This is the twelfth entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy and the ability to replay entire seasons with a degree of realism. Baseball video games that are strictly arcade representations of baseball (based solely on reflex and hand-eye coordination) are excluded.
IBM version:
Publisher – Electronic Arts
Release Year – 1991
Platforms – IBM PC
Credits
| Game Design: | Eddie Dombrower |
| Strategy: | Earl Weaver |
| Programming: | Eddie Dombrower, Bill Rommerdahl, Robert J. M. Dietz, Mike Burton, Kenneth C. Dullea III, W. Mark Whittlesey |
| Art: | Bob Trupe, Eddie Dombrower |
| Music: | Nathan Wang |
| Music Arrangement: | Dave Warhol, David Hayes |
| Sound Effects: | Michael Sanders, Eddie Dombrower |
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.
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- I Got It Baseball (Windows)
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- 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.
| American League All-Time Division | National League All-Time Division |
| AL 1901-1915 – Connie Mack* | NL 1901-1915 – Fred Clarke |
| AL 1916-1930 – Miller Huggins | NL 1916-1930 – John McGraw* |
| AL 1931-1945 – Joe McCarthy* | NL 1931-1945 – Charlie Grimm* |
| AL 1946-1960 – Casey Stengel* | NL 1946-1960 – Leo Durocher* |
| AL 1961-1975 – Al Lopez | NL 1961-1975 – Walter Alston* |
| AL 1976-1990 – Earl Weaver* | NL 1976-1990 – Davey Johnson |
| AL 1991-2005 – Joe Torre | NL 1991-2005 – Bobby Cox |
| AL 2006-2020 – Joe Girardi | NL 2006-2020 – Tony La Russa |
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 – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball
Additional Links
Playthrough – HardballRetro
SABR Stay at Home – Eddie Dombrower
Download Derek’s All-Time Rosters for Earl Weaver Baseball II – http://www.mediafire.com/folder/jhfkfloqwkfo4/EarlWeaverBaseball2
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https://archive.org/details/msdos_Earl_Weaver_Baseball_II_1991
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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
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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
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Thanks so much for posting this review. Having played the Amiga version of EWBB since the late 1980s (and absolutely loving it – still), I was intrigued when two friends bought EWBB2 for the IBM when it was released. After playing for several months, we agreed that the greater configurability of EWBB2 was wonderful. However, the game was ultimately doomed by the default “funhouse mirrors” graphics and, more importantly, the fatal bugs in the gameplay itself, such as runners on second base automatically taking off for third with 2 outs and a 3-2 count… but with nobody on first (and you couldn’t counteract that). That bug alone ruined many a game, and ultimately, the entire EWBB2 experience.