League of Nations - Page 5

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 01:17 PM

A/A Standings
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Chicago 96-63 - (magic number: 1)
Mexico City 93-66 3 (clinched playoff berth)
Canada 88-70 7.5 (clinched going home)

European Standings
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Paris 97-61 - (clinched)
London 92-67 5.5
Berlin 91-67 6
Brussels 88-70 (in order to force a playoff, must win last 4, have London lose last 3, and have Berlin lose 3 of last 4)

Game Results
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Cincinnati 6, Canadians 4
Chicago 6, Mexico City 4 (no worries for the Aztecs, as they back into the playoffs with a MB loss)
London 7, Athens 5
Berlin 8, Paris 3
Brussels 4, Madrid 2

A/A Batting Race
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E Diaz, MEX .352 - 0-4
H Sato, JPN .352 - 0-4
D Bunch, NY .351 - 1-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
K Martin, AUT .349 - 3-5, 2 R (and now 10-19 over his last 4 games)
B Young, CHI .349 - 2-4, 2B, R, RBI

European Batting Race
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G Talboom, GRE .351 - 2-3, R
K Eckhardt, BER .349 - 2-4, R, RBI
B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP
S Lenyashin, USSR .348 - 2-6, 2B, R, RBI
S Guilbert, FRA .343 - 3-4, 2 2B, RBI
O Perrel, UK .343 - DNP

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 01:34 PM

A/A Standings
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Chicago 96-63 -
Mexico City 94-66 3

European Standings
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Paris 98-61 -
London 92-67 6
Berlin 91-68 7
Brussels 89-70 9

Game Results
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Paris 5, Berlin 1
Brussels 9, Madrid 8 (the Painters barely stay alive by coming back from an 8-7 deficit in the 8th)

A/A Batting Race
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E Diaz, MEX .352 - DNP
H Sato, JPN .352 - DNP
D Bunch, NY .350 - 1-5
K Martin, AUT .349 - DNP
B Young, AUT .349 - DNP

European Batting Race
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G Talboom, GRE .351 - DNP
S Lenyashin, USSR .349 - 2-4, 2B, R
B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP
K Eckhardt, GER .347 - 0-3
S Guilbert, FRA .344 - 2-5, R
O Perrel, UK .343 - DNP (but practiced with the team and will start tomorrow)

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 03:26 PM

A/A Standings
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Chicago 97-63 - (clinched)
Mexico City 94-66 3

European Standings
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Paris 99-61 -
London 92-68 7 (playoff magic number: 2)
Berlin 91-69 8
Brussels 89-71 10

Game Results
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Mexico City 4, US Army 1
Chicago 10, Rio de Janeiro 1 (break out the champagne!)
Amsterdam 5, London 4
Madrid 6, Berlin 1
Paris 3, Rome 0 (SH: Urbanus Gruppe (23-15))
Moscow 5, Brussels 3 (ah well... it was a nice first-year run but it wasn't meant to be)

A/A Batting Race
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E Diaz, MEX .352 - 1-3, R
K Martin, AUT .350 - 2-4, RBI
H Sato, JPN .349 - 0-4, R, and now 1 for his last 11
D Bunch, NY .349 - 0-3, RBI
B Young, CHI .348 - 1-4, R, 2 RBI

European Batting Race
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G Talboom, GRE .353 - 3-5, 3B
S Lenyashin, USSR .349 - 1-3, R, 2 BB
B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP
K Eckhardt, GER .346 - 1-4, 3B
S Guilbert, FRA .343 - 1-4, 2B

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 03:39 PM

A/A Standings
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Chicago 97-64 -
Mexico City 95-66 2

European Standings
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Paris 99-62 -
London 93-68 6 (magic number: 1)
Berlin 92-69 7

Game Results
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Rio 8, Chicago 3
Mexico City 4, US Army 3
London 12, Amsterdam 2
Berlin 11, Madrid 5
Rome 6, Paris 5

A/A Batting Race
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E Diaz, MEX .351 - 1-4, HR
K Martin, AUT .350 - 2-4
H Sato, JPN .349 - 0-4, BB, R, RBI
D Bunch, NY .349 - 2-6, 2B, R
B Young, CHI .348 - 1-4, R

European Batting Race
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G Talboom, GRE .352 - 0-3, BB
B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP
S Lenyashin, GER .348 - 1-4, 2B, R

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 03:51 PM

Game Results
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Rio 5, Chicago 3 (good thing the Defenders aren't playing the Carnival in the playoffs)
US Army 3, Mexico City 0
London 11, Amsterdam 3 (no backing into the playoffs for the Monarchs)
Berlin 4, Madrid 3 (Dustin Meise 21-8; the Knights at least make it close)
Rome 4, Paris 2 (the Cardinals prevent the Revolution from winning 100)

A/A Batting Race
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H Sato, JPN .351 - 1-4, R
K Martin, AUT .349 - 1-4, RBI
E Diaz, MEX .348 - 0-4

European Batting Race
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G Talboom, GRE .350 - 0-2
B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP (well, at least he didn't win the batting title from the bench)
K Eckhardt, GER .346 - 3-4, 3B, R (big last game just wasn't quite enough)

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 04:46 PM

The Playoffs Are Upon Us

2 of the 4 teams to reach the playoffs in 1919 also get in in 1920. Of course, that also means that 2 of the 4 teams are tasting the post season for the first time.

Mexico City vs. Chicago
London vs. Paris

Code:

America/Asia Standings  
 
Team 			W  L  PCT    GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home  Away XInn 1Run  Streak Last10 
Chicago Defenders 	97 65 .599    - 97-65      0 48-33 49-32 6-5 21-21  L2     6-4 
Mexico City Aztecs 	95 67 .586  2.0 98-64     -3 44-37 51-30 9-7 27-31  L1     6-4 
RC Mounted Baseballists 91 71 .562  6.0 88-74      3 45-36 46-35 7-9 25-16  W1     6-4 
New York Giants         85 77 .525 12.0 89-73     -4 41-40 44-37 7-5 25-19  L1     4-6 
Tokyo Rising Sun        85 77 .525 12.0 78-84      7 42-39 43-38 9-5 31-19  W3     7-3 
Cincinnati Reds         79 83 .488 18.0 81-81     -2 34-47 45-36 5-4 27-26  W1     5-5 
Shanghai Dragons        75 87 .463 22.0 81-81     -6 42-39 33-48 4-8 26-30  L1     6-4 
USA Baseball Engineers  73 89 .451 24.0 71-91      2 36-45 37-44 9-9 20-25  W1     4-6 
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 67 95 .414 30.0 75-87     -8 36-45 31-50 2-9 12-31  W2     4-6 
Sydney Outback          63 99 .389 34.0 56-106     7 38-43 25-56 9-6 25-21  L5     5-5 
 
European League Standings  
 
Team                    W  L  PCT    GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home  Away XInn   1Run  Streak Last10 
Paris Revolutions       99 63 .611    - 99-63      0 55-26 44-37  7-5  23-25  L2     6-4 
London Monarchs         94 68 .580  5.0 96-66     -2 44-37 50-31  6-8  20-24  W2     7-3 
Berlin Teutonic Knights 93 69 .574  6.0 86-76      7 51-30 42-39 15-1  31-20  W2     5-5 
Brussels Painters       91 71 .562  8.0 92-70     -1 47-34 44-37  8-11 28-25  W2     6-4 
Rome Cardinals          81 81 .500 18.0 85-77     -4 41-40 40-41  6-11 27-30  W2     6-4 
Vienna Musik            78 84 .481 21.0 80-82     -2 45-36 33-48  7-8  29-19  W3     5-5 
Madrid Matadors         71 91 .438 28.0 72-90     -1 37-44 34-47  3-6  16-25  L2     5-5 
Amsterdam Admirals      69 93 .426 30.0 66-96      3 38-43 31-50  2-5  19-18  L2     3-7 
Athens Philosophers     67 95 .414 32.0 65-97      2 39-42 28-53  9-4  18-22  L5     3-7 
Moscow Proletariat      67 95 .414 32.0 70-92     -3 39-42 28-53  8-12 23-26  L2     3-7

Team Stats

Code:

America/Asia Batting  
 
Team 			 AVG  R/G  HR    R    AB     H   2B  3B   BB    K  OBP  SLG  OPS  SB 
New York Giants 	.286  5.0  44  808  5826  1664  259  77  451  460 .337 .379 .716 119 
Chicago Defenders 	.283  5.6  42  903  5753  1626  304 101  557  478 .347 .392 .740 189 
Mexico City Aztecs 	.275  4.7  44  765  5813  1601  296  84  459  568 .329 .378 .707  77 
RC Mounted Baseballists .273  5.2  47  840  5717  1559  277  77  635  378 .347 .373 .720 170 
Rio de Janeiro Carnival .273  4.7  38  761  5750  1569  270  94  408  534 .322 .372 .694 226 
Cincinnati Reds 	.273  4.4  48  714  5705  1558  220  68  386  454 .321 .361 .682 153 
Shanghai Dragons 	.269  4.5  28  731  5737  1541  249  59  386  602 .316 .347 .663 196 
Tokyo Rising Sun 	.264  4.3  36  694  5675  1500  220  85  434  435 .317 .352 .669 165 
USA Baseball Engineers  .264  4.4  43  713  5697  1504  217  66  399  509 .314 .348 .662 326 
Sydney Outback 		.268  4.4  45  712  5670  1520  231  64  498  529 .328 .355 .683 103 
TOTALS     		.273  4.7 415 7641 57343 15642 2543 775 4613 4947 .328 .366 .694 1724 
 
European League Batting  
 
Team 			AVG  R/G  HR    R    AB     H   2B  3B   BB    K  OBP  SLG  OPS   SB 
Paris Revolutions 	.294 5.4  59  873  5877  1728  301  78  444  408 .344 .402 .746   78 
Rome Cardinals 		.280 5.0  47  809  5779  1621  254  68  544  429 .342 .372 .715  157 
Brussels Painters 	.280 4.7  44  765  5875  1643  283  79  403  462 .328 .377 .706   56 
London Monarchs 	.279 5.4  62  869  5719  1598  272  88  563  454 .344 .390 .734  181 
Berlin Teutonic Knights .277 4.6  27  744  5739  1590  258  99  424  550 .327 .371 .698  268 
Athens Philosophers 	.272 4.9  58  791  5693  1549  235  67  495  383 .330 .367 .698  172 
Vienna Musik 		.271 4.5  42  721  5697  1543  235  56  479  525 .328 .354 .682  237 
Amsterdam Admirals 	.269 4.0  30  652  5653  1523  220  48  350  569 .313 .341 .654  202 
Madrid Matadors 	.263 4.1  41  670  5696  1500  224  65  310  631 .302 .347 .649  153 
Moscow Proletariat 	.261 4.2  33  678  5639  1470  214  72  468  603 .319 .342 .661  161 
TOTALS     		.275 4.7 443 7572 57367 15765 2496 720 4480 5014 .328 .367 .695 1665 
 
America/Asia Pitching  
 
Team 			ERA  R/G  S      IP    HA    R   ER HRA   BB    K OAVG   CG SHO 
Mexico City Aztecs 	2.85 3.7  9  1473.2  1431  607  467  20  301  577 .251  102  10 
Cincinnati Reds 	3.30 4.4  8  1439.2  1585  717  528  13  357  496 .274  100  11 
Tokyo Rising Sun 	3.52 4.4  9  1446.0  1600  718  566  24  360  652 .278   88   9 
Chicago Defenders 	3.57 4.5 11  1446.0  1576  728  573  39  406  489 .274  100   4 
Shanghai Dragons 	3.62 4.5  6  1439.0  1527  735  578  38  467  539 .269   91   3 
New York Giants 	3.71 4.5 10  1447.0  1469  723  596  42  547  423 .261   92   6 
RC Mounted Baseballists 3.85 4.7 11  1458.0  1624  767  624  35  441  545 .279   82   7 
USA Baseball Engineers 	4.25 5.0  9  1454.0  1599  813  686  82  536  461 .276   80   9 
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 4.32 5.1  9  1434.2  1525  828  689  48  610  335 .272   91   6 
Sydney Outback 		4.88 6.2  7  1429.1  1706 1005  775  74  588  430 .293   71   5 
TOTALS     		3.78 4.7 89 14467.1 15642 7641 6082 415 4613 4947 .273  897  70 
 
European League Pitching  
 
Team 			ERA  R/G  S      IP    HA    R   ER HRA   BB    K OAVG   CG SHO 
Brussels Painters 	3.22 4.1 14  1460.0  1472  657  522  30  426  573 .262   81   9 
London Monarchs 	3.31 4.4 12  1452.0  1604  706  534  23  281  596 .275   91   5 
Paris Revolutions 	3.38 4.2 13  1448.0  1513  679  543  26  384  529 .266  102  12 
Berlin Teutonic Knights 3.49 4.3  7  1456.0  1490  698  564  43  476  603 .261   94  11 
Vienna Musik 		3.60 4.5  4  1448.1  1592  734  579  41  395  484 .276   94   5 
Rome Cardinals 		3.73 4.7  7  1455.2  1651  768  603  46  420  401 .283   89   5 
Moscow Proletariat 	3.77 4.8  6  1439.0  1550  782  602  48  550  457 .273   82   8 
Madrid Matadors 	3.97 4.7 11  1429.2  1593  761  631  77  474  515 .280   82  12 
Amsterdam Admirals 	3.95 4.9  6  1428.0  1607  799  627  49  433  461 .280   86  11 
Athens Philosophers 	4.81 6.1  9  1435.2  1693  988  768  60  641  395 .290   63   3 
TOTALS     		3.72 4.7 89 14452.1 15765 7572 5973 443 4480 5014 .275  864  81

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 07:33 PM

League Leaderboards

Code:

American/Asian League

Batting AVG 		 On-Base PCT 		 Slugging PCT 
H. Sato JPN 	.351 	K. Martin AUT 	.454 	T. Schroeder NY	.501 
K. Martin AUT 	.349 	B. Young CHI 	.447 	B. Young CHI 	.494 
E. Díaz CHI 	.348 	H. Sato JPN 	.425 	E. Díaz CHI 	.485 
D. Bunch NY 	.346 	R. Nock CAN 	.425 	C. Davis USA 	.478 
B. Young CHI 	.346 	T. Schroeder NY .417 	P. Stewart CHI 	.475 

Games 			 At-Bats 		 Runs 
J. Inches CHI 	162 	J. Inches CHI 	678 	J. Inches CHI 	141 
T. Schroeder NY 162 	D. Bunch NY 	661 	R. Nock CAN 	137 
A. Maurice CAN 	161 	D. Salgado BRZ 	638 	T. Schroeder NY 135 
D. Bunch NY 	160 	R. Taylor CIN 	633 	D. Salgado BRZ 	125 
Y. Gang CHN 	160 	A. Maurice CAN 	631 	B. Young CHI 	118 

Hits 			Total Bases 		 Doubles 
D. Bunch NY 	229 	T. Schroeder NY 306 	C. Davis USA 	47 
D. Salgado BRZ 	217 	D. Salgado BRZ 	299 	J. Inches CHI 	44 
R. Nock CAN 	206 	B. Young CHI 	281 	B. Young CHI 	43 
J. Baird NY 	200 	E. Bowles CHI 	276 	V. Umlah CAN 	42 
B. Young CHI 	197 	D. Bunch NY 	276 	E. Bowles CHI 	41 
 
Triples 		Home Runs 		 Runs Batted In 
T. Schroeder NY 22 	K. Martin AUT 	12 	E. Bowles CHI 	129 
A. Sakei JPN 	18 	T. Schroeder NY 11 	S. Everett NY 	116 
J. Paulos BRZ 	17 	B. Hankins CIN 	10 	T. Schroeder NY 106 
B. Young CHI 	16 	L. Canejo BRZ 	8 	Y. Gang CHN 	103 
B. Hankins CIN 	15 	R. Dodd CAN 	8 	A. Maurice CAN 	102 

Stolen Bases 		 Bases-On-Balls 	 Strikeouts 
B. Frank USA 	88 	J. Simon CAN 	110 	S. Yao CHN 	83 
D. Salgado BRZ 	86 	K. Martin AUT 	109 	C. Quintero MEX 81 
J. Inches CHI 	77 	T. Schroeder NY 105 	K. Martin AUT 	79 
A. Sakei JPN 	72 	B. Young CHI 	105 	R. Taylor CIN 	77 
T. Qiao CHN 	71 	R. Nock CAN 	93 	D. Salgado BRZ 	71 

European League

Batting AVG 		On-Base PCT 		Slugging PCT 
G. Talboom GRE 	.350 	Lenyashin USSR	.426 	Aehrenthal AUS 	.522 
Feaveryear UK 	.348 	Feaveryear UK 	.422 	Feaveryear UK 	.520 
K. Eckhardt GER .348 	Aehrenthal AUS	.420 	H. Fischer FRA 	.510 
Lenyashin USSR 	.347 	K. Eckhardt GER .419 	G. Talboom GRE 	.506 
S. Guilbert FRA .342 	L. Cosini ITA 	.409 	K. Eckhardt GER .494 

Games 			At-Bats 		Runs 
B. Kempf GER 	160 	H. Kuehn GER 	666 	K. Anetakis GRE 139 
F. Pérez SPN 	160 	D. Bernard FRA 	655 	M. Gros FRA 	136 
S. Petiet HOL	160 	M. Gros FRA 	649 	Caraccioni ITA	112 
J. Dumoulin FRA 159 	S. Guilbert FRA 649 	K. Eckhardt GER 112 
N. Kunz GER 	159 	L. Koldijk BEL 	648 	Aehrenthal AUS	106 

Hits 			Total Bases 		Doubles 
S. Guilbert FRA 222 	D. Bernard FRA 	312 	L. Koldijk BEL 	54 
D. Bernard FRA 	215 	Aehrenthal AUS 	304 	H. Fischer FRA 	44 
L. Koldijk BEL 	210 	L. Koldijk BEL 	302 	B. Kempf GER 	43 
H. Kuehn GER 	208 	G. Talboom GRE 	296 	J. Dumoulin FRA 42 
K. Eckhardt GER 207 	K. Eckhardt GER 294 	Michielsen BEL	40 

Triples 		Home Runs		 Runs Batted In 
E. Simons BEL 	22 	D. Bernard FRA 	20 	D. Bernard FRA 	109 
K. Eckhardt GER 20 	Aehrenthal AUS 	18 	K. Anetakis GRE 102 
H. Fischer FRA 	18 	D. Mallam UK 	14 	D. Mallam UK 	95 
H. Kuehn GER 	17 	K. Anetakis GRE 13 	L. Cosini ITA 	94 
Acharyan USSR 	15 	G. Talboom GRE 	13 	J. Dumoulin FRA 93 

Stolen Bases 		Bases-On-Balls 		 Strikeouts 
Westerhout HOL 	90 	K. Anetakis GRE 93 	Wins'mann GER 	104 
Caraccioni ITA 	70 	L. Cosini ITA 	92 	B. Zieff GER 	83 
N. Kirsch GER 	65 	Aehrenthal AUS 	91 	Westerhout HOL	78 
Feaveryear UK 	64 	Caraccioni ITA 	87 	J. Dumoulin FRA 73 
Wins'mann GER 	54 	D. Mallam UK 	82 	F. Pérez SPN 	70 


Pitching Leaderboards 

American/Asian League

ERA 			 Wins			 Losses 
J. Galván MEX 	2.52 	M. Lavoie CAN 	26 	H. Meredith BRZ 22 
M. Lavoie CAN 	2.53 	J. Zorros CHI 	26 	T. Labrego BRZ 	20 
S. Iwasaki JPN 	2.65 	M. Figueroa MEX 24 	Vanderven AUT 	20 
J. Zorros CHI 	2.65 	J. Spencer CIN 	24 	P. Marshall USA 18 
M. Ramos MEX 	2.68 	J. Galván MEX 	23 	B. Mathews CIN 	18 

Winning PCT 		 Games Pitched 		 Games Started 
J. Zorros CHI 	.722 	Z. Lao CHN 	51 	M. Lavoie CAN 	42 
T. Ki****a JPN 	.692 	J. Lewis NY 	48 	J. Lanning CAN 	41 
M. Figueroa MEX .686 	L. Cain USA 	47 	J. Galván MEX 	40 
M. Lavoie CAN 	.667 	Pelletier CAN	44 	H. Meredith BRZ 39 
Q. Huan CHN 	.657 	M. Lavoie CAN 	42 	J. Spencer CIN 	39 
 
Complete Games 		Shutouts 		 Innings Pitched 
M. Lavoie CAN 	30 	C. Wright CIN 	5 	J. Galván MEX 	335.2 
J. Zorros CHI 	30 	M. Figueroa MEX 4 	M. Lavoie CAN 	335.0 
J. Galván MEX 	29 	S. Iwasaki JPN 	4 	J. Zorros CHI 	325.2 
Q. Huan CHN 	29 	M. Lavoie CAN 	4 	J. Spencer CIN 	318.1 
J. Lozano NY 	27 	B. Mathews CIN 	4 	J. Lozano NY 	316.2 
 
Hits Allowed 		Home Runs Allowed 	Walks Allowed
J. Lanning CAN 	366 	T. Wheeler USA 	19 	T. Labrego BRZ 	123 
K. Yoshida JPN 	358 	D. McLendon NY 	17 	P. Marshall USA 120 
J. Spencer CIN 	354 	K. Brennan AUT 	16 	D. McLendon NY 	120 
J. Zorros CHI 	342 	P. Marshall USA 15 	J. Lozano NY 	113 
M. Lavoie CAN 	327 	B. Hammond AUT 	12 	H. Meredith BRZ 111 

Strikeouts 		K/BB 			Opponents AVG 
M. Lavoie CAN 	152 	S. Iwasaki JPN 	7.30 	P. Marshall USA .241 
Q. Huan CHN 	149 	M. Ramos MEX 	5.36 	J. Galván MEX 	.242 
D. Evans CHI 	146 	K. Yoshida JPN 	3.88 	H. Meredith BRZ .247 
J. Galván MEX 	138 	Q. Huan CHN 	3.47 	M. Ramos MEX 	.249 
T. Ki****a JPN 	136 	D. Evans CHI 	3.17 	W. Chen CHN 	.250 

ERA 			Wins 			Losses 
D. Meise GER 	2.33 	vd Akker BEL 	28 	F. Knaus AUS 	22 
Mathijssen BEL 	2.53 	J. Lemoine FRA 	27 	N. Picoulas GRE 19 
C. Boden UK 	2.63 	C. Boden UK 	25 	L. Senner AUS 	19 
F. Turvill UK 	2.76 	A. Mascolo ITA 	24 	H. Arents HOL 	18 
J. Lemoine FRA 	2.84 	U. Gruppe FRA 	23 	Z. Kouches GRE 	18 

Winning PCT 		Games Pitched 		Games Started 
vd Akker BEL 	.757 	N. Maurin BEL 	60 	C. Boden UK 	41 
D. Meise GER 	.724 	U. Rommel GER 	51 	Hopstaken FRA	41 
J. Lemoine FRA 	.692 	B. Paleev USSR 	50 	J. Lemoine FRA 	41 
V. Schumann GER .688 	P. Ruíz SPN 	43 	N. Picoulas GRE 41 
A. Mascolo ITA 	.686 	C. Boden UK 	41 	vd Akker BEL 	41 

Complete Games 		Shutouts 		Innings Pitched 
J. Lemoine FRA 	31 	D. Meise GER 	5 	J. Lemoine FRA 	333.0 
V. Bouwman HOL 	27 	vd Akker BEL 	5 	C. Boden UK 	331.2 
U. Gruppe FRA 	27 	V. Bouwman HOL 	4 	Hopstaken FRA 	328.1 
Hopstaken FRA 	27 	U. Gruppe FRA 	4 	U. Gruppe FRA 	322.2 
C. Boden UK 	26 	J. Lemoine FRA 	4 	vd Akker BEL 	321.2 

Hits Allowed 		Home Runs Allowed	Walks Allowed 
L. Senner AUS 	369 	H. Morales SPN 	21 	V. Schumann GER 151 
C. Boden UK 	355 	I. López SPN 	20 	Mathijssen BEL	112 
N. Picoulas GRE 354 	Y. Calzolai ITA 15 	Fernández SPN 	103 
F. Knaus AUS 	347 	H. Mauser GER 	13 	U. Gruppe FRA 	99 
B. Weld UK 	330 	D. Capeci ITA 	12 	Z. Kouches GRE 	99 

Strikeouts 		K/BB 			Opponents AVG 
V. Schumann GER 165 	C. Boden UK 	5.14 	V. Schumann GER .232 
vd Akker BEL 	149 	B. Weld UK 	3.62 	vd Akker BEL 	.241 
C. Boden UK 	144 	Y. Calzolai ITA 2.85 	Oz'sky USSR 	.245 
Hopstaken FRA 	144 	Hopstaken FRA 	2.62 	Mathijssen BEL 	.246 
F. Turvill UK 	136 	vd Akker BEL 	2.29 	D. Meise GER 	.248

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 07:42 PM

(side note: I did things in this game designed to give the league less parity than in a regular, computer-run OOTP league. So far, though, the standard deviation of wins and losses is still .074, which is more in line with the 1960s than the 1920s, and the coefficients of runs scored and runs scored against are also fairly low at 9.4% and 12.6% respectively. Actually, runs allowed isn't too bad; that's high in part because I had Mexico City plunder Madrid to make one awesome rotation and also because Sydney and Athens were so, so bad. At that, Athens was bad in large part because they had to pull so many players off of their roster due to the Greco-Turkish war.)

Syd Thrift · 09-07-2008, 11:24 PM

Code:

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 
Mexico City  0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 
Chicago      0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 X 5  6 0 

HR: None
GWRBI: T. English

Mexico City          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI PS ERA	
M. Figueroa         	4.2  3  2  2  3  1  0 82 46 3.86 
J. Gonzáles L (0-1) 	3.1  3  3  3  0  3  0 40 24 8.10 

Chicago 		 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI PS ERA 
J. Zorros  		5.0  7  2  2  0  1  0 82 56 3.60 
J. Carlton W (1-0) 	4.0  4  0  0  2  3  0 65 38 0.00

What was billed as a pitching matchup between two of the best pitchers in the American/Asian league turned into a matchup between 4th starters after a rain delay in the 5th inning. Chicago's long man turned out to be the superior one.

Code:

         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  R  H E 
London 	 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  1  8 3 
Paris 	 1 2 0 3 5 2 0 0 X 13 20 0 

HR: Garnier (1)
GWRBI: Gros

London 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
F. Turvill L (0-1) 	3.2 10  6  3  1  1  0  89 58 7.36 
C. Shone  		1.0  6  5  4  1  0  1  34 19 36.00 
L. MacKimmie  		3.1  4  2  2  0  2  0  38 27 5.40 

Paris 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
J. Lemoine W (1-0) 	9.0  8  1  1  0  6  0 129 84 1.00

The good news for London is, this was only one game. Fat Freddie Turvill couldn't get out of the 4th and his replacements fared no better. Paris, the top hitting team in the European League for the second straight year, blasted London for 20 hits and this one was never close after the 2nd. Catcher Laurent Garnier finished a double away from a cycle.

Syd Thrift · 09-08-2008, 12:13 AM

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Mexico City 	1 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 13 16 0 
Chicago 	0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0  3 10 2 

HR: Rodriguez (1), Garza (1)
GWRBI: Garza

Mexico City          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
J. Galván W (1-0) 	9.0 10  3  3  1  1  0 115 77 3.00 

Chicago 		 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
D. Evans L (0-1) 	5.0 10  9  5  0  3  1  74 50 9.00 
J. Anderson  		1.1  4  4  4  1  1  1  26 16 27.01 
I. Sparks  		2.2  2  0  0  1  0  0  30 17 0.00

Cats Evans was not having the best of days, and it all ended for him on a grand slam homerun by Jose Rodriguez in the 5th. "I just couldn't get enough movement on my zig", said Evans following the game. "For great justice." This ties the series at a game apiece and throws homefield advantage to runner-up Mexico City.

Code:

         	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  R  H E 
London 		0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0  4 10 1 
Paris 		0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0  2 12 1 

HR: None
GWRBI: Kalman

London 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
C. Boden W (1-0) 	9.0 12  2  2  0  1  0 126 85 2.00 

Paris 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
U. Gruppe L (0-1) 	8.0  9  4  4  1  5  0 124 84 4.50 
H. Arents  		1.0  1  0  0  1  2  0  18 10 0.00

To avoid going down two games to none, the Monarchs brought in their ace Cameron "London Fog" Boden for this one, and he - or, it should be said, the defense behind him - was masterful. Boden stranded 8 baserunners over the course of this game and also induced 2 double plays in more or less shutting down the Revolution offense. The series is now even and headed to London.

Syd Thrift · 09-08-2008, 01:20 AM

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Chicago 	0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1  8 14 1 
Mexico City 	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  2  9 3 

HR: None
GWRBI: T. Johnson

Chicago          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
J. Zorros W (1-0) 	9.0  9  2  2  1  1  0 123 79 2.57 

Mexico City		 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
M. Figueroa L (0-1) 	4.1 10  6  5  0  0  0  79 52 7.00 
F. Ramos  		2.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  17  9 0.00 
J. León  		2.2  4  2  2  2  1  0  53 31 6.75

The rain delay in Game One allowed both the Aztecs and the Defenders to start their aces again on short rest. Unfortunately, only one of them pitched like an ace, and the end result was an easy Chicago victory that wrests back homefield advantage for the first round. 3B Tim Johnson led the hitting attack with 3 hits in 4 at-bats and 2 RBIs, including the game-winner.

Code:

         	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  R  H E 
Paris 		0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 11 18 1 
London		0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0  3 12 0 


HR: None
GWRBI: Bouchard

Paris 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
J. Lemoine W (2-0) 	9.0 12  3  3  0  2  0 128 82 2.00 

London 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
F. Turvill L (0-2) 	5.0  8  5  5  0  2  0  73 46 8.31 
L. MacKimmie  		1.2  6  3  3  0  0  0  45 30 9.00 
C. Shone  		1.1  3  3  3  4  1  0  46 24 27.00 
T. Lindstrom  		1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0  20 12 0.00

For the second time in three games, the London Monarchs tried Fat Freddie Turvill, and for the second time in three games the Revolution tore him to shreds. This time he only lasted 5 innings before turning the game over to the bullpen. At that point, Lee MacKimmie (2-4, 5 saves, 3.90 ERA in the regular season) and Carl Shone (2-0, 4.09) promptly took a game the Monarchs had a slight chance of winning and made the deficit unbeatable. Herve Fischer, Dwight Bernard, and Didier Bouchard all had 3-hit games for Paris.

Syd Thrift · 09-08-2008, 10:26 PM

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Chicago 	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0  4  5 1 
Mexico City	0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0  2  7 1 


HR: None
GWRBI: C. Ruffin

Chicago          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
D. Evans W (1-1) 	9.0  7  2  2  3  6  0 125 79 4.50 

Mexico City		 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
J. Galván L (1-1) 	9.0  5  4  4  6  3  0 144 79 3.50

Cats redeemed himself for his rocky Game 2 start and Clarence Ruffin added a 2 out, 3 run double in the 8th to put the Chicago Defenders within one game of the World Series. "His fastball was really lighting it up", said catcher Tim English, who was interviewed instead of his battery-mate because the reporter was growing tired of AYB references. "And his change? For the sake of Mexico City, I won't mention the change." The series continues (and may conclude) in Mexico City tomorrow.

Code:

         	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  R  H E 
Paris		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  2  8 0 
London		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  1  5 1 


HR: None
GWRBI: Gros

Paris 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
M. Hopstaken W (1-0) 	9.0  5  1  1  1  6  0 120 71 1.00 

London 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
C. Boden L (1-1) 	9.0  8  2  2  1  1  0 111 73 2.00

Paris wasn't happy with the Game 2 performance of Urbanus Gruppe and so went with 19-game winner Melvin Hopstaken instead. Hopstaken, who was really only average in the regular season against London (2-3, 3.70 ERA) came up roses against them this time around. Moise Gros is also showing he can play several levels harder in the postseason. In the regular season he hit .280 against the Monarchs, which is good but not at his regular levels. So far in the series he has hit .444 (8 for 18) and has two game-winning RBI to his name.

NOTE: Monarchs RF Cameron Wakefield left the game with a dislocated shoulder. He is not expected to return to the playoffs.

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Chicago		1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1  7 11 2 
Mexico City	0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0  3 10 2 


HR: J Rodriguez (2)
GWRBI: B Young

Chicago          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
P. Ruíz W (1-0) 	9.0 10  3  1  2  2  1 145 90 1.00 

Mexico City		 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
M. Ramos L (0-1) 	7.2 10  6  6  3  8  0 124 75 7.04 
C. Díaz  		1.1  1  1  1  1  0  0  21 10 6.75

Mexico City's pitching was uncharacteristically mediocre this entire series, and Game Five was the capstone. Mario "Don Quixote" Ramos, brought in from Spain to, theoretically anyway, provide the Aztecs with the kind of pitching staff that would set records in the regular season and blow through the playoffs, struck out a lot of guys when it didn't matter and gave up a lot of hits when it did. The Defenders never trailed in this one, and as the game became increasingly less in doubt, the Mexico fans did things with their beer bottles that we dare not speak of.

Code:

         	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  R  H E 
Paris		0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2  6 10 3 
London		0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3  4  7 0 


HR: Perrin (1)
GWRBI: Guilbert

Paris 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
U. Gruppe W (1-1) 	9.0  7  4  3  4  6  0 151 90 3.71 

London 			 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
B. Weld L (0-1) 	7.0  7  4  4  1  3  0 104 65 5.14 
L. MacKimmie  		2.0  3  2  2  0  1  1  32 18 9.00

Losing RF Cameron Wakefield proved to be the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back for the Monarchs. They were already without their first string "camel", the Sopwith Camel Byron Feveryear, and also had to play the entire month of September without LF Joe Hollinger and stud 2B Isayu Konda. Additionally, even though the Longstop Orin Perrel insisted his ankle was fully recovered, he hit just .111 for the series and never got untracked. When fully half your lineup is out, it's hard to make the playoffs, let alone win games once you're there.

But this series isn't about London's injury problems, it's about Paris's grand display of clutch. Urbanus Gruppe tired late, but he pitched well enough to win and more importantly put the Revolution in good position to use ace Joel Lemoine for 3 games in the World Series. They'll need him, as Chicago is tough.

Syd Thrift · 09-08-2008, 11:51 PM

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Chicago		0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1  2  5 1 
Paris		2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X  4 11 3 



HR: None
GWRBI: J. Dumoulin

Chicago          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
J. Zorros L (1-1) 	8.0 11  4  3  0  1  0 124 84 2.86 

Mexico City		 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
J. Lemoine W (3-0) 	9.0  5  2  1  0  3  0 110 76 1.67

If Joel Lemoine could start every game for the Revolution, they'd only need 8 playoff games to win the World Series. Tonight he scattered 5 hits through 9 as Paris scored all the runs they needed in the first 3 innings. Herve Fischer continued his slugging ways for Paris; the hulking center fielder went 3 for 4 and now is hitting .500 in the postseason.

Syd Thrift · 09-09-2008, 11:08 PM

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Chicago		2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  3  7 0 
Paris		1 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 X 16 19 0 


HR: None
GWRBI: J. Dumoulin

Chicago          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
D. Evans L (1-2) 	3.0  6  5  5  2  1  0  65 38 6.35 
I. Sparks  		2.0  5  4  4  1  0  0  40 24 7.72 
N. Frost  		1.2  6  7  7  4  0  0  49 19 37.82 
J. Carlton  		1.1  2  0  0  0  0  0  14 10 0.00 

Paris		 	IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
U. Gruppe W (2-1) 	9.0  7  3  3  5  5  0 145 92 3.46

Paris will do this to teams. Down 5-2 after 3, Chicago Defenders manager Stephano Verrochio took the bold move of relieving starting pitcher Cats Evans for a pinch-hitter. In one sense, this move didn't really backfire since the Revolution had already scored all the runs they would need to win this one. On the other hand, the guys who came in to relieve him yielded 11 runs in the last 5 innings. The series travels to Chicago now, where it could end without going back to Paris.

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Paris		0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  4 10 1 
Chicago		0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0  3 11 2 


HR: None
GWRBI: G. Perrin

Paris	          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
J. Lemoine W (4-0) 	9.0 11  3  3  0  0  0 136 92 2.00 

Chicago		 	IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
J. Zorros L (1-2) 	9.0 10  4  3  2  1  0 157 100 2.90

Chicago thought for sure that they finally had Joel Lemoine stopped. They had a 3-1 lead going into the 9th and starter Juan Zorros had completely shut down the Revolution, surrenduring just 6 hits through his first 8 innings. But let Paris glimpse just a sign of weakness and they will pounce. Rene Payen and pinch-hitter Michel Granger laid into Zorros' slowing fastball for two base hits in 3 pitches, then catcher Laurent Garnier came to the plate. Garnier - who spent all of 1919 as a member of the US Army Baseball Engineers as part of a lending agreement - swung his way into an 0-2 count, then fouled off 4 pitches and worked the count to 2-2. On the 9th pitch of the at-bat, he squirted a seeing-eye single between first and second to tie the game at 3 apiece. 2 batters later, Gilbert Perrin socked in the go-ahead run on a double.

Following this demoralizing loss, we can't see Chicago winning another game, let alone the Series. Nonetheless, it continues tomorrow.

Code:

            	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R  H  E 
Paris		0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4  8 15 1 
Chicago		0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1  6 15 1 



HR: None
GWRBI: F. Olivier

Paris	          	 IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PI  PS ERA	
U. Gruppe  		6.0 11  5  5  1  1  0 101 62 4.22 
H. Arents W (1-0) 	3.0  4  1  0  0  2  0  30 21 0.00 

Chicago		 	IP   H  R ER BB  K HR  PI PS ERA 
P. Ruíz L (1-1) 	8.2 14  8  7  4  0  0 130 79 4.08 
J. Carlton  		0.1  1  0  0  0  0  0   4  3 0.00

Facing a sweep in the most important games of the year, the Chicago Defenders made the bold move of replacing their #2 starter Daryl "Cats" Evans with Pedro Ruiz. Ruiz was no slouch himself in the regular season and had outpitched "Cats" in the playoffs. For 8 innings, it looked like this gamble had paid off. But in the 9th the Revolutions saw their opening and struck. Ruiz was hammered for a single, a sacrifice, a double, a ground-out, a walk, a single, and two more walks, the last with the bases loaded.

And that was all she wrote. Praise be to the Paris Revolution and their Reign of Terror lineup. 1920 is over!

Syd Thrift · 09-10-2008, 11:13 PM

Overview

Nobody was hurt by the Great War as badly as Holland. Nobody. The Baseball Brigade? Hah. We wish we were treated as well as the Baseball Brigade. At least they didn't have their homes and families bombed out by both the Central Powers and the Allies before they all got gassed. We're sorry if we're being impolite, but facts are facts. Frankly, the Admirals have been lucky to play as well as they have. For two glorious months in the midst of summer, Admirals fans were momentarily able to forget their worries and cares and at least pretend that their national team was, on average, as good as anybody else's. Then September hit and all those hopes were dashed away.

There really wasn't a lot to get from this that was positive. Yes, they did manage to finish ahead of Athens and Moscow, but they weren't that far ahead. The pitching was poor and the hitting just as bad. The defense? Let's not talk about the defense. We just ate lunch.

Retirements
-------------
1B Emil Luyks - Luyks didn't play at all in 1920, and a guy who can't get playing time for Amsterdam is not a guy worth talking about.
3B Franz Tijl - Tijl may never walk again after suffering a severe injury in July. Thanks, baseball!

Code:

69-93, .426 PCT 8th, 30.0 GB 
Home 		38-43, .469 PCT 
Road 		31-50, .383 PCT 
X-inning games 	 2-5,  .286 PCT 
One-run games 	19-18, .514 PCT 
Versus LHP 	18-13, .581 PCT 
Versus RHP 	51-80, .389 PCT 
April 		13-8,  .619 PCT 
May 		 9-19, .321 PCT 
June 		10-19, .345 PCT 
July 		15-14, .517 PCT 
August 		16-12, .571 PCT 
September 	 6-21, .222 PCT 

Batting Average 	.269 - 8th in EURO 
On-Base Percentage 	.313 - 9th in EURO 
Slugging Percentage 	.341 - 10th in EURO 
Runs Scored 		 652 - 10th in EURO 
Hits 			1523 - 8th in EURO 
Extra-Base Hits 	 298 - 10th in EURO 
Home Runs		  30 - 9th in EURO 
Bases-On-Balls 		 350 - 9th in EURO 
Strikeouts 		 569 - 8th in EURO 
Stolen Bases 		 202 - 3rd in EURO 

Earned Run Average  	3.95 - 8th in EURO 
Runs allowed 		 799 - 9th in EURO 
Hits allowed 		1607 - 8th in EURO 
Opponents AVG 		.280 - 8th in EURO 
Home Runs allowed 	  49 - 8th in EURO 
Bases-On-Balls 		 433 - 6th in EURO 
Strikeouts 		 461 - 7th in EURO

Pitching

Lots and lots of guys used last year. There's a couple reasons for that. One, the team wasn't very good and that's what you do with bad teams: you try out lots of different players and you see what fits. Two, we traded several of our best countrymen off to France and Belgium because that way we could vicariously experience their success from afar. Melvin Hopstaken and your World Series ring, we salute you! And hope that you'll come back someday as well! As for the rest of the staff, one could charitably call them Vasil Bouwman and a bunch of Hollandaise sauce. Oh, to think of the great Dutch pitchers who will never be because of the Great War!

We don't want to talk about the rotation after Bouwman but the editor says that we must. Robert Bax was recalled at the end of June and had a good enough second half that he's pretty much guaranteed a slot in the rotation. After that, Dobbe Arden and Yannick Rikxoort did little to distance themselves from the rabble aside from their awesome Dutch names. Ernest Robin came over from the Paris Revolution in the Melvin Hopstaken trade and... well, let's just say that the way he pitched, he fit in very well on this team. I cannot even type out Joe Nelis's name without crying. Sniff.

Projected Rotation
---------------------
Vasil Bouwman
Robert Bax
Dobbe Arden*
Yannick Rikxoort*
Ernest Robin**
Joe Nelis***
Andre Lemonnier (CL)

Code:

Player				Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Vasil Bouwman			26	19	14	0.576	37	37	0	302	313	100	7	83	117	2.98
Dobbe Aarden			27	5	12	0.294	27	17	1	157.1	177	63	0	43	39	3.60
Yannick Rikxoort		22	7	13	0.350	29	18	1	139.1	154	75	11	37	35	4.84
Hendri Arents			26	10	7	0.588	18	18	0	138.2	135	49	0	38	49	3.18
Joe Nelis			27	1	15	0.063	26	17	0	121.2	174	88	7	49	36	6.51
Melvin Hopstaken		30	7	3	0.700	11	11	0	89.1	83	28	1	14	38	2.82
Ernest Robin			26	2	9	0.182	14	12	0	81	110	56	1	35	16	6.22
Robert Bax			21	6	4	0.600	12	12	0	80	79	25	2	17	33	2.81
Daniel Stuut			35	5	4	0.556	10	10	0	75.1	82	24	2	18	25	2.87
Bob Schillemans			23	0	4	0.000	14	4	0	69.1	102	47	8	24	19	6.10
Kennet Snelleman		23	2	4	0.333	16	6	0	62.2	90	33	5	22	20	4.74
André Lemonnier			25	3	3	0.500	27	0	3	48.1	45	15	1	24	15	2.79
Evan Guis			24	1	1	0.500	14	0	1	31.1	34	13	3	16	10	3.73
Wiel Pot			21	1	0	1.000	8	0	0	23.1	21	9	1	8	7	3.47
Jean-Pierre Jullien		18	0	0	0.000	3	0	0	6.2	7	2	0	4	1	2.70
Sib Libbinga			21	0	0	0.000	2	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0.00
Team Totals			24.7	69	93	0.426	268	162	6	1428	1607	627	49	433	461	3.95

Batting

The Admirals did do one thing well last year, and that was run. Run the basepaths, run to first base on a routine ground ball, run away from their problems... all things that had to do with running on a literal or figurative basis, Amsterdam excelled at in 1920. 2B/SS Haico Westerhout led the league in steals with 90, and because of that we are inclined to overlook the fact that he did nothing else well except maybe field (and the jury is still out on that). Outside of him, Claude Goncalves turned out to be the gem of the Hopstaken deal, 1B Sibrand Petiet looked like an emerging young star, and Tom Alkemade wasn't horrible in 447 at-bats. We ask you to please look away from the top of the center field position; it is said that to even look at such depths will cause the viewer to drop into deep melancholy.

Projected Lineup
----------------
C - Claude Goncalves, Sjaak Schultz*, Dolf de Deugd
1B - Sibrand Petit
2B - Huibert Matena*, Ferrie Wullink**, Ian Bezemer**, Pascal Lienard**
3B - Boudewin Djikstra, Ian Bezemer**
SS - Haico Westerhout
LF - Tom Alkemade
CF - Wassim Richard, Erjan Warmerdam**, Petro Schreurs***
RF - Soren Roseboom, Eibe Klomp**

Code:

Pos	Player			Age	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
C	Claude Gonçalves	29	104	103	424	58	130	21	3	5	54	3	0	23	12	0.307	0.344	0.406
C	Sjaak Schultz		25	38	38	152	13	33	6	1	0	11	1	1	8	10	0.217	0.259	0.270
C	Dolf de Deugd		30	32	21	86	5	25	2	1	0	9	0	0	2	13	0.291	0.303	0.337

1B	*Sibrand Petiet		21	160	160	615	68	189	30	5	6	80	2	1	29	60	0.307	0.335	0.402
1B	Kiril Lucas		26	68	2	69	4	25	4	0	0	20	0	0	1	5	0.362	0.371	0.420

2B	Haico Westerhout	23	157	142	560	90	140	16	5	0	34	90	23	34	78	0.250	0.296	0.296
2B	Ferrie Wuilink		23	134	34	220	44	51	6	3	0	18	42	5	15	22	0.232	0.287	0.286
2B	Pascal Lienard		28	97	19	153	21	40	7	2	1	20	5	1	12	13	0.261	0.317	0.353
2B	Huibert Matena		21	49	25	94	11	26	3	1	0	8	3	3	2	14	0.277	0.296	0.330

3B	*Frank Tijl		31	79	76	295	38	86	16	0	4	34	2	2	24	48	0.292	0.348	0.386
3B	Boudewijn Dijkstra	21	91	74	289	25	107	10	5	2	29	0	4	6	24	0.370	0.378	0.460
3B	Ferrie Noussen		31	47	15	57	1	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	0.193	0.270	0.246

SS	Ian Bezemer		36	106	101	322	27	86	10	0	1	21	0	0	27	40	0.267	0.326	0.307
SS	#Bartho Ouwerkerk	29	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.500	0.667	0.500

LF	Tom Alkemade		30	139	114	447	50	129	25	2	1	48	2	2	48	34	0.289	0.357	0.360
	
CF	Petro Schreurs		28	125	112	387	33	82	17	3	2	41	2	5	18	26	0.212	0.246	0.287
CF	*Wassim Richard		29	85	85	357	55	109	11	9	3	47	36	16	21	26	0.305	0.344	0.412
CF	Erjan Warmerdam		28	49	35	136	11	32	4	0	1	11	0	2	7	13	0.235	0.278	0.287
CF	Jean-Michel Deschamps	21	7	4	17	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.176	0.222
CF	Alje Murray		18	3	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0.143	0.125	0.143

RF	*Eibe Klomp		20	111	80	284	32	66	4	3	2	26	0	1	37	34	0.232	0.323	0.289
RF	*Soren Roseboom		34	65	53	191	30	56	6	2	0	24	10	1	16	15	0.293	0.352	0.346
RF	René Imbert		23	25	0	11	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.182	0.182	0.273
	Team Totals		25.6	2042	1458	5653	652	1523	220	48	30	598	202	68	350	569	0.269	0.313	0.341

Legend
------------
no stars - Starter for sure
* - On the bubble
** - Longshot to be on Opening Day roster
*** - Yeah, good luck with that.

Syd Thrift · 09-11-2008, 11:40 PM

Overview

The Athenian's first year on the baseball diamond was felled by two things: pitching and the Greco-Turkish War. All this "philosopher" stuff is nice, but we Greeks want back the land that is ours, and by that we mean the land that was ours 3,000 years ago. What kind of name is Turkey, anyway? That's a bird whose meat you consume when you want to lose weight, not the proper name of a country. Anyway, the whole war thing is probably going to restrain our ability to compete for a few years. Too bad, too, because early on things were looking pretty good. In a few years, when we get all our troops back, all the world shall be shouting out the names of the Athens Philosopher-Kings. But for now we'll leave it at Philosophers because the other way sounds kind of pretentious.

Retirements
-------------
CF Artemis Skandalis - Despite a great first name, he appeared just 5 times in 1920.
3B Christos Lambrinos - An even more awesome name but even fewer appearances (none).

Code:

67-95, .414 PCT, 9th, 32.0 GB 
Home 		39-42, .481 PCT 
Road 		28-53, .346 PCT 
X-inning games 	 9-4,  .692 PCT 
One-run games 	18-22, .450 PCT 
Versus LHP 	15-20, .429 PCT 
Versus RHP 	52-75, .409 PCT 
April 		 8-11, .421 PCT 
May 		17-13, .567 PCT 
June 		15-16, .484 PCT 
July 		10-20, .333 PCT 
August	 	 7-21, .250 PCT 
September 	10-14, .417 PCT 

Batting Average 	.272 - 6th in EURO 
On-Base Percentage 	.330 - 4th in EURO 
Slugging Percentage 	.367 - 6th in EURO 
Runs Scored 		 791 - 4th in EURO 
Hits 			1549 - 6th in EURO 
Extra-Base Hits 	 360 - 6th in EURO 
Home Runs 		  58 - 3rd in EURO 
Bases-On-Balls 		 495 - 3rd in EURO 
Strikeouts 		 383 - 1st in EURO 
Stolen Bases 		 172 - 5th in EURO 

Earned Run Average  	4.81 - 10th in EURO 
Runs allowed 		 988 - 10th in EURO 
Hits allowed 		1693 - 10th in EURO 
Opponents AVG 		.290 - 10th in EURO 
Home Runs allowed 	  60 - 9th in EURO 
Bases-On-Balls 		 641 - 10th in EURO 
Strikeouts 		 395 - 10th in EURO

Pitching

Our pitching staff was so bad last year that it was basically the same as being really, really good. Or at least good to watch. That is all we care about. Who wants to see a 2-1

pitching duel anyway? What the fans want is Olympic style running, ball hitting (that might not have ever been in the Olympics, but it should have been), and high jumping (to

catch those long balls given up by our pitching staff). Every time someone scores a run on either side, we release a babboon into the outfield and have it chase after our batboys for a few minutes. It is something like an Olympic race, only with a better ending most of the time because everybody who outruns a babboon is a winner in their own way.

Projected Rotation
---------------------
Neo Picoulas
Anybody willing to sign a waiver***

Code:

Player			Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Neo Picoulas		30	19	19	0.500	41	41	0	314.2	354	143	9	95	81	4.09
Zoilo Kouches		18	5	18	0.217	26	26	0	164.1	214	124	8	99	45	6.79
Arsenio Melonakos	32	9	8	0.529	18	18	0	145.1	139	57	2	45	39	3.53
Demetrius Antonatos	32	11	5	0.688	17	17	0	134.1	127	43	1	38	38	2.88
Orrin Christakos	25	4	8	0.333	24	15	0	127.1	147	53	2	60	38	3.75
Xenos Hristopoulos	18	4	13	0.235	19	19	0	101.2	141	66	8	77	20	5.84
Evander Moscopolis	25	1	6	0.143	9	9	0	59	83	42	5	31	21	6.41
Achilles Houlis		23	1	1	0.500	26	2	0	55	84	37	7	24	27	6.05
Giles Antonakos		18	1	6	0.143	9	9	0	53	85	48	4	23	5	8.15
Xenos Glezos		39	1	3	0.25	25	0	5	47.1	44	16	2	7	17	3.04
Quant Goulandris	21	2	3	0.400	6	6	0	41	57	26	1	28	14	5.71
Peder Porpurogenitos	22	3	3	0.500	25	0	2	39.2	42	18	2	20	7	4.08
Deo Calpis		18	1	0	1.000	17	0	1	39.1	50	29	4	19	19	6.64
Vasilis Georghiou	17	4	2	0.667	21	0	0	35.1	38	19	2	17	6	4.84
Nicodemus Thanou	23	0	0	0.000	15	0	0	31.1	30	15	1	28	4	4.31
Dennis Logotheti	19	0	0	0.000	18	0	1	28.1	42	27	2	26	6	8.58
Nike Bessarion		28	1	0	1.000	7	0	0	18.2	16	5	0	4	8	2.41
Team Totals		24	67	95	0.414	323	162	9	1435.2	1693	768	60	641	395	4.81

Batting

The hitting, on the other hand, was... decent. The lineup didn't have the attention to pure athleticism that we Greeks like to see our men have, but the try-outs weren't quite as "open" as we'd like them to be. The outfield was swift, agile (well, more agile that the Paris Revolutions' outfield, at least, and that was the best team in the game), and possession of fine hand-eye coordination skills. Gerrie Talboom even won the batting contest in Athens' first try. We would be more jubilant about that but the world sees the tremendous achievements of the Greeks already and this would be piling on. The infield wasn't quite so hot.

Projected Lineup
----------------
C - Anieli Koulouris*, Dorian Bursinos*
1B - Andrew Pappas
2B - Eygenia Papamichael*, Lander Koukodimos*
3B - Karsten Christos
SS - Lysandra Melas
LF - Krischnan Anetakis
CF - Gerrie Talboom
RF - Damian Plastiras

Code:

Pos	Player			Age	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
C	Anieli Koulouris	27	110	109	391	34	91	14	3	2	54	0	0	23	22	0.233	0.276	0.299
C	Agape Lalagos		37	40	36	128	13	37	10	2	2	20	0	0	12	12	0.289	0.343	0.445
C	Dorian Bursinos		26	26	13	56	5	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	0.179	0.213	0.232
C	*Melancton Merukides	27	45	2	46	6	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	0.239	0.294	0.304
C	Zander Mavrokordatos	27	3	2	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.250

1B	*Andrew Pappas		23	154	142	556	75	169	26	6	4	86	7	2	55	27	0.304	0.364	0.394
1B	Zoello Liatos		32	20	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.050	0.095	0.050

2B	#Eugenia Papamichael	27	108	95	369	43	91	7	0	0	36	7	3	28	8	0.247	0.303	0.266
2B	Juliun Panayiotou	31	67	67	265	49	74	10	6	2	37	16	9	32	9	0.279	0.353	0.385
2B	*Lander Koukodimos	21	63	14	72	9	14	3	0	0	9	1	0	3	16	0.194	0.224	0.236
2B	#Philip Demetrious	21	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000

3B	Karsten Christos	29	149	115	456	42	122	14	2	5	55	1	0	33	21	0.268	0.315	0.340
3B	Demetrius Martis	19	5	5	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0.158	0.158	0.158

SS	Lysandra Melas		31	154	140	557	62	145	16	2	9	84	4	2	37	59	0.260	0.307	0.345
SS	Philander Stavrakis	28	67	67	266	51	64	7	6	2	18	24	4	33	10	0.241	0.342	0.335
SS	Timeus Rachiotis	31	17	3	23	5	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0.261	0.370	0.391

LF	*Krischnan Anetakis	24	157	157	604	139	179	38	13	13	102	47	26	93	19	0.296	0.392	0.467
LF	Otis Chrysanthopoulos	32	112	38	216	18	61	10	3	0	23	0	1	16	7	0.282	0.328	0.356

CF	*Gerrie Talboom		35	147	146	585	101	205	30	11	13	82	16	11	53	28	0.350	0.402	0.506
CF	*Soterios Mitrou	31	94	18	93	29	24	5	2	0	8	13	6	3	9	0.258	0.281	0.355
CF	*Artemis Skandalis	37	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000

RF	*Damian Plastiras	30	143	126	459	61	138	26	10	4	71	32	11	60	47	0.301	0.378	0.427
	Team Totals		26.5	2013	1458	5693	791	1549	235	67	58	739	172	76	495	383	0.272	0.330	0.367

Legend
------------
no stars - Starter for sure
* - On the bubble
** - Longshot to be on Opening Day roster
*** - Yeah, good luck with that.

Syd Thrift · 09-11-2008, 11:46 PM

Overview

Our late-season surge was just not quite enough to unseat Paris or London. Believe you und me und everybody else, this talk of splitting into divisions is very appetizing to we Deutschlanders. We aren't terribly happy at the prospect of being called "Eastern" Europeans - we are schmack dab in the center of the continent - but if that was the way of things this year we would have won the division in early September rather than being knocked off in the last day.

We're not sure exactly what happened in April, but whatever curse the evil French put upon us, it completely dissipated in May and June; in fact, it appears that our anti-French magicks led the day for those two months. We would also like to see a better showing in home runs, as we feel that these best symbolize the powerful working spirit of Deutschland. Our pitchers leading the European League in strikeouts was a good touch, though.

Retirements
-------------
None

Code:

93-69, .574 PCT 3rd, 6.0 GB 
Home 		51-30, .630 PCT 
Road 		42-39, .519 PCT 
X-inning games 	15-1,  .938 PCT 
One-run games 	31-20, .608 PCT 
Versus LHP 	15-9,  .625 PCT 
Versus RHP 	78-60, .565 PCT 
April 		 8-14, .364 PCT 
May 		21-9,  .700 PCT 
June 		20-9, .690 PCT 
July 		14-14, .500 PCT 
August 		13-13, .500 PCT 
September 	17-10, .630 PCT 

Batting Average 	.277 - 5th in EURO 
On-Base Percentage 	.327 - 7th in EURO 
Slugging Percentage 	.371 - 5th in EURO 
Runs Scored 		 744 - 6th in EURO 
Hits 			1590 - 5th in EURO 
Extra-Base Hits 	 384 - 4th in EURO 
Home Runs 		  27 - 10th in EURO 
Bases-On-Balls 		 424 - 7th in EURO 
Strikeouts 		 550 - 7th in EURO 
Stolen Bases 		 268 - 1st in EURO 

Earned Run Average  	3.49 - 4th in EURO 
Runs allowed 		 698 - 3rd in EURO 
Hits allowed 		1490 - 2nd in EURO 
Opponents AVG 		.261 - 1st in EURO 
Home Runs allowed 	  43 - 5th in EURO 
Bases-On-Balls 		 476 - 8th in EURO 
Strikeouts 		 603 - 1st in EURO

Pitching

Berlin was not extra lucky with their rotation last year, they were extra providential. After all, luck is the residue of design, so it is obvious that the T-Knights planned it this way. Mostly, at least. The falling-apart of Hahn Franckel, who was 15-9 in 1919, was not expected at all. His sudden lack of ability coupled with France's cruel requisitioning of 2 other members of the 1919 Opening Day rotation caused the team to look to a couple of 21 year olds for salvation. One of them, Verner Schumann, filled into the role nicely. Is his control a little bit suspect? Ja, but that just makes the hitters a little more afraid of his grosse fastball.

The other youngster, Hubertus Mauser, behaved a little bit more like one might expect a young kid thrown into the fire to perform. Not to say he did poorly; he just has room to grow on. Dustin Meise is the ace of the staff, and rounding out things are Sebastian Morlock, who is maybe a little above average but who can be counted upon to eat innings, and ace relief pitcher Ulin "The Desert Fox" Rommel, who has pitched the second-most games in League of Nations history.

Projected Rotation
---------------------
Dustin Meise
Verner Schumann
Sebastian Morlock
Hubertus Mauser*
Dagoert Glaber**
Hahn Franckel***
Ulin Rommel (CL)

Code:

Player				Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Sebastian Morlock		32	19	17	0.528	39	39	0	305.2	328	119	7	72	91	3.50
Verner Schumann			21	22	10	0.688	39	39	0	305	271	107	7	151	165	3.16
Dustin Meise			27	21	8	0.724	34	34	0	294	280	76	4	56	124	2.33
Hubertus Mauser			21	14	15	0.483	33	31	0	251	271	110	13	81	97	3.94
Ulin Rommel			32	8	6	0.571	51	0	4	88.1	83	23	1	20	47	2.34
Vilhelm Schmelling		24	3	1	0.75	21	5	3	58.2	59	26	0	23	18	3.99
Dagobert Glaber			26	5	1	0.833	17	3	0	58	69	31	1	14	27	4.81
Sigmund Wallauer		24	0	4	0	10	5	0	42.1	59	31	5	23	20	6.59
Hahn Fraenckel			27	0	6	0	6	6	0	35.2	50	32	5	22	10	8.07
Hubert Schwab			18	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	7	2	0	5	1	2.57
Adrien Franchi			18	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	11	6	0	7	2	9.00
Rolf Lammesfelder		35	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.1	2	1	0	2	1	2.08
Team Totals			25.4	93	69	0.574	258	162	7	1456	1490	564	43	476	603	3.49

Batting

The T-Knights offense was a mix of young and old with

09-07-2008, 01:17 PM	#81 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	September 25, 1920 A/A Standings -------------- Chicago 96-63 - (magic number: 1) Mexico City 93-66 3 (clinched playoff berth) Canada 88-70 7.5 (clinched going home) European Standings -------------- Paris 97-61 - (clinched) London 92-67 5.5 Berlin 91-67 6 Brussels 88-70 (in order to force a playoff, must win last 4, have London lose last 3, and have Berlin lose 3 of last 4) Game Results -------------- Cincinnati 6, Canadians 4 Chicago 6, Mexico City 4 (no worries for the Aztecs, as they back into the playoffs with a MB loss) London 7, Athens 5 Berlin 8, Paris 3 Brussels 4, Madrid 2 A/A Batting Race ----------------- E Diaz, MEX .352 - 0-4 H Sato, JPN .352 - 0-4 D Bunch, NY .351 - 1-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI K Martin, AUT .349 - 3-5, 2 R (and now 10-19 over his last 4 games) B Young, CHI .349 - 2-4, 2B, R, RBI European Batting Race ------------------ G Talboom, GRE .351 - 2-3, R K Eckhardt, BER .349 - 2-4, R, RBI B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP S Lenyashin, USSR .348 - 2-6, 2B, R, RBI S Guilbert, FRA .343 - 3-4, 2 2B, RBI O Perrel, UK .343 - DNP

09-07-2008, 03:26 PM	#83 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	September 27, 1920 A/A Standings -------------- Chicago 97-63 - (clinched) Mexico City 94-66 3 European Standings -------------- Paris 99-61 - London 92-68 7 (playoff magic number: 2) Berlin 91-69 8 Brussels 89-71 10 Game Results -------------- Mexico City 4, US Army 1 Chicago 10, Rio de Janeiro 1 (break out the champagne!) Amsterdam 5, London 4 Madrid 6, Berlin 1 Paris 3, Rome 0 (SH: Urbanus Gruppe (23-15)) Moscow 5, Brussels 3 (ah well... it was a nice first-year run but it wasn't meant to be) A/A Batting Race ----------------- E Diaz, MEX .352 - 1-3, R K Martin, AUT .350 - 2-4, RBI H Sato, JPN .349 - 0-4, R, and now 1 for his last 11 D Bunch, NY .349 - 0-3, RBI B Young, CHI .348 - 1-4, R, 2 RBI European Batting Race ------------------ G Talboom, GRE .353 - 3-5, 3B S Lenyashin, USSR .349 - 1-3, R, 2 BB B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP K Eckhardt, GER .346 - 1-4, 3B S Guilbert, FRA .343 - 1-4, 2B

09-07-2008, 11:24 PM	#89 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	1920 Postseason - October 1 Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Mexico City 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 Chicago 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 X 5 6 0 HR: None GWRBI: T. English Mexico City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA M. Figueroa 4.2 3 2 2 3 1 0 82 46 3.86 J. Gonzáles L (0-1) 3.1 3 3 3 0 3 0 40 24 8.10 Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Zorros 5.0 7 2 2 0 1 0 82 56 3.60 J. Carlton W (1-0) 4.0 4 0 0 2 3 0 65 38 0.00 What was billed as a pitching matchup between two of the best pitchers in the American/Asian league turned into a matchup between 4th starters after a rain delay in the 5th inning. Chicago's long man turned out to be the superior one. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E London 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 Paris 1 2 0 3 5 2 0 0 X 13 20 0 HR: Garnier (1) GWRBI: Gros London IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA F. Turvill L (0-1) 3.2 10 6 3 1 1 0 89 58 7.36 C. Shone 1.0 6 5 4 1 0 1 34 19 36.00 L. MacKimmie 3.1 4 2 2 0 2 0 38 27 5.40 Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Lemoine W (1-0) 9.0 8 1 1 0 6 0 129 84 1.00 The good news for London is, this was only one game. Fat Freddie Turvill couldn't get out of the 4th and his replacements fared no better. Paris, the top hitting team in the European League for the second straight year, blasted London for 20 hits and this one was never close after the 2nd. Catcher Laurent Garnier finished a double away from a cycle.

09-08-2008, 12:13 AM	#90 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	Postseason - October 2 Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Mexico City 1 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 13 16 0 Chicago 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 2 HR: Rodriguez (1), Garza (1) GWRBI: Garza Mexico City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Galván W (1-0) 9.0 10 3 3 1 1 0 115 77 3.00 Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA D. Evans L (0-1) 5.0 10 9 5 0 3 1 74 50 9.00 J. Anderson 1.1 4 4 4 1 1 1 26 16 27.01 I. Sparks 2.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 17 0.00 Cats Evans was not having the best of days, and it all ended for him on a grand slam homerun by Jose Rodriguez in the 5th. "I just couldn't get enough movement on my zig", said Evans following the game. "For great justice." This ties the series at a game apiece and throws homefield advantage to runner-up Mexico City. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E London 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 1 Paris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 1 HR: None GWRBI: Kalman London IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA C. Boden W (1-0) 9.0 12 2 2 0 1 0 126 85 2.00 Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA U. Gruppe L (0-1) 8.0 9 4 4 1 5 0 124 84 4.50 H. Arents 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 18 10 0.00 To avoid going down two games to none, the Monarchs brought in their ace Cameron "London Fog" Boden for this one, and he - or, it should be said, the defense behind him - was masterful. Boden stranded 8 baserunners over the course of this game and also induced 2 double plays in more or less shutting down the Revolution offense. The series is now even and headed to London.

09-08-2008, 01:20 AM	#91 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 8 14 1 Mexico City 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 3 HR: None GWRBI: T. Johnson Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Zorros W (1-0) 9.0 9 2 2 1 1 0 123 79 2.57 Mexico City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA M. Figueroa L (0-1) 4.1 10 6 5 0 0 0 79 52 7.00 F. Ramos 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 0.00 J. León 2.2 4 2 2 2 1 0 53 31 6.75 The rain delay in Game One allowed both the Aztecs and the Defenders to start their aces again on short rest. Unfortunately, only one of them pitched like an ace, and the end result was an easy Chicago victory that wrests back homefield advantage for the first round. 3B Tim Johnson led the hitting attack with 3 hits in 4 at-bats and 2 RBIs, including the game-winner. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 11 18 1 London 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 12 0 HR: None GWRBI: Bouchard Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Lemoine W (2-0) 9.0 12 3 3 0 2 0 128 82 2.00 London IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA F. Turvill L (0-2) 5.0 8 5 5 0 2 0 73 46 8.31 L. MacKimmie 1.2 6 3 3 0 0 0 45 30 9.00 C. Shone 1.1 3 3 3 4 1 0 46 24 27.00 T. Lindstrom 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 12 0.00 For the second time in three games, the London Monarchs tried Fat Freddie Turvill, and for the second time in three games the Revolution tore him to shreds. This time he only lasted 5 innings before turning the game over to the bullpen. At that point, Lee MacKimmie (2-4, 5 saves, 3.90 ERA in the regular season) and Carl Shone (2-0, 4.09) promptly took a game the Monarchs had a slight chance of winning and made the deficit unbeatable. Herve Fischer, Dwight Bernard, and Didier Bouchard all had 3-hit games for Paris.

09-07-2008, 01:34 PM	#82 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	A/A Standings -------------- Chicago 96-63 - Mexico City 94-66 3 European Standings -------------- Paris 98-61 - London 92-67 6 Berlin 91-68 7 Brussels 89-70 9 Game Results -------------- Paris 5, Berlin 1 Brussels 9, Madrid 8 (the Painters barely stay alive by coming back from an 8-7 deficit in the 8th) A/A Batting Race ----------------- E Diaz, MEX .352 - DNP H Sato, JPN .352 - DNP D Bunch, NY .350 - 1-5 K Martin, AUT .349 - DNP B Young, AUT .349 - DNP European Batting Race ------------------ G Talboom, GRE .351 - DNP S Lenyashin, USSR .349 - 2-4, 2B, R B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP K Eckhardt, GER .347 - 0-3 S Guilbert, FRA .344 - 2-5, R O Perrel, UK .343 - DNP (but practiced with the team and will start tomorrow)

09-07-2008, 03:39 PM	#84 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	A/A Standings -------------- Chicago 97-64 - Mexico City 95-66 2 European Standings -------------- Paris 99-62 - London 93-68 6 (magic number: 1) Berlin 92-69 7 Game Results -------------- Rio 8, Chicago 3 Mexico City 4, US Army 3 London 12, Amsterdam 2 Berlin 11, Madrid 5 Rome 6, Paris 5 A/A Batting Race ----------------- E Diaz, MEX .351 - 1-4, HR K Martin, AUT .350 - 2-4 H Sato, JPN .349 - 0-4, BB, R, RBI D Bunch, NY .349 - 2-6, 2B, R B Young, CHI .348 - 1-4, R European Batting Race ------------------ G Talboom, GRE .352 - 0-3, BB B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP S Lenyashin, GER .348 - 1-4, 2B, R

09-07-2008, 03:51 PM	#85 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	Game Results -------------- Rio 5, Chicago 3 (good thing the Defenders aren't playing the Carnival in the playoffs) US Army 3, Mexico City 0 London 11, Amsterdam 3 (no backing into the playoffs for the Monarchs) Berlin 4, Madrid 3 (Dustin Meise 21-8; the Knights at least make it close) Rome 4, Paris 2 (the Cardinals prevent the Revolution from winning 100) A/A Batting Race ----------------- H Sato, JPN .351 - 1-4, R K Martin, AUT .349 - 1-4, RBI E Diaz, MEX .348 - 0-4 European Batting Race ------------------ G Talboom, GRE .350 - 0-2 B Feveryear, UK .348 - DNP (well, at least he didn't win the batting title from the bench) K Eckhardt, GER .346 - 3-4, 3B, R (big last game just wasn't quite enough)

09-07-2008, 07:42 PM	#88 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	(side note: I did things in this game designed to give the league less parity than in a regular, computer-run OOTP league. So far, though, the standard deviation of wins and losses is still .074, which is more in line with the 1960s than the 1920s, and the coefficients of runs scored and runs scored against are also fairly low at 9.4% and 12.6% respectively. Actually, runs allowed isn't too bad; that's high in part because I had Mexico City plunder Madrid to make one awesome rotation and also because Sydney and Athens were so, so bad. At that, Athens was bad in large part because they had to pull so many players off of their roster due to the Greco-Turkish war.)

09-08-2008, 10:26 PM	#92 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	Playoffs - Games 4 and 5 Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 1 Mexico City 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 HR: None GWRBI: C. Ruffin Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA D. Evans W (1-1) 9.0 7 2 2 3 6 0 125 79 4.50 Mexico City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Galván L (1-1) 9.0 5 4 4 6 3 0 144 79 3.50 Cats redeemed himself for his rocky Game 2 start and Clarence Ruffin added a 2 out, 3 run double in the 8th to put the Chicago Defenders within one game of the World Series. "His fastball was really lighting it up", said catcher Tim English, who was interviewed instead of his battery-mate because the reporter was growing tired of AYB references. "And his change? For the sake of Mexico City, I won't mention the change." The series continues (and may conclude) in Mexico City tomorrow. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 0 London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 HR: None GWRBI: Gros Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA M. Hopstaken W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 120 71 1.00 London IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA C. Boden L (1-1) 9.0 8 2 2 1 1 0 111 73 2.00 Paris wasn't happy with the Game 2 performance of Urbanus Gruppe and so went with 19-game winner Melvin Hopstaken instead. Hopstaken, who was really only average in the regular season against London (2-3, 3.70 ERA) came up roses against them this time around. Moise Gros is also showing he can play several levels harder in the postseason. In the regular season he hit .280 against the Monarchs, which is good but not at his regular levels. So far in the series he has hit .444 (8 for 18) and has two game-winning RBI to his name. NOTE: Monarchs RF Cameron Wakefield left the game with a dislocated shoulder. He is not expected to return to the playoffs. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 11 2 Mexico City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 10 2 HR: J Rodriguez (2) GWRBI: B Young Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA P. Ruíz W (1-0) 9.0 10 3 1 2 2 1 145 90 1.00 Mexico City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA M. Ramos L (0-1) 7.2 10 6 6 3 8 0 124 75 7.04 C. Díaz 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 21 10 6.75 Mexico City's pitching was uncharacteristically mediocre this entire series, and Game Five was the capstone. Mario "Don Quixote" Ramos, brought in from Spain to, theoretically anyway, provide the Aztecs with the kind of pitching staff that would set records in the regular season and blow through the playoffs, struck out a lot of guys when it didn't matter and gave up a lot of hits when it did. The Defenders never trailed in this one, and as the game became increasingly less in doubt, the Mexico fans did things with their beer bottles that we dare not speak of. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 6 10 3 London 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 7 0 HR: Perrin (1) GWRBI: Guilbert Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA U. Gruppe W (1-1) 9.0 7 4 3 4 6 0 151 90 3.71 London IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Weld L (0-1) 7.0 7 4 4 1 3 0 104 65 5.14 L. MacKimmie 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 32 18 9.00 Losing RF Cameron Wakefield proved to be the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back for the Monarchs. They were already without their first string "camel", the Sopwith Camel Byron Feveryear, and also had to play the entire month of September without LF Joe Hollinger and stud 2B Isayu Konda. Additionally, even though the Longstop Orin Perrel insisted his ankle was fully recovered, he hit just .111 for the series and never got untracked. When fully half your lineup is out, it's hard to make the playoffs, let alone win games once you're there. But this series isn't about London's injury problems, it's about Paris's grand display of clutch. Urbanus Gruppe tired late, but he pitched well enough to win and more importantly put the Revolution in good position to use ace Joel Lemoine for 3 games in the World Series. They'll need him, as Chicago is tough.

09-08-2008, 11:51 PM	#93 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 Paris 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 11 3 HR: None GWRBI: J. Dumoulin Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Zorros L (1-1) 8.0 11 4 3 0 1 0 124 84 2.86 Mexico City IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Lemoine W (3-0) 9.0 5 2 1 0 3 0 110 76 1.67 If Joel Lemoine could start every game for the Revolution, they'd only need 8 playoff games to win the World Series. Tonight he scattered 5 hits through 9 as Paris scored all the runs they needed in the first 3 innings. Herve Fischer continued his slugging ways for Paris; the hulking center fielder went 3 for 4 and now is hitting .500 in the postseason.

09-09-2008, 11:08 PM	#94 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	World Series - Games 3 and 4 Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 0 Paris 1 4 0 4 0 1 6 0 X 16 19 0 HR: None GWRBI: J. Dumoulin Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA D. Evans L (1-2) 3.0 6 5 5 2 1 0 65 38 6.35 I. Sparks 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 0 40 24 7.72 N. Frost 1.2 6 7 7 4 0 0 49 19 37.82 J. Carlton 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 0.00 Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA U. Gruppe W (2-1) 9.0 7 3 3 5 5 0 145 92 3.46 Paris will do this to teams. Down 5-2 after 3, Chicago Defenders manager Stephano Verrochio took the bold move of relieving starting pitcher Cats Evans for a pinch-hitter. In one sense, this move didn't really backfire since the Revolution had already scored all the runs they would need to win this one. On the other hand, the guys who came in to relieve him yielded 11 runs in the last 5 innings. The series travels to Chicago now, where it could end without going back to Paris. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 1 Chicago 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 11 2 HR: None GWRBI: G. Perrin Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Lemoine W (4-0) 9.0 11 3 3 0 0 0 136 92 2.00 Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Zorros L (1-2) 9.0 10 4 3 2 1 0 157 100 2.90 Chicago thought for sure that they finally had Joel Lemoine stopped. They had a 3-1 lead going into the 9th and starter Juan Zorros had completely shut down the Revolution, surrenduring just 6 hits through his first 8 innings. But let Paris glimpse just a sign of weakness and they will pounce. Rene Payen and pinch-hitter Michel Granger laid into Zorros' slowing fastball for two base hits in 3 pitches, then catcher Laurent Garnier came to the plate. Garnier - who spent all of 1919 as a member of the US Army Baseball Engineers as part of a lending agreement - swung his way into an 0-2 count, then fouled off 4 pitches and worked the count to 2-2. On the 9th pitch of the at-bat, he squirted a seeing-eye single between first and second to tie the game at 3 apiece. 2 batters later, Gilbert Perrin socked in the go-ahead run on a double. Following this demoralizing loss, we can't see Chicago winning another game, let alone the Series. Nonetheless, it continues tomorrow. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Paris 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 8 15 1 Chicago 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 15 1 HR: None GWRBI: F. Olivier Paris IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA U. Gruppe 6.0 11 5 5 1 1 0 101 62 4.22 H. Arents W (1-0) 3.0 4 1 0 0 2 0 30 21 0.00 Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA P. Ruíz L (1-1) 8.2 14 8 7 4 0 0 130 79 4.08 J. Carlton 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.00 Facing a sweep in the most important games of the year, the Chicago Defenders made the bold move of replacing their #2 starter Daryl "Cats" Evans with Pedro Ruiz. Ruiz was no slouch himself in the regular season and had outpitched "Cats" in the playoffs. For 8 innings, it looked like this gamble had paid off. But in the 9th the Revolutions saw their opening and struck. Ruiz was hammered for a single, a sacrifice, a double, a ground-out, a walk, a single, and two more walks, the last with the bases loaded. And that was all she wrote. Praise be to the Paris Revolution and their Reign of Terror lineup. 1920 is over!

09-10-2008, 11:13 PM	#95 (permalink)
Syd Thrift Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,113	Amsterdam Overview Nobody was hurt by the Great War as badly as Holland. Nobody. The Baseball Brigade? Hah. We wish we were treated as well as the Baseball Brigade. At least they didn't have their homes and families bombed out by both the Central Powers and the Allies before they all got gassed. We're sorry if we're being impolite, but facts are facts. Frankly, the Admirals have been lucky to play as well as they have. For two glorious months in the midst of summer, Admirals fans were momentarily able to forget their worries and cares and at least pretend that their national team was, on average, as good as anybody else's. Then September hit and all those hopes were dashed away. There really wasn't a lot to get from this that was positive. Yes, they did manage to finish ahead of Athens and Moscow, but they weren't that far ahead. The pitching was poor and the hitting just as bad. The defense? Let's not talk about the defense. We just ate lunch. Retirements ------------- 1B Emil Luyks - Luyks didn't play at all in 1920, and a guy who can't get playing time for Amsterdam is not a guy worth talking about. 3B Franz Tijl - Tijl may never walk again after suffering a severe injury in July. Thanks, baseball! Code: 69-93, .426 PCT 8th, 30.0 GB Home 38-43, .469 PCT Road 31-50, .383 PCT X-inning games 2-5, .286 PCT One-run games 19-18, .514 PCT Versus LHP 18-13, .581 PCT Versus RHP 51-80, .389 PCT April 13-8, .619 PCT May 9-19, .321 PCT June 10-19, .345 PCT July 15-14, .517 PCT August 16-12, .571 PCT September 6-21, .222 PCT Batting Average .269 - 8th in EURO On-Base Percentage .313 - 9th in EURO Slugging Percentage .341 - 10th in EURO Runs Scored 652 - 10th in EURO Hits 1523 - 8th in EURO Extra-Base Hits 298 - 10th in EURO Home Runs 30 - 9th in EURO Bases-On-Balls 350 - 9th in EURO Strikeouts 569 - 8th in EURO Stolen Bases 202 - 3rd in EURO Earned Run Average 3.95 - 8th in EURO Runs allowed 799 - 9th in EURO Hits allowed 1607 - 8th in EURO Opponents AVG .280 - 8th in EURO Home Runs allowed 49 - 8th in EURO Bases-On-Balls 433 - 6th in EURO Strikeouts 461 - 7th in EURO Pitching Lots and lots of guys used last year. There's a couple reasons for that. One, the team wasn't very good and that's what you do with bad teams: you try out lots of different players and you see what fits. Two, we traded several of our best countrymen off to France and Belgium because that way we could vicariously experience their success from afar. Melvin Hopstaken and your World Series ring, we salute you! And hope that you'll come back someday as well! As for the rest of the staff, one could charitably call them Vasil Bouwman and a bunch of Hollandaise sauce. Oh, to think of the great Dutch pitchers who will never be because of the Great War! We don't want to talk about the rotation after Bouwman but the editor says that we must. Robert Bax was recalled at the end of June and had a good enough second half that he's pretty much guaranteed a slot in the rotation. After that, Dobbe Arden and Yannick Rikxoort did little to distance themselves from the rabble aside from their awesome Dutch names. Ernest Robin came over from the Paris Revolution in the Melvin Hopstaken trade and... well, let's just say that the way he pitched, he fit in very well on this team. I cannot even type out Joe Nelis's name without crying. Sniff. Projected Rotation --------------------- Vasil Bouwman Robert Bax Dobbe Arden* Yannick Rikxoort* Ernest Robin Joe Nelis* Andre Lemonnier (CL) Code: Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Vasil Bouwman 26 19 14 0.576 37 37 0 302 313 100 7 83 117 2.98 Dobbe Aarden 27 5 12 0.294 27 17 1 157.1 177 63 0 43 39 3.60 Yannick Rikxoort 22 7 13 0.350 29 18 1 139.1 154 75 11 37 35 4.84 Hendri Arents 26 10 7 0.588 18 18 0 138.2 135 49 0 38 49 3.18 Joe Nelis 27 1 15 0.063 26 17 0 121.2 174 88 7 49 36 6.51 Melvin Hopstaken 30 7 3 0.700 11 11 0 89.1 83 28 1 14 38 2.82 Ernest Robin 26 2 9 0.182 14 12 0 81 110 56 1 35 16 6.22 Robert Bax 21 6 4 0.600 12 12 0 80 79 25 2 17 33 2.81 Daniel Stuut 35 5 4 0.556 10 10 0 75.1 82 24 2 18 25 2.87 Bob Schillemans 23 0 4 0.000 14 4 0 69.1 102 47 8 24 19 6.10 Kennet Snelleman 23 2 4 0.333 16 6 0 62.2 90 33 5 22 20 4.74 André Lemonnier 25 3 3 0.500 27 0 3 48.1 45 15 1 24 15 2.79 Evan Guis 24 1 1 0.500 14 0 1 31.1 34 13 3 16 10 3.73 Wiel Pot 21 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 23.1 21 9 1 8 7 3.47 Jean-Pierre Jullien 18 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 6.2 7 2 0 4 1 2.70 Sib Libbinga 21 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 Team Totals 24.7 69 93 0.426 268 162 6 1428 1607 627 49 433 461 3.95 Batting The Admirals did do one thing well last year, and that was run. Run the basepaths, run to first base on a routine ground ball, run away from their problems... all things that had to do with running on a literal or figurative basis, Amsterdam excelled at in 1920. 2B/SS Haico Westerhout led the league in steals with 90, and because of that we are inclined to overlook the fact that he did nothing else well except maybe field (and the jury is still out on that). Outside of him, Claude Goncalves turned out to be the gem of the Hopstaken deal, 1B Sibrand Petiet looked like an emerging young star, and Tom Alkemade wasn't horrible in 447 at-bats. We ask you to please look away from the top of the center field position; it is said that to even look at such depths will cause the viewer to drop into deep melancholy. Projected Lineup ---------------- C - Claude Goncalves, Sjaak Schultz, Dolf de Deugd 1B - Sibrand Petit 2B - Huibert Matena, Ferrie Wullink, Ian Bezemer, Pascal Lienard 3B - Boudewin Djikstra, Ian Bezemer SS - Haico Westerhout LF - Tom Alkemade CF - Wassim Richard, Erjan Warmerdam, Petro Schreurs* RF - Soren Roseboom, Eibe Klomp** Code: Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG C Claude Gonçalves 29 104 103 424 58 130 21 3 5 54 3 0 23 12 0.307 0.344 0.406 C Sjaak Schultz 25 38 38 152 13 33 6 1 0 11 1 1 8 10 0.217 0.259 0.270 C Dolf de Deugd 30 32 21 86 5 25 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 13 0.291 0.303 0.337 1B Sibrand Petiet 21 160 160 615 68 189 30 5 6 80 2 1 29 60 0.307 0.335 0.402 1B Kiril Lucas 26 68 2 69 4 25 4 0 0 20 0 0 1 5 0.362 0.371 0.420 2B Haico Westerhout 23 157 142 560 90 140 16 5 0 34 90 23 34 78 0.250 0.296 0.296 2B Ferrie Wuilink 23 134 34 220 44 51 6 3 0 18 42 5 15 22 0.232 0.287 0.286 2B Pascal Lienard 28 97 19 153 21 40 7 2 1 20 5 1 12 13 0.261 0.317 0.353 2B Huibert Matena 21 49 25 94 11 26 3 1 0 8 3 3 2 14 0.277 0.296 0.330 3B Frank Tijl 31 79 76 295 38 86 16 0 4 34 2 2 24 48 0.292 0.348 0.386 3B Boudewijn Dijkstra 21 91 74 289 25 107 10 5 2 29 0 4 6 24 0.370 0.378 0.460 3B Ferrie Noussen 31 47 15 57 1 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 7 0.193 0.270 0.246 SS Ian Bezemer 36 106 101 322 27 86 10 0 1 21 0 0 27 40 0.267 0.326 0.307 SS #Bartho Ouwerkerk 29 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.500 0.667 0.500 LF Tom Alkemade 30 139 114 447 50 129 25 2 1 48 2 2 48 34 0.289 0.357 0.360 CF Petro Schreurs 28 125 112 387 33 82 17 3 2 41 2 5 18 26 0.212 0.246 0.287 CF Wassim Richard 29 85 85 357 55 109 11 9 3 47 36 16 21 26 0.305 0.344 0.412 CF Erjan Warmerdam 28 49 35 136 11 32 4 0 1 11 0 2 7 13 0.235 0.278 0.287 CF Jean-Michel Deschamps 21 7 4 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.176 0.222 CF Alje Murray 18 3 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0.143 0.125 0.143 RF Eibe Klomp 20 111 80 284 32 66 4 3 2 26 0 1 37 34 0.232 0.323 0.289 RF Soren Roseboom 34 65 53 191 30 56 6 2 0 24 10 1 16 15 0.293 0.352 0.346 RF René Imbert 23 25 0 11 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.182 0.182 0.273 Team Totals 25.6 2042 1458 5653 652 1523 220 48 30 598 202 68 350 569 0.269 0.313 0.341 Legend ------------ no stars - Starter for sure - On the bubble - Longshot to be on Opening Day roster * - Yeah, good luck with that.