The 1st month of the HBL is in the books....

[cpbeller]

how do you guys get the good websites going for your leagues? The ones with all the stats and all?

I am just in my 2nd month (7/5/1945) of my opening season for the Heritage Baseball League....and would like to start posting things that are going on...

like...

1. We have had only 1 No Hitter game, pitched by Jude Dunfee\

2. We have had 2 players run the cycle (1st was Ernie "Ernie Ladd" Holt, 2nd was Carlos Fernandez)

3. A VERY tight race for the Heritage League Title, as the Avalon Knights just took the #1 spot from the Capital City Legacy (I watched that game, Heritage Pitcher of the Month Willy Tobey, lost a close game to the Knights, 6-5, giving up 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to lose it, Heritage Batter of the Month CF Steve Johnson hit the game winning 2 RBI, with his first hit all game)

4. The Capital City Legacy and the Eastmoor Warriors are tied for 2nd (.533) and are both only 1 game behind. They are also in the middle of a 5-game series vs. Eastmoor (Legacy 1, Eastmoor 2, with the first 2 games in the series going 11 innings and 12 innings). Followed close behind them are the Wheelersburg Pirates with .500 (2 GB). Then the Norfolk Station Stallions (.467) and the Waverly Tigers (.400).

5. In the Tradition League, things are tight in the first 4 spots, as the Tylerton Roughnecks and the West County Outlaws are tied for 1st (.600), with the Shelby Whippets in 2nd place (.567, 1 GB), and then the Lesterville Legends (.533, 2 GB). The Coldwater Cardinals are 6 GB (.400), and in last place are the Willard Flashes at 9 GB (.300).

Right now, Tylerton and West County are locked in a close 5-game series (Tylerton 2, W. County 1).


Here is what I am thinking are 2 of the best batters in the League:
(*= Leads respective League
**= Leads combined Leagues)

Leroy "The Sandman" Stetler, 1B (Tylerton Roughnecks, Tradition League)
- Batter of the Month
- Player of the Week
AB: 118, H:48*, 2B: 7, 3B:4**, HR: 8**, RBI: 25, R: 24, K: 11, Avg: .407

Charlie Rogan, SS (Lesterville Legends, Tradition League)
- Player of the Week (2)
AB: 101, H: 46, 2B: 8, 3B:2, HR: 4, RBI: 27**, R: 22, K: 5, Avg: .455**

Steve Johnson, CF (Avalon Hill Knights, Heritage League)
- Batter of the Month
AB: 97, H: 29, 2B: 3, 3B: 0, HR: 6*, RBI: 18, R: 21, K: 20, Avg: .299

Now for one of my favorite Pitchers

Willy Tobey, SP (Capital City Legacy, Heritage League)
- Pitcher of the Month
G: 7, GS: 7, CG: 7, W: 5, L: 2, ERA: 2.04, IP: 61.2, HA: 41, R: 17, ER: 14, BB: 11, K: 26, HR: 3, Avg: .187, 2 Shutouts

Just a little something that I noticed...Jude Dunfee, the pitcher I mentioned earlier that pitched the only no hitter so far, now has 33 Hits Against, and the 7th worst ERA in the league, at 4.59

Strange....

Anyways, if I can figure out how to do a website with all this info, I think it would be easier....for me at least...then I won't feel like this poor smiley here:







talk later

[cpbeller]

Ok, we are now heading into the final month of the season....Here is my write-up, we only have 20 more games left in the season....Then the HBL World Championship Series will begin....enjoy!!

Oh, also, if you guys like this type of write up better...or not....give me some pointers in writing about my league...I do think this post is a bit more organized...Well, Here goes!!

Wednesday, 9/1/1945

Heading into September (1945), the Glory League is still tight, with Eastmoor leading the way (45-35, .563).

The Actual Team Standings:

1. Eastmoor 45-35 .563
2. Avalon Hill 43-37 .538 (2 GB)
3. Capital City 43-37 .538 (2 GB)
4. Norfolk Station 41-39 .512 (4 GB)
5. Waverly 36-44 .450 (9 GB)
6. Wheelersburg 32-48 .400 (13 GB)

The Glory League board leaders:

Batting Avg.
1. Joseph Yanes (Capital City) .322
2. William Stills (Wheelersburg) .320
3. Shelby Jones (Capital City) .311

Homeruns
1. Jeffrey Tolman (Avalon Hill)j 11
2. Andrew Nelson (Wheelersburg) 11
3. Francis Grubbs (Norfolk Station) 11

RBIs
1. Randel Wells (Eastmoor) 51
2. Shelby Jones (Capital City) 48
3. Joseph Yanes (Capital City) 45

Runs Scored
1. Jeffrey Tolman (Avalon Hill) 63
2. Shelby Jones (Capital City) 57
3. Allen McKeen (Wheelersburg) 49

Stolen Bases
1. Robert Hartwell (Capital City) 34
2. Lloyd Guzman (Waverly) 27
3. James Burdge (Waverly) 25

ERA
1. Jason Hodges (Eastmoor) 2.24
2. Lee Panton (Norfolk Station) 2.50
3. Donald Bewley (Wheelersburg) 2.60

Wins
1. Victor Rounds (Eastmoor) 14
2. Jason Hodges (Eastmoor) 11
3. Mark Edwin (Waverly) 11

Strikeouts
1. Damon Maeda (Norfolk Station) 148
2. Louis Jackson (Wheelersburg) 146
3. Jason Hodges (Eastmoor) 141

The Batter of the Month award for August goes to Waverly's James Burdge, 2B. He hit .333 with 12 RBI, slugging .608 in 102 AB. He has a season avg. of .239 (66 for 276), with 3 homeruns and 27 RBIs. He has scored 47 runs on his own. The Pitcher of the Month for August goes to Lee Panton. Out of 7 games, his record was 5-1. 64 innings of work, he allowed 52 hits, whiling striking out 45, and taking an ERA of 2.11. He also played 2 shutouts. He has a season record of 11-8, with an ERA of 2.50.

In other Glory League news, Avalon Hill's pitcher, Shawn Triggs, handed Capital City the Heritage Leagues' 2nd No-Hitter in League history (The 1st No-Hitter was Jude Dunfee, pitching for Lesterville, 2 k, 4 BB, 6/1/1945). His game gave him 2 strikeouts, and he walked 2, throwing 60 of 104 pitches for strikes. He has a season win-loss recored of 8-9.

In the Honor League, things are just as tight in the standings.

1. Shelby 44-36 .550
2. Tylerton 42-38 .525 (2 GB)
3. West County 42-38 .525 (2 GB)
4. Willard 42-38 .525 (2 GB)
5. Lesterville 37-43 .463 (7 GB)
6. Coldwater 33-47 .412 (11 GB)

The Leaders:

Batting Avg.
1. Brian Harness (Shelby) .365
2. Charlie Rogan (Lesterville) .360
3. Leroy Stetler (Tylerton) .336

Homeruns
1. James Ball (West County) 13
2. Leroy Stetler (Tylerton) 13
3. Gary Taylor (Lesterville) 12

RBIs
1. Charlie Rogan (Lesterville) 53
2. Leroy Stetler (Tylerton) 49
3. Edwin Halvorson (Shelby) 47

Runs Scored
1. James Ball (West County) 61
2. Gary Taylor (Lesterville) 52
3. Charlie Rogan (Lesterville) 51

Stolen Bases
1. Jaames Ball (West County) 23
2. Daniel Bauer (Willard) 21
3. Christopher Prime (Shelby) 18

ERA
1. James Tyler (Willard) 2.77
2. Hosea Hamm (Tylerton) 2.85
3. Travis Blodgett (Shelby) 3.02

Wins
1. Travis Blodgett (Shelby) 13
2. John Williams (West County) 13
3. Guillermo Paniagua (Willard) 12

Strikeouts
1. Donald Jordan (West County) 134
2. James Tyler (Willard) 133
3. Travis Blodgett (Shelby) 126

The Honor League Batter of the Month Award for August goes to Lesterville's Charlie Thorne, 1B. Thorne hit .338 with 5 Homers and 27 RBIs, while slugging .571. He has hit for a .241 avg so far this season. Thorne also has 20 extra bas hits, alont with 95 total bases, giving him a .417 slugging percentage. He is 5th in the Honor League in RBIs (46) and 4th in Homeruns (10). The Honor League's Pitcher of the Month Award goes to Shelby's pitcher, Travis Blodgett. In his 7 games this past month, he went 7-0, allowing just 53 hits, striking out 42, and compiling a montly ERA of 1.97, all in 64 inning os work. He also fired THREE shutouts. HIs season record is 13-6, with an ERA of 3.02. So far, he has struck out 126 batters in 167 innings. He is 3rd in the Honor League in ERA, and 1st in wins.

One for the Books:

Joseph Bailey, Eastmoor Warriors vs. Wheelersburg Pirates, on 7/20/1945:

AB: 6
R: 2
H: 6
RBI: 5
HR: 0
BB: 0
Score: 81

Shawn Triggs (Avalon Hill Knights vs. Capital City Legacy, 8/27/1945
IP: 9.0
HA: 0
R: 0
ER: 0
BB: 2
K: 2
Score: 87

Power Rankings:

1. (1st) Avalon Hill (o) 103 pts.
2. (3rd) Shelby (+) 103 pts.
3. (2nd) Eastmoor (-) 103 pts.
4. (6th) Tylerton (+) 97 pts.
5. (5th) Willard (o) 97pts.
6. (7th) Norfolk Station (+) 96 pts.
7. (4th) West County (-) 92 pts.
8. (8th) Capital City (o) 89 pts.
9. (12th) Coldwater (++) 77 pts.
10. (10th) Waverly (o) 77 pts.
11. (9th) Lesterville (-) 75 pts.
12. (11th) Wheelersburg (-) 73pts.

[DreamTeams]

Very nice, cpbeller. Once again, I love your team names. Keep up the good work.

[cpbeller]

hey dreamteams, i have been thinking about moving my pitcher rotation down from a 4-man rotation, to a 3-man rotation....have you tried this? with 100 game seasons, it seems that it would give the pitchers a bit more games, and a bit of a better chance to score 20+ wins.....

OR, will that tire out the pitchers too much? If i do this change, I would like to change it in my next season....

[cpbeller]

Hmmm...well....The HBL Championship Playoffs are set....The Eastmoor Warriors vs. the Shelby Whippets....

Eastmoor went 60-40, with Avalon Hill in 2nd place with a record of 57-43. Shelby went 56-44, with West County in 2nd with 54-46.


An interesting note, Wheelersburg pitcher, Louis Jackson, pitched 15+ K's in two games this year (8/13/1945, 16K & 8/18/1945, 15K))....

Well...I am going to try to get a website started up for this league....we'll see how that goes....at any rate, I am looking forward to the Championship series...7 game series, I am actually thinking that Eastmoor will take it, but, Shelby does look good too...

Shelby has 3 well-known pitchers (Hagerman, Fuster, and Blodgett). Fuster ended the season with 15 wins.

Eastmoor also has pretty sound pitching (Jason Hodges & Victor Rounds). Rounds had the best record in the league at 17-6, with 25 games started, and an ERA of just 2.74 (216.2 IP). Rounds also had 4 Shutouts. Hodges had the top Quality Starts, at 22, 3 Shutouts, and ranked #2 in Strikeouts (178). Hodges also has the 2nd rated ERA at 2.51.

With Batting, Brian Harness for Shelby hit .363, and had an OBP of .468. Harness also had 88.9 Runs Created, 128 Hits, and 10 HR, 55 RBI. Christopher Prime had 30 SB for Shelby.

Eastmoor's batting, really wasn't as impressive...Wells had 64 RBI, 58 Runs, and 29 SB (Capital City's hartwell had 40). The best hitter for Eastmoor looks like Joseph Bailey, with a .285 avg, OBP of .387, Slg of .439, 63.2 Runs Created, 98 Hits (Eastmoor's Wells had 102). Bailey also had 55 runs. All of that with 344 AB....

So, in the HBL World Championship, it looks like it will be Eastmoor's Pitching vs. Shelby's Hitting....

[cpbeller]

Well...Game 1 is now in the books...and all i can say is...WOW....The game took place at Eastmoor's ballpark.

The starting pitcher for Eastmoor was Jason Hodges. The starting pitcher for Shelby was Agustin Fuster. And these two battled...

Shelby's Christopher Prime nailed a 3-run Homer in the 2nd. Another run in the 2nd gave the Whippets a 4-0 lead. The Warriors answered with a run of their own. In the 6th, Eastmoor scored once again, bringing the score to 4-2. Then, in the 7th Peter Drucker blasted a home run, the score 4-3. Once again, in the 8th, another run brings the score to 4-4. Both teams score a run in the 10th. In the 11th, Shelby takes another run. going into the bottom of the 11th, Shelby has 6, Eastmoor has 5 runs. Pinch Hitter John Alers takes the plate for reliever Sean Melia, and he walks. Next up is Joseph Bailey, the key hitter for Eastmoor. Bailey slobberknockers the ball out of the park, giving the game to Eastmoor, final score: Eastmoor 7, Shelby 6. Shelby took 10 hits, and 1 error. Eastmoor cracked out 8 hits, and 1 error.

Game time: 4:10
Player of the Game: Joseph Bailey

I thought I had the "log" turned on, but it turned out I didn't


Oh well, I have it turned on now....This is how the actual game went though...I actually was cheering for Eastmoor...and it really shocked me when Bailey hit that 2-run game winning homer...wow....that was cool...

Just a question, are we still able to post the box scores on here? And if so, how do you do that?

Game 2 will either be later tonite, or more likely tomorrow morning....man, this was a great game for the 1st ever HBL World Series....

Next game will have Robert "Danny'Boy" Daniels (for the Warriors) vs. Kyle Hagerman (for the Whippets).

Shelby's Hagerman went 9-14, with a 5.41 ERA and a WHIP of 1.79.

Eastmoors Daniels went 12-11, with an ERA of 3.05, and a WHIP of 1.14 and had 2 Shutouts...and struck out 176 batters.

See ya at the game!!

[DreamTeams]

Originally posted by cpbeller
hey dreamteams, i have been thinking about moving my pitcher rotation down from a 4-man rotation, to a 3-man rotation....have you tried this? with 100 game seasons, it seems that it would give the pitchers a bit more games, and a bit of a better chance to score 20+ wins.....

OR, will that tire out the pitchers too much? If i do this change, I would like to change it in my next season....

I've never run a 3-man rotation. But, you might want to run a test season so you can see if you like the results. From what I've read a 3-man rotation can affect quality starts. Perhaps the endurance rating in the era setting can be adjusted to compensate.

[cpbeller]

well...i have thought about it...thinking about either just keeping 100 game season schedule for a few years yet and raise it to 120-game season with the future expansion, or...just bump it up to 120 game seasons with the next season....

Just not decided yet....

Have you always had 100 game seasons? and are you going to always stay with that number?

Eastmoor's pitcher, Victor Rounds scored a 17-6 win/loss record, out of 25 games started....that is 1/4 of his teams games...that is a good record I would think...especially since the next highest winning pitcher was Lee Panton (NS) at 25 GS, and a record of 16-8. In the Honor League, John Williams went 16-6, with 26 GS...

The question I am asking then...is this (in your opinions, with running 100-game seasons) good numbers? How many 20+ game winning pitchers have you seen in the Metro League?

[cpbeller]

HBL World Series, Game 2

Eastmoor 2, Shelby 0

Eastmoor's Pitcher, Victor Rounds, takes a 5-hit shutout, giving the Warriors a 2-0 lead in the Championship Series!!

Joseph Bailey once again scores a 2-run homer, this time in the bottom of the 3rd, sending pitcher Rounds home. Speaking of Rounds, he hit twice (3B and a single) out of 3 AB.

Shelby's pitcher, Cristobal Avalos, gave up 4 hits, 2 runs...but struck out 4.

Victor Rounds gave up 5 hits, no runs, and he struck out 9.

Another good game....Rounds comes out on top, which is what I thought would happen anyhow...

The next 3 games will be at Shelby, so we will see if the Whippers can get things turned around at their home park....

God, with the 2 World Series games so far....I love this game....

[DreamTeams]

Originally posted by cpbeller
well...i have thought about it...thinking about either just keeping 100 game season schedule for a few years yet and raise it to 120-game season with the future expansion, or...just bump it up to 120 game seasons with the next season....

Just not decided yet....

Have you always had 100 game seasons? and are you going to always stay with that number?

Eastmoor's pitcher, Victor Rounds scored a 17-6 win/loss record, out of 25 games started....that is 1/4 of his teams games...that is a good record I would think...especially since the next highest winning pitcher was Lee Panton (NS) at 25 GS, and a record of 16-8. In the Honor League, John Williams went 16-6, with 26 GS...

The question I am asking then...is this (in your opinions, with running 100-game seasons) good numbers? How many 20+ game winning pitchers have you seen in the Metro League?

Yes. I've had a 100 game schedule since I started this current incarnation of the Metros. However, in the future I might create a perfectly balanced schedule by hand. If so, I'll have to switch to a 98 or 128 game schedule. But, I have no immediate plans to do that, if ever. I'm pleased with the 100 game schedule I have.

Looks like you have good pitching numbers for a 100 game schedule. They're consistent with mine, especially in the first few seasons. I've found that 16-17 wins is about the norm for top pitching. Your mega-stars will pull out 17-18 victories at times. However, just witnessed the first 20 game winner in six seasons of play. Adam Hale finished 20-5. That's cool because he was generated by the game and not created by me. Then again, he's in a league that saw two expansion teams added two years ago.

[cpbeller]

that is cool....even in the post season, Victor Rounds struck out 9, and won his game....I think this guy is a great pitcher....even though, the scouts don't like him too much for some reason...they say he is a good pitcher, but will never be at the top of the line...hmmmm

He ended the season with a 17-6 record, best in the league this year....and just pitched a 5-hit shutout....me thinks the scouts may be wrong?

[cpbeller]

Game 3 goes to Shelby, 7-5. Eastmoor's Daniels pitched an ugly game actually, well, compared to the last two Eastmoor pitchers. Shelby's Hagerman takes the win, with 9 IP, giving up 9 H, 5 R, and striking out 5. Daniels pitched 8 innings, gave up 9 hits, 7 R, 5 earned, walked 4 and struck ou 8.

Eastmoor also had 2 errors, Shelby had 1.

Shelby took the 1st 3 runs in the 2nd, then a 4th run in the 3rd. Eastmoor had a big inning in the 6th, scoring 5 runs, but soon lost the lead by Shelby's 1 run in the bottom of the 6th. Shelby then gained 2 more runs in the 7th, in which Eastmoor never recovered, and the game went to Shelby.

Shelby still trails 1-2 in the series....

The next game, again in Shelby, Shelby's Travis Blodgett will take on Eastmoor's Sylvester Collison. Blodgett's season gave him an 14-10, an ERA of 3.83, 156 K's, and a WHIP of 1.32. Collison went 11-9, a 4.02 ERA, 104 K's and a WHIP of 1.27.

Sounds like it will be yet another great game...Game 4 coming up soon