Posted by midknight on 6/8/2019 10:47:00 AM (view original):
Question re $70M theme:

Is Ruth eligible in the OF in 1918? It was his "first" season in WIS in the OF. 1915-17 were pitcher only seasons in WIS.

Thanks.

Good question! He would only be eligible for 1915 (or 1935 of course)

Posted by trd3 on 6/8/2019 9:00:00 AM (view original):
Question about the variable cap league.
When you say "distinct franchises" are we to go by BBR like the 110m league? Or are teams like the Browns/Orioles considered distinct franchises?
Thanks

Same as the 110M league. I'll clarify in the post

Question for the 110M theme:

Player plays for two franchises in same season. Can the cloned player be rostered using only the partial season stats from each team?

Posted by mick33 on 6/9/2019 5:44:00 PM (view original):
Question for the 110M theme:

Player plays for two franchises in same season. Can the cloned player be rostered using only the partial season stats from each team?

WIS never allows you to draft two versions of the same player from the same season. It's automatically blocked in the Draft Center.

Posted by ozomatli on 6/7/2019 3:09:00 PM (view original):
General FYI -- I think this has a chance to be one of the more competitive WISC fields ever. I'm going to run an analysis at some point over the next week or two to determine how the different years rank against each other in terms of difficulty. Hoping to get this done before I need to do owner rankings for this year so that I can weight past results by tournament difficulty

Not a perfect measure, but interesting nonetheless. Last year's tournament was the "most difficult" in a decade

Year___	Owner Lifetime Avg___	Rank
2004	48.5	14
2005	51.3	15
2006	44.7	4
2007	42.9	1
2008	43.6	2
2009	48.1	13
2010	47.8	12
2011	45.2	5
2012	46.6	10
2013	45.6	7
2014	46.5	9
2015	45.2	6
2016	45.7	8
2017	47.8	11
2018	44.3	3

For the $110M theme can we use more than 3 versions of our chosen player? Hypothetically, could we use a Red Sox Babe Ruth season, two Yankees seasons, and a Braves season? (I know his Braves season wouldn't qualify for the theme as it's below $1M, but was just the first example that came to mind.)

Posted by jetscanes on 6/10/2019 10:10:00 AM (view original):
For the $110M theme can we use more than 3 versions of our chosen player? Hypothetically, could we use a Red Sox Babe Ruth season, two Yankees seasons, and a Braves season? (I know his Braves season wouldn't qualify for the theme as it's below $1M, but was just the first example that came to mind.)

No, you are only allowed 3 versions of your player.

Posted by ozomatli on 6/8/2019 2:20:00 PM (view original):
Q&A for 70M Theme

Q: Are players who played in 2017 but not 2018, but are playing in 2019, allowed?
A: Yes, this will be allowed for ease of roster verification. Same goes for players who played before 1885 but not in 1885 and then again after 1885.

Q: Are players who played as both hitters and pitchers available twice for their "first" and "last" seasons? (i.e. Babe Ruth in 1918)
A: No, Ruth would only be available in 1915 and 1935.

OK...
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baldwla01.shtml

Lady Baldwin did not have a WIS qualified year in 1884 (obviously)
The rules ban use of his first year of 1885.
Can I choose 1886?

Second...
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/conwape01.shtml

Pete Conway's 1889 season is Not in WIS
https://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/themewiz_playersearch.asp?pg=-1&spot=24&spotfilled=0&themeid=-1&dtid=-1&repid=0&bl=0&PreviousSearch=0&cashleft=44872182&uwl=0&ubl=0&dlcl=0&sstype=0&btnSave=false&SavedPlayerSearches=0&ln=conway&tn0=-1&fn=pete&PosList=1&mingames=0&ssList=&seasonmin=1886&seasonmax=2017&ob0=2&salmin=-99999999&salmax=99999999&ob1=5&arm=0&fls=0&SeasonType=0&max=50&Awards=0&StatList_1=3_23&StatMin_1=&StatMax_1=&StatList_5=12_15&StatMin_5=&StatMax_5=&StatList_2=0_14&StatMin_2=&StatMax_2=&StatList_6=11_4&StatMin_6=&StatMax_6=&StatList_3=1_13&StatMin_3=&StatMax_3=&StatList_7=11_17&StatMin_7=&StatMax_7=&StatList_4=6_11&StatMin_4=&StatMax_4=&StatList_8=8_24&StatMin_8=&StatMax_8=

Therefore his 1888 season is eligible....right?

Both are eligible in the seasons you mention, yes.

Interesting...I would have assumed 1886 Baldwin is not eligible.

It's just based on the first and last season a player is in the WIS database. This makes roster checking very easy, as opposed to extremely manual/tedious.

Right...1886 is NOT Baldwin's first season...1885 is. If you allow Baldwin 1886, then you are effectively allowing EVERY player from 1886.

My interpretation was that only players who show up using the "First/Last Season" filter in the search engine would be eligible.

Oh -- sorry, I misread the question.

1886 Baldwin is NOT eligible. Players who played in 1885 effectively only have a "last" season for this theme, while players who played in 2018 effectively only have a "first" season.

Posted by ozomatli on 6/10/2019 2:49:00 PM (view original):
Oh -- sorry, I misread the question.

1886 Baldwin is NOT eligible. Players who played in 1885 effectively only have a "last" season for this theme, while players who played in 2018 effectively only have a "first" season.

Thanks for that clarification; that is definitely not how the explanation was coming off up to this point. It sounded like we could use a 2017 season for an active player, but not 2018.

Isn't the easy way to determine eligibility to simply click "First/Last Season" = "First and Last" while also choosing Years 1886 thru 2017? The search engine does all the work. No need to go to baseball-reference for this theme.