Baseball from the Earliest Times

[Powderguy]

This will be a historical/fictional league starting in 1850 when the game is getting started. I have just started this so, I'm not sure where I'm going to take this league yet. Unlike my 1870 league, I'm not going to be doing all the changes and such. Some of the early teams will be made up as well. By 1901, the league will probably follow the actual MLB setup going to a 16 team league and such.

The teams will be:

Baltimore Bays (BLB)
Brooklyn Atlantics (BRA)
New York Knickerbockers (NYK)
New York Cartwrights (NYC)
Philadelphia Liberty (PHL)
Washington Generals (WSG)

[Powderguy]

-82 game season
-Split Season Format
-1st half winner faces 2nd half winner in best of 7 series called "National Union League Championship"

[Vyper]

Really looking forward to this, but I'm curious how you plan to do the league totals/modifiers. I looked at going back as far as I could take my history, but had to "settle" for 1871 when I couldn't find any stats previous to that.

[Powderguy]

Originally Posted by Vyper

Really looking forward to this, but I'm curious how you plan to do the league totals/modifiers. I looked at going back as far as I could take my history, but had to "settle" for 1871 when I couldn't find any stats previous to that.

Well, I'm pretty much just going to have the stats mimic 1871 or something close to that. Low strikeout totals, high errors,.. ETC

[Powderguy]

Philadelphia tops all other teams in inaugural season!

 STANDINGS
Philadelphia Liberty            50-32
Baltimore Bays                  46-36
Brooklyn Atlantics              44-38
Washington Generals         40-42
New York Cartwrights         35-47
New York Knickerbockers   31-51

Since the league is a split-season format, the Philadelphia Liberty were the first & second half champions, but you can only win one half. So the 2nd half champion was the Baltimore Bays. The Bays would go on and fall 4 games to 2 to the Liberty in the inaugural National Union League Championship.

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Brooklyn denies Philadelphia back to back championships as they win series 4-1!

STANDINGS
Brooklyn Atlantics              52-30
Philadelphia Liberty            48-34
Baltimore Bays                  44-38
Washington Generals         39-43
New York Cartwrights         34-48
New York Knickerbockers   29-53

The Brooklyn Atlantics would win the first half with a 27-14 record and the Philadelphia Liberty would win the second half with a 25-16 record. It was all Brooklyn as they won the 1851 NUL Championship with a 4-1 series win over Philadelphia.

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[RMc]

Looks like great minds think alike.

If you could read my post and offer some pointers, I'd be much obliged...

[Powderguy]

Two outta Three ain't bad, Philadelphia Liberty defeat Generals of Washington, win series 4-1.

STANDINGS
Philadelphia Liberty            54-28
Baltimore Bays                  43-39
Washington Generals         41-41
Brooklyn Atlantics              39-43
New York Knickerbockers   35-47
New York Cartwrights         34-48

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Knickerbockers claim 1st Championship as they down Baltimore 4 games to 1.

 STANDINGS
Baltimore Bays                    49-33
Philadelphia Liberty              49-33
New York Knickerbockers     48-34
Washington Generals           41-41
Brooklyn Atlantics                39-43
New York Cartwrights           20-62

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Bays capture 1st Championship as they win series 4-1 over Knickerbockers

 Standings
#Baltimore Bays                     50-32
*New York Knickerbockers     50-32
Philadelphia Liberty                46-36
Brooklyn Atlantics                   42-40
Washington Generals               36-46
New York Cartwrights             22-60

*= 1st half leader
#= 2nd half leader

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