Bookend Twist League XXI - FULL Topic

 If you like researching teams, this league may be for you... Take any player in the WIS database from 1885-2012 who played at least 2 seasons... 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 of course. Players are only exclusive for the purpose of making teams and can appear on other team's rosters. Choose any stadium your bookend player called home at any point in his career.


BLACKLIST... the bookend players from the first 20 seasons are blacklisted as bookend players... they can still appear on rosters for this season.

Salary Cap $120M
Yes to DH
No to AAA, WW, clones, trades or live play
Injuries turned off
Random realignment
Choose a stadium your Bookend guy called home at any point in his career


When signing up, list your bookend player's first and last team/seasons.


BLACKLIST (updated through season XX) 

Bert Adams
Mike Aldrete
Pete Alexander
Moises Alou
Hank Aguirre
Fred Anderson
Danny Ardoin
Alex Arias
Billy Ashley
Cha-Seung Baek
Jeff Bagwell
Sweetbreads Bailey
Homerun Baker
Steve Balboni
Win Ballou
Dave Bancroft
Jack Barry
Stan Baumgartner 
Don Baylor
Jim Beauchamp
Johnny Beazley
Harry Bemis
Gary Bennett
Geronimo Berroa
Dante Bichette
Mike Bielecki
Paul Blair
Vida Blue
Hiram Bocachica
Ping Bodie
Bobby Bonds
Bobby Bonilla
Daryl Boston
Ken Boswell
Oil Can Boyd
Ken Boyer
Kitty Bransfield
Sid Bream
Rube Bressler
Herman Bronkie
Scott Brosius
Jim Brower 
Bobby Brown
Ollie Brown
Eric Bruntlett
Bill Buckner
Ellis Burks
George Burns 1914-1929 
Homer Bush
Joe Bush
Bud Byerly
Melky Cabrera
Ray Caldwell
Nixey Callahan
Ken Caminiti
Roy Campanella
Mike Capel
Andy Carey
Steve Carlton
Roy Carlyle
Giovanni Carrara
Mark Carreon
Paul Carter 
Norm Charlton
Virgil Cheeves
Randy Choate 
Eddie Cicotte
Will Clark
Boileryard Clarke
Sumpter Clarke
Dad Clarkson
Roger Clemens
Reggie Cleveland
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Rocky Colavito
Nate Colbert 
Eddie Collins
Jimmy Collins
Claude Cooper
Dick Cotter
Fritz Coumbe
Stan Coveleski
Wes Covington
Doc Cramer
Gavvy Cravath 
Bubba Crosby
Terry Crowley 
Jose Cruz
Bud Daley
Tom Daly
Kal Daniels
Doug Dascenzo
Chick Davies
Chili Davis 
Andre Dawson
Tom Delahanty 
Carlos Delgado
Don Demeter
Jim Deshaies
Al DeVormer
Einar Diaz
Bill Dickey
Bob Didier
Dick Dietz
Joe DiMaggio
Craig Dingman 
Larry Doby
Pat Donahue
Red Donahue
Chris Donnels
Tommy Dowd
Red Downs 
Dan Driessen
Don Drysdale
Jim Duffalo 
Jimmy Dygert
Dennis Eckersley
Dave Eiland
Kevin Elster
Todd Erdos
Shawn Estes
Dwight Evans
Scott Eyre
Red Faber
Bibb Falk
Bob Feller
Happy Felsch 
Rollie Fingers
Carlton Fisk
John Flaherty
Elmer Flick
Bryce Florie
Casey Fossum
George Foster 
Ryan Franklin
Frankie Frisch
Rafael Furcal 
Len Gabrielson
Phil Gagliano
Eric Gagne
Damaso Garcia
Larry Gardner
Ned Garvin
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gelbert
Jim Gentile
Bob Gibson 1983-1987 
Marcus Giles
Jim Gilliam
Joe Glenn 
Dwight Gooden
Tom Goodwin
Edgar Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez
Joe Gordon
Rich Gossage
Mark Grace
Jack Graney
Craig Grebeck
Shawn Green
Vean Gregg
Bobby Grich
Ken Griffey Jr
Ken Griffey Sr
Burleigh Grimes
Kip Gross
Lefty Grove
Ad Gumbert
Ricky Gutierrez 
Tim Hamulack
Jim Hardin
Mike Harkey
Bubbles Hargrave
Mickey Harris
Zaza Harvey
Jack Hayden
Ken Henderson
Claude Hendrix
Bill Henry 
Felix Hernandez
Keith Hernandez
Buck Herzog
Mike Heydon 
Charlie Hickman
Richard Hidalgo
Pinky Higgins 
Shea Hillenbrand
Solly Hofman 
Eddie Hohnhorst
Johnny Hopp 
Joe Horlen
Tyler Houston
Del Howard 
Frank Howard
Steve Howe
Dixie Howell 
Nat Hudson
Tim Hudson 
Terry Hughes
Walt Huntzinger 
Fred Jacklitsch
Charlie Jackson
Joe Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Baby Doll Jacobson
Bill James - 1911-1919
Dion James
Hi Jasper
Steve Jeltz
Willie Jensen
Pete Johns
Deron Johnson 
Ernie Johnson
Jason Johnson
Jing Johnson
Lance Johnson
Randy Johnson (Big Unit) 
Rankin Johnson
Russ Johnson 
Andruw Jones
Bumpus Jones
Chipper Jones
Art Jorgens
Addie Joss
Jeff Juden
Oscar Judd 
Ralph Judd
Willie Keeler
Randy Keisler
Charlie Keller 
Roberto Kelly
Matt Kemp
Bill Kennedy 1948-1957 
Jeff Kent
Darryl Kile
Red Killefer
Dave Kingman
Jay Kirke 
Joe Klink
Brad Kocher 
Mark Koenig
Harry Krause
Sandy Koufax
Bill Lamar
Jack Lapp
Tony Lazzeri
Ricky Ledee
Joe Lefebvre
Nemo Leibold
Charlie Leibrandt 
Al Leiter
Dutch Leonard 1913-1925
Bryan Little
Kenny Lofton
James Loney
Terrence Long 
Davey Lopes
Fred Luderus
Julio Lugo 
Fred Lynn
Ken MacKenzie 
Greg Maddux
Duster Mails 
Al Mamaux
Mickey Mantle
Juan Marichal
Pepper Martin
Russell Martin 
Dennis Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Dave Martinez
Sandy Martinez
Don Mattingly
Darrell May
John Mayberry 
Carl Mays
Tim McCarver
Gil McDougald
Ed McFarland 
Joe McGinnity
Jack McMahon
Norm McMillan
Fred McMullin 
Mike McNally
Hal McRae
Joe Medwick
Ramiro Mendoza
Fred Merkle
Lou Merloni
Sam Mertes
Chief Meyers
Pete Mikkelsen
Felix Millan
Billy Milligan 
Willie Mitchell
Johnny Mize
Terry Moore
Jack Morris
Jamie Moyer
Bill Mueller
Jerry Mumphrey
Peter Munro
Thurman Munson
Bobby Murcer
Calvin Murray
Eddie Murray
Eddie Murphy
Stan Musial
Ray Narleski
Art Nehf
Robb Nen
Jack Ness
Hal Newhouser
Harry Niles
Otis Nixon
Trot Nixon
Jerry Nops
Billy North
Johnny Oates
Ron Oester 
Jose Offerman
Paul O'Neill
Tip O'Neill
Eddie Onslow 
Al Orth
David Ortiz
Orval Overall
Juan Padilla
Dave Parker
Roger Peckinpaugh
Homer Peel 
Melido Perez
Andy Pettitte
Jesse Petty
Jack Pfiester
Tony Phillips 
Mike Piazza
Luis Polonia
Nels Potter
Ted Power 
Doc Powers
Albert Pujols
Billy Purtell
Dave Rader
Horacio Ramirez 
Willie Randolph
Morrie Rath
Pee Wee Reese
Pete Reiser 
Ed Reulbach
Jerry Reuss
Harry Rice 
Jim Rice
Dave Righetti 
Topper Rigney
Ricardo Rincon
Mariano Rivera
Oscar Roettger
Charlie Robertson
Jackie Robinson
Alex Rodriguez
Red Rolfe
Buddy Rosar 
Pete Rose
John Roseboro 
Braggo Roth
Dick Rudolph
Dutch Ruether
Allan Russell 
Rosy Ryan
Bret Saberhagen
Vic Saier
Angel Salazar
Chico Salmon
Juan Samuel
Freddy Sanchez
Rey Sanchez
Jimmy Sebring
Ray Schalk
Admiral Schlei 
Jason Schmidt
Red Schoendienst
Pete Schourek
Everett Scott
Jack Scott
Jim Scott
Scott Seabol 
George Selkirk
Joe Sewell
Howie Shanks
Bob Shawkey
Dave Shean
Al Shealy
Ernie Shore 
Bill Shores
Chick Shorten
Ed Sicking
Ted Simmons 
Randall Simon
Ted Sizemore
Enos Slaughter
Aaron Small
Dwight Smith
Earl Smith 1916-1922
Jud Smith
Pop Boy Smith
Syd Smith
Duke Snider
Mario Soto
Warren Spahn
Tris Speaker
By Speece
Chris Speier
Gerry Staley
Oscar Stanage
Joe Stanley
Dolly Stark 
Riggs Stephenson
Darryl Strawberry
Sailor Stroud 
Tanyon Sturtze
Jim Sullivan
Don Sutton
Ichiro Suzuki 
Bill Sweeney
Shingo Takatsu
Vito Tamulis
Bennie Tate
Jack Taylor 1898-1907
Bill Terry
Zeb Terry
Roy Thomas 1899-1911 
Junior Thompson
Terry Tiffee
Fred Toney
Salomon Torres
Gus Triandos 
John Tudor
Larry Twitchell 
Bob Uecker
George Uhle
Tom Underwood
Bobby Veach 
Dario Veras
Mickey Vernon
Cory Wade
Billy Wagner
Heinie Wagner
Dixie Walker
Larry Walker
Hooks Warner
Gary Waslewski 
Allen Watson
Jimmy Walsh
David Wells
Billy Werber
Dennis Werth 
David West
Bill White - 1956-1969
Doc White
Gabe White
Roy White 
George Whiteman
Bernie Williams
Brad Williams 
Cy Williams
Stan Williams
Maury Wills
Hooks Wiltse 
Smoky Joe Wood
Brad Woodall
Weldon Wyckoff
Carl Yastrzemski
Emil Yde 
Carroll Yerkes
Eric Young 1992-2006 
Geoff Zahn
Heinie Zimmerman

 
9/3/2013 12:59 PM
OWNER LIST - name in bold indicates team has been entered

01. finn2030 - Bob Ganley 1905 Pirates & 1909 Athletics
02. splitter24 - Bert Niehoff 1913 Reds & 1918 Giants
03. ghsisler - Wilbur Cooper 1912 Pirates & 1926 Tigers
04. dlchow - Carlos Castillo 1997 White Sox & 2001 Red Sox
05. dweigel - Carmen Hill 1915 Pirates & 1930 Cardinals
06. kriz - Orel Hershiser 1983 & 2000 Dodgers
07. alice - Bip Roberts 1986 Padres & 1998 Athletics
08. dvorr80 - Manny Trillo 1973 Athletics & 1989 Reds
09. snuffy45 - Pat Malone 1928 Cubs & 1937 Yankees
10. SophieGiants - Tom Gettinger 1889 Browns & 1895 Colonels
11. mfumar - Ralph Kiner 1946 Pirates & 1955 Indians
12. bixman51 - Dave Veres 1994 Astros & 2003 Cubs
13. jjper1 - Don Buford 1963 White Sox & 1972 Orioles
14. good_beef - Wilcy Moore 1927 & 1933 Yankees
15. 2chair - Wilbur Good 1905 Highlanders & 1918 White Sox
16. baines03 - Tino Martinez  1990 Mariners & 2005 Yankees
17. dcates - Randy Velarde 1987 Yankees & 2002 Athletics
18. fatboydad54 - Birdie Tebbetts 1936 Tigers & 1952 Indians
19. mac195 - Raul Ibanez 1996 Mariners & 2012 Yankees
20. xygzreturns - Norm Larker 1958 Dodgers & 1963 Giants
21. ziba - Charlie Neal 1956 Dodgers & 1963 Reds
22. sjh0825 - Randy Milligan 1987 Mets & 1994 Expos
23. jbussey - Rivington Bisland 1912 Pirates & 1914 Naps
24. sooners07 - Nap Lajoie 1896 Phillies & 1916 Athletics

Waitlist - Big_T

9/14/2013 10:46 AM (edited)
I will take Wilcy Moore 27 Yanks & 33 Yanks
9/4/2013 3:09 PM
Welcome good_beef... league# is on the way.
9/4/2013 4:55 PM
Roger Maris 57 Indians and 68 Cards
9/4/2013 5:16 PM
Welcome 2chair... league# is on the way.
9/4/2013 7:46 PM
I'll try with Tino Martinez

1990 Seattle
2005 Yanks
9/5/2013 11:47 AM
Welcome baines03... league# is on the way
9/5/2013 12:26 PM
Velarde 88 yanks-02 A's
9/5/2013 6:04 PM
Posted by dcates on 9/5/2013 6:04:00 PM (view original):
Velarde 88 yanks-02 A's
We're using baseballreference.com to determine first and last teams... Velarde's first team was the '87 Yankees - did you still want to use him?
9/5/2013 7:36 PM
dcates is in with Randy Velarde.
9/6/2013 1:50 PM
Birdie Tebbetts is my "Bookie"

1936 Tigers
1952 Indians
9/7/2013 12:07 AM
Welcome fatboydad54... league# is on the way.
9/7/2013 10:29 AM
I'm switching from Maris to Wilbur "Not Very" Good - 1905 Highlanders and 1918 Chicago White Sox.
9/7/2013 8:06 PM
Posted by 2chair on 9/7/2013 8:06:00 PM (view original):
I'm switching from Maris to Wilbur "Not Very" Good - 1905 Highlanders and 1918 Chicago White Sox.
No problem... change noted
9/7/2013 11:31 PM
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