Cuppa Joe Twist VIII is in the books... time to order up another venti four shot americano.
There have been well over 900 players in MLB history who have appeared in just one game... think Moonlight Graham. Baseballreference.com has that list of players with the years and dates of those games in their "Frivolities" section under
Cups of Coffee. I've played in various Coffee leagues here over the years and they're always fun to research. This one will play out thusly:
We'll be using players who appeared in just one game from
1885-2013. Select a player from the "Coffee" list and note the year, date & team of his one appearance...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/coffee.shtml. Then go to that team's page (by year) and click on
"Schedules & Results" to find out which team he appeared against on that date. You can use both rosters for that year to make your team. Use any player that appears on either roster according to bbr.com, twisted to any season.
Ty Cobb strike game rule: On May 18, 1912 the Tigers played the A's and all of the Tiger players went on "strike" to support Cobb's suspension for attacking a fan in a previous game. The Tigers recruited mostly college players to play the 5/18 game which resulted in several "cup of coffee" players for this date.
I'm going to allow one coffee player from this game per season. This rule will apply for other games with multiple cup of coffee players as well.
There will be 6/2 below average AAA and depending on whether your Cup of Coffee guy was a pitcher or hitter, each team will call up one (and only one) AAA player and rename them to your Coffee guy's actual name. No other AAA moves can be made during the season. Your Cup of Coffee AAA callup must remain on the big league roster all season and have at least 25IP or 50AB during the regular season for your team to qualify for the playoffs. I will allow each team to draft
ONE 200K player if there aren't any twistable low salary guys on your 2 rosters... this player MUST be sent down for your one Cup of Coffee callup.
Blacklist - The Cup of Coffee players used in seasons I - VIII are blacklisted.
When signing up, list your Coffee player's appearance date, year, team played for and against and stadium played in.
$110M salary cap
AAA - 6/2 below avg but only one may be called up
No WW, DH, clones, trades or live play
Injuries turned off
Use the stadium your Cup of Coffee guy played in
24 teams Random realignment
BLACKLISTED PLAYERS (through season VIII)
Bill Abernathie
Pete Allen
Walter Alston
Rugger Ardizoa
Howard Armstrong
Lefty Atkinson
Scott Baker
Jeff Banister
Brandon Bantz
Honey Barnes
Philip Barzilla
Dick Bates
Bill Batsch
Lou Bauer
Burley Bayer
Clarence Beers
Mike Belfiore
Walter Bernhardt
Christian Bethancourt
Ivan Bigler
Red Bird
Bill Bradford
Harvey Branch
John Braun
Ray Brown
Cal Browning
Tyson Brummett
Al Burris
John Callahan
Joe Campbell
Roger Carey
Rome Chambers
Travis Chapman
Chief Chouneau
Joe Cobb
Goat Cochran
Larry Colton
Clint Compton
Jerry Conway
Earl Cook
Art Corcoran
Ed Corey
Bill Dam
Art Daney
Mike Darr
Bob Daughters
Rex Dawson
Bob Davidson
Artie Dede - season 8 champ
Flame Delhi
Skip Dowd
Radhames Dyckhoff
Sam Edmonston
Jack Egan
Jake Eisenhart
Rick Engle
Russ Ennis
Frank Estrada
Fred Eunick
Joe Evers
Joe Fautsch
Dutch Fehring
Ramon Fermin
Fritz Fisher
Wilbur Fisher
Tom Fletcher
Larry Foster
Charlie Fritz
Larry Fritz
Bill Froats
Ralph Gagliano
Joe Giannini
Norman Glaser
Vince Gonzales
Beiker Graterol
Adam Greenberg
Lee Gronkiewicz
Newt Halliday
Chet Hajduk
Gary Hargis
Mickey Harrington
Charlie Hartman
Ray Hartnranft
Kelly Heath
Bob Hegman
Greg Heydeman
Garry Hill
Harley Hisner
Vern Holtgrave
Sam Hope
Earl Howard
Jesse Hudson
Rex Hudson
Ed Irwin - season 6 champ
Phil Irwin
Dan Jessee
Elvio Jimenez
Art Johnson
Duke Kelleher - season 3 champ
John Kull
Gary Lane
John LaRose
Razor Ledbetter
Corey Lee
John LeRoy
John Lickert
Clem Llewellyn
Steve Lomasney
Pete Loos
Mem Lovett
Red Lutz
Hersh Lyons
Ramon Manon
Chip Marshall
Sam Marsonek
Gary Martz
Len Matarazzo
Bob Mavis
Reeve McKay - season 5 champ
Doc McMahon
Joe McManus
Rufus Meadows
Kevin Melillo
Rod Miller
Richie Moloney
Kevin Morgan
Phil Mudrock
Cy Neighbors
Floyd Newkirk
Johnny O'Connor
Heinie Odom
Ernie Ovitz
John Paciorek
Mike Palagyi
Christian Parker
Kewpie Pennington
Tom Plodinec
Irv Porter
Spencer Pumpelly
Drew Rader
Pete Rambo
Jon Ratliff
Leroy Reams
Marshall Renfroe
Ben Rochefort
Jim Rutherford - season 1 champ
Jay Sborz
Bill Schlesinger
Gerry Schoen
Mike Schultz
Ralph Shafer
Jeff Shaver
John Shea
Zak Shinall
Ray Shook
Danny Silva
Dave Skeels
Roe Skidmore
Roger Slagle
Harry Smith
Scott Sobkowiak
Karl Spongberg
Bob Sprout
Irv Stein
Jeff Stember
Hal Stowe
Steamboat Struss
Jim Tennant
Dick Terwilliger
Dick Thoenen
Allan Travers
Bun Troy
Matt Tupman
Ted Turner
Tink Turner
Twink Twining
Frank Verdi
Eduardo Villacis
Ismael Villegas -season 7 champ
Pedro Villarreal
George Washburn
Buck Washer - season 2 champ
Allie Watt
Stefan Weaver
Terry Wilhusen
Shannon Withem - season 4 champ
Roy Wright
George Yantz
Charles Yingling
Larry Yount
Bart Zeller
Charlie Zink