Cuppa Joe Twist IV is nearing the end of the playoffs... 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
1885-2012. Select a player from the "Coffee" list and note the year, date & team of his one appearance. 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.
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 96 Cup of Coffee players used in seasons I - IV 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
Pete Allen
Walter Alston
Rugger Ardizoa
Honey Barnes
Dick Bates
Lou Bauer
Ivan Bigler
Red Bird
Tyson Brummett
Rome Chambers
Travis Chapman
Chief Chouneau
Joe Cobb
Clint Compton
Earl Cook
Art Corcoran
Ed Corey
Art Daney
Bob Daughters
Bob Davidson
Radhames Dyckhoff
Jake Eisenhart
Rick Engle
Russ Ennis
Fred Eunick
Joe Fautsch
Ramon Fermin
Wilbur Fisher
Larry Fritz
Ralph Gagliano
Beiker Graterol
Adam Greenberg
Lee Gronkiewicz
Mickey Harrington
Bob Hegman
Greg Heydeman
Harley Hisner
Vern Holtgrave
Earl Howard
Jesse Hudson
Elvio Jimenez
Duke Kelleher - season 3 champ
Gary Lane
Razor Ledbetter
Corey Lee
John LeRoy
John Lickert
Clem Llewellyn
Steve Lomasney
Ramon Manon
Gary Martz
Bob Mavis
Doc McMahon
Phil Mudrock
Cy Neighbors
Floyd Newkirk
Johnny O'Connor
Heinie Odom
Ernie Ovitz
John Paciorek
Mike Palagyi
Christian Parker
Kewpie Pennington
Tom Plodinec
Pete Rambo
Leroy Reams
Ben Rochefort
Jim Rutherford - season 1 champ
Jay Sborz
Ralph Shafer
Jeff Shaver
Ray Shook
Danny Silva
Dave Skeels
Roe Skidmore
Roger Slagle
Karl Spongberg
Irv Stein
Steamboat Struss
Dick Thoenen
Allan Travers
Bun Troy
Matt Tupman
Frank Verdi
Eduardo Villacis
Pedro Villarreal
George Washburn
Buck Washer - season 2 champ
Stefan Weaver
Terry Wilhusen
Shannon Withem - season 4 champ
George Yantz
Charles Yingling
Larry Yount
Bart Zeller
Charlie Zink
7/29/2013 9:46 PM (edited)