The GAPL, a progressive league that started in 1901, needs an owner for the Boston (AL) team.  Roster is below and the next post is our rules.  Contact occsid, if you have any questions.

C -Bill Rariden, Steve O'Neill, Les Nunamaker

1B -Hal Chase ,George Burns, George Kelly

2B -Ralph Young

3B -Eddie Foster, Charlie Pick

SS -Buck Herzog, Doc Lavan

OF -Harry Hooper, Zack Wheat, Greasy Neal, Jimmy Walsh (Note: You can replace him with any available player if you want)

P -Hooks Dauss, Eddie Cicotte, Rube Foster, Hippo Vaughn, Tom Seaton, Bill James, Wilbur Cooper, Fred Toney, Art Nehf & Fred Beebe (from IR)

Welcome to the 1916 draft for Great American Progressive League. The draft will officially start at 10:00 AM on Monday, November 14. It will start untimed on Friday, November 15th.  We will be off the clock Thursday-Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend.

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 369 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 1917 season CAN NOT be traded until the 1916 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.

Great league with great owners. Team can compete right from the get go. 

Ok i'm interested i return to WIS after a big brake and i play in this league at the beginning.
If ok for you i take this team

Hey bigjc,

someone grabbed them via sitemail before you did but we have a team I was going to run Cleveland.  Here is the roster.  If you are interested, let me know and I will pull out the team I have in and get you all the info.  I will be gone until about 5 today as I have to work. Let me know.

Joe Bush	1916	Philadelphia Athletics	SP	$7,672,213
Larry Cheney	1916	Brooklyn Robins	SP	$7,585,629
Howard Ehmke	1916	Detroit Tigers	SP	$865,774
Bob Groom	1916	St. Louis Browns	SP	$5,925,582
Rube Marquard	1916	Brooklyn Robins	SP	$6,498,774
Pat Ragan	1916	Boston Braves	SP	$5,899,286
Jim Scott	1916	Chicago White Sox	SP	$3,471,073
Doc Ayers	1916	Washington Senators	RP	$2,662,827
Erv Kantlehner	1916	Pittsburgh Pirates	RP	$4,246,340
Ed Klepfer	1916	Cleveland Indians	RP	$3,747,192
Ed Burns	1916	Philadelphia Phillies	C	$1,601,443
Tommy Clarke	1916	Cincinnati Reds	C	$1,468,218
Otto Miller	1916	Brooklyn Robins	C	$1,633,320
Val Picinich	1916	Philadelphia Athletics	C	$1,193,535
Jake Daubert	1916	Brooklyn Robins	1B	$4,596,111
Joe Judge	1916	Washington Senators	1B	$1,810,363
George Cutshaw	1916	Brooklyn Robins	2B	$4,341,927
Doug Baird	1916	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B	$2,245,025
Lee McElwee	1916	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	$660,054
Bill McKechnie	1916	New York Giants	3B	$1,155,047
Ray Chapman	1916	Cleveland Indians	SS	$3,334,187
Max Carey	1916	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	$6,305,372
Max Flack	1916	Chicago Cubs	OF	$2,904,473
Hugh High	1916	New York Yankees	OF	$2,472,453
Tris Speaker	1916	Cleveland Indians	OF	$10,191,321

OK for me