Today features the starting pitcher debuts by Ted Trent, Webster McDonald, Willie Powell, and John Donaldson. Detroit beat Birmingham 6-1. Hilton Smith was dominant, allowing 2 hits and 1 run in 8 innings to improve to 6-2. Ted Trent took the loss in his debut. Trent pitched well, but things […]
This is the 4th profile of a player not included in Strat-O-Matic’s 103 card set. No better day than Day 44 to honor Hammerin’ Hank. Hank Aaron, probably the greatest right-handed hitter in baseball history, played one season (1952) as a shortstop in the Negro Leagues for the Indianapolis Clowns. […]
I have decided to restart the project. I paused the project because I did not want to distract from the powerful protests that followed the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks. These protests have definitely shined a light on a problem that needs to be […]
I have decided to temporarily suspend the Buck O’Neil project, and I believe it is the right thing to do. I started the project as a way to learn about the legends of the Negro Leagues, who were kept out of the major leagues because of systematic racism. At this […]
Ending the week with 4 close games. I’m posting this one a day early so I can take Mother’s Day off – enjoy your day Moms! Detroit beat Newark 6-3 in 12 innings. Kirby Puckett hit a 2-run home run in the 12th inning, and Willie Mays singled home Sam […]
(This is the second of nine players who are not included in Strat-O-Matic’s Negro Leagues legends set, posted in honor of his birthday this week and because he played in the Negro Leagues before joining MLB.) If you were to ask me, right now, who is the greatest living ballplayer, […]
The statistics through Week 2 are now posted. You can find them on the Statistics/Standings Page. Strat-O-Matic only lists batting leaders if they qualify by having 3.1 plate appearances per game, so I have manually listed the top 10. I generated the list from Strat-O-Matic’s Report Generator.
One week into my Buck O’Neil project – a 112-game simulated Strat-O-Matic season featuring Negro League legends and MLB Hall-Of_Famers. Games are played in 4-game sets from Thursday through Sunday and I report the results on this blog each day. Two of the opening series were split, and the other […]
I decided to build an 8-team league for this simulation. I wanted to choose the teams from the Negro Leagues. Strat-O-Matic’s Negro League Legends set comes with four teams (Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Washington Homestead Grays), so I began with those four teams. I then added four […]
Here are the 32-man rosters for each team. Who do you think is stacked? What combinations of payers intrigue you? I’d love to hear your feedback. Birmingham Black BaronsHitters:Newt Allen, Larry Brown, Roberto Clemente, Martin Dihigo, Larry Doby, Rick Ferrell, Carlton Fisk, Josh Gibson, Nap Lajoie, Barry Larkin, Freddy Lindstrom, […]
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