20 Resims - #11 - Imre Artificers

800 OPS Batters: 

.863 – Stan Musial

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

3.19 – Nip Winters

3.53 – Babe Adams

3.70 – Matt Harvey

3.71 – Danny Haren

The mistake was going starting pitching early on despite securing a stadium that yielded a great many singles.

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

2.91 – Hong-Chih Kuo

Best Value Draft Pick

Rd 17 – Satchel Paige (A year not used before, hopefully it becomes a staple: 3.22 ERA, 1.10 WHIP)

Bust Draft Pick

Rd 5: Kevin Brown (4.01 ERA)

#24 - 61 W - Colorado Greensox
#23 - 67 W - Downsouth Brews
#22 - 70 W - Tampa Bay Muffin Stuffers
#21 - 72 W - Helena Handbasket
#20 - 70 W - New York Mammoths
#19 - 75 W - Washington Rain33
#18 - 76 W - Carlisle "Mechanics"
#17 - 78 W - Bostons Terrier
#17 - 79 W - Planet 10 Red Lectroids (tied)
#15 - 80 W - Riverside Park Furies
#14 - 81 W - Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
#13 - 80 W - Sparta Hoplites
#12 - 82 W - Otherton Fishbiscuits
#11 - 84 W - Imre Artificers

LDS Game 7s Complete

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

Dharma and Brighton advance!

LDS Game 6's Complete

And we need some Game 7's!  Sorry, got home later than expected last night and didn't run the games.

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

• Kevin Brown comes off the DL and get's shelled, Dharma win 10-4
• Harvey Haddix looks fine in a CG 6-2 win for the Generals

We can stream games tonight if anyone is interested.  Please let me know otherwise I will sim myself this evening and post the results.

Early LDS Game 5

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

Dharma wins, pummeling Nip Winters.

LDS Game 4s Complete

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

• John McDonald advances on Turkey walk off homer
• Imre takes 3-1 series lead thanks to Ron Santo Grand Slam
• Beaters score lone runs in 7th, 8th, and 9th to win 4-3; lead 3-1
• Home Runs lead the way for Brighton, tying series at 2

Early LDS Game 3's Complete

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

Fanclub takes 3-0 lead and Imre is up 2-1.

Late LDS Game 2s Complete

Imre ties it; Fanclub opens up 2-0 lead

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

Early LDS Games Complete

Early games complete:  Dharma and John McDonald take opening game victories

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

The Chips are Sliding and the Fishbiscuits Are Taking Advantage

Earlier this evening the Otherton Fishbiscuits caught and then passed the DC Chips for the American League Wild Card lead.  This completes a slide that began in early June, but picked up in earnest in mid August.  While DC has lost 17 of their last 25, Otherton has won 15 of 26, and now own a half game lead in for the Wild Card.

Through August 14 (119 games) the Chips had scored 4.3 runs per game and yielded 4.0, good enough for a +35 run differential.  Since August 15 (25 games) those values have dipped to 3.5 and 4.8 respectively, poor enough for a -32 run differential.

Their starting pitching is mostly to blame:
12.27 ERA - Bert Blyleven (1 GS)
10.67 ERA - Wall Bunker (3 GS)
 5.94 ERA - Dutch Leonard (7 GS)
 5.75 ERA - Art Ditmar (4 GS)
 4.40 ERA - George Zettelin (6 GS)

Ty Cobb (.220 / .288 / .320) and Mel Ott (.216 / .296 / .318) have also chosen inopportune times to slump.

For their part, Otherton has turned their season around in the opposite way.  Over the same time frames, their Run Scoring has increased from 4.1 r/g to 4.8 r/g, while their run prevention has improved from 4.3 r/g to 3.5 r/g.

Their stars:
1.49 ERA - Amos Rusie (6 GS)
2.61 ERA - Warren Hacker (10 IP)
3.24 ERA - Bill Bernhard (7 GS)
3.57 ERA - Grant Jackson (17 IP)

No regular has an ERA over 4.00 and George Stone batted .400 / .455 / .500*

*This should probably be another blog post entirely, but has any trade ever worked out better for two teams in the history of ATB?  On August 17 Otherton and Imre swapped 6 players.  Since then, Otherton has a 14-8 record and took the wild card lead.  Imre has a 13-7 record and also took the wild card lead.  Here is how the 6 are faring:

Imre

• Kevin Brown (3-0, 1.80 ERA, 25 IP, 19 H)
• Hong Chi Kuo (1-1, 2 Sv, 1 bad outing)
• George Gore (2 H, 4 AB)

Otherton

• Warren Hacker (2.61 ERA, 10 IP in relief)
• George Stone ( .400 / .455 / .500 in 80 AB)
• Hilton Smith (1 IP, 0 H)

Power Alley Great 8

Imre and Otherton Announce 6 Player Deal

To Imre
Kevin Brown
Hong Chi Kuo
George Gore

To Otherton
Warren Hacker
Hilton Smith
George Stone

Power Alley

+4 Planet 10 Red Lectroids
+3 Imre Artificers

-4 Otherton Fishbiscuits
-3 Carlisle "Mechanics"

Week 7 Transactions

Three teams put a claim in on Frank Robinson, waiver order is determine by Winning Percentage, worst to  first.

• Fishbsicuits drop Marty Marion, pick up Ray Dandridge 1941
• Fishbiscuits drop Bill Lange, Activate Pete Hill from DL
• Fishbiscuits drop Denny Driscoll, pick up Brian Downing 1979
• Handbasket drop Johnny Bassler and pick up Dick Deitz 1970
• Handbasket drop Chief Myers and pick up AJ Pierzynski
• Handbasket drop Francisco Rodriguez, and pick up David Carpenter 2013
• Handbasket drop Elias Sosa, and pick up Mark Melancon, 2013
• Handbasket drop Nixey Callahan and pick up John Denny 1984
• Handbasket drop Jack Quinn and pick up Les Lancaster 1989
• Chips drop Bobby Veach, pick up Casey Stengel 1914
• Chips drop Roy Patterson, pick up Dick Hughes 1967
• Chips drop Andy Messersmith, pick up Mike Garcia 1949
• Chips drop Monty Stratton, pick up Art Ditmar 1959
• Consultants drop Howard Johnson, pick up Frank Robinson 1966
• Miners drop Bob Johnson, pick up Andy Pafko 1950

OK, four teams put in on Robinson.

.434 - Initech

.48780 - DC

.48809 - Imre

.506 - Shamokin

Checking in on the New Guys - Pitchers

And 26 pitchers...

Starting Pitchers

Full Time Relievers

Limited Use Pitchers

Checking in on the New Guys - Batters

Between the draft and the Free Agent process, owners created a whopping 29 new batters this year.  Eight of them are full time (or close to full time) players, five are part time, and 15 are role players coming off the bench.

Here's how they are faring to date (click each chart to enlarge):

Full Time Players

Part Time Players

Role Players

Week 6 Transactoins

• Artificers Activate Nip Winters, drop Gary Nolan
• Artificers pick up 1912 Heinie Zimmerman, drop Dave Magadan
• Artificers pick up 1997 Ray Lankford, drop drop Augie Galan
• Mammoths pick up 2011 Johnny Venters, drop Hideki Okajima
• Mammoths pickup Brendan Donnely, DL David Robertson
• Fishbiscuits pickup Casey Janssen 2012, drop Zack Greinke
• Spider Monkeys pick up Kenley Jansen 2013, drop Chris Sale
• Spider Monkeys pick up Fred Anderson 1917, drop Paul Goldschmidt
• Handbasket picks up Francisco Rodriguez 2004, drops Frank Robinson
• Handbasket picks up Elias Sosa 1977, drops Freddy Sanchez