Bookend Twist League XXIII - Full Topic

If you like researching teams, this league may be for you... Take any player in the WIS database from 1885-2013 who played for at least 2 seasons or for at least 2 teams... then take his first and last teams as listed in http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ and twist any player who appears on the 2 rosters. Your bookend player must be on your team and you can use any season of his.  No 200K exemptions... twist only the players that appear on the 2 rosters.
Using Babe Ruth as an example, your player pool would be from the 1914 Red Sox and 1935 Braves, twisted to any season of course. Players are only exclusive for the purpose of making teams and can appear on other team's rosters. Choose any stadium your bookend player called home at any point in his career.


BLACKLIST... the bookend players from the first 22 seasons are blacklisted as bookend players... they can still appear on rosters for this season.

Salary Cap $120M
Yes to DH
No to AAA, WW, clones, trades or live play
Injuries turned off 
Random realignment
Choose a home stadium of your bookend player

When signing up, list your bookend players first & last teams/seasons

BLACKLIST (updated through season XXII) 

Bert Adams
Mike Aldrete
Pete Alexander
Moises Alou
Hank Aguirre
Fred Anderson
Danny Ardoin
Alex Arias
Billy Ashley
Cha-Seung Baek
Jeff Bagwell
Sweetbreads Bailey
Homerun Baker
Steve Balboni
Win Ballou
Dave Bancroft
Jack Barry
Bill Bartley
Stan Baumgartner 
Don Baylor
Jim Beauchamp
Johnny Beazley
Beals Becker 
Harry Bemis
Gary Bennett
Geronimo Berroa
Dante Bichette
Mike Bielecki
Rivington Bisland
Paul Blair
Vida Blue
Hiram Bocachica
Ping Bodie
Bobby Bonds
Bobby Bonilla
Daryl Boston
Ken Boswell
Oil Can Boyd
Ken Boyer
Kitty Bransfield
Sid Bream
Rube Bressler
Herman Bronkie
Scott Brosius
Jim Brower 
Bobby Brown
Ollie Brown
Eric Bruntlett
Bill Buckner
Don Buford
Chris Burke 
Ellis Burks
George Burns 1914-1929 
Homer Bush
Joe Bush
Bud Byerly
Melky Cabrera
Ray Caldwell
Nixey Callahan
Ken Caminiti
Roy Campanella
Mike Capel
Rod Carew
Andy Carey
Steve Carlton
Roy Carlyle
Giovanni Carrara
Mark Carreon
Paul Carter
Carlos Castillo 
Norm Charlton
Virgil Cheeves
Randy Choate 
Eddie Cicotte
Will Clark
Boileryard Clarke
Sumpter Clarke
Dad Clarkson
Roger Clemens
Reggie Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Rocky Colavito
Nate Colbert 
Eddie Collins
Jimmy Collins
Claude Cooper
Wilbur Cooper
Dick Cotter
Fritz Coumbe
Stan Coveleski
Wes Covington
Doc Cramer
Gavvy Cravath 
Bubba Crosby
Terry Crowley 
Jose Cruz
Bud Daley
Tom Daly
Kal Daniels
Doug Dascenzo
Chick Davies
Chili Davis
Kiddo Davis 
Andre Dawson
Tom Delahanty 
Carlos Delgado
Don Demeter
Jim Deshaies
Al DeVormer
Blake DeWitt 
Einar Diaz
Bill Dickey
Bob Didier
Dick Dietz
Joe DiMaggio
Craig Dingman 
Larry Doby
Pat Donahue
Red Donahue
Chris Donnels
Red Dooin 
Tommy Dowd
Red Downs 
Dan Driessen
Don Drysdale
Jim Duffalo 
Jimmy Dygert
Dennis Eckersley
Dave Eiland
Kevin Elster
Todd Erdos
Shawn Estes
Dwight Evans
Scott Eyre
Red Faber
Bibb Falk
Bob Feller
Happy Felsch 
Rollie Fingers
Carlton Fisk
John Flaherty
Elmer Flick
Bryce Florie
Casey Fossum
George Foster 
Ryan Franklin
Roger Freed
Frankie Frisch
Rafael Furcal 
Len Gabrielson
Phil Gagliano
Eric Gagne
Bob Ganley
Damaso Garcia
Larry Gardner
Ned Garvin
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gelbert
Jim Gentile
Tom Gettinger
Bob Gibson 1983-1987 
Marcus Giles
Jim Gilliam
Joe Glenn
Wilbur Good 
Dwight Gooden
Tom Goodwin
Edgar Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez
Joe Gordon
Rich Gossage
Mark Grace
Jack Graney
Craig Grebeck
Shawn Green
Vean Gregg
Bobby Grich
Ken Griffey Jr
Ken Griffey Sr
Mike Griffin 1979-89 
Burleigh Grimes
Dick Groat
Kip Gross
Lefty Grove
Ad Gumbert
Ricky Gutierrez
Rip Hagerman 
Tim Hamulack
Jim Hardin
Mike Harkey
Bubbles Hargrave
Mickey Harris
Zaza Harvey
Jack Hayden
Ken Henderson
Claude Hendrix
Bill Henry 
Felix Hernandez
Keith Hernandez
Orel Hershiser
Buck Herzog
Mike Heydon 
Charlie Hickman
Richard Hidalgo
Pinky Higgins
Carmen Hill 
Shea Hillenbrand
Solly Hofman 
Eddie Hohnhorst
Johnny Hopp 
Joe Horlen
Tyler Houston
Del Howard 
Frank Howard
Steve Howe
Dixie Howell 
Nat Hudson
Tim Hudson 
Terry Hughes
Walt Huntzinger
Raul Ibanez 
Fred Jacklitsch
Charlie Jackson
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Baby Doll Jacobson
Bill James - 1911-1919
Dion James
Hi Jasper
Steve Jeltz
Willie Jensen
Pete Johns
Deron Johnson 
Ernie Johnson
Jason Johnson
Jing Johnson
Lance Johnson
Randy Johnson (Big Unit) 
Rankin Johnson
Russ Johnson 
Andruw Jones
Bumpus Jones
Chipper Jones
Art Jorgens
Addie Joss
Jeff Juden
Oscar Judd 
Ralph Judd
Willie Keeler
Randy Keisler
Mick Kelleher
Charlie Keller 
Roberto Kelly
Matt Kemp
Bill Kennedy 1948-1957 
Jeff Kent
Clayton Kershaw
Darryl Kile
Red Killefer
Dave Kingman
Ralph Kiner
Jay Kirke 
Joe Klink
Brad Kocher 
Mark Koenig
Harry Krause
Sandy Koufax
Nap Lajoie
Bill Lamar
Jack Lapp
Norm Larker 
Tony Lazzeri
Ricky Ledee
Joe Lefebvre
Nemo Leibold
Charlie Leibrandt 
Al Leiter
Dutch Leonard 1913-1925
Bryan Little
Kenny Lofton
James Loney
Terrence Long 
Davey Lopes
Fred Luderus
Julio Lugo
Hector Luna 
Fred Lynn
Ken MacKenzie 
Greg Maddux
Duster Mails
Pat Malone 
Al Mamaux
Mickey Mantle
Juan Marichal
Eli Marrero
Pepper Martin
Russell Martin
Dave Martinez 
Dennis Martinez
Pedro Martinez 
Sandy Martinez
Tino Martinez 
Don Mattingly
Darrell May
John Mayberry 
Carl Mays
Tim McCarver
Moose McCormick 
Gil McDougald
Ed McFarland 
Joe McGinnity
Jack McMahon
Norm McMillan
Fred McMullin 
Mike McNally
Hal McRae
Joe Medwick
Ramiro Mendoza
Fred Merkle
Lou Merloni
Sam Mertes
Chief Meyers
Pete Mikkelsen
Bob Milacki
Felix Millan
Billy Milligan
Randy Milligan
Dale Mitchell 
Willie Mitchell
Johnny Mize
Terry Moore
Wilcy Moore
Jack Morris
Jamie Moyer
Bill Mueller
Jerry Mumphrey
Peter Munro
Thurman Munson
Bobby Murcer
Calvin Murray
Eddie Murray
Eddie Murphy
Stan Musial
Ray Narleski
Charlie Neal
Art Nehf
Robb Nen
Jack Ness
Hal Newhouser
Bert Niehoff
Harry Niles
Otis Nixon
Trot Nixon
Jerry Nops
Billy North
Johnny Oates
Ron Oester 
Jose Offerman
Paul O'Neill
Tip O'Neill
Eddie Onslow 
Al Orth
David Ortiz
Orval Overall
Juan Padilla
Dave Parker
Roger Peckinpaugh
Homer Peel
Joe Pepitone 
Melido Perez
Gaylord Perry 
Andy Pettitte
Jesse Petty
Jack Pfiester
Tony Phillips 
Mike Piazza
Vada Pinson
Luis Polonia
Nels Potter
Ted Power 
Doc Powers
Albert Pujols
Billy Purtell
Dave Rader
Horacio Ramirez 
Willie Randolph
Morrie Rath
Pee Wee Reese
Pete Reiser 
Ed Reulbach
Jerry Reuss
Harry Rice 
Jim Rice
Dave Righetti 
Topper Rigney
Ricardo Rincon
Mariano Rivera
Bip Roberts 
Charlie Robertson
Jackie Robinson
Alex Rodriguez
Oscar Roettger 
Red Rolfe
Buddy Rosar 
Pete Rose
John Roseboro 
Braggo Roth
Dick Rudolph
Dutch Ruether
Allan Russell 
Rosy Ryan
Bret Saberhagen
Vic Saier
Angel Salazar
Chico Salmon
Juan Samuel
Freddy Sanchez
Rey Sanchez
Jimmy Sebring
Ray Schalk
Admiral Schlei 
Jason Schmidt
Red Schoendienst
Pete Schourek
Everett Scott
Jack Scott
Jim Scott
Scott Seabol 
George Selkirk
Joe Sewell
Howie Shanks
Bob Shawkey
Dave Shean
Al Shealy
Ernie Shore 
Bill Shores
Chick Shorten
Ed Sicking
Ted Simmons 
Randall Simon
Ted Sizemore
Enos Slaughter
Aaron Small
Dwight Smith
Earl Smith 1916-1922
Jud Smith
Lonnie Smith
Pop Boy Smith
Syd Smith
Duke Snider
Mario Soto
Warren Spahn
Tris Speaker
By Speece
Chris Speier
Gerry Staley
Oscar Stanage
Joe Stanley
Dolly Stark 
Riggs Stephenson
Darryl Strawberry
Sailor Stroud 
Tanyon Sturtze
Jim Sullivan
Don Sutton
Ichiro Suzuki 
Bill Sweeney
Shingo Takatsu
Vito Tamulis
Bennie Tate
Jack Taylor 1898-1907
Birdie Tebbetts
Bill Terry
Zeb Terry
Roy Thomas 1899-1911 
Junior Thompson
Terry Tiffee
Bobby Tolan
Fred Toney
Salomon Torres
Gus Triandos
Manny Trillo 
John Tudor
Larry Twitchell 
Bob Uecker
George Uhle
Tom Underwood
Bobby Veach
Randy Velarde 
Dario Veras
Dave Veres
Mickey Vernon
Cory Wade
Billy Wagner
Heinie Wagner
Chico Walker
Dixie Walker
Larry Walker
Hooks Warner
Gary Waslewski 
Allen Watson
Jimmy Walsh
David Wells
Billy Werber
Dennis Werth 
David West
Bill White - 1956-1969
Doc White
Gabe White
Roy White 
George Whiteman
Bernie Williams
Brad Williams 
Cy Williams
Stan Williams
Maury Wills
Hooks Wiltse 
Smoky Joe Wood
Brad Woodall
Weldon Wyckoff
Carl Yastrzemski
Emil Yde 
Carroll Yerkes
Eric Young 1992-2006 
Geoff Zahn
Heinie Zimmerman




1/24/2014 9:32 AM
OWNER LIST - name in bold indicates team has been entered

01. finn2030 - Bob Wolcott 1995 Mariners & 1999 Red Sox
02. dweigel - Jim O'Rourke 1885 & 1904 Giants
03. fatboydad54 - Mellie Wolfgang 1914 & 1918 White Sox
04. baines03 - Skip Schumacher 2005 Cardinals & 2013 Dodgers
05. splitter24 - Claud Derrick 1910 Athletics & 1914 Cubs
06. ghsisler - Jack Salveson 1933 Giants & 1945 Indians
07. bixman51 - Chris Snopek 1995 White Sox & 1998 Red Sox
08. dlchow - Ron Piche 1960 Braves & 1966 Cardinals
09. burningcouch - Steve Bedrosian 1981 & 1995 Braves
10. dodgebob - Roberto Hernandez  1991 White Sox & 2007 Dodgers
11. BCBSMA - Tom Hutton 1966 Dodgers & 1981 Expos
12. dvorr80 - Jim Mooney 1931 Giants & 1934 Cardinals
13. dcates - Norm Cash 1958 White Sox & 1974 Tigers
14. cholatse - Pete Richert 1962 Dodgers & 1974 Phillies
15. SophieGiants - Dick Gray 1958 Dodgers & 1960 Cardinals

16. dippedncrack - Jason Anderson 2003 & 2005 Yankees
17. mac195 - Bobby M Jones 1997 Rockies & 2004 Red Sox
18. midknight - Tom Tresh 1961 Yankees & 1969 Tigers
19. snuffy45 - Steve Whitaker 1966 Yankees & 1970 Giants
20. calhoop - Hank Johnson 1925 Yankees & 1939 Reds
21. Jesters - Alfredo Griffin 1976 Indians & 1993 Blue Jays
22. XYGZ - Hiroki Kuroda 2008 Dodgers & 2013 Yankees
23. gyrene - Willie Mays 1951 Giants & 1973 Mets
24. slainte - Andre Ethier 2006 & 2013 Dodgers
2/7/2014 2:52 PM (edited)
Phil Regan Tigers 60-Cubs 71 (Maybe) (Probably) We'll see
1/24/2014 7:33 PM
I'm in and will take a player over the weekend
1/24/2014 9:07 PM
Dick Gray - 1958 LA Dodgers - 1960 St.L Cardinals
1/24/2014 10:14 PM
In and TBD
1/24/2014 11:15 PM
Bobby M. Jones - Colorado 1997/Boston 2004
1/25/2014 8:55 AM
Posted by dcates on 1/24/2014 7:33:00 PM (view original):
Phil Regan Tigers 60-Cubs 71 (Maybe) (Probably) We'll see
Phil's last team was 1972 White Sox... let me know if you still want to use him.
1/25/2014 10:26 AM
Welcome back dcates, cholatse & SophieGiants... and welcome aboard dippedncrack & mac195
1/25/2014 10:31 AM
Norm Cash 58 White Sox/74 Tigers
1/25/2014 12:04 PM
I'll join: Tom Tresh '61 Yankees and '69 Tigers
1/25/2014 12:16 PM
Thanks dcates & welcome back midknight... snuffy45 is returning as well via sitemail.

5 spots left

1/25/2014 2:54 PM
Jason Anderson - 03 NYY - 05 NYY
1/25/2014 8:31 PM
I would like to get in with:     Hank Johnson - P         1925 NY Yankees - 1939 Cincy Reds
1/26/2014 12:35 PM
I'd like a spot......tentatively with the great Alfredo Griffin.
1/26/2014 12:39 PM
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