field a strong contending team, but they do hope to perform better than last year's doormats - the since-folded Washington Blue Leg Club.

The Baltimore Canary Club, the Atlantics of Brooklyn, the Mutuals of New York and the Athletic Club of Philadelphia will round out the Association's membership for 1874.

legendsport · 05-21-2007, 08:06 AM

The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, July 2, 1874:

BOSTON, NEW YORK VIE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
With the championship season about half completed, it appears as though the main competitors for the title of "World's Champion" will come down to the Boston Red Stocking Club and the Mutual Club of New York. These clubs have shown themselves to be the class of the Association thus far this season. The Red Stockings have accumulated 20 victories against 12 defeats, while the Mutuals (playing fewer games) have come out on the victorious side of the ledger in 18 of their 27 matches.

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 Standings
Team				W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	Streak	Last10
Boston Red Stockings		20	12	.625	.5	17-15	3	10-7	10-5	2-1	7-3	L1	6-4
New York Mutuals		18	9	.667	-	19-8	-1	10-4	8-5	1-0	3-6	W3	8-2
Philadelphia Athletics		12	8	.600	2.5	13-7	-1	8-3	4-5	1-1	5-3	L2	5-5
Philadelphia White Stockings	12	15	.444	6.0	14-13	-2	4-7	8-8	1-0	2-3	W2	6-4
Brooklyn Atlantics		11	6	.647	2.0	10-7	1	9-2	2-4	0-1	6-3	L1	7-3
Baltimore Canaries		11	13	.458	5.5	12-12	-1	5-7	6-6	1-2	5-7	L1	5-5
Chicago White Stockings		8	13	.381	7.0	8-13	0	4-5	4-8	1-2	3-2	L1	3-7
Hartford Dark Blues		2	18	.100	12.5	4-16	-2	2-7	0-11	1-1	1-5	L16	0-10

WITHERS' BAT SPEAKS LOUDER THAN HIS WORDS
Boston Red Stocking left fielder Rit Withers has been described as many things - most of them positive - but gregarious has never been one of them. Friend and team mate Rube Pitman has referred to Withers as "a clam." Speak 'The Clam' may not often do, but his bat speaks louder than any words he may deign to utter. Withers has been the top batsmen in the Association this year, recording 56 safeties in 132 chances for the Boston Club. Some quick calculation shows that to be a batting average of .424 for the soft-spoken Withers.

RIT WITHERS

WISE "OLD" MAN HAS MUTUAL CLUB NEAR TOP
Father Time must have a side deal with Andy Sanford. The Mutual chucker is performing at the very top of his profession, out-performing men a decade or more younger. He's doing this at the ripe old age of 36. While 36 summers may not seem much to the layman consider that base ball is a game for the young man, and that a man like Sanford - old enough to have been a soldier in the Grand Army of the Republic at the first Bull Run - is a rarity. To be his age and still be the best at his position, well, that is truly unique. Sanford has allowed the oppositon a mere 1.95 earned runs per game (according to Chadwick's calculations), better than any other hurler in the Association. He's won 18 and lost 9 decisions, having tossed the pill in all of the Mutual Club's 27 contests.

ANDY SANFORD

DARK BLUE CLUB OUT OF ITS DEPTH
Every year there's one club who just can not handle the Association's top-notch competition. This year that club is the Dark Blue Club of Hartford (CT). The New Englanders decided to try the fast-company this summer, and the results have been nothing short of disastrous. Losers of ten straight, the wagering has begun as to when the Dark Blue will cease to field a nine and slink off into obscurity. The odds of them appearing on the verdant fields in August are long indeed. The base ballers on the Dark Blue Club are now playing to catch the eye of the opposition, and none have performed better than Steven Assenmacher. The man with the long name has been Hartford's best this season and, though he is loath to admit it, realizes that his strong play will likely find him a spot somewhere else when 1875 rolls around.

STEVEN ASSENMACHER

legendsport · 05-21-2007, 05:19 PM

The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, November 1, 1874:

IT'S MUTUAL ATOP THE BASE BALL WORLD AGAIN
Despite a strong showing from the ever-powerful Red Stocking Club, Mutual of New York has again staked its claim to the World's Championship. The strong play of the New York nine saw it win 44 of 65 contests this season, while Boston was close behind with 40 of 71 matches resulting in Red Stocking victories. The Atlantic Club of Brooklyn was a surprising third-best, with 32 victorious matches, followed closely by the Philadelphia entries, with the Athletic Club notching 30 and the White Stocking Club 28, victories. The Dark Blue Club of Hartford earned respect, if little else, in finishing a nearly complete schedule with 11 wins in 53 contests.

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 Standings
Team				W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	Streak	Last10
New York Mutuals		44	21	.677	-	45-20	-1	25-10	19-11	3-0	12-8	W1	7-3
Boston Red Stockings		40	31	.563	7.0	40-31	0	22-14	18-17	2-1	9-13	W4	7-3
Brooklyn Atlantics		32	24	.571	7.5	31-25	1	21-8	11-16	1-3	12-11	W4	8-2
Philadelphia Athletics		30	28	.517	10.5	32-26	-2	16-9	14-19	2-1	11-12	L2	3-7
Philadelphia White Stockings	28	27	.509	11.0	26-29	2	16-13	12-14	4-0	11-4	L1	6-4
Baltimore Canaries		24	23	.511	11.0	27-20	-3	10-10	14-13	1-2	8-12	W1	4-6
Chicago White Stockings		23	36	.390	18.0	22-37	1	11-17	12-19	3-5	12-9	W1	4-6
Hartford Dark Blues		11	42	.208	27.0	13-40	-2	8-22	3-20	2-6	8-14	L4	1-9

CAMPBELL IS CREAM THAT HAS RISEN TO THE TOP
Just two seasons ago, the budding career of Canadian-born Clifford Campbell seemed to be about to wither on the vine. But in 1873 he posted a solid, workman-like campaign and this season truly lifted his game into the rarefied air breathed by the greats. Campbell was named the Association's top batsman for 1874, thanks to a season which saw him pile up the base hits - 93 of them in total, in 239 at-bats. He tallied 17 two-base and 8 three-base hits and scored 35 runs. Impressive when you consider his Chadwick average of .389 is double that of just two seasons ago when he managed a mere .192 percentage.

CLIFFORD CAMPBELL

AGELESS WONDER SANFORD IS TOP HURLER
It's no surprise, considering his consistent excellence across the 63 games he pitched this season, but it is now official: Andy Sanford is the top hurler of 1874. Sanford pitched the Mutual Club to the Championship with 42 victories and 21 defeats. His Chadwick "ERA" was 2.09 and he tossed 555 innings, allowing 527 base hits, surrendered 22 free passes and "struck out" 179.

ANDY SANFORD

canadiancreed · 05-21-2007, 05:22 PM

Wodner if their late showing will help the Dark BLues survive the axe?

Speaking of which, are yuo going with the historical franchaise start and stop times, even if say the team to be chopped ends up kicking ass and taking names?

legendsport · 05-21-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by canadiancreed

Wodner if their late showing will help the Dark BLues survive the axe?

Speaking of which, are yuo going with the historical franchaise start and stop times, even if say the team to be chopped ends up kicking ass and taking names?

Well, they will be back in 1875. But to answer your second question - yes, I am following history as far as teams forming, moving and disbanding.

legendsport · 05-22-2007, 09:42 AM

CLIFFORD 'SCOT' CAMPBELL

Campbell had a truly breakout season in 1874, winning the NA's top bat award with a .389 batting average for the Philadelphia White Stockings. After a horrid season in 1872 and an average one in 1873, it looks like "Scot" is ready to break out.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1871 Chicago - NA		21	27	110	34	7	0	1	13	20	8	2	1	17	10	2	.309	.364	.400	.764	10.4
1872 Middletown - NA		22	17	73	14	0	1	0	4	6	3	0	0	0	6	4	.192	.224	.219	.443	-4.5
1873 Philadelphia - NA		23	52	202	60	6	0	2	23	37	31	0	1	8	24	10	.297	.389	.356	.745	14.9
1874 Philadelphia - NA		24	55	239	93	17	8	0	35	36	13	0	5	14	32	16	.389	.412	.527	.940	34.6
Total NA			4 yrs.	151	624	201	30	9	3	75	99	55	2	7	39	72	32	.322	.375	.413	.788	55.4

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1871 Chicago - ML	SS	25	25	46	73	22	132	13	.902	222.0	4.82				
1871 Chicago - ML	3B	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00				
1872 Middletown - ML	3B	11	11	10	27	1	42	5	.881	86.0	3.87				
1872 Middletown - ML	SS	6	6	12	27	6	44	5	.886	54.0	6.50				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	3B	52	52	51	121	10	190	18	.905	467.0	3.31				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	SS	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	7.0	3.86				
1874 Philadelphia - ML	3B	55	55	59	132	7	219	28	.872	489.2	3.51

WALKER 'BOOK' RHOADES

Rhoades had a workman-like campaign in 1874, going out to the pitcher's box for each Philadelphia Athletics' contest and pitching well enough to give his team a chance to win. Unfortunately for 'Book' the team surrounding him wasn't all that good, so he went only 29-28 despite a 2.50 ERA and 189 Ks in 496 innings.

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Career Pitching Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
1872 Cleveland - NA		21	22	22	9	10	0	2.50	191.0	222	101	53	1	12	9	18	0	1.23	.286	30.5
1873 Philadelphia - NA		22	45	45	27	15	0	1.73	396.0	355	139	76	0	34	173	40	6	0.98	.266	94.3
1874 Philadelphia - NA		23	58	58	29	28	0	2.50	496.0	528	228	138	3	44	189	52	4	1.15	.297	88.0
Total NA			3 yrs.	125	125	65	53	0	2.22	1083.0	1105	468	267	4	90	371	110	10	1.10	.284	212.8

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1872 Cleveland - ML	P	22	22	15	52	3	75	8	.893	191.0	3.16				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	P	45	45	27	114	3	160	19	.881	396.0	3.20				
1874 Philadelphia - ML	P	58	58	30	136	6	189	23	.878	496.0	3.01

CAVETANO BLANCO

Blanco had established himself as one of the best arms in the Association during his first years in the NA, so his performance in 1874 can only be described as disappointing. After posting an excellent 1.95 ERA in '73, he came back with a mediocre 3.71 mark in '74. His won-loss mark was 25-24 and he was one of the big reasons the Philadelphia White Stockings stumbled in 1874.

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Career Pitching Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
1872 Troy - NA			22	25	25	9	16	0	2.98	217.2	278	140	72	3	14	39	24	1	1.34	.310	23.8
1873 Philadelphia - NA		23	50	50	35	15	0	1.95	458.0	375	157	99	4	76	340	50	11	0.98	.281	95.0
1874 Philadelphia - NA		24	52	52	25	24	0	3.71	451.1	505	256	186	7	141	192	48	2	1.43	.317	16.9
Total NA			3 yrs.	127	127	69	55	0	2.85	1127.0	1158	553	357	14	231	571	122	14	1.23	.303	135.7

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1872 Troy - ML	P	25	25	12	56	1	80	12	.850	217.2	2.81				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	P	50	50	19	100	6	140	21	.850	458.0	2.34				
1874 Philadelphia - ML	P	52	52	31	105	0	156	20	.872	451.1	2.71

ARTURO VILLANUEVA

Villanueva bounced back from a disappointing 1873 with a decent, though not spectacular, effort in 1874. His average climbed to a career-best .286 and he legged out nine triples. He continues to sparkle defensively, which will help keep him in the Philadelphia White Stocking lineup - at least until the rumored Cuban league opens, in which case it's likely he'll return to his homeland - and bring Cavetano Blanco along with him.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1872 Troy - NA			22	25	98	27	4	0	0	13	12	2	1	2	0	2	3	.276	.291	.316	.608	-1.1
1873 Philadelphia - NA		23	52	209	51	10	8	0	10	32	8	9	2	9	4	1	.244	.298	.368	.667	8.0
1874 Philadelphia - NA		24	55	231	66	10	9	0	21	47	17	6	0	13	6	10	.286	.350	.407	.757	11.4
Total NA			3 yrs.	132	538	144	24	17	0	44	91	27	16	4	22	12	14	.268	.320	.375	.695	18.2

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1872 Troy - ML		SS	25	25	36	84	9	130	10	.923	222.1	4.86				
1873 Philadelphia - ML	SS	52	52	69	152	21	234	13	.944	469.0	4.24				
1874 Philadelphia - ML	SS	55	55	85	187	23	287	15	.948	488.2	5.01

MIKE 'THE HITMAN' FELDBUSH

Feldbush was not signed by any team in 1874 and spent the season out of the game. With several new teams starting play in 1875, it is expected that he'll land a job somewhere.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1873 Baltimore - NA		19	32	78	19	2	1	1	11	8	3	1	1	4	1	2	.244	.277	.333	.610	-0.3
Total NA			1 yrs.	32	78	19	2	1	1	11	8	3	1	1	4	1	2	.244	.277	.333	.610	-0.3

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1873 Baltimore - ML	2B	17	14	52	52	10	109	5	.954	124.0	7.55				
1873 Baltimore - ML	3B	8	6	5	20	2	31	6	.806	51.2	4.35				
1873 Baltimore - ML	P	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	3.1	2.70

JOHN MAHONEY

Mahoney cemented a place in the Canaries lineup this season at third base after bouncing around - and sitting a good amount - during his rookie campaign in 1873. He rewarded the club's trust with a .322 average and decent play in the field. Since he is very young and shows good talent, it's expected that his level of play will continue to rise.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1873 Baltimore - NA		18	37	125	41	4	1	0	11	17	6	3	0	16	0	0	.328	.373	.376	.749	8.8
1874 Baltimore - NA		19	47	199	64	8	2	1	40	30	13	2	1	14	0	0	.322	.367	.397	.764	10.5
Total NA			2 yrs.	84	324	105	12	3	1	51	47	19	5	1	30	0	0	.324	.370	.389	.759	19.3

Career Fielding Stats
Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1873 Baltimore - ML	3B	27	27	13	83	5	109	13	.881	222.0	3.89				
1873 Baltimore - ML	SS	4	2	9	7	3	18	2	.889	28.0	5.14				
1873 Baltimore - ML	1B	6	4	50	3	6	56	3	.946	36.0	13.25				
1873 Baltimore - ML	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.2	0.00				
1874 Baltimore - ML	3B	47	47	37	142	8	201	22	.891	419.1	3.84

JIM MCGREGOR

A promising young shortstop from Canada, McGregor was quickly signed at age 17 by the reborn Chicago White Stockings... and then put on the bench to watch & learn. He appeared in ten contests, most of them as a defensive replacement and had just two at-bats this season, with no hits. He'll probably see more time in 1875, though that depends on how his development progresses, since he is likely several years away from being a regular.

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Career Batting Stats
Year/Team/League		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1874 Chicago - NA		17	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.7
Total NA			1 yrs.	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

05-17-2007, 01:51 AM	#46 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,924 Warnings: 1	Another question for you: how are you getting the pictures? Screenshots seem kind of laborious for me but I love the flavor they are adding to your dynasty. __________________ League of Nations: An Exercise In Baseball Unity http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post2508413 Hey, somebody insult me publicly so I can replace ForemanFan's missive! "You're a guileless, witless puke. I'd like to say that that makes us even, but, alas, nothing ever will. Thank Heavens!" - An anonymous fan!

05-18-2007, 07:32 PM	#53 (permalink)
legendsport All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Canton, Ohio Posts: 1,734	1873 Season Preview The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, April 10, 1874: FOURTH "PROFESSIONAL" SEASON SET TO BEGIN The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players is on the verge of beginning its fourth season. Like each season thus far, there have been changes in the composition of the Association as, each season, Clubs have failed to finish their schedules, or disbanded before the conclusion of championship play. As always, the top teams are expected to come from the ranks of the "Stocking" Clubs - the White Stockings of Philadelphia and the Red Stockings of Boston. This season will see the return of base ball to the city of Chicago as that locale, much damaged by a large fire in 1871, has been rebuilt - a "Second City" if you will - and is deserving of another professional club. Interestingly, the backers of the new Chicago club chose as their moniker - what else? - the White Stocking Club. This means there will be two Clubs competing under this name. The Philadelphia White Stocking Club, last season's Champion, is expected to field a strong nine once again. They feature one of the Association's top hurlers in Cavetano Blanco, and have an accomplished assortment of batsmen to support him. The Boston Club is led by the game's best batsman, the Englishman Rube Pitman, and is expected to be in the Championship mix once again. In addition to the White Stockings of Chicago, a new Club has joined the Association to represent the city of Hartford in Connecticut. The Dark Blue Club is not expected to field a strong contending team, but they do hope to perform better than last year's doormats - the since-folded Washington Blue Leg Club. The Baltimore Canary Club, the Atlantics of Brooklyn, the Mutuals of New York and the Athletic Club of Philadelphia will round out the Association's membership for 1874. __________________ My OOTP League: The Baseball Chronicle - Fake Players, Real Excitement! (Dynasty Thread) - Website Other Leagues: Alternate Universe Football (1986) Blood 'n Guts Football (Retro Fictional) Hockey In the Modern Era (1974-75) My Dynasties: Fractured America - Baseball in these Disunited States My MLBlog

05-21-2007, 08:06 AM	#54 (permalink)
legendsport All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Canton, Ohio Posts: 1,734	1874 Mid-Season Report The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, July 2, 1874: BOSTON, NEW YORK VIE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP With the championship season about half completed, it appears as though the main competitors for the title of "World's Champion" will come down to the Boston Red Stocking Club and the Mutual Club of New York. These clubs have shown themselves to be the class of the Association thus far this season. The Red Stockings have accumulated 20 victories against 12 defeats, while the Mutuals (playing fewer games) have come out on the victorious side of the ledger in 18 of their 27 matches. Code: Standings Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10 Boston Red Stockings 20 12 .625 .5 17-15 3 10-7 10-5 2-1 7-3 L1 6-4 New York Mutuals 18 9 .667 - 19-8 -1 10-4 8-5 1-0 3-6 W3 8-2 Philadelphia Athletics 12 8 .600 2.5 13-7 -1 8-3 4-5 1-1 5-3 L2 5-5 Philadelphia White Stockings 12 15 .444 6.0 14-13 -2 4-7 8-8 1-0 2-3 W2 6-4 Brooklyn Atlantics 11 6 .647 2.0 10-7 1 9-2 2-4 0-1 6-3 L1 7-3 Baltimore Canaries 11 13 .458 5.5 12-12 -1 5-7 6-6 1-2 5-7 L1 5-5 Chicago White Stockings 8 13 .381 7.0 8-13 0 4-5 4-8 1-2 3-2 L1 3-7 Hartford Dark Blues 2 18 .100 12.5 4-16 -2 2-7 0-11 1-1 1-5 L16 0-10 WITHERS' BAT SPEAKS LOUDER THAN HIS WORDS Boston Red Stocking left fielder Rit Withers has been described as many things - most of them positive - but gregarious has never been one of them. Friend and team mate Rube Pitman has referred to Withers as "a clam." Speak 'The Clam' may not often do, but his bat speaks louder than any words he may deign to utter. Withers has been the top batsmen in the Association this year, recording 56 safeties in 132 chances for the Boston Club. Some quick calculation shows that to be a batting average of .424 for the soft-spoken Withers. RIT WITHERS WISE "OLD" MAN HAS MUTUAL CLUB NEAR TOP Father Time must have a side deal with Andy Sanford. The Mutual chucker is performing at the very top of his profession, out-performing men a decade or more younger. He's doing this at the ripe old age of 36. While 36 summers may not seem much to the layman consider that base ball is a game for the young man, and that a man like Sanford - old enough to have been a soldier in the Grand Army of the Republic at the first Bull Run - is a rarity. To be his age and still be the best at his position, well, that is truly unique. Sanford has allowed the oppositon a mere 1.95 earned runs per game (according to Chadwick's calculations), better than any other hurler in the Association. He's won 18 and lost 9 decisions, having tossed the pill in all of the Mutual Club's 27 contests. ANDY SANFORD DARK BLUE CLUB OUT OF ITS DEPTH Every year there's one club who just can not handle the Association's top-notch competition. This year that club is the Dark Blue Club of Hartford (CT). The New Englanders decided to try the fast-company this summer, and the results have been nothing short of disastrous. Losers of ten straight, the wagering has begun as to when the Dark Blue will cease to field a nine and slink off into obscurity. The odds of them appearing on the verdant fields in August are long indeed. The base ballers on the Dark Blue Club are now playing to catch the eye of the opposition, and none have performed better than Steven Assenmacher. The man with the long name has been Hartford's best this season and, though he is loath to admit it, realizes that his strong play will likely find him a spot somewhere else when 1875 rolls around. STEVEN ASSENMACHER __________________ My OOTP League: The Baseball Chronicle - Fake Players, Real Excitement! (Dynasty Thread) - Website Other Leagues: Alternate Universe Football (1986) Blood 'n Guts Football (Retro Fictional) Hockey In the Modern Era (1974-75) My Dynasties: Fractured America - Baseball in these Disunited States My MLBlog Last edited by legendsport : 05-26-2007 at 10:32 AM.

05-21-2007, 05:19 PM	#55 (permalink)
legendsport All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Canton, Ohio Posts: 1,734	1874 End of Season Report The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, November 1, 1874: IT'S MUTUAL ATOP THE BASE BALL WORLD AGAIN Despite a strong showing from the ever-powerful Red Stocking Club, Mutual of New York has again staked its claim to the World's Championship. The strong play of the New York nine saw it win 44 of 65 contests this season, while Boston was close behind with 40 of 71 matches resulting in Red Stocking victories. The Atlantic Club of Brooklyn was a surprising third-best, with 32 victorious matches, followed closely by the Philadelphia entries, with the Athletic Club notching 30 and the White Stocking Club 28, victories. The Dark Blue Club of Hartford earned respect, if little else, in finishing a nearly complete schedule with 11 wins in 53 contests. Code: Standings Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10 New York Mutuals 44 21 .677 - 45-20 -1 25-10 19-11 3-0 12-8 W1 7-3 Boston Red Stockings 40 31 .563 7.0 40-31 0 22-14 18-17 2-1 9-13 W4 7-3 Brooklyn Atlantics 32 24 .571 7.5 31-25 1 21-8 11-16 1-3 12-11 W4 8-2 Philadelphia Athletics 30 28 .517 10.5 32-26 -2 16-9 14-19 2-1 11-12 L2 3-7 Philadelphia White Stockings 28 27 .509 11.0 26-29 2 16-13 12-14 4-0 11-4 L1 6-4 Baltimore Canaries 24 23 .511 11.0 27-20 -3 10-10 14-13 1-2 8-12 W1 4-6 Chicago White Stockings 23 36 .390 18.0 22-37 1 11-17 12-19 3-5 12-9 W1 4-6 Hartford Dark Blues 11 42 .208 27.0 13-40 -2 8-22 3-20 2-6 8-14 L4 1-9 CAMPBELL IS CREAM THAT HAS RISEN TO THE TOP Just two seasons ago, the budding career of Canadian-born Clifford Campbell seemed to be about to wither on the vine. But in 1873 he posted a solid, workman-like campaign and this season truly lifted his game into the rarefied air breathed by the greats. Campbell was named the Association's top batsman for 1874, thanks to a season which saw him pile up the base hits - 93 of them in total, in 239 at-bats. He tallied 17 two-base and 8 three-base hits and scored 35 runs. Impressive when you consider his Chadwick average of .389 is double that of just two seasons ago when he managed a mere .192 percentage. CLIFFORD CAMPBELL AGELESS WONDER SANFORD IS TOP HURLER It's no surprise, considering his consistent excellence across the 63 games he pitched this season, but it is now official: Andy Sanford is the top hurler of 1874. Sanford pitched the Mutual Club to the Championship with 42 victories and 21 defeats. His Chadwick "ERA" was 2.09 and he tossed 555 innings, allowing 527 base hits, surrendered 22 free passes and "struck out" 179. ANDY SANFORD __________________ My OOTP League: The Baseball Chronicle - Fake Players, Real Excitement! (Dynasty Thread) - Website Other Leagues: Alternate Universe Football (1986) Blood 'n Guts Football (Retro Fictional) Hockey In the Modern Era (1974-75) My Dynasties: Fractured America - Baseball in these Disunited States My MLBlog Last edited by legendsport : 05-26-2007 at 10:34 AM.

05-16-2007, 08:37 PM	#43 (permalink)
Sven Draconian Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 317	Very nice read, but how did you get the schedule to have a different # of games played for so many teams.

05-17-2007, 09:41 AM	#48 (permalink)
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,775	If you're hosting the pics somewhere you could just put the pictures in as IMG tags where you want them. It's what I've done with mine over the years.

05-21-2007, 05:22 PM	#56 (permalink)
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,775	Wodner if their late showing will help the Dark BLues survive the axe? Speaking of which, are yuo going with the historical franchaise start and stop times, even if say the team to be chopped ends up kicking ass and taking names?