PA/NJ/MD BASEBALL LEAGUE
2/14
Since interleague play has been changed to April
13 I would like to reschedule all games scheduled for April 14 to April
7. Please mark your schedules accordingly.
1/15
Jim Dyck should be listed as a 0 Outfielder and Third
baseman. As of now we still have not found anyone to take over Mike's team.
I have e-mailed about 15 SABR members twice and have sent announcements
to the Harrisburg/York papers. I have decided to give this issue more time.
For the 1953 season this team will remain in the Krasnasky Division. We
will have to juggle around with the schedule. Tony has already stated that
he will take care of draft issues, with my help. He is also willing to play
some games for the 1953 season. I will play some games, probably interleague
tilts. Hopefully some of the Krasnasky owners can also play some games.
We will continue to look for an owner in PA. We will work at this until
the end of April. Come the end of April if no owner has been found we will
have to move this team to the Stauffer Division where there are a number
of interested people. We will then go to a 5/7 divisional format for the
1954 season. I DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS!!!! 6/6 is obviously a better set-up.
WE, especially the Krasnasky owners, should do everything they can to find
a replacement owner. Hang up notices at work. Send announcements to local
shopper newspapers. Talk the league up at your job and other hobbies like
fantasy leagues. SELL THE LEAGUE to perspective people! Tell them what a
great bunch of guys we have, and Bill Schaeffer. We have been around since
1984--be proud of that. So, that is our task. Find someone before the end
of April!
1/14The + and - fielding ratings given in the roster book are listed for
each year. Junior Gilliam is not a + 10 times. He is a + in 1953, 56, 57
and a minus in 1962, 64, 66. So he is a 3 time + and a 3 time minus. TONY--I
will check Dyck's info and get back to you.
12/11
EMERGENCY---WE NEED TO FIND A NEW OWNER FOR FEB.9!!!! ED STETZ & WAYNE--
We have a team available starting in 1953. It has a young Mickey Mantle,
Jackie Robinson, Curt Simmons, Johnny Sain, Phil Rizzuto and George Kell.
It is a contender! This is a great time to get back into the league. The
upcoming drafts are full of famous greats...Aaron, Banks, Kaline, Koufax,
Killebrew, FRobinson..... If either of you are interested please get back
to me ASAP. I may even consider a sharing arrangement. Think about it!!
TONY--let me know what your specific plans are with Mike's team. Also, do
you have a copy of the most recent SABR membership book. It is letter sending
time. JOHN & GEORGE--I would like you two to be the contact persons in your
respective areas. Letters will soon be going out to the local media. DOES
ANYONE HAVE AN INTERESTED FRIEND? Let's work together to fill this opening.
Talk up the league! Talk up Mickey Mantle! LET'S GO!
12/6
1953 DRAFT--in an earlier missive I changed the date of the draft and gave
an improper date. The draft will be Saturday February 9--World Series will
be at 11:30am.
12/4
1953 DRAFT-- 1952 WORLD SERIES will be held at 9am at McDonalds in Morgantown
1953 DRAFT will start at 11am at the Morgantown Hotel. We should be done
by 5pm allowing people to get home by 6pm for the Super Bowl.
BOARD CHANGE-- When a pitcher starts he will always refer to the starter's
rest rating chart. When a pitcher relieves he will always refer to the relief
rest rating chart. If a starter/reliever exceeds the number of innings allowed
in a game for a reliever he then reverts to the starter rest rating chart.
11/26
INTERLEAGUE PLAY-- Bill, Dave and myself will be arriving in Morgantown
at 1pm. I know Bill is playing a series at 1 and I am not. BRING LIGHTS!
See everyone there.
TONY--the writeup looks good. Will let you know when to e-mail it out.
CHUCK--did you mail me the registers?
PLAYERS AVAILABLE 1953-- Ted Lepcio a + at 2B and 3B in 1953 and a + in
1954. He has a decent career. Looking for $600. Eddie Joost solid hitting
part time shortstop in 1953 and a .369 pinchhitter in 1954. Looking for
$200.
RESULTS-- Creators win 4 on the road vs. the Legend Killers.
I now have 30 games played--what I should have at this date. If anyone is
more than 10 games below my total when we play--YOU WILL BE FINED!!!
GAMES PLAYED YET????? OCT 14--Zak vs. Brett (10) NOV. 4--Joel vs. Mike OCT
28--Zak vs. Mike with Zak home NOV. 11--Zak vs. John (10) George vs. John
Joel vs. Brett Joel vs. Brett Bill vs. Joe NOV. 18--Brett vs. Mike George
vs. Joel
11/14INTERLEAGUE PLAY--is still scheduled for Dec. 1 at 2pm. Note the time
change.
10/24 JOEL--as per your request.....Frank Thomas 1956 --OF 1959 --OF, --1B
1960 --OF 1965 --OF
10/01/ MONEY LIST(pre Joe & George adjustment)-- Joel $2185 Joe $740 Tony
$1490 George $1620 Dave $60 Brett $3475 Mike $1625 Chuck 155 Rich 90 John
415 Bill 3505 Zak 560
9/26/01 SATURDAY, SEP. 29-- World Series 11:30 am 1952 Draft 1:30 pm Bring
Hall of Fame Ballots. Bring cards due for inspection--9/00 or older. Bring
lights. Bring playboards--will be some slight changes. League costs will
be $6.
Let's keep it for December 1 at 2pm. If we can change it to Dec. 8 at the
regular time we will do that. We can discuss this at the draft.
apblengino@cs.com wrote:
> Did we settle on Saturday, December 1, as interleague play day for 1952?
I > just found out today that I have a work commitment from which I cannot
escape > until 1 PM that day. I'll be about an hour away from M'town, and
could get > there by 2 or so. I'm sorry about this, but it just came up
today. I am > available Sats. & Suns. in December if we have to move this.
9/20/01 STAUFFER SCHEDULE OF GAMES-- Legend Killers vs. Next Generation--Friday
7pm at Joe's
Creators vs. Next Generation--Sunday 7pm JOE--where do you wish to play?
I do not believe my last e-mail went thru---- In response to the suggestion,
in the past I suggested that we make the 2B split an outfield split to increase
the value of outfielders. This was rejected. This would be a very simple
change with no extra work for me. As for infielders being more valuable,
this is probably somewhat true.
1951 SCHEDULE-- I see that the Krasnasky Division has 40 games to play in
10 days, plus playoffs--how are you planning to do this? I am very concerned.
9/4/01 Various Things I forgot to post
I have put together all the rules that I could find into one document. They
are posted on the main page or Click Here
It looks like Terwilliger will be a + in 1954.
I still need World Series scoresheets. Specifically the winning scoresheets
from 1946-1950. So Brett, Bill, Tony, and Joe please get these to me by
the draft. Thanks.
Looks like the draft stays Sep. 29. George, if you can not make the 29th
I guess you can make some good notes and get people with little money to
draft for you. I will also do whatever I can.
JULY 2001 COMMISSIONERS REPORT
Fielding ratings will be complete up to 1969 in my encyclopedia. Bring
your book and update your info when you see me. After the 1969 season Fielding
ratings will be determined by Fielding Runs as stated in TOTAL BASEBALL
from the 3rd edition onward.
GENERAL RULES: FIRST BASE--over +5 fielding runs will probably be a + less
than -5 will probably be a -
SECOND BASE--over +10 fielding runs will probably be a + less than -15 will
probably be a -
SHORTSTOP--over +10 will probably be a + less than -15 will probably be
a -
THIRDBASE--see second base
OUTFIELD--over +8 will probably be a + less than -8 will probably be a -
CATCHER--Gold Glove winner will be a + over +10 will probably be a + less
than -10 will probably be a -
Players with multiple positions who fall in these numerical ranges could
have one or more plusses/minuses. I am now using the STATS MAJOR LEAGUE
HANDBOOK as my guide for multiple position players.
FIELDING RATINGS OF NEW PLAYERS-- These are taken either from the Encyclopedia
where the + or - is written by the players names or hidden + or - ratings.
If the + or - is written in the encyclopedia it will not change. The hidden
+ or - is 90% sure.
DICK GERNERT +1958,1959
TED LEPCIO +1953,1954
BILLY MARTIN -1957,1960,1961
JOHNNY TEMPLE +1953,-1960,61,63
DICK GROAT +1955,1960,61,62
WILLIE MIRANDA +1953,54,59
JIMMY PIERSALL +1953,55,56,57,58,60,61
MEL CLARK +1953
ROCKY KRSNICH +1953
EDDIE MATHEWS +1962,63,64 -1966,67
BOBBY DEL GRECO -1956 +1960 -1963
BOB NIEMAN -1955,60
DUSTY RHODES -1954,55,56
JIM RIVERA -1954,61
TOBY ATWELL +1954
HARRY CHITI +1959
CLINT COURTNEY -1956 +1958
DARRELL JOHNSON +1961
SAMMY WHITE +1953,54 -1957 +1961
Let me know if you have any players with over 50 but less than 100 plate
appearances or 20-35 innings and you wish to have cards made. Bring your
cards to the draft if they are due for inspection. These are cards with
inspection dates of 9/00 or older. I am still looking for items for our
archives--first game, world series title, any other important items
. UPDATED MONEY as of JULY 21-- JOHN $1400 GEO 1540 RMS 10 JOE 80 ZAK 4590
TONY 20 BRT $2670 CHK 3750 DAVE 320 MIKEM 300 BILL 1180 JOEL 1675
BRING HALL OF FAME BALLOTS TO THE DRAFT. BRING LIGHTS TO THE DRAFT. BRING
PLAYBOARDS TO THE DRAFT FOR ANY UPDATES.
***1952 SCHEDULE-- ***INTERLEAGUE PLAY--SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 ***1953 DRAFT--SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 2ND, 2002 If there are any problems with these dates please let
me know ASAP.
FUN IDEA-- I have every Real All-Star selections from 1903 to 1951. If
anyone would like to put their stats in a computer and play an All-Star
game it might be interesting. Or we could have a re-play of our All-Stars
for an All-Star game.
MILITARY HOLDS-- Remember that military holds do not count towards your
roster limit. It is your responsiblity to announce who your military holds
are. The MS designation can be found in the season-by-season records in
THE SPORTS ENCYCLOPEDIA BASEBALL by Neft/Cohen.
PLAYBOARD CHANGES--
NORMAL STARTER TIRED FACTORS--
1-2 ings 0 def
8th ing on -1 def
EXPANSION OUTLINE FOR 1961/1962 SEASONS
7/28/01
HEY GUYS, Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday. Called the hotel
and informed them of the need for an air conditioner which they said is
noted. BOARD CHANGE 1952-- Normal Starters-- 1-2 ings now have no change
8 on is -1 defense 1951 CORRECTION--Kinder is now an SR2 FINES--Joe has
been fined $50 for late World Series stats.
7/9/01
RULE CHANGE SUGGESTION--I am working on the 1952 shells as well as a easy-access
rule book. The rule book will be distrubuted on July 28. While doing this
I was thinking of our present roster rules. We make our entire roster available
the last 5 games of the season. Real baseball has a 40 man roster starting
Sep. 1 which would give them about 30 games use. I think we should make
our full roster available the last 10 games of the season. 30/162 =18.5%*62=11.5games.
So to better equal real baseball I believe 10 games would be a good number.
We can do this for 1951. Let's vote by internet. TONY--as league secretary
can you keep track of the vote as I will also. Please respond ASAP. 7/3/01
Presently working on 1952 shells as well as the newest edition of our encyclopedia.
ZAK--how is your project going?
FINES--Mike $40, Brett $70 for late stats. I am going to treat both divisions
equally from now on--no more breaks for the Krasnasky Division.
GAMES--Dave and I will be playing Friday afternoon which will give every
team in the Stauffer Division 20 games played.
Wishing you and your family a great 4th of July holiday! 5/29 THE CARDS
HAVE BEEN MAILED--TUESDAY.
PLAYBOARD CHANGE--
Pitcher Tired Factors:
RELIEVER--0--2ings 0 def
2+--6ings -1def
R2--0--3ings 0def
3+--7ings -1def
NORMAL--1--2ings +1def
7on -1def NORMAL STARTERS WHO RELIEVE--
7on -1def SR WHEN RELIEVING--
same as Normal Starters when relieving
Upon playing the game I have found that R pitchers get much more benefit
from increased fielding rating than decreased fielding rating. The vast
majority of R pitchers pitch no more than an inning and thus are never penalized.
This makes the relievers card more effective than it should be. The change
in Tired Factor will negate this problem. The advantage of the reliever
will continue to be his rest rating flexibility. Please make the appropriate
change on your playboards.
5/12 Rich has changed the innings allowed for three relievers who are in
the playoffs.
Aloma wild card no change playoffs 7 innings allowed
Konstanty wild card 5 innings alowed playoffs 14 innings allowed
Leonard wild card no change playoffs 7 innings allowed
4/24 RESULTS STILL NEEDED-- FEB. 10--Brett vs. Zak(10) FEB. 25--Chuck vs.
Bill MAR. 18--Zak vs. Mike MAR. 22--Brett vs. Joel APR. 1--George vs. Mike
APR. 19--Brett vs. George APR. 22--John vs. Mike Bill vs. Joe have these
games been played yet?
Chuck Perritt wrote: Suggestion: ANY pinchitting by a pitcher counts towards
his at bat limits even if he stays in to pitch. This is being abused (I've
abused it myself) and is not in the spirit of the rule.
Commish wrote: Tony and I discussed this and for next season I am making
it that the pitcher can not bat first. He must pitch before he bats or his
plate appearances count.
4/23 Miksis 52 & 53 -at 2Base; Elliott 52 of-,3b0; Gordon 54 of-,3b0 I am
95% sure about these ratings.
JOE--you are right about Swift. The difference is that I am using a new
reference source for hidden fielding ratings--The 3rd thru 7th Edition of
TOTAL BASEBALL and STATS MAJOR LEAGUE HANDBOOK. I was using the 1st edition
when I made the Swift decision and in that edition he was a -8. You got
screwed but that can happen with hidden fielding players, especially now
that I am using a different source. One can also be surprised with a hidden
+. Sorry.
4/17 ROSTER BOOK CORRECTION-- Catcher Aaron Robinson is now a 0 fielder.
4/12 FIELDING RATINGS-- The ratings in THE BASEBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA will not
be changed. Whatever is in my official book (+,-) and assumed to be in most
of your books, is still the same. I did my research on this years draft
and wanted to give you the fielding ratings as I see them. REMEMBER--only
the ratings in THE BASEBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA are etched in stone. The other
ratings I am 95% sure of. Some of these are listed ratings, others are hidden.
Not all are at the position listed. I am just stating that in the seasons
listed these players will have these ratings at some position. Most of the
positions are obvious.
FIRST BASE-- Long 56-, 58+
SECOND BASE-- Cole 54-(3B)
SHORTSTOP-- Hemus 51+,52+,54-,56-,58-
Logan 52 thru 58+, 63-
McMillan 53 thru 56+
Runnels 56+,58+,59+,60+,62+,63-
Strickland 51+,52+,53+,55+,56+,57+
THIRDBASE-- Bridges 52+,54+,55+,57+,61+
Hatfield 52+??,53+
Marsh 52-,54+,55-
McDougald 53 thru 57+
OUTFIELD-- Abrams 54+
Busby 52+,53+,54+,57+,58+,60+,61-
Jensen 51+,52+,59+,61+
Mantle, Mays as listed
Minoso 54+,55+,58+,59+,63-
Simpson 56-,58-
Thomas 53+,54+,55+,59-,60-
CATCHER-- Burgess 52-,55-,57-
Wilbur 52+
MAR. 2001 COMMISSIONERS REPORT
Fielding ratings will be complete up to 1969 in my encyclopedia. Bring your
book and update your info when you see me. After the 1969 season Fielding
ratings will be determined by Fielding Runs as stated in TOTAL BASEBALL
from the 3rd edition onward.
GENERAL
RULES: FIRST BASE__over +5 fielding runs will probably be a + less than
_5 will probably be a _
SECOND BASE__over +10 fielding runs will probably be a +less than _15 will
probably be a _
SHORTSTOP__over +10 will probably be a +less than _15 will probably be a
_
THIRDBASE__see second base
OUTFIELD__over +8 will probably be a +less than _8 will probably be a _
CATCHER__Gold Glove winner will be a +over +10 will probably be a + less
than _10 will probably be a _
Players with multiple positions who fall in these numerical ranges could
have one or more plusses/minuses. I am now using the STATS MAJOR LEAGUE
HANDBOOK as my guide for multiple position players.
Let me know if you have any players between 50_100 plate apps. or 20_35
innings and you wish to have cards made.
Bring your cards to the draft if they are due for inspection. These are
cards with inspection dates of 5/00 or older.
UPDATED MONEY as of MAR. 15__
JOHN $1330 GEO 1150 RMS 50 JOE 0 ZAK 1540 TONY 30 BRT $1290 CHK 2000 DAVE
120 MIKEM 3250 BILL 4330 JOEL 2685
BRING HALL OF FAME BALLOTS TO THE DRAFT. BRING LIGHTS TO THE DRAFT. BRING
PLAYBOARDS TO THE DRAFT FOR ANY UPDATES.
***1951 SCHEDULE__
***INTERLEAGUE PLAY__JULY 28 ***1952 DRAFT__SEPT. 29
If there are any problems with these dates please let me know ASAP. I have
left July 22 & Aug. 5 also open.
RULE PROPOSAL__To change the money distribution to the following:
1952 DRAFT__$4050 for 4th place team in each division, $3900 for 5th place
team in each division, and $3750 for the 6th place team in each division.
1953 DRAFT__$4100 for 4th place team in each division, $3900 for 5th place
team in each division, and $3700 to 6th place team in each division. We
will then use the 1953 Draft as our money guide. We will vote on this at
the 1951 draft.
MILITARY HOLDS– Remember that military holds do not count towards your roster
limit. It is your responsiblity to announce who your military holds are.
The MS designation can be found in the season_by_season records in THE SPORTS
ENCYCLOPEDIA BASEBALL by Neft/Cohen.
LEAGUE COSTS__Will be $9 at this draft. The increase in cost is because
of purchases of new decks of cards as well as the purchase of the 6th Edition
of TOTAL BASEBALL and the 2nd Edition of MAJOR LEAGUE HANDBOOK. Some of
the costs of these books has been passed on to the league.TOTAL BASEBALL
now calculates fielding ratings based on innings played rather than games
played and is therfore a more accurate tool. MAJOR LEAGUE HANDBOOK measures
fielding by position. Hopefully, this will allow me to measure players with
split positions more accurately and timely.
COMMISSIONER'S RULING__Starting with the 1951 season, we will now have roster
changes at the beginning and end of interleague play, not in the middle.
Since we are changing every 10 games presently, it seems to make more sense
to change after 12 games rather than 6__12 being closer to 10.
PLAYBOARD CHANGES
INFIELD CHART
+4 2-10 GO+
+3 2-8,12 GO+
+2 2-7,12 GO+
+1 2-6,10 GO+
0 3,6,7 GO+
-1 3-5 GO+
-2 6 GO+
-3 2 GO+
TEAM DEFENSE If K on pitcher's card is drawn add an additional+3 to the
teams defense.
STOLEN BASES
SECOND BASE
RR 4 15-55 SB
RR 5 16-61 SB
RR 6 21-63 SB
THIRD BASE
RR 5 13-46 SB
EXPANSION OUTLINE FOR 1961/1962 SEASONS
Real baseball added 2 teams in 1961 and 2 teams in 1962. With our present
geographic situation, it would be most advantageous to do the same. Expanding
to 2 teams is not enough and would make for clumsy 7_team divisions. Also
interleague play would be more difficult. Expanding to 3 teams would also
be clumsy in trying to make new division set_ups. Our best tact is to expand
2 teams for 1961 and 2 more teams in 1962.
PROPOSAL
1961 2 teams, one in NJ and one in PA/MD. We will go to 2 7-team divisions
for this season. 48 games in division and 14 out of division. Same playoff
system will be followed.
1962 2 more teams, one in NJ and one in PA/MD. We will go to 4 4-team divisions.
Presently the divisions would be something like this:
DIV A | B | C | D |
JOEL | JOHN | DAVE | JOE |
GEORGE | BRETT | BILL | TONY |
ZAK | MIKE | RICH | CHUCK |
EXPANSION | EXPANSION | EXPANSION | EXPANSION |