Week 8 Transactions

• Sparta picks up Kevin Saucier 1981 and Jose Bautista 2011; dorp Zack Britton and Magglio Ordonez
• Albuquerque picks up Jim Bottomly 1928 and drops Clay Buccholz
• Hudson picks up 1899 Jimmy Williams and 1989 Will Clark; drops Pat Neshek and DL's Mike Tiernan
• Shamokin picks up Earl Moore 1903 and drops Dick Donovan
  Jeff City picks up Luis Tiant 1968 and Bob Veale 1963; drops Red Lucas and Brian Fuentes
• Ankhana picks up Atlee Hammacker 1983 and drops Dean Chance
• Galaxy picks up Monte Ward 1882, places Hughie Jennings on the DL (33 days!)
• Helena picks up Tiny Bonham, drops Smokey Joe Williams

Sim 7E Complete

RSAA Update

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/RSAA.xlsx

ATB Value Update

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/ATB_Value.xlsx

Throwback Thrusday - ATB II Owners List

This is the owners list for ATB 2, way back in early 2001.  Some familiar names are still with us - Mike, Brad, Lou, Justin, and TJ.  Others we've lost touch with - Adam, Ron, Bruce, and Devon.  And sadly, one has even passed away - rest in peace Scott Carter*.   Some things have remained the same though - Mike is always the last to submit a team name, TJ lists one of his 43 email addresses in the past 15 eyars, and Brad again has some wierd animal team name (Thunder Chickens, Honking Seals, Spider Monkeys, Pandas, etc).

*Scott actually was the commissioner of Sean's dream league - a progression league where player years advanced along with the new league seasons.  It was a brilliant idea, but oh so difficult to administer.  And it brought great questions - when do you draft Ruth?  How much later do 1-hit wonders like Norm Cash go?

ATB II was our first experience with Diamond Mind Baseball, which took the place of Tony Larussa III (which will always have a place in my heart).  John Clarkson was the Cy Young winner and Babe Ruth the MVP.  Drafting was done by owner spreadsheet rankings, and I am pretty sure Mike and Justin came to my apartment one evening to try and work through the lists with me.

There were some odd first round draft picks back then:  Luis TIant, Jack Clements, Dutch Leonard, and Carl Lundgren - all because Tony Larussa 3 didn't factor era into the game engine.

Oh, and  Pedro was drafted 28th and Lou Gehrig 32nd.

Sim 7D Complete

Optimizing Your Lineup

The other day, Lakeview owner Brian B sent along this old Beyond the Boxscore article about lineup optimization.  It's based upon Tom Tango and MGL's famous sabermetic book, The Book.  The article summarizes lineup optimization thusly

1. OBP instead of speed
2. Great hitter instead of bat control guy
3. Good hitter, but not your elite average guy
4. Best overall hitter, not your power guy
5. 4th best hitter after slots 1, 2, and 4 are filled; not your 'wannabee clean-up hitter'
6. through 9:  hitters in decreasing quality except that, if you can, put your speedster 6th and a quality singles hitter 7th.

Overall, I think this is realitvely good advice except for the 3 hole. The actual language from the article: 

The old-school book says to put your best high-average hitter here. The lead-off hitter should already be in scoring position and a hit drives him in. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am.

 

The Book says the #3 hitter comes to the plate with, on average, fewer runners on base than the #4 or #5 hitters. So why focus on putting a guy who can knock in runs in the #3 spot, when the two spots after him can benefit from it more? Surprisingly, because he comes to bat so often with two outs and no runners on base, the #3 hitter isn't nearly as important as we think. This is a spot to fill after more important spots are taken care of.

The study is based upon real world results, where the #1 and #2 hitters aren't optimized.  How often do we, in ATB, see the speedy, average or low-OBP guy bating first, and the control guy second.  If that's your lineup, than I agree, the 4 hitter is more important than the two hitter.  But if you have great OBP guys 1 and 2, then I disagree and would want a great run producer at #3.

Either way a great thought exercise and thanks for sharing Brian!

The Great, the Good, and the Ugly

National League Wins ATB 17 All Star Game

http://www.alltimebaseballsim.net/ATB%2017%20ASG.txt

7/8/2015, AL15-NL15, Los Angeles Coliseum

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2015 AL All Stars      1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0     4  9  0     8  0
2015 NL All Stars      2  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  1     5 12  2    10  0

AL All Stars         AB  R  H BI   AVG    NL All Stars         AB  R  H BI   AVG
Barnes            2b  5  1  2  0  .400    McGrawJohn        3b  4  1  1  0  .250
Brett             3b  4  0  1  0  .250    Mantle            cf  4  2  3  1  .750
Gehrig            1b  4  0  0  0  .000    WilliamsTed       lf  5  1  2  2  .400
BondsBarry        lf  2  0  1  1  .500    Ruth              rf  2  0  0  0  .000
Duffy             cf  4  0  0  0  .000    JohnsonHeavy      dh  4  0  2  1  .500
Hornsby           dh  4  1  1  0  .250    Brouthers         1b  3  1  1  0  .333
RobinsonFrank     rf  4  2  3  3  .750    KellyKing         c   4  0  1  0  .250
Wilkins           c   3  0  0  0  .000    RichardsonHardy   2b  3  0  0  0  .000
 Dunlap           ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Pike             ph  1  0  1  1 1.000
 Cochrane         c   0  0  0  0  .000     AlomarRoberto    2b  0  0  0  0  .000
RodriguezAlex     ss  4  0  1  0  .250    Jennings          ss  4  0  1  0  .250
                     35  4  9  4                               34  5 12  5

AL All Stars                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Haddix                           6.0  8  3  3  2  3  96  62  4.50
Benoit                           0.0  1  0  0  0  0   6   3  0.00
ReyesDennys                      1.0  0  0  0  2  1  26  13  0.00
Eckersley        BS , L          1.0  3  2  2  1  1  22  13 18.00
                                 8.0 12  5  5  5  5 150  91 

NL All Stars                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
MartinezPedro                    7.2  8  4  4  2 10 127  79  4.70
Mingori          W               1.1  1  0  0  0  1  17  10  0.00
                                 9.0  9  4  4  2 11 144  89 

AL : Dunlap batted for Wilkins in the 8th
     Cochrane inserted at c in the 8th
NL : Pike batted for RichardsonHardy in the 8th
     AlomarRoberto inserted at 2b in the 9th

E-RichardsonHardy, Jennings. 2B-RobinsonFrank(1), Mantle(1), WilliamsTed(1), 
Pike(1). 3B-Hornsby(1). HR-RobinsonFrank 2(2), WilliamsTed(1). 
RBI-BondsBarry(1), RobinsonFrank 3(3), Mantle(1), WilliamsTed 2(2), 
JohnsonHeavy(1), Pike(1). SB-Jennings(1). K-Barnes 2, Brett, Gehrig, 
BondsBarry, Duffy 2, Hornsby, Wilkins, RodriguezAlex 2, McGrawJohn, Mantle, 
JohnsonHeavy 2, RichardsonHardy. BB-Brett, BondsBarry, McGrawJohn, Mantle, 
Ruth 2, Brouthers. SH-Gehrig. SF-BondsBarry. 
GWRBI: WilliamsTed
Temperature: 76, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 12 MPH.
7/15/2015, AL15-NL15, Los Angeles Coliseum

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2015 AL All Stars      1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0     4  9  0     8  0
2015 NL All Stars      2  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  1     5 12  2    10  0


AL All Stars         -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Barnes            2b 1>S          3>e6.B-1       k            S            k     

Brett             3b   W.1-2        k          5>23           note 1       S         
Gehrig            1b   note 2       13.1-2       k            8            8         
BondsBarry        lf   note 3       W            S          8>k                      
Duffy             cf   7            k            k            63                     
Hornsby           dh 2>k          4>13         6>63           T                      
RobinsonFrank     rf   HR           HR           8            D.3-H                  
Wilkins           c    53           7            k            Mingori                
 Dunlap           ph                                          2/fl                   
 Cochrane         c                                                                  
RodriguezAlex     ss   k            S          7>k          9>63                     

 1: 64/f.B-2(e4/th)  2: 14/SH.2-3;1-2  3: 9/SF.3-H;2-3 


NL All Stars         -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
McGrawJohn        3b 1>W          3>43           S.Bx2(96)    note 1       k         
                                                              SB2                    
                                                              7                      
Mantle            cf   D.1-H        k            S            W          9>S         
WilliamsTed       lf   4            HR           8            23.2-3;1-2   D.1-H     
Ruth              rf   63           W          6>31           W                      
JohnsonHeavy      dh   S.2-H        k            S            k                      
Brouthers         1b   8          4>43           S.1x3(85)  8>Eckersley              
                                                              W                      
KellyKing         c  2>9            43           S.1-3        8                      
RichardsonHardy   2b   3/g          k            8                                   
 Pike             ph                                          D.1-H                  
 AlomarRoberto    2b                                                                 
Jennings          ss   63         5>63         7>Benoit       63                     
                                                 S                                   

 1: ReyesDennys 


AL All Stars     IN OUT ER                  NL All Stars     IN OUT ER                  
Haddix           A1  C8  3                  MartinezPedro    A1  D7  4                  
Benoit           C9  C9  0                  Mingori          D8  E3  0 W                
ReyesDennys      D1  D5  0                                                              
Eckersley        D6  E3  2 BS , L                                                       
7/15/2015, AL15-NL15, Los Angeles Coliseum

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
2015 AL All Stars      1  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  0     4  9  0     8  0
2015 NL All Stars      2  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  1     5 12  2    10  0

Score O Rnr BS  Event
----- - --- --  -----

**************  Top of the 1st inning, AL All Stars batting
 0-0  0 --- 31  Barnes lined a single to shallow left (BBBCX)
 0-0  0 1-- 31  Brett walked, Barnes to second (BBBSB)
 0-0  0 12- 00  Gehrig sacrifice bunted to the mound, Barnes to third, 
                  Brett to second (Xb)
 0-0  1 -23 12  BondsBarry hit a sacrifice fly to right, Barnes scored, 
                  Brett to third (FFBX)
 1-0  2 --3 00  Duffy flied out to left (X)

**************  Bottom of the 1st inning, NL All Stars batting
 1-0  0 --- 32  McGrawJohn walked (BBBCFFB)
 1-0  0 1-- 11  Mantle doubled deep to center, McGrawJohn scored (FBX)
 1-1  0 -2- 01  WilliamsTed popped out to second (CX)
 1-1  1 -2- 32  Ruth grounded out to short (BCBBCX)
 1-1  2 -2- 11  JohnsonHeavy grounded a single between first and second, 
                  Mantle scored (BCX)
 1-2  2 1-- 10  Brouthers flied out to center (1BX)

**************  Top of the 2nd inning, AL All Stars batting
 1-2  0 --- 22  Hornsby struck out (CBBCS)
 1-2  1 --- 01  RobinsonFrank homered deep down the left-field line (CX)
 2-2  1 --- 31  Wilkins grounded out to third (BBBCX)
 2-2  2 --- 22  RodriguezAlex struck out (BSBFS)

**************  Bottom of the 2nd inning, NL All Stars batting
 2-2  0 --- 21  KellyKing flied out to right (CBBX)
 2-2  1 --- 11  RichardsonHardy grounded out to first (CBX)
 2-2  2 --- 10  Jennings grounded out to short (BX)

**************  Top of the 3rd inning, AL All Stars batting
 2-2  0 --- 11  Barnes to first on an error by the shortstop Jennings 
                  (BCX)
 2-2  0 1-- 22  Brett struck out (BBFFS)
 2-2  1 1-- 01  Gehrig grounded out to the mound, Barnes to second (CX)
 2-2  2 -2- 32  BondsBarry walked (BBSBSB)
 2-2  2 12- 02  Duffy struck out (CCS)

**************  Bottom of the 3rd inning, NL All Stars batting
 2-2  0 --- 02  McGrawJohn grounded out to second (CCX)
 2-2  1 --- 22  Mantle struck out (CBCBFFFC)
 2-2  2 --- 32  WilliamsTed homered deep to right (SFBBBFX)
 2-3  2 --- 31  Ruth walked (BBCBB)
 2-3  2 1-- 12  JohnsonHeavy struck out (FSFBC)

**************  Top of the 4th inning, AL All Stars batting
 2-3  0 --- 00  Hornsby grounded out to the mound (X)
 2-3  1 --- 20  RobinsonFrank homered deep to left (BBX)
 3-3  1 --- 21  Wilkins flied out to left (BBSX)
 3-3  2 --- 11  RodriguezAlex lined a single down the right field line 
                  (SBX)
 3-3  2 1-- 12  Barnes struck out (CSBFS)

**************  Bottom of the 4th inning, NL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 00  Brouthers grounded out to second (X)
 3-3  1 --- 01  KellyKing grounded out to second (CX)
 3-3  2 --- 22  RichardsonHardy struck out (BBSFC)

**************  Top of the 5th inning, AL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 12  Brett grounded out to the catcher (CBFX)
 3-3  1 --- 32  Gehrig struck out (BBCCBFS)
 3-3  2 --- 11  BondsBarry lined a single to right center (BSX)
 3-3  2 1-- 22  Duffy struck out (CBSBS)

**************  Bottom of the 5th inning, NL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 00  Jennings grounded out to short (X)
 3-3  1 --- 20  McGrawJohn lined a single down the right field line, 
                  McGrawJohn out at second (BBX)
 3-3  2 --- 00  Mantle grounded a single up the middle (X)
 3-3  2 1-- 32  WilliamsTed lined out to center (CSBBFB>X)

**************  Top of the 6th inning, AL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 32  Hornsby grounded out to short (BCBSBX)
 3-3  1 --- 02  RobinsonFrank flied out to center (FCX)
 3-3  2 --- 22  Wilkins struck out (CFBFBS)

**************  Bottom of the 6th inning, NL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 11  Ruth grounded out to first (BCX)
 3-3  1 --- 02  JohnsonHeavy lined a single to shallow left (FCX)
 3-3  1 1-- 02  Brouthers grounded a single up the middle, JohnsonHeavy 
                  out at third (CFX)
 3-3  2 1-- 22  KellyKing singled to left center, Brouthers to third 
                  (BBCFX)
 3-3  2 1-3 01  RichardsonHardy flied out to center (FX)

**************  Top of the 7th inning, AL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 02  RodriguezAlex struck out (CCC)
 3-3  1 --- 21  Barnes grounded a single between first and second (CBBX)
 3-3  1 1-- 00  Brett grounded to short, forcing Barnes at second, Brett 
                  to second on an error by the second baseman 
                  RichardsonHardy (X)
 3-3  2 -2- 01  Gehrig lined out to center (CX)

**************  Bottom of the 7th inning, NL All Stars batting
                Benoit now pitching
 3-3  0 --- 32  Jennings lined a single between third and short (CBBBCX)
                ReyesDennys now pitching
 3-3  0 1-- 01  Jennings stole second (C>C)
 3-3  0 -2- 12  McGrawJohn flied out to left (C>C.BFX)
 3-3  1 -2- 32  Mantle walked (SBBBCB)
 3-3  1 12- 22  WilliamsTed grounded out to the catcher, Jennings to 
                  third, Mantle to second (BBCCX)
 3-3  2 -23 31  Ruth walked (BBCBB)
 3-3  2 123 22  JohnsonHeavy struck out (CBBCS)

**************  Top of the 8th inning, AL All Stars batting
 3-3  0 --- 32  BondsBarry struck out (FBSBBS)
 3-3  1 --- 12  Duffy grounded out to short (SSBX)
 3-3  2 --- 11  Hornsby tripled deep to left center (BCX)
 3-3  2 --3 10  RobinsonFrank lined a double down the right field line, 
                  Hornsby scored (BX)
                Mingori now pitching
                Dunlap pinch hitting for Wilkins
 4-3  2 -2- 20  Dunlap popped out to the catcher (BBX)

**************  Bottom of the 8th inning, NL All Stars batting
                Cochrane now playing catcher
                Eckersley now pitching
 4-3  0 --- 32  Brouthers walked (BBBFFB)
 4-3  0 1-- 00  KellyKing flied out to center (>X)
                Pike pinch hitting for RichardsonHardy
 4-3  1 1-- 20  Pike lined a double to right center, Brouthers scored 
                  (BBX)
 4-4  1 -2- 00  Jennings grounded out to short (X)
 4-4  2 -2- 22  McGrawJohn struck out (CCBBS)

**************  Top of the 9th inning, AL All Stars batting
                AlomarRoberto now playing second base
 4-4  0 --- 02  RodriguezAlex grounded out to short (CFX)
 4-4  1 --- 32  Barnes struck out (FBBSBC)
 4-4  2 --- 01  Brett lined a single to shallow center (CX)
 4-4  2 1-- 20  Gehrig flied out to center (BBX)

**************  Bottom of the 9th inning, NL All Stars batting
 4-4  0 --- 11  Mantle reached on an infield single to second (SBX)
 4-4  0 1-- 02  WilliamsTed lined a double to right center, Mantle scored 
                  (1FFX)

Sim 7C Complete

Only a handful of games on the docket tonight as the All Star Break and Game is upon us.  Results will be posted later on this evening.