All Time Baseball: 2015

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Introducing the Fort Worth Hunters

Brad ditched the Hudson MadBum name in favor of everyone's favorite trolling target.

Introducing the Tatooine Solo Artists

Joe V will be piloting the team.

No word yet on Joe V's qualifcations in the Kessel Run

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Team Schedules Announced

Interleague play caused much scheduling difficulty last year, with odd series and odd off days sprinkled in haphazardly. We are eliminating interleague this year and going with an unbalanced schedule like that of the 1990s. Teams will play 66 intra-division games and 96 inter-division games. This equates to 22 games against division rivals and 12 games against opponents from other divisions.

Schedules are posted via the normal league results page, linked here and to the right on the blog.

Introducing the Appalachian Hillbillies

Owned and operated by Gary G

This is not Gary G

Draft Resources Updated

The draft day page with all eligible players has been updated.

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/draft_day.htm

The only item remaining is the draft board which can't be published until the draft order is revealed.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Introducing the Hockenberry Scholics

Lou P will be piloting the team.

The owners page is now up. Please feel free to send in your logo's and team names.

Player Card Bug Fixes

Thanks Mike M for spotting these:

Career Averages for BPF, Round, OPS+, and ERA+ were not calculating properly
Right Fielders fielding ratings were not displayed.

These issues have been corrected and a new file posted here and linked on the top menu.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Divisional Alignment

As always, both the divisional alignment and draft order is selected using the excel random number generator - two different permutations.

This year, we had 14 owners wish to be in the AL, but four of them were "ok" moving to the NL if need be. Thank you David K and Stephen L - I used a third random number generator for those four owners, and you two popped out.

Here is the alignment with career win total (career wpct) - career high wins

AL East
Mike S......1585 Wins (.576 wpct) - 117 W
Brad P......1347 Wins (.520 wpct) - 106 W
Gary G.......279 Wins (.431 wpct) -- 74 W
Tony P........73 Wins (.451 wpct) -- 73 W

AL Central
Allen C......422 Wins (.372 wpct) -- 68 W
Greg M.......209 Wins (.430 wpct) -- 78 W
Justin B.....188 Wins (.580 wpct) -- 96 W
David I........0 Wins (.000 wpct) --- 0 W

AL West
Lou P ......1635 Wins (.594 wpct) - 111 W
Jason B......720 Wins (.556 wpct) - 109 W
Joe T........662 Wins (.511 wpct) -- 95 W
John J........72 Wins (.444 wpct) -- 72 W

NL East
Joe V........334 Wins (.515 wpct) -- 99 W
Al H.........130 Wins (.401 wpct) -- 75 W
Thomas R......76 Wins (.469 wpct) -- 76 W

Will G.........0 Wins (.000 wpct) --- 0 W

NL Central
Justin P....1632 Wins (.593 wpct) - 113 W
Mike M.......266 Wins (.547 wpct) -- 96 W
Stephen L.....76 Wins (.469 wpct) -- 76 W
Joel Q.........0 Wins (.000 wpct) --- 0 W

NL West
TJO.........1335 Wins (.485 wpct) - 106 W
Ivar A.......684 Wins (.469 wpct) -- 88 W
Brian B......624 Wins (.481 wpct) -- 91 W
David K......368 Wins (.568 wpct) - 100 W

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Player Cards Updated

Link on the top menu or here.

I had some difficulty with the conditional formatting, which allows each stat to be highlighted if it is a league leader, all time leader, etc. I had to turn that off for now.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

ATB 18 Owners and Draft Day Set

Hey Everyone

We've got our 24th player this morning - a hearty welcome to David I and Joel Q. Also returning after a small hiatus is Will G.

A couple of you have had requests in terms of draft timing. And of course they conflict with each other so I'm doing the best I can to accomodate the most people.

As in the past, the draft is broken down into 3 sections - stadium draft, slow draft, and full draft. The stadium draft is self explanatory, and the only change from previoius years is the pace - it was awful doing that for a full week so I am going to speed that up.

Then we move into the slow draft, were we only draft 1 player per day at a leaisurely pace. Hopefully, this is OK for the folks who asked for end of month.

Finally, we pick up the pace with 3-5 picks per day to round out the draft.

Dates:

Stadium Draft - January 6-8
Slow Draft - January 11-15 (Rounds 1-5)
Full Draft - January 18th until complete

If all goes well, opening day will be early february.

I will start to post the draft order in reverse order, but in the meantime every owner must send me their preferences for DH or no DH league right away. I can't post the Divisional Alignment until this is determined.

Lou

Owner List for ATB 18

1 Justin B

2 Lou P

3 TJ O

4 Joe T

5 Justin P

6 Brian B

7 Joe V

8 Stephen L

9 Jason B

10 Brad P

11 Thomas R

12 David K

13 Gary G

14 Mike M

15 Greg M

16 John J

17 Tony P

18 Ivar A

19 Joel Q (welcome!)

20 Mike S
21 Allen C
22 Al H
23 David I (welcome!)
24 Will G

We're set! In the coming days I will start to publish the draft order and everyone will have to let me know if they prefer the NL or the AL for DH reasons.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Average League OPS Increased in 2015

Offense rebounded a bit, rising 19-24 basis points depending upon the league. Can't wait to see the effect on someone like Bryce Harper who killed the ball this year.

Here's the historical view for the two main leagues:

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Joe Wood vs Walter Johnson

I've mentioned my favorite baseball book before - Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter - here is an excerpt from Joe Wood. It really helps paint the picture of how important the game was back then.

The premise of the book was for Ritter to sit down with players of the 1900s era and capture their stories, so this is from Wood's perspective.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Want to Remember this One

What a game. Good luck Jason B!

Friday, September 11, 2015

Never Forget

Well done piece on President Bush's first pitch at Yankee Stadium in game three of the 2001 World Series. Love 'em or hate 'em, he represented America well that day.

Friday, September 4, 2015

ATB 17 Silver Slugger Winners

C - .299, 17 HR, 103 RBI, Bill Dickey (ANK)
1B- .282, 37 HR, 117 RBI, Jeff Bagwell (DEN)
2B- .290, 38 HR, 116 RBI, Rogers Hornsby (BRO)
3B- .289, 30 HR, 105 RBI, Adrian Beltre (HEL)
SS- .264, 37 HR, 103 RBI, Willie Wells (WPO)
LF- .350, 32 HR, 104 RBI, Ted Williams (LAK)
CF- .289, 34 HR, 113 RBI, Oscar Charleston (SHA)
RF- .313, 25 HR, 132 RBI, Heavy Johnson (LAK)

The Silver Slugger Award is for our non-saber crowd, and it is awarded to those players with the best combination of batting average, home runs, and RBI.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

2015 Royals Prove DMB Has it Right

Great article by the great Joe Pos. Royals are winning because of defense and a great pen.

Friday, June 12, 2015

20 Resim Data; Season Officially Complete

Here is a summary of the resim data including team records by year, along with the full details of each players results by team, for hitters and pitchers.

This concludes ATB 17. Have a great summer!

20 Resims - #1, Dharma Islanders

Comments

Bad luck for Dharma. Out of the 21 seasons ran (regular season plus resims), their worst record was in the regular season.
Yes, the AL West was easily the worst division in baseball, inflating Dharma's win totals. However, they also had the best record in the resims, and by a wide margin, making Dharma the hands down best team in the resims.

Overall Rankings
24 - .331, Chatanooga Lookouts (Al H)
23 - .394, Downsouth Brews (Allen C)
22 - .396, Denver RoidBoyz (Gary G)
21 - .444, Planet 10 Red Lectroids (Ivar A)
20 - .474, Brooklyn Cyclones (John J)
19 - .475, Hoboken Zephyrs (Stepehn L)
18 - .479, Helena Handbasket (Joe T)
17 - .482, Jeff City Blausers (Thomas R)
16 - .489, Seattle Pilots (Tony P)
15 - .496, Hudson MadBum (Brad P)
14 - .514, New Orleans Clown Punchers (TJ O)
13 - .521, Rochester Red Wings (Leanne S)
12 - .522, Galaxy Guardians (Joe V)
11 - .549, Oasis Gunters (Mike S)
10 - .553, Sparta Hoplites (Sean S)
9 - .560, Flin Flon Arctic Foxes (Jason B)
8 - .560, Willets Point "Mechanics" (Matt B)
7 - .565, Albequerque Heisenbergs (Greg M)
6 - .569, Ankhana Adventurers (Lou P)
5 - .570, Shamokin Miners (Mike M)
4 - .572, Lakeview Zeros (Brian B)
3 - .575, Grumman Hellcats (David K)
2 - .620, Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters (Justin P)
1 - .642, Dharma Islanders (Justin Bo)

20 Resims - #2, Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters

Thursday, June 11, 2015

20 Resims - #3, Grumman Hellcats

20 Resims - #4, Lakeview Zeros

Comment

The trade for Maddux had no effect. I believe this is because Lakeview played in a batters park with below average defense, thereby minimizing the impact of a great starting pitcher

All Time Manager Rankings

A convoluded formula creates a tie at the top.

1) 651 Pts - Lou Poulas (1 Chg)

1) 651 Pts - Justin Petronzi (0 Chg)

3) 626 Pts - Mike Smitko (0 Chg)

4) 609 Pts - Steve Chippendale (0 Chg)

5) 587 Pts - Jason Bernarndon (0 Chg)

6) 577 Pts - Sean Seeley (0 Chg)

7) 562 Pts - Brad Peterson (0 Chg)

8) 553 Pts - David Kuenn (8 Chg)

9) 543 Pts - Johnny Kondovski (-1 Chg)

10) 540 Pts - Elliot Goldbetter (-1 Chg)

11) 531 Pts - Joe Terry (-1 Chg)

12) 529 Pts - TJ Olszewski (-1 Chg)

13) 523 Pts - Matt Brody (2 Chg)

14) 513 Pts - Joe Valenzano (7 Chg)

15) 512 Pts - Jeff Burns (-3 Chg)

16) 512 Pts - Mike Thanasides & Zach Bernstein (-3 Chg)

17) 509 Pts - Shotgun Spratling (-3 Chg)

18) 508 Pts - Brian Barnes (0 Chg)

19) 494 Pts - Jay Seeley (-2 Chg)

20) 488 Pts - Ivar Anderson (-1 Chg)

21) 483 Pts - Joe Poulas (-1 Chg)

22) 474 Pts - Leanne Sarubbi (2 Chg)

23) 447 Pts - Jay Hattem (-1 Chg)

24) 434 Pts - Kevin Crowley (-1 Chg)

25) 415 Pts - Gary Gambino (1 Chg)

26) 384 Pts - Allen Cherulnik (-1 Chg)

27) 306 Pts - Justin Burnson (0 Chg)

28) 306 Pts - Scott Carter (0 Chg)

29) 297 Pts - Mike Green (0 Chg)

30) 292 Pts - Justin Bossert (0 Chg)

31) 280 Pts - Mike Murphy (1 Chg)

32) 275 Pts - Bruce Nalepka (-1 Chg)

33) 260 Pts - Michael Rippe (0 Chg)

34) 256 Pts - Larry Caggiano (0 Chg)

35) 238 Pts - Steve Gray / Tommy Bligh (0 Chg)

36) 235 Pts - Jim Nugent (0 Chg)

37) 235 Pts - Richard Madachik (0 Chg)

38) 235 Pts - Stephen Lee (NA Chg)

39) 235 Pts - Thomas Richards (NA Chg)

40) 234 Pts - Matt Hinzpeter (-2 Chg)

41) 231 Pts - Mike Wishnick (-2 Chg)

42) 231 Pts - Scott Salley (-2 Chg)

43) 225 Pts - Dennis Slinger (-1 Chg)

44) 225 Pts - Ted Knorr (-1 Chg)

45) 225 Pts - Tony Pelligrino (NA Chg)

46) 222 Pts - John J (NA Chg)

47) 221 Pts - Greg Murphy (5 Chg)

48) 221 Pts - Ben Matsil (-4 Chg)

49) 216 Pts - Bob Lessard (-4 Chg)

50) 216 Pts - PJ Dodds (-4 Chg)

51) 213 Pts - Paul Nebenfuer (-4 Chg)

52) 210 Pts - Devon Eckhart (-4 Chg)

53) 210 Pts - Andy Matsil (-4 Chg)

54) 210 Pts - Greg Stillwagon (-4 Chg)

55) 208 Pts - Al Hastick (-14 Chg)

56) 207 Pts - Jason Schwartz (-5 Chg)

57) 198 Pts - John Wolford (-4 Chg)

58) 194 Pts - Chris Kelly (-4 Chg)

59) 192 Pts - Adam Bloomquist (-4 Chg)

60) 188 Pts - Rod Aukamp (-4 Chg)

61) 188 Pts - Adam Luther (-4 Chg)

62) 185 Pts - Lee Wykes (-4 Chg)

63) 185 Pts - Bill Nyman (-4 Chg)

64) 173 Pts - Paul Taschereau Jr (-4 Chg)

65) 167 Pts - Neil Book (-4 Chg)

66) 164 Pts - Mario Iafrate & Russ Palmer (-4 Chg)

20 Resims - #5, Shamokin Miners

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Lakeview (Brian B) World Series Champs!!!

Congratulations to Brian B, owner and operator of the Lakeview Zeros, on becoming the ATB 17 champions with 2-1 victory over Ankhana tonight. Lakeview takes the series in 6 games.

Series MVP
Goose Gossage and Heavy Johnson. This may be a cop out, but watching Goose dismantle my team was incredibly frustrating. He struck out 9 in 6.1 innings and was a key cog in three of the wins. The traditional MVP was Heavy Johnson who batted .462 with 3 doubles, 3 home runs, and 10 RBI.

The difference in the series? Home Runs. Lakeview hit 11, Ankhana 3. End of story.

Be sure to tune in the next two days to see where Brian finishes in the resim standings. Will his acquisitions of Heavy Johnson and Greg Maddux vault him into the #1 slot? Will Justin's Spanish Harlem, the mid season favorite, take the title? Or will a third team surprise us all?