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Page-a-Day Date-of-Birth Progressive
 
The history of the game of baseball has been well documented on a year-to-year basis, and a majority of progressive leagues replay this baseball history one or two years at a time. I wanted to break out of this year-to-year style, and provide a look at the game and its players from a different perspective. I also wanted a league that would have longevity and would make owners have to manage their rosters, make trades and have the feel that you never really knew who could be coming in the next draft. Essentially to run a progressive where the year you were currently playing didn’t dictate the initial draft pool or the future pools of rookies.

The Page-a-Day Progressive is based around the birthdates of the players we will be selecting for the league. 
When signing up for the league, each owner will select a date (Month and Day) that is important to you (your birthdate, a family member’s birthdate, your anniversary, the date of your first MLB game, etc.) and a home ballpark for your team (dates and ballparks are exclusive). 

The dates provided upon signup will be the basis for the initial draft pool, as I will use Baseball-Reference.com’s “Birthdays” Tool
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi to add all players who are in the WIS database born on each date submitted to the initial player pool. I will select my date and park last to give other owners their choice of dates and stadiums.
3/31/2011 10:11 AM (edited)
Initial Draft Rules
  • I will base the Initial draft order on a random draw from www.random.org.
  • The initial draft will go in a snake pattern (1-20; 20-1) with 14 rounds as shown below, so the complete draft will be in less than 3 weeks. 
  •       Round 1: 1-20 @ 1 player per pick
  •       Round 2: 20-1 @ 1 player per pick
  •       Round 3: 1-20 @ 1 player per pick
  •       Round 4: 20-1 @ 1 player per pick
  •       Round 5: 1-20 @ 1 player per pick
  •       Round 6: 20-1 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 7: 1-20 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 8: 20-1 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 9: 1-20 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 10: 20-1 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 11: 1-20 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 12: 20-1 @ 2 players per pick
  •       Round 13: 1-20 @ 3 players per pick
  •       Round 14: 20-1 @ 3 players per pick
  • If an owner misses his pick, I will select a makeup pick for their team 6 hours after their missed timeslot so their team does not negatively suffer. 
  • Owners may not trade draft picks during the initial draft, though you may trade players selected prior to the season starting. 
  • All players selected in the initial draft pool will start with either their WIS rookie season, their second or third WIS season (their owner will choose prior to entering their team)Players will then progress one calendar year at a time from this initial point until they retire from the WIS database (See DL Section below for info on players who skip seasons in the database).
  • Players not selected in the initial draft will progress 1 year from their rookie season and be included in the year 2 draft.
3/10/2011 1:54 PM (edited)
Subsequent Rookie Draft Rules
  • At the All-Star Game point of the season, I will use www.random.org to select 3 random dates in order to generate the rookie draft pool for the following season. 
  • I will use Baseball-Reference.com’s “Birthday” Tool http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi to add all players who are in the WIS database born on the 3 dates selected. These players will start with their WIS rookie season.
  • Each season’s rookie draft order will be based on my anti-tanking formula (see post below) which rewards owners for winning and hurts those who win few games with a high salary. 
  • Owners must cut players prior to the draft in order to use their picks.
  • Cut players will be placed into the rookie draft pool. 
  • Once the rookie draft is over, any rookies not selected will progress 1 year and be included in the next year’s draft. All non-rookie players (carryovers from the previous season or cut players) will be removed from the draft pool and retired from the league.
3/10/2011 11:49 AM (edited)
Other Rules
  • Schedule – WIS Alternate Schedule F (162-game schedule with interleague play.): 20 teams - 4 divisions. 2 division winners from each league will play in the LCS with the winners playing in the World Series.
  • Home Stadiums – Selected upon signing up for the league. If an owner wishes to change their home stadium, they can petition the commish to do so, and if approved, will forfeit a 2nd round draft pick in the upcoming draft.
  • Alignment – Prior to the original draft, divisions will be based on the dates you select when signing up for the league, with the closest to January 01 being in the NL East, and the closest to December 31 going in the AL West. These divisions will remain for the duration of the league.
  • Team Names – Use your home ballpark city/state/region or ballpark name in your team name. Please no vulgar names…
  • Roster Size – 25 man standard roster (must cut prior to the draft in order to make picks).  
  • Minimum PAs/IP – Each team must have a minimum of 1,000 IPs and 4,000 PAs at the beginning of the season or suffer a 4 spot draft penalty in each round.
  • Dates – All initial dates and those chosen for a draft will be blacklisted permanently for the league.
  • AAA – To prevent fatigue and to allow owners to fill holes, each team is required to manually draft the 5 players listed below for their AAA.
  • Salary Cap – None…but I expect the league average salary will be around $60-$75 mil.
  • Clones – None - Each player is exclusive to each owner, and can only be used once on your roster.
  • Trades – Encouraged. Trading of draft picks limited to next season only. Trading of cash and AAA players is prohibited.
  • DH – No
  • Waiver Wire – No
  • Live Play – Limited to next series
  • DL – If you own a player who does not have a WIS eligible season after being drafted, you can place him on the DL to retain his rights. There is no limit to the number of players you may carry on the DL. Once your player has a WIS eligible season again, you must place him back on your roster or cut him. Players who run up against the end of the WIS database (I.E. a 2010 player and WIS has yet to release their 2011 season) can be retained on the DL until their next eligible season is posted by WIS.
  • Rules Changes – I never said the league would be perfect, so all owners in the league may petition the commish to make rules changes during the offseason. Rule changes put to a vote will require 11 of 20 owners votes to pass.
Manual AAA Players – Each owner must select the following 5 AAA players.
 
Hitters – 804 PAs $2,404,611
Buelow, Fritz 1904 Detroit Tigers 306 PAs .141 .204 .176 $1,150,207 C+/B/C+ -- -- -- -- --
Wood, Brandon 2010 Anaheim Angels 243 PAs .146 .174 .208 $542,148 -- B/D- -- B/D- D/D- --
Crane, Sam 1886 Detroit Wolverines 255 PAs .141 .176 .189 $712,256 -- -- D/D -- D/D- D/D+
 
Pitchers – 217 IP $3,029,513
Colliflower, Harry 1899 Cleveland Spiders L 104 IP 1.97 WHIP $1,402,340
Toole, Steve 1888 Kansas City Cowboys L 113 IP 1.90 WHIP $1,627,173
3/25/2011 4:12 PM (edited)
Draft Formula
The draft order is based on "Adjusted Wins".
Adjusted wins = The average of actual wins + expected wins +/- the standard deviation from expected wins (+ if below; - if above) where Expected Wins = 81*(average team salary/league average salary).

Basically, you take all of the team's salaries at the beginning of the year, and figure out the league average salary and utilize this to find Expected Wins for each team at the beginning of the season. This becomes the baseline target wins for each team, and is a good measure of how many games they should win based on salary. EW can change during the season if a team's salary changes (I take the average of their beginning salary and ending salary).

At the end of the season, if the team is below their EW, then you add the standard deviation that they are from their EW to the average of their actual wins and EW to determine their adjusted wins.

If they are above their EW, then you subtract the standard deviation that they are from their EW to the average of their actual wins and EW to determine their adjusted wins.

Once you have each team's adjusted wins, then you rank them 1-20. Teams that over perform vs. their EW will get a slight bonus in the fact that their adjusted wins will be lower than their actual wins, while teams that underperform vs. their EW will get hit because their adjusted wins will be higher than their actual wins. Teams that tank (high salary, few wins) get hammered by the formula as their EW (based on their salary) will be much higher than that of a low salaried team, and their standard deviation number will be huge if they do not get close to their EW.
 
I will use this formula for rounds 1-2. Rounds 3-end will be based on actual wins (average salary will be the tiebreaker).
5/27/2011 2:44 PM (edited)
Owner/Date/Home Park
  1. frazzman80 - April 30; Arlington Stadium
  2. swtbc – September 19; Target Field
  3. txelvis - September 30; The Astrodome 
  4. spid24 – March 09; Minute Maid Park
  5. lesnords77 – August 22; Olympic Stadium
  6. thorburen - August 14; Kauffman Stadium
  7. wgasa - December 08; AT&T Park
  8. tdoak - January 18; Jarry Park
  9. just4me - December 11; Cleveland Stadium
  10. crustydoc  - February 20; Oriole Park at Camden Yards
  11. eman7400 - April 12, PNC Park
  12. genemock91 - October 25; Dodger Stadium
  13.  jose can u c - August 30; League Park
  14. specsman - March 17; Shibe Park
  15. topkat - November 21; Sportsman's Park III (Cardinals)
  16. szczubelek - March 15; Briggs Stadium
  17. Ace1430 - August 17; Crosley Field
  18. rockrobster - June 08; Forbes Field
  19. open - October 20; Yankee Stadium II
  20. covman2003 - February 25; Wrigley Field
Current Waitlist 
  1. neabaseball
  2. chargingryno
  3. eastvanmungo

Sitemail List
frazzman80; swtbc; txelvis; spid24; hagebono; thorburen; mussopini23; crustydoc; genemock91; tdoak; just4me; eman7400; jose can u c; specsman; shysters3; szczubelek; ace1430; rockrobster; kev780; covman2003

Divisions
NL East:  tdoak (January 18), crustydoc (February 20), covman2003 (February 25), spid24 (March 09), szczubelek (March 15)
NL West:  specsman (March 17), eman7400 (April 12), frazzman80 (April 30), rockrobster (June 08), thorburen (August 14)
AL East:  Ace1430 (August 17), hagebono (August 22),  jose can u c (August 30), swtbc (September 19), txelvis (September 30)
AL West:  kev780 (October 20), genemock91 (October 25), shysters3 (November 21), mussopini23 (December 08), just4me (December 11)

4/1/2013 2:07 PM (edited)
Initial Draft Players...(Posted 4/22/11 with 18 dates and the bonus Feb 29 selected)

Catchers
Agnew, Sam (1913, 1914 or 1915)
Armbruster, Charlie (1905, 1906 or 1907)
Bennett, Charlie (1885, 1886 or 1887)
Bergen, Marty (1896, 1897 or 1898)
Bertell, Dick (1961, 1962 or 1963)
Bremer, Herb (1938)
Chavez, Raul (2004, 2005 or 2008)
Clark, Cap (1938)
Decker, Steve (1990, 1991 or 1995)
Diaz, Robinzon (2009)
Donahue, Tim (1895, 1896 or 1897)
Doyle, Jack (1890, 1891 or 1892)
Ferguson, Joe (1971, 1973 or 1974)
Goff, Jerry (1990)
Grotewold, Jeff (1992)
Hampton, Ike (1975)
Hill, Koyie (2005, 2007 or 2009)
Jaso, John (2010)
Johjima, Kenji (2006, 2007 or 2008)
Kenna, Eddie (1928)
Lau, Charlie (1958, 1960 or 1961)
Lieberthal, Mike (1994, 1996 or 1997)
Lo Duca, Paul (1999, 2000 or 2001)
Macfarlane, Mike (1988, 1989 or 1990)
McAvoy, Wickey (1915, 1918 or 1919)
McCann, Brian (2005, 2006 or 2007)
Mizerock, John (1983 or 1986)
Morales, Jose (2009)
O'Neil, Mickey (1920, 1921 or 1922
Orton, John (1990, 1991 or 1992)
Pagliaroni, Jim (1960, 1961 or 1962)
Posada, Jorge (1997, 1998 or 1999)
Reiber, Frank (1936)
Richards, Paul (1933, 1934 or 1935)
Ruel, Muddy (1919, 1920 or 1921)
Santiago, Benito (1986, 1987 or 1988)
Sarni, Bill (1951, 1954 or 1955)
Schang, Wally (1913, 1914 or 1915)
Seilheimer, Ricky (1980)
Siddall, Joe (1998)
Siemer, Oscar (1926)
Stanage, Oscar (1909, 1910 or 1911)
Street, Gabby (1905, 1908 or 1909)
Suarez, Ken (1966, 1967 or 1969)
Toy, Jim (1887 or 1890)
Valentin, Javier (1998, 1999 or 2003)
Weckbecker, Pete (1890)
Wilson, Art (1910, 1911 or 1912)
Wilson, Vance (2001, 2002 or 2003)
York, Rudy (1937, 1938 or 1939)
Yvars, Sal (1952, 1953 or 1954)

1B
Ault, Doug (1977, 1978 or 1980)
Baker, Phil (1886)
Blaylock, Marv (1955 or 1956)
Boling, Jack (1939 or 1944)
Borton, Babe (1912, 1913 or 1915)
Clancy, Bill (1905)
Connatser, Bruce (1932)
Connor, Joe (1901)
Coogan, Dale (1950)
Corbett, Gene (1938)
Davis, Chris (2008, 2009 or 2010)
Doherty, John (1974 or 1975)
Etten, Nick (1938, 1939 or 1941)
Goldsberry, Gordon (1949, 1950 or 1952)
Hartnet, Pat (1890)
Hernandez, Keith (1975, 1976 or 1977)
Jacobsen, Bucky (2004)
Johnson, Nick (2001, 2002 or 2003)
Kusick, Craig (1974, 1975 or 1976)
Leon, Jose (2002, 2003 or 2004)
Magadan, Dave (1987, 1988 or 1989)
Mahan, Art (1940)
Masteller, Dan (1995)
McCraw, Tommy 91963, 1964 or 1965)
McInnis, Stuffy (1910, 1911 or 1912)
McKinnon, Alex (1885, 1886 or 1887)
O'Hagen, Hal (1902)
Skaff, Frank (1943)
Staton, Dave (1994)
Stephenson, Phil (1990 or 1992)
Swacina, Harry (1907, 1908 or 1914)
Tabb, Jerry (1977)
Taylor, Ben (1951)
Walker, Johnny (1921)

2B
Ainge, Danny (1979, 1980 or 1981)
Andrews, Rob (1975, 1976 or 1977)
Arcia, Jose (1968, 1969 or 1970)
Babitt, Shooty (1981)
Barkley, Red (1937 or 1943)
Bennett, Pug (1906 or 1907)
Cohen, Andy (1928 or 1929)
Cottier, Chuck (1960, 1961 or 1962)
Dugey, Oscar (1914, 1916 or 1917)
Faries, Paul (1991)
Floyd, Bobby (1969, 1971 or 1972)
Garcia, Danny (2003 or 2004)
Getz, Chris (2009 or 2010)
Gustine, Frankie (1939, 1940 or 1941)
Hartsfield, Roy (1950, 1951 or 1952)
Keister, Bill (1896, 1899 or 1900)
Lind, Carl (1928, 1929 or 1930)
Loretta, Mark (1995, 1996 or 1997)
Mallon, Les (1931, 1932 or 1934)
Molitor, Paul (1978, 1979 or 1980)
Moore, Eddie (1924, 1925 or 1926)
Morgan, Joe (1965, 1966 or 1967)
Murch, Simmy (1904)
O'Brien, Johnny (1953, 1955 or 1956)
Orr, Pete (2005, 2006 or 2007)
Pedroia, Dustin (2006, 2007 or 2008)
Pfeffer, Fred (1885, 1886, 1887)
Pickett, John (1889, 1890 or 1892)
Rivas, Luis (2000, 2001 or 2002)
Roberts, Ryan (2009 or 2010)
Robinson, Yank (1885, 1886 or 1887)
Sakata, Lenn (1977, 1978 or 1980)
Santos, Angel (2003)
Schilling, Chuck (1961, 1962 or 1963)
Starr, Charlie (1905, 1908 or 1909)
Stricker, Cub (1885, 1887 or 1888)
Wellman, Brad (1983, 1984 or 1985)
Young, Ralph (1915, 1916 or 1917)

3B
Asadoor, Randy (1986)
Austin, Jimmy (1909, 1910 or 1911)
Aybar, Willie (2005, 2006 or 2008)
Beck, Zinn (1914, 1915 or 1916)
Blalock, Hank (2002, 2003 or 2004)
Boone, Aaron (1998, 1999 or 2000)
Brown, Bobby (1947, 1948 or 1949)
Chalk, Dave (1973, 1974 or 1975)
Clark, Danny (1922, 1924 or 1927)
Clingman, Billy (1895, 1896 or 1897)
Davenport, Jim (1958, 1959 or 1960)
Delahanty, Tom (1896)
Fanzone, Carmen (1972, 1973 or 1974)
Fernandez, Nanny (1942, 1946 or 1947)
Fritz, Harry (1914 or 1915)
Grabarkewitz, Billy (1969, 1970 or 1971)
Haslin, Mickey (1933, 1934 or 1935)
High, Andy (1922, 1923 or 1924)
Hobson, Butch (1976, 1977 or 1978)
Hoelskoetter, Art (1905, 1906, 1907)
Johnson, Billy (1943, 1946 or 1947)
Lamb, Lyman (1921)
Leone, Justin (2004)
Lindstrom, Freddie (1924, 1925 or 1926)
Marr, Lefty (1889, 1890 or 1891)
Martin, Pepper (1931, 1932 or 1933)
May, Pinky (1939, 1940 or 1941)
Metcalf, Travis (2007 or 2008)
Mueller, Bill (1996, 1997 or 1998)
Paddock, Del (1912)
Phelan, Art (1912, 1913 or 1915)
Philips, Damon (1942 or 1944)
Pick, Charlie (1916, 1918 or 1919)
Quinlan, Robb (2003, 2004 or 2005)
Raines, Larry (1957)
Raymond, Harry (1888, 1889 or 1890)
Richardson, Nolen (1931, 1932 or 1938)
Rosen, Al (1950, 1951 or 1952)
Samuls, Ike (1895)
Scott, Gary (1991 or 1992)
Thompson, Hank (1947, 1949 or 1950)
Tracy, Andy (2000 or 2001)
Valencia, Danny (2010)
Werrick, Joe (1886, 1887 or 1888)

SS
Adams, Russ (2004, 2005 or 2006)
Almon, Bill (1976, 1977 or 1978)
Babb, Charlie (1903, 1904 or 1905)
Belanger, Mark (1967, 1968 or 1969)
Bell, Jay (1987, 1988 or 1989)
Bocock, Brian (2008)
Brinkman, Ed (1962, 1963 or 1964)
Campaneris, Burt (1964, 1965 or 1966)
Chaney, Darrel (1969, 1970 or 1972)
Combs, Merl (1947, 1950 or 1952)
Cromer, Tripp (1995, 1997 or 1999)
Cruz, Enrique (2003)
Dean, Tommy (1969, 1970 or 1971)
Fahey, Brandon (2006, 2007 or 2008)
Gardner, Ray (1929)
Greene, Tyler (2009 or 2010)
Guillen, Carlos (2000, 2001 or 2002)
Harmon, Terry (1969, 1970 or 1971)
Lee, Dud (1921, 1924 or 1925)
Mason, Jim (1972, 1973 or 1974)
McNair, Eric (1930, 1931 or 1932)
Miller, Ralph (1920 or 1921)
Myers, Billy (1935, 1936 or 1937)
Narleski, Bill (1929 or 1930)
O'Brien, Eddie (1953, 1955 or 1956)
Rawlings, Johnny (1914, 1915 or 1917)
Robles, Rafael (1970)
Rowe, Jack (1885, 1886 or 1887)
Scharein, George (1937, 1938 or 1939)
Schofield, Dick (1983, 1984, 1985)
Severson, Rich (1970)
Smalley, Roy (1975, 1976 or 1977)
Tooley, Bert (1911 or 1912)
Vaughan, Arky (1932, 1933 or 1934)
Worth, Danny (2010)
Wrigley, Zeke (1897, 1898 or 1899)

OF
Abbott, Jeff (1998, 1999 or 2000)
Alyea, Brant (1968, 1969 or 1970)
Anderson, Brady (1988, 1989 or 1990)
Barron, Tony (1997)
Bell, Derek (1992, 1993 or 1994)
Bigbee, Lyle (1920)
Boesch, Brennan (2010)
Borbon, Julio (2009 or 2010)
Burke, Dan (1890)
Byrd, Marlon (2003, 2004 or 2005)
Cabrera, Jolbert (2000, 2001 or 2002)
Campbell, Bruce (1932, 1933 or 1934)
Castillo, Carmen (1982, 1984 or 1985)
Casto, Kory (2007 or 2008)
Christensen, McKay (1999 or 2001)
Cole, Alex (1990, 1991 or 1992)
Collins, Dave (1975, 1976 or 1977)
Cowens, Al (1974, 1975 or 1976)
Cox, Dick (1925 or 1926)
Cuyler, Kiki (1924, 1925 or 1926)
DaVanon, Jeff (2001, 2003 or 2004)
Eden, Charlie (1885)
Ennis, Del (1946, 1947 or 1948)
Felsh, Happy (1915, 1916 or 1917)
Fields, Jocko (1887, 1888 or 1889)
Figueroa, Jesus (1980)
Flood, Curt (1958, 1959 or 1960)
Freeman, Choo (2004 or 2006)
Gammons, Daff (1901)
Gannon, Bill (1901)
Gaston, Cito (1969, 1970 or 1971)
Gettinger, Tom (1890 or 1895)
Gettman, Jake (1897, 1898 or 1899)
Giambi, Jeremy (1998, 1999 or 2000)
Glenn, Ed (1886 or 1888)
Gonzalez, Juan (1989, 1990 or 1991)
Goodwin, Curtis (1995, 1996 or 1997)
Griffey Jr., Ken (1989, 1990 or 1991)
Halligan, Jocko (1890, 1891 or 1892)
Hanlon, Ned (1885, 1886 or 1887)
Harvel, Luther (1928)
Henrich, Tommy (1937, 1938 or 1939)
Herrera, Jose (1995 or 1996)
Hiser, Gene (1973 or 1975)
Hoag, Myril (1932, 1934 or 1935)
Hogan, Marty (1894)
Hogriever, George (1895 or 1901)
Hoover, Buster (1886 or 1892)
Howard, Thomas (1991, 1992 or 1993)
Jackson, Darrin (1998, 1999 or 2000)
Jennings, Doun (1988, 1990 or 1993)
Jensen, Jackie (1950 or 1951)
Johnson, Reed (2003, 2004 or 2005)
Kelleher, Frankie (1942)
Koenecke, Len (1932, 1934 or 1935)
Landis, Jim (1957, 1958 or 1959)
Landrum, Tito (1980, 1981 or 1982)
Lane, Marvin (1974)
Langerhans, Ryan (2005, 2006 or 2007)
Leonard, Mark (1991 or 1992)
Lezcano, Carlos (1980)
Liefer, Jeff (1999, 2001, 2002)
Lindell, Johnny (1942(P), 1943 or 1944)
Lolich, Ron (1972 or 1973)
Long, Terrence (2000, 2001 or 2002)
Lowery, Terrell (1999)
Lusador, Scott (1989 or 1990)
Mantle, Mickey (1951, 1952 or 1953)
Martin, Hersh (1937, 1938 or 1939)
Matthews, Wid (1923 or 1924)
Maye, Lee (1959, 1960 or 1961)
McAleese, Jack (1909)
Miller, Bing (1921, 1922 or 1923)
Moryn, Walt (1954, 1956 or 1957)
Munoz, Pedro (1990, 1991 or 1992)
Murphy, Larry (1891)
Musial, Stan (1932, 1943 or 1944)
Nagelson, Russ (1970)
Nicholson, Bill (1939, 1940 or 1941)
O'Brien, Tom (1897, 1898 or 1899)
Office, Rowland (1974, 1975 or 1976)
O'Hara, Bill (1909)
Peters, Rick (1980, 1981 or 1983)
Pierre, Jaun (2000, 2001 or 2002)
Pisoni, Jim (1957)
Powell, Boog (1962, 1963 or 1964)
Pulliam, Harvey (1993 or 1997)
Ramsey, Bill (1945)
Reiser, Pete (1940, 1941 or 1942)
Rice, Sam (1916, 1917 or 1919)
Riggert, Joe (1911, 1914 or 1919)
Ruggiano, Justin (2008)
Sauer, Hank (1945, 1948 or 1949)
Seerey, Pat (1943, 1944 or 1945)
Sharp, Bill (1973, 1974 or 1975)
Smith, Seth (2008, 2009 or 2010)
Snider, Duke (1947, 1948 or 1949)
Southworth, Billy (1915, 1918 or 1919)
Speake, Bob (1955, 1957 or 1958)
Spencer, Shane (1998, 1999 or 2000)
Statz, Jigger (1919, 1922 or 1923)
Sullivan, Marty (1887, 1888 or 1889)
Sweeney, Ryan (2008, 2009 or 2010)
Thomson, Bobby (1946, 1947 or 1948)
Thoney, Jack (1902, 1903 or 1904)
Torres, Rusty (1972, 1973 or 1974)
Twombly, Babe (1920 or 1921)
Vick, Sammy (1919, 1920 or 1921)
Walker, Hub (1931, 1936 or 1937)
Watwood, Johnny (1929, 1930 or 1931)
Wells, Vernon (1999, 2001 or 2002)
Williams, Ted (1939, 1940 or 1941)
Wilson, Goerge (1952 or 1956)
Yastrzemski, Carl (1961, 1962 or 1963)

4/22/2011 2:34 PM (edited)

Intial Draft Pitchers...(Posted 4/22/11 with 18 dates and the bonus Feb 29 selected)

Pitchers
Abbott, Jim (1989, 1990 or 1991)
Aceves, Alfredo (2008 or 2009)
Acosta, Ed (1971 or 1972)
Adkins, Jon (2004 or 2006)
Aldridge, Vic (1917, 1922 or 1923)
Allen, Johnny (1932, 1933 or 1934)
Alvarez, Jose (1988 or 1989)
Anderson, Fred (1913, 1914 or 1915)
Anderson, Matt (1998, 1999 or 2000)
Andrews, Nate (1943, 1944 or 1945)
Antonelli, Johnny (1949, 1950 or 1953)
Appleton, Ed (1915 or 1916)
Atkinson, Al (1886 or 1887)
Bailiey, Bill (1907, 1908 or 1909)
Bair, Doug (1977, 1978 or 1979)
Baker, Scott (2005, 2006 or 2007)
Baker, Steve (1978, 1979 or 1982)
Balsamo, Tony, (1962)
Barclay, Curt (1957)
Barkley, Jeff (1985)
Beare, Gary (1976 or 1977)
Becannon, Buck (1885)
Beckmann, Bill (1939, 1940 or 1941)
Behan, Petie (1922 or 1923)
Bertotti, Mike (1996)
Bickford, Vern (1948, 1949 or 1950)
Bivin, Jim (1935)
Blantley, Cliff (1991 or 1992)
Blanton, Joe (2005, 2006 or 2007)
Boggs, Tommy (1976, 1977 or 1978)
Brow, Scott (1994 or 1996)
Brown, Boardwalk (1912, 1913 or 1914)
Brown, Hal (1952, 1953 or 1954)
Brunet, George (1960, 1962 or 1963)
Buchholz, Clay (2008, 2009 or 2010)
Bullington, Bryan (2010)
Burbach, Bill (1969)
Burns, Britt (1980, 1981 or 1982)
Burris, Ray (1973, 1974 or 1975)
Buskey, Tom (1974, 1975 or 1976)
Butler, Ike (1902)
Buzhardt, John (1959, 1960 or 1961)
Caldwell, Ralph (1904 or 1905)
Camnitz, Howie (1904, 1907 or 1908)
Campbell, Archie (1930)
Carman, Don (1985, 1986 or 1987)
Carrasco, DJ (2003, 2004 or 2005)
Chiamparino, Scott (1990 or 1992)
Chitren, Steve (1991)
Clark, Bob (1920)
Coffman, Slick (1937, 1938 or 1939)
Compton, Jack (1911)
Converse, Jim (1994)
Cook, Mike (1987)
Curtis, John (1971, 1972 or 1973)
Darwin, Danny (1979, 1980 or 1981)
Davenport, Dave (1914, 1915 or 1916)
Davis, George (1912, 1914 or 1915)
Dawson, Joe (1927 or 1928)
Dean, Paul (1934, 1935 or 1936)
Dent, Eddie (1909 or 1911)
Devine, Joey (2008)
DiNardo, Lenny (2004 or 2006)
Downs, Kelly (1986, 1987 or 1988)
Downs, Scott (2000, 2004 or 2005)
Dunkle, Davey (1897, 1898 or 1899)
Durham, Ed (1930, 1931 or 1932)
Eichhorn, Mark (1982, 1986 or 1987)
Embree, Red (1942, 1945 or 1946)
Erdos, Todd (2000)
Erickson, Roger (1978, 1979 or 1980)
Estelle, Dick (1964)
Estrella, Leo (2003)
Face, Roy (1953, 1955 or 1956)
Feierabend, Ryan (2007 or 2008)
Fidrych, Mark (1976, 1977 or 1980)
Field, Nate (2004)
Fink, Herman (1936 or 1937)
Fischer, Rube (1943, 1944 or 1945)
Fordham, Tom (1998)
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4/22/2011 2:33 PM (edited)
I am looking for a committed group of owners who will stick with the league for long time.  WIth the initial 20 days removed in the original draft, we will have 115 subsequent rookie drafts @ 3 days per draft, so you can see that this league has the potential to go for a long while.  I would appreciate it if you planned to be in the league for at least 10+ seasons when you sign up.

Thanks in advance, and I'd be happy to answer any questions via smail or in this forum if you have any.
3/9/2011 5:47 PM
ITS REALLY INTERESTING WILL THERE REALLY BE ENOUGH PLAYERS ??
3/10/2011 12:42 AM
Posted by ronblood on 3/10/2011 12:42:00 AM (view original):
ITS REALLY INTERESTING WILL THERE REALLY BE ENOUGH PLAYERS ??
Good question ronblood...the data leads me to say absolutely.

So far in the 3 days that have been submitted for the league, there are 120 draftable players in the player pool, or 40 per team.  Of all the days I've researched, the fewest WIS players on a given day so far has been 28, with the average number of players per day being 38.1 per day.  That means we'll have more than enough for the initial draft and roughly 5-6 rounds to draft from for each rookie draft.  In addition, the average of HOF/All Stars per day is 4.23, so each draft would have quite a bit of talent in it.

While this will certainly not be a high cap ($120+ million) league, we will have enough players and should see a very realistic league similar in players/salaries to a single season progressive.  I estimate the league average salary will be between $70 and $80 million.
3/10/2011 10:33 AM
I just ran the numbers on all players in the WIS database.  There are 6,538 unique hitters and 5,447 unique pitchers for a total of 11,985 players in the database.  When you devide that by 365 days, you get 32.836 players per day.  Plus, as each MLB season is completed, the number of players available will only increase.

This means we'll definitely have enough players for each team for the initial draft and subsequent rookie drafts (we will have close to 100 players per draft).  Couple that with the extra PAs and IP from the manually drafted AAA players, and fatigue should not be a major issue in the league.
3/10/2011 6:23 PM
To ensure we get all players in the league, I've decided to add leap day February 29 as an extra bonus day to the draft pool.  Welcome P Ed Appleton, P Bill Long, OF Terrence Long, 3B/OF Pepper Martin, 3B/SS Ralph Miller, P Steve Mingori and 3B Al Rosen to the league.  Sign up today and one of these guys could be yours.
3/14/2011 5:55 PM
I'm still reasearching dates, but have decided to take the Astrodome as my home park.
3/21/2011 4:48 PM (edited)
frazzman80:  I would love to play, hope you get some more traction.

Didn't like the list of players on my birthday, so I generated a random page, and in honor of Chuck Cottier, I will take January 18th as my date.  Glad I don't have to compete exclusively with these guys -- but I hope I get to draft Curt Flood!
3/20/2011 11:32 AM
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