IBM PC version

Front Page Sports Baseball ‘94

Publisher – Sierra On-Line

Release Year – 1994

Platforms – IBM PC

Credits

Front Page Sports Baseball ‘96

Publisher – Sierra On-Line

Release Year – 1996

Platforms – IBM PC

Credits

Front Page Sports Baseball ‘98

Publisher – Sierra On-Line

Release Year – 1998

Platforms – IBM PC

Credits

Programmer Interview

Glen Wolfram’s role on the FPS Baseball design and development team at Dynamix expanded from one of the main programmers for the ’94 and ’96 editions to director of the ’98 game. I contacted Glen and he responded to a series of questions about the FPS BB series.

DB: What was your computer gaming experience prior to your arrival at Dynamix?

GW: I joined Incredible Technologies in 1988 and began working on a port of some game (can’t remember what) to the Atari ST. But that project was quickly cancelled. I then was given the opportunity to design and program a computer version of Blood Bowl. We never got the license, so at the very end, like one week before release, we changed the name to Grave Yardage and updated the art. Welcome to the unstable world of game development.

I later joined the Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis team to help them finish that. The last full game I worked on was co-designing and programing the arcade game HotShots Tennis. I also did the managerial menu system for Golden Tee golf and Ninja Clowns. I then worked on a CD-I project for United Airlines (while still at IT). I was looking to leave the Chicago area and found an ad in the Portland paper for a job at a games company in Eugene that wanted CD-ROM experience.

I was hired to port Red Baron to the Nintendo, but by the time I moved out to Eugene, Sierra On-Line had cancelled the project.

DB: Did you take any computer programming courses in high school or college?

GW: Hah, never in high school. There was no such thing. Also, I hated the idea of computers. They were the things that sent out $1000 utility bills by mistake.

In college I earned my BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. I also took enough CS classes to earn the Comp-Sci option, although I didn’t really like those classes. I had to do some programming in assembler in my engineering classes to control hardware at a low level. I liked that stuff. Then, when I joined the real world, I liked that kind of programming a lot more than designing hardware. Actually, my first game was writing 10 pin league bowling for the new Brunswick pinsetter system in “C”, which was also more fun than the “data structures using Pascal” type courses in college.

DB: What influenced your decision to join the gaming industry, and were you interested in sports games or any specific genres, in particular?

GW: I just sort of landed in the gaming industry. It wasn’t a big thing back then. Nintendo was pretty much brand new. Before that, we just had the big crash of the Atari 2600. I wasn’t pulled in any particular direction early on.

When I ended up at Dynamix, I worked on the military flight sims for a while. That was a great project to work on. I was asked by Pat Cook if I was interested in joining the new sports team to work on football. Sure! I love football. We hammered out a great product with Front Page Sports Football. Then we just naturally rolled into trying baseball. Another sport I loved at the time. But when it was all over, I can’t watch baseball anymore. It’s lost all appeal. I think the last game I watched on TV was Game 7 between the Cubs and Indians, and I fell asleep. I’ll go to a local minor league game maybe once a year on “Marvel” or “Star Wars” night.

DB: You were heavily involved in the entire FPSBB series. Describe your role in the development of each product.

GW: For the original I duplicated the role I had on FPS Football. I wrote what we called the shell. That is, the league management system. That was everything associated with teams, rosters, schedules, training camp, statistics, team AI, etc. Basically, anything that wasn’t in the actual simulation (3d) portion.

For the next release (’96) I was not part of the development team initially. I was working on the next version of football. But then, the project was languishing in an attempt to make it work with Windows ’95. There was talk of just killing it. I couldn’t let that happen to something I worked so hard on originally. So I asked to join the team, and worked on making sure the shell worked on ’95.

For the last version, I asked to be the project manager so I could get the team to clean up a bunch of, well, crap that had crept into the last version. Our theme was “Easier to play. Plays better baseball.” The focus was to take baseball back to a time when fans felt “anyone could play it (baseball)”. Kind of a “pull out dat bum Yogi and put me in!” approach. We tried to clean up as much ugly code, user interfaces and gameplay as possible.

DB: Which features were scaled back or omitted due to budgetary or time constraints? Were those features considered or implemented in later editions?

GW: So many. We wanted live head-to-head play right from the start (’94). But internet connectivity just wouldn’t let that happen. We wanted a client-server league setup. But again, that was going to be too complicated for most people to set up back in the day. At the end we had the email league thing. You would send out game files to the home team’s manager, who would sim the games, then send back the result file. It was clunky, but it worked. Now of course, you’d write like 3 lines of python and you’d have the server up and running.

DB: Did the development team consider incorporating the data entry (player editor) program into the main application? Was there a specific reason for keeping “DATAIN” as a separate executable that was not accessible within the game?

GW: I’m trying to remember the rigamarole around that. Part of the team wanted the game to be “pure”. That is, you get what we give you. We spend all this time trying to balance the physics and AI, and letting players modify everything would generate out of whack stats and records. Another part said, you bought it, you play it the way you like. If you want a team of 99ers (the highest rate for each skill), go ahead and make one. I started in the first camp, because I had programmed all that AI about player development, trades, etc. It seemed a shame to waste it. But then I drifted into the second. I considered the game more of an artist’s canvas at that point. Here’s some colors and brushes. . . have at it.

DB: The competition in that era included the Tony La Russa Baseball and Hardball series. What were your impressions of those products at the time and in what areas do you feel that the FPSBB series excelled?

GW: I didn’t pay much attention to the other products out there. We had our own deadlines and whatnot to keep us busy. But the one thing the development team was really proud of was the long term playability via the league system. It was amazing to hear that players were playing dozens of seasons, carefully grooming their team over the years. That’s what we were shooting for.

DB: I encountered several bugs in FPSBB ’94 and ’96 that were difficult to overlook or work around. Given the ever-increasing size of the development teams in this timeframe and the complexity of the game, what hindered the process in tracking and resolving these issues?

GW: Well, let’s just say pressure from “above”. We were aware of bugs/playability issues, but the mantra was “just get it out the door”, which didn’t seem right in terms of serving our customers. But then we were in the trenches, pouring our heart and souls into the game, and others were looking at costs, wondering when this was going to be a revenue stream.

DB: Once the product was on its third iteration (FPSBB ‘98), do you feel that the process was refined to facilitate a more finished product?

GW: Front Page Sports was a successful product line and many people wanted to jump on that bandwagon. I’m surprised someone in marketing didn’t suggest “Front Page Sports: Darts, or Cycling or Water Polo”. We added quite a few people, and correspondingly tried to add many new features. That was a disaster (see the killing the project comment). For ’98, we cut the team way down. That allowed us to focus on the “better baseball, easier to play” thing. We were back in the “we’re all on the same page (no pun intended) mentality”. This was probably going to be the last one we made, so let’s make it a good one.

DB: Since the development of the FPSBB series ended in the late 1990’s, have you been involved in any other computer baseball products?

GW: No. I’ve helped out some friends on a military simulation and a card game. I’ve been out of games for a while now. Although I’m kind of back in. I’m working at a company that supports game companies by providing NFT block chain technology.

DB: Given today’s technological capabilities, what would your vision of a re-imagined FPSBB ’21 look like?

GW: Well, for one thing we’d have the real-time simulation with multiple players. However, we still would have the problem that until it’s your turn to bat, you’ll just be sitting there on the bench with nothing to do. Maybe we could have you play darts while you’re waiting?

Review

I vividly recall my heightened expectations when I purchased this game in 1994. As a fan of the Front Page Sports: Football game, I anticipated a strong showing from the developer (Dynamix) and the publisher (Sierra On-Line) for their initial foray into simulating the National Pastime. FPSBB ’94 promised a number of intriguing wrinkles such as a career mode with player aging and retirement. I’m not a fan of using fictitious players in my simulations but it’s an interesting concept nonetheless. Regrettably I discovered that the product might have been released before it was fully debugged. In hindsight I feel that I put ample time in an attempt to justify my purchase, returning to the game after one patch was released (and then another) only to become exasperated. I eventually shelved it and moved on to other computer baseball sims.   

Several patches were issued subsequent to the initial product release. For this review, I installed the most current version – the “BBTHANX” patch (version 1.03). I stumbled upon an active website to download patches for the Front Page Sports series here -> http://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patches-Updates-Games/FPSSeriesUpdates.html

Running the game in the DosBox emulator, I consistently encountered crashes after simulating a day’s worth of games even though my configuration indicates plenty of free conventional and expanded memory available prior to launching the executable. The program processes the statistics for the completed contests, attempts to “Process Injuries” and then the game dumps out to the command prompt. The issue occurred regardless of the association that I selected. The “injury” bug cropped up during the middle of a day’s worth of games in the Continental League. Repeating the same steps and ending up in the same scenario, I reviewed the team notes for the next game on the calendar and discovered that Tony Perez suffered an injury and would be out for 2-3 months. Once I sent him to the disabled list, recalled Woody Woodward as a substitute and made the appropriate lineup adjustments, I was able to overcome the hurdle and advance to the next day on the schedule. Yet the game crashed again after simulating the following day. I made a last-ditch attempt to bypass the bug by creating a new association and turning off the injury function. No dice – the application crashed after completing the first day on the schedule. As I don’t have an old IBM PC from that era, I considered the possibility that the crashes are due to my DosBox configuration. However it definitely brought back memories of the problems I endured with this game nearly a quarter-century ago.

I also triggered a major bug when I attempting to assign a free agent to the 1995 Mariners. The player was successfully claimed by the M’s and I went to move him onto the active roster. The program crashed and when I restarted, my association was no longer listed! The files were present in the proper directory on my hard drive but FPSBB94 failed to recognize them. I restored a backup copy of the association along with the BB.CFG file but no luck! Unfortunately I had spent several hours tweaking my lineups and rotations, and all of my work was lost. 

Each simulated game takes approximately one minute to complete, so a full 162-game schedule would take at least 36 hours! The stadium view and line score is displayed while your system computes the results. The player editor (Datain) is a separate executable, so you need to exit the main program and launch Datain to create or modify player data and ratings. Datain is chock full of options with regards to statistical splits and ratings, allowing the most granular numerical breakdowns to date. In addition to the standard total and vs. left stats, the user can proceed deep into the weeds with home vs. away, runners in scoring position and monthly stats. If you have the data, go ahead and enter the number of hits to each outfield location, ground balls vs. fly balls, etc. You can specify ratings for each pitch type and the tendency to pull the ball vs. hitting straightaway or to the opposite field.

In a last-ditch attempt to complete a full season with the FPSBB ’94 edition, I created a new association using the “Continental League” which encompasses 16 teams from the Expansion Era (1961-1976). Having to restart the game upon the completion of every day on the schedule was a bit tedious but I worked my way up to the All-Star Break. The scheduling function would not allow me to play or simulate the All-Star contest or proceed to the games that were scheduled after the break. I posted in several forums about this issue which failed to yield any solutions. However several responders advised me that they were running FPSBB ’98 without issue so I bailed on FPSBB ’94. I installed both FPSBB ’96 and ’98 editions in VirtualBox on a Windows 98 virtual machine and crossed my fingers. I immediately noticed two positives – I was able to simulate multiple days without crashing (with injuries enabled!) and the time to simulate one day’s worth of games was approximately 30 seconds. Although the user interface retained a similar look-and-feel to the original version, I must give kudos to the development team for their perseverance with the product. Despite the various bugs that I’ve encountered along the way with this game, I wanted to give the later versions a fresh look and evaluate them on their own merits.   

FPS Baseball ’96 –1995 MLB Season Replay

I elected to manage the ’95 Angels in the playoffs against the Mariners. Two issues quickly arose that I was unable to resolve. First and foremost, the computer AI insisted on placing Ken Griffey Jr. at the bottom of the Mariners lineup versus LHP. I made multiple attempts to adjust the lineup. I saved the changes and sure enough, when I went to check the lineups in the playoff games, “Junior” was batting ninth. (I had 3 left-handers in the Angels rotation – Mark Langston, Chuck Finley and Jim Abbott). As I had so many issues with FPSBB ’94 I didn’t bother adjusting rosters, lineups and pitching roles when I simulated the 1995 MLB schedule. I found that the Angels GM, for example, allowed Troy Percival and Brian Anderson, both key members of the real-life squad in ’95, to languish in the low minors. Three Angels were missing from my lineup so I checked the team news page and found that Tim Salmon, Gary DiSarcina and J.T. Snow were all injured and unavailable for the playoffs. Snow’s injury was particularly disturbing (broken skull, out 6 months or more?!)

In Game 3 of the Angels – Mariners series in the Divisional round, Ken Griffey Jr. crashed into the center field fence in an unsuccessful attempt to chase down Tony Phillips’ home run. The game indicated that Griffey was “100% injured” yet he remained in the game and was in the starting lineup for the subsequent matchup!

The Expos and the Yankees advanced to the World Series and I chose to play the role of Felipe Alou. The issues with lineup selection persisted. Due to an injury to Bernie Williams, the computer version of Buck Showalter tried to play Derek Jeter in center field while healthy outfield alternatives such as Dion James and Darryl Strawberry rode the pine. I implemented a workaround to combat this problem, starting the pre-game as the manager for both squads and selecting appropriate lineups. Once the National Anthem concluded, I went into the Game Options menu and selected the computer manager for the Yankees.

Carlos Perez and “Black” Jack McDowell were locked in a pitcher’s duel in Game 1. Tony Tarasco singled home Darrin Fletcher to give Montreal a 1-0 lead in the top of the third. Both squads put up goose eggs until the home half of the ninth. I brought Expos’ closer Mel Rojas into the contest to start the frame and Mike Stanley greeted him with an opposite field into the right-center field bleachers. Paul O’Neill ripped a double to right field and I elected to walk Ruben Sierra intentionally to set up the double play. Jim Leyritz, playing first base for an injured Don Mattingly, popped up to the catcher for the first out. Gerald Williams, slotting in as the center field for Bernie Williams, coaxed a walk to load the bases against Rojas. I visited the mount and signaled for Greg A. Harris to face the switch-hitting shortstop, Tony Fernandez. The veteran infielder lined a clean single to center field to end the game. Although the final score was technically 2-1, FPSBB ’96 credited Fernandez with 2 RBI and the Yankees with a 3-1 victory.

Andy Pettitte struck out 14 Expos but yielded 3 runs in the seventh inning and received a no-decision for his effort. Wade Boggs ripped a two-run single off Pedro J. Martinez to knot the score at 3-3 in the home half of the seventh. The bullpens held both clubs scoreless until the top of the tenth when Montreal scratched across the winning run against Josias Manzanillo when Sean Berry delivered a base knock to plate Yamil Benitez. Tim Scott retired the Bronx Bombers to notch the save while Gil Heredia (2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R) picked up the victory.

David Cone and two relievers shut out the ‘Spos 7-0 in Game 3. The Yankees knocked Jeff Fassero out of the contest with a 5-run fifth inning. Gerald Williams sparked the New York offense with 4 RBI on a pair of singles. Montreal only managed three hits on the evening and fell behind 2-1 in the Series.

A couple of left-handers squared off in Game 4 as Butch Henry took the hill against Sterling Hitchcock. The Expos tallied a run in the home half of the third on a Sean Berry single but the Yankees countered with 3 in the visitor’s fourth after Wil Cordero dropped a pop fly off the bat of Ruben Sierra to open the frame. Here’s another substitution bug: Yankees ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Computer replaces several New Yorkers on defense, including Derek Jeter to center field and for some unknown reason, backup infielder Robert Eenhorn takes the mound. My assumption is that the computer failed to warm up a reliever when Dion James pinch-hit for Hitchcock in the top of the frame, but I’m fairly certain an unprepared pitcher would have been called upon in the Majors. Well, perhaps the AI skipper knows something I don’t because Eenhorn proceeded to get Rondell White to pop out in foul ground behind first base and whiffed Moises Alou! Sean Berry stroked a single and headed to third on a hit by David Segui, but the Yanks gunned down the trailing runner at second base to end the inning. Dion James tacked on a couple of insurance runs with an opposite-field blast off Tim Scott in the top of the ninth.  Bob Wickman retired the Expos in order to notch the save as New York prepared to clinch the title in Canada.

The third contest at Le Stade Olympique featured a rematch of Game 1 starters, Jack McDowell versus Carlos Perez. Sean Berry singled home Mike Lansing in the bottom of the first to give Montreal the 1-0 advantage. Wil Cordero launched a long fly ball to left-center field that barely cleared the top of the fence for a solo shot in the fifth. The Expos struck again in the sixth when Moises Alou and Sean Berry reached base on successive singles, and then “Black Jack” plunked Rondell White and David Segui to force in a run. Darrin Fletcher grounded into a double play but Berry tallied another run to increase the Expos lead to 4-0. Josias Manzanillo relieved McDowell in the bottom of the seventh. Tony Tarasco lashed an opposite-field triple into the left field corner and just beat a bang-bang play at the plate when Wade Boggs elected to throw home on a slow tapper to third off the bat of Lansing. Carlos Perez was cruising with a three-hitter into the eighth. He issued consecutive walks with one out in the frame, and then Randy Velarde crushed an outside pitch into the right field seats for a 3-run blast. Tim Scott entered the frame and retired pinch-hitter Dion James along with third-sacker Boggs. Mel Rojas hurled a spotless ninth to notch the save and send the Series back to the Big Apple.  

Pedro J. Martinez and Andy Pettitte locked horns again in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium. Another pitcher’s duel ensued until the Bronx Bombers broke through in the bottom of the fourth. A two-out single to center field by Gerald Williams plated Paul O’Neill with the first tally. Pettitte continued to put up goose eggs until he was relieved in the seventh inning. New York retained the 1-0 advantage until the visitor’s eighth when a steady rain began to fall. Montreal evened the score against reliever Scott Kamieniecki when F.P. Santangelo coaxed a walk, took second on Moises Alou’s single to center field and came around on a base hit to right by Sean Berry. Rondell White walked to load the bases, prompting a mound visit from Buck Showalter. Bob Wickman was summoned to the hill with one out and David Segui at the dish. With the infield playing in, Segui bounced a two-hopper to second-sacker Randy Velarde, who fired to backstop Mike Stanley to force Alou at home plate. Wil Cordero popped up to the first baseman to extinguish the threat. Ruben Sierra ripped a long single to right off Expos’ reliever Gil Heredia to lead off the home eighth. Pinch-runner Pat F. Kelly swiped second base as the rain intensified. Darryl Strawberry smashed a hot grounder that skipped under Mike Lansing’s glove and into right field, scoring Kelly with the go-ahead run on Montreal’s fourth error of the game. Wickman returned to the mound to begin the top of the ninth and Tony Tarasco greeted him with a pinch-single to right field. Mark Grudzielanek batted for the catcher, Tim Laker. Tarasco immediately broke for second base on Wickman’s next pitch and arrived safely under the tag. Grudzielanek worked a full count and drew a base on balls. Lansing whiffed but Santangelo flared the ball beyond the outstretched glove of defensive replacement Todd Benzinger at first base. Tarasco sprinted home with the tying run and the ‘Spos had runners on first and third with one away. Alou laced a sharp grounder through the drawn-in infield to put the visitors on top, 3-2. Berry topped a slow roller towards second. Velarde tried to turn the double play but the relay to first was not in time and Grudzielanek recorded an insurance run. Wickman walked Berry but got Segui on a ground ball to second to conclude the frame. New York wasn’t about to roll over. Benzinger led off the bottom of the ninth with a base knock. Heredia struck out Velarde while closer Mel Rojas was warming up in the bullpen. Rojas got the call to face Wade Boggs, who lashed a single to center. The potential tying run (Boggs) took a tentative lead off of first base as Rojas buckled down and induced Tony Fernandez to pop out to the catcher. Kelly rapped a hard-hit ball up the middle but Lansing fielded this one cleanly and stepped on the bag at second to force Boggs. Montreal lived to play another day and the stadium crew prepared for Game 7.

Jeff Fassero and David Cone battled to a scoreless duel through five innings with each hurler yielding a lone hit. The Expos unraveled in the sixth following an error by XXX to allow Randy Velarde to reach base leading off the frame. Wade Boggs’ base hit to right field advanced Velarde to third. Fassero plunked Paul O’Neill to load the bases, and Ruben Sierra blasted a changeup into the center field bleachers for a grand salami! The portsider recovered to whiff Gerald Williams but the damage was done and the crowd was on their feet as the Yankees were 9 outs from another World Series title. Montreal mounted a minor threat in the eighth when F.P. Santangelo beat out an infield hit and Tony Tarasco lashed a liner to right that dropped in front of Ruben Sierra, but Tarasco inexplicably got caught in a rundown between first and second. With eight innings of 4-hit, no-run ball in the books, Buck Showalter thanked “Coney” for his efforts and turned the game over to Josias Manzanillo. Mike Lansing commenced the top of the ninth with a sharp liner to left field for a base knock. Moises Alou topped a high bouncer to first which Jim Leyritz gloved and fired down to second to nip Lansing for the first out. Sean Berry hammered a two-bagger up the gap in left-center and Alou wisely held up at third base as Williams delivered a strong relay throw to shortstop Tony Fernandez. Rondell White drew a base on balls and the Expos brought the tying run to the plate. The baserunners had to hold up to determine whether O’Neill would catch David Segui’s soft liner to left. O’Neill fielded the ball on one bounce and threw immediately to Velarde covering second base to force out White for the second out as Alou scampered home with Montreal’s first run of the contest. Jimmy Key relieved Manzanillo and Yamil Benitez batted for Darrin Fletcher. Benitez walked and the sacks were full of Expos as shortstop Wil Cordero strolled to the dish. The stadium was rocking as the home crowd rooted for Key to close out the game. On a 2-2 pitch, Cordero lofted a soft liner towards second base which Velarde handled easily for the final out. The pinstripe crew mobbed the field as the Yankees claimed victory. 

FPS Baseball ’96 –1995 MLB Regular Season

Final Standings and League Leaders

FPS Baseball ’96 –1995 MLB Playoffs

Playoffs and World Series Results

FPS Baseball ’98 –1997 MLB Season Replay

Upon completion of the 1995 MLB season replay using FPSBB ’96, I fired up the third and final offering in the Front Page Sports Baseball series – the 1998 Edition. This one came with two associations – 1996 MLBPA End of Season and 1997 MLBPA Opening Day. I chose the latter and began reviewing the rosters, lineups, etc. I converted all teams to human-controlled and deselected the options for the computer to propose trades, sign free agents and draft new players. I opened Baseball-Reference to the final team-by-team statistics for every franchise in 1997 to verify lineup and pitching role information. Continuing a trend with the previous FPSBB versions, I discovered a number of players with fake names (likely due to licensing issues) or slotted into incorrect positions.Utilizing the DATAIN application which is now a Window-based application but still accessed separately from the main program, I combed the rosters to edit the first and last names of “Mickey Kelly” and “Eddie Grove” (for instance) to their proper names – Darin Erstad and George Arias.  Orioles third-sacker B.J. Surhoff was hiding out in the FPSBB Witness Protection Program as “Angel Sherid”.

Seattle and Colorado emerged as the pennant winners in the American and National League, respectively. I summoned my inner “Groove” as Don Baylor to manage the Rockies in the Series while the Mariners were skippered by an AI representation of “Sweet” Lou Piniella.

Randy Johnson (25-7, 2.72) took the hill for the M’s in Game 1 at Coors Field. Colorado countered with Jamey Wright (21-7, 4.20). Seattle jumped on Wright immediately. He plunked Joey Cora leading off the contest and Alex Rodriguez followed with a sharp line drive single to left field. Ken Griffey Jr. deposited Wright’s next offering in the left field stands for a 3-0 advantage. Edgar Martinez laced a single to center and Paul Sorrento’s subsequent opposite-field two-bagger increased the lead to 4-0 as Wright had yet to record an out. After a walk to Jay Buhner, Wright extracted himself from the frame with a strikeout of Dan Wilson and a double-play grounder off the bat of Rich Amaral. In the top of the second, “A-Rod” blasted a solo shot deep into the left-field bleachers. Roger Bailey pitched two scoreless frames until faltering in the fifth inning. The Mariners loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hit batsmen. Amaral connected on an offering that floated over the outside half of the dish and the smash resulted in a grand slam, giving Seattle a 9-0 cushion! “Kid” Griffey launched a no-doubt dinger over the center field fence to start the sixth against reliever Jeff McCurry. Joey Cora joined the hit parade when he belted a big-fly over the wall in center with one away in the seventh. McCurry elected to pitch to “Junior” Griffey with “A-Rod” on first. Griffey took a mean cut at a hanging slider and circled the bases as the ball landed in the left-center field seats for his third round-tripper of the game. An exasperated Baylor trudged to the mound to retrieve the ball from McCurry and called upon Curt Leskanic to mop up in a 13-0 laugher. Sorrento greeted him with a bomb to center field as Seattle went ahead by two touchdowns. Meanwhile Randy Johnson held the Rockies hitless through the six innings before Eric Young laced a clean single to center field. Cora clubbed his second circuit clout of the game off Leskanic in the eighth, a two-run shot to run the score up to 16-0. Griffey Jr. had a chance to go yard for the fourth time in the contest, but he popped up to first-sacker Andres Galarraga. The Mariners tacked on a seven-spot in the eighth inning, capped by a grand slam off the bat of Rodriguez. Colorado went quietly in the ninth and the hometown crowd filtered out of the stadium in near silence after watching Seattle dominate their club – final score Seattle 23, Colorado 0.

Jamie Moyer (15-11, 5.29) faced off against Kevin Ritz (17-13, 5.43) in Game 2 as the Rockies tried to regroup from the pummeling sustained in the initial contest. Ritz retired the side in order which calmed the nerves of the Colorado faithful. Then in the bottom of the first, Walt Weiss rapped a base hit and Andres Galarraga followed with a single to right. With two outs and baserunners on first and third, Dante Bichette crushed a changeup for a 3-run blast to put the Rockies on the board. Vinny Castilla dialed long-distance leading off the second. Moyer finished the inning but Piniella pulled him for a pinch-hitter (Mike Blowers) in the bottom of the frame. Bob Wells was summoned from the M’s bullpen for a long relief outing. Weiss opened the home third with a base knock and he scooted to third on a solid single to center by Ellis Burks, who advanced to second when “Kid” Griffey tried to nail the lead runner. With first base open, Wells elected to pitch to Galarraga. The “Big Cat” pounced on a fastball and propelled it into the upper-deck in right-center field to increase Colorado’s advantage to 7-0. Ritz cruised until the fifth when he drilled Edgar Martinez in the shoulder to commence the inning, and then yielded back-to-back singles to Paul Sorrento and Jay Buhner as the M’s pushed across their first tally of the contest. Dan Wilson followed with a base hit to center which cut the Rockies’ lead to 7-2. Ritz induced Lee Tinsley to ground into a 6-4-3 double play and Wells whiffed to strand Buhner on third base. Alex Rodriguez hammered a chest-high heater to the opposite field for a solo shot in the sixth, sending Ritz to the showers with a 7-3 lead. Darren Holmes entered the game and set down the heart of the Mariners’ batting order. Eric Young rapped a two-out line drive single in front of Griffey to plate Jeff Reed with Colorado’s eighth run of the game. The M’s showed some life in the eighth when “Junior” knocked in Brent Gates with a two-base hit and Sorrento greeted reliever Curt Leskanic with a two-run double off the center field wall, reducing the deficit to 8-6. In the top of the ninth, Seattle loaded the bases on 3 consecutive walks issued by Leskanic and Jerry DiPoto after Wilson whiffed leading off the frame. Rodriguez laced a two-run single to center to knot the score at 8-all. Griffey followed with a grounder through the hole between shortstop and third base, plating Joey Cora with the go-ahead run! Martinez drew a base on balls to reload the bases. Bruce Ruffin jogged in from the ‘pen and immediately issued four straight balls to Sorrento, forcing in another run. Buhner capped the comeback with a grand slam into the upper deck in right field. Colorado came to bat in the home ninth trailing by six runs. Seattle reliever Tim Davis plunked pinch-hitter Quinton McCracken and Burks subsequently slammed a long fly ball over the right-center field fence for a two-run homer. “Big Cat” beat out a slow dribbler down the third base line. Bichette blistered a heat-seeking missile off the left-field wall and evaded the tag on the relay throw, giving the Rockies runners on second and third with no outs. Seattle skipper Lou Piniella summoned Josias Manzanillo to face Larry Walker. “Booger” lofted a harmless pop fly to Cora for the first out. Four successive deliveries from Manzanillo missed the plate, so Castilla trotted down to first. Jeff Reed, the potential tying run, strolled to the dish with the sacks juiced and one away. He swung and mashed a hard grounder back up the middle. Manzanillo gloved it and fired home for the force on Galarraga, and then Wilson threw a perfect strike to Sorrento to complete the double play. The teams boarded their planes headed for the Pacific Northwest with the Mariners ahead two games to none in the Series.

The Rockies were reeling from the beat-down in Game 1 and the tremendous Mariners’ comeback in Game 2 when they arrived in Seattle to resume the Series.  Back-to-back base hits by Eric Young and Walt Weiss placed runners on first and third against Jeff Fassero (13-14, 5.41). Andres Galarraga grounded into a fielder’s choice as Young sprinted home to register the first tally of the contest. Colorado countered with Bryan Rekar (12-8, 6.04). Ken Griffey Jr. reached second base on a dropped throw by Galarraga and scored on a long single by Edgar Martinez off the right-field wall. Larry Walker ripped a two-bagger down the first base line leading off the top of the second. One out later, Jeff Reed crushed a pitch on the outer half of the dish into the left-field center stands as the Rockies moved ahead by a score of 3 to 1. Successive singles to center by “A-Rod” and “Junior” plated Rich Amaral and Joey Cora to knot the match at 3-all. Martinez beat out an infield chopper behind third base, and then Rekar issued a free pass to Paul Sorrento with the sacks juiced. Quinton McCracken made a potential game-saving catch as he dove on the warning track in left field to rob Jay Buhner of an extra-base hit for the final out of the frame. Steve Reed replaced Rekar to commence the home third. He put up a goose egg but yielded a two-base knock to Cora in the fourth. Griffey Jr. pounced on an inside heater from lefty reliever Bruce Ruffin and belted it over center fielder Larry Walker’s outstretched glove for an RBI double. “Gar” followed with a ringing single up the middle as the Mariners took a 6-3 lead. Roger Bailey eventually extinguished the uprising when he induced Russ Davis to bounce out to the shortstop. A two-out walk by Weiss and a sharp single to right by Ellis Burks brought the tying run to the plate against Fassero in the visitor’s fifth. The “Big Cat” rapped a two-hopper that was deftly fielded by Sorrento and converted into an out. Singles by Rodriguez, Martinez, Sorrento and Davis extended the Mariners’ advantage to 11-3 in the fifth. Dante Bichette opened the sixth with a booming double to right-center and Larry Walker subsequently scalded a line drive into the right field corner as Colorado tried to exhibit some signs of life. Castilla reached on an infield hit and Reed was safe on a fielder’s choice, bringing in Walker with the fifth tally of the day for the Rockies. Fassero escaped further damage and returned to the M’s dugout with an 11-5 lead. Burks smashed a clean base hit to left off reliever Bob Wolcott to commence the top of the seventh inning. Rodriguez started a crisp 6-4-3 double play on Galarraga’s grounder, and then Bichette flew out to Amaral in deep left field. Griffey launched a missile that just cleared the right-center field wall, sending Burke to the showers and pushing the M’s advantage to 12-5. Wolcott exited after two scoreless innings in favor of Edwin Hurtado. Burks drew a two-out walk in the ninth against Hurtado. Running on contact, he motored around the bases on a two-bagger by Galarraga and notched Colorado’s sixth run when he was ruled safe after colliding with Dan Wilson. Bichette lashed an opposite-field base hit between first and second, knocking in the “Big Cat” and closing the margin to 12-7. Bichette advanced to second on a passed ball, and then Walker coaxed a base on balls. Castilla followed with a single back through the box and Bichette blazed homeward to continue the Rockies rally. Jeff Reed’s slow chopper to second was fielding cleanly by Cora who tossed to Rodriguez for the force out. Seattle survived a scare in the final frame to put themselves on the brink of clinching the Series.

Lou Piniella elected to start Scott Sanders rather than bring Randy Johnson back on short rest, especially given the fact that the M’s held a three-game cushion. The Rockies’ starting nod was granted to the oft-injured Bill Swift. Alex Rodriguez initiated the scoring with a two-run opposite-field blast in the bottom of the first. Edgar Martinez followed a walk to Ken Griffey Jr. with a shot of his own into the right-field stands. Swift had yet to record an out and his club trailed 4-0! The bullpen quickly stirred as Roger Bailey and Bruce Ruffin rushed to stretch out their arms. Paul Sorrento hit an excuse-me single between short and third, bringing a rapid end to Swift’s evening. Ruffin jogged in, delivered a few warm-up tosses, and then proceeded to square off against Jay Buhner. The M’s slugger lofted an eminently catchable fly ball down the line in right field, whereupon Dante Bichette lost the ball in the lights and it dropped in for a base hit. Sorrento had to hold up at first and he barely beat Bichette’s rifle throw into second base. Colorado finally recorded an out when Mike Blowers grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. Dan Wilson lined to center and the Rockies breathed a collective sigh as they returned to the visitor’s dugout. Andres Galarraga led off the top of the second with a blistering liner to right which Jay Buhner initially misjudged but he recovered to make a leaping catch to prevent an extra base hit. Roger Bailey came on to work as a long reliever in the home half of the second. “Junior” poked a long fly ball that just cleared the left-center field wall for a three-run jack. Bailey got Sorrento out on a towering can of corn to right, and then he plunked Buhner in the helmet. A dejected Colorado crew looked on as any chance of salvaging the Series was evaporating before their eyes. Darren Holmes, the fourth Rockies hurler of the game, strolled to the hill with runners on first and second and a 7-0 deficit. Blowers skied out to center for the final out of the frame. Sanders yielded four hits in six scoreless frames when Piniella pulled him in favor of Bob Wolcott. Jeff Reed and Walt Weiss sandwiched a pair of singles around a strikeout by John Vander Wal, placing runners on first and second with one out in the seventh. Eric Young, not usually a power threat, connected on a blast to left field that sailed into the stands for a three-run homer! The Seattle faithful let out a collective groan as Wolcott kicked the mound in disgust while “EY” circled the bases. Larry Walker coaxed a two-out walk but the “Big Cat” popped up in foul territory. Blowers settled under the ball and squeezed his glove tightly for the third out. Seattle needed just six outs to secure the first World Series trophy in franchise history. Bichette drew a walk leading off the eighth and Vinny Castilla rapped a base hit up the middle. Reed ripped a screaming line drive over Buhner’s glove and it banked off the right field wall. Buhner quickly recovered and relayed the ball to Joey Cora, who whirled and fired to the plate. Wilson snared the ball just as Bichette barreled into him and the ump called him safe at the dish. The Mariners now held a 7-4 lead with the tying run heading to the batter’s box. Vander Wal swung valiantly but got underneath the ball, a sky-high pop to Sorrento in foul ground near first base for the first out. Edwin Hurtado relieved Wolcott and the Rockies’ shortstop Weiss tapped his cleats and prepared to do battle. On a 2-1 count, Weiss took a cut at a Hurtado heater and similar to the previous hitter, popped up to Sorrento. Young flew out to medium-deep center field to end the threat. Steve Reed pitched a scoreless eighth, the sixth consecutive goose egg posted by the Colorado relief staff. Piniella made the call to the ‘pen, with lefty Norm Charlton looking to close out the victory while facing the heart of the Rockies’ batting order. Ellis Burks promptly crushed a double over Rich Amaral’s outstretched glove in left-center. Walker grounded out to “A-Rod” for out # 1 with Burks scooting over to third. “The Sheriff” threw four wide ones to Galarraga, putting runners on the corners with one away. Colorado again had a chance to even the score with Bichette at bat and Castilla in the on-deck circle. “Sweet Lou” stomped to the mound, his face beet-red with exasperation. He barked at Charlton and signaled for the right-hander. Charlton angrily handed the ball to his manager and the new pitcher, Bobby Ayala made his way to the mound. The Seattle fans were in a frenzy, pleading with Ayala to close the deal. Bichette swung and lifted a pop-fly behind the bag at second base where Rodriguez made the catch for the second out. Bichette snapped his bat in disgust. Colorado’s last hope, Castilla, chopped a slow roller towards Cora, who scooped it up and tagged second for the final out. The M’s dog-piled Ayala near the pitcher’s mound and the team celebrated the sweep! 

FPS Baseball ’98 –1997 MLB Regular Season

Final Standings and League Leaders

FPS Baseball ’98 –1997 MLB Playoffs

Playoffs and World Series Results

Ratings

Note – ratings below for FPSBB ’98 – deduct 1 point (AI) for FPSBB ’96 and 5 additional points for FPSBB ’94 (2 points for rosters, 2 points for ballparks and 1 point for AI)

Graphics – [5] – The CAMS (Camera Angles Management System) offers the ability to manage your vantage point during the game, view instant replays and save highlights. Expanding upon the system originally introduced in Earl Weaver Baseball II, the user can adjust the location, height, zoom and rotation along with the ability to position the camera, track specific targets, etc. Stadium graphics can be tweaked by modifying the level of detail which allows the program to run properly on your system, such as displaying the sky and weather textures or choosing to show or hide the crowd. In the FPS ’96 and ’98 editions, you can reposition the scoreboard and conceal some of the on-screen menus. The interaction between batter and pitcher is shown from the viewpoint of a fan seated directly behind home plate. If the ball is put into play, CAMS mode is activated and the current settings are utilized to render the resulting play. If you opt to show all menus, you will see the scoreboard, strategy menus, top view and game updates along with the current camera view. You can pause the action and modify the camera settings at your discretion. Player animation is fairly realistic although at times the motion is not very fluid and I observed numerous instances when a fielder appeared to hesitate when making a play (not sure if this was by design?)   

Sound – [3] – The umpire calls each pitch with vendor calls and hecklers periodically adding some flavor. However the limited number of phrases can become a bit repetitive at times (“Get in the game, buddy!”, “Make him bring it” and the infamous “Kiss my tuckus!”). The user can adjust the action, heckler and crowd sound effects.  Realistic re-creations of the crack of the bat or catching a ball enhance the experience.

Strategy – [4] – Every pitcher can be rated on up to seven different pitch types: fastball, curveball, change-up, slider, sinker, screwball and knuckleball. However, only the four highest-rated pitches may be selected during a game. Standard defensive options are available prior to delivering the pitch and the manager can store up to 3 sets of custom positioning. Depending on the number of runners on base, the offensive menu provides all of the various stolen base attempt options along with the squeeze bunt and a “take” sign. You may warm up one or two pitchers in the bullpen. Relievers may be ineffective or present a higher risk of injury if they are not adequately warmed up (generally 2 or 3 batters before the reliever’s status changes to “ready”).

Artificial Intelligence – [4] – I played several playoff rounds and a handful of exhibition contests with the three editions of FPSBB. In most instances, the computer skipper conducted offensive and defensive substitutions at the appropriate times.   

Box Score – [3] – The game provided standard newspaper-style box scores. One week’s worth of box scores will be accessible for later review during single season or career mode replays. Time of game, temperature, wind speed and direction are indicated. Substitutes are not indented in the listing or otherwise flagged, obscuring when they entered the contest and who they replaced in the game.

Rosters – [4] – Flexibility is the key to roster manipulation in career mode and FPSBB afforded the user several improvements over the competition in this regard. The active roster consists of 25 players but the mix of position players and pitchers is not restricted to the standard 15/10 ratio. In addition each franchise can maintain a 15-man reserve list and up to 10 players in the “low minors”. If the computer is managing a team, you have the option to permit or deny its ability to make trades, reassign players, sign free agents or select players in the annual Amateur Draft. When creating a new Association, you can opt to utilize the players and league structure from an existing league or draft players from a free agent pool.   

Statistics – [5] – Historical and simulated statistics along with team totals can be viewed throughout the season. Simulated stats are available in three flavors: weekly, season-to-date and career (if you’re playing in career mode). FPSBB offers situational split stats such as versus left- or right-handers, home or road, runners in scoring position, “close and late”, and specific months of the year. You may customize the columns to be displayed in the current report (up to 8 at a time), sort any column in ascending or descending order and view the top 10 or top 50 players in a particular category. Statistics can be filtered by league, team or retired players. Player ratings can change over the course of their career (in career mode only) and are handled on a 0 to 99 scale.

Usage/Injuries/Ejections – [3] – Players can suffer injuries (assuming you enable the option) that can last several days, weeks, months or even end their careers. Pitcher’s fatigue can be toggled on/off by the user as well. Each pitcher has their own Endurance rating and the number of pitches thrown in the current game will also determine their effectiveness as the game progresses. Position players are not affected by fatigue, therefore it is possible for players with minimal “actual” playing time to be overused by computer and human managers. Ejections do not occur in the FPS Baseball series.

Ballparks / Park Factors – [4] – FPSBB ’94 came with 12 ballparks and Sierra later offered a “Legends and Stadiums” add-on which provided the remaining 16 stadiums. The ’96 and ’98 releases incorporated all of the ballparks that were in use at the time of release. Park effects include temperature, wind, rain and humidity specific to the geographic location of each stadium. 

Commentary – [1] – The game does not include any play-by-play commentary.

Scale:  Ratings from 1 (worst) to 5 (best)

FPSBB ’94 – Total Score: 30 out of 50

FPSBB ’96 – Total Score: 35 out of 50

FPSBB ’98 – Total Score: 36 out of 50

Enhancements and Features

Observations

The Front Page Sports Baseball series offered hardball enthusiasts another alternative with several innovative elements. The aging and retirement aspects of the career mode add to the realism of a long-term league. A fresh look beyond the bug-plagued initial release afforded me the opportunity to play the game as it was originally intended. The data entry program (DATAIN) is a bit tedious to work with, so unless you’re up to the task, I recommended sticking to the included associations or the Legends teams. Further I would concur with the suggestion to skip directly to FPSBB ’98. As stated previously, you’ll need to install this game on an old PC or an emulator running Windows 95 or 98.   

Please add a comment below if you spent a significant amount of time and/or have any recollections of the Front Page Sports: Baseball series.

Screenshots

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94

Front Page Sports Baseball ’96

Front Page Sports Baseball ’98

Articles in the Series

	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – SSI Computer Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review –Computer Statis Pro Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Avalon Hill Pro Manager / Major League Manager
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pure-Stat Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Monday Morning Manager
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Radio Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Full Count Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball II – III – IV
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa’s Ultimate Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball II
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – APBA Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball II
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – ’96 – ’98
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – ESPN Baseball Tonight
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Hardball 3-4-5-6
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pro League Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball

Additional Links

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – IBM PC – Playthrough

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – Computer Gaming World. November 1994. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_124.pdf

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – Ginden, Jim. “Baseball: Diamonds Are A Fan’s Best Friend”. Computer Gaming World. May 1995. p62. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_130.pdf

Front Page Sports Baseball ’98 – McCauley, Dennis. “Sim World Series: Winners and Losers in This Year’s Baseball Sim Contest”. Computer Gaming World. December 1997. p312. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_160.pdf

https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/front-page-sports-baseball-94

https://www.mobygames.com/game/front-page-sports-baseball-pro-96-season

https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/front-page-sports-baseball-pro-98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ZUy461Kh0 Front Page Sports Baseball ’94, video by SquakeNet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZ-7iMFM_0 Front Page Sports Baseball ’98, video by Pichu London Sports and Stadiums

About the Author

I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

“Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League)“, published in July 2020 and
“Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League)”, published in April 2022, examine the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set. Both books are available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives. Team performances are analyzed based on transaction type with graphs depicting the WAR (Wins Above Replacement) in every decade. Individual results for each player-transaction is charted over the duration of their stint with the franchise. Every team chapter includes All-Time Rosters and Single-Season Leaders based on transaction type. The Team Trade Record chronicles the WAR and WS (Win Shares) accumulated by players acquired in comparison to those traded to opposing teams. The opening chapter is devoted to the Evolution of the General Manager and incorporates a discussion with former Dodgers GM Fred Claire (along with former Angels and Red Sox GM Mike Port and current Reds GM Nick Krall in Volume 2) on a variety of front office topics.

“Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.  Hardball Retroactive is a modest collection of selected articles that I have written for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog since 2010. Exclusive content includes the chapter on “Minors vs. Majors” which assesses every franchise’s minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations.

“Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills.

Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here. 

“Hardball Retrospective – Addendum 2014 to 2016” supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each “original” team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 – 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. 

Apple ][ version:

IBM PC – DOS version:

IBM PC – Windows version:  Baseball, Advanced Draft, League Manager, StatMaster

APBA Major League Players Baseball

Publisher – Miller Associates

Release Year – 1985

Platforms – Apple ][, IBM PC

APBA presents: Baseball for Windows (version 1.0 through 5.5)

Publisher – Miller Associates

Release Year – 1993

Platforms – IBM PC

APBA presents: Baseball for Windows (version 5.75)

Publisher – APBA Games

Release Year – 2012

Platforms – IBM PC

Credits

(through version 5.5)

(version 5.75)

Review

APBA (“American Professional Baseball Association”), like several competing computer products produced in the final quarter of the 20^th Century, has its origins in tabletop gaming. The original APBA dice and card game was designed by J. Richard Seitz and released in 1951. Tim Ponisciak penned an exceptional article entitled “How Would You Like to Manage in the Majors?: Baseball Board Games and Their Dedicated Players,” which appeared in the Fall 2011 volume of the SABR Journal. Ponisciak reviews the origins of the APBA and Strat-O-Matic board games along with the key differences between them.

The initial computer version, “APBA Major League Players Baseball”, appeared on the market in 1985. I purchased the Apple ][ edition and enjoyed the game immensely despite the fact that I had not played the dice/card game in my youth. The computerized APBA relied on text play-by-play descriptions and permitted standard input for game management along with coaching decisions that required prompt decision-making (such as base advancement, whether to throw to a particular base or cut off a throw, etc.)

APBA Major League Players Baseball was initially released for Apple and IBM PC in 1985. The IBM product was ported to Windows and released in a number of iterations throughout the 1990’s. Play-by-play commentary by legendary Detroit Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell enhanced the “Broadcast Blast” version of the game in the mid-90’s. The latest release (version 5.75) allows the game to be played on 32- and 64-bit Windows computers (Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8/10).  Once the Windows version is installed, the game is divided among four modules: Baseball, Advanced Draft, League Manager, and Statmaster. 

Advanced Draft

The Advanced Draft application allows the user to create or modify data disks which, in turn, encompass one or more organizations, leagues, divisions and teams. Players can be imported and assigned to teams. “Farm” organizations can be created and affiliated with an existing organization to enhance roster flexibility. For example, I can establish a roster limit of 25 players per team and assign the “extra” players to the affiliated farm teams. The general manager can trade, sign and waive players, adjust their ratings while the manager can create multiple lineups. Scouts and General Managers can be created and various ratings assigned to facilitate a variety of draft types, or you can simply import players and assign them to teams if you wish.  

League Manager

You can schedule a series of games or an entire season with the League Manager module. This is where you configure the rules for an organization or league and decide which teams will be managed manually or by a computer skipper. You may prepare lineups and starting rotations for every ball club and tweak those settings on a per-game basis. When you’re ready to play ball, you can view the scores of games in progress, choose to have the computer automatically play matchups that will not be manually managed, and check the box scores when the games are completed. Additional features include Advanced Injury Management (A.I.M.) which allows you to regulate playing time for individuals, assign injured players to the disabled list and monitor usage.  If you permit rain outs to occur, you have the ability to reschedule postponed contests by displaying the open dates between the opposing clubs. Highlights Search lets the user quickly locate box scores that meet specific individual or team criteria, such as players with 5+ hits or 3+ home runs in a game, pitchers with 14+ strikeouts or players that hit for the cycle. A full slate of games running in Background Mode (all games set to computer vs. computer) took approximately 6 seconds to complete. For testing purposes I simulated an entire 162-game schedule with no human intervention in 20 minutes.

Statmaster

You can view the accumulated standings and leader boards along with team and individual statistics using the Statmaster module. Standard and custom reports are available on an organization, league, division or team level. Reports can be printed or exported to HTML files.

Baseball

The Baseball module enables the user to manage individual contests or view matchups between the computer-controlled skippers. It can be started separately for exhibition games or launched automatically from League Manager. Pre-game adjustments consist of tweaking the lineups and selecting the starting pitchers. The ballpark background image, music and sound effects, announcer and play-by-play levels of detail can all be modified.

A multitude of add-on products were produced for the DOS and Windows editions. Wizard allowed the user to create players from scratch or modify existing players. The Bill James Baseball Encyclopedia, developed by Colby Duerk, gave users the ability to perform high-speed searches and compare players (before the advent of Baseball-Reference.com) and eventually integrated with Advanced Draft to permit the importing of any player from the dawn of professional baseball through the mid-1990’s. MicroManager extended the game’s capabilities by facilitating the creation and customization of computer managers. Ballparks, schedules, season and various all-time team disks round out the offerings in the APBA catalog. Here’s a brochure from Miller Associates circa 1993 highlighting APBA Baseball for Windows and DOS versions along with the various add-on disks. http://apbagames.com/wp-content/uploads/baseball/Miller_Assoc_1993.pdf

I purchased APBA 5.75 in order to play the latest version of the game on my Windows 10 computer. However I wanted to create an organization using the Wizard and Bill James Baseball Encyclopedia utilities which have not been converted for use on 32-bit computers. I had to jump through a number of hoops to facilitate this task. First, I installed VirtualBox on my Windows 10 system and created a virtual machine running the Windows 98 operating system. Then I loaded APBA Baseball for Windows 5.5 (the last 16-bit release) along with Wizard and BJBE on the virtual host. I created the new organization using Advanced Draft. The league would utilize “Original” rosters filled with players who made their MLB debut between 1961 and 1990 (with a handful of exceptions) based on my research for Hardball Retrospective. I selected the best season for each player based on their highest WAR and/or Win Shares single-season totals in most instances. It was necessary to generate new players with the Wizard application for any player-seasons beyond 1994 (based on the last season available on my BJBE CD). After importing the players and placing them on the appropriate teams, I limited the active rosters to 25 and demoted 15 players per team to their corresponding farm clubs. Primary lineups for every ball club versus right and left-handed opposition pitchers were carefully chosen along with starting rotations. When the organization was ready for prime time, I transferred the file from my virtual Windows 98 machine to my Windows 10 system, then executed the Migration Tool that comes with APBA 5.75. From that point I utilized 5.75 exclusively, including the creation of American and National League schedules (162 games per team), rules configuration, etc. Duke Robinson Jr., one of the computer micro-managers, managed all of the in-game strategy for every team during the regular season. I intervened at the end of each day to replace injured players, reviewed the standings and statistics periodically and generated reports at the end of each month. After September 1 I recalled the reserves in groups of five players at a time over the period of one week in order to simulate September call-ups. Upon conclusion of the regular season, I followed the process outlined in the help file to copy the organization and schedule the Championship Series in League Manager. Subsequently I repeated those steps to play the World Series, where I opted to manage one of the clubs (St. Louis) against one of the computer micro-managers (Oakland). The Hardball Retro 1961-1990 rosters with lineups, reserves, starting rotations and schedule are available here for APBA 5.75 -> http://www.mediafire.com/folder/mbnr0ql6evjgj/APBA_BBW_575

A brief synopsis of the Hardball Retro 1961-1990 season is offered below along with standings, league leaders and team totals, followed by the team-by-team batting and pitching breakdowns. For the playoffs and World Series, I exported the box scores and play-by-play scripts from every contest.

HBretro 1961-1990 Regular Season

Boston sprinted out to a 4-game cushion by the end of April while Oakland trailed the Royals by one game. Montreal led the tightest divisional race by a single contest heading into May while the Reds and Giants battled to a dead-heat in the NL West. John Olerud set a blistering pace as he batted at a .400 clip. Cecil “Big Daddy” Fielder launched 14 long balls to top the Majors in the first month. The Red Sox maintained a 4.5 game advantage over the Orioles while the Twins edged in front of the A’s to close out the month of May. The Redbirds raced to the front of the pack in the NL East as the “Big Red Machine” opened up a 6.5 game lead. Astros’ third-sacker Ken Caminiti topped the charts with 25 round-trippers. Bob Gibson entered June with an 8-1 record while White Sox ace Gary Peters led all moundsmen with a 2.07 ERA. The American League reached the halfway point with the Red Sox maintaining an 8.5 game cushion over the Brewers while the Athletics outpaced the Twins by a 4-game margin. The Senior Circuit featured tightly contested divisional races with St. Louis holding a slim lead over Montreal as the Astros nearly pulled even with the Reds. The .400 mark was still within Olerud’s grasp (.399 as of July 1). Bucs outfielder Barry Bonds belted his 35^th home run. Dwight “Doc” Gooden maintained the MLB lead with 122 K’s and the lowest ERA belonged to Don Sutton at 2.44. George Brett caught fire in August to pull within 15 points of Olerud (.361 to .346) in the batting race. Bonds retained a small lead over Fielder and Mark McGwire in the home run race (57 to 51). “Hoot” Gibson led all Cy Young candidates with 19 wins and a 2.44 ERA. Coming down the stretch, Boston stretched its’ lead over Milwaukee to 15 games while St. Louis outdistanced the Metropolitans by an 11-game cushion. The A’s were 5 games up on the Twins entering September but the NL West remained unsettled as Cincinnati and Houston were dead even at 76-55. When the dust settled, the Red Sox breezed to a division title with 107 victories, 26 games ahead of the runner-up Brew Crew. Oakland outlasted Minnesota to take the AL West by 2 games while the Redbirds fended off a late run by the Mets to take the NL East. The Big Red Machine emerged with the NL West pennant as the Astros faded down the stretch. George Brett claimed the AL batting title after missing most of September due to injury while John Olerud slumped to a second-place tie with Rod Carew at .338. Larry Walker paced the National League with a .332 BA to collect the batting crown ahead of Al Oliver’s .319. Barry Bonds topped the leader boards in OBP (.456), SLG (.793), Runs Created (196.4), runs (144) in addition to notching the home run title with 70 blasts. Cecil Fielder clubbed 67 long balls to take the American League homer crown and led the Majors with 160 RBI. On the pitching ledger, John Tudor (Boston) and Bob Gibson (St. Louis) were the lone 20-game winners. Greg Maddux posted the lowest ERA among qualifiers with a 2.35 mark while Tudor paced the Junior Circuit at 2.61. Dwight Gooden struck out 229 opposition batsmen to lead the Major Leagues and Ron “Louisiana Lightning” Guidry whiffed 195 to edge Frank Tanana (191) in the American League.  Individual game highlights include 5 no-hitters, 10 contests in which a batter belted 3+ homers, and 3 cycles. 

Final Standings

American League Team-by-Team Batting and Pitching

National League Team-by-Team Batting and Pitching

HBretro 1961-1990 American League Championship Series

Boston claimed a 5-1 victory in the Game 1 of the ALCS when Carl “Yaz” Yastrzemski clubbed 3 hits including a first-inning long ball off Oakland ace Vida “True” Blue. “Rocket” Roger Clemens twirled 7 frames of 5-hit ball and yielded an unearned run. The Athletics evened the Series with a 6-2 triumph as John Tudor was roughed up for 6 tallies in 7 innings. Rickey Henderson led off the contest with a three-base hit over the head of center fielder Fred Lynn and he scored the game’s first run on a double-play grounder. Mark McGwire crushed a four-base hit to straightaway center to put the A’s ahead 2-0 in the opening frame. Darrell Evans launched a 2-run shot in the sixth. Tudor gave up gopher balls to Gene Tenace and “Big Mac” in the seventh. Jim “Catfish” Hunter went the distance for Oakland despite allowing solo blasts to Dwight “Dewey” Evans and Fred Lynn in the eighth inning.

The Series shifted to the West Coast where the Athletics tied the game in dramatic fashion and won it in extra innings to take a 2-1 advantage in the ALCS. The hometown A’s were down 7-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth. Don Aase enters the contest for the Sox and promptly issues a base on balls to Gene Tenace. Darrell Evans laces a two-bagger into right-center field and the third-base coach wisely signals for Tenace to stop at third. Felix Millan squares around a bunts the ball foul for the first strike, then he lunges and misses in a failed attempt to squeeze the run home and “Steamboat” is a dead duck, tagged out by Carlton Fisk. Evans sneaks into third on the play. With one out and two strikes on Millan, the squeeze play is on again! This time, Millan gets the bunt down and Aase throws him out at first, but Evans crosses the plate with the tying run. Aase remained on the bump into the 12^th frame when Evans and Millan reached on consecutive singles. Phil Garner sliced a double down the right field line to secure the walk-off win! Mark McGwire slammed a pair of circuit clouts in the contest while Jim Rice racked up four hits for the BoSox.

Mike Norris held the Sox to 2 runs over 7 innings and the Athletics launched 3 long balls (Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Gene Tenace) to take a commanding lead in the Series with a 6-4 victory in Game 4. Southpaw Bruce Hurst (7 IP, 5 ER) took the loss and Jim Rice provided a pair of RBI in the losing effort. Oakland annihilated their opponent with a convincing 10-2 victory in the fifth matchup. Vida Blue pitched 7 strong innings allowing 5 hits and 1 earned run. “Big Mac” crushed 3 round-trippers while Bert Campaneris and Mickey Tettleton added solo shots. McGwire collected the ALCS MVP Award as he hit .455 with 8 big-flies. The A’s celebrated and waited in the Bay Area for their World Series opponent to be determined by the outcome of the NLCS.

HBretro 1961-1990 National League Championship Series

Mike Cuellar bested Bob Gibson in the initial matchup of the top teams in the Senior Circuit. Cuellar spun a 5-hit shutout against the Redbirds and a couple of two-run dingers off the bats of Johnny Bench and Lee May in the home half of the second inning provided all of the tallies in a 4-0 triumph. St. Louis turned the tables in Game 2 to even the Series at one game apiece. Trailing 3-0 entering the top of the eighth, Andy Van Slyke rocked a two-base hit off the wall in right-center and then advanced to third on a groundout by Ted Simmons. Willie Montanez drew a free pass from Joaquin Andujar. Jose Cruz slashed a bounding ball deep in the hole. Barry Larkin made a diving stop but had no run as Van Slyke notched the first run for the Cardinals. Jeff Russell relieved Andujar and got Garry Templeton to pop up to Larkin in foul territory for the second out. Lance Johnson ripped a line drive past Lee May and into the right field corner. “One Dog” ended up with a three-base hit and the contest was knotted at 3-3! Russell recovered with a strikeout of Tommy Herr to end the threat. In the ninth, Keith Hernandez beat out a slow roller towards second baseman Cookie Rojas for an infield hit. Terry Pendleton delivered a grounder deep in the hole at shortstop, and Larkin’s only play was the long throw to first. Van Slyke coaxed a base on balls so St. Louis now had runners on first and second with one away. Tom Hume entered the game with Simmons due up. The switch-hitting “Simba”, batting from the left side, hooked a fair ball into the right field corner, scoring “Mex” easily as Van Slyke strolled into third. Rojas fielded a hot grounder off the bat of Montanez and fired home to cut down a stunned Van Slyke at the dish! Nelson Briles hurled 2 2/3 hitless innings in relief of Steve “Lefty” Carlton to pick up the win.

The Big Red Machine prevailed in Game 3 behind a complete game by Charlie Leibrandt and a trio of four-base knocks by Barry Larkin, Tony Perez and Lee May. Terry Pendleton provided the lone tally for the Redbirds with a solo shot in the ninth. Jerry Reuss absorbed the loss as he yielded 5 earned runs over 6 2/3 innings. The Cardinals prevailed 4-3 in consecutive contests to send the Series back to Cincinnati while holding a 3-2 lead in the Series. Bob Forsch and Al Hrabosky combined on a 5-hitter in Game 4. Mario Soto gave up 8 hits and 4 runs in 4 2/3 innings including a 2-run shot by Pendleton while Eric Davis and Lee May swatted big-flies for the Reds. Bob Gibson and Mike Cuellar pitched wire-to-wire in Game 5. The scoreboard indicated a 3-3 tie entering the bottom of the ninth. Andy Van Slyke ripped a single to right, then swiped second to put himself in scoring position. Todd Zeile, who blasted a solo shot in the seventh to knot the score at 3-all, punched a two-base knock up the gap in left-center to drive home Van Slyke with the winning run!

Joaquin Andujar outdueled Steve Carlton with a solid performance in Game 6 to force a winner-take-all matchup on the following evening. Hal McRae contributed a two-run bomb in the second frame and Danny Tartabull broke out of a mini-slump with 3 safeties. St. Louis rallied in the ninth inning to send Game 7 into extra innings. Jeff Montgomery strolled to the hill for the Reds, replacing Jeff Russell and his 2 1/3 scoreless frames. He retired Ted Simmons on a harmless fly ball to right and Andy Van Slyke on a short pop fly to shallow center. Todd Zeile hit one up the gap in right field. Tartabull cut it off and made a strong throw to second as Zeile barely slid under the tag for a two-bagger. Jose Cruz singled down the line in right, scoring Zeile with the tying run. Cruz pilfered second and the skipper replaced Montgomery with Tom Hume. Garry Templeton struck out to end the inning, but Nelson Briles set down the Reds in order in the bottom of the ninth. Tom Herr worked a one-out walk against Hume and scooted over to third as Keith Hernandez executed a perfect hit-and-run single through the hole at shortstop when Barry Larkin went to cover second base.  Terry Pendleton lined a hard smash over a drawn-in infield to plate Herr with the go-ahead run. Simmons drilled a base hit to right to load the bases. Van Slyke followed with a three-run triple over Pete Rose’s outstretched glove in left field. Zeile’s grounder to second failed to bring in Van Slyke, but he scored when Hume sailed a high fastball over Johnny Bench’s head. The Reds scratched a run across in the bottom of the tenth against reliever Bill Caudill, but St. Louis claimed the 8-4 victory and advanced to the World Series!
 

Bob Gibson squared off against Vida Blue as the World Series got underway in Oakland. The Cards were dealt some bad news when catcher Ted Simmons suffered an injury when Darrell Evans barreled into him in the bottom of the first. “Simba” was expected to miss several games. Both aces matched goose-eggs on the scoreboard until the fifth inning when A’s backstop Mickey Tettleton connected on a long blast to deep left-center off “Gibby” to plate the first run in the Series. Terry Pendleton silenced the crowd with a three-run jack in the top of the sixth. St. Louis extended the lead in the subsequent frame with a ribbie-single off the bat of Garry Templeton and a two-run double by Lance Johnson. Gibson held the mighty Athletics to 4 hits over 8 strong innings. Jim “Catfish” Hunter got roughed up for 6 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings and Terry Kennedy clubbed a three-run blast off reliever Paul Lindblad as the Cardinals opened up an 8-0 lead in Game 2. Oakland stormed back with 7 unanswered runs in the latter half of the contest, but Todd Worrell held the A’s scoreless in the ninth inning to secure the 8-7 victory and a 2-0 lead as the Series headed to Missouri.

Jerry Reuss and Todd Worrell combined on a 5-hitter as the Cardinals defeated the A’s 3-1, placing Oakland in a must-win situation for the remaining contests. Rickey Henderson tallied the lone run for the Athletics when he led off the game with a single, advanced to second on a walk to Jose Canseco, swiped third and strolled home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Mark McGwire. St. Louis countered with 3 unearned runs in the bottom of the fifth against Mike Norris. With two outs and no one on base, Norris issued a free pass to Jose Cruz. Felix Millan booted a hard bouncer off the bat of Garry Templeton, putting runners at the corners. Lance Johnson followed with a single to right which plated Cruz. Templeton and Johnson each advanced one base when the ball bounded off Reggie Jackson’s glove for another error. Tom Herr launched a long drive over Jackson and into the right-field corner for a two-run double, giving the Redbirds a 3-1 lead. In the ninth, Canseco greeted Worrell with a leadoff single but the Cardinals’ closer retired the next three A’s sluggers in order to lock down the game.

Oakland staved off elimination in Game 4 with a 2-1 victory. Bob Gibson left the game after recording 5 outs with a wrist injury. Bob Forsch replaced “Hoot” on the mound and pitched admirably under the circumstances, allowing 4 hits and a walk in 4 1/3 innings. St. Louis scratched out a run in the bottom of the second. Andy Van Slyke led off the frame with a bases on balls and Jose Cruz rocked a one-out double off Vida Blue to give the Cardinals runners at second and third. Tom Pagnozzi’s hard bouncer to Phil Garner permitted Van Slyke to streak homeward for the first run of the game. Mark McGwire tied the match with a deep drive over the left-center field wall with two down in the fourth. Darrell Evans reached on a fielder’s choice with two out in the sixth. Forsch plunked Jose Canseco, placing Evans in scoring position. “Big Mac” laced a solid safety to left… Evans steamed around third and plowed into Pagnozzi, knocking the ball loose and touching the dish as the A’s took the lead! The Cardinals had an excellent opportunity to tie the game in the eighth with Lance Johnson on first and Garry Templeton on third, but Johnson was caught stealing and Templeton got caught too far off third and Mickey Tettleton picked him off! Rollie Fingers picked up the save with two scoreless innings.

Jim “Catfish” Hunter opposed Steve “Lefty” Carlton in Game 5 but it wasn’t much of a pitcher’s duel. The Redbirds teed off against Hunter as he retired only 7 batsmen before getting hooked in the third inning following a two-run bomb off the bat of Andy Van Slyke. Carlton managed to make it through six innings, allowing four runs (two earned) but Gene Tenace tagged him for a pair of round-trippers. Sal Bando and Chet Lemon launched solo homers off reliever Bill Caudill to bring the A’s within one run (7-6). The Cards pushed a run across in the bottom of the eighth on a base hit by Tom Herr, a hit-and-run single by Garry Templeton, and a sac-fly by Lance Johnson. Todd Worrell whiffed Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire to clinch the World Series trophy for St. Louis as the Redbirds took Game 5 with a final tally of 8 to 6.

HBretro 1961-1990 World Series

Ratings

Graphics – [2] –APBA comes with several static stadium backgrounds and additional ballpark images are available as add-ons.  By default the scoreboard appears in the top center of the right. It is possible to relocate the scoreboard along with the defensive player names. The decision panel which contains the action buttons for offense and defense is positioned in the lower-right corner. Defensive players are listed by last name along with their fielding rating. The throwing (arm) rating is added for outfielders and catchers. Baserunners are shown with their speed rating while the batter is accompanied by a platoon rating (indicating a tendency to pull the ball to the left / right or hit straightaway). The accumulated (simulated) statistics for the current batter and pitcher appear at the bottom of the screen. You can toggle the lineup display on the scoreboard on / off. The play-by-play account, which appears in the lower center of the scoreboard, is occasionally replaced by an animation (Charge! , home run animation, etc.) A dynamic decision panel (throw to a particular base, try to advance) appears in the lower-right corner while the play is occurring. 

Sound – [5] – Upon completing team and lineup selection, the organist plays the National Anthem. The crowd noise amps up as Ernie Harwell announces the lineups. The user has complete control over the volume levels for the crowd, announcer and stadium sound effects. Tommy Walton, the famous singing hot dog vendor from the Cardinals’ Spring Training ballpark (Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida), greatly enhances the ambient sound effects. Walton delivers “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch along with a variety of hot dog sales pitches between at-bats. The crack of the bat is audible and the crowd volume ebbs and flows based on the action.

Strategy – [3] –The tactical options are a bit sparse as the offense is limited to swinging away, bunting, hit & run or attempting a stolen base. The defense can pitch, issue an intentional walk, play the infield in or at normal depth, and toggle whether the fielders should hold the baserunners. You do not have the ability to shift or adjust the depth of the defenders (with the exception of infield in vs. normal depth), guard the lines, or charge from first or third on a suspected bunt attempt. There is no mechanism to warm up relief pitchers – you simply replace a pitcher when you’re ready to do so. This eliminates some strategy compared to other simulations where the reliever’s ability can be affected by a lack of warm-up tosses or overuse. Substitutions are easily accomplished through the point-and-click interface and the manager is notified if their defensive lineup is incomplete. The lack of strategy options at the start of the at-bat is offset to some extent by the coaching options during the middle of a play. You decide whether to have the baserunner(s) advance, whether to throw to a specific base or cut off a throw. Three skill levels determine the amount of time for those decisions: Amateur = 20 seconds, Semi-Pro = 15 seconds, Pro = 10 seconds.

Artificial Intelligence – [4] – Version 5.75 comes with 4 MicroManagers. Cap Spalding, Jr. and Larry Pepper are specifically designed for use when Advanced Injury Management (A.I.M.) is NOT activated while Duke Robinson, Jr. and Johnny McCoy are familiar with the intricacies of A.I.M. Each manager has certain tendencies (outlined in the Help file) and additional “Fan Manager” bundles are available for purchase through the APBA website. A MicroManager add-on utility was available for the DOS edition of the game but I’m not aware of an equivalent program for the Windows product. I opted for Robinson Jr. to manage all of the teams in my Hardball Retro replay season. Player usage patterns and overall strategy were in line with my expectations, especially given the fact that each roster was essentially an All-Star team culled from 30 seasons of each franchise. Several of my roster choices (certain teams had only 4 active relievers) and rule selections (DH for every team) affected bullpen use and lack of pinch-hitting or player substitution in some instances.  

Box Score – [5] – APBA offers a newspaper-style or extended box scores. In addition to the standard stats, both feature player fatigue status, starting pitchers’ Game Scores, batters faced and inherited runners. The extended box adds fielding statistics for individual players. Substitutions are denoted with indented entries. The first initial and position of each player assists with identification.

Rosters – [5]– Each organization may carry up to 100 players per team. Farm organizations can be created and the farm team will be affiliated with its corresponding Major League counterpart. Players can be promoted or demoted via the Advanced Draft module. You can prevent a player from being used in a game with the BENCH option, in particular when you wish to prohibit the usage of a starting pitcher in relief or ensure that a player is rested. Other transaction types include add, drop and trade. MicroManagers do not manipulate rosters so you need to manually promote and demote reserves, place injured players on the disabled list, etc. Advanced Draft offers 3 types of drafts – formation drafts (used when all teams begin with no players), regular player drafts (teams are adding free agents and prospects) and waiver drafts (supplemental draft). You can manually draft players onto teams, automate the process or institute a combination of manual and auto-draft.

Statistics – [5] – Batting, pitching and fielding statistics along with player ratings and “card” numbers can be edited in Advanced Draft. Ratings encompass offense (Type, Platoon, Speed, Steal Allowance, Steal Success), general (Injury), defense (Fielding by Position, Arm) and pitching (Starting Grade, Relief Grade, Durability, Strikeout, Control, Home Run, Move to First, Wild Pitch, Hit Batsmen, Balk). Type indicates whether the batter has a tendency to pull the ball or hit straightaway. Intentional Base on Balls, Sacrifice Flies and Grounded into Double Plays may be entered with a value of -1 if those stats were not officially recorded during a particular year. Historical split stats are not incorporated into the player cards and they are not tracked in StatMaster. As mentioned above, canned and custom league and team reports can be viewed, printed or exported to HTML files via Statmaster.  The Wizard utility (sold separately for the DOS and Windows versions prior to 5.75) facilitates the creation of new players but it is not compatible with APBA 5.75.

Usage/Injuries/Ejections – [5]– The Advanced Injury Management (A.I.M.) feature can be enabled or disabled and comes with a variety of settings to simulate fatigue and injuries during a season. If you don’t want players to become fatigued or injured, simply turn off A.I.M. You can choose “Fatigue Only” or “Reduced Injuries and Fatigue” if you desire some realism without the potential for long-term disabled list stints. Significant interaction and intervention is required when you opt for “All Injuries Enabled” as you may wish to frequently consult the Team Status Report and the Injured-DL Players. You have full control over the fatigue and injury status of individual players. In the replay that I just completed, I tweaked the availability for several players whose best single-season efforts occurred during strike-shortened campaigns in 1981 or 1994. Automatic substitution allows the computer manager to replace players in the current lineup or rotation. If you have this feature enabled and an injured or highly fatigued (tired/bushed/worn out) player is in the lineup, the skipper can replace him without human intervention and juggle the lineup accordingly. Umpires can eject a player during a game and the manager will need to make the appropriate substitution. There are no long-term repercussions for an ejection (i.e. fines or suspensions).

Ballparks / Park Factors – [2] – Several ballparks come with the Windows versions of the game. APBA 5.75 includes Wrigley Field (Chicago), Old Yankee Stadium (1976-2008), Forbes Field, Tiger Stadium, Riverfront Stadium and the Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota). Additional ballpark disks are offered as add-on purchases. Outdoor venues offer daytime and nighttime images. Field effects can be modified via an .ini file – the years in which the park was in use along with seasonal parameters encompassing wind strength, how often the wind is blowing in or out of the park, and the ballpark rating (whether the park was pitcher-friendly or not). Domed stadiums are designated as such in the Wind Strength option. Ballparks can be assigned to teams. The Ballpark Effects option was introduced in version 5.0 but it did not function properly. This has been addressed in 5.75.

Commentary – [5] – The user may choose from three levels of commentary in the Baseball module: Play-by-Play, Light Commentary, or Full Broadcast. Another neat feature is the option for the announcer to be affiliated with the visiting team, home team or to have no affiliation. In all of the Broadcast Blast versions of the game (3.5 and above), the in-game audio is enhanced by the legendary voice of the Detroit Tigers – Ernie Harwell! This is one of my favorite features in the game as I love listening to Ernie’s play-by-play regardless of whether I’m managing a game or have a game playing in the background while I’m performing other tasks. Commentary for the 5.75 edition has been updated and tweaked on a number of occasions.

Scale:  Ratings from 1 (worst) to 5 (best)

Total Score: 41 out of 50

Observations

As a whole-hearted fan of the APBA game for the Apple ][ and the early Windows-based versions, I advocated this product to my fellow gamers back in the day. My enthusiasm increased exponentially when Ernie Harwell lent his voice to the Broadcast Blast editions. Coupled with the breadth and depth of the integrated game modules along with the range of supplementary options both past and present, I unequivocally recommend APBA 5.75!  

Please add a comment below if you spent a significant amount of time and/or have any recollections of APBA Baseball for Windows / Broadcast Blast.  

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Articles in the Series

	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – SSI Computer Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review –Computer Statis Pro Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Avalon Hill Pro Manager / Major League Manager
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pure-Stat Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Monday Morning Manager
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Radio Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Full Count Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball II – III – IV
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa’s Ultimate Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball II
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – APBA Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball II
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – ’96 – ’98
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – ESPN Baseball Tonight
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Hardball 3-4-5-6
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pro League Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball

Additional Links

APBA Games (version 5.75) – information and link to purchase –

http://apbagames.com/apbabaseball/baseball-5-75

https://apba.stores.yahoo.net/apcobaga.html

APBA Go (online version) – https://baseball.apbago.com/baseball/index

APBA BBW 5.75 – Playthrough – HardballRetro

Download Derek’s Hardball Retro Rosters for APBA Baseball 5.75 – http://www.mediafire.com/folder/jhfkfloqwkfo4/EarlWeaverBaseball2

Baseball Sim Auctions – In Search of the Perfect Team Using the APBA BBW Computer Game – http://baseballsimauctions.com.user.s457.sureserver.com

Computer Chronicles – “Baseball Software” (includes a segment on APBA Baseball for Windows with Stewart Chiefet and Kenneth Miller) – https://archive.org/details/Baseball

Ginden, Jim. “Baseball: Diamonds Are A Fan’s Best Friend”. Computer Gaming World. May 1995. p54, 62. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_130.pdf

Gindin, Jim. “The Old Ballgame: Baseball for Windows Boasts a New Sound, But the Same Old Gameplay”. Computer Gaming World. November 1995. p206. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_136.pdf

McCauley, Dennis. “Atop the Mound: Baseball Slides Head-First Into Your PC”. Computer Gaming World. July 1996. p78. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_144.pdf

Murray, Rink. “386 Down the Power Alleys: Baseball Simulations Emerge From Spring Training.” PC Magazine. April 28, 1992, p493. https://books.google.com/books?id=HERlo0BgpGYC&pg=PT475&dq=pc+magazine+386+apba+baseball+simulation&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZipuBgZjoAhUCc98KHcOkDqoQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=pc%20magazine%20386%20apba%20baseball%20simulation&f=false

Ponisciak, Tim. “How Would You Like to Manage in the Majors?: Baseball Board Games and Their Dedicated Players.” SABR Journal, Fall 2011. https://sabr.org/journal/article/how-would-you-like-to-manage-in-the-majors-baseball-board-games-and-their-dedicated-players/

Poulter, Wallace. “A 3.1-Run Homer”. Computer Gaming World. November 1993. p134, 136. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_112.pdf

Rogers, Win. “Miller Associates’ APBA Major League Players Baseball 1.5”. Computer Gaming World. August 1992. p72–74. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_97.pdf

https://www.mobygames.com/game/apba-major-league-players-baseball

https://www.mobygames.com/game/win3x/apba-presents-baseball-for-windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNmBLdboK7A APBA Baseball for Windows 5.75, video by Beatles Eternally

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I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

“Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League)“, published in July 2020 and
“Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League)”, published in April 2022, examine the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set. Both books are available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives. Team performances are analyzed based on transaction type with graphs depicting the WAR (Wins Above Replacement) in every decade. Individual results for each player-transaction is charted over the duration of their stint with the franchise. Every team chapter includes All-Time Rosters and Single-Season Leaders based on transaction type. The Team Trade Record chronicles the WAR and WS (Win Shares) accumulated by players acquired in comparison to those traded to opposing teams. The opening chapter is devoted to the Evolution of the General Manager and incorporates a discussion with former Dodgers GM Fred Claire (along with former Angels and Red Sox GM Mike Port and current Reds GM Nick Krall in Volume 2) on a variety of front office topics.

“Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.  Hardball Retroactive is a modest collection of selected articles that I have written for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog since 2010. Exclusive content includes the chapter on “Minors vs. Majors” which assesses every franchise’s minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations.

“Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills.

Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here. 

“Hardball Retrospective – Addendum 2014 to 2016” supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each “original” team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 – 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. 

What’s New

The Help files included in the Baseball for Windows 5.5 modules outline the new features implemented in each version.

Baseball for Windows Version 5.0

New features added to Baseball for Windows (BBW) version 5.0 include:

·               Ballpark Effects – Ballpark Effects are a user option in the new Windows 95 version that make play more realistic. Ballpark Effects allow the game to adjust for wind conditions and size and altitude of the ballpark. 

·               Ballpark Report – The report menu now contains a Ballpark Report which lists the wind condition, ballpark rating and wind probabilities for the ballpark being used. The ballpark factors are set at the beginning of the game and any changes to the park after the game starts will not change the ballpark effects the game uses.

·               New Color Commentary – Ernie now comments on ballpark effects, standings, streaks, leader board positions, series play and other colorful events before, during and after the games. This new commentary also appears in the text box during the game.

·               Print to File – All reports printable in Baseball can also be printed to an HTML file.

·               End of Game options and Series and End of Game Options (from the Options menu) include Print to File Boxscore and Print to File Script options.  The files created are HTML files

·               The boxscores have been updated to indicate who hit a grand slam home during the game.  The boxscore also indicates the ballpark effect settings in force during a game (if ballpark effects are enabled).

·               Multi-purpose key – the M key on the keyboard can be used for both the Pitch and Hit Away allowing the user a single key to perform both tasks.

·               Micromanagers – The micromanager topic has been updated to list all managers released as of this publishing. It also provides a link to our website, FanPark, where new managers may be downloaded. Downloading new fanmanagers is a benefit of FanPark membership.

Baseball for Windows Version 4.0

New features added to Baseball for Windows (BBW) version 4.0 include:

·               Bunt for a Hit – Now you have the option of bunting for a hit with any batter by clicking the Lay It Down button on the decision panel.  This option is available regardless of the on base situation.

·               Infield in at the corners – This defense setting has been added to the game to guard against batters bunting.  It greatly deters successful bunts for hits, but it can backfire if the batter swings away and hits it along the first base or third base line.

·               Reports – the following reports have been added or updated in BBW:

·               League Standings

·               Team AIM Status reports (for both the home and visiting teams)

·               Boxscore  – the box scores has been updated to include batting averages, pitchers win/loss/save/hold/blown save/game score and era.

·               Ballpark Customization – the ballpark layout can now be customized to allow the user to detach and move all sections of the scoreboard to any location on the display.  The decision panel can now be located anywhere.  The fonts for each section on the display can be set independently of each other and the colors of each text element can be user defined. 

·               Special Sound Effects – BBW allows the user to add new sounds and animations to events.

·               Mouse Controls – Baseball for Windows now offers users more mouse options using both the left and right buttons.

·               Play outcomes have been updated.

League Manager Power Tool Version 5.5

League Manager 5.5 adds the following features to League Manager:

·               Reports –

·               Boxscores –

1.            The boxscore report has been revised to provide the player statistics for any box score during the season (not just the last game played). This feature applies to box scores for any games played
after this version of League Manager was installed.

2.            The box score can now be displayed in either the “traditional Baseball for Windows” format or a “Newspaper” format. To set one form or the other as the default, use the Options menu.  The  newspaper box score provides year to date totals for most offensive and defensive stats as well as many pitching stats.  It is also designed to printout on one page. If your printout doesn’t fit on one page, you can adjust the printer font by selecting Preferences from the Options menu (experiment with a 9 point printer font for best results.)

·               Standings – The Standings report can now be displayed for any day on the schedule by choosing the Standings On Day option from the Report menu. This will display standings for whatever day is highlighted on your schedule. To display the current schedule for the league, click Standings Current from the Report menu.

·               Injured/DL Players – This report has been modified to separate the Injured players from the players in a DL status. The DL status players appear at the bottom portion of the list.

·               Year-to-date/DL Players – This report provides a cumulative list of players who are injured throughout the season. The top portion of the list displays every injury received during the year that was for 1 or more games. It also indicates if the injury was received as a game injury (G) or an A.I.M. injury. The second portion of the list displays all players who were placed on the DL during the season. In addition, this report has various sort options.

·               Schedule Generator – the Generate New Schedule dialog now allows you to create schedule without double headers. The schedule generator algorithms were also adjusted.

·               League Play Setup – League Play setup has been modified to allow for use of the Farm Team Affiliation that is a function of Advanced Draft (3.5 or higher). This feature allows all the organization files from both the Parent and Farm organization to be included in the same Commissioner file. The option will also include the roster files from both the parent club and farm club in just one franchise file. This feature requires that all league members be using League Manager 5.X or higher and Advanced Draft 3.5 or higher.

·               Reduced Injury and Fatigue Option – This option has been added to the AIM options. It provides for a setting that tracks all fatigue, all game injuries and AIM injuries. However, this option reduces the severity of AIM injuries. This option is set on the Set Schedule Options dialog.

·               Platoon Lineups – The auto-substitution lineup generator can now be set to build platoon lineups. This is an optional feature and is set on the Set Schedule Options dialog. This option evaluates the specific players available on each roster to determine if a platoon situation exists, and if so, it places the appropriate batter (lefty or righty) versus the opposite side pitcher.

League Manager Power Tool Version 5.0

League Manager 5.0 adds the following features to League Manager:

·               Reports – The  following reports have been added or modified:

·               Day-By-Day Schedule – this report lists the day by day schedule for the entire organization in a list format.  It can be set to display the whole season or a range of dates. The report can also be
printed.

·               Team Schedule – this report lists the day by day schedule for a selected team. It can be set to display the whole season or a range of dates. The report can also be printed.

·               Day Starting Pitchers – this report provides a listing of the starting pitchers for the selected days games. It provides their current W-L record, innings pitched and era for the season, their last three starts and how they have fared against the current opponent.

·               Game Starting Pitchers – this report was added in version 4.1 and has been renamed from Starting Pitchers Report.  This report provides a statistical review of the starts to date for the scheduled pitchers for the game.

·               Rules

·               Rules dialogs for Organization, League, Division and Game have been updated to include the setting to Enable Ballpark Effects (valid only when using Baseball for Windows 5.0 or higher).

·               Team Home Fields – this option from the Rules menu was formerly labled Home Field. It allows you to assign a ballpark for the selected team.

·               Home Fields – this option from the Rules menu allows you to globally assign home fields to the teams in the organization. You can also display a Ballpark report for each stadium from the Assign Fields to Team dialog. This report displays the current ballpark rating and wind conditions and probabilities for the park.

·               Set Schedule Options (Schedule or AIM menu)

·               Bench Pitching Rotation – this option causes League Manager to review the scheduled starters assigned via the rotation column in the Select Manager, Rotation and Lineup dialog and automatically bench the starters for the next several days. The number of days of benched starters is based on the pitcher durability and recovery setting chosen.

·               Boxscores Not Saved – this option will turn off the automatic saving of boxscores when playing games from League Manager. This is a useful option when you have limited disk space or you are doing a quick replay where the boxscores are not important.

·               Lineup Assignment – The lineup assignment done in the Select Manager, Rotation and Lineup dialog has been modified so that the lineup assigned to position 1 is always the lineup that will be used in the next game (still subject to the pitching hand of the opposing team’s pitcher).  Lineup 2 would be used in the 2nd game, etc. It simplifies assigning lineups.

·               Reschedule Rainouts dialog has been modified to include a team or date sort for the display of the rained out games.

·               Disabled List Fatigue Status – Two new fatigue status categories have been added to AIM, 15-day DL and 60-day DL. To place a player in one of these categories use the Edit Current Player Status or Edit Current Team Status from the AIM menu. Players placed in either of these categories will have their injury duration adjusted upward from the date of injury to correspond to the DL list chosen (if necessary) and they will remain on the roster but ineligible for use in a game.

·               Export CSV Schedule File – This feature found on the Schedule menu allows you to generate a CSV text file of the current organization’s schedule. This is useful if you find just the right schedule and you would like to use it in another organization or if you like the current schedule but just want to modify it a bit and reload it.

·               Boxscore – the box scores have been updated to include the name of a player who has hit a grand slam homerun.

League Manager Power Tool  (Version 4.1)

League Manager 4.1 adds the following features to League Manager:

·               Starting Pitcher Report – Highlight a game box for a game not yet played and click Report, Starting Pitchers and see a statistical review of their starts to date.

·               Play Rating 930 Control – The PR 930 was designed for “innocuous players (SLG + OBP < .600) and is automatically assigned to all players fitting this category regardless of actual playing time.  Now, you can choose not to have the PR 930 assigned and these players will receive a PR based on their actual number of games and plate appearances.

·               Play Rating Bonus – The PR bonuses given to players were refined to increase the accuracy in playing time for all players.  The PR bonuses were changed for regulars (from 5% to 2%), utility players (from 20% to 15%) and platoon players (from 40% to 20%).

·               Edit Team Initial Status and Edit Team Current Status – These two new commands have been added to the AIM Menu.  These options allow you to quickly focus on and edit the AIM values for players on a selected team.

·               Rules options have been changed to allow settings for Bunt for a Hit and Allow Infield IN when 3rd base is empty. (Applicable to Baseball for Windows Version 4.0 and up.)

·               Additional items updated or changed:

·               The Highlights search output dialog now displays the number of innings for each game.

·               The box score for the last game played by each team now displays the current batting averages, pitchers Won/Loss records, and Save/Blown Save/Hold stats.

·               Wild Card Standings have been shortened to show only the top three contenders or those within 5 games of the lead.

·               Standings report has been updated to show the current Won/Loss streak for each team.

·               Select Manager, Rotation and Lineups dialog has been updated.  The available lineups now show all lineups for a team, both DH (designated hitter) lineups and non-DH lineups.  This makes assigning lineups in interleague play (where rules DH rules are different) easier.

·               Maximum Batters Faced (MBF ) calculation for split grade pitchers has been modified to give these pitchers the MBF when starting based on their starting durability instead of the former bonus batters added to their reliever workable batters.

·               The Help topic for Micromanager was updated to reflect all managers published by Miller Associates (either developed by Miller Associates or developed by Baseball for Windows fans and released as part of the Fan Manager collections).  The topic included brief descriptions on the managers’ tendencies and designed eras of use.

·               League Manager was updated to track and accumulate data for streaks, this data is used in StatMaster (Version 4.0 and higher).

League Manager Power Tool (Version 4.0)

League Manager 4.0 adds the following features to League Manager:

·               League Play  – Powerful new League Manager Tool to make it easy to play in leagues with other players located throughout the world.  Also contains features useful for the Solo Replayer.

·               Highlights  – Highlight your league boxscores for meaningful statistical events so they can easily be reviewed at any time.

·               Rescheduling Rainouts – Now League Manager makes it easy to reschedule rainouts with a couple of quick clicks.

·               Backup and Restoring Organizations – Backing up organizations is now a built in feature on the Select menu.  It allows for complete backups with box scores, or just the essential files (no box scores). 

Restoration of a backed up organization is now just a simple click from the Select menu.

·               Wild-Card Standings  – Adds Wild-Card Standings to your league standings if your organization allows for Wild-Card teams to qualify for post-season play.

·               Magic Number – The Standings report has been updated to include a Magic Number feature.  When 80% of the schedule is completed, the standings report will display the magic number needed to clinch the title (division, league or wild-card).

·               Import CSV Schedule – Makes it easy to import, match and build a schedule from a CSV schedule file.

·               Additional items updated or changed:

·               Pitcher Durability and Recovery Settings:  If you change these settings during a season, the Maximum Readiness Rating for starting pitchers is automatically adjusted to the new durability amounts.  These changes stay with an organization if it is copied or reset.

·               Pitchers whose Injury Ratings have been modified either through Advanced Draft or Baseball Wizard will have their daily workable batters recovery rate adjusted to the level of their modified Injury Rating.

·               Team Status Report has been updated to reflect more information about all the players.

·               Select Manager, Rotation and Lineups dialog has been updated.  The Available Pitchers window now displays the number of starts the pitchers had during their actual season.

·               The Lineup Edit screen accessed from the Select Manager, Rotation and Lineups dialog has been modified to reflect the players’ current fatigue status.  If the player or pitcher is in a fatigue condition other than Ready or Rested, the letters I, A, T, B or W will appear to the left of the player’s name indicating Itchy, Available, Tired, Bushed or Wornout.

·               AIM pitcher roles are automatically updated if a player is modified in Advanced Draft or Wizard from a Starter to a reliever or reliever to a starter.  This change applies when the pitcher no longer has a Starting Grade to support a starting role or a relief grade to support a relief role.

·               Auto Lineup Generator has received the following modifications:

1.            The lead off position has been modified to check the selected players runs batted in totals.  If he is one of the top 3 producers in the lineup he will be placed in one of the power slots in the lineup.

2.            The pitchers for both teams are filled first.  They are filled either from the Rotation List or automatically selected.  If the rotation pitcher is replaced due to fatigue it is done before a lineup is selected.  This insures that the selected lineup, if chosen from preassigned lineups set for vs RPH or vs LHP, will be the appropriate lineup based on the game’s chosen pitcher.

3.            A preassigned lineup will not be readjusted if the pitcher was not saved in the lineup, or the pitcher was the only player replaced due to fatigue.  Prior to this change, the entire lineup was reorganized based on the League Auto Substitution lineup criteria.  However, if the missing pitcher, or the fatigued pitcher, was in the lineup in a batting position other than 9th or as the pitcher in a DH lineup, the lineup will still be readjusted to reflect the new pitcher and the other players in the lineup.

·               Boxscores were updated to indicate the players involved in triple plays.  If a triple play occurs in a game, an extra column appears on the boxscore to indicate which players were involved.

·               A Schedule Generation Suggested Settings help dialog has been added to help.  The dialog provides possible settings based on popular league structures.

·               The Help topic for Micromanager was updated to reflect all managers published by Miller Associates (either developed by Miller Associates or developed by Baseball for Windows fans and released as part of the Fan Manager collections).  The topic included brief descriptions on the managers’ tendencies and designed eras of use.

·               Internet Access – The Technical Support help topic now gives you the ability to directly access FanPark(TM), the Miller Associates World Wide Web site.  This feature is available if you have Internet access and supports Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mosaic browsers.

League Manager 3.5

League Manager 3.5 added the following features to League Manager:

·               Schedule Generator – Quickly build a full season schedule for any organization.

·               Pregame A.I.M. Autosubstitution  – Let League Manager generate lineups and rotations and handle pregame substitutions.

·               New level of Pitcher Recovery and Durability – A mid-20th Century A.I.M. level recovery and durability level has been added.

·               New automatic game shut-down options – Now set League Manager to stop automatic games on a specific date.

·               The ability to delete box scores for an organization – Now deleting box scores from an organization is as easy as a click of the mouse directly in League Manager.

·               Delete unplayed games from a schedule – With a quick click you can delete all the unplayed games from an organization.

·               Assign a Micro-Manager to all teams at one time – Assigning or removing a Micro-Manager to all the teams in an organization is now a two click operation.

Advanced Draft 5.5

The following lists the new features added to Advanced Draft Version 5.5.

·               The ability to Edit Draft Results was added to the drafting features of Auto-Draft. If during a draft the wrong player is inadvertently added to a team, the Edit Draft Results features allows you to go back and correct the player.  Making the change will update the roster and player list to put the players in the correct places and it also updates the Draft Report.

·               The ability to trade previous draft picks has been added to the Trade Draft Picks option.  This is basically an editing function for use in situations where a draft pick was traded but inadvertently not recorded by the time the pick was made.  As a result the wrong team gets the player.  This feature allows you to go back to the pick and effect the trade.  It will also put the players on the correct rosters and update the Draft Report.

Advanced Draft Version 5.0

The following lists the new features added to Advanced Draft Version 5.0.

·               Player Drafting has been added to Advanced Draft. This feature allows the user to conduct player drafts to populate team rosters for new organizations or to conduct rookie/free agent drafts for existing leagues. Auto-drafting even encompasses the ability to conduct waiver drafts within organizations. The new drafting features allow for:

1.            Manual or automatic drafting for teams (any combination can be set within an organization).

2.            Assigning Scouts to evaluate the available players.  Scouting criteria is user definable.

3.            Assigning General Managers to each team.  The GMs evaluate team needs and available players and pick players (or make recommendations for manually picking teams) for the assigned team.  General Manager tendencies are user definable. GMs can be assigned different competency levels to provide a random value to a draft.

4.            Establishing a straight or serpentine draft.

5.            Setting the length of draft (e.g. number of rounds, set roster size or until all players are drafted).

6.            Draft allows the trading of draft picks and records that within the draft report.  Trading can be done while a draft is in progress.

7.            GMs and Scouts can be exported/imported to other computers to be used in league drafts or what-ifs with friends.

8.            Draft allows selecting players who are not on the data disk (i.e. future prospects ).

9.            Rate players – this feature ranks the available players in the player pool (in accordance with the current scout criteria) and can be sorted by best overall or best overall at each position.

10.          Draft reports for both regular drafts and waiver draft. Reports can be sorted by overall pick or team picks and can display only the players drafted or the entire draft (for those not completed yet).

11.          Waiver draft setup that includes both roster cuts and waiver claims. The waiver claims can be restricted to just the players cut during the initial waiver process or to all available players.

12.          Time limits can be set for each pick (optional).

13.          Drafts can be paused and saved for later resumption.

See Help on Setting Up a Draft for further information on the auto-drafting features.

·               The ability to unaffiliate all players from the team rosters has been added. This option removes all the players from all the rosters in an organization. This command is available from the organization edit window.

·               A New Roster command has been added that drops all the players for the highlighted or open (and active) roster.  This command is available from the organization edit window and an active roster edit window.

·               The List command now contains SO/9 and BB/9 as sortable statistics for player list sorts.

Advanced Draft Version 4.0

Advanced Draft 4.0 was primarily a numerical release issued with Baseball for Windows version 4.0.  The only changes between version 3.5 and 4.0 were minor adjustments to the import algorithms.

Advanced Draft Version 3.5

The following lists the new features added to Advanced Draft Version 3.5.

·               Farm Team Organizations:  You can now manage large rosters in a parent-farm relationship.  You can demote and promote players, track fatigue status for players on both rosters from a single team status report and even trade players from farm teams of one team to active rosters of another team, and more.

1.            You can Create a Farm Organization to add to an existing organization.  This is useful for imported organization’s which have more than 25 players on each team. 

2.            You can Affiliate a Farm Organization with an existing organization.  This is useful for data disk where you have a parent organization that has limited rosters and also has a Farm Team organization (for example: official APBA/MA data disks which contain more than 26 players per team).

3.            See the Notes On Using Farm Teams for more things you can do with farm rosters.

·               New Import Options

1.            Import a League in one command.  This option allows you to set up a league in one step.  If you import the first league for a particular season the resulting league is set up to work with an actual season schedule from a schedule disk .  If you only desire to play the second league for a season, and want to use it with a season schedule from a schedule disk, use the Import an Organization option (described below) and then delete the first league.

2.            Import Missing Players to rosters – This feature, combined with the Encyclopedia, allows you to import missing players to rosters for season disks that didn’t come with every player.

3.            Import an Organization in one command.  This option lets you set up an entire organization (leagues, divisions and players) in one step.  The resulting organization is setup to work with an actual season schedule from a schedule disk .

·               Drafting/Analyzing of players is easier with the addition of new sorts, new data available on the Roster edit screens and player lists including AIM data.

·               The Roster Edit Screens have been updated to include:

1.            The Arm Rating for players rated as outfielders, the Play Rating (PR), and Season Factor (SF) for the players.

2.            The Home Run Allowance (HR), Games Started (GS), Maximum Readiness Rating (MRR), Recovery Factor (RF), and Maximum Batters Faced (MBF) for pitchers.

3.            The AIM terms only appear when AIM is turned on for the organization.

·               The Player list has been updated to:

1.            Print the team affiliations when printing a player list.

2.            Include the Play Rating (PR), and Season Factor (SF) for the players and Maximum Readiness Rating (MRR), Recovery Factor (RF), and Maximum Batters Faced (MBF) for pitchers.

3.            The AIM terms only appear when AIM is turned on for the organization.

4.            This feature is set by the Show Status choice from the List menu.

·               The Team Status Report (for AIM organizations) has been updated to include:

1.            The Season Factor (SF) for players and Maximum Readiness Rating (MRR), Recovery Factor (RF), and Maximum Batters Faced (MBF) for pitchers.

·               New Sorts added to the List function include: Team Sort (and the team affiliations now print with the player lists), Total Average, Home Runs, Games Started for pitchers and Walks per 9 Innings.

·               Additional items that have been upgraded or improved:

1.            The injury factor for imported players is now calculated for the whole season even when importing just one of their segments (applies to players who played for more than one team in a season).

2.            The import algorithm for the defensive rating for outfielders has been improved.

3.            The pitching grade import algorithm for pitchers who appeared as both starters and relievers has been modified to reflect their predominant roles.

4.            The Import function now imports all the defensive positions and statistics, grounded into double plays, intentional walks, and complete games and uses these values in rating the players.  The age of the player is also imported but as of now this value is not used in the game.

5.            The Player Report now displays all actual defensive statistics for each position the player actually played (imported players) and the player’s age (when the player is imported from the encyclopedia or if the age is entered in Baseball Wizard).

6.            The Team Roster Report has added the fields Injury Factor, Maximum Readiness Rating,  Recovery Factor and Maximum Batters Faced to the pitching section.  The AIM ratings only appear when AIM is being used.

StatMaster 5.5

StatMaster 5.5 adds the following features to StatMaster:

·               This is primarily a numerical update to stay in sequence with League Manager with no changes from the previous release.

StatMaster 5.0

StatMaster 5.0 adds the following features to StatMaster:

·               Team Roster Reports – The team roster reports for Player batting, Pitching, Relief Pitching and Fielding have added the field of Player Name to the available sort fields.

·               Club Report – The club Scoring, Batting Pitching and Fielding report can now be sorted by Team Name.

·               Game Summary Report – The Game Summary report (at the Team Level Only) now has the following sort options available:

By Opponent (review the game summaries verses a particular team)

By Opponent Runs (review for shutouts)

By Opponent Hits (review for low, or high hit pitching performances)

By Opponent Errors (see if you’re converting your opportunities)

By Opponent Starting Pitcher (see who you tee off on and who kills your team)

StatMaster 4.0

StatMaster 4.0 adds the following features to StatMaster:

·               Streak tracking has been added to Statmaster.  SM now tracks batting, pitching, defensive and team streaks.  The following streak tracking have been added:

For team streaks on the leader boards, by division, league, or organization, you get consecutive:

wins (current )  wins (season longest)

losses (current)                losses (season longest)

errorless games (current)            errorless games (season longest)

innings shut out (current)            innings shut out (season longest)

quality starts (current)   quality starts (season longest)

unscored upon innings (current)  unscored upon innings (season longest)

·               Added to the Standings report are the current Win or Loss streak, magic number needed to clinch the pennant and Wild Card standings if the Wild Card option is chosen in League Manager.

For player streaks on the leader boards, for players on any team or multiple teams, if he was traded, you get consecutive:

games with a hit               games with a hit (season longest)

games with a double      games with a double (season longest)

games with a triple          games with a triple (season longest)

games with a home run                games with a home run (season longest)

games with an extra base hit      games with an extra base hit (season longest)

games with a walk           games with a walk (season longest)

games on base  games on base (season longest)

games without a hit        games without a hit (season longest)

games without a home run         games without a home run (season longest)

games without a strikeout           games without a strikeout (season longest)

consecutive stolen bases             consecutive stolen bases (season longest)

Wins      wins (season longest)

Losses   losses (season longest)

starts without a win        starts without a win (season longest)

Saves    saves (season longest)

quality starts      quality starts (season longest)

shutout innings – starter               shutout innings – starter (season longest)

games without an error                games without an error (season longest)

games with an error       games with an error (season longest)

·               In addition to streaks, there are three new stats on the Batting Leader Board Report – hitting streaks (current and season), multi-hit games, and stolen bases (season).

·               Added to the custom leader board section are the stats: plate appearances per home run and plate appearances per walk, plate appearances per strikeout.

·               Streaks Leader Report – A streaks leader board has been added to the Standard Reports dialog under the Leaders in Players section.  This Standard Reports highlights the top five in various batting, pitching and fielding streak categories.

·               Multi display and printing of selected team and player reports.  The main menu in Statmaster now has a Multi menu choice that allows you to select various types of team and player reports and have all of those reports for an organization, league, or division either displayed or printed without choosing each report individually.

·               Dynamic Report Sorting – Most reports in StatMaster now contain a sorting capability.  Click the control menu icon in the upper-left corner of the report to open the Control Menu.  Then click sort and choose the field on which to sort the report.

APBA Baseball 5.75 FAQ –

http://apbagames.com/wp-content/uploads/baseball/APBABaseball_575_FAQ.pdf

IBM version:

Publisher – Electronic Arts

Release Year – 1991

Platforms – IBM PC

Credits

Review

Earl Weaver Baseball II augmented numerous elements that were pioneered in the original masterwork. Although the sequel suffered from several flaws, I found myself compelled to tinker with the copious options with the main program and the Commissioners Disk II utility. Spending time with the abundant editing modules gave me a newfound appreciation for the amount of effort that went into the creation of this series.

The Earl Weaver Baseball II: Commemorative Edition, released a few months after the main EWB II game, included the 256-color VGA edition of the game along with the Commissioner’s Disk II, MLBPA Player Stats and Manager Profiles and a copy of the book “Weaver on Strategy”.

Eddie Dombrower (the game’s designer) later acquired the rights to the code from Electronic Arts and subsequently ported it to a Windows version (I Got It Baseball) in 2001 and an iPhone release (EWB Baseball) in 2009.

• I Got It Baseball (Windows)

• EWB Baseball (iPhone)

I planned to simulate an entire season using the Old-Timer League provided with the game which included All-Star seasons from the best players in the history of the game through the 1975 season, divided into American and National Leagues in 15-year segments. However, I commenced an update of the league structure to incorporate 6 new teams from the past 45 seasons. I entered split stats for all players and adjusted their ratings, tweaked the Old-Timer rosters and lineups, and added 15 reserves per team. The resulting “All-Time” league is available for download here. Once the league configuration was completed, I selected the Create/View Schedule option from Commissioner’s Disk II. I generated a 162-game schedule with a 16-team league (8 AL and 8 NL All-Time Teams), choosing to play 98 games within the division (14 games x 7 teams) and 64 games against the other division (8 games x 8 teams). The DH rule was used in all games along with 5-man rotations, injuries enabled, starting pitchers allowed to pitch in relief, 4 maximum rest days and starter’s rest days based on the number of innings pitched in their previous appearance. The entire season took approximately 11 hours to simulate in Super Fast mode with the Auto-Accumulate Box Scores and Save Box Scores To Disk options selected. The process displays a line score for the current game in progress. The Play Schedule screen allows you to simulate part of a schedule if you wish and you’re able to adjust the options for viewing or participating in specific games. You can elect to manage games for one or more teams and have the computer simulate the remaining matches. The AI made substitutions for injured players during the season but it did not utilize the reserved players. The final standings, team-by-team statistics and league leaders are revealed later in the article.

I reached out to the game’s designer, Eddie Dombrower, to discuss the artificial intelligence and philosophy behind the creation of this innovative series.

DB: I’m having a blast updating the All-Time Great Teams while implementing 6 new ball clubs in order to create a 16-team All-Star league for this review. I revised the original “Oldtime” players using their split stats, tweaked the rosters a bit and added reserves. Using the 15-year grouping as a guideline, I created AL and NL teams for 1976-1990, 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. One of my favorite aspects of the EWB series is the ability and ease in which one can edit teams, ballparks and managerial traits.

ED:  Part of the ethos of EWB was the flexibility and expandability of the experience for the users.  Don Daglow and I were both inspired by the Strat-O-Matic and APBA games where you could get a yearly updated set of players, trade, them etc. Since we were thinking in terms of what computers had to offer, the ability to manage this at any time by giving the user tools was an easy leap for us.  We wanted the game to not just be a moment in time, but a “tool” that users could enjoy to create the experience they wanted – whenever they wanted to do it. I think this was a pretty big departure for other computer/video games of the era. In addition, the decision to make the computer simulation based on a virtual ballfield (this was envisioned and implemented in 1983 when I built Intellivision World Series Baseball… 4 years before the term Virtual Reality was coined!) led to the same philosophy about the physical environment of the gameplay model. With artificial turf, strong prevailing winds (no waterfront cities will be mentioned by me here!) and, of course, green monsters, porches, weirdly shaped foul ground, and other irregular configurations, it was necessary to allow US to configure the stadiums, so allowing users to do it was a pretty easy step to consider. So, EWB became as much a “system” as a game… this is why, in some respects, the game took so long to create!

DB: How much effort is involved with the implementation and testing of the physics model given the expansive possibilities for ballpark dimensions?

ED: It was a pretty large effort.  As you can imagine, with virtually unlimited combinations, we had to take approaches that would allow us to look for patterns… primarily patterns that were non-sensical.

So, in a similar set of ideas and decisions, we designed and built features for US that ended up being features for players:  Instant replay was built as a debugging tool (including the freeze frame, slow motion and, in the EWB II version, changing camera angles. It turned out to be a popular feature.  “Sharing” plays was created so the team in Redwood City could save a play and email it to me when they saw something odd (or cool!) I could then load it up, replay that saved play and, if need be debug it.  Because it was a virtual simulator, the game never relied on the screen’s drawings/pixels to determine the outcome of a play… In fact, displaying the 10-12 frames per second really slowed down the gameplay… We realized we could play the games without the graphics; a game would play in seconds. So, using the scheduler tool (again, we had to build for our own QA usage), we could play partial or complete seasons in very short order. Then, building a suite of comprehensive reporting tools allowed the team at EA and other alpha and beta test users (especially the folks at Computer Gaming World), to run series of games in all kinds of configurations looking for anomalies… We then had to figure out if the anomalies made sense or required adjustments to the model.

Yet another process was the auto-lineup feature… depending on what you did to your team, you could end up with all kinds of oddball lineups, so the Ask Earl feature was as much about debugging the system as it was a user feature.

After a while, as with any complex piece of software, the team (big shout out to Happy Keller and Dave Maynard) began to know what to look for and would set up situations that would tax the simulator to be sure it was doing “baseball” things and not inexplicable computer things.

DB: What features did you want to enhance from the original EWB when you began work on EWB II? Did you consider attempting to implement speech similar to the Amiga version of EWB in the IBM products or was this simply not feasible at the time?

ED:  Our main focus on EWB II was really trying to get the large animation/TV style effect that Don had envisioned and told me about the day he hired me at Mattel!  There was a little discussion about the play-by-play but the technology and the amount of memory we had to restrict ourselves to precluded spending much, if any, effort on that. It’s really too bad in retrospect as the Amiga experience was just so much better with the great audio design (based, again, on what we did at Intellivision).

Another feature was allowing Mods to the program so that users/other programmers could leverage the EWB engine to do other things… hardly anyone knew about this because it wasn’t really part of gaming yet (it was inspired, in fact, by the plug-ins that design software of that time allowed).

In fact, we did work with Bitwise software to build a product that leveraged this. I don’t recall what it was called, but, in conjunction with Stats Inc., we took their 15 minute delayed feed from the ballparks and replayed the REAL games that they were tracking. So, if someone hit a double in the right field gap that scored a runner from first, but the batter was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple, we would have that data from Stats Inc. 15 minutes after the fact, then show it on your computer using the EWB II graphics.

Another feature was the programmable managers… So, the default AI was based on Earl, but you could modify the behavior of the manager on your team so he would make different choices in the simulation. We modeled a base set of selectable managers from the famous managers of the day and from history.

We also tried to simplify the flow of the pre-game… it became more of a wizard than a choose-your-own-adventure.

Music was original rather than Sousa’s Stars and Stripes. It was written by Nathan Wang who is an academy award music nominee and has been writing film and TV scores since the mid ’80s.

Background photography was added to give a more video/photo feel to get around a more animated style that most everyone else was doing. This was based on the original Ask Earl graphics from the Amiga version.

The commissioner’s disk was greatly expanded with new tools and reports including an import/export system to work with Stats Inc.

And, my favorite feature that was beta tested with Tony Hernandez (a local LA sportscaster at the time), was the daily simulation season. In this version of the game, you would manage your team’s roster and starting lineups, program your manager and design your field, Then every night we would download the game stats and play the next set of games on EWB using only the last game’s stats for each player… a radically different approach to Fantasy baseball that is truly addictive when you’re playing it… Each morning he would “post” the results as a telephone message reading the EWB box scores and game highlights.

Again, from the above, I hope it’s obvious that we were going more for a system than just a yearly game.

DB: What products did you consider as your main competition? In what respects did EWB or EWB II outperform your competitors, and which of their innovations or features impressed you?

ED: From the beginning, Hardball was always one of games most in our sights. Though EWB wasn’t only an action game, that was the game we started competing against. As the video game systems came back from the Atari/Mattel crash of the mid 80’s, we kept an eye towards the video game baseball games, but frankly, I can’t remember their names.

Honestly, as EWB was a hybrid, I think it had some trouble competing with the action-only games. Also, because of its complexity as a simulator, we gave up a lot of processing power to having to do both the simulation and the graphics which made the ill-fated Sega version never make it to market as I recall.

On a high end PC, I think you catch glimmers of how EWB II was way ahead of the trend in terms of looking like real baseball. Electronic Arts was working on other projects that attempted to do similar things at the time, but not inside a complete simulator. However, we really didn’t have the kinks worked out or the speed to have the bigger players and cameras working on more average computers.

I know that there were many innovations on the fielding aspect of the action games.  If I recall, Don’s Tony LaRussa Baseball really led the competition in the action of the game.  Also, if I recall, they didn’t try to make graphics that were beyond the typical home computer of the day and, in that, they made some great visual advances that were “between” the EWB overview and the over-reaching EWB II tv-style graphics. I’m sure there were many other competitors, but I really don’t recall.

Again, the EWB/EWB II systems were still, IMHO, way ahead of anything at the time.  Out of the Park and others that were more focused on non-graphical/limited graphical simulation may have had similar capabilities…

EWB had the stats+physics model which I think, in those days, still gave EWB a different, hopefully, realistic feel that we didn’t see in a lot of other games.

Finally, career mode may have just been invented when we decided to part ways (my company and EA), but it was the one major feature that would have been great to have added that has since become an important part of the genre.

DB: Are there any features that had to be cut from EWB II due to time constraints? I understand that there was an unreleased patch for EWB II, along with a third iteration of EWB (Baseball ’93) that Electronic Arts failed to publish.

ED: Yes, you have that right. The stats-testing was not as good in EWB II which was a disappointment and ended up costing us a lot in the product’s reputation. We did put together a beta testers group AFTER the release that helped fill this gap and then helped get us ready for the update/patch.  I do not recall why EA never released it/promoted it. It was, frankly, a pretty large disappointment.

Also, the time didn’t allow us to better tune the “director” to make a better visual experience.  I think we should have figured out a better way to make EWB II a better visual experience for the average computer and not released with the BIG tv closeups as the default for everyone.

Even the crowd graphics never got completely implemented.

The EWB ’93 project may have been the live “delayed broadcast” version. I’m pretty sure it is, but by then, EA seemed to be focused on EA Sports with new executives and no one really managing our relationship. We did make a deal and we did provide a) the design for the first EA Sports baseball game and b) all the EWB code that was going to be used for the basis of that game to be built internally under Earnest Adams. But the new producers had other plans and approaches that never melded with leveraging the EWB engine which was a disappointment to me.

DB: Do you have any plans to revive the I Got It Baseball project? Around the release date of the EWB Baseball – iPhone game, you posted about plans to implement internet play.

ED:  I would love to, but it would require someone to help me with the funding as we’d need to update the graphics and rebuild some of the code to work on modern machines… Someday with the right partners!

The updated All-Time rosters with lineups and schedule are available here ->   https://www.mediafire.com/folder/jhfkfloqwkfo4/EarlWeaverBaseball2

I decided against managing through a normal playoff series in favor of a single-elimination tournament in order to experience all of the rosters that I created or edited. I simulated two seasons using the All-Time League. I encountered a few issues based on oversights with manager profile selections on several teams along with several (since corrected) data-entry errors in the split stats. I applied the results below from the first simulated season for the purposes of the Tournament Seeding and included the complete results of the second season later in the article. A brief synopsis of every Tournament game is provided below along with the box score.

All-Time (Simulated Season, First Attempt)

AL Greats

            W   L   %

AL1991-05  92  70 .567

AL1946-60  88  74 .543

AL1931-45  87  75 .537

AL1976-90  78  84 .481

AL1916-30  76  86 .469

AL1961-75  76  86 .469

AL1901-15  73  89 .450

AL2006-20  60 102 .370

 

NL Greats

            W   L   %

NL1991-05 105  57 .648

NL2006-20  99  63 .611

NL1901-15  98  65 .601

NL1916-30  82  80 .506

NL1976-90  80  82 .493

NL1961-75  72  90 .444

NL1946-60  68  94 .419

NL1931-45  63 100 .386


Tournament Seeding

1.  NL1991-05
2.  NL2006-20
3.  NL1901-15
4.  AL1991-05
5.  AL1946-60
6.  AL1931-45
7.  NL1916-30
8.  NL1976-90
9.  AL1976-90
10. AL1916-30
11. AL1961-75
12. AL1901-15
13. NL1961-75
14. NL1946-60
15. NL1931-45
16. AL2006-20

Round 1

16 @ 1 – AL2006-20 @ NL1991-05

Greg Maddux took the mound in the tournament’s opening tilt against Justin Verlander at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. Mookie Betts led off the game with a single and advanced to third on a throwing error by Chipper Jones (with Miguel Cabrera safe at first). Maddux obviated the threat when he converted a David Ortiz comebacker into a 1-6-3 double play. With two outs in the home half of the first, Barry Bonds clubbed a 460-foot solo blast over the right-field bleachers to give the home team a 1-0 advantage. In the third frame, Jones lined a solid base knock that dropped in front of right fielder Mookie Betts. Bonds stepped to the dish and absolutely demolished a high heater from “JV” for a 500-foot long distance dedication that cleared the scoreboard in center field! Maddux continued to put up goose eggs into the seventh. Robinson Cano reached on a bounding single up the middle. Pinch-runner Jose Altuve scored all the way from first on a long single off the right-center field wall by catcher Joe Mauer. Maddux induced a double-play grounder to short off the bat of Derek Jeter to extinguish the rally. Francisco J. Rodriguez replaced Verlander in the seventh and promptly retired the side in order. After Mookie Betts walked on four pitches with one down in the top of the eighth, the skipper decided to bring in a fresh arm. John Wetteland jogged in from the ‘pen to face Mike Trout. Wetteland’s errant pick-off attempt sailed over Jeff Bagwell’s head and down the right field line, allowing Betts to move up one base. Trout coaxed a base on balls, and the NL manager elected to bring in Eric Gagne to oppose Miguel Cabrera. Gagne tried twice to pick Betts off of second base to no avail and then he proceeded to whiff “Miggy” on 3 pitches. “Big Papi” struck out and Gagne pumped his fist in elation! Zack Britton came into the contest following a one-out infield hit by Craig Biggio. He retired Jones on a fielder’s choice and then issued an intentional pass to Bonds. Joe Nathan came into the contest to face Mark McGwire. “Big Mac” swung through Nathan’s slider, and the NL 1991-2005 squad clung to a 3-1 lead entering the ninth inning. “Hell’s Bells” blared out over the PA system as Trevor Hoffman strolled in from the bullpen. Hoffman plunked pinch-hitter Chris Davis, providing an ominous start to the frame. Altuve and Mauer were retired on fly balls, bringing Jeter to the plate with two away and pinch-runner Evan Longoria hugging the first-base bag. “The Captain” went down swinging as he was fooled by a change-up from Hoffman.

AL2006-20  vs   NL1991-05

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL2006-20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   1  4  0  
   NL1991-05 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x   3  7  3  
 WP:Maddux                           DPs V: 1
 LP:Verlander                            H: 2 
 SV:Hoffman                           Time: 3:37.20
 GWRBI:   Bonds
   Wind in from center at  3 mph
                              
How They Scored...
   Bottom of 1st
     With Verlander  Pitching, 2 out, 
     Bonds hits a 460 ft Home Run.  Score  0 -  1 
   Bottom of 3rd
     With 1 out, 
     Bonds hits a 500 ft Home Run 
      scoring Jones from 1st.  Score  0 -  3 
   Top of 7th
     With Maddux Pitching, 1 out, 
     Mauer singles 
      scoring Altuve from 1st.  Score  1 -  3 
                       Fielders                   AL2006-20
                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   M. Betts,RF          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Trout,CF          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  3  0  0   0  0       
   M. Cabrera,3B        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   D. Ortiz,DH          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   J. Abreu,1B          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Davis,1B          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Longoria,1B       0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Cano,2B           3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Altuve,2B         1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Mauer,C           3  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Jeter,SS          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Crawford,LF       3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               31  1  4  0  0  0   1  0  3  9  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL2006-20

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   J. Verlander ,L  6.0  6  3  3  2  0  5  0  0  0                       
   F. Rodriguez     1.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0                       
   Z. Britton       0.1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   J. Nathan        0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0  7  3  3  2  1  8  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1991-05

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   C. Biggio,2B         4  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Jones,3B          4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   2  0       
   B. Bonds,LF          3  2  2  0  0  2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. McGwire,DH        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   S. Sosa,RF           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   J. Bagwell,1B        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Piazza,C          3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Edmonds,CF        3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   B. Larkin,SS         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  3  7  0  0  2   3  0  1  8  0  0   2  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1991-05

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   G. Maddux,W      7.1  4  1  1  0  2  6  1  0  0                       
   J. Wetteland     0.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   E. Gagne         0.2  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0                       
   T. Hoffman,S     1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  4  1  1  0  3  9  1  1  0                       

15 @ 2 – NL1931-45 @ NL2006-20

“King” Carl Hubbell began to warm up for the NL1931-45 club as Jacob deGrom and the NL 2006-20 crew trotted out to their positions at Dodger Stadium. Arky Vaughan drew a leadoff walk but he was promptly erased on a 6-4-3 double play grounder off the bat of Paul Waner. Hubbell had trouble finding the plate in the bottom of the first. He walked Bryce Harper on four pitches and then drilled Hanley Ramirez in the ribs with a tailing fastball. Albert Pujols laced a line drive single to center but Wally Berger cut down Harper at the plate with a laser throw. Hubbell extracted himself from the jam when he induced Giancarlo Stanton to smack a hot grounder to Vaughan, who initiated a beautiful 6-4-3 double play. In the home half of the second, Hubbell plunked David Wright and gave up a single to center by Andrew McCutchen. Chase Utley dribbled a slow roller down the first base line. Dolph Camilli charged in and exercised poor judgment when he attempted to turn a 3-6-3 double play. All runners were safe resulting in a bases loaded situation with Buster Posey due up. Fortunately for Camilli, his teammates pulled off a DP on a bounding ball by Posey to retire the side. Ernie Lombardi sustained an injury to his right hand when attempting to corral a pitch in the dirt from Hubbell with two outs in the fifth inning. He was replaced by Harry Danning. Billy Herman broke up deGrom’s no-hit bid in the visitor’s sixth with two away on a clean single up the middle. Pujols reached on a two-base error by Vaughan to commence the bottom of the sixth. “The Machine” scored the first run of the game on a long single to left field by Stanton. Joe Medwick doubled into the right-field corner leading off the top of the eighth. After a brief mound visit, deGrom settled in to strike out Camilli. He enticed Danning and Pepper Martin to ground out as the NL 2006-20 team held onto their one-run lead. Craig Kimbrel was on the bump to start the ninth after 8 brilliant innings from deGrom. Augie Galan, batting for Billy Herman, scalded a one-hopper to Utley who calmly flipped to Pujols for one out. Vaughan ripped Kimbrel’s offering towards the hole between first and second, but “Prince Albert” smoothly fielded the shot and scampered over to first for out #2. Waner tapped a little dribbler up the first base line. Pujols raced in, grabbed it and touched the bag for the final out to secure the 1-0 victory.

                        NL1931-45  vs   NL2006-20

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1931-45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0  2  1  
   NL2006-20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x   1  4  0  
 WP:deGrom                           DPs V: 3
 LP:Hubbell                              H: 2 
 SV:Kimbrel                           Time: 0:52.43
 GWRBI:   Stanton
   Wind in from right-center at  2 mph
   Ernie Lombardi was injured. Out  3 games 

                              How They Scored...
   Bottom of 6th
     With Hubbell Pitching, nobody out, 
     Stanton singles 
      scoring Pujols from 2nd.  Score  0 -  1
  
                       Fielders                   NL1931-45

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   A. Vaughan,SS        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   1  0       
   P. Waner,RF          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Berger,CF         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Ott,DH            3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. Medwick,LF        3  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Camilli,1B        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Danning,C         2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Lombardi,C        0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   P. Martin,3B         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Herman,2B         2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Galan,2B          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               27  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  2  2  0  0   1  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1931-45

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   C. Hubbell,L     8.0  4  1  0  0  4  3  0  2  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0  4  1  0  0  4  3  0  2  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL2006-20

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   B. Harper,RF         3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Ramirez,SS        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Pujols,1B         3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Stanton,DH        3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Yelich,LF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Wright,3B         2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. McCutchen ,CF     2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Utley,2B          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Posey,C           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               26  1  4  0  0  0   1  0  4  3  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL2006-20

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   J. deGrom,W      8.0  2  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0                       
   C. Kimbrel,S     1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  2  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0                       

14 @ 3 – NL1946-60 @ NL1901-15

Christy Mathewson toed the rubber for the NL 1901-15 ball club at the Polo Grounds while opposing hurler Robin Roberts prepared to face a formidable foe. Jackie Robinson delivered a ringing double down the left field line to commence the contest, but “Matty” left him stranded at second base with successive strikeouts of Ernie Banks and Duke Snider. The game remained scoreless until the top of the fourth when “Big Six” grooved a 3-2 fastball which Banks deposited into the right-field stands for a round tripper. Jesse Burkett’s two-bagger knocked in Gavvy Cravath with the tying run in the home half of the fourth. The pitcher’s duel extended into the ninth frame as Mathewson and Roberts continued to hold the opposition in check. “Laughing” Larry Doyle launched a long drive to left field with one out in the bottom of the ninth, easily clearing the wall for a walk-off four-ply swat!

NL1946-60 vs NL1901-15

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1946-60 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   1  4  1  
   NL1901-15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1   2  8  1  
 WP:Mathewson                        DPs V: 1
 LP:Roberts                              H: 2 
                                  Time: 0:51.22
 GWRBI:   Doyle
   Wind out to left-center at 11 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 4th
     With Mathewson  Pitching, nobody out, 
     Banks hits a 316 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  0 
   Bottom of 4th
     With Roberts Pitching, 2 out, 
     Doyle doubles 
      scoring Cravath from 2nd.  Score  1 -  1 
   Bottom of 9th
     With 1 out, 
     Doyle hits a 360 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  2 
 
                       Fielders                   NL1946-60

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   J. Robinson,2B       4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   S. Musial,RF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Banks,SS          4  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   D. Snider,CF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   R. Kiner,LF          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Mathews,3B        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0       
   R. Campanella,C      3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. Mize,DH           3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Ashburn,DH        0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Hodges,1B         3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  1  4  1  0  1   1  0  1  3  0  0   1  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1946-60

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   R. Roberts,L     8.1  8  2  1  1  0  1  0  1  0                       
   TOTAL            8.1  8  2  1  1  0  1  0  1  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1901-15

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   J. Sheckard,LF       4  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Seymour,CF        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Wagner,SS         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   T. Leach,DH          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Cravath,DH        4  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Zimmerman ,3B     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Burkett,RF        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Doyle,2B          3  1  2  1  0  1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Bresnahan ,C      3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   F. Chance,1B         3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               33  2  8  2  0  1   2  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1901-15

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   C. Mathewson ,W  9.0  4  1  1  1  1  3  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  4  1  1  1  1  3  0  0  0     

13 @ 4 – NL1961-75 @ AL1991-05

Pedro J. Martinez got the call for the AL 1991-2005 crew, primed to square off against a starting lineup featuring Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and 3 members of the Big Red Machine. The NL 1961-1975 stars were eager to take their hacks against “Petey” while their ace left-hander Sandy Koufax got loose in the bullpen at old Comiskey Park. Joe Morgan and the “Say Hey Kid” supplied back-to-back safeties with one down in the first, but Aaron rapped into a 6-4-3 twin-killing. In the top of the second, Willie McCovey destroyed an inside fastball from Martinez as he cleared the roof! Later in the frame, Albert Belle misplayed a scorched shot down the left field line by Roberto Clemente into a three-base hit. The Senior Circuit failed to push across any more runs as Maury Wills grounded out weakly to Frank E. Thomas. The Americans tied the game in the bottom of the second when Manny Ramirez blooped a double down the right field line to drive in Ken Griffey Jr., who had reached on a hit by pitch leading off the inning. Koufax got into a bases loaded jam in the fifth inning with two outs. Frank E. Thomas drew a base on balls to force in the go-ahead run and the bullpen began to stir. Griffey whiffed to quell the uprising. Aaron knotted the score at 2-2 with an opposite-field 506-foot clout into the upper tank in right-center. Don Drysdale relieved Koufax to start the bottom of the sixth. “Big D” issued a free pass to Manny Ramirez to start the seventh and then Ichiro Suzuki laced a two-bagger into the left field corner. Mike G. Marshall came on in relief with a pair of runners in scoring position and only one out. With the infield drawn in, Roberto Alomar barely got a piece of Marshall’s screwball and tapped it weakly in front of home plate. Johnny Bench scrambled to retrieve the ball, but his only play was to throw down to first base to get Alomar as pinch-runner Rafael Palmeiro streaked home to give the AL squad a 3-2 lead. Martinez exited the match after twirling 7 1/3 innings. Joe L. Morgan greeted reliever Roberto M. Hernandez with an infield hit and promptly pilfered second. “Little Joe” wreaked more havoc on the bases, advancing to third on an errant pick-off attempt by Hernandez. With the infield playing halfway, Mays hit a little dribbler past the mound towards short. Alex Rodriguez gunned the ball home but Morgan slid under Ivan Rodriguez’s tag to tie the game at 3-3. After Aaron coaxed a base on balls, the skipper had seen enough. He stomped out to the mound, took the ball from Hernandez, and handed over to Keith Foulke. Jim Thome made a heads-up play on McCovey’s grounder as he beat Mays to the bag at third for out #2. Dick Allen skied out to left to retire the side. Bench beat out a slow roller towards shortstop to start the top of the ninth. Pinch-runner Lou Brock swiped second. Clemente hit into a fielder’s choice with Brock moving up 90 feet. Jose Mesa entered the game and Billy L. Williams batted for Wills. Mesa intentionally walked “Sweet Swingin’ Billy”, electing to face Pete Rose with runners at the corners and one away. Rose made him pay for that slight, belting a single to right as Brock effortlessly ambled homeward. Morgan tacked on another run with a sharp single to center. Kevin Appier, the third pitcher of the frame for the American League, got Mays to hit into an odd 6-4-5 double play. “A-Rod” dropped Mays’ line drive, threw to second for the force and then Rose was tagged out in a controversial play at third which resulted in a heated argument between the NL skipper and the third-base ump. Marshall set down the side in order to seal the victory in the ninth.

NL1961-75 vs AL1991-05

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1961-75 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2   5 10  0  
   AL1991-05 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0   3  2  1  
 WP:Marshall                         DPs V: 1
 LP:Foulke                               H: 2 
                                  Time: 2:99.53
 GWRBI:   Rose
   Wind out to right at 19 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 2nd
     With Martinez Pitching, nobody out, 
     McCovey hits a 570 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  0 
   Bottom of 2nd
     With Koufax Pitching, 2 out, 
     Ramirez doubles 
      scoring Griffey from 2nd.  Score  1 -  1 
   Bottom of 5th
     With 2 out, 
     Thomas walks 
      scoring Ramirez from 3rd.  Score  1 -  2 
   Top of 6th
     With 2 out, 
     Aaron hits a 506 ft Home Run.  Score  2 -  2 
   Bottom of 7th
     With Marshall Pitching, 1 out, 
     Alomar grounds out 
      scoring Palmeiro from 3rd.  Score  2 -  3 
   Top of 8th
     With Hernandez  Pitching, 1 out, 
     Mays hits into a fielder's choice 
      scoring Morgan from 3rd.  Score  3 -  3 
   Top of 9th
     With Mesa Pitching, 1 out, 
     Rose singles 
      scoring Brock from 3rd.  Score  4 -  3 
     Morgan singles 
      scoring Williams from 2nd.  Score  5 -  3 
 
                       Fielders                   NL1961-75

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   P. Rose,LF           5  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Morgan,2B         5  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  1  0   0  0       
   W. Mays,CF           4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Aaron,DH          3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   W. McCovey,1B        4  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   D. Allen,3B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   L. Brock,C           0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0       
   J. Bench,C           4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Clemente,RF       4  0  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Wills,SS          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Williams,SS       0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               36  5 10  0  1  2   5  0  3  4  2  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1961-75

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   S. Koufax        5.0  1  2  1  0  4  8  0  1  0                       
   D. Drysdale      1.1  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   M. Marshall,W    2.2  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  2  3  2  0  6  9  0  1  0                       

                       Fielders                   AL1991-05

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   I. Suzuki,RF         4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   R. Alomar,2B         3  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   F. Thomas,1B         3  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  2  0  0   0  0       
   K. Griffey,CF        3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   A. Belle,LF          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  1  0  0   0  0       
   A. Rodriguez ,SS     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. Thome,3B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Ramirez,DH        1  1  1  1  0  0   1  0  2  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Palmeiro,DH       1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   I. Rodriguez ,C      4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               29  3  2  2  0  0   3  0  6  9  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1991-05

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   P. Martinez      7.1  6  2  2  2  1  4  0  0  0                       
   R. Hernandez     0.0  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   K. Foulke,L      1.0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   J. Mesa          0.0  2  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   K. Appier        0.2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0 10  5  4  2  3  4  0  0  0                       

12 @ 5 – AL1901-15 @ AL1946-60

Bob Feller opposed Walter Johnson in a bout of American League squads at old Yankee Stadium. “Shoeless” Joe Jackson crushed “Rapid Robert’s” high heat into deep center field and raced around the bases for an inside-the-park home run to lead off the game! Nap Lajoie walloped a towering solo shot into the left-center field bleachers with two outs in the top of the first to give his club a 2-0 lead. Larry Doby’s screaming line drive one-hopped the right field wall leading off the bottom of the frame but Jackson fielded the carom and relayed quickly to the infield, holding Doby to a single. “The Big Train” nearly yielded a game-tying circuit clout to Ted Williams, but Jackson hauled it in with his back against the right-field wall. Yogi Berra reached “Barney” in the bottom of the second with an opposite-field swat to reduce the AL 1901-1915 advantage to 2-1. George S. Davis and Jackson supplied back-to-back safeties in the top of the third inning. With two outs, Lajoie lofted a single into center to plate Davis. Lajoie stole second but Jackson was nabbed at the dish on a delayed steal of home. Doby drilled a two-bagger to right-center and Williams singled to shallow center with two outs in the bottom of the third. Al Rosen tapped a little roller towards shortstop. Everyone was safe and Doby scored. Johnson, clinging to a 3-2 lead, worked himself into deeper distress when Berra slapped a sharp single to left field, loading the bases for Rocky Colavito. After a brief mound visit, Johnson issued a free pass to force in a run and knot the score at 3-3. Rosen sprinted homeward on a passed ball charged to Ted Easterly and the AL 1946-1960 crew assumed the lead. Joe Gordon halted the rally when he flied out to Jackson in deep right field. Feller allowed a pair of singles and a walk to Davis with two away in the visitor’s fifth to load the bases. Jackson promptly whacked a two-run base hit into center field as AL 1901-15 reclaimed the advantage. After Eddie Collins coaxed a walk to reload the bags, the skipper had seen enough. Satchel Paige induced Cobb to ground out weakly to first base. Reb Russell relieved the “Big Train” in the home seventh. He pitched a scoreless frame, working around a one-out single by “The Splendid Splinter”. Joe Page entered the contest after George R. Stone slapped a single to left with two down in the eighth, only the second safety permitted by Paige in four scoreless innings. Pinch-hitter Sam Crawford flied out to left and the score remained 5-4 after 7 ½ innings. Ed Walsh ambled to the mound, attempting to preserve the lead and potential rack up a six-out save, but he immediately got into hot water when Colavito hammered a ground-rule double to right-center field. Gordon’s patience paid off with a base on balls. Pinch-runners Dom DiMaggio and Nellie Fox taunted Walsh as he prepared to face Mickey Vernon while the manager quickly got “Smoky” Joe Wood and Jack Coombs up in the ‘pen. Vernon hit a high chopper to third for an infield hit. Minnie Minoso, batting for Phil Rizzuto with the sacks juiced, pounded a worm-killer up the middle. The shortstop, George S. Davis, fielded and heaved the horsehide to home plate but “The Little Professor” evaded the tag. Nellie Fox dashed home on a wild pitch as the AL 1946-60 club recaptured the lead, 6-5! Doby produced a sacrifice fly to right, plating Vernon while Walsh finally recorded an out. Wood’s arm was finally loose and the skipper made his move, but the damage had already been done. Kaline welcomed Wood with a loud base knock that dropped in front of Jackson and allowed Minoso to amble home. Wiliams rapped into a 4-6-3 double play and the inning mercifully ended. Page capped the winning effort with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

AL1901-15 vs AL1946-60

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL1901-15 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0   5 10  0  
   AL1946-60 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 x   8 10  0  
 WP:Page                             DPs V: 1
 LP:Walsh                                H: 0 
                                  Time: 3:57.45
   Wind out to center at  4 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 1st
     With Feller Pitching, nobody out, 
     Jackson triples.  Jackson scores.  Score  1 -  0 
     With 2 out, 
     Lajoie hits a 428 ft Home Run.  Score  2 -  0 
   Bottom of 2nd
     With Johnson Pitching, nobody out, 
     Berra hits a 358 ft Home Run.  Score  2 -  1 
   Top of 3rd
     With 2 out, 
     Lajoie singles 
      scoring Davis from 2nd.  Score  3 -  1 
   Bottom of 3rd
     Rosen hits into a fielder's choice 
      scoring Doby from 3rd.  Score  3 -  2 
     Colavito walks 
      scoring Williams from 3rd.  Score  3 -  3 
     the catcher allows a passed ball 
      scoring Rosen from 3rd.  Score  3 -  4 
   Top of 4th
     With 2 out, 
     Jackson singles 
      scoring Stone from 3rd and Easterly from 2nd.  Score  5 -  4 
   Bottom of 8th
     With Walsh Pitching, nobody out, 
     Minoso hits into a fielder's choice 
      scoring DiMaggio from 3rd.  Score  5 -  5 
     Walsh throws a wild pitch 
      scoring Fox from 3rd.  Score  5 -  6 
     Doby hits a sacrifice fly 
      scoring Vernon from 3rd.  Score  5 -  7 
     With Wood Pitching, 1 out, 
     Kaline singles 
      scoring Minoso from 3rd.  Score  5 -  8 

                       Fielders                   AL1901-15

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   J. Jackson,RF        5  1  3  0  0  1   3  0  0  0  0  1   0  0       
   E. Collins,2B        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   T. Cobb,CF           4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   N. Lajoie,DH         4  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  0  0  1  0   0  0       
   H. Baker,3B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Davis,1B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Stone,LF          4  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Clarke,C          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   T. Easterly,C        3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  1       
   S. Crawford,C        1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   S. McInnis,SS        1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Davis,SS          2  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               36  5 10  0  0  2   5  0  2  2  1  1   0  1       

                       Pitchers                   AL1901-15

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   W. Johnson       6.0  6  4  3  1  2  2  0  0  0                       
   R. Russell       1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   E. Walsh,L       0.1  2  4  3  0  1  0  1  0  0                       
   J. Wood          0.2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0 10  8  6  1  3  2  1  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   AL1946-60

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   L. Doby,CF           4  1  2  1  0  0   2  1  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   A. Kaline,RF         5  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   T. Williams,LF       5  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Pesky,SS          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Rosen,3B          4  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   Y. Berra,C           4  1  2  0  0  1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. DiMaggio,DH       0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Colavito,DH       2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Gordon,2B         3  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   N. Fox,2B            0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Vernon,1B         4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Minoso,LF         1  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   P. Rizzuto,SS        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               35  8 10  1  0  1   8  1  3  2  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1946-60

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   B. Feller        3.2  8  5  5  2  2  1  0  0  0                       
   S. Paige         4.0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   J. Page,W        1.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0 10  5  5  2  2  2  0  0  0                       

11 @ 6 – AL1961-75 @ AL1931-45

On a bright and blustery day in Boston, Hal Newhouser sauntered out to the mound and warmed up while his counterpart Gaylord Perry stretched out in the visitor’s bullpen at Fenway Park. “Prince Hal” set down the side in order. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Jimmie Foxx banged a two-base knock high off the Green Monster near the left field foul pole. Hank Greenberg lofted a deep fly to center field but Mickey Mantle tracked it down just shy of the warning track. In the third inning, Newhouser yielded 3 consecutive base hits to Carl Yastrzemski, Frank Robinson and Roger Maris, with hometown hero “Yaz” notching the first tally of the game. “Joltin’” Joe DiMaggio led off the bottom of the frame with a ground ball single to right. The “Yankee Clipper” advanced to second on a passed ball by Elston Howard. Perry threw a fastball high and outside to Harlond Clift. The ball travelled 540 feet into the right field stands for a two-run blast as the AL 1931-1945 crew snatched the lead. Newhouser ran into some trouble in the fifth when he loaded the bases on a single by Howard followed by a pair of walks. “Yaz” tied the game with a sacrifice fly as Howard beat the throw home from Jeff Heath. The rally ended when “The Judge” swung and missed at a breaking ball from “Prince Hal”. Joe A. Berry relieved Newhouser after Maris coaxed a base on balls to commence the sixth inning. He generated a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Harmon Killebrew and a harmless comebacker by Brooks Robinson. Schoolboy Rowe trotted in from the ‘pen to start the seventh. Howard belted his third hit down the left field line but Charlie Keller held him to a long single. Rod Carew bunted him over to second. Rico Petrocelli was retired on a grounder into the hole at short, but Luke Appling pulled a calf muscle on the play and had to exit the game. Mantle tested Appling’s replacement Lou Boudreau with a slow three-hopper which he flawlessly fielded to complete the inning. Dick Radatz assumed Perry’s position on the bump in the bottom of the seventh and “The Monster” proceeded to retire the side in order. With one out in the top of the eighth, Bill Dickey suffered a lacerated ring finger on his throwing hand attempting to block a ball in the dirt. Rick Ferrell substituted for Dickey and Wally Moses replaced Jeff Heath as the right fielder as the skipper shuffled his lineup. Radatz allowed a base hit by Moses and then plunked Clift with two outs in the ninth. The manager headed out to the mound and signaled for the left-hander, John Hiller. Ferrell lofted a can of corn to right, sending the contest into extra innings. Dean Chance entered the match with two outs and two runners on base in the bottom of the tenth. DiMaggio bounced out to third to end the threat. Moses split the gap in right-center for a two-base knock to start the home half of the eleventh. After Keller’s slow roller to third failed to advance Moses, Chance intentionally walked Clift to get to Ferrell. The backup backstop won the game with a line-drive base hit into the left field corner as Moses scored without a throw.

AL1961-75 vs AL1931-45

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL1961-75 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2  7  0  
   AL1931-45 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3  9  0  
 WP:Rowe                             DPs V: 0
 LP:Chance                               H: 1 
                                  Time: 1:20.45
 GWRBI:   Ferrell
 Innings:11   Wind out to left at  6 mph
   Luke Appling was injured. Out  2 games 
   Bill Dickey was injured. Out  3 games 

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 4th
     With Newhouser  Pitching, 1 out, 
     Maris singles 
      scoring Yastrzmski from 2nd.  Score  1 -  0 
   Bottom of 4th
     With Perry Pitching, 2 out, 
     Clift hits a 540 ft Home Run 
      scoring DiMaggio from 2nd.  Score  1 -  2 
   Top of 5th
     With 1 out, 
     Yastrzmski hits a sacrifice fly 
      scoring Howard from 3rd.  Score  2 -  2 
   Bottom of 11th
     With Chance Pitching, 1 out, 
     Ferrell singles 
      scoring Moses from 2nd.  Score  2 -  3 

                       Fielders                   AL1961-75

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   R. Carew,2B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Petrocelli,SS     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Mantle,CF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Yastrzmski,LF     4  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   F. Robinson,RF       5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   R. Maris,DH          4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Killebrew ,1B     5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   B. Robinson,3B       3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Howard,C          4  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1       
   TOTAL               37  2  7  0  0  0   2  2  4  5  0  0   0  1       

                       Pitchers                   AL1961-75

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   G. Perry         6.0  5  2  2  1  2  1  0  0  0                       
   D. Radatz        2.2  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  1  0                       
   J. Hiller        1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   D. Chance,L      0.2  2  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL           10.1  9  3  3  1  4  3  0  1  0                       

                       Fielders                   AL1931-45

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   L. Appling,SS        2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Boudreau,SS       2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Gehringer ,2B     5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Foxx,1B           5  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Greenberg ,DH     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. DiMaggio,CF       5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Dickey,C          3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Moses,RF          2  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Keller,LF         5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Clift,3B          2  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  2  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Ferrell,C         2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Heath,RF          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               40  3  9  2  0  1   3  0  4  3  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1931-45

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   H. Newhouser     5.0  5  2  2  0  4  3  0  0  0                       
   J. Berry         1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   S. Rowe,W        5.0  2  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL           11.0  7  2  2  0  4  5  0  0  0                       

10 @ 7 – AL1916-30 @ NL1916-30

A battle between clubs featuring stars from the Roaring Twenties commenced at Braves Field in Boston with “Old” Pete Alexander taking the hill for the hometown National League representatives while the Americans countered with Eddie “Knuckles” Cicotte. “Gorgeous” George Sisler walked, went to second on a wild pick-off attempt, and came around on a single to right by Lou Gehrig. The “Iron Horse” repeated the feat in the top of the fifth, plating Tris Speaker on a long single into the right field corner. Cicotte cruised into the fifth, when a pair of mental errors resulted in ducks on the pond. Following a loud single to center by Chuck Klein, Gabby Hartnett dribbled a slow roller towards third. Ossie Bluege tried for the force at second but Klein beat the throw. The next batter, Zack Wheat, tapped one down the line to Gehrig. Instead of stepping on the bag and taking the sure out at first, “Laruppin’ Lou” tried for the 3-6-3 twin-killing. His throw was slightly off-target allowing Hartnett to sneak into second. With the infield playing halfway in, Cicotte induced a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Max Carey as Klein crossed the plate. Frankie Frisch delivered a base knock to right field, driving in Hartnett to tie the score at 2-all. In the top of the sixth, the Americans reclaimed the lead on a double down the left field line by Tony Lazerri and a subsequent safety by Mickey Cochrane. The skipper called upon southpaw Eppa Rixey to oppose the four consecutive lefties at the top of the AL batting order. “Jephtha” responded with a clean frame in the top of the seventh. Carey started a two-out rally in the home seventh with a base hit and then the “Fordham Flash” drew a walk. “Knuckles” served up a game-tying double to right-center by pinch-hitter Jim Bottomley, who was batting for shortstop Dave Bancroft. The manager bolted out the dugout and called for the right-hander, Firpo Mayberry, to pitch to Rogers Hornsby. “Rajah” promptly supplied a single through the hole between first and second to drive in the go-ahead run. Bill Terry’s soft grounder was fielded cleanly by Gehrig to retire the side. The Americans rallied with two down in the ninth. Rixey issued back-to-back free passes to pinch-hitter Harry Heilmann and the “Grey Eagle”. Charlie Root entered the match and Sisler greeted him with an opposite-field bingo as pinch-runner Willie Kamm scurried home to knot the score at 4-4. Ruth smashed a solid two-hopper to second-sacker Hornsby, who flipped to Bottomley for the final out. Marberry twirled a scoreless frame to send the contest into extra innings. Ray Kremer relieved Root with two out and two runners on base in the top of the tenth. He got Joe Cronin on a high chopper to second. Bottomley reached on a two-base throwing error by Lazzeri to open the bottom of the tenth. Marberry elected to issue a free pass to Hornsby, preferring to pitch to Art Fletcher. The NL skipper sent Kiki Cuyler up to bat for Fletcher, but the move failed to produce the desired result as Cuyler struck out swinging. Hack Wilson grounded into a fielder’s choice, leaving the National League squad with runners at the corners and two outs. The AL manager brought in the left-hander, Garland Braxton, to gain the platoon advantage against Klein. The slugger slapped a worm-killer through the hole between short and third as Bottomley scampered home with the winning run!

AL1916-30 vs NL1916-30

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL1916-30 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 11  1  
   NL1916-30 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5  8  0  
 WP:Kremer                           DPs V: 3
 LP:Marberry                             H: 1 
                                  Time: 1:31.42
 GWRBI:   Klein
 Innings:10   Wind in from right at  6 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 1st
     With Alexander  Pitching, 2 out, 
     Gehrig singles 
      scoring Sisler from 2nd.  Score  1 -  0 
   Top of 5th
     With 2 out, 
     Gehrig singles 
      scoring Speaker from 2nd.  Score  2 -  0 
   Bottom of 5th
     With Cicotte Pitching, nobody out, 
     Carey grounds out 
      scoring Klein from 3rd.  Score  2 -  1 
     With 2 out, 
     Frisch singles 
      scoring Hartnett from 3rd.  Score  2 -  2 
   Top of 6th
     With nobody out, 
     Cochrane singles 
      scoring Lazzeri from 2nd.  Score  3 -  2 
   Bottom of 7th
     With 2 out, 
     Bottomley  doubles 
      scoring Carey from 2nd.  Score  3 -  3 
     With Marberry Pitching, 
     Hornsby singles 
      scoring Frisch from 3rd.  Score  3 -  4 
   Top of 9th
     With Root Pitching, 2 out, 
     Sisler singles 
      scoring Kamm from 2nd.  Score  4 -  4 
   Bottom of 10th
     With Braxton Pitching, 2 out, 
     Klein singles 
      scoring Bottomley  from 3rd.  Score  4 -  5 

                       Fielders                   AL1916-30

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   T. Speaker,CF        4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Sisler,DH         4  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  2  0   0  0       
   B. Ruth,RF           5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Gehrig,1B         4  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Simmons,LF        5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   T. Lazzeri,2B        5  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0       
   M. Cochrane,C        5  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Cronin,SS         5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Heilmann,3B       0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   O. Bluege,3B         3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Kamm,3B           0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               40  4 11  1  0  0   4  0  4  0  2  0   1  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1916-30

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   E. Cicotte       6.2  5  4  4  0  2  1  0  0  0                       
   F. Marberry,L    3.0  2  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0                       
   G. Braxton       0.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.2  8  5  4  0  3  2  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1916-30

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   R. Hornsby,2B        4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   K. Cuyler,SS         1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   B. Terry,1B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Fletcher,SS       0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Wilson,DH         4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Klein,RF          5  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Hartnett,C        4  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   Z. Wheat,LF          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Carey,CF          4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   F. Frisch,3B         3  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Bancroft,SS       2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Bottomley ,1B     2  1  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               37  5  8  1  0  0   4  0  3  2  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1916-30

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   P. Alexander     6.0  9  3  3  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   E. Rixey         2.2  0  1  1  0  2  0  0  0  0                       
   C. Root          1.0  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   R. Kremer,W      0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL           10.0 11  4  4  0  4  0  0  0  0                       

9 @ 8 – AL1976-90 @ NL1976-90

Flame-throwing right-handers Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens squared off at Jarry Park in Montreal. Ryne Sandberg roped a two-base hit off the base of the center field wall with one out in the bottom of the first. “Ryno” moved to third on a groundout to first and then dashed home on a wild pitch by the “Rocket”. The National Leaguers increased their lead to 3-0 when George Foster followed a walk to Mike Schmidt with a 516-foot bomb to straightaway center field. In the bottom of the third, Sandberg hit an innocuous chopper back to the mound, but Clemens’ throw sailed over Eddie Murray’s outstretched glove and into right field for a two-base error. He managed to escape the inning without incident but he encountered further trouble in the fourth. Darryl Strawberry singled and stole second. Andre Dawson belted a 448-foot blast to center, extending the NL advantage to 5-0. Gary Carter ripped a base hit down the left field line. Clemens retired Ozzie Smith and Tony Gwynn, but “Ryno” turned around an inside fastball for a 2-run jack. The AL skipper finally gave Clemens the hook in favor of submarine side-armer Mark Eichhorn. In the top of the seventh, the Americans finally got to “Dr. K”. Jose Canseco and Reggie Jackson coaxed back-to-back walks. Cal Ripken Jr. laced a base hit to right field, driving in “The Chemist” to break up Gooden’s shutout. Murray drew another walk, loading the bases for Jim Rice. Lee Smith jogged in from the ‘pen and proceeded to retire Rice on a short fly ball to right, forcing “Mr. October” to hold up at third. Carlton Fisk skied to medium right field for the final out of the frame. Rollie Fingers hurled a scoreless seventh for the Junior Circuit. Rich Gossage got the call with two runners on base in the bottom of the eighth. “Goose” got “Straw” on a lazy fly to left, “Hawk” on a long fly to center, and pinch-hitter Will “The Thrill” Clark on a three-hopper to second. Bill Caudill strolled out to the mound in the top of the ninth. The “Inspector” pitched a clean frame to secure victory for the NL crew.
AL1976-90 vs NL1976-90

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL1976-90 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   1  4  1  
   NL1976-90 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x   7  7  0  
 WP:Gooden                           DPs V: 0
 LP:Clemens                              H: 0 
                                  Time: 1:00.35
   Wind swirling  at  8 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Bottom of 1st
     With Clemens Pitching, 2 out, 
     Clemens throws a wild pitch 
      scoring Sandberg from 3rd.  Score  0 -  1 
     Foster hits a 516 ft Home Run 
      scoring Schmidt from 1st.  Score  0 -  3 
   Bottom of 4th
     With nobody out, 
     Dawson hits a 448 ft Home Run 
      scoring Strawberry from 2nd.  Score  0 -  5 
     With 2 out, 
     Sandberg hits a 396 ft Home Run 
      scoring Carter from 1st.  Score  0 -  7 
   Top of 7th
     With Gooden Pitching, 1 out, 
     Ripken singles 
      scoring Canseco from 2nd.  Score  1 -  7 

                       Fielders                   AL1976-90

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   R. Henderson ,CF     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   W. Randolph,2B       3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0       
   L. Whitaker,2B       0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Boggs,2B          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Brett,3B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Canseco,RF        3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   R. Jackson,DH        3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Ripken,SS         4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Murray,1B         2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   D. Mattingly ,1B     1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Rice,LF           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Fisk,C            3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  1  4  0  0  0   1  0  4  5  0  1   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1976-90

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   R. Clemens,L     3.2  6  7  7  3  2  2  1  0  0                       
   M. Eichhorn      2.1  0  0  0  0  0  5  0  0  0                       
   R. Fingers       1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   R. Gossage       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0  7  7  7  3  3  7  1  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1976-90

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   T. Gwynn,RF          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Sandberg,2B       4  2  2  1  0  1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   K. Hernandez ,1B     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Schmidt,3B        2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  2  0  0   0  0       
   G. Foster,LF         4  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   T. Raines,LF         0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Strawberry,DH     3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  1  0   0  0       
   A. Dawson,CF         4  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   G. Carter,C          3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Santiago,C        0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Clark,C           1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   O. Smith,SS          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               32  7  7  1  0  3   6  0  3  7  1  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1976-90

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   D. Gooden,W      6.1  4  1  1  0  3  3  0  0  0                       
   L. Smith         1.2  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0                       
   B. Caudill       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  4  1  1  0  4  5  0  0  0                       

Round 2

8 @ 1 – NL1976-90 @ NL1991-05

The second round matchups kicked off at Wrigley Field with Randy D. Johnson opposing Tom Seaver. Tony Gwynn led off with a two-bagger and tallied the first run on a single to center by Ryne Sandberg, who advanced to second on the throw home. The “Big Unit” compounded his problems with a wild pick-off toss which allowed “Ryno” to score! Johnson whiffed the next two batters and escaped without any further damage. Pedro Guerrero, subbing for the left-handed swinging Darryl Strawberry, demolished one of Johnson’s fastballs. The 440-foot bomb left the yard and landed on Waveland Avenue. In the visitor’s third, Gary Carter hit into a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded but everyone was safe. Another fielder’s choice followed by a wild pitch, and the NL 1976-90 held a 6-0 advantage after three turns at-bat. “Tom Terrific” got himself into a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the frame but Eric Davis camped under Barry Bonds’ fly ball to left-center to extinguish the fire. Jose Rijo replaced Johnson to start the fourth inning. Seaver pitched shutout ball into the eighth when he finally tired. Barry Larkin coaxed a leadoff walk. Chipper Jones belted a 509-foot round-tripper over the scoreboard in center, cutting the lead to 6-2. The manager called down to the bullpen and Tug McGraw made his entrance. Bonds slashed a single that landed into front of Eric Davis but Mark McGwire grounded into a twin-killing to quash the rally. Billy Wagner trotted in to replace Rijo, who had thrown 5 scoreless innings in relief of Johnson. “Billy The Kid” allowed a safety to Ozzie Smith but kept the score intact. Bruce Sutter came on to get the final 3 outs. He yielded a 444-foot long distance dedication to Jeff Bagwell with one out but struck out Jim Edmonds to end the game. A shocker in Chi-Town as the eighth-best team based on the regular season standings progressed to the next round while knocking out the top seed in the process!

NL1976-90 vs NL1991-05

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1976-90 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0   6  9  0  
   NL1991-05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1   3  7  1  
 WP:Seaver                           DPs V: 2
 LP:Johnson                              H: 2 
                                  Time: 0:58.34
 GWRBI:   Sandberg
   Wind in from left at 15 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 1st
     With Johnson Pitching, nobody out, 
     Sandberg singles 
      scoring Gwynn from 3rd.  Score  1 -  0 
     Hernandez  reaches on an error by Johnson 
      scoring Sandberg from 2nd.  Score  2 -  0 
   Top of 2nd
     With nobody out, 
     Guerrero hits a 440 ft Home Run.  Score  3 -  0 
   Top of 3rd
     With 1 out, 
     Carter hits into a fielder's choice 
      scoring Schmidt from 3rd.  Score  4 -  0 
     Smith hits into a fielder's choice 
      scoring Davis from 3rd.  Score  5 -  0 
     With 2 out, 
     Johnson throws a wild pitch 
      scoring Guerrero from 3rd.  Score  6 -  0 
   Bottom of 8th
     With Seaver Pitching, 1 out, 
     Jones hits a 508 ft Home Run 
      scoring Larkin from 1st.  Score  6 -  2 
   Bottom of 9th
     With Sutter Pitching, 1 out, 
     Bagwell hits a 444 ft Home Run.  Score  6 -  3 

                       Fielders                   NL1976-90

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   T. Gwynn,RF          5  1  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Sandberg,2B       4  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   K. Hernandez ,1B     5  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   M. Schmidt,3B        4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   G. Foster,DH         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Davis,CF          3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2  0  0   0  0       
   T. Raines,LF         0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   P. Guerrero,LF       4  2  2  0  0  1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Carter,C          3  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Santiago,C        0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Strawberry,C      1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   O. Smith,SS          4  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               36  6  9  0  1  1   5  0  3  6  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1976-90

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   T. Seaver,W      7.1  5  2  2  1  3  6  0  0  0                       
   T. McGraw        0.2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   B. Sutter        1.0  1  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  7  3  3  2  3  7  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1991-05

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   C. Biggio,2B         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Jones,3B          4  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Bonds,LF          3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. McGwire,DH        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   S. Sosa,RF           4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3  0  0   0  0       
   J. Bagwell,1B        3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Piazza,C          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Edmonds,CF        4  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   B. Larkin,SS         2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               32  3  7  0  0  2   3  0  3  7  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1991-05

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   R. Johnson,L     3.0  6  6  4  1  3  3  1  0  0                       
   J. Rijo          5.0  2  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0                       
   B. Wagner        1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  9  6  4  1  3  6  1  0  0                       

7 @ 2 – NL1916-30 @ NL2006-20

Clayton Kershaw climbed the hill for the NL 2006-2020 squad at Dodger Stadium as he was pitted against Dolf Luque and the NL1916-1930 crew. Hack Wilson swatted a 536-foot big fly to right field in the top of the fourth. In the home half of the fourth, Bryce Harper rapped a clean single to right and advanced to third on a line-drive double to center off the bat of Hanley Ramirez. “The Pride of Havana” elected to walk Albert Pujols to set up a force at any base. Giancarlo Stanton mauled his next offering, lacing a base hit between third and short which plated a pair of baserunners. Christian Yelich bounced into a 6-4-3 double play, with Pujols moving to third. Luque whiffed David Wright to end the inning. Harper singled again to begin the fifth frame and scooted over to third on a base knock by Stanton with two away. Yelich sliced a ground-rule double into the left field corner, driving “Bam-Bam” in to extend the NL2006-2020 lead to 3-1. Luque received a breather when Wright lined out to third. Burleigh Grimes entered the game in the seventh and pitched two scoreless innings. Kershaw went the distance with a three-hitter as the NL2006-2020 club earned the victory in a low-scoring affair.
NL1916-30 vs NL2006-20

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1916-30 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   1  3  1  
   NL2006-20 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 x   3  7  0  
 WP:Kershaw                          DPs V: 1
 LP:Luque                                H: 2 
                                  Time: 0:30.04
 GWRBI:   Stanton
   Wind in from left-center at  6 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 4th
     With Kershaw Pitching, 1 out, 
     Wilson hits a 538 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  0 
   Bottom of 4th
     With Luque Pitching, nobody out, 
     Stanton singles 
      scoring Harper from 3rd and Ramirez from 2nd.  Score  1 -  2 
   Bottom of 6th
     With 2 out, 
     Yelich singles 
      scoring Harper from 3rd.  Score  1 -  3 

                       Fielders                   NL1916-30

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   R. Hornsby,2B        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   B. Terry,1B          4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Wilson,DH         3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   K. Cuyler,RF         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Hartnett,C        2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   Z. Wheat,LF          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Carey,CF          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   F. Frisch,3B         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   F. Lindstrom ,SS     1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Fletcher,SS       2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               28  1  3  0  0  1   1  0  1  2  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1916-30

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   D. Luque,L       6.0  6  3  3  0  1  4  0  0  0                       
   B. Grimes        2.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0  7  3  3  0  1  5  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL2006-20

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   B. Harper,RF         4  2  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Ramirez,SS        4  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Pujols,1B         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Stanton,DH        4  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   C. Yelich,LF         3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Wright,3B         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   A. McCutchen ,CF     3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Utley,2B          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   Y. Molina,C          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  3  7  1  0  0   3  0  1  5  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL2006-20

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   C. Kershaw,W     9.0  3  1  1  1  1  2  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  3  1  1  1  1  2  0  0  0                       

6 @ 3 – AL1931-45 @ NL1901-15

The visitors scrambled to recall injury replacements for Luke Appling and Bill Dickey after boarding a train bound from Boston to the Big Apple. Eventually the skipper got a hold of reserves Cecil Travis and Frankie Hayes and told them to meet the club at the Polo Grounds. When game time arrived, both players were suited up and in the lineup preparing to face “Iron Man” Joe McGinnity, while they were planning to counter with Lefty Grove. Charlie Keller put the visiting team on the scoreboard in the top of the second with a mammoth 530-foot blast to left field after a base hit off the bat of Joe DiMaggio. Travis scored on a single by Hank Greenberg in the third frame and the “Yankee Clipper” delivered another safety to put ducks on the pond for “King Kong” with only one out. Charlie Gehringer evaded the tag on Keller’s sacrifice fly, extending the AL1931-1945 advantage to 4-0. Harlond Clift laced a solid single to left, plating another run. McGinnity got the hook after issuing an intentional pass to Jeff Heath as the NL skipper elected to bring George McQuillan in from the bullpen. Hayes had a chance to put the game out of reach, but he bounced out to shortstop, bringing the rally to an abrupt end. Grove toiled through the third inning. He opened the frame with a walk to Johnny Evers and then yielded consecutive singles to Johnny Kling and Jimmy Sheckard to load the bases. Cy Seymour smacked a hard grounder between the hole at first and second, plating two runs for the National Leaguers. Honus Wagner thrashed a base hit to left, plating Sheckard. “Cactus” Gavvy Cravath rapped into a 6-4-3 double play to suppress the uprising. Ed Konetchy whacked a two-out solo shot into the left-center field bleachers in the fourth, trimming the Americans lead to 5-4. Grove averted potential disaster in the fifth after loading the bases with a single, fielder’s choice and an intentional pass to Wagner with one away. Cravath hit a one-hop bullet back to the box. Grove fired home for the force play, and Hayes relayed to first in plenty of time to complete the 1-2-3 double play! Mel Harder entered the contest in relief of Grove to begin the sixth inning. McQuillan and Harder matched zeroes into the ninth frame. Larry Doyle, batting for Johnny Evers, grounded out to second base for the final out as the AL 1931-1945 squad claimed the win by a one-run margin. In the defeat, McQuillan hurled 6 1/3 innings of 1-hit ball.

AL1931-45 vs NL1901-15

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL1931-45 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0   5  8  0  
   NL1901-15 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0   4  7  2  
 WP:Grove                            DPs V: 2
 LP:McGinnity                            H: 3 
 SV:Harder                            Time: 4:21.26
 GWRBI:   Keller
   Wind out to left at  3 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 2nd
     With McGinnity  Pitching, nobody out, 
     Keller hits a 530 ft Home Run 
      scoring DiMaggio from 1st.  Score  2 -  0 
   Top of 3rd
     With 1 out, 
     Greenberg  singles 
      scoring Travis from 2nd.  Score  3 -  0 
     Keller hits a sacrifice fly 
      scoring Gehringer  from 3rd.  Score  4 -  0 
     With 2 out, 
     Clift singles 
     followed by an error by Sheckard 
      scoring Greenberg  from 2nd.  Score  5 -  0 
   Bottom of 3rd
     With Grove Pitching, 1 out, 
     Seymour singles 
      scoring Evers from 3rd and Kling from 2nd.  Score  5 -  2 
     Wagner singles 
      scoring Sheckard from 3rd.  Score  5 -  3 
   Bottom of 4th
     With 2 out, 
     Konetchy hits a 450 ft Home Run.  Score  5 -  4 

                       Fielders                   AL1931-45

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   C. Travis,SS         4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Gehringer ,2B     4  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Foxx,1B           4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   H. Greenberg ,DH     3  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. DiMaggio,CF       4  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Keller,LF         3  1  1  0  0  1   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Clift,3B          4  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Heath,RF          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   E. Averill,C         1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   F. Hayes,C           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Ferrell,C         0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               33  5  8  0  0  1   5  1  1  3  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1931-45

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   L. Grove,W       5.0  6  4  4  1  2  0  0  0  0                       
   M. Harder,S      4.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  7  4  4  1  2  1  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1901-15

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   J. Sheckard,LF       4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0       
   C. Seymour,CF        4  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Wagner,SS         3  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  1  0   0  0       
   G. Cravath,DH        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Zimmerman ,3B     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Burkett,RF        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Konetchy,1B       4  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Doyle,2B          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Evers,2B          2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   1  0       
   J. Kling,C           3  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               33  4  7  0  0  1   4  0  2  1  1  0   2  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1901-15

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   J. McGinnity ,L  2.2  7  5  5  1  1  2  0  0  0                       
   G. McQuillan     6.1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  8  5  5  1  1  3  0  1  0                       

13 @ 5 – NL1961-75 @ AL1946-60

The NL 1961-1975 crew jumped on Early Wynn for 3 runs in the opening frame of their second round contest. Joe L. Morgan reached on a fielding error by Al Rosen and then pilfered second and third. Hank Aaron drew a two-out walk. Willie McCovey lifted a towering fly ball down the right field line which settled just inside the foul pole and into the third row at old Yankee Stadium for a 322-foot four-bagger. Bob Gibson started the contest for the National Leaguers, staked to a 3-0 lead. “Little Joe” ignited a rally in the top of the third with a single followed by a two-base knock to deep left off the bat of Willie Mays. “Hammerin’ Hank” laced an opposite-field single to drive in Morgan and “Stretch” lofted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring the “Say Hey Kid”. Wynn recovered to strike out Dick Allen but the Nationals extended their advantage to 5-0. Ted Williams served a base hit into left field leading off the bottom of the fourth, which broke up “Gibby’s” no-hit bid. In the fifth frame, “Hammer” blasted a 2-run shot over the center field wall to pad the National Leaguers already comfortable lead to 7-zip. Ellis Kinder sauntered in to relieve Wynn in the top of the sixth. “Hoot” was cruising along with a one-hit shutout through the sixth, but he injured his index finger fielding a comebacker off the bat of “Teddy Ballgame”. Ted W. Abernathy got loose in the bullpen and entered the match in the seventh in Gibson’s place. Abernathy fashioned two scoreless innings and Phil “The Vulture” Regan closed out the game with a 1-2-3 ninth inning as the National Leaguers held the AL 1946-1960 squad to one safety.

NL1961-75 vs AL1946-60

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1961-75 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0   7  7  0  
   AL1946-60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0  1  2  
 WP:Gibson                           DPs V: 1
 LP:Wynn                                 H: 1 
                                  Time: 2:28.26
 GWRBI:   McCovey
   Wind out to right at  7 mph
   Bob Gibson was injured. Out  6 games 

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 1st
     With Wynn Pitching, 2 out, 
     McCovey hits a 322 ft Home Run 
      scoring Morgan from 3rd and Aaron from 1st.  Score  3 -  0 
   Top of 3rd
     With 1 out, 
     Aaron singles 
      scoring Morgan from 3rd.  Score  4 -  0 
     McCovey hits a sacrifice fly 
      scoring Mays from 3rd.  Score  5 -  0 
   Top of 5th
     With 2 out, 
     Aaron hits a 494 ft Home Run 
      scoring Morgan from 2nd.  Score  7 -  0 

                       Fielders                   NL1961-75

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   P. Rose,LF           4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Groat,SS          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Morgan,2B         4  3  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  2  0   0  0       
   W. Mays,CF           4  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Aaron,DH          3  2  2  0  0  1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. McCovey,1B        3  1  1  0  0  1   4  1  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Allen,3B          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. Torre,C           1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Bench,C           3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   R. Clemente,RF       4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   O. Cepeda,LF         1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Wills,SS          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Brock,LF          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               34  7  7  1  0  2   7  1  2  4  2  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1961-75

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   B. Gibson,W      6.0  1  0  0  0  2  3  0  0  0                       
   T. Abernathy     2.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   P. Regan         1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  1  0  0  0  2  4  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   AL1946-60

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   L. Doby,CF           4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Kaline,RF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   T. Williams,LF       3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Rosen,3B          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0       
   Y. Berra,C           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Colavito,DH       3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   J. Gordon,2B         1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   N. Fox,2B            1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Vernon,1B         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   P. Rizzuto,SS        2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Pesky,SS          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               28  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  4  0  0   1  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1946-60

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   E. Wynn,L        5.0  7  7  4  2  1  2  0  0  0                       
   E. Kinder        3.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   M. Parnell       1.0  0  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  7  7  4  2  2  4  0  0  0                       

Round 3

13 @ 8 – NL1961-75 @ NL1976-90

Hall of Famers Steve Carlton and Fergie Jenkins took their warm-up tosses at Jarry Park as the third round of the tournament commenced. The visitors placed runners on first and second on base knocks by Pete Rose and Willie Mays in the opening inning, but “Lefty” induced a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Hank Aaron to quash the threat. Willie McCovey started the second inning off with a bang as he belted a mammoth 537-foot homer beyond the swimming pool over the right field fence. Gary Carter clobbered an off-speed delivery from “Fly” to knot the score at 1-all in the third. Andre “The Hawk” Dawson had to exit the contest after a tailing fastball from Jenkins plunked him in the ribcage with two away in the fifth. Pinch-runner Eric Davis immediately moved into scoring position when he stole second, but Carter grounded out to short and the score remained tied at 1-1. Carlton walked Johnny Bench to start the seventh and Clemente reached on a fielder’s choice when “Lefty” fielded a comebacker but threw late to second base in an attempt to force Bench. Bill Caudill jogged in from the bullpen to extinguish a two-on, no out situation. Willie “Pops” Stargell, batting for Dick Groat, gave Caudill’s heater a good ride but Tony Gwynn flagged it down near the warning track. Rose flew out to Gwynn near the right field line for out #2, leaving the job to Joe L. Morgan. “Little Joe” hit a sharp single between third and short but George Foster quickly retrieved the ball so Bench had to hold up at third. Sacks juiced for the “Say Hey Kid”… Caudill threw four wide to force in the go-ahead run! The skipper called upon Lee Smith and he retired Aaron on a grounder to first base. In the bottom of the eighth, Ozzie Smith legged out an infield hit and Tony Gwynn bounced one towards Orlando Cepeda at first. “Baby Bull” tried to get the lead runner but the “Wizard” slid safely under the tag. Mike G. Marshall got the call with two runners on and two away. Keith Hernandez slapped a hard ground ball to the shortstop, Maury Wills, who fielded and fired in plenty of time to end the threat. Tug McGraw worked around an infield hit to Morgan in the visitor’s ninth. Marshall walked Strawberry with two down in the bottom of the ninth, but pinch-hitter Pedro Guerrero hit an easy two-hopper to Morgan to close out the contest. The #13 seed advanced to the Finals!

NL1961-75 vs NL1976-90

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1961-75 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   2  7  0  
   NL1976-90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1  3  0  
 WP:Jenkins                          DPs V: 0
 LP:Carlton                              H: 2 
 SV:Marshall                          Time: 7:22.57
 GWRBI:   Mays
   Wind swirling  at  8 mph
   Andre Dawson was injured. Out  2 games 

                              How They Scored...
   Top of 2nd
     With Carlton Pitching, nobody out, 
     McCovey hits a 536 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  0 
   Bottom of 3rd
     With Jenkins Pitching, 1 out, 
     Carter hits a 418 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  1 
   Top of 7th
     With Caudill Pitching, 2 out, 
     Mays walks 
      scoring Bench from 3rd.  Score  2 -  1 

                       Fielders                   NL1961-75

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   P. Rose,LF           4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   M. Wills,SS          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Morgan,2B         5  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Mays,CF           4  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Aaron,DH          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. McCovey,1B        3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  2  0  0   0  0       
   O. Cepeda,1B         0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Brock,1B          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0       
   D. Allen,3B          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. Bench,C           3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Clemente,RF       4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Groat,SS          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Stargell,LF       2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               34  2  7  0  0  1   2  0  5  4  1  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1961-75

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   F. Jenkins,W     7.1  3  1  1  1  1  4  0  1  0                       
   M. Marshall,S    1.2  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  3  1  1  1  2  5  0  1  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL1976-90

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   T. Gwynn,RF          4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Sandberg,2B       4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   K. Hernandez ,1B     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Schmidt,3B        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2  0  0   0  0       
   G. Foster,LF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Strawberry,DH     3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   A. Dawson,CF         1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Davis,CF          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  1  0   0  0       
   P. Guerrero,CF       1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Carter,C          3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   O. Smith,SS          3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               31  1  3  0  0  1   1  0  2  5  1  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1976-90

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   S. Carlton,L     6.0  5  2  2  1  3  3  0  0  1                       
   B. Caudill       0.2  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0                       
   L. Smith         1.1  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0                       
   T. McGraw        1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  7  2  2  1  5  4  0  0  1    

6 @ 2 – AL1931-45 @ NL2006-20

Roy Halladay earned the starting assignment against Dizzy Trout in the semifinal matchup at Dodger Stadium. “Doc” allowed a leadoff single to Cecil Travis and subsequently walked Charlie Gehringer, bringing up the heart of the AL1931-1945 batting order in the top of the first. Jimmie Foxx grounded into a 6-4-3 twin-killing and Hank Greenberg skied out to center to avert the potential for a big inning. In the home half of the first, Hanley Ramirez ripped a ground ball single to left with one out. Albert Pujols hit into a fielder’s choice and then Trout issued free passes to Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich to load the bases with two outs. David Wright took an inside curve off the left elbow, forcing in a run. Andrew McCutchen drove a long fly into the left field corner, but Charlie Keller settled under it for the final out. Jeff Heath singled to start the visitor’s third, and he scored all the way from first on a double up the left-center field gap by Travis. Clint Brown entered the match after Trout walked Utley leading off the bottom of the seventh. He struck out pinch-hitter Cody Bellinger then induced a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Bryce Harper to maintain the tie score. Aroldis Chapman relieved Halladay following a pinch-hit single to center by Earl Averill. Bobby Doerr, batting for Travis, flew out to right-center field. Gehringer hit a slow roller to first which Pujols scooped up and touched the bag to retire the side. Brown served up a gopher ball into the left field bleachers with two outs in the eighth as Stanton golfed a low fastball out of the yard. Joe A. Berry jogged in from the ‘pen and got Yelich to pop up to the catcher, but the NL2006-2020 squad took a 2-1 lead into the ninth. Kenley Jansen trotted in to face Foxx, Greenberg and Joe DiMaggio. “Double X” started the rally with a long single to center and he promptly replaced by pinch-runner Wally Moses. “Hammerin’ Hank” sliced a one-hopper to Pujols who initiated a 3-6-3 double play. “The Yankee Clipper” was thrown out by Hanley Ramirez from deep shortstop on a bang-bang play at first.

AL1931-45 vs NL2006-20

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   AL1931-45 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1  6  0  
   NL2006-20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x   2  5  0  
 WP:Chapman                          DPs V: 2
 LP:Brown                                H: 3 
 SV:Jansen                            Time: 0:52.15
 GWRBI:   Stanton
   Wind out to left at  3 mph

                              How They Scored...
   Bottom of 1st
     With Trout Pitching, 2 out, 
     Wright is hit by a pitch 
      scoring Pujols from 3rd.  Score  0 -  1 
   Top of 3rd
     With Halladay Pitching, 1 out, 
     Travis doubles 
      scoring Heath from 1st.  Score  1 -  1 
   Bottom of 8th
     With Brown Pitching, 2 out, 
     Stanton hits a 344 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  2 

                       Fielders                   AL1931-45

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   C. Travis,SS         3  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Doerr,2B          1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Ferrell,C         0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Gehringer ,2B     3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Foxx,1B           4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. Moses,1B          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Greenberg ,DH     4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. DiMaggio,CF       4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Keller,LF         2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Clift,3B          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   J. Heath,RF          3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   E. Averill,C         1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Boudreau,SS       0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   F. Hayes,C           2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  1  6  1  0  0   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   AL1931-45

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   D. Trout         6.0  4  1  0  0  4  3  0  1  0                       
   C. Brown,L       1.2  1  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  0                       
   J. Berry         0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0  5  2  1  1  4  4  0  1  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL2006-20

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   B. Harper,RF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Ramirez,SS        4  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   A. Pujols,1B         4  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   G. Stanton,DH        2  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  2  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Yelich,LF         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Wright,3B         2  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  1  0   0  0       
   A. McCutchen ,CF     3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Utley,2B          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Posey,C           2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   Y. Molina,C          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Bellinger ,C      1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               27  2  5  0  0  1   2  0  4  4  1  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL2006-20

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   R. Halladay      7.1  5  1  1  0  1  1  0  1  0                       
   A. Chapman,W     0.2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   K. Jansen,S      1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  6  1  1  0  1  1  0  1  0         

Round 4

13 @ 2 – NL1961-75 @ NL2006-20

Jacob deGrom and Sandy Koufax were called upon to secure the final victory for their respective teams as the crowd filed into Dodger Stadium. The NL 2006-2020 squad put ducks on the pond against “The Left Arm of God” in the bottom of the second, but he escaped unscathed when Willie McCovey fielded Chase Utley’s hot smash and fired home for a force out followed by a strikeout of Buster Posey. “Stretch” was drilled by a deGrom slider in the fourth inning, knocking the potential tournament MVP out of the contest. To that point, McCovey clubbed three home runs in 10 at-bats while driving in 6 runs. Pujols aka “The Machine” crushed a 492-foot long ball over the wall in left-center to put deGrom and Company ahead by one. In the top of the fifth, Johnny Bench rocked a long two-base hit off the center field fence. Roberto Clemente stroked one of his 4 singles on the day to score Bench with the tying run. Both deGrom and Koufax showed signs of fatigue and they were replaced after seven frames. Craig Kimbrel whiffed two of the three batters that he faced in the top of the eighth. Phil “The Vulture” Regan entered the match in the bottom of the inning and he was greeted by a titanic 484-foot clout, a no-doubter by Kris Bryant to surrender the go-ahead run. Aroldis Chapman came on to close out the game in the ninth. Lou Brock pinch-ran after Clemente slapped a two-out safety to right, but Buster Posey gunned him down attempting to swipe second to seal the 2-1 victory! Jacob deGrom (15 IP, 1 ER) and Willie McCovey (3 HR, 6 RBI) shared Most Valuable Player honors.

NL1961-75 vs NL2006-20

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x R  H  E
   NL1961-75 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   1  7  0  
   NL2006-20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x   2  5  0  
 WP:Kimbrel                          DPs V: 0
 LP:Regan                                H: 2 
 SV:Chapman                           Time: 0:23.46
 GWRBI:   Bryant
   Wind in from left-center at 10 mph
   Willie McCovey was injured. Out  2 games 

                              How They Scored...
   Bottom of 4th
     With Koufax Pitching, nobody out, 
     Pujols hits a 492 ft Home Run.  Score  0 -  1 
   Top of 5th
     With deGrom Pitching, nobody out, 
     Clemente singles 
      scoring Bench from 2nd.  Score  1 -  1 
   Bottom of 8th
     With Regan Pitching, nobody out, 
     Bryant hits a 484 ft Home Run.  Score  1 -  2 

                       Fielders                   NL1961-75

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   P. Rose,LF           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   D. Groat,SS          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   J. Morgan,2B         4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   W. Mays,CF           4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   H. Aaron,DH          3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   W. McCovey,1B        0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   O. Cepeda,1B         2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   D. Allen,3B          4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   J. Bench,C           4  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   R. Clemente,RF       4  0  4  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   L. Brock,RF          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0       
   J. Torre,LF          0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   M. Wills,SS          2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  1   0  0       
   B. Williams,LF       0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  1  7  1  0  0   1  0  3  7  0  2   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL1961-75

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   S. Koufax        7.0  4  1  1  1  3  7  0  0  0                       
   P. Regan,L       1.0  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            8.0  5  2  2  2  3  7  0  0  0                       

                       Fielders                   NL2006-20

                       AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI SH BB SO SB CS ERR PB
   B. Harper,RF         3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0   0  0       
   H. Ramirez,SS        4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   K. Bryant,3B         4  1  2  1  0  1   1  0  0  1  0  0   0  0       
   A. Pujols,1B         3  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   G. Stanton,DH        3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1  0  0   0  0       
   C. Yelich,LF         4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   A. McCutchen ,CF     3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   C. Utley,2B          3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0       
   B. Posey,C           3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0  0   0  0       
   TOTAL               30  2  5  1  0  2   2  0  3  7  0  0   0  0       

                       Pitchers                   NL2006-20

                     IP  H  R ER HR BB SO WP HB BK
   J. deGrom        7.0  6  1  1  0  3  4  0  2  0                       
   C. Kimbrel,W     1.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0                       
   A. Chapman,S     1.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0                       
   TOTAL            9.0  7  1  1  0  3  7  0  2  0                       

Ratings

Graphics – [4] Earl Weaver Baseball II introduced the ability to view the game from innumerable camera angles. The user can choose to zoom in/out, focus on the ball or a specific fielder and adjust the camera angle or position. Alternatively you can turn the Director off which limits the view to the behind the plate / full-batter view (with no runners on base) along with three preset overview cameras. The game features fully animated and fairly representative depictions of the pitchers, fielders, batters and baserunners performing their various tasks. Sliding baserunners kick up dirt, the seams on the ball are visible when the pitch is delivered, umpires signal safe or out. On the downside, the player sizes are sometimes distorted based on the play type or camera angle. In particular I noticed that the catcher emerged in front of home plate on a bunt or slow-moving infield chopper, he appeared to be half the height of the batter-runner. When a fielder attempts to scoop a low throw, they also appear to be smaller than the baserunner. My recollection is that the fielders remain upright on all plays (no diving stops in the infield or all-out attempts to snare drives in the outfield).  The pitcher’s last name, actual ERA and number of pitches thrown appear in the upper-half of the screen upon the start of each at-bat while the batter’s last name, batting average and run rating are displayed at the same time in the lower section.  Then the game status is presented briefly along the bottom of the screen prior to the pitch, consisting of the current score, inning, number of outs, and the ball-strike count. Between innings, the scoreboard appears along with the batters due up in the next half-inning.

Sound – [3] The ballpark organist ripped through “Charge!” and a series of ballpark favorites between innings and during appropriate lulls in the action. A hit batsman provokes a “bonk” sound effect immediately followed by chirping birds. Other in-game sound effects encompass the crack of the bat, ball hitting the glove and umpire calls. Crowd noise is noticeably absent.

Strategy – [4] The manager(s) can toggle the following options on or off through the use of the strategy menu: offense – aggressive baserunning, bunt, hit & run, run & hit, take (don’t swing), leadoff, steal second, steal third, steal home, double steal, squeeze, run (on contact from) third; defense – confer (visit mount), guard (the lines), hold, infield shift, infield depth, outfield shift, outfield depth, pitch around, pitch out, charge first, charge third, give run. You can also “Ask Earl” for advice about the current situation or switch to the lineup screen where you select pinch-hitters, pinch-runners, defensive replacements and relievers. You can warm-up relief pitchers and check their status here as well. I found it necessary to manually keep track of my substitutions as I was not prompted between innings if one of my pinch-hitters or pinch-runners were about to play out of position. It is also essential to monitor status of your bullpen as your relievers can become fatigued if you allow them to warm up indefinitely.

Artificial Intelligence – [5] Based on the additional teams that I constructed for my “All-Time” league, I created 8 new manager profiles. The user can modify any of the 19 managerial tendencies utilizing the “quick” and/or “zoom in” options. The quick edit offers a scale of 6 choices: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Average, Often, Very Often. Zoom-in editing permits more granular selections based on a percentage, inning or rating although I found that Zoom-In caused the game to crash within my DosBox session. The game comes with built-in profiles for several classic managers. The list below indicates the managers that I selected for each All-Time Team and an asterisk denotes the skippers that had pre-configured profiles within EWB II.

During my review of the simulated season stats, I noted the over-use of the bullpen staff on several teams, particularly in the teams from the last 5 decades. However it is possible that this trend could be at least partially due to the pitch counts selected in the manager profiles as I configured the managers of the contemporary squads with the setting to remove pitchers after 110 pitches. Moreover I limited most of the active rosters to 4 relievers, thereby restricting the ability of the computer manager to rest his bullpen arms during the course of the season. The All-Time League also utilized the designated hitter in all contests, reducing the need to deploy pinch-hitters.

Box Score – [4] The first page encompasses the team names and line score for the contest along with the winning/losing/saving pitchers, double plays, game-winning RBI, time of game, wind speed and direction. A “how they scored” summary shows the inning, event, home run distance (if applicable) and the score of the game after each event occurred. The box score includes all of the standard categories. The offense is listed in their proper batting order. I noticed that pinch-hitters and pinch-runners that are replaced prior to taking the field on defense are incorrectly listed in the defensive position of the player that they substituted for, instead of “PH” or “PR”. Pitchers are enumerated in the order in which they appeared in the ball game as well. Team totals appear at the bottom of each batting and pitching statistical column.

Rosters – [5] – Each team has a 25-man active roster and there are no specified rules regarding the number of position players vs. pitchers that you can carry. EWB II incorporates a reserve list for every team with no limits and each league has a free agent pool in which you can add or drop players. The computer managers do not access the reserve list to my knowledge, so adjusting your league rosters to accommodate injuries and ineffective players is a manual process. The user can configure one or two leagues containing one or two divisions with up to 8 teams per division. Players can be traded among teams and a draft function is included as well.

Statistics – [5] – Users have the option to modify their player’s name, primary and secondary positions, batting hand, skin tone, year, ID # and salary. The standard batting, pitching and fielding statistics are adjustable and you may auto-generate or assign various ratings to each player. The ratings are scaled from 1 (worst) to 10 (best) comprising Power, Hit & Run, Bunt, Runs, Range, Arm and Durability for batters while pitchers are evaluated on Speed, Control, Fatigue, Bunt, Hold and Durability. Player’s status can be set to Active, Reserve, Disabled List (DL), Farm, AAA, AA or Free. You have the ability to enter split stats (vs. left-handers and vs. right-handers) to further enhance the realism of simulated seasons. The player editor displays both historical and accumulated statistics for the individual that you’re currently viewing or modifying. Team nicknames can be revised and you may assign a manager and ballpark to specific teams.  The Commissioner’s Disk provides a utility to view or print a variety of reports. You can specify minimum # of at-bats, innings pitched, list length and sort order. Several season disks were available for purchase from Electronic Arts. .

Usage/Injuries/Ejections – [4] – Players can be injured during the course of the game (based on their injury rating) and fatigue is also a factor for pitchers. Injured players are listed in the lineup screen as “Out for ## Games” while fatigued players are “Resting for ## Games”. You can opt to allow resting and/or injured players to be available through the Ground Rules or Schedule Settings screens. The Durability and Fatigue ratings figure heavily in the number of games each player may be unavailable. The manager will come out to argue close plays, resulting in an animated discussion with the umpire but the skipper and his players cannot be ejected from a ball game. The computer manager will substitute a healthy player from the bench. However the game does not recall players from the reserve list for an extended injury. If you’re so inclined, you will need to monitor and manipulate the extended (reserve) roster while tracking injuries on your own.

Ballparks / Park Factors – [5] – 30 current and old-time ballparks come with the game along with 2 fantasy stadiums (Homer Heaven and Weaver Stadium). One of my favorite aspects of the EWB series is the ability to modify the existing parks or create your own park from scratch. This utility allows the user to assign a stadium name, determine if the field is natural grass or artificial turf, indoor (domed) or outdoor construction, alter the fence heights and distances, allocate the dimensions of foul territory, primary color, and the wind characteristics (speed, percentage and prevailing direction). Although park factors are not specifically mentioned in the manual, the physics model does take the dimensions, turf type and wind factors into account.

Commentary – [1] – Commentary is limited to the umpire’s calls such as “Ball”, “Strike”, “Out!” and “Outta There!”

Scale:  Ratings from 1 (worst) to 5 (best)

Total Score: 40 out of 50

Observations

Despite the variety of enhancements to its predecessor, EWB II falls a bit short of the extremely high bar set by the original. The resulting effort still has plenty to offer and I highly recommend tracking down this game if you don’t already have it in your software library!

Please add a comment below if you spent a significant amount of time and/or have any recollections of Earl Weaver Baseball II.

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Articles in the Series

	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – SSI Computer Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review –Computer Statis Pro Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Avalon Hill Pro Manager / Major League Manager
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pure-Stat Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Monday Morning Manager
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Radio Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Full Count Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – MicroLeague Baseball II – III – IV
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa’s Ultimate Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball II
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – APBA Baseball
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball II
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 – ’96 – ’98
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – ESPN Baseball Tonight
	Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Hardball 3-4-5-6
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Additional Links

Playthrough – HardballRetro

SABR Stay at Home – Eddie Dombrower

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https://archive.org/details/msdos_Earl_Weaver_Baseball_II_1991

Murray, Rink. “386 Down the Power Alleys: Baseball Simulations Emerge From Spring Training.” PC Magazine. April 28, 1992, p493. https://books.google.com/books?id=HERlo0BgpGYC&pg=PT475&dq=pc+magazine+386+apba+baseball+simulation&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZipuBgZjoAhUCc98KHcOkDqoQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=pc%20magazine%20386%20apba%20baseball%20simulation&f=false

Poho, Seth. “Earl Weaver and the Greatest Baseball Game of All-Time.” RO Baseball. January 5, 2017. https://medium.com/ro-baseball/earl-weaver-and-the-greatest-baseball-game-of-all-time-e000bd94a92a

Rogers, Win. “Field of (Weird) Dreams.” Computer Gaming World. Volume 89, December 1991, p16, 18, 20. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_89.pdf

https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/earl-weaver-baseball-ii/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2qdhUNkl7E Earl Weaver Baseball II, video by Squakenet

About the Author

I am a New Jersey native with a passion for baseball, statistics, computers and video games who enjoys spending quality time with his family.

“Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League)“, published in July 2020 and
“Hardball Architects – Volume 2 (National League)”, published in April 2022, examine the trades, free agent acquisitions, draft picks and other transactions for the 30 Major League Baseball franchises, divided into a 2-volume set. Both books are available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. All key moves are scrutinized for every team and Sabermetric principles are applied to the roster construction throughout the lifetime of the organization to encapsulate the hits and misses by front office executives. Team performances are analyzed based on transaction type with graphs depicting the WAR (Wins Above Replacement) in every decade. Individual results for each player-transaction is charted over the duration of their stint with the franchise. Every team chapter includes All-Time Rosters and Single-Season Leaders based on transaction type. The Team Trade Record chronicles the WAR and WS (Win Shares) accumulated by players acquired in comparison to those traded to opposing teams. The opening chapter is devoted to the Evolution of the General Manager and incorporates a discussion with former Dodgers GM Fred Claire (along with former Angels and Red Sox GM Mike Port and current Reds GM Nick Krall in Volume 2) on a variety of front office topics.

“Hardball Retroactive”, published in June 2018, is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com.  Hardball Retroactive is a modest collection of selected articles that I have written for Seamheads.com along with my Baseball Analytics blog since 2010. Exclusive content includes the chapter on “Minors vs. Majors” which assesses every franchise’s minor league successes and failures in relation to their major league operations.

“Hardball Retrospective” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. Supplemental Statistics, Charts and Graphs along with a discussion forum are offered at TuataraSoftware.com. In Hardball Retrospective, I placed every ballplayer in the modern era (from 1901-present) on their original teams. Using a variety of advanced statistics and methods, I generated revised standings for each season based entirely on the performance of each team’s “original” players. I discuss every team’s “original” players and seasons at length along with organizational performance with respect to the Amateur Draft (or First-Year Player Draft), amateur free agent signings and other methods of player acquisition. Season standings, WAR and Win Shares totals for the “original” teams are compared against the real-time or “actual” team results to assess each franchise’s scouting, development and general management skills.

Don Daglow (Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball, Earl Weaver Baseball, Tony LaRussa Baseball) contributed the foreword for Hardball Retrospective. The foreword and preview of my book are accessible here. 

“Hardball Retrospective – Addendum 2014 to 2016” supplements my research for Hardball Retrospective, providing retroactive standings based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for each “original” team over the past three seasons (2014-2016). Team totals from 2010 – 2013 are included for reference purposes. “Addendum” is available in paperback and digital (Kindle) format at Amazon.com. 

All-Time League – Final Standings (Simulated Season, Second Attempt)

      AL Greats                                        

                  W   L   %                                           

      AL1916-30  96  66 .592

      AL1901-15  85  77 .524

      AL1931-45  80  82 .493

      AL1991-05  79  83 .487

      AL2006-20  78  84 .481

      AL1976-90  77  85 .475

      AL1961-75  74  88 .456

      AL1946-60  69  93 .425

                                                                                   

      NL Greats                                        

                  W   L   %                                              

      NL2006-20  99  63 .611

      NL1991-05  98  64 .604

      NL1916-30  92  70 .567

      NL1976-90  88  74 .543

      NL1901-15  86  76 .530

      NL1961-75  72  90 .444

      NL1946-60  70  92 .432

      NL1931-45  53 109 .327

 

All-Time League, Team-by-Team Statistics

                                                                                   
     AL1901-15        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    T. Easterly,C *  .244   122  398   40   97   7   0   3   45   18   31   8       
    J. Clarke,C *    .178    64  169   13   30   2   3   1   12   15   24   0       
    H. Davis,1B      .220   162  592   46  130  17   3   5   73   23   70  15       
    S. McInnis,1B    .231    20   13    2    3   0   0   0    2    2    0   0       
    N. Lajoie,2B     .340   161  645   83  219  20   6   8  118    8   13  17       
    E. Collins,2B*   .288   162  618   95  178   9   5   5   74  103   30  42       
    H. Baker,3B*     .277   162  599   62  166  20   2   9   89   58   44  18       
    B. Bradley,3B    .344    31   32    5   11   3   1   0    5    2    5   0       
    J. Collins,3B    .308    12   13    0    4   1   0   0    2    3    1   1       
    G. Davis,SS#     .242   117  359   50   87   3   1   0   24   62   26  21       
    D. Bush,SS#      .253    52  166   16   42   3   0   1   10   24   18  10       
    T. Cobb,CF*      .350   162  649  106  227  14   9   6  111   51   54  59       
    J. Jackson,RF*   .309   162  674  107  208  11   6   5   63   53   55  50       
    S. Crawford,RF*  .400    54   60   10   24   0   1   1    4    4    2   1       
    G. Stone,LF*     .320   162  607   64  194  13   0   3   52   27   35  40       
    E. Flick,CF*     .154    15   13    2    2   0   0   0    1    1    1   0       
    M. McIntyre,LF*  .000     3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0       
 Total Stats         .289  1623 5610  702 1622 123  37  47  685  455  409 282       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    W. Johnson      16  12   0  3.13    250.0  33  238   87  22   85  150           
    J. Chesbro      11  11   0  2.96    243.0  33  231   80  24   99  118           
    C. Young        11  12   0  3.41    242.2  32  251   92  27   61   81           
    R. Waddell *    14   9   0  3.16    236.0  32  247   83  23   89  149           
    J. Coombs       13  10   1  3.12    238.2  31  218   83  31  121  128           
    J. Wood          2   7   5  3.77     59.2   1   68   25   8   24   46           
    E. Walsh        12  10  10  3.47     98.1   0  106   38  14   39   46           
    R. Russell *     6   6  10  3.51    105.0   0  111   41  14   47   40           
 Total Stats        85  77  26  3.23   1473.1 162 1470  529 163  565  758           
                                                                                   
     AL1976-90        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    C. Fisk,C        .226   162  557   55  126   6   0  18   49   54   99   1       
    L. Parrish,C     .333     4    3    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    0   0       
    D. Mattingly     .316    14   19    1    6   0   0   1    3    0    1   0       
    E. Murray,1B#    .261   162  563   63  147   8   1  13   57   80   81   0       
    L. Whitaker,2B*  .400    26   20    6    8   0   0   0    3    1    1   0       
    W. Randolph,2B   .252   162  635   81  160  11   0   5   61   98   77  15       
    B. Grich,2B      .000     1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   0       
    G. Brett,3B*     .283   162  626   77  177  23   2  13   95   66   34  10       
    W. Boggs,3B*     .227    21   22    3    5   0   0   0    0    4    1   0       
    R. Yount,SS      .364     9   11    3    4   0   0   0    2    0    2   1       
    A. Trammell,SS   .250    17   16    8    4   0   0   2    5    1    3   0       
    C. Ripken,SS     .276   162  653   64  180  12   2  17   73   30  111   0       
    J. Canseco,RF    .273   162  615   81  168  16   1  22  114   70  145  24       
    R. Henderson     .244   162  660  106  161   5   0  15   49   89   70  45       
    J. Rice,LF       .238   162  596   57  142   7   2  22   65   38  131   1       
    R. Jackson,RF*   .207   162  603   69  125   4   1  29   79   75  137   0       
 Total Stats         .253  1550 5600  674 1414  92   9 157  656  606  894  97       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    R. Clemens      10  19   0  4.28    203.2  33  214   97  32  104  116           
    R. Guidry *     15  12   1  2.93    233.0  33  208   76  26   83  156           
    B. Saberhagen    9  12   0  3.93    187.1  32  195   82  26   58   99           
    F. Viola *       8  10   0  3.81    184.0  31  186   78  29   57  100           
    D. Stieb         8  11   0  4.49    186.1  31  221   93  29   96   89           
    M. Eichhorn      6   7   6  2.91    179.1   2  162   58  28   61  124           
    D. Quisenbrry    6   5  13  2.96     91.0   0   89   30   9   38   39           
    R. Gossage       6   3   4  4.15     86.2   0   86   40  12   44   47           
    R. Fingers       9   6   3  2.09    124.2   0   97   29  11   38   47           
 Total Stats        77  85  27  3.55   1476.0 162 1458  583 202  579  817           
                                                                                   
     AL1931-45        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    B. Dickey,C *    .269   162  554   72  149   3   1  22   68   48   29   0       
    R. Ferrell,C     .310    26   42    4   13   0   0   1    1    2    3   0       
    J. Foxx,1B       .304   162  611  107  186  11   3  54  122   91  118   0       
    H. Greenberg     .237   162  600   76  142   9   1  33   94   78  127   0       
    C. Gehringer     .266   162  635   74  169  12   1   4   52   77   37   0       
    B. Doerr,2B      .250    13    8    2    2   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    H. Clift,3B      .269   162  516   75  139   4   1  28   67   91   69   0       
    R. Rolfe,3B*     .231    11   13    2    3   0   0   0    1    1    0   0       
    L. Appling,SS    .248   162  660   55  164   7   2   2   50   71   35   0       
    L. Boudreau,SS   .211    21   19    3    4   1   0   0    2    1    1   0       
    J. DiMaggio,CF   .246   162  610   66  150   7   2  21   68   39   42   0       
    E. Averill,CF*   .393    25   28    3   11   3   0   0    4    3    0   0       
    J. Heath,RF*     .275   162  550   69  151  16   0  17   74   42   84   4       
    B. Johnson,LF    .273    26   11    5    3   0   0   0    0    4    1   0       
    C. Keller,LF*    .199   162  539   62  107   4   1  21   59   79   73   1       
    W. Moses,RF*     .333    18    6    2    2   1   0   0    0    0    0   0       
 Total Stats         .258  1598 5402  677 1395  78  12 203  662  627  619   5       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    H. Newhouser    16  10   0  2.27    233.2  33  225   59   9   98  116           
    L. Grove *      12  11   0  3.52    196.2  32  204   77  18   69   86           
    D. Trout        11  14   0  3.44    216.2  32  238   83  15   91   91           
    L. Gomez *      14   7   0  2.67    208.1  32  206   62  15   84   93           
    W. Ferrell       9  20   0  5.12    191.1  32  235  109  25   80   75           
    M. Harder        4   7  17  4.84    117.0   1  151   63  23   43   56           
    S. Rowe          2   2   4  4.82     50.1   0   82   27   6   24   30           
    C. Brown         2   0   1  6.35     17.0   0   22   12   2    8    6           
    J. Berry        10  11   9  3.44    206.1   0  200   79  16   74   87           
 Total Stats        80  82  31  3.58   1437.1 162 1563  571 129  571  640           
                                                                                   
     AL1991-05        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    I. Rodriguez     .240   162  570   53  137   7   0  14   55    9   68   5       
    J. Posada,C #    .350    10   20    0    7   0   0   0    2    4    4   0       
    F. Thomas,1B     .229   162  616   74  141   6   2  26   81   92  111   0       
    J. Giambi,1B*    .400     3    5    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    1   0       
    R. Palmeiro,1B*  .000    15    2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   1       
    R. Alomar,2B#    .278   162  634   91  176  10   3  16   70   96  124  15       
    C. Baerga,2B#    .000     3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    T. Glaus,3B      .000    13    7    2    0   0   0   0    0    1    4   0       
    J. Thome,3B*     .223   162  543   72  121   5   1  18   55  100  174   0       
    A. Rodriguez     .262   162  625   80  164  12   1  30   82   39  118  35       
    M. Tejada,SS     .000     2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    K. Griffey,CF*   .240   162  638   84  153   9   2  40  100   57  145   2       
    A. Belle,LF      .234   162  633   75  148   6   0  39   91   49  112   0       
    M. Ramirez,RF    .250   162  551   63  138   6   1  27   73   71  172   0       
    E. Martinez,DH   .000     0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    I. Suzuki,RF*    .312   162  709   73  221   4   0   8   50   28   65  10       
 Total Stats         .254  1504 5553  668 1408  65  10 218  660  546 1099  68       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    P. Martinez      4  15   0  4.08    200.2  33  214   91  36   56  135           
    J. Santana *    13  11   0  3.43    183.2  33  175   70  27   68  116           
    M. Mussina      16  11   0  3.86    205.0  32  215   88  21   68   91           
    P. Hentgen      11  13   0  4.02    192.1  32  202   86  32   80   95           
    K. Appier       12  13   0  4.40    184.0  32  180   90  25   96   96           
    M. Rivera       12   7  25  2.66    209.0   0  186   62  22   72  144           
    R. Hernandez     3   4   1  3.30     92.2   0   89   34  13   48   61           
    K. Foulke        5   2   2  3.11     98.1   0   83   34  13   25   66           
    J. Mesa          3   7   3  3.85     93.1   0  109   40  16   41   56           
 Total Stats        79  83  31  3.67   1459.0 162 1453  595 205  554  860           
                                                                                   
     AL1946-60        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    Y. Berra,C *     .308   162  634   70  195   8   7  17   87   41   16   0       
    S. Lollar,C      .217    15   23    1    5   0   0   0    2    1    1   0       
    M. Vernon,1B*    .286   162  581   61  166   9   2   4   44   44   72   1       
    F. Fain,1B*      .571    11   14    2    8   0   0   0    1    1    0   0       
    J. Gordon,2B     .210   162  599   67  126   6   2  22   54   47   82   0       
    N. Fox,2B*       .333    26   15    2    5   0   0   0    1    2    1   0       
    A. Rosen,3B      .279   162  645   84  180   5   0  40  105   69   54   0       
    G. Kell,3B       .100     6   10    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    P. Rizzuto,SS    .279   162  551   69  154   5   4   7   50   65   55   0       
    J. Pesky,SS*     .111    14    9    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    2   0       
    T. Williams,LF*  .274   162  588   87  161   5   1  33   97  115   62   0       
    R. Colavito,RF   .230   162  601   65  138   4   1  30   80   60  137   0       
    M. Minoso,LF     .238    35   21    5    5   1   0   0    2    2    1   0       
    L. Doby,CF*      .251   162  645   97  162   9   3  27   97   89  104   0       
    A. Kaline,RF     .283   162  682   79  193   5   3  11   54   64   87   0       
    D. DiMaggio,CF   .217    25   23    2    5   0   0   0    0    1    4   0       
 Total Stats         .267  1590 5641  691 1505  57  23 191  674  602  678   1       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    B. Feller       10  15   0  3.97    231.0  33  241  102  26  119  125           
    E. Wynn          5  16   0  4.33    197.1  33  208   95  30   99   98           
    M. Parnell *    11  13   0  3.42    215.2  32  208   82  24  103  103           
    B. Pierce *     11  12   0  4.49    202.1  32  224  101  30   94  108           
    B. Shantz *     11  11   0  3.32    219.1  32  213   81  23   85  107           
    J. Bunning       2   3   1  4.55     59.1   0   74   30   7   32   19           
    E. Kinder        4   9   9  4.63     87.1   0   88   45  10   51   28           
    J. Page *        6  10  13  4.98    104.2   0  111   58  13   72   61           
    S. Paige         9   4   7  4.27    151.2   0  152   72  16   91   99           
 Total Stats        69  93  30  4.08   1468.2 162 1519  666 179  746  748           
                                                                                   
     AL2006-20        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    J. Mauer,C *     .297   162  535   68  159   6   1  10   52   68   58   0       
    Y. Gomes,C       .171    27   41    4    7   1   0   1    5    3   11   0       
    D. Ortiz,1B*     .208   162  606   83  126   5   0  39   95   91  144   0       
    C. Davis,1B*     .222    13    9    3    2   1   0   0    1    1    4   0       
    J. Abreu,1B      .268   162  641   70  172   8   1  25   79   40  162   0       
    J. Altuve,2B     .288    61   52    9   15   0   0   1    5    5    7   0       
    R. Cano,2B*      .278   162  615   67  171   6   1  12   50   49   68   0       
    M. Cabrera,3B    .284   162  666   74  189  11   0  30  103   43  147   0       
    J. Donaldson     .200     6    5    1    1   0   0   1    2    1    2   0       
    E. Longoria,3B   .273    22   11    4    3   0   0   1    2    0    1   0       
    D. Jeter,SS      .261   162  547   73  143  10   4   9   56   50  104   9       
    C. Correa,SS     .261    17   23    3    6   0   0   0    0    3    6   0       
    M. Betts,RF      .266   162  665   91  177  16   1  31  100   63  126   8       
    J. Bautista,RF   .222    58   54    8   12   0   0   2    7    7   13   0       
    M. Trout,CF      .261   162  631   97  165   9   3  21   71   99  180   4       
    C. Crawford,LF*  .287   162  550   62  158  14   3   9   77   28  104  10       
 Total Stats         .267  1662 5651  717 1506  87  14 192  705  551 1137  31       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    J. Verlander    11  12   0  3.82    185.2  33  191   79  29   75   92           
    C. Kluber       10  16   0  5.11    170.2  33  192   97  35   80  109           
    Z. Greinke       9   9   0  3.65    172.1  32  188   70  19   81  103           
    C. Lee *        11  12   0  3.07    190.0  32  196   65  25   50  111           
    G. Cole          9  11   0  5.68    153.2  32  168   97  44   75  112           
    Z. Britton *     5   7   8  3.89    141.0   0  141   61  12   52  104           
    F. Rodriguez     8   6   1  7.19     76.1   0   91   61  12   53   54           
    J. Nathan        6   6   3  2.26    194.2   0  154   49  18   79  156           
    J. Papelbon      9   5  14  2.67    168.0   0  152   50  11   50  113           
 Total Stats        78  84  26  3.90   1452.1 162 1473  629 205  595  954           
                                                                                   
     AL1916-30        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    M. Cochrane,C *  .276   122  442   27  122   9   0   3   48   41   22   0       
    W. Schang,C #    .252    49  151   20   38   3   1   2   17   25   11   0       
    L. Gehrig,1B*    .319   162  611  102  195  11   0  39  157   94   81   0       
    G. Sisler,1B*    .360   162  684  137  246  22   2   7   90   56   18  36       
    T. Lazzeri,2B    .311   162  621   69  193  15   4  15   86   54   62   0       
    D. Pratt,2B      .999     3    1    2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    W. Kamm,3B       .270    44  148   24   40   3   1   2   15   19   19   1       
    O. Bluege,3B     .217   120  433   51   94   7   1   0   22   29   24   2       
    J. Cronin,SS     .291   162  609   69  177  10   2   9   69   49   35   0       
    J. Sewell,SS*    .000     3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    B. Ruth,RF*      .303   162  617  127  187   9   1  50  149  110  111   0       
    A. Simmons,LF    .239   162  633   84  151  14   1  32  114   38   47   1       
    H. Heilmann,RF   .769    13   13    7   10   0   0   1    2    0    0   0       
    T. Speaker,CF*   .310   162  675  129  209  19   4  14   69   83   20   0       
    G. Goslin,LF*    .167    14   18    1    3   1   0   0    2    1    1   0       
    H. Manush,LF*    .571    11   14    5    8   0   0   0    5    0    0   0       
    E. Combs,CF*     .500    11    6    2    3   0   0   1    4    0    0   0       
 Total Stats         .295  1524 5678  856 1677 123  17 175  849  599  451  40       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    E. Cicotte      20   7   0  2.85    236.1  33  226   75  23   98  128           
    R. Faber        21   8   0  2.94    238.2  33  235   78  23   88   86           
    G. Uhle         14  10   0  4.33    224.1  32  246  108  21  101  104           
    J. Bagby        10  12   0  3.60    202.0  32  218   81  26   77   53           
    S. Coveleski    13  13   0  3.37    229.1  32  236   86  23   89   76           
    F. Marberry      3   5   6  3.24     94.1   0   96   34  10   30   32           
    G. Braxton *     8   8  13  2.98     99.1   0   93   33   9   39   63           
    D. Danforth *    7   3  12  3.61    122.0   0  117   49  11   53   61           
 Total Stats        96  66  31  3.39   1446.1 162 1467  544 146  575  603           
                                                                                   
     AL1961-75        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    E. Howard,C      .314    54  159   14   50   1   2   6   17    9   19   0       
    T. Munson,C      .295   121  424   52  125   1   0   7   24   12   43   0       
    N. Cash,1B*      .316   123  437   82  138   6   3  15   67   97   67   0       
    B. Powell,1B*    .200     5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0       
    R. Carew,2B*     .307   162  693  113  213   9   1  17   57   67   57  15       
    H. Killebrew     .211    53  142   19   30   1   0   7   22   39   20   0       
    B. Robinson,3B   .246   162  589   60  145   7   2  19   57   38   69   0       
    R. Petrocelli    .240   162  596   79  143   5   2  36   91   73   79   0       
    B. Campaneris    .000    17    3    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   0       
    M. Mantle,CF#    .205   162  599   87  123   7   2  32  100  113  158   1       
    F. Robinson,RF   .255   162  599   84  153   9   1  34  114   70   91   0       
    C. Yastrzmski    .276   162  612   87  169   9   1  31  118   79   85   0       
    T. Oliva,RF*     .000     9    8    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    1   0       
    R. Maris,RF*     .201   162  587   79  118   3   0  34   85   71   67   0       
    R. White,LF#     .100    21   10    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    1   0       
    P. Blair,CF      .000     8    3    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
 Total Stats         .258  1545 5466  760 1409  58  14 238  752  671  758  16       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    G. Perry        14  11   0  4.44    235.0  33  254  116  32  100  100           
    J. Palmer        9  16   0  4.37    228.1  32  251  111  46   63  110           
    D. McLain       16  10   0  3.60    227.1  32  223   91  34   72  119           
    B. Blyleven      6  18   0  4.72    196.1  32  247  103  36   87  118           
    S. McDowell *   11  19   0  5.01    204.2  32  213  114  41   92  138           
    D. Chance        4   2   4  2.91     89.2   0   68   29   8   34   55           
    D. Radatz        5   3   1  3.91     62.0   0   67   27   8   31   45           
    R. Perranoski    5   2   5  3.14    108.2   0  103   38   5   50   55           
    J. Hiller *      4   7  15  3.53     84.0   1   89   33  13   35   61           
 Total Stats        74  88  25  4.15   1436.0 162 1515  662 223  564  801           
                                                                                   
     NL1961-75        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    J. Bench,C       .266   162  593   79  158  10   1  30   79   37  104   0       
    W. McCovey,1B*   .252   162  556   87  140  10   0  29   81  120   98   0       
    O. Cepeda,1B     .220    47   41    4    9   0   0   2    6    2    8   0       
    J. Morgan,2B*    .263   162  619  101  163  19   0   9   60  101   83  27       
    J. Torre,3B      .043    23   23    1    1   0   0   0    0    3    3   0       
    R. Santo,3B      .174    25   23    2    4   0   0   1    2    3    8   0       
    D. Allen,3B      .248   162  625   62  155   9   3  23   66   38  140   0       
    M. Wills,SS#     .266   124  376   43  100   6   0   1   28   19   32  23       
    D. Groat,SS      .302    75  182   14   55   2   1   0   12   12   15   0       
    W. Mays,CF       .252   162  634   83  160   6   1  38  116   67  106   0       
    H. Aaron,RF      .245   162  608   82  149   6   3  31   99   62   93   0       
    W. Stargell,LF*  .267    11   15    3    4   0   0   2    6    0    2   0       
    B. Williams,LF*  .417    12   12    2    5   0   0   1    4    2    1   0       
    R. Clemente,RF   .334   162  580   63  194   8   4  19   74   31  108   0       
    L. Brock,LF*     .200    47   35    5    7   0   0   0    0    3    9   2       
    P. Rose,LF#      .307   162  678   73  208   7   0   7   55   47   39   0       
 Total Stats         .270  1660 5600  704 1512  83  13 193  688  547  849  52       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    S. Koufax *      9  10   0  3.47    184.0  33  168   71  23   72  137           
    B. Gibson       11  12   0  3.56    192.0  33  195   76  27   62  118           
    F. Jenkins       8  14   0  6.15    146.1  32  195  100  27   60   93           
    J. Marichal     11  10   0  3.56    176.2  32  193   70  18   66   84           
    D. Drysdale     11  14   0  4.54    160.1  32  186   81  19   61   92           
    M. Marshall      3   5   8  4.37     92.2   0   97   45  14   51   63           
    T. Abernathy    12   8  12  2.90    251.1   0  222   81  27  133  139           
    D. Selma         1  11   9  4.97     97.2   0  108   54  13   62   65           
    P. Regan         6   6   8  3.78    150.0   0  162   63  18   43   70           
 Total Stats        72  90  37  3.98   1451.0 162 1526  641 186  610  861           
                                                                                   
     NL1901-15        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    R. Bresnahan     .229   128  402   35   92   6   0   1   49   47   77  26       
    J. Kling,C       .260    55  146   21   38   0   0   3   16   13   17   8       
    F. Chance,1B     .241   135  386   52   93   5   2   0   29   57   45  43       
    E. Konetchy,1B   .223    60  157   16   35   3   0   4   18   13   19   4       
    L. Doyle,2B*     .267   162  562   55  150  18   3   5   50   54   53  44       
    J. Evers,2B*     .265    27   34    1    9   0   0   0    2    1    1   2       
    H. Zimmerman     .274   162  649   62  178  12   1   9   67   22   97  26       
    A. Devlin,3B     .294    15   17    1    5   0   0   0    0    1    2   4       
    H. Wagner,SS     .314   162  649   65  204  23   4   8   94   40   37  60       
    J. Tinker,SS     .182     8   11    2    2   0   0   0    2    0    1   1       
    C. Seymour,CF*   .255   162  652   75  166  12   4   4   79   34   45  37       
    J. Burkett,LF*   .310   162  574   58  178   7   5   5   60   47   93  26       
    J. Sheckard,LF*  .272   162  622   99  169   6   4   8   64   75   69  89       
    S. Magee,LF      .271    52   59   10   16   0   0   1    7    8    3   5       
    H. Lumley,RF     .212    30   33    1    7   0   0   0    4    0   10   1       
    G. Cravath,RF    .195   162  579   64  113  10   1   9   61   75  119   3       
    T. Leach,CF      .250    11    8    2    2   0   0   0    2    1    1   1       
 Total Stats         .263  1655 5540  619 1457 102  24  57  604  488  689 380       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    C. Mathewson    16  11   0  2.60    259.1  33  247   75  33   73  164           
    J. McGinnity     6  15   0  4.29    226.1  33  261  108  36   99  111           
    J. Taylor       16  10   0  2.80    263.1  32  241   82  33   76   88           
    N. Hahn *       19   9   0  3.25    252.0  32  253   91  25   88   69           
    G. McQuillan     3  10  11  3.92    149.0   2  155   65  11   63   45           
    B. James         1   0   0  4.86     16.2   0   21    9   4   10    7           
    B. Adams *      14  14   0  3.01    221.0  30  209   74  23   66  100           
    M. Brown        11   7  13  2.29     98.0   0   93   25   6   42   48           
 Total Stats        86  76  24  3.20   1485.2 162 1480  529 171  517  632           
 
                                                                                   
     NL1931-45        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    E. Lombardi,C    .306   122  431   49  132  10   1  11   53   23   13   0       
    H. Danning,C     .223    62  175    8   39   1   0   0    6    3   23   0       
    D. Camilli,1B*   .209   162  569   61  119   5   0  22   57   86  154   0       
    E. Fletcher,1B*  .217    31   23    2    5   0   0   1    4    5    6   0       
    B. Herman,2B     .270   162  564   58  152  14   0   3   58   23   25   0       
    L. Frey,2B*      .348    37   23    5    8   0   0   0    0    5    1   0       
    P. Martin,3B     .278   162  586   71  163  16   1   6   47   35   44   3       
    S. Hack,3B*      .304    47   46    8   14   0   0   1    2    3    7   0       
    A. Vaughan,SS*   .296   162  636   93  188  10   2  16   67   92   21   0       
    D. Bartell,SS    .320    30   25    4    8   1   0   1    1    3    3   0       
    J. Medwick,LF    .267   162  648   64  173  17   2  15   68   20   67   1       
    M. Ott,RF*       .279   161  591   87  165   5   3  30  103   90   33   1       
    P. Waner,RF*     .312   162  658   78  205  14   8   5   75   69   23   0       
    P. Reiser,CF*    .229    66   48    3   11   2   0   0    8    2   10   0       
    W. Berger,CF     .203   162  650   59  132   9   1  24   85   29  103   0       
    A. Galan,LF*     .250    18   12    2    3   1   0   0    3    1    0   0       
 Total Stats         .267  1708 5685  652 1517 105  18 135  637  489  533   5       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    C. Hubbell *    10  16   0  4.25    234.2  33  283  111  24   73  100           
    B. Walters      10  18   0  3.93    258.2  33  262  113  35  123  115           
    D. Dean          5  17   0  5.16    188.1  32  243  108  31   81   99           
    B. Lee           6  20   0  3.62    203.2  31  209   82  34   79   79           
    L. Warneke       6  22   1  5.81    235.1  31  301  152  32   94   99           
    W. Hoyt          2   4   3  4.84     52.0   2   66   28   7   17   32           
    C. Davis         1   2   2  4.71     76.1   0   95   40  14   39   38           
    A. Adams         6   5   0  5.13    128.0   0  158   73  25   63   52           
    A. Karl          7   5   7  4.17     77.2   0  105   36  11   31   34           
 Total Stats        53 109  13  4.60   1454.2 162 1722  743 213  600  648           
                                                                                   
     NL1946-60        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    R. Campanella    .239   162  545   61  130   7   0  29   78   59   74   0       
    W. Cooper,C      .244    55   41    9   10   1   0   1    3    2    4   0       
    T. Kluszewski    .333    14   12    2    4   0   0   1    4    0    1   0       
    J. Mize,1B*      .234   162  560   62  131   6   0  30   77   47   39   0       
    G. Hodges,1B     .222   162  531   54  118   4   1  26   66   48   72   0       
    J. Robinson,2B   .283   162  660  109  187   6   2  11   33   72   28   0       
    R. Schndienst    .429     9    7    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    1   0       
    E. Mathews,3B*   .263   162  578   88  152   8   0  40   83   69   86   0       
    B. Elliott,3B    .545    16   11    2    6   0   0   0    1    3    1   0       
    E. Banks,SS      .244   162  671   83  164  15   1  43  110   36  129   0       
    P. Reese,SS      .300    18   10    2    3   0   0   0    0    0    1   0       
    S. Musial,RF*    .295   162  672  102  198  16   1  31   98   54   30   0       
    D. Snider,LF*    .252   162  592   73  149   9   2  30   90   59  108   0       
    R. Kiner,LF      .224   162  548   73  123   3   1  28   73   94   72   0       
    R. Ashburn,CF*   .302    66   43    8   13   0   0   2    4    9    8   0       
    E. Slaughter     .355    43   31    3   11   1   0   0    2    4    1   0       
 Total Stats         .254  1679 5512  731 1402  76   8 272  722  556  655   0       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    R. Roberts       7  13   0  4.27    202.0  33  241   96  29   64   80           
    W. Spahn *      15  11   0  4.32    216.1  33  236  104  20   83   99           
    H. Brecheen     16  10   0  3.75    225.1  32  238   94  28   87  117           
    J. Sain          4  20   0  5.02    177.1  32  224   99  28   91   71           
    E. Blackwell    10  15   1  5.00    206.2  31  246  115  34   94  132           
    H. Wilhelm       9   3  10  3.45     93.2   0   91   36  13   28   54           
    J. Konstanty     1  14   1  5.47    113.1   0  140   69  21   60   44           
    L. McDaniel      4   2   6  2.66     91.1   0   79   27   8   36   58           
    R. Face          4   4   9  3.26    115.2   1  121   42  17   39   83           
 Total Stats        70  92  27  4.26   1441.2 162 1616  682 198  582  738           
                                                                                   
     NL1976-90        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    B. Santiago,C    .174    23   23    2    4   0   0   1    3    0    4   0       
    G. Carter,C      .185   162  523   48   97   6   0  10   57   52   79   0       
    K. Hernandez     .315   162  639   87  201  12   5   9   78   76   94   0       
    W. Clark,1B*     .133    19   15    2    2   0   0   1    2    2    5   0       
    R. Sandberg,2B   .236   162  685   74  162  20   2  10   77   46  166  22       
    M. Schmidt,3B    .209   162  612   84  128  14   3  31  109   62  145   0       
    O. Smith,SS#     .286   162  500   73  143   5   2   2   44   63   35   5       
    D. Concepcion    .150    24   20    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    7   0       
    E. Davis,CF      .234    75  175   28   41   0   1  12   23   21   53   8       
    D. Strawberry    .216   162  547   81  118   9   1  24   64   94  143  20       
    G. Foster,LF     .309   162  632   77  195  11   1  30  103   46  111   2       
    T. Gwynn,RF*     .341   162  671   88  229   8   4   4   70   64   50  29       
    P. Guerrero,LF   .222    35   36    5    8   2   0   2    9    1    6   0       
    T. Raines,LF#    .306    55   49    4   15   1   0   0    0    9    8   4       
    A. Dawson,CF     .276   129  453   51  125  12   5  11   50   14   98  20       
 Total Stats         .264  1656 5580  704 1471 100  24 147  689  550 1004 110       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    D. Gooden        7  17   0  4.05    222.0  33  214  100  36   78  142           
    T. Seaver       16  12   0  3.37    216.0  32  218   81  33  101  119           
    S. Carlton *    16   8   0  3.53    221.1  33  210   87  18   96  143           
    O. Hershiser    11  12   0  3.39    209.1  32  212   79  31   93  113           
    P. Niekro        3   0   2  1.82     24.2   0   10    5   1    7   21           
    M. Scott        13  10   0  3.09    209.1  32  186   72  23   85  121           
    B. Caudill       0   0   0  7.94      5.2   0    7    5   1    2    3           
    B. Sutter        6  11  18  3.60    129.2   0  137   52  21   55   96           
    L. Smith         8   1   7  3.36     88.1   0   93   33  11   44   54           
    T. McGraw *      8   3   7  3.24    138.2   0  140   50  17   49   73           
 Total Stats        88  74  34  3.46   1465.0 162 1427  564 192  610  885           
                                                                                   
     NL1991-05        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    M. Piazza,C      .300   162  590   92  177   5   2  30   82   58   94   0       
    J. Kendall,C     .385    35   39    6   15   1   0   0    4    2    6   0       
    J. Bagwell,1B    .264   162  602   96  159   9   0  29   70   57  113   4       
    M. McGwire,1B    .235   161  592   99  139   4   0  49  131  123  204   0       
    T. Helton,1B*    .222    16    9    1    2   0   0   1    3    4    3   0       
    J. Kent,2B       .345    22   29    3   10   3   0   0    4    3    7   0       
    C. Biggio,2B     .271   162  709   90  192  23   3  13   93   57  157  17       
    C. Jones,3B#     .272   162  651  113  177  11   0  26   97  105  110   3       
    K. Caminiti,3B#  .000    11    9    2    0   0   0   0    0    0    3   0       
    M. Williams,3B   .286     8    7    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    2   0       
    B. Larkin,SS     .225   162  537   91  121   9   2  10   48   84   59  12       
    B. Bonds,LF*     .228   162  593  123  135   3   1  61  135  142  116   0       
    S. Sosa,RF       .237   162  628   97  149   8   1  48  123   72  174   0       
    J. Edmonds,CF*   .253   162  561   84  142  12   0  38   99   81  172   0       
    A. Jones,CF      .000     7    6    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    3   0       
 Total Stats         .255  1556 5562  898 1420  88   9 305  889  789 1223  36       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    G. Maddux       21   5   0  2.15    225.1  33  191   54  20   56  128           
    R. Johnson *    15   8   0  3.27    203.1  33  192   74  31   71  147           
    C. Schilling    14  13   0  4.64    178.1  31  196   92  32   64  123           
    K. Brown        10   8   0  5.13    185.2  32  226  106  30   70  112           
    J. Rijo         13  11   0  4.68    169.0  32  181   88  27   66  114           
    E. Gagne         6   5  11  3.21    227.0   1  200   81  22   79  189           
    B. Lidge         2   2   0  3.49     28.1   0   25   11   2    9   15           
    J. Wetteland     7   4   4  2.56    101.2   0   98   29   7   45   79           
    B. Wagner *      4   1   1  2.90     40.1   0   37   13   2   17   35           
    T. Hoffman       6   7  20  2.35    111.0   0   84   29   6   40   84           
 Total Stats        98  64  36  3.53   1470.0 162 1430  577 179  517 1026           
                                                                                   
     NL2006-20        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    B. Posey,C       .248   162  533   66  132  11   0  11   74   70  112   1       
    Y. Molina,C      .100    17   30    1    3   0   0   0    0    0    5   0       
    A. Pujols,1B     .257   162  641   97  165  16   1  28   98   97   75   0       
    J. Votto,1B*     .000     0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0       
    C. Utley,2B*     .238   162  584   84  139   6   0  21   85   67  127   2       
    D. Wright,3B     .243   162  596   70  145  14   0  11   50   82  139   7       
    K. Bryant,3B     .400     5    5    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    1   0       
    H. Ramirez,SS    .289   162  691   96  200  22   0  19   78   57  138   1       
    T. Tulowitzki    .200     5    5    0    1   1   0   0    0    0    2   0       
    B. Harper,RF*    .292   162  641  123  187   9   0  44  115  120  181   0       
    R. Braun,LF      .133    21   15    4    2   1   0   1    3    3    3   0       
    C. Yelich,LF*    .292   162  627   97  183   7   1  35  117   60  158   7       
    C. Bellinger     .300     8   10    1    3   0   0   0    0    0    2   0       
    C. Beltran,CF#   .000     7    5    3    0   0   0   0    0    2    1   0       
    A. McCutchen     .310   162  596   94  185   8   1  19   95   64  149   0       
    G. Stanton,RF    .208   162  639   95  133   6   1  35  106   75  204   0       
 Total Stats         .263  1521 5618  832 1480 101   4 224  821  697 1297  18       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    J. deGrom       15  13   0  3.58    175.2  33  178   70  15   72  123           
    C. Kershaw *    14   4   0  2.53    173.2  33  169   49  15   50  130           
    R. Halladay     11  15   0  3.49    175.0  32  193   68  25   58  116           
    J. Arrieta      13   4   0  3.06    173.0  32  163   59  17   70  107           
    M. Scherzer     11  10   0  4.10    155.2  32  183   71  29   42  113           
    C. Knebel        3   3   4  2.86     50.1   0   48   16   7   28   56           
    A. Chapman *    15   2   6  2.32    201.2   0  152   52  22   84  190           
    C. Kimbrel      11   6  24  2.71    159.1   0  113   48  19   63  147           
    K. Jansen        6   6   5  3.08    192.2   0  186   66  32   53  151           
 Total Stats        99  63  39  3.08   1457.0 162 1385  499 181  520 1133           
                                                                                   
     NL1916-30        BA     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO  SB
    G. Hartnett,C    .296   162  631   83  187  10   1  39  108   54   89   0       
    B. O'Farrell     .625    14    8    2    5   0   0   1    3    1    0   0       
    B. Terry,1B*     .346   162  711  113  246  18   3  15   74   52   56   0       
    J. Bottomley     .400    10   10    1    4   0   0   1    2    0    1   0       
    R. Hornsby,2B    .329   162  702  129  231  17   4  44  140   56   72   0       
    F. Lindstrom     .316    27   19    3    6   0   0   0    2    1    0   0       
    F. Frisch,3B#    .289   162  622   87  180  15   3   7   58   27   33  29       
    D. Bancroft,SS#  .295   130  417   60  123  11   2   3   58   51   17   0       
    A. Fletcher,SS   .286    50  154   15   44   7   1   0   24    0    6   0       
    H. Wilson,CF     .316   162  643   98  203  12   2  39  116   84  107   0       
    C. Klein,RF*     .317   125  504   62  160  15   1  24  101   27   33   0       
    K. Cuyler,RF     .312    73  205   31   64   7   1   3   19   15   20  12       
    M. Carey,CF#     .301   162  594   82  179  21   4   6   52   55   20  25       
    R. Youngs,RF*    .333    17   15    3    5   0   0   1    1    1    0   0       
    Z. Wheat,RF*     .282   162  617   57  174  15   1   8   58   36   30   1       
    E. Roush,CF*     .269    27   26    9    7   0   0   0    2    3    1   0       
 Total Stats         .309  1607 5878  835 1818 148  23 191  818  463  485  67       
                                                                                   
     PITCHING        W   L  SV   ERA     IP    GS    H   ER  HR   BB   SO
    P. Alexander    10  14   0  5.02    236.1  33  289  132  42   72  110           
    D. Luque        11  15   0  4.12    250.2  33  303  115  29   95  124           
    D. Vance        17  10   0  2.41    260.2  32  221   70  23  101  145           
    H. Vaughn *     14  13   0  3.20    252.2  32  225   90  30  116  100           
    E. Rixey *       9   6   8  3.26    115.2   0  125   42   9   43   56           
    B. Grimes       21   5   0  2.70    262.2  32  249   79  29   70  112           
    L. Benton        3   3   3  6.25     27.1   0   35   19   6   14   15           
    R. Kremer        4   1   3  3.75     24.0   0   30   10   2   11   13           
    C. Root          3   3   9  4.20     30.0   0   38   14   3   13   16           
 Total Stats        92  70  23  3.52   1460.0 162 1515  571 173  535  691           

All-Time League, Batting Leaders

Sort By: Batting Avg./By Position/Primary /AB >  500
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Sisler, G.     AL1916-30  .359
     2. Cobb, T.       AL1901-15  .349
     3. Terry, B.      NL1916-30  .345
     4. Gwynn, T.      NL1976-90  .341
     5. Lajoie, N.     AL1901-15  .339
     6. Clemente, R.   NL1961-75  .334
     7. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30  .329
     8. Gehrig, L.     AL1916-30  .319
     9. Stone, G.      AL1901-15  .319
    10. Klein, C.      NL1916-30  .317

   Sort By: Runs/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Sisler, G.     AL1916-30   137
     2. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30   129
     3. Speaker, T.    AL1916-30   129
     4. Ruth, B.       AL1916-30   127
     5. Harper, B.     NL2006-20   123
     6. Bonds, B.      NL1991-05   123
     7. Terry, B.      NL1916-30   113
     8. Jones, C.      NL1991-05   113
     9. Carew, R.      AL1961-75   113
    10. Robinson, J.   NL1946-60   109


   Sort By: Hits/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Terry, B.      NL1916-30   246
     2. Sisler, G.     AL1916-30   246
     3. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30   231
     4. Gwynn, T.      NL1976-90   229
     5. Cobb, T.       AL1901-15   227
     6. Suzuki, I.     AL1991-05   221
     7. Lajoie, N.     AL1901-15   219
     8. Carew, R.      AL1961-75   213
     9. Speaker, T.    AL1916-30   209
    10. Rose, P.       NL1961-75   208


   Sort By: Doubles/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Biggio, C.     NL1991-05    23
     2. Wagner, H.     NL1901-15    23
     3. Brett, G.      AL1976-90    23
     4. Ramirez, H.    NL2006-20    22
     5. Sisler, G.     AL1916-30    22
     6. Carey, M.      NL1916-30    21
     7. Sandberg, R.   NL1976-90    20
     8. Baker, H.      AL1901-15    20
     9. Lajoie, N.     AL1901-15    20
    10. Morgan, J.     NL1961-75    19


   Sort By: Triples/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Cobb, T.       AL1901-15     9
     2. Waner, P.      NL1931-45     8
     3. Berra, Y.      AL1946-60     7
     4. Lajoie, N.     AL1901-15     6
     5. Jackson, J.    AL1901-15     6
     6. Dawson, A.     NL1976-90     5
     7. Hernandez, K.  NL1976-90     5
     8. Burkett, J.    NL1901-15     5
     9. Collins, E.    AL1901-15     5
    10. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30     4


   Sort By: Home Runs/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Bonds, B.      NL1991-05    61
     2. Foxx, J.       AL1931-45    54
     3. Ruth, B.       AL1916-30    50
     4. McGwire, M.    NL1991-05    49
     5. Sosa, S.       NL1991-05    48
     6. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30    44
     7. Harper, B.     NL2006-20    44
     8. Banks, E.      NL1946-60    43
     9. Mathews, E.    NL1946-60    40
    10. Rosen, A.      AL1946-60    40


   Sort By: RBI/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Gehrig, L.     AL1916-30   157
     2. Ruth, B.       AL1916-30   149
     3. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30   140
     4. Bonds, B.      NL1991-05   135
     5. McGwire, M.    NL1991-05   131
     6. Sosa, S.       NL1991-05   123
     7. Foxx, J.       AL1931-45   122
     8. Yastrzmski, C. AL1961-75   118
     9. Lajoie, N.     AL1901-15   118
    10. Yelich, C.     NL2006-20   117


   Sort By: Stolen Bases/By Position/Primary /AB >  50
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Sheckard, J.   NL1901-15    89
     2. Wagner, H.     NL1901-15    60
     3. Cobb, T.       AL1901-15    59
     4. Jackson, J.    AL1901-15    50
     5. Henderson, R.  AL1976-90    45
     6. Doyle, L.      NL1901-15    44
     7. Chance, F.     NL1901-15    43
     8. Collins, E.    AL1901-15    42
     9. Stone, G.      AL1901-15    40
    10. Seymour, C.    NL1901-15    37


   Sort By: On Base Avg./By Position/Primary /AB >  500
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Cash, N.       AL1961-75  .440
     2. Gehrig, L.     AL1916-30  .409
     3. Sisler, G.     AL1916-30  .408
     4. Ruth, B.       AL1916-30  .408
     5. Harper, B.     NL2006-20  .403
     6. Gwynn, T.      NL1976-90  .398
     7. Cobb, T.       AL1901-15  .397
     8. Wilson, H.     NL1916-30  .394
     9. Foxx, J.       AL1931-45  .394
    
   Sort By: Slugging Avg./By Position/Primary /AB >  500
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Foxx, J.       AL1931-45  .597
     2. Ruth, B.       AL1916-30  .564
     3. Hornsby, R.    NL1916-30  .552
     4. Bonds, B.      NL1991-05  .544
     5. Gehrig, L.     AL1916-30  .528
     6. Wilson, H.     NL1916-30  .522
     7. Harper, B.     NL2006-20  .511
     8. Hartnett, G.   NL1916-30  .500
     9. Klein, C.      NL1916-30  .494
    10. McGwire, M.    NL1991-05  .489 

All-Time League, Pitching Leaders

Sort By: ERA/By Position/Primary /IP >  100
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Fingers, R.    AL1976-90  2.09
     2. Maddux, G.     NL1991-05  2.15
     3. Nathan, J.     AL2006-20  2.26
     4. Newhouser, H.  AL1931-45  2.27
     5. Chapman, A.    NL2006-20  2.32
     6. Hoffman, T.    NL1991-05  2.35
     7. Vance, D.      NL1916-30  2.41
     8. Kershaw, C.    NL2006-20  2.53
     9. Wetteland, J.  NL1991-05  2.56
    10. Mathewson, C.  NL1901-15  2.60

   Sort By: Wins/By Position/Primary /IP >  10
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Grimes, B.     NL1916-30    21
     2. Maddux, G.     NL1991-05    21
     3. Faber, R.      AL1916-30    21
     4. Cicotte, E.    AL1916-30    20
     5. Hahn, N.       NL1901-15    19
     6. Vance, D.      NL1916-30    17
     7. Carlton, S.    NL1976-90    16
     8. Seaver, T.     NL1976-90    16
     9. Brecheen, H.   NL1946-60    16
    10. Taylor, J.     NL1901-15    16


   Sort By: Saves/By Position/Primary /IP >  10
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Rivera, M.     AL1991-05    25
     2. Kimbrel, C.    NL2006-20    24
     3. Hoffman, T.    NL1991-05    20
     4. Sutter, B.     NL1976-90    18
     5. Harder, M.     AL1931-45    17
     6. Hiller, J.     AL1961-75    15
     7. Papelbon, J.   AL2006-20    14
     8. Brown, M.      NL1901-15    13
     9. Braxton, G.    AL1916-30    13
    10. Page, J.       AL1946-60    13


   Sort By: Games Started/By Position/Primary /IP >  10
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Alexander, P.  NL1916-30    33
     2. Luque, D.      NL1916-30    33
     3. Kershaw, C.    NL2006-20    33
     4. deGrom, J.     NL2006-20    33
     5. Johnson, R.    NL1991-05    33
     6. Maddux, G.     NL1991-05    33
     7. Carlton, S.    NL1976-90    33
     8. Gooden, D.     NL1976-90    33
     9. Spahn, W.      NL1946-60    33
    10. Roberts, R.    NL1946-60    33


   Sort By: Innings Pitched/By Position/Primary /IP >  10
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Taylor, J.     NL1901-15 263.1
     2. Grimes, B.     NL1916-30 262.2
     3. Vance, D.      NL1916-30 260.2
     4. Mathewson, C.  NL1901-15 259.1
     5. Walters, B.    NL1931-45 258.2
     6. Vaughn, H.     NL1916-30 252.2
     7. Hahn, N.       NL1901-15 252.0
     8. Abernathy, T.  NL1961-75 251.1
     9. Luque, D.      NL1916-30 250.2
    10. Johnson, W.    AL1901-15 250.0


   Sort By: Strike Outs/By Position/Primary /IP >  10
   Rank Name          Team
     1. Chapman, A.    NL2006-20   190
     2. Gagne, E.      NL1991-05   189
     3. Mathewson, C.  NL1901-15   164
     4. Nathan, J.     AL2006-20   156
     5. Guidry, R.     AL1976-90   156
     6. Jansen, K.     NL2006-20   151
     7. Johnson, W.    AL1901-15   150
     8. Waddell, R.    AL1901-15   149
     9. Kimbrel, C.    NL2006-20   147
    10. Johnson, R.    NL1991-05   147