Need 1 for 1953 Progressive-filled !! Topic

The Post War Progressive league has one opening for the 1953 season. The league started in 1946 and this will be our 8th season.

The team available is the Chicago Cubs. With 17 games left in the 1952 season, the Cubs have a record of 44-101, which is the worst in the league. We have a weighted lottery for the first round of the draft among the 4 teams with the worst record, so the Cubs will draft no worse than 4th in the first round and have a 40% chance of the #1 draft pick. They will draft 1st in all subsequent rounds.

Details of the Cubs 1952 roster and actual stats for their 1953 returning players are posted below.

The PWL has been a stable league. t2 of our 16 owners in 1952 have been with the league since inception.

This is an opportunity to join a league in the era of Mantle, Mays, Spahn, Ford etc. While the 1953 rookie class is not particularly distinguished, 1954 rookies will include Aaron, Kaline and Banks among others
1/27/2013 9:14 AM
Chicago Cubs 1952 Roster

Suggested Keepers (16):
C   Matt Batts, Walker Cooper
1B Ferris Fain
2B Bobby Avila, Hank Majeski
SS Johnny Logan
OF Bob Nieman, Enos Slaughter, Bill Nicholson
P   Bob Feller, Billy Loes, Turk Lown, Jim McDonald
     Clyde King, Bob Hooper, Vern Bickford

IR(1):
OF Faye Throneberry

Retired (8):
2B Roy Hartsfield
SS Marty Marion
OF Dick Sisler, Jackie Mayo
P    Johnny Rutherford, Monte Kennedy, Ed Wright, Al benton

Need 9 Draft Picks


(I do not recommend that any of the above keepers be cut as there are only 399 players available and 400 are needed in total, however that is at the discretion of a new owner).

Actual 1953 batting stats for returning players:
Season Outlook - 1 Season Ahead
Player SN B G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS PA SF SH
Logan, Johnny 1953 R 158 643 105 176 28 8 12 77 43 35 7 2 2 .273 .326 .398 .724 703 0 9
Avila, Bobby 1953 R 148 589 89 168 23 3 8 58 61 28 2 11 8 .286 .355 .379 .735 666 0 15
Nieman, Bob 1953 R 149 535 76 150 34 5 16 73 60 60 0 0 3 .281 .354 .453 .807 598 0 3
Slaughter, Enos 1953 L 150 518 67 150 36 9 6 94 84 29 5 4 4 .291 .395 .433 .828 609 0 1
Fain, Ferris 1953 L 135 470 77 120 19 2 6 55 114 29 4 3 2 .256 .405 .345 .750 594 0 6
Batts, Matt 1953 R 122 394 40 109 25 3 6 45 25 38 0 2 3 .278 .322 .406 .728 420 0 1
Cooper, Walker 1953 R 56 145 13 32 6 0 3 17 13 16 1 1 0 .219 .287 .328 .615 159 0 1
Nicholson, Bill 1953 L 40 66 13 14 5 1 2 17 13 21 0 0 0 .210 .338 .419 .757 78 0 0
Feller, Bob 1953 R 26 59 3 6 1 0 0 1 6 24 0 0 0 .107 .194 .125 .319 74 0 8
Loes, Billy 1953 R 34 59 2 7 1 1 0 4 1 14 0 0 0 .125 .140 .179 .319 63 0 2
Majeski, Hank 1953 R 53 53 6 16 1 0 2 13 3 8 1 0 0 .300 .352 .440 .792 58 0 1
Lown, Turk 1953 R 52 51 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 .125 .160 .146 .306 55 0 2
McDonald, Jim 1953 R 29 44 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 19 0 0 0 .098 .140 .098 .237 50 0 3
Bickford, Vern 1953 R 21 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .067 .125 .067 .192 18 0 1
Hooper, Bob 1953 R 45 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 14 0 0
King, Clyde 1953 S 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 14 0 1
Pitcher Totals -- -- 244 253 11 25 3 1 0 11 15 74 0 0 0 .099 .149 .119 .268 288 0 17
Hitter Totals -- -- 1011 3413 486 935 177 31 61 449 416 264 20 23 22 .274 .356 .398 .754 3885 0 37

Actual 1953 pitching stats for returning players:
Season Outlook - 1 Season Ahead
Player SN T GP GS W L SV IP BFP H ER HR BB SO OAV WHIP ERA HBP WP BK
Feller, Bob 1953 R 26 26 11 7 0 185.0 758 171 74 17 63 63 .251 1.27 3.59 3 1 1
Loes, Billy 1953 R 34 26 15 8 0 172.0 727 174 86 22 56 79 .261 1.34 4.54 3 2 3
Lown, Turk 1953 R 52 13 8 7 3 157.0 717 175 89 21 88 80 .282 1.69 5.16 2 6 0
McDonald, Jim 1953 R 29 19 10 8 0 140.0 578 137 59 4 42 46 .260 1.29 3.82 1 0 0
King, Clyde 1953 R 37 4 3 6 2 80.0 343 82 46 16 34 22 .271 1.45 5.21 2 1 0
Hooper, Bob 1953 R 45 0 5 4 7 73.0 303 53 33 4 40 17 .206 1.28 4.02 2 2 0
Bickford, Vern 1953 R 21 9 2 5 1 62.0 271 63 36 8 37 26 .279 1.64 5.28 2 2 1
Totals -- -- 244 97 54 45 13 869.0 3697 855 423 92 360 333 .261 1.40 4.38 15 14 5


 
1/27/2013 9:31 AM (edited)
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Posted by papabilly on 1/27/2013 8:15:00 PM (view original):
Can I have this team
It's yours, papabilly. I'll give you access to the league's private forum. Please post keepers as soon as you have had time to review the roster.
1/28/2013 8:24 AM
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