The GAPL a progressive league that started in 1901 is in need of an owner for the 1918 season. We have all the keepers in and are ready to draft (In fact, I am setting up the draft thread today).  The Chicago (AL) Team that plays in Cominsky Park I. Roster is below please contact occsid if interested.  They have the number 8 pick in each round. 

(Click on a player's name to view that player's profile)

Position Players
		Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1918 Frank Snyder	R	151	141	0	10	4-8	13-6	112.0	.250	.288	.330	D/B	$1,403,794
		1B	1918 Walter Holke	S	458	426	1	27	10-15	26-10	326.0	.252	.276	.337	B/A	$2,762,813
		2B	1918 Bill Wambsganss	R	455	402	0	40	16-17	21-21	315.0	.295	.345	.356	D+/D+	$2,601,954
		3B	1918 Milt Stock	R	705	634	1	42	20-25	22-35	481.0	.274	.325	.314	C/B	$4,006,107
		SS	1918 Roger Peckinpaugh	R	681	588	0	43	12-14	41-43	446.0	.231	.303	.278	B/C+	$3,594,459
		OF	1918 Clyde Milan	L	698	637	0	56	26-21	14-36	503.0	.290	.344	.346	C+/A	$5,135,579
		OF	1918 Dode Paskert	R	677	579	3	59	20-17	49-53	153.7	.286	.362	.371	B/A-	$5,669,195
		OF	1918 Cliff Heathcote	L	471	438	4	32	12-10	40-20	87.0	.259	.301	.345	D/A	$2,476,452
		1B	1918 Stuffy McInnis	R	612	544	0	56	10-16	10-19	423.0	.272	.306	.322	B/A+	$4,057,678
		C	1918 Bert Adams	S	326	299	0	12	5-11	26-10	227.0	.176	.214	.194	C/C-	$1,264,185
		OF	1918 Elmer Miller	R	314	267	1	22	2-2	17-19	202.0	.243	.317	.322	D/A	$1,538,595
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Batting Totals					5548	4955	10	399	137-156	279-272	384.4	.263	.315	.324	C/B+	$34,510,811

Pitching Staff
		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/ 162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/ 9	BB/ 9	HR/ 9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1918 Jim Bagby Sr.	R	17-16-6	347	2.69	.265	1.30	1.89	2.59	0.00	57-78	$9,294,614
		SP/RP	1918 George Mogridge	L	16-13-7	316	2.18	.258	1.15	2.33	1.62	0.23	62-43	$7,125,623
		SP/RP	1918 Pol Perritt	R	18-13-0	305	2.74	.246	1.07	2.32	1.47	0.19	60-38	$7,773,673
		SP/RP	1918 Lefty Tyler	L	19-8-1	339	2.00	.226	1.06	3.41	2.24	0.03	102-67	$11,202,183
		SP/RP	1918 Red Causey	R	11-6-2	207	2.79	.245	1.17	2.73	2.39	0.11	48-42	$4,765,953
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Pitching Totals					81-56-16	1,514	2.45	.248	1.15	2.53	2.06	0.11	329-268	$40,162,046

IR - Mike McNally (2B/1920), Frank O'Rourke (SS/1920), Sam Rice (OF/1919), Rube Benton (P/1919), Bob Shawkey (P/1919)

Others P - George Dumont (on IR until 1919), C - Rowdy Elliot (on IR until 1920), P - Jim Middleton (on IR until 1921), OF - Joe Wilhoit

Welcome to the 1918 draft for Great American Progressive League. The draft will officially start at 10:00 AM on Thursday June 8th. It will start untimed on as soon as we fill. 

The first two rounds will be two hour slots. Every round after that will be one hour.

Please site mail the next two owners after your pick

Please put position and player name in bold OF - Dave Winfield

I should be around for proxies. 

You may pick ahead of your slot if there are no skipped picks.

Great American Progressive League

This league will start with the 1901 season and work our way through the history of baseball.

Full League Rules

* WIS 4 with 12 teams, 2 leagues, 1 division (6-6), 2 playoff teams, no interleague play and a balanced schedule
* Exculsive Player ownership
* NO DH
* No Waiver Wire
* Six Below Average AAA Fielder and four Below Average AAA Pitchers
* Alignment will be as close to possible to the NL/AL

Progressive Rules

* Opening draft will be a snake style draft 1-12, 12-1. Draft Order will be determined using random.org. Your number will be the order you sign up in. (i.e. the first person signing up will be 1, etc.)
* 25 man roster limit to start. As we progress and add enough players we will draft the extras into AAA
* There are 343 players available in the 1916 draft. 
* 1902 draft and on will be determined using the standings at the Transaction Deadline. Bottom four teams will be put in a lottery using Michigan Lottery Daily 4 drawings.
* Picks for the 1919 season CAN NOT be traded until the 1918 season starts.
* Any player you draft that disappears and re-enter the WIS database in later season can be placed on the IR list
* Only full season verisions of the player can be used. No partial seasons
* Players become eligible to be drafted when the first appear in the WIS Database
* Team names must have the State, City or Borough of the stadium's location. The nickname is up to you. You can use the orginal nickname or one you make up.
* When your team switches stadiums in real life you must do the same.
* You can change cities in future years but you must use one of your first three draft picks to select the Stadium.

PLEASE CHECK THE KEEPER LIST FOR ANY OF YOUR PLAYERS THAT MIGHT BE LISTED AS AVAILABLE.  IF YOU PLAYER IS TAKEN YOU CAN CLAIM HIM BACK BEFORE THE NEXT DRAFT CHOICE IS TAKEN BUT ONCE THE NEXT PICK IS MADE HE IS PROPERTY OF THE TEAM DRAFTED HIM.  There will be at least 48 hours to check you players.

(Click on a player's name to view that player's profile)

Position Players
		Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1918 Lew McCarty	R	374	336	0	24	3-7	13-17	257.0	.268	.321	.319	C/C	$2,015,427
		1B	1918 Bill Hinchman	R	172	144	0	13	1-1	8-15	111.0	.234	.336	.315	A+/D-	$706,088
		2B	1918 Dave Shean	R	648	547	0	34	11-13	25-40	425.0	.264	.331	.315	C+/C	$3,546,273
		3B	1918 Heinie Groh	R	718	624	1	37	11-15	24-54	493.0	.320	.395	.396	A/C	$6,006,262
		SS	1918 Red Shannon	S	352	285	0	16	5-6	52-42	225.0	.240	.367	.311	D/C	$1,687,685
		OF	1917 Gavvy Cravath	R	629	537	12	83	6-7	57-70	41.9	.280	.369	.473	D/D-	$4,254,022
		OF	1918 Ping Bodie	R	489	427	3	46	6-6	24-27	108.0	.256	.319	.358	C+/C+	$2,790,800
		OF	1918 Les Mann	R	697	615	2	55	21-20	45-38	244.5	.288	.342	.384	C/C-	$4,274,287
		2B	1918 Bob Fisher	R	335	309	2	20	7-8	11-15	123.0	.317	.356	.411	B+/A-	$3,083,811
		3B	1918 Joe Evans	R	359	310	1	22	7-8	29-30	243.0	.263	.344	.358	D+/C+	$1,955,216
		OF	1918 Carson Bigbee	L	479	402	1	19	19-15	10-42	310.0	.255	.344	.319	C-/C	$2,569,510
		C	1918 Truck Hannah	R	411	330	2	21	5-12	25-51	125.0	.220	.361	.268	C/B-	$2,705,291
		2B	1918 Harry Pearce	R	238	216	0	18	5-6	31-9	164.0	.244	.295	.287	D/B+	$1,007,955
		1B	1918 Ed Miller	R	142	123	0	3	2-2	10-12	96.0	.229	.321	.333	D/A-	$577,138
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Batting Totals					6043	5205	24	411	109-126	364-462	172.3	.271	.349	.360	C/C+	$37,179,765

Pitching Staff
		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/ 162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/ 9	BB/ 9	HR/ 9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1918 Joe Benz	R	8-8-0	202	2.63	.259	1.19	1.75	1.64	0.06	30-28	$4,851,519
		SP/RP	1918 Ray Caldwell	R	9-8-1	233	3.06	.255	1.33	3.01	3.16	0.10	59-62	$5,914,683
		SP/RP	1918 George Cunningham	R	6-7-1	180	3.15	.245	1.21	2.51	2.44	0.00	39-38	$5,446,527
		SP/RP	1918 Jimmy Ring	R	9-5-0	181	2.85	.247	1.25	1.64	3.04	0.32	26-48	$3,549,350
		SP/RP	1918 Pete Alexander	R	2-1-0	33	1.73	.207	0.85	5.19	1.04	0.00	15-3	$1,147,596
		SP/RP	1918 Reb Russell	L	7-5-0	163	2.60	.247	1.20	2.74	2.38	0.00	38-33	$4,618,595
		SP/RP	1918 Ferdie Schupp	L	0-1-0	44	7.56	.328	2.07	5.94	7.29	0.27	22-27	$357,371
		SP/RP	1918 Lefty Leifield	L	2-6-0	89	2.55	.249	1.19	2.96	2.55	0.13	22-19	$1,801,517
		SP/RP	1918 George Smith	R	2-3-0	71	4.07	.329	1.48	3.09	1.79	0.49	19-11	$830,061
		SP/RP	1918 Earl Yingling	L	1-2-0	49	2.13	.227	1.11	3.55	2.84	0.00	15-12	$1,311,601
		SP/RP	1918 Willie Adams	R	5-12-0	214	4.42	.263	1.54	2.08	5.17	0.11	39-97	$3,564,038
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Pitching Totals					51-58-2	1,459	3.23	.257	1.31	2.59	3.02	0.12	324-378	$33,392,858