I'm in again if there are still slots open

I would love to give this a try.

reddtrain: A glutton for punishment? Here is a brand new team for you:

1. 1919 American League Shortstop [any two guys who played an inning at the position that year]
2. * C-1B Dan Mahoney 1892-95 [non-sim player]
3. 1981 Oakland Athletics lineups & defense [any two guys who started a game, including the one and only Shooty Babitt]
4. 1900 Chicago Orphans trades & transactions [any two players mentioned on that page, in their 1900 season, whether it was with the Orphans or somewhere else]

5. 1930 Cleveland Indians Roster
6. P Jim St. Vrain 1902 Orphans
7. 1916 New York Yankees Pitching Stats
8. 3B Bob Aspromonte 1956-71

9. P Damian Moss 2001-04
10. 1944 New York Yankees Batting Stats
11. Washington Olympics Top 10 Pitching Leaders [the Olympics only played in 1871-72, and only used two pitchers -- Asa Brainard and Bill Stearns -- so you'll take both of them as non-sim players, replacing them with two AAA right-handed starting pitchers]
12. 1957 American League Left Field [the Orioles alone used ten different guys in LF that year!]

Happy hunting for roster spots!

burningcouch: Always room for a veteran of the league! Here are 12 random pages for you:

1. Providence Grays Team Yearly Pitching Statistics [lists all seasons 1878-85, but you will have to use 1885 since it's a sim season, and the only one. Read carefully between the lines, and you'll see that in addition to the two guys who started 49 games each, you have the option of taking a couple of outfielders who pitched in one game each]
2. 2008 Baltimore Orioles Lineups and Defense
3. 1954 Philadelphia Athletics Lineups and Defense
4. * P Ellis Johnson 1912-17 [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, and replace him with a right-handed starter of your choice from AAA]

5. OF Jermaine Allensworth 1996-99
6. * P George Gick 1937-38 [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in and replace him with a right-handed relief pitcher from AAA]
7. 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Orders
8. Manager Jim Frey [any two players from his Royals and/or Cubs teams]

9. P Luis DeLeon 1981-89
10. P Ray Pierce 1924-26
11. P Clay Rapada 2007-13
12. P Scott Bankhead 1986-95

The two guys from the Grays would give you all the innings you needed, but I guess with the tail end of your draft, you probably can't use both!

Belsea: Welcome! Always nice to have new blood in the league! Best wishes for a successful draw:

1. P Ryan Vogelsong 2000-16
2. * P Philip Barzilla 2006 Astros [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, then sub him out for a pick-your own left-handed reliever from AAA]
3. 1893 National League Advanced Batting [any two players, not necessarily teammates]
4. 1981 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions [any two players listed on the page, 1981 season, with Montreal or elsewhere]

5. 2B Junior Kennedy 1974-83
6. 2B Ace Stewart 1895 Chicago Colts
7. 1945 Major League Baseball Fielding Leaders [any two players listed on the page; top 5 in various categories for each position]
8. C Charlie Silvera 1948-57

9. * P Joe Keener 1976 Expos [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, sub him out for a pick-your-own right-handed starter from AAA]
10. 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule and Results [any two pitchers with a win, loss or save for the Dodgers, or against them that season]
11. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Batting, Pitching & Fielding Statistics
12. * 2B-3B Carlos Hernandez 1999-2000 [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, replace with a right-handed hitting 2B-3B]

Too bad you can't let Charlie Silvera play a full season behind the plate; he didn't get many PA backing up Yogi. We're up to eighteen!

1. 1919 American League Shortstop [any two guys who played an inning at the position that year]

1919 Roger Peckinpaugh
1919 Joe Harris (I love this league. I never would have found this guy (372/.470/.502 # stats, and can stand at SS in a pinch) without it)

2. * C-1B Dan Mahoney 1892-95 [non-sim player]

2005 Humberto Quintero (200K stand-in - to be replaced by 1995 Benito Santiago)
1892 Pete Browning

3. 1981 Oakland Athletics lineups & defense [any two guys who started a game, including the one and only Shooty Babitt]

1981 Rick Bosetti
1981 Cliff Johnson

4. 1900 Chicago Orphans trades & transactions [any two players mentioned on that page, in their 1900 season, whether it was with the Orphans or somewhere else]

1900 Bill Everitt
1900 Topsy Hartsel

5. 1930 Cleveland Indians Roster

1930 Dick Porter
1930 Glenn Myatt

6. P Jim St. Vrain 1902 Orphans

1902 Jim St. Vrain
1902 Jack Taylor

7. 1916 New York Yankees Pitching Stats

1916 Bob Shawkey
1916 Slim Love

8. 3B Bob Aspromonte 1956-71

1967 Bob Aspromonte
1967 Joe Morgan (I've never had any luck with any version of Morgan. Maybe the low cap will help...)

9. P Damian Moss 2001-04

2002 Damian Moss
2002 Mark DeRosa

10. 1944 New York Yankees Batting Stats

1944 Hersh Martin
1944 Mel Queen

11. Washington Olympics Top 10 Pitching Leaders [the Olympics only played in 1871-72, and only used two pitchers -- Asa Brainard and Bill Stearns -- so you'll take both of them as non-sim players, replacing them with two AAA right-handed starting pitchers]

2005 Tim Redding (200K stand-in - to be replaced by 2006 Greg Maddux)
1999 Brett Hinchliffe (200K stand-in - to be replaced by 1963 Ray Washburn)

12. 1957 American League Left Field [the Orioles alone used ten different guys in LF that year!]

1957 Billy Goodman (one of those 10 Orioles in LF - not like he was going to play LF in Boston)
1957 Dave Philley

Wild Card: 2016 Steve Cishek
Stadium: Safeco Field

Always a fun team to build. I'll take my dozen pages.

Here's my completed "Boardwalk Empire" roster:

1. 1966 Boston Red Sox Batting, Pitching and Fielding
1B George Scott, P Lee Stange
2. 1919 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
SS Joe Dugan, C Cy Perkins
3. 1904 Chicago White Sox Pitching
P's Doc White, Ed Walsh
4. 1974 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions [choose any two players listed, 1974 season, whether with the Indians or with another team that season]
OF Charlie Spikes, P Tom Buskey
5. 2B Doug Griffin 1970-77
1970 2B Doug Griffin, 1970 P Clyde Wright
6. 1967 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions
OF Roger Maris, P Bill Monbouquette
7. S-2 Ralph LaPointe 1947-48
1948 2B Ralph LaPointe, 1948 P Ted Wilks (all with the St. Louis Cardinals)
8. P Dave Johnson 1987-93
1991 P Dave Johnson, 1991 C Bob Melvin
9. * OF Red Tramback 1940 Giants [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, swap him out for a left-handed hitting AAA OF]
OF Mel Ott
10. 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching & Fielding
OF Patsy Donovan, P Pud Galvin
11. * P Ramon Garcia 1948 Senators [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, swap him out for a right-handed AAA relief pitcher]
C Al Evans
12. * P Nelson Greene 1924-25 [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, swap him out for a left-handed AAA reliever]
1924 SS Jimmy Johnson
Wild Card
2016 3B Kyle Seager

bigfatjew: You're #19 ! Here are your twelve pages:

1. Progressive Leaders and Records for Assists as Outfielder [lists all single-season leaders, active leaders, and all-time progressive leaders ... you can take any player in any season they are listed]
2. OF Carlos Paula 1954-56 [he was the first black player for the Senators]
3. box score 10/8/1997 Indians at Orioles ALCS Game 1 [any two players who appeared in that game, 1997 season only]
4. OF-C-3B B. J. Surhoff 1987-2005

5. OF-2B Lee Lacy 1972-87
6. 1990 Oakland Athletics Roster
7. P Mike Mussina 1991-2008
8. 1906 National League Advanced Batting [any two players from 1906, incl pitchers]

9. SS Anderson Machado 2003-05
10. 1936 New York Yankees Batting Orders
11. P Wiley Taylor 1911-14
12. 29 players born in New Mexico

No AAA for you? Just two championship teams, a Moose, and a lot of options in the outfield!

Here is my team:


1. 1966 NY Yankees Batting Orders:
Mickey Mantle, OF
Dooley Womack, SP

2. SS Roger Metzger 1970-80
1973 Roger Metzger, SS
1973 Larry Dierker, SP

3. 1974 National League Standings and Head-to-Head [any two players from the same NL team, 1974 season only]
Lou Brock, OF
Reggie Smith, OF
both from the St. Louis Cardinals

4. * P Matt Zieser 1914 Red Sox
AAA replacement for Zeiser
Ernie Shore, P

5. 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule and Results [this page shows the winning pitcher, losing pitcher and save for every game the Pirates played that year, up to the postseason - so you can pick any two pitchers listed, from either the Pirates or their opponents]
1979 Bob Forsch, SP, St. Louis
1979 John Fulgham, SP St. Louis

6. 1999 San Diego Padres Batting Orders
1999 Carlos, Baerga , 2b
Ed Giovanola, 3b

7. P Mike Henneman 1987-96
1995 Henneman
1995 Lou Whitaker, 2b

8. * C Whitey Gibson 1888 Philadelphia Athletics
AAA replacement for Gibson
Gus Wehying, SP

9. C John Marzano 1987-98
1991 Marzano
1991 Wade Boggs, 3b

10. C-3B Alex Trevino 1978-90
1990 Trevino, Astros
1990Mark Davidson, OF

11. 2B Jack Conway 1941-48
1946 Conway
1946 Pete Center, P

12. OF Beau Allred 1989-91
1991 Allred
1991 P Denis Boucher

Wild Card
2016 Ben Zobrist

I work for the autism non profit that BJ Surhoff started!

Posted by bigfatjew on 12/28/2016 6:36:00 PM (view original):
I work for the autism non profit that BJ Surhoff started!

Then you'd better take his best season!

My team:
1. 1981 Montreal Expos Schedule & Results [two pitchers who had a decision or a save, for the Expos or against them]
Eddie Solomon 08/12/1981 vs Expos 9/27/81 & Jeff Reardon
2. 1963 Major League Baseball Neutralized Batting [any two batters, incl. pitchers, 1963 only]
Willie McCovey & Glen Hobbie
3. P Earl Moseley 1916 & Al Schulz
4. P Manny Sarmiento 1982 & Bill Madlock
5. * C Ed McDonough 1909-10 Phillies 200k (1924 Hank Gowdy) & 1910 Joe Ward
6. 1993 Los Angeles Dodgers trades & transactions
Pedro Martinez, traded to Montreal; Lenny Harris granted FA
7. 1998 Cleveland Indians trades & transactions
Roberto Alomar signed as FA; Steve Reed from the Giants
8. 1897 Washington Senators Fielding = Deacon McGuire & Tom Leahy
9. OF Ellis Burks 1987 & Glenn Hoffman
10. 1933 Cincinnati Reds trades & transactions= Harry Rice & Si Johnson
11. P Tim Stoddard 1979 & Don Stanhouse
12. * SS Frank Verdi 1953 Yankees 200k (2004 Nomar) & Phil Rizzuto
FA = OF Brandon Drury

reddtrain, poppapomp, dcmatcheck - Your rosters all check out; I hope you've all kept them to $70m.

We are still looking for 5 owners. Who wants the first random team of the New Year?

Wow!! This was the most fun/time consuming puzzle I have worked in a long time! I have no idea if I put together a good team for a $70 million cap, but I got as balanced as I think I could be. Here goes:

1. P Ryan Vogelsong 2000-16
2012 Ryan Vogelsong, SP
2012 Melky Cabrera, OF

2. * P Philip Barzilla 2006 Astros [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, then sub him out for a pick-your own left-handed reliever from AAA]
AAA LH RP
2006 Chris Sampson, RP

3. 1893 National League Advanced Batting [any two players, not necessarily teammates]
1893 Jack Glasscock, SS
1893 Tommy McCarthy, OF

4. 1981 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions [any two players listed on the page, 1981 season, with Montreal or elsewhere]
1981 Jeff Reardon, RP
1981 Grant Jackson, RP

5. 2B Junior Kennedy 1974-83
1979 Junior Kennedy, 2B
1979 Tom Seaver, SP

6. 2B Ace Stewart 1895 Chicago Colts
1895 Ace Stewart, 2B
1895 Cap Anson, 1B

7. 1945 Major League Baseball Fielding Leaders [any two players listed on the page; top 5 in various categories for each position]
1945 Mel Ott, OF (RF Fldg. %)
1945 Nap Reyes, 3B (3B Fldg. %)

8. C Charlie Silvera 1948-57
1953 Charlie Silvera, C
1953 Yogi Berra, C

9. * P Joe Keener 1976 Expos [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, sub him out for a pick-your-own right-handed starter from AAA]
AAA RH SP
1976 Jim Lyttle, OF

10. 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule and Results [any two pitchers with a win, loss or save for the Dodgers, or against them that season]
1969 Gary Gentry, SP
1969 Nelson Briles, SP

11. 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers Batting, Pitching & Fielding Statistics
1971 Joe Moeller, RP
1971 Bob O'Brien, RP

12. * 2B-3B Carlos Hernandez 1999-2000 [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, replace with a right-handed hitting 2B-3B]
AAA RH 2B/3B
2000 Arthur Rhodes, RP

2016 Player: Mac Williamson, OF
Stadium (Thanks to Arthur Rhodes): Safeco Field

There were a couple players that I really wanted to pick, but despite my struggles (and I did struggle), I couldn't make the cap numbers work. Oh well, now I can pay attention to my wife again!