The 1917 Diamond Legends (Career) Progressive League needs one replacement owner-see the post below for statistics on the 1917 hitters and pitchers.

I have just been informed that one of our owners in the 1916 league will not return for the 1917 season. He has been an excellent owner. This team won the NL pennant in 1916 and lost the World Series in 6 games. I think the team also has an excellent chance of making the World Series in 1917.

The pitching is outstanding and the hitting is very good. The pitching staff will be retiring over the next few seasons (not in 1916) and will need to be rebuilt, but 1917 should still be a pennant contending team. The hitters nearly all have considerable seasons remaining so only the pitching will need to be rebuilt. The 1917 pitching staff will be very strong, headed by Eddie Plank.


In the Diamond Legends (or Career) WIS leagues, players use their average career statistics. In this specific league, that will mean using their average career statistics in a progressive from their first year of eligibility starting in 1901 (currently 1917) through their last year of WIS eligibility.
General Managers must be able to deal with a salary cap of $80 million. Owners must use the actual ballpark used by their franchise in 1917.

Annual drafts will be in inverse order of finish except that for the first round only there will be a random weighted lottery among the 4 teams with the worst record (4 chances for the team with the worst record, 3 chance for 2nd worst etc.). The tiebreaker will be run differential (runs scored less runs allowed) with the team with the worst run differential drafting higher.

Add/Drop Round
Starting at 11:00 AM EDT on the day following the conclusion of the annual draft, there will be an add/drop round on a first come, first served basis. During the add/drop round, a player dropped by one owner may be added by another owner if desired.

Players drafted during the current year's annual draft MAY NOT be dropped during the add/drop round. This includes a player drafted and subsequently traded.

Please note that one of the differences Diamond Leagues have is the $80 million salary cap. Review the salary cap violation rules note above and the last paragraph in the Rules as well.

I think that one of the strengths of the salary cap is that the league has been very balanced. 7 different owners have won championships in the 12 seasons completed and only one team has ever won more than 100 games. That team happened to be mine in season 1 due to a very good draft, but I went until season 8 before I won another. Only once has a team won consecutive titles.

Please indicate interest below. Please be sure you are comfortable with and understand the salary cap rules, and also since this is a progressive I request that you not join unless you expect to be able to participate for at least 5 seasons.

Interested owners will be given immediate access to the league's private forum, although I think all the information you may need is posted above or below.

When you decide to take a team, please so indicate and select a team from the list in the opening post.

The team available is the Bay City Brawlers playing in the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (Boston)

The Brawlers had only one player retire after the 1916 season, P Earl Mosely

Following are the Statistics for the Brawler's 16 1917 Hitters:

FIRST	LAST			Years	Last		Annual									Total	Other
NAME	NAME			Left	Year	Bats	Salary	PA	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SPD	FLDG	Salary	Positions
Johnny	Bassler	C		11	1927	L	$2,156,156	272	0	0.303	0.417	0.362	0.779	41	C/C-/A+	$23,717,716
Hank	Severeid	C		10	1926	R	$2,739,999	447	2	0.281	0.345	0.373	0.718	43	C/C/B+	$27,399,990
Joe	Harris	1B		12	1928	R	$2,872,191	353	5	0.319	0.404	0.475	0.879	61	B-/C+	$34,466,292	OF
Emil	Huhn	1B		1	1917	R	$226,342	54	0	0.220	0.264	0.260	0.524	51	C/C+	$226,342
Fred	Luderus	1B		3	1919	L	$3,399,328	581	9	0.278	0.340	0.405	0.745	50	C-/B-	$10,197,984
George	Cutshaw	2B		7	1923	R	$3,593,070	664	3	0.265	0.305	0.348	0.653	77	C/A	$25,151,490
Bill	Wambsganss	2B		10	1926	R	$3,085,025	662	1	0.260	0.329	0.327	0.656	71	D+/B-	$30,850,250	3B, SS
Walter	Barbare	3B		6	1922	R	$1,033,334	199	0	0.260	0.298	0.309	0.607	67	A-/B	$6,200,004	2B, SS
Buck	Herzog	SS		4	1920	R	$3,665,859	656	2	0.260	0.329	0.335	0.664	75	D+/A	$14,663,436	2B, 3B, OF
George	Harper	OF		13	1929	L	$2,901,306	388	9	0.304	0.379	0.455	0.834	71	C+/C	$37,716,978
Tim	Hendryx	OF		5	1921	R	$1,070,544	151	1	0.278	0.372	0.389	0.761	71	C/C	$5,352,720
Hugh	High	OF		1	1917	L	$995,573	176	0	0.248	0.341	0.309	0.650	73	C/B-	$995,573
Baby Doll	Jacobson	OF		11	1927	R	$4,952,302	672	9	0.312	0.358	0.448	0.806	76	C+/B+	$54,475,322
Benny	Kauff	PF		4	1920	L	$3,627,687	398	5	0.312	0.390	0.445	0.835	84	D+/A-	$14,510,748
Dave	Robertson	OF		6	1922	L	$1,976,520	318	5	0.287	0.296	0.319	0.615	76	D/C-	$11,859,120
Chick	Shorten	OF		8	1924	L	$735,379	117	0	0.279	0.336	0.356	0.692	69	A-/D+	$5,883,032

And following are the Statistics for the Brawler's 8 1917 Pitchers:

FIRST	LAST				Last		Annual										Total
NAME	NAME			Years	Year	Throws	Salary	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	OAV	Salary
Ray	Caldwell	P		5	1921	R	$4,736,922	30	24	203	12	11	1	3.19	1.26	0.252	$23,684,610
Harry	Coveleski	P		2	1918	L	$4,132,507	26	21	167	11	7	1	2.43	1.16	0.235	$8,265,014
Dave	Davenport	P		3	1919	R	$5,605,412	40	29	243	12	13	2	2.94	1.25	0.247	$16,816,236
Cy	Falkenberg	P		1	1917	R	$4,012,445	25	20	175	10	9	1	2.69	1.22	0.248	$4,012,445
Tom L.	Hughes	P		2	1918	R	$2,496,225	16	9	91	6	4	2	2.49	1.09	2.280	$4,992,450
Willie	Mitchell	P		1	1917	L	$4,365,209	31	22	188	10	10	0	2.84	1.26	0.243	$4,365,209
Eddie	Plank	P		1	1917	L	$7,918,393	40	34	289	21	12	1	2.34	1.12	0.239	$7,918,393
Lefty	Williams	P		4	1920	L	$4,422,256	31	25	198	14	8	1	3.15	1.23	0.254	$17,689,024

ill take it. I can enter a team asap

Posted by keymaster on 5/14/2016 12:28:00 AM (view original):
ill take it. I can enter a team asap

I'll send a site mail-team is yours for 1917.

keymaster has disappeared and has not posted cuts (we post cuts rather than keepers in Diamond Legends leagues) so we again have an opening. As noted above, I believe this team will be a NL pennant contender again in 1917. Three pitchers retire after 1917 and 2 after 1918 so the pitching staff will need to be rebuilt after the 1917 season, but most of the hitters have many seasons remaining so the rebuilding can concentrate on the pitching.

There is a very good opportunity for another World Series appearance before the rebuilding needs to start !!!

Because we are close to being ready to start the 1917 draft, I have posted the following preliminary cuts for the Brawlers:

Preliminary cuts for the Bay City Brawlers (subject to change by a new owner).

1B Emil Huhn
3B Walter Barbare
OF Hugh High
OF Dave Robertson
OF Chick Shorten

With the retirement of P Earl Mosely, the Brawlers will need 6 draft picks and have $8,247,164 in salary availability.

Please note the salary cap requirement in the 2nd post from the top. There is only $8 million available, however only 1 good outfielder is needed-the other 5 draft picks may be low salaried players.

Interested owners will be given access to the league's private forum where a preliminary available player list (along with much additional information) is available.

The team will only be given to owners I am convinced understand the Career format and the salary cap requirements.

We will be starting the 1917 draft OFF THE CLOCK very soon. If a replacement owner is not found soon, I may draft for the team until a replacement owner is found, and if necessary may keep the team as a 2nd team.

I'll come back to take the Brawlers

Posted by danidon on 6/24/2016 3:28:00 PM (view original):
I'll come back to take the Brawlers

Terrific !! I'll send site mail.

Sorry guys!