1. Browns @ Tigers 6/24/1921
1921 Bill Burwell, Ken Williams, Harry Heilman, and George Sisler
2. Mariners @ Orioles 5/9/1997
1997 Jamie Moyer, Bobby Ayala, Greg McCarthy, and Arthur Rhodes
3. 1999 New York Yankees batting orders (no pitchers, only hitters who started at least one game)
1999 Hideki Irabu (starting pitchers DO appear on this page when they bat in Interleague games in NL parks), Chuck Knoblauch, Jim Leyritz, and Luis Sojo
4. Reds @ Braves 7/22/1913. 2nd game of doubleheader
1913 Rube Benton, Wilson Collins**, Jimmy Sheckard, and Johnny Bates
5. Athletics @ Indians 7/20/1919
1919 Steve O'Neill, Pinch Thomas**, Ray Chapman, Larry Gardner
6. * O-C-2 Bill Harbridge 1875-84
1890 Joe Kappel (for Harbridge), 1886 Lou Sylvester, 1888 John Ewing, and 1885 Jim McCormick

For Bill Harbridge's teammates, you can take any teammate who had a sim-eligible season in their first eligible year, or other teammates who retired by 1885 as 200k players and I will find stand-ins for them. I will get back to you later with the best proxy for Harbridge!

EDIT: Closest comp I can find for Harbridge is 1890 Joe Kappel

midknight: As of now, you're the alternate, and may not get a spot ... but it's not uncommon to see a last-minute dropout here, so I will assign you six pages to play with:

1. 3B-OF Jimmy Walsh 1910-15
2. Cubs @ Cardinals, 4/20/1911 - at Robison Field!
3. P Jiggs Parson 1910-11
4. Browns @ Athletics, 8/2/1911
5. Rangers @ Royals, 9/12/1989
6. Brewers @ Reds, 8/6/2008

Lots of deadball pitchers and hitters there, but Bo Jackson did bat cleanup for the Royals that day ... just sayin'.

Okay, so we have 24 owners [or 25] - but we also have a problem.

In past iterations, when owners got a non-sim player, I let them choose their own below-average AAA replacement. This year, I intended to assign low-PA or low-IP players so that they were included, but they didn't give such a big advantage to teams that could use more of them [since the AAA replacements don't count against your team's salary cap].

However, I have found that even the lowest AAA setting still generates players with values of $800k to $1.5m, which still gives advantage to those players.

I see three ways to resolve the problem, two of which will require many owners to retool their rosters a bit - which sucks, and it's my fault. I'm going to put the three options to a vote, and make the call by 5:00 pm on Sunday. Here they are:

1) I would assign AAA replacements with salaries of $1m or less, instead of the players I've suggested previously, or for other needed fill-ins, but keep the value of the stand-ins at $200k, which helps out those teams who have non-sim players to employ. [NOTE: this allows everyone to leave their rosters alone.]

2) Let owners choose their own AAA replacements for non-sim players, from anyone [who played the same position and batted/pitched from the same side] on the below-average AAA list ... but require you to roster a player of similar value as their stand-in, so there's no salary-cap advantage to using them.

3) Roster the replacement players I have chosen, and pick your own replacements for any non-sim players you want to roster ... but put them directly on your roster and skip the AAA component altogether. So, in sevenfifty5's roster above, he could choose any player he wanted for Wilson Collins and Pinch Thomas as long as they keep him under the $82m cap, but we would not be able to re-name them. This is the easiest solution but I would be sad not to have Bill Harbridge himself on that club.

Please site mail your votes directly to me, rather than posting here, so I can keep count easily. You may discuss the options here if you wish.

Ready, willing and able if I get the call...

Posted by tdoak on 5/3/2018 11:08:00 AM (view original):

Posted by polymerguy on 5/3/2018 7:53:00 AM (view original):
This sounds like a ton of fun. But it looks like you're full. Let me know.

polymerguy: actually, you are owner #24, and here are six pages for you:

1. Red Sox @ Orioles, 4/26/2007
2. * 3B Jesse Purnell 1904
3. Rustlers @ Reds, 6/2/1911 - yes, the Boston NL club was called the Rustlers that year!
4. OF Johnny Frederick 1929-34
5. Indians @ Rangers 4/28/1979
6. 2003 Cincinnati Reds statistics - all players eligible

Jesse Purnell hit a modest .105. Closest replacement I can find for him is 1961 Bob Sadowski.

1. Redsox@Orioles 4/26/07: Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, Chris Ray, Jonathan Papelbon
2. Jesse Purnell 1904-replaced by Bob Sadowski 1963, Jesses teammates: Frank Corridon, Tully Sparks, Ralph Caldwell
3. Rustlers @ Reds 6/2/1911: Bill Sweeney, Buck Herzog, Tom Downey, Peaches Graham
4. Johnny Frederick 1929: Harvey Hendrick, Billy Rhiel, Del Bissonnette
5. Indians @ Royals 4/28/1979: Darrel Porter, George Brett, Dennis Leonard, Don Hood
6. 2003 Reds: Jose Guillen, Felix Heredia, Scott Sullivan, Jose Acevedo
WC: Larry Sherry 1966

I hope I did this right.

Hey, if something weird happens and people don't come through for you, just let me know.

#1 choice

hope things move faster

ArlenWilliam: Thanks for the offer. Just in case, here are six pages for you to peruse:

1. Cleveland Infants Pitching Leaders [they only played in 1890, so, anyone who pitched for the club that year, including non-sim players and OF Paul Radford]
2. Diamondbacks @ Rockies, 9/23/1998
3. Yankees @ Orioles, 7/29/2007
4. Orioles @ Yankees, 5/12/1973
5. Redlegs @ Braves, 7/10/1955, 2nd game of doubleheader
6. 1925 Brooklyn Robins Lineups and Defense

That looks like a fun bunch.

The vote was 8-2-1, with four abstentions, including my own. So I will make assignments for 200k players using the players available in the Below Average AAA category.

And here they are:

jfranco77: 2004 Jeff Nelson = AAA 1988 Mark Clear

reddtrain: 1928 Carl Sumner = AAA 1895 Walt Preston

1942 Eddie Kearse = AAA 1934 Merv Shea

1968 Dave Ricketts = AAA 2011 Carlos Corporan

Cicero: 1990 Mike Rochford = AAA 1995 Joe Rosselli

Belsea: 1980 Don Collins = AAA 1980 Bill Bordley

1942 Lou Bevil = AAA 1940 George Barnicle

myself: 1998 Felix Heredia = AAA 2004 Felix Heredia :)

since there is no one in AAA anywhere close to the great Sadaharu Oh, I’ll keep 1970 Willie McCovey rostered as a proxy for him

razorclams: 1931 Charlie Wilson = I show he had more than 50 AB so he should have a sim season

1931 Buster Chatham = AAA 1978 Larry Wolfe

1991 Joe Bitker = AAA 2004 Scott Proctor

1991 Hector Wagner = AAA 2015 Buck Farmer

1991 Mark Petkovsek = AAA 2004 Juan Padilla

reddtrain (team 2): 1964 Ken Retzer = AAA 1959 Joe Ginsberg

1964 Howie Koplitz = AAA Dave Boswell 1971 Tigers split season

1957 Frank Ernaga = AAA 1956 Hank Sauer

1995 Don Florence = AAA Tony Castillo 1989 Braves split season

eman7400: 1988 Julio Solano = AAA 1989 Jay Aldrich

1903 Cy Morgan = AAA 1935 Hal Kelleher

1903 John Terry = AAA 1904 Jim McGinley

2008 Michael Hollimon = AAA 1979 Billy Smith

2008 Josh Barfield = AAA 2002 Joe Lawrence

mars2010: 1946 Red Adams = AAA 1951 Eddie Erautt

gwhouse: 1944 Dale Alderson = AAA 1930 Ken Holloway

ybjsports: 1957 Murray Wall = AAA 1969 Vern Geishert

1957 Marty Keough = AAA 1955 Tom Saffell

newarkwilder: amazingly, you also chose 1957 Murray Wall, so you should also use 1969 Vern Geishert

1957 Harry Taylor = AAA 1969 Miguel Fuentes

2015 Joe Thatcher = AAA 2010 Gustavo Chacin

2000 Trent Durrington = AAA 1968 Phil Linz

redcped: n/a

burningcouch: n/a

Rattlers: 1971 Hal Breeden = AAA 1971 Willie Smith, as you suggested

polymerguy: 1904 Jesse Purnell = AAA 1908 Ernie Courtney

Kentol: 1979 Bill Paschall = AAA 1983 Bill Castro

sevenfifty5: 1913 Wilson Collins = AAA 2000 Kevin Sefcik

1919 Pinch Thomas = AAA 1907 Mike Heydon

1875-84 Bill Harbridge = AAA 1890 Joe Koppel

That’s eighteen teams that should be good to go. I will check on the remaining owners and try to get them moving so we can start the season this week.

Yes, pretty intriguing. Just maybe I'll do a team and if it doesn't work out here, put them in an OL.

League # is MLB121914

One owner has dropped out, so midknight is in. Two others have yet to report in, so I will let you know by tomorrow, ArlenWilliam.

1. Cubs @ Pirates, 5/12/1951 Danny Murtaugh, Randy Jackson, Dick Cole, Paul Minner
2. Reds @ Padres, 7/8/1969 Ollie Brown, Pat Corrales, Walt Hriniak, Jim Beauchamp
3. Athletics @ Rangers, 6/6/1990 Rafael Palmeiro, Nolan Ryan, Rick Honeycutt, Gene Nelson
4. 1935 Boston Red Sox pitching (must take 4 who appeared as a pitcher that season) Lefty Grove, Jack Wilson, Fritz Ostermueller, Johnny Welch
5. P. Whitey Ford 1950-67 (!) 1953 Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto
6. P Dick Errickson 1938-42 1938 Dick Errickson, Jim Hitchcock, Tony Cuccinello, Gil English

25th player= 1994 OF Jay Buhner

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates batting orders [lists the batting order for each game that season, so you can use anyone who started a game, and starting pitchers only]
1921 Babe Adams, 1921 Johnny Morrison, 1921 Max Carey, 1921 Chief Yellowhorse

Tigers @ Blue Jays, 8/6/1994
1994 Roberto Alomar, 1994 Rob Butler, 1994 Paul Molitor , 1994 Domingo Cedeno

Reds @ Astros, 5/24/1970
1970 Wayne Granger, 1970 Clay Carroll, 1970 Don Gullett, 1970 Jimmy Stewart

Devil Rays @ Angels, 4/28/2000
2000 Ben Molina, 2000 Troy Glaus, 2000 Tim Salmon, 2000 Edgard Clemente

SS Erick Almonte 2001-11
2003 Mariano Rivera, 2003 Derek Jeter, 2003 Erick Almonte, 2003 Mike Mussina

P Roger Moret 1970-78
1973 Roger Moret, 1973 Luis Tiant, 1973 Bobby Bolin, 1973 Reggie Smith


25^th Man = 2006 Sandy Alomar Jr.


Wow - -There's NO WAY this is competitive. Good Luck Everyone!

I just made three changes to my team. (Sorry for making you re-verify.) Here's what I now have. Changes in color.

1. Yankees @ Blue Jays, 9/4/2003
2003 Jason Giambi (NYY), 2003 Orlando Hudson (TOR), 2003 Enrique Wilson (NYY), 2003 Mariano Rivera (NYY)

2. SS Jose Iglesias 2011-17
2015 Jose Iglesias (DET), 2015 Yoenis Cespedes (DET), 2015 Justin Verlander (DET), 2015 David Price (DET)

3. Twins @ Indians, 4/27/1967
1967 Joe Azcue (CLE), 1967 Tony Oliva (MIN), 1967 Rocky Colavito (CLE), 1967 Jim Kaat (MIN)

4. 2016 St. Louis Cardinals pitching stats [any four players who appeared in a game as pitcher; check baseball-reference.com just in case a position player pitched an inning]
2016 Carlos Martinez (STL), 2016 Michael Wacha (STL), 2016 Seung Hwan Oh (STL), 2016 Matt Bowman (STL)

5. Athletics @ Astros, 8/25/2014
2014 Josh Donaldson (OAK), 2014 Coco Crisp (OAK), 2014 Daric Barton (OAK), 2014 John Jaso (OAK), 2014 Dan Otero (OAK)

6. * P Red Adams 1946 Cubs [proxy for Adams shall be 2016 Odrisamer Despaigne, 1951 Eddie Erautt]
AAA 1951 Eddie Erautt (a/k/a "Red Adams"), 1946 Clyde McCullough (CHI), 1946 Billy Jurges (CHI), 1946 Bob Scheffing (CHI), 1946 Johnny Schmitz (CHI)

Wildcard
1987 Jose Oquendo (STL), 1929 Ken Williams (BOS)

Wow - -There's NO WAY this is competitive. Good Luck Everyone!

Pzzaman - EVERYONE has a team like that. One of my teams has three SP from the 1933 Boston Braves, and the other has exactly two relievers you'd consider rostering in any other situation (not to mention 4 catchers). The rosters here will be equivalent to a $70-75M OL (were there such a thiing).