The following are players showing up on active rosters after the trade deadline for whom we did NOT have projected 2024 Statis-Pro Baseball cards:
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Updated 2024 MLB Teams Updated for Trades
We are about to post the final MLB rosters after tonight's trade deadline and resume playing 2024 games. You can click here to see all player cards for each team as of now, but with a few hours left before the trade deadline it will be updated later today once the deadline has passed. After that, we will produce PDFs for each team as well for those of you who prefer drop box.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Eckersley Strikes Out Side to Earn Save in 5-2 Win Over 2019-21 Dodgers
Dennis Eckersley, one of the most dominant pitchers of all time who did have the bad side of the highlights when a hobbling Dodger Kirk Gibson hit a homer off him in 1988, this time retired the Dodgers of 2019-21 on three straight strikeouts for a 5-2 win.
We use the three year combined stats since the 2020 World Series season was Covid shortened.
Carney Lansford delivered a 3-run homer on the A's powerful team that included power hitters Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire hitting before and after him, with the greatest lead off man of all time Rickey Henderson starting things off.
The Dodgers won the first game 4-2 to make this a split.
Hack Wilson (HR Range 35-38) Homers to Give Cubs Split after Cards Waste Musial Leadoff Double
The 1929 Chicago Cubs won 3-2 to earn a split when Hack Wilson homered in the bottom of the 8th inning. Wilson has one of the best hitting cards in the game with a 35-38 home run range before his 41-43 DEEP drive that can also be a homer, though usually not in the deadball era in which he played.
Both he and the 1942 Cardinals Stan Musial, reached three of four times and Musial led off the top of the 8th with a double but the Cardinals could not bring him home. The Cardinals had won the first game 2-0 so the season opener series ended up as a split.
Developing ...
Statis-Pro Updated Cards and 2nd Game of 2-Game Series Upcoming
While the first opening games for 60 teams yielded only 2.9 runs per game, that was with the ace for each team pitching and the bull pen completely rested in our Statis-Pro baseball games. The first 17 games have yielded 4.5 runs per team per game, as it features the 4th best starter on each team and our league rules are that any pitcher who pitches the first game of a 2-game series cannot pitch in the 2nd game (all our series are two games).
The PDF version of the team sheets for the game are being updated and there will be one PDF at the top once done. Until then, you can use the current sheets and just add 2 hits to each pitcher's card. Another option until that update is you can still print from the google sheet of teams, which also includes other tabs with lists of the teams and results to date in the games we play. The teams are updated there, and if you now google sheets a bit you can set your page margins then print all odd pages to get the fully updated screen as shown below in the screen shot.
The additional option we are adding, since many fans like more scoring, is to use a "live ball" in the game by reducing all pitcher's PB rating by 1. That means moving whatever PB you see here one to the right as these are the possible PBs from best to worst: 2-9, 2-8, 2-7, 4-7, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4. Below the screen shot are the 2nd game match-ups featuring the No. 4 starters for each team and lists which players are not eligible for the 2nd game.
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| Team | Year | 1st Gm | 2nd Gm | Out for 2nd Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | 1914 | 1 | A-James | |
| New York Yankees | 2022 | 0 | H-Cole, Luetge | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 1910 | 1 | A-Coombs | |
| Cleveland Indians | 1995 | 0 | H-Andujar, Sutter | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2022 | 1 | A-Wheeler, Nitali, Head | |
| Detroit Tigers | 1968 | 0 | H-McLean, Patterson | |
| Minnesota Twins | 1991 | 6 | A-Morris, Willis, Wayne, Neagle | |
| Chicago Cubs | 1907 | 12 | H-Pfister, Reulback | |
| St Louis Cardinals | 1942 | 2 | A-Cooper, Krist | |
| Chicago Cubs | 1929 | 0 | H-Root, Penner | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1982 | 2 | A-Vuckovich | |
| Chicago White Sox | 2005 | 0 | H-Buerle | |
| St Louis Cardinals | 1968 | 4 | A-gibson, granger | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1993 | 5 | H-hentgen, cox, ward | |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1970 | 0 | A-Palmer, Richert (inj F Robinson, Buford) | |
| Houston Astros | 2005 | 2 | H-Clemens, Lidge | |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1983 | 6 | A-Boddicker, T.Martinez, Morogiello | |
| Florida Marlins | 1997 | 4 | H-Brown, Saunders, Hutton, Cook | |
| Washington Nationals | 2019 | 1 | Scherzer, Sanchez, Suero | |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2008 | 7 | Kazmir, Miller, Percival | |
| San Francisco Giants | 2012 | 5 | Cain, Kantos, Romo | |
| Anaheim Angels | 2002 | 3 | Washburn, Shields | |
| Colorado Rockies | 2007 | 4 | Redman, Herges, Fuentes, Hawkis, Carpas | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2001 | 2 | Johnson, Prinz, Swindell | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2020 | 4 | Buehler, Vesia | |
| Oakland A's | 1989 | 2 | Moore, Burns, Nelson |
Friday, July 26, 2024
Beltre leads Texas past Houston, Padres Split with Dodgers
The next 15 games will be against team's No. 4 starters with any relievers used in the first of the two games between the teams resting.
So far teams have average almost 5 runs a game in these ges as opposed to only 3 runs a game when the aces start with fresh bullpens.
However, the 2011 Texas Rangers seemed to be the only of four teams playing tonight to get the memo, as the heat the 2022 Astros 8-3 after the 2022 Padres beat the 1988 Dodgers 1-0, meaning both series ended up being split one game a piece.
In the next series each team gets a new opponent for two games and pitches their no. 2 and 3 starters.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Player Google Sheet Updated for All-Time Great Teams
Our original 60 all-time great teams have now all played at least one game, and you can still find all players, instructions and results on this google sheet.
In the 30 games between aces of two of the teams, the calibration showed we were getting almost one hit less per game per team than should be accurate. To fix this we have added two singles to only the PITCHERS' CARDS which are now reflected on the google doc above, but not yet on the PDFs which we will adjust.
As a result of being about one hit short, teams were averaging 2.9 runs per game in those games and even in a game between aces that should be slightly higher, so will be fixed by this adjustment. If you already printed the PDFs of teams you can just add 2 to each pitcher's highest single number remembering to skip any number that ends in a 9 or 0 since it is a base 8 system.
So if it now says the highest single is a 16, make it 18 - if it says 17 make it 21 - if it says 18 make it 22 etc.
Half the teams also had their No. 4 starters face off and in those 15 games the average score was 4.7, so the overall runs per game will increase as we now have all non-aces pitching plus the two extra hits on the card should give each team an average of 1 extra hit per game. We have played two games using this adjustment, and in one game a team got 2 extra hits, in another game 1 extra hit, and the other two teams had no extra hits.
Also corrected on the google sheet were several pitcher at bat team cards. In a few occasions we accidentally had listed a "19" as a deep drive, and that number does not exist in the base-8 game so those were all changed to 21 on the google sheet and will be on the PDFs later.
Also we had left off the pitcher at bat card for the 1968 Detroit Tigers and 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers, so those are both added.
Finally we fixed Josh Hader to LHP - showing he is a left-handed pitcher - since he had been listed as RHP accidentally.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Card Adjustment and 2012 Giants Get Revenge on 2002 Angels; Soto and Turner Injured
Click here for links to the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams. We did make a couple of changes not reflected in each of these cards used for the first time in our final 2 debit games. For all pitchers, add 2 hits remembering there is no 19 of 20 random number, so if the pitchers top single allowed is a 17, change it to 21,.and 18 change not to 22, but a 21 change to 23. If they have any balk numbers move them up the same number as the hits were moved, but no other ranges need to change.
Second, some pitcher at bat cards have a "19" as a deep drive, a number that does not exist, so just make it a 21. We also noted we sometimes have a number listed twice on a batter result, and know you always take the result of the first number to the left. So if a 27 is the number for a double then the result is a double, even if we accidentally listed the 27 again in the triple or homer range. And lastly Josh Hader is somehow listed as an RHP, right handed pitcher, and obviously he is LHP.
With that being covered, the 2012 San Francisco Giants got revenge on the 2002 Anaheim Angels for their come back would series win that year over the Giants.
The adjustment above gave no extra hits to the Angels, but did give two extra hits to the Giants though neither resulted in another run. Jarrod Washburn drew a 22 when facing Marco Scutaro in the first, and since his top single allowed is 21 on the card that increased by 2 to 23 and the 22 became a single. However on the next play third baseman Trau Glaus made a diving stop due to his cd-5 to prevent a hot with men on the corners.
In the 7th inning Scot Shields drew an 18 when facing Buster Posey, and with the new adjustment his card was changed from 16 to 18 to give Posey a single. Glaus came to the rescue again with a double play grounder to end the inning, but as you can see from the Sheetz the Giants did win 5-3.
Teams should average about 1 extra hit per game under this new adjustment - a calibration for being very slightly off in the pitcher card formulas.
The last debut game with be the Nationals vs Rays. The 2019 Nats were the only team to win a World Series despite losing all their home games and they kept that streak going in our simulation with a 7-1 loss to Tampa that made them look cursed in their home park.
In the top of the first Trea Turner and Juan Soto collided and were both injured - meaning we had to sub the top two hitters before they had batted once. The both have to miss the second game of the series at Tampa under our league rules that injuries just last for the 2-game.series.
In the second game since adding two hits to all pitchers cards it once again did not affect the final. Max Scherzer gave up one extra single because of it, but no runs.
And that is it - we have played all 60 great teams in the game at least once!
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Verlander 2-hits Rangers, Big Unit Falters At Mile High
Both the 2001 Diamondbacks that ended the last dynasty (Yankees) and the 2022 Astros missed several scoring opportunities, but Justin Verlander was able to win nonetheless while the Big Unit was dominant in Mile High until he 6th inning.
The Astros left bases loaded in the 2nd and 3rd inning and both Jeremy Pena and Yuli Gurriel sent deep drives to the wall, but Jose Altuves 2-run Homer was enough. Justin Verlander allowed on 2 hits and a walk through innings and Bryan Abreu, who in the game has a better card than actual closer Ryan Pressly, wrapped it up.
2007 Colorado 4, 2001 Arizona 2
In Colorado, Randy Johnson, the Big Unit, was spectacular for five innings, allowing only 1 base runner though it was a homer to take a 2-1 lead into the 6th.
However the Rockies put together town singles to start the 6th, then Willie Tavares relatively easy to field.grounder got past second baseman Jay Bell due to his weak Clutch Defense 2 rating, and after the speedy Taveras stole second the Rockies were on their way to a 3-run inning and 4-2 win.
Monday, July 22, 2024
HS Classmate Woodson Stars Off Bench to Give 1988 Dodgers 2-1 Win Over 2022 Padres
We joke about the "Statis-Pro gods" making realistic things happen with the dice rolls or flips of the Fast Action Cards, but playing with the 1978 4-color fast action cards and board this coincidence takes the cake.
In 1988, injuries to Dodgers third basemen brought my high school classmate Tracy Woodson to the majors for a magical run. He not only played behind Orel Hershiser's record scoreless string. When the Dodgers won the World Series it was Woodson on the photo seen round the world lifting Hershiser to start the celebration.
Here he is now as coach of the college Richmond Spiders.
In our simulated game against the 2022 Padres Woodson likewise ended up in the game during an unusual Z-play number 14 where multiple players are ejected. This play brought Woodson into the game as DH and in the top of the 7th inning with the score tied 1-1 and two outs Woodson came in and delivered a clutch single.
That was it as he left for speedy pinch runner Alfredo Griffin who stole second and then scored the game-winning run on Dave Anderson single for the 2-1 win. It made back-to-back Dodgers wins in our all-time West Great Division, as the Covid year Dodgers beat the feared 1989 Oakland A's despite homers by Mark McGuire and Dave Henderson. The box scores for both Dodgers wins are below.
I still vividly remember Woodson playing poker in the back of Latin Class at Benedictine High School in Richmond, and then the excitement of reading that he had 14 straight hits at NC State before heading to the pros.
Our school was more known for basketball, and he was the big shooter on our team that was ranked in the first ever national basketball rankings in the New York Post.
OK, more famous players delivered other runs. Steve Sax led of the game with a triple and scored for the Dodgers, the Manny Machado doubled in the bottom of the first and scored to make it 1-1, but the rest of the way it was only Woodson's hit that was the difference in the 2-1 win.
All the best relievers were used so the second game of number 4 starters and two tired bullpens should be higher scoring.
| LAD 2, SDP 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | Other |
| Steve Sax | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | SB,3b |
| Kirk Gibson* | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2b,sb |
| Pedro Guerrero | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rick Dempsey | DH-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Marshall | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Shelby# | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Franklin Stubbs* | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ejected |
| Mickey Hatcher | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Scioscia* | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ejected |
| Tracy Woodson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alfredo Griffin# | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Anderson | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danny Heep* | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | gw-rbi |
| 1988 Dodgers Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | W | K |
| Orel Hershiser | 5.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jay Howell (W) | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Pena (H) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Holton (S) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Padres 2022 | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | Other |
| Ha-Seong Kim | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Machado | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-2b |
| Juan Soto* | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eric Hosmer* | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jurickson Profar# | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wil Myers | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Cronenworth* | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Azocar | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SB,3b |
| Austin Nola | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Padres pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | W | K |
| Joe Musgrove (L) | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Josh Hader | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Suarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LAD 4, Oak 2 | ||||||
| Oakland A's 1989 | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | Other |
| Rickey Henderson | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SB,3b |
| Jose Canseco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carney Lansford | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark McGwire | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Dave Henderson | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Terry Steinbach | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Phillips# | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Gallego | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pitcher bats 1989 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Polonia* | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1989 A's Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | W | K |
| Mike Moore (L) | 5.3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Todd Burns | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gene Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LA Dodgers 2019-21 | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | Other |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| AJ Pollock | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max Muncy* | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Will Smith | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Justin Turner | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Austin Barnes | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Seager* | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2b,3b |
| Cody Bellinger* | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | HR |
| Enrique Hernandez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pitchers 2019-21 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sac |
| Dodgers 2019-21 pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | W | K |
| Walker Buehler (W) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Alex Vesia (S) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Covid Champ Dodgers Edge Earthquake Champ A's
In a battle of the two teams whose seasons were disrupted, the 2020 Dodgers whose title occurred in a season where Dave were not allowed due to COVID, edged the Oakland A's whose title was disrupted by an earthquake before they could start Game 3 at San Francisco.
Walker Buehler was dominant with 12 strikeouts, no walks and only five hits allowed in 8 innings. However Dave Henderson ended his perfect game in the fifth inning and Mark McGuire added a home in the 5th to pull the A's within 4-2.
However Mookie Betts singled and scored on a Max Muncy single in the third to make it 1-0 LA Dodgers. In the sixth Justin Turner singled, Corey Seager doubled and Cody Bellinger homered for a 3-run inning and the Dodgers won 4-2.
Because 2020 was shortened we actually combined Dodgers stats from 2019 to 2021 for more accurate cards.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Final 6 Debut Games Feature 6 of Greatest 100 Players of All-Time
The tracker of Statis-Pro baseball games between our all-time great 60 teams shows only six debut games still to be played. These will all feature the starting ace's for each team. Almost all the remaining starters are PB 2-8, usually the best rate for a starters since only the best relievers are usually in the top 5 percent of all pitchers based on WAR per innings pitched. We passed 50,000 unique visitors for the month July 20, the third time we have passed 50,000 as a monthly total (also happened in February and June of this year). We are on pace to set our all-time record today.
Colorado ace Mark Redman was just a PB 2-7 and Tampa's Scott Kazmire (still good but top 35%), while only the Astros Justin Verlander is the very unusual PB 2-9.
The only top 100 players of all time still to play in these final six games are 23. Rickey Henderson with his 1989 Oakland A's, 52. Clayton Kershaw and his 2019-21 LA Dodgers, 24. Randy Johnson and his 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, 97. Adrian Beltre and his 2011 Texas Rangers, 65. Max Scherzer and his 2019 Washington Nationals and Verlander at 72nd of all-time.
Here are the pitching match-ups for those final six debut games, with four games out west and two in the south.
You can always click here for all 60 great teams, or click on Team to See All Player Cards
West All-Time Great Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 (Starter Orel Hershiser PB 2-8, other great Kirk Gibson*) at San Diego Padres 2022 (Starter Joe Musgrove PB 2-8, other greats Manny Machado, Yu Darvish), Range on Deep Drives = 11-78 HR
Oakland A's 1989 (Starter Mike Moore PB 2-8, other greats 23. Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley) at Los Angeles Dodgers 2019-21 (Starter Walker Buhler PB 2-8, other greats 52. Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts), Range on Deep
Drives = 11-58 HR
Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 (Starter 24. Randy Johnson PB 2-8, other greats Curt
Schilling, Luis Gonzalez) at Colorado Rockies 2007 (Starter Mark Redman PB 2-7, other greats Todd Helton*, Aaron Cook),
Range on Deep Drives = 11-78 HR
Anaheim Angels 2002 (Starter Jarrod Washburn PB 2-8, other greats Garret Anderson* and Troy Percival) San Francisco Giants 2012 (Starter Matt Cain PB 2-8, other great Buster Posey), Range on Deep Drives = 11-58 HR
South All-Time Great Teams
Texas Rangers 2011 (Starter CJ Wilson PB 2-8, other greats 97. Adrian Beltre, CJ Williams) at Houston Astros 2022 (Starter 72. Justin Verlander PB 2-9, other greats Yordan Alvarez and Jose Altuve), Range on Deep Drives = 11-78 HR
Tampa Bay Rays 2008 (Starter Scott Kazmir PB 2-7, other greats Evan Longoria, JP Howell) at Washington Nationals 2019 (Starter 65. Max Scherzer PB 2-8, other great Juan Soto), Range on Deep Drives = 11-78 HR
Murray Slugs Orioles to 2nd Place Behind Maddux' Braves; Marlins Rally Falls Short
Devon White came to the plate as the go-ahead run in the top of the 9th inning, already having three hits including a double, but reliever Don Maragiello escaped by catching him looking for a 6-4 win.
The 1983 Baltimore Orioles hero was Eddie Murray, who went three for four with a home run, a hard singled that skipped past the 1997 Florida Marlins Gary Sheffield, and an RBO single. Cal Ripken hit a deep drive that was caught at the wall. With teams averaging fewer than 3 runs a game in games between ace pitchers, this game was different with 21 total hits. When No. 4 starters have faced each other, teams average more than the all-time 4.5 runs per game in MLB history, but when great pitchers face great batters we would expect pitchers to have the edge in these Statis-Pro baseball games since they action starts on their cards, we'd expect it to be about 50-50 in Strat-o-Matic where it is is exactly 50-50 and we'd expect batters to have the edge in APBA where the action is usually based on the batter's card.
For second game in a row a player was ejected, and this time it actually seemed very logical. The Orioles had jumped on the sometimes hot-headed Kevin Brown in the 4th inning for Murray's home, then a walk by John Lowenstein and then and RBI double by Jim Dwyer, which led to Brown arguing and being ejected. Livan Hernandez did get MVP in the 1997 season with playoff dominance, but Brown was even better during the season hand has a slightly better card.
Mike Boddicker, with one of the greatest curve balls in history, was tagged for 8 hits in 7 innings pitched, including a leadoff single. He left after a lead off single in the 8th, but ace reliever Tippy Martinez ran out of endurance after allowing a 9th inning double by Cliff Johnson and then RBI single to Jeff Conine to make it 6-3.
Needing only one out for the save Morogiello then allowed the 8th and 9th batters to reach, a walk by Kurt Abbott then RBI single by Edgar Renteria - who like Ripken had just missed a home run on a deep drive earlier, before finally catching lead off hitter White looking to escape with a very shake save and 6-4 win.
The 1995 Atlanta Braves are the only team in the South that is already 2-0, but the 1-0 mark and 2-plus margin puts these 1983 Orioles in 2nd place in the South.
F. Robinson Injury Helps Clemens Outduel Palmer - Aces Allowing 2.8 Runs, Others 4.7 Runs
For the first time in our all-time great season, Statis-Pro Baseball's Z-Plays, which provide the chance for unusual plays, came into play. (See scoresheet at bottom of blog)
The incredible 1970 Baltimore Orioles were the victims, as Frank Robinson and Don Buford collided in the outfield to allow a double by Lance Berkman, then later slick fielding shortstop Mark Bellinger was was ejected for arguing. While the Orioles team was one of the greatest ever, the injuries added to the fact that they were facing Roger Clemens in his late career best season of his career to be a rare PB2-9 starting pitcher with a 1.87 ERA that season.
The Astros, often forced to play like the old dead ball era teams due to the giant Astrodome. Jason Lane and Morgan Ensberg scored the Astros only two runs of the game - both after stealing bases. Then after Clemens turned the 2-0 lead over to Brad Lidge for the 9th inning and he loaded the bases with three walks issued - shortstop Adam Everett (one of an incredible five Astros with the elite Clutch Defense 5 rating) made a diving catch and turned it into a double play to save the lead.
This was the season that Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell were able to make their first World Series, though both were past their prime with OPS marks below 0.800.
Jim Palmer allowed only two hits and one run and even had a single himself off of Palmer since this season was played a couple of years before the DH was introduced. The Orioles would certainly be huge favorites in the second game of the series with the Astros 4th best starter Brandon Backe, who is only the 4th best pitcher in their rotation.
However, we play that all injuries last only for the series, so as marked in our standings below, the Orioles will be down those two players. The other players in that column for all divisions are pitchers who pitched in the first game. We play that each series each team pitches either their 1st and 4th best starters or their 2nd and 3rd best starter (to make it fair in case they have not played the same number of series so you get a 1 vs 2 and 4 vs 3 matchup for the two games.
We also simply play a reliever who pitches in the first game of the 2-game series cannot play in the 2nd game of the series.
So far teams are averaging only 2.8 runs per game in the openers when both aces are pitching, and then averaging 4.7 runs per game when the No. 4 pitchers for each team are pitching and some relievers are not available. As you can see from the standings below, we have only three South Division games left, four West Division games and every team has debuted in the other three divisions (Boston-NY Division, Midwest Division and East Division).
Some teams played both games of their series, but for those that have not we list the players not available for the remaining game. The columns below are taken from this google sheet used to track games. The tiebreaker we use in our games is run differential.
| South All-Time | Year | W | L | Win% | Gm1 | Gm 2 | Cannot use Gm 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Braves | 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Houston Astros | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | Clemens, Lidge | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Houston Astros | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Florida Marlins | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Houston Astros | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Texas Rangers | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Washington Nationals | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 1970 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | Palmer, Richert (inj F Robinson, Buford) | ||
| Washington Senators | 1924 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| West All-Time | Year | W | L | Win% | Gm1 | Gm 2 | Cannot use Gm 2 | ||
| Oakland A's | 1972 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| San Francisco Giants | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Anaheim Angels | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Colorado Rockies | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2019-21 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Oakland A's | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| San Diego Padres | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| San Francisco Giants | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | TBD | ||||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1963 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Seattle Mariners | 2001 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Midwest All-Time | Year | W | L | Win% | Gm1 | Gm 2 | Cannot use Gm 2 | ||
| Chicago Cubs | 1907 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 6 | Pfister, Reulback | ||
| Kansas City Royals | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | Vuckovich | ||
| St Louis Cardinals | 1942 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | Cooper, Krist | ||
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | hentgen, cox, ward | ||
| Milwaukee Braves | 1957 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| St Louis Cardinals | 1982 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| St Louis Cardinals | 1968 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4 | 5 | gibson, granger | ||
| Chicago Cubs | 1929 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | Root, Penner | ||
| Chicago White Sox | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | Buerle | ||
| St Louis Browns | 1922 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Minnesota Twins | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 6 | 12 | Morris, Willis, Wayne, Neagle | ||
| East All-Time | Year | W | L | Win% | Gm1 | Gm 2 | Cannot use Gm 2 | ||
| Detroit Tigers | 1984 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1980 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Cleveland Indians | 1954 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Coombs | ||
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Wheeler, Nitali, Head | ||
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1909 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Cleveland Indians | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | Andujar, Sutter | ||
| Detroit Tigers | 1968 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | McLean, Patterson | ||
| Montreal Expos | 1994 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Detroit Tigers | 1909 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 1929 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Boston-NY All-Time | Year | W | L | Win% | Gm1 | Gm 2 | Cannot use Gm 2 | ||
| Boston Red Sox | 1946 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 1955 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | |
| New York Yankees | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Boston Braves | 1914 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | James | ||
| Boston Red Sox | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| New York Mets | 1969 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| New York Yankees | 1939 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| New York Giants | 1954 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| New York Yankees | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | Cole, Luetge | ||
| New York Mets | 1986 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| New York Yankees | 1927 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | |
| New York Yankees | 1961 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
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