This will be the 25th revival season of finn2030’s Bookend Twist League. Here are the rules.

If you like researching teams, this league may be for you... Take any player in the WIS database from 1885-2025 who played for at least 2 seasons or for at least 2 teams (if a player appears on a 2026 40 man roster he would be ineligible)... 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. Bookend Players are only exclusive for the purpose of making teams and can appear on other team's rosters.


BLACKLIST... We’ve blacklisted the players from Seasons 1-24. Any player selected will be blacklisted from all future seasons. As players are selected for this season, I will be adding them to the blacklist.

Salary Cap $110M
24 teams
No to AAA, WW, DH, clones or trades
Injuries turned off
Chronological alignment based on Bookend player's first season
Choose a home stadium from any of your Bookend player's career teams

Please list your player and his first and last seasons here in the forum or in a site mail.

Blacklisted Players - You can’t base your team on any of these players, but you can use them if they were on one of your 2 rosters.

Don Aase
Bert Adams
Hank Aguirre
Mike Aldrete
Sandy Alomar Jr.
Moises Alou
Joe Altobelli
Dave Anderson
Larry Andersen
Brady Anderson
Luis Andujar
Nori Aoki
Luis Aparicio
Jake Arrieta
Billy Ashley
Doug Baird
Dusty Baker
Home Run Baker
Scott Baker
Bill Bailey
Steve Balboni
Dave Bancroft
Scott Bankhead
Franklin Barreto
Jimmy Barrett
Jack Barry
Kevin Bass
Antonio Bastardo
Trevor Bauer
Beals Becker
Steve Bedrosian
Fred Beebe
Mark Belanger
Carlos Beltran
Buddy Biancalana
Dante Bichette
Mike Bielecki
Jack Billingham
Rivington Bisland
Earl Blackburn
Tim Blackwell
Vida Blue
Ping Bodie
Bobby Bolin
Bobby Bonds
Rafael Bournigal
Jim Bouton
Oil Can Boyd
Gene Brabender
Kitty Bransfield
Bob Brenly
Troy Brohawn
Herman Bronkie
Jim Brower
Kevin Brown (1986-2005)
Kevin Brown (1990-1992)
Kevin Brown (1996-2002)
Ollie Brown
Madison Bumgarner
Smoky Burgess
Ellis Burks
Bill Burns
Pat Burrell
Homer Bush
Joe Bush
Bud Byerly
Orlando Cabrera
Matt Cain
Ken Caminiti
Eric Campbell
Tom Candiotti
Robinson Cano
Jose Cardenal
Steve Carlton
Chris Carpenter
Cris Carpenter
Giovanni Carrara
Cam Carreon
Mark Carreon
Chuck Cary
Brett Cecil
Roger Cedeno
Ronny Cedeno
Rick Cerone
Spud Chandler
Yu Chang
Harry Chapman
Virgil Cheeves
Larry Cheney
Randy Choate
Will Clark
Roger Clemens
Lou Clinton
Ty Cobb
Dave Cochrane
Rich Coggins
Rocky Colavito
Dave Collins
Eddie Collins
Dave Concepcion
Jeff Conine
Claude Cooper
Wilbur Cooper
Fritz Coumbe
Stan Coveleski
Wes Covington
Gavvy Cravath
Bubba Crosby
Frank Crosetti
Michael Cuddyer
Cheslor Cuthbert
Clay Dalrymple
Bud Daley
Kal Daniels
Danny Darwin
Rich Dauer
Darren Daulton
Vic Davalillo
Chili Davis
Eric Davis
Ron Davis
Tommy Davis
Andre Dawson
Doug DeCinces
Ivan DeJesus
Sam Dente
Anthony DeSclafani
Blake Dewitt
Bill Dickey
Joe DiMaggio
Jiggs Donahue
Octavio Dotel
Phil Douglas
Don Drysdale
Larry Doyle
Doug Drabek
Jean Duboc
Bill Duggleby
Todd Dunwoody
Mike Easler
Dennis Eckersley
Kevin Elster
Andre Ethier
Dwight Evans
Red Faber
Neftali Feliz
Jack Ferry
Cecil Fielder
Mike Figga
Rollie Fingers
Chuck Finley
Carlton Fisk
John Flaherty
Ryan Flaherty
Ed Flanagan
Bobby Floyd
Whitey Ford
Bob Forsch
Casey Fossum
George Foster
Julio Franco
Roger Freed
Sam Freeman
Jeff Frye
Charlie Furbush
Phil Gagliano
Oscar Gamble
Bob Ganley
Damaso Garcia
Edgar Garcia
Phil Garner
Scott Garrelts
Ned Garvin
Lou Gehrig
Cesar Geronimo
Bob Gibson
Paul Gibson
Brian Giles
Bernard Gilkey
Billy Gleason
Carlos Gomez
Adrian Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez
Dwight Gooden
Joe Gordon
Mudcat Grant
Craig Grebeck
Chad Green
Rusty Greer
Vean Gregg
Bobby Grich
Alfredo Griffin
Mike Griffin
Marquise Grissom
Bob Groom
Kip Gross
Pedro Guerrero
Ron Guidry
Carlos Guillen
Harvey Haddix
Bump Hadley
Travis Hafner
Rip Hagerman
Joe Hague
Jerry Hairston 1998-2013
Roy Halladay
Aaron Harang
Bubbles Hargrave
Gene Harris
Lenny Harris
Bill Haselman
Bob Heise
Rickey Henderson
Claude Hendrix
Orlando Hernendez
Ramon Hernandez
Tommy Henrich
Art Herring
Orel Hershiser
Buck Herzog
Jason Heyward
Carmen Hill
Koyie Hill
Shea Hillenbrand
Bill Hinchman
Larry Hisle
Solly Hofman
Ken Holtzman
Joe Horlen
Art Howe
Steve Howe
Ken Howell
Al Hrabosky
Tim Hudson
Tom Hume
Catfish Hunter
Clint Hurdle
Butch Huskey
Tom Hutton
Pete Incaviglia
Jason Isringhausen
Fred Jacklitsch
Austin Jackson
Charlie Jackson
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Dion James
Hi Jasper
Derek Jeter
Tommy John
Pete Johns
Bob Johnson (1960-1970)
Davey Johnson
Lance Johnson
Randy Johnson
Rankin Johnson
Walter Johnson
Jay Johnstone
Andruw Jones
Chipper Jones
Doug Jones
Nate Jones
Mike Jorgensen
David Justice
Ron Karkovice
Steve Karsay
Benny Kauff
Charlie Keller
Tom Kelley
George Kelly
Joe Kelly 2012-2024
Roberto Kelly
Jeff Kent
Bill Kenworthy
Clayton Kershaw
Mike Kickham
Kevin Kiermaier
Ralph Kiner
Lee King
Mike Kingery
Red Killefer
Ed Klepfer
Johnny Kling
Corey Knebel
Bob Knepper
Brad Kocher
Andy Kosco
Sandy Koufax
Hiroki Kuroda
John Lackey
Bill Lamar
Ryan LaMarre
Ced Landrum
Ray Lankford
Jack Lapp
Jack Lazorko
Wade LeBlanc
Nemo Liebold
Al Leiter
Mark Lemke
Jeffrey Leonard
Bob Lillis
Jose Lima
Jim Lindeman
Bryan Little
Skip Lockwood
Kenny Lofton
Kyle Lohse
Mickey Lolich
Tim Lollar
James Loney
Davey Lopes
Al Lopez
Yoan Lopez
William Loudon
Derek Lowe
Fred Luderus
Mike Lynch
Fred Lynn
Ryan Madson
Greg Maddux
Mike Maddux
Duster Mails
Martin Maldonado
Al Mamaux
Rick Manning
Juan Marichal
Roger Maris
Pepper Martin
Russell Martin
Dave Martinez
Dennis Martinez
Michael Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Ramon Martinez
Don Mattingly
Dal Maxvill
Bert Maxwell
Carlos May
Darrell May
John Mayberry Jr
Brent Mayne
Carl Mays
Nomar Mazara
Bake McBride
Ken McBride
Tim McCarver
George McConnell
James McDonald
Roger McDowell
Sam McDowell
Jack McGeachy
Mike McNally
Kris Medlen
Joe Medwick
Mark Melancon
Ramiro Mendoza
Fred Merkle
Chief Meyers
Jim Middleton
Kevin Millwood
Eddie Milner
Don Mincher
Dale Mitchell
Kevin Mitchell
Roy Mitchell
Johnny Mize
Yadier Molina
Rick Monday
Don Money
Wally Moon
Bob Moose
Brett Morel
Bill Morrell
Roger Moret
Paul Moskau
Curt Motton
Jerry Mumphrey
Red Munger
Bobby Murcer
Eddie Murphy
Johnny Murphy
Tony Muser
Stan Musial
Randy Myers
Greasy Neale
Roger Nelson
Robb Nen
Pat Neshek
Hal Newhouser
Otis Nixon
Russ Nixon
Trot Nixon
Mike Norris
Johnny Oates
Pete O’Brien
Lefty O’Doul
Ron Oester
Bob O’Farrell
Jose Offerman
Paul O’Neill
Eddie Onslow
Steve Ontiveros (1985-2000)
Al Orth
Dan Otero
Mel Ott
Orval Overall
Eric Owens
Angel Pagan
Rafael Palmeiro
Jonathan Papelbon
Mitchell Page
Bobby Parnell
Gaylod Perry
Jim Perry
Pat Perry
Gary Peters
Jack Pfiester
Andy Phillips
Tony Phillips
Babe Pinelli
Cotton Pippen
Jose Pirela
Luis Polonia
Drew Pomeranz
Paul Popovich
Jorge Posada
Buster Posey
Bill Powell
Martin Prado
David Price
Greg Pryor
Yasiel Puig
Mel Queen (1942-52)
Rey Quinones
Dan Quisenberry
Tim Raines Sr
Hanley Ramirez
Doug Rau
Ed Reulbach
Rick Reuschel
Jerry Reuss
Jose Reyes
Jim Rice
Bill Risley
Mariano Rivera
Phil Rizutto
Brian Roberts
Dave Roberts (1999-2008)
Dave Robertson
David Robinson
Cookie Rojas
Al Rosen
Trevor Rosenthal
David Ross
Wade Rowdon
Braggo Roth
Dutch Ruether
Babe Ruth
C. C. Sabathia
Bret Saberhagen
Donnie Sadler
Vic Saier
Fernando Salas
Tim Salmon
Juan Samuel
Freddy Sanchez
Rey Sanchez
Deion Sanders
Charlie Sands
Bob Scanlan
Ray Schalk
Jason Schmidt
Calvin Schiraldi
Jonathan Schoop
Hank Schreiber
Herb Score
Everett Scott
Jack Scott
Tayler Scott
Kevin Seitzer
Aaron Sele
George Selkirk
Hank Severeid
Pedro Severino
Joe Sewell
Howie Shanks
Ernie Shore
Ed Sicking
Ted Sizemore
Enos Slaughter
Dave Smith
Earl Smith (1916-1922)
Ozzie Smith
Syd Smith
Duke Snider
Fred Snodgrass
J T Snow
Chris Snyder
Luis Sojo
Julio Solano
Alfonso Soriano
Mario Soto
Tris Speaker
By Speece
Chris Speier
Ed Sprague
Gerry Staley
Craig Stammen
Fred Stanley
Arnold Statz
Kelly Stinnett
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Daryl Strawberry
Don Sutton
Russ Swan
Bill Sweeney (1907-1914)
Vito Tamulis
Dave Telgheder
Zeb Terry
Bob Tewksbury
Bobby Thigpen
Josh Thole
Frank Thomas (1951-1966)
Roy Thomas
Bobby Thomson
Jack Thoney
Terry Tiffee
Fred Toney
George Townsend
John Tudor
Terry Turner
Tom Underwood
Juan Uribe
Chase Utley
Fernando Valenzuela
Jose Valverde
Andy Van Slyke
Bobby Veach
Dario Veras
Quilvio Veras
Zoilo Versalles
Dayan Viciedo
Jose Vizcaino
Cory Wade
Tim Wakefield
Chico Walker
Larry Walker
Neil Walker
Bobby Wallace
Paul Waner
Allen Watson
Buck Weaver
Orlie Weaver
Brandon Webb
Jake Wells
Charles Wensloff
David West
Jake Westbrook
Gus Weyhing
Steve Whitaker
Doc White
Hoyt Wilhelm
Bernie Williams
Cy Williams
Matt Williams
Mitch Williams
Stan Williams
Walt Williams
Frank Wills
Maury Wills
Brian Wilson
Art Wilson
Chief Wilson
Hooks Wiltse
Dave Winfield
Mellie Wolfgang
Joe Wood
Dick Woodson
Todd Worrell
Gene Wright
Jamey Wright
Steve Yerkes
Babe Young
Eric Young, Sr.
Heinie Zimmerman

mfumar - returning - Carlos May
dvorr80 - returning - Vito Tamulis
scjensen51 - returning - Mark Melancon
richabbs - returning - Gerry Staley
trd3 - returning - Paul O’Neill
frank_drebin - returning - J T Snow
ronthegenius - returning - Trevor Rosenthal
0soup4u - returning - Bubbles Hargrave
MAZZILLI16 - returning - Martin Maldonado
sfile - returning - Ellis Burks
bbondsmvp - returning -
happyhours - returning - Joe Gordon
bixman51 - returning - Russ Nixon
DarthDurron - returning - Ronny Cedeno
redwingscup - returning -
crazystengel - returning - Roger Nelson
vilefileman - returning
Craig479 - returning - Randy Choate
burningcouch - returning -
the_dance07 - returning - David Robinson
snuffy45 - joining - Duane Walker
barracuda3 - joining - Billy Jo Robidoux
gees51 - joining - Bob Gibson
dodgerrob - joining - Ken Howell

Wait List

mars2010
3dayrotation
summerfield
cstrohmier
snedden001
gyrene
TBill7
dodgerrob

I’ll be starting the new league on October 1st when our playoffs start. We usually have openings every season so leave your name if you’re interested.

gyrene is interested. ty.

Posted by gyrene on 9/21/2026 7:48:00 PM (view original):
gyrene is interested. ty.

It’ll probably get to you. I’ll keep you posted.

Updated

Updated again.

RTG is interested

Posted by ronthegenius on 9/21/2026 8:51:00 PM (view original):
RTG is interested

He’ll return with Trevor Rosenthal
2012 Cardinals & 2020 Padres

I’ll take Gerry Staley. 1947 Cardinals & 1961 Tigers

Mark Melancon please

09 Yankees
22 Diamondbacks

Paul O'neill
85 Reds and 2001 Yankees