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1972 League Playoff Review Wild Card Round National League League Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted: September 29, 2024 by datechguy in baseball, Dynasty, dynasty baseball, gaming, online gaming
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The 2nd of our reviews of the upcoming wild card series. (Best of 3) the winner of this series will face the SF Giants in the Divisional Round (best of 5) The AL Writeup is here.

Cincinnati Reds 88-74 10 GB 3rd Wild Card

Offense: Last year the Reds underperformed this year this year they were 4th in the NL in HR (128) 3rd in Slugging (,383) 2nd in OBP (.325) & 1st in triples (53) led by Johnny Bench who was 2nd in both HR (34) and RBI (114) to Triple crown winner Billy Williams. Of course being 2nd in RBI’s is easy when you have Joe Morgan (135 walks) and Dick Allen (115) walks on base constantly. Morgan would lead the league with 122 runs and finish 2nd to Lou Brock with 53 stolen bases. Dick Allen would have 99 runs scored along with 30 HR of his own. Bobby Tolan would also score 102 runs thanks to 186 hits while stealing 30 more and young Bill Buckner would hit .307 with 10 triples (7th in league) only one behind teammate Ted Martinez tied for 3rd with 11. This is a big Red Offensive Machine.

Defense: The Reds were part of a 4 way tie for the best fielding percentage at .987 like Boston & St. Louis only comitting 83 errors all year. As much as Bench contributed offensively his record behind the plate was incredible 15 caught stealing in 15 attempts and only one passed ball and two errors in 912 chances over 1255 innings. In fact no person not even Lou Brock would steal a single base against the Reds this season. With no stolen bases against and only two passed balls you had to earn your bases against the Reds. Bobby Tolan who saved the 1969 WS for the Mets by robbing Pete Rose of a 9th inning double was excellent in Center. Meanwhile Al Kaline and Dick Allen would both put up great range factors at 1B Allen would move to 3B with the Ron Santo Trade to the Yankees putting up comparable numbers .961 Fielding over 920 innings. Joe Morgan’s .993 fielding percentage at 2nd kept the infield tight.

Pitching: This was the weak link of the team. Cincy’s 3.56 ERA was 12th in the Majors just ahead of the Washington Senators 3.64. Their 904 strikes were in the bottom 5 of the majors and teams hit .262 against them, only the Orioles and Cubs and KC were more generous with their total hits. On the bright side their 406 walks allowed were 2nd lowest in the NL and 4th best in the majors. Fritz Peterson was a legit ace going 22-8 with a 2.90 ERA in 282 innings his 1.28 walks per 9 innings 2nd best in the NL. Spaceman Lefty Bill Lee did fine work in the Bullpen saving 18 in 20 chances while going 6-5 and Pedro Borbon 8 saves in 11 chances wasn’t bad but Fred Gladding’s 4-9 and Bucky Brandon’s 1-6 and Steve Mingori’s 0-3 in saves is why the Reds didn’t clinch against StL till the final two weeks of the season.

Pittsburgh Pirates 91-71 2nd place NL Beta 17 GB 2nd Wild Card

Offense: Pittsburgh .256 team avg (2nd in NL 4th in majors) and .328 OBP (tops in NL 2nd in majors) meant a lot of men on base which is why Pit was 3rd in the NL in RBI’s 676 and just behind Cincy in HR (126). Hank Aaron’s 31 HR led a team that has six players with double figures in HR. He added 101 walks to allow others to drive him in. Rod Carew’s .341 avg (2nd in league) and .400 OBP (4th in league) on 201 hits and meant there was usually someone on base. Rennie Stennett’s .319 Avg didn’t hurt there either.

Defense: Defense was not a strong point for Pittsburgh winning 91 games despite the 3rd worst defense in the NL and the 3rd most past balls and errors in the Majors a bit of a surprise with a man as steady as Bill Freehan behind the plate but age caught up to him in the field as it did Aaron (19 errors) and George Scott (27 errors). Young Bill Russell’s 23 errors and .967 fielding at short was below avg but both Johnny Briggs (6 errors in LF) and young Jose Cruz (5 errors in center) made up for this by throwing out 7 and 9 runners from the OF respectively but Joe Lahoud surpassed them all throwing out 11 runners while committing no errors in 750 2/3 innings to augment his power at the plate.

Pitching: Pittsburgh gave up the 4th fewest hits and their teams 1.20 WHIP was tied for 4th best in the majors. This was due to Gaylord Perry being practically unbeatable going 22-10 in 302 1/3 innings (5th in NL) with an ERA below 2 (1.97 1st in NL). Bruce Kison (11-10 2.99) and Bill Singer (10-6 3.05) put up respectable numbers but it was Perry who carried the rotation. Meanwhile Mike Marshall came into his own saving 25 in 29 chances. In all Pittsburgh pen saved 44 games while blowing 15 just below 3/4

Season Series

Series 1 May at Cincy

In Game one Cincy got all they needed in the 1st on a Tolan leadoff single to start the inning and a Morgan double, Bench single and Rudi double off Bill Singer with two outs. A solo shot by George Scott off Milt Wilcox in the 2nd made it 3-1 and a two out 9th inning single by Davey Johnson put the Bucks within one but Don Gullett came in for Bill Lee and Struck out pinch hitter Ron Woods to solidify the victory.

The Pirates struck 1st in game two with a Hank Aaron 2 run shot off Paul Splitoff but Bench answered with a solo shot in the 2nd and the Reds took the lead in the 5th when Buckner stroked a 2 out single scoring Kaline & Martinez and grew the lead in the 7th with an RBI single from Splittorff and an RBI double by Buckner but Ron Woods made up for his failure in game one with a 3 run HR in the top of the 8th to tie it and Carew followed in the 9th with a 2 out two on single to give Pittsburgh the 6-5 lead off George Culver and MIke Marshall held the Reds to a single in the ninth thanks to a nice play by Ron Woods, not known for his range on a flare to Right

In the Rubber match Pit scored to in the 2 and 1 in the fourth off Dick Bosman while the Reds could only manage two unearned runs one off winner Bruce Kison and one off Closer Mike Marshall both made possible by Jose Cruz Miscues but that was all as the Pirates won 4-2

2nd Series June

The Reds took their revenge in Pittsburgh beginning with a pair of shutouts Splitorff in game one of a 5-0 route while 4 Reds pitchers kept the Pirates off the Board for 10 innings and finally scored 3 off of Mike Marshall in Relief of Gaylord Perry who had answered them scoreless inning for scoreless inning. A Tolan Triple and a Kaline Sac to score him made the 3-0 final. The Reds jumped to a 3-0 early lead off Bill Singer thanks to an Allen Homer But Woods, Aaron and Bill Russell all went deep in the 7th to tie things at four until Dick Allen doubled in one run and Rookie George Foster pinch hitting drove in a 2nd off of Mike Marshall for a 6-4 win

3rd Series Aug

Bill Singer finally managed a win off Cincy in game one when he shut out the reds over 8 1/3 on two hits while 2 RBI’s from Woods and another by Rennie Stennett in the first off Reds ace Friz Peterson were more than enough in their 5-0 win. Three Cincy Pitchers returned the favor in game two blanking the bucks who had to use five pitchers after Starter Brian Johnson had to be pulled in the 2nd with arm stiffness. Homers by Dick Allen and Joe Morgan added to the 8-0 rout for their 4th win in their last five meetings but the Pirates had the last laugh in game 3 as they blanked the Reds right Back with Ross Grimsley pitching five, Gary Ross pitching three and Mike Marshall getting his 3rd save vs the reds vs 2 losses. It was a 3rd inning solo shot off Wilcox by Scott and an RBI damage by Aaron off off off Mingori that accounted for the 2-0 win.

Series 4 Sept

The final series of year was the most competitive with Mike Marshall getting saves in game 1 & 3 neither Friz Peterson and Bill Singer batted it out to a 2-2 tie before Hank Aaron just beat Bench’s tag on a throw from Dave Martinez after a Rennie Stennett 8th inning single. In game 3 it was the Pirate bats bailing out Jim Barr who left the Reds with a 5-2 lead in the 2nd. A two out Carew single tied the game 5-5 while Hank Aaron’s three runs on the very next pitch from Mike Caldwell finished the job. In the middle game however the Bucks Ace failed in his 2nd attempt to get a win against the Reds as the Big Red Machine scored 3 in the first and then after Pittsburgh fought back to tie it in the bottom of the 9th they took advantage of a Bill Russell error in the 10th allowing Dick Allen and Joe Morgan to single in the winning runs off a game Gaylord Perry who went the 10 inning distance and a final rally which got the tying runs on with two outs in the 10th fell short.

Season Series even 6-6

This series I suspect will come down to who wins the Perry/Peterson Duel. Neither Ace managed a win vs the other team during the season. Both have good offenses but Cincinnati’s is so overwhelming that it’s hard to pick against them, but Pittsburgh has a legitimate closer so if they can get a lead they might hold it. However while Marshall had four saves vs the Reds he also lost a par. Despite this I have no faith in the Reds holding leads once acquired. I suspect as I said it will all come down to the first meeting between Peterson & Perry? Will one or both rise to the occasion? I really don’t know but I have to pick a winner so I’m going to give the edge to the team managed by the winningest manager in Dynasty history (2665 tournaments wins) and the player #1 ranked #1 all time in the game.

Pit 2-1

1972 League Playoff Review Wild Card Round American League California Angels at Boston Red Sox

Posted: September 28, 2024 by datechguy in baseball, Dynasty, dynasty baseball, gaming, online gaming
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The first round of our 1972 league playoffs kick off this week in a best of three series between the 2nd and 3rd wild card teams. The winner will face the top seeded NY Yankees in the Division series in round two (Best of 5):

California Angels 82-80 2nd in AL Alpha 29 GB 3rd wild Card

Offense: The Angels played pretty much .500 ball this season with a team that didn’t scare many people with their bats hitting .241 as a team despite Manny Mota being 2nd in the AL in hits (202) and hitting .314 (6th in the league) and walking even less (16th out of 20 MLB teams) hitting only 75 Home runs all season and finishing 14th in slugging although they had three players in the top 8 in the AL for Triples Mota with 10 (8th), Jerry Moralas 12 (tied 3rd) and Tommy McGraw who was 2nd with 13 and also 7th in OBP .374. Their most dangerous offensive player being Jose Cardinal who finished the season at .288 17 HR 107 RBI (4th in league) and 39 doubles (tied 5th) and 95 runs scored (7th)

Defense: A team with little offence needs solid defense and California certainly qualified in that score their .986 fielding percentage was tied for 5th in the majors and only .001 off the MLB lead and their 89 Errors were 6th in the majors. Bobby Valentine at 2nd (.984) Don Money at 3rd (.980) and Dave Concepcion (.980). The two weak links. 2nd Catcher Bill Plummer who let 10 of 11 baseruners steal on him and Cardinal whose 5 errors in right and .978 fielding percentages were a problem.

Pitching: Clay Carrol was lights out in the pen saving 28 in 31 chances with a WHIP of .092 (2nd in AL) but the starters ran hot at cold. Tommy John’s 2.46 ERA in 248 innings only produced a 15-14 record. Another innings eater was Tom Bradley who pitched 275 1/3 innings (6th in AL) but at a cost of 18 losses (tied 3rd in AL) against only 10 wins. The Ace of the team was Clay Kirby who led all American league pitchers with a .193 Avg against finishing with a 18-12 Record with a 3.33 ERA

Red Sox 86-76 3rd in AL Beta 14 GB 2nd Wild Card

Offense: Boston’s .256 avg and .326 OBP were both 3rd in the Majors and 2nd in the AL led by Carl Yazstremski whose .335 led the AL. Yaz also led the Majors with a .431 OBP and his .519 Slugging pct was good enough for 4th in the AL and top 10 in the majors. He was helped by Vada Pinson whose .311 avg (7th in AL (37 doubles (6th in AL) did their job and Rookie Carlton Fisk who managed 39 doubles of his own and Willie Davis whose 97 walks led the AL and Rico Petrocelli whose 24 Home Runs led the team (yet only drove in 67). Despite playing in Fenway they only managed 96 round trippers although their 244 doubles, no doubt aided by the green monster were good enough for 6th in the Majors and 2nd in the AL.

Defense: Boston .987 fielding percentage was part of a 4 way tie for the best in the majors and their paltry 83 errors were part of a 3 way tie for 2nd in the Majors (and 2nd in the AL) Fisk’s arm discouraged base stealing as he threw out 5 of the mere 12 who attempted to steal. Boston was one of three teams who allowed less that 10 SB all season (9). In the rest of the field things were just as good. Wes Parker only committed 4 errors in 1389 1/3 innings while helping to turn 100 DP getting to balls most fielders would not be able to touch while Rick Petrocelli only committed 7 errors at 3rd in 537 chances for an .987 fielding percentage while Vada Pinson committed only a single error in the OF primarily in Right while Willie Davis in center threw out 12 runners this season. One surprise down side was Left Fielder Carl Yazstremski who managed 6 errors as age seemed to catch up but was perfect at 1B when spelling Wes Parker.

Pitching: Boston’s team era of 3.52 was decidedly middle of the pack (0.02 behind California) Gary Nolan (16-9 2.72 ERA in 254 1/3 innings) Claude Osteen (16-18 3.72 ERA in 276 innings) and Rick Wise (17-14 3.11 in 272 1/3 innings) carried the workload with a rotation by committee Tom Timmerman, Lynn McGlothen, Ken Bret and John Curtis carrying the rest of the load. Boston lead the AL with 51 complete games. Nolan did lead the league with a 1.01 WHIP and was top 10 in avg against and was top 10 in ERA but the Bullpen as a whole managed only 24 saves in 35 chances with an aging Joe Horlen demoted to the pen with only a single start managing 8 saves in 10 chances (10th in league) but on the whole the bullpen was unremarkable.

Boston vs Calif head to head.

Series 1:

The Angels visited Boston in May losing two of three. In game one the Redsox gave Jim McAndrew his first loss 5-1 with Hector Torres, Horace Clarke and winner Gary Nolan (3-1) all singling with 2 men on in the 4th to provide all they needed. In game two Tommy John broke an Angels four game losing streak holding Boston to one run while Jerry Moralas’ 2 run shot off of Tom Timmerman did the job with insurance added later and Clay Carroll closing it out. Boston won the series however with a 6-4 win with Clarke and Torres again doing the damage to give Boston the lead in the sixth. Rick Wise pitched a complete game for the win.

Series 2:

The Sox came to California in Junes and Swept the angels away starting with a 9-2 blowout with Six Redsox hitters driving in runs off of Tom Bradly including winning pitcher Claude Osteen. Game 2 was closer as the Angels bailed out Tommy John with 2 out in the 9th to tie the game but the Sox started the top of the tenth with four straight single to drive in 1 and a two out single by Bud Harrelson driving in two more for the 6-3 final. Game three was a dual between Rick Wise and Clay Kirby but despite a one out Leroy Stanton single in the 9th driving for the 2nd day in a row to narrow it to 4-3 Rick Wise held on to win the duel.

Series 3

For the 2nd Time Tommy John held the Redsox to a single run and Carroll provided the save as the Angles won 3-1 thanks to a Rusty Torrez Home run off of Ken Brett in the 7th but Boston answered back the next day at Fenway with a 5-4 win with doubles by Carlton Fisk and Hector Torrez making the difference. In game 3 Claude Osteen who like his foe Tom Bradly would lose 18 on the season shut out the Angels who would win 2-0 helped by a rare key error by shortstop Dave Conception which put Fisk on first. Yaz singled him to 3rd and Petrocelli fly to the warning track in the August night sent him home.

Series 4

The last visit meeting of teams in September was again good luck for the hard luck Osteen. Tommy John only gave up a single run through seven but John Rooker gave up 3 more in the 8th including a 2 run HR by light hitting Doug Griffin so that when the Halos finally got two off of Osteen in the 9th it wasn’t enough. Game two went worse as three Sox pitchers combined for a shutout meaning that the paltry two runs that Jim McAndrew gave up was enough to cost him the game. Finally the Redsox scored three solo runs in the 1st three innings off of Bradley and added three more to double up California 6-3 despite RBI triples from both Money and Morales which couldn’t overcome homers by Pinson and Petrocelli

Season Series Redsox win 7-2

Boston’s offense clearly give them the advantage as both teams have excellent defense and middling pitching staffs, Boston’s strength in the rotation while California has a shut down closer. The question is can the Angels score enough runs to get to the Sox mediocre bullpen. I think the series will come down to Tommy John and Clay Kirby vs Gary Nolan and Rick Wise. But with the Bats Boston has I can’t see the Halos managing to break through.

My prediction Boston wins series 2-1

Dynasty League Playoff Pictures 1997 & 1972 Leagues

Posted: September 8, 2024 by datechguy in baseball, Dynasty, dynasty baseball, fun, gaming, online gaming, Sports
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On my first regular Sunday off in almost forever I thought I’d take the time to update you on the two Dynasty Leagues I am currently running as both seasons are nearing their end.

1997

The 2nd season of our 80 game once a week short league has seven weeks to go. With no wild cards in this league it’s all down to winning divisions and 3 of the four are still very much in play. Because of the structure of the league ( 2 games series vs opposite league, 3 game series vs opposite division and 4 game series within divisions) and the fact that the final three series are all in division there is the potential of as much as a 12 game shift in the last 3 weeks.

TeamWinsLossesPCTGBClinch/Elim #
New York4318.705—-
Cleveland3526.574812
Baltimore2932.475146
Boston2536.410182
ALEast

Led By Tony Gwynn who is threatening .400 (.395) and leading the majors in hits and the AL in OBP while 3rd in the league in RBI the Yanks are dominating with the best record by far helped by Andres Galarraga who leads the majors in RBI, Todd Jones who leads the majors in saves, Workhorse Andy Pettitte who leads the majors in fewest HR per 9 innings despite being 6th in Innings and Todd Stottlemyre 2nd in the AL in ERA & 4th in Avg against behind teammate Dustin Hermanson who is 3rd in the AL while 5th in k’s per 9 inn. Realistically only the Indians are still in play whose cause has not been helped by Eric Gunderson leading the AL in blown saves despite the efforts of Jeff Blauser getting on base and Matt Stairs knocking them out and driving them in.

TeamWinsLossesPCTGBClinch/Elim #
Seattle3625.590—-
Chicago3326.559219
Minnesota3129.5174 1/216
Toronto2239.361146
ALWest

In the wild wild AL west only Toronto is on the way out. Seattle leads Thanks to Ken Griffey Jr. 31 HR 13 more than anyone else in the majors and Randy Johnson carrying them on their backs (1st in Majors in K/9 tied for 1st in wins 2nd in K’s overall, innings pitched & avg against, with help from Alex Rodriguez (4th in AL hits). Unlike today’s White Sox these guys are only one game away in the loss column with Jeff Shaw providing the saves while Frank Thomas the big hurt provides the offense with Mike Cameron getting on base ahead of him and J. T Snow Slugging along. Meanwhile the Twins are still in striking distance thanks to Pedro Martinez who leads in all the categories that Johnson is 2nd in and Chuck Knobloch who has been a stolen base and runs machine. Billy Wagner helps out with 11 saves 2nd in both AL & Majors but his three blown saves haven’t helped.

TeamWinsLossesPCTGBClinch/Elim #
Atlanta3823.623—-
Cincinnati3526.574317
Pittsburgh2734.443119
Florida2638.40613 1/25
NLEast

Atlanta maintains a 3 game lead thanks to Greg Maddux, Rick Reed and Francisco Cordova all in the top 10 in ERA in the majors and Mariano Rivera who has saved 10 while blowing only one while Larry Walker (NL batting & Slugging lead) Tino Martinez (2nd NL slugging) provide the offense. Cincinnati with a below avg pitching stall and wracked by injury are kept alive by the return of Rickey Henderson and Lance Johnson from the DL. Pittsburgh recent 7-3 run has given them hope but the real story is last years World Series runner up Florida who despite Mark McGuire leading the league in HR, Barry Bonds leading the majors in walks and triples and Curt Schilling & Keven Brown both being top 4 in NL ERA and 1 & 2 in NL inning pitched can’t seem to get a break

TeamWinsLossesPCTGBClinch/Elim #
St. Louis2931.483—-
Los Angeles2932.4751/220
San Diego2435.4074 1/217
Houston2638.406514
NLWest

The bad news is the NL west has four teams under .500 the good news is that there is only 5 game separating the 1st and last place teams meaning that likely all four teams will be in the thick of it till the end. St. Louis has Ray Lankford and Vinnie Castilla (2nd in NL HR) and David Cone keeping them up. LA counters with Ismael Valdez 1st in the NL in avg against, WHIP & ERA carrying the team on his back. San Diego (Kenny Loftin & Billy Ripkin) and Houston (Craig Biggio , Brady Anderson ) both have stars helping them out but alas for SD while Hoffman leads the league in saves he is 2nd in Blown saves while Antonio Osuna has been even worse saving seven while blowing six most in the majors.

1972

In the 1972 league there is a lot less mystery in terms of division leaders but because of the three wild card spots in each league it’s still interesting.

TeamWinsLosses PCTGBWCGBElim #
New York9949.669—N/AClinched
California 7672.51423+ 1 1/2E/7 to clinch
Cleveland6880.459327 1/2E/9
Kansas City5986.40738 1/215E/3
Baltimore5989.3994016 1/2E
AL ALPHA

The only question left for the Yankees is will they get home field advantage over the Giants if they get to the World Series. Their return to the Polo Grounds with their short left and right field has given Bobby Murcer, Reggie Smith and rookie John Maybury a grand slugging boost while Terry Forster has been light out leading the majors in saves. California led by Tommy John (1st in ERA) had the 1st wild card for a while but a 2-8 skid has hurt along with Tom Bradley (2nd in Losses). They currently have the 2nd wild card but is close enough to get the 1st and the bye or drop to 3rd. With 16 to go they still need 6 more wins to secure that playoff birth so they need Manny Mota and Jose Cardenal to heat up. Cleveland seemed totally out of it but the aforementioned crash of California and Minnesota and a 6-4 run has kept them alive. Kansas City’s Bert Blyleven led the majors in innings and the AL in strikeouts and vet Frank Robinson put up a good fight in a losing cause while Baltimore had three players (Don Baylor, Amos Otis and Rick Auerbach) in the top 10 of stolen bases

TeamWinsLosses PCTGBWCGBElim #
Milwaukee9454.635—N/AClinched
Boston7870.52716+ 3 1/2E/5 to clinch
Minnesota7471.51018 1/2—-E/9 to clinch
Oakland6682.4462810 1/2E/7
Washington6385.4263119 1/2E/4
AL Beta

Milwaukee returns to the playoffs thanks to a bounce back season from Pete Rose, and exceptional season from Ron Fairly and spectacular pitching from Ken Holtzman and last year’s Cy Young winner Don Wilson with Ken Sanders returning to save 20. Boston’s 8-2 run propelled them from the 3rd wildcard to the first led by Carl Yastrzemski whose return to Fenway has him leading the AL in batting (.330) and tied with Pete Rose for the MLB lead in OBP while rookie Carlton Fisk is doubling up a storm. Minnesota has been crashing and burning but still has Nate Colbert and his 33 HR keeping them going. Their 3 game series vs Cleveland will be critical. Oakland’s surprise sweep of Milwaukee has kept them technically alive with some help from Jim Brewer and Roy White while Washington hopes have maybe one more week left unless Mike Epstein and workhorse Jim Kaat and Richie Scheinblum (91 runs 182 hits) can pull off a miracle

TeamWinsLosses PCTGBWCGBElim #
New York 8863.583—N/ATo clinch 12/ 3
Atlanta8563.5741 1/2+ 4To Clinch 15/3
Cincinnati 8167.5475 1/2—-9/10 to clinch
Oakland6682.4462810 1/2E/7
Philadelphia6784.4442115 1/2E/E
NL Alpha

The surging New York Daytraders (Mets) have gone 25-7 in their last 32 games (.781) to roar into 1st place with starting Pitchers Phil Niekro (21 wins), Tom Seaver (20 wins) and Steve Carlton (22 wins) and the group(1, 2 & 3 in NL inning pitched add to that big years from Willie Stargell, Leron Lee, Dick Allen and Willie Mays who is constantly walked to get on base for them they’re on their way to a return to the playoffs but despite a change in managers Atlanta who is even in the loss column led by likely MVP Billy Williams along with Catfish Hunter (23 wins 2nd in MLB) and Fergie Jenkins aren’t giving up that division lead that they’ve held most of the year without a fight. Meanwhile the big Red Machine of Cincinnati with Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Bobby Tolan are only 5 1/2 out of first while 5 up for the last wild card. The St. Louis Cardinals led by Bob Gibson (21 Wins 1st in MLB in HR/9) and Matty Alou (.330 avg) and closer Darold Knowles (23 saves) have no intention of going quietly. Philly might be out of this this year, but with Joe Torrie being joined by rookies Greg Luzinski and a young 3rd baseman named Schmidt are sure to be a threat in 73

TeamWinsLosses PCTGBWCGBElim #
San Francisco9850.662—N/A1 to Clinch
Pittsburgh8464.56814+ 31/ to clinch 7
Montreal6781.4533114E/1
Chicago5692.3784225E
Los Angeles42106.2845639E
NL Beta

The 1970 World Champion Giants are one win away from clinching the NL Beta with 24 game winner Jim Palme 2nd in the NL in ERA 1.98 leading the way and Dock Ellis 2.01 ERA right behind him Meanwhile Bobby Bonds (90 runs 102 RBI 30 SB) is seeing a ton of pitchers as rookie Darryl Evans (123 BB 1st in MLB) and Veteran Harmon Killebrew (90 BB) keep the fear of God in pitchers along with a powerful rookie named Dave Kingman. Gaylord Perry of the Pirates leads the Majors in ERA and has 22 wins to go with it while bullpen ace Mike Marshall has chalked up 23 saves along with a still dangerous Hank Aaron (29 HR 98 walks ) all are conspiring to keep the 2nd wild card spot in the Bucks hands and are certainly in range of that #1 wild card spot. The young Montreal Team are a game from elimination but pitcher Baylor Moore who leads the majors in K/9 (11.72) and Lou Brock (52 sb 1st in majors & .326 avg) and closer Tug McGraw (31 saves) made it a fight. The Cubs can look back at Steve Brawn .333 avg 3rd in NL and Pitcher Mike Paul while last years Series winner the LA Dodgers combo of Don Sutton (3rd in WHIP) and Nolan Ryan (1st in Majors in avg against .165 & 2nd in K/9 11.19 are unlikely to stay down for long.

If you are interested in joining either league we currently have one opening in 1997 and people joining the waiting list for 1972 are welcome. If we get 4 people on the list we’ll expand.

Rules for the 1972 Dynasty Draft Baseball League

Posted: February 3, 2024 by datechguy in Dynasty, dynasty baseball, online gaming
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We’re still one player shy (Cubs)

How the league is to be played

We will be playing the 1972 season which is to be released by Dynasty mid season. We will be playing under 1972 rules with one exception. There will be at least one interleague home and away series played to allow each player to play each other player at least once.

The schedule

As soon as I have time I will begin to work on the schedule which will assume 20 teams . While I don’t have to deal with the logistics of hotels and airports it still is a complicated matter to make it and will take some time to enter into the system. Please be patient with me as I do so. My goal will be to have the schedule ready before the draft.

Number of games:

We will be playing 162 games Two series (one home and one away 6 games ) against teams in the opposite league and Four series against in league teams. Because of the number of teams there will be a slight imbalance

Six same league teams (Four 3 game series 12 games)
Three same league teams (Two 3 game series, Two 2 game series 10 games)

All those team determinations will be random.

This assumes 20 teams btw

Frequency of games

There will be two scheduled series per week. Most series will be 3 games there will be 6 two game series during the season.

Number of teams

We currently have 19 confirmed teams. As soon as the Cubs are taken we’re set at 20 teams. If by some chance

Division setup:

With 20 teams we will have two five team divisions in each league. I’ll have to see if they offer wild card options when I advance the season.

NEW! PREDRAFT AND DRAFT DAY TRADE WINDOWS!

Pre-Draft Trade window:

There will be a 48 hour window before the formal draft where trading will be allowed.

Any player on the roster (rookie or retained player) may be dealt along with drift picks up to the 7th round at this time.

Only draft picks for the upcoming draft will be tradable.

The trade window will end 15 minutes before the start of the formal draft to allow for any updates to lists to be recorded before the start.

Draft Day Trading up or down window.

At the end of each round there will be a 10 minute window for rosters to be adjusted and all the paperwork to be done.

For the first five rounds of the draft During those 10 minutes teams will be allowed to Trade. NO PICKS BEYOND THE 7th ROUND ARE TRADABLE. At the start of the 6th round Trading is closed in the league till after the 5th series of the regular season.

In Season Trades and waivers.

After the fifth series of the season teams may trade. Any player on the current roster may be traded along with any of the first seven draft picks for the next season (currently 1973 BUT 1972 if they get it released in time. If a trade is made that increases a roster beyond the 40 man limit a player must be released before the next series is played. Any trades agreed will not be executed until all the teams involved have the same amount of games played.

Waivers takes place after the sixth series. Teams make waivers picked based on their current record and are made from the undrafted players not on rosters.. If a pick brings a Roster over 40 a player must be released or an injured player not on the DL must be placed there to make room.

The DL:

In a change from previous seasons players on the DL WILL count toward your roster but to make up for it we will have a maximum 40 man roster. We will still only draft 35 but players may expand their rosters via trade and waivers.

Playing Games.

All games must be completed before the next scheduled series. the Dynasty system will take over and auto play any games that are not completed one hour before the next scheduled game (even if said unfinished game is in progress) Players are encouraged to use the chat room and the Dynasty message system to reschedule games if needed and are also encouraged to make a manager profile in case a game has to autoplay. Instructions on how to do that are here.

Be aware that if you have your team on AUTO and your opponent requests a rescheduled in the system Dynasty will automatically allow it so keep this in mind when or if you turn auto on. Also be aware if both team are on auto and you reschedule the game will be played automatically so make sure your team is not on auto before you do this.

Etiquette for no/call no show

This is a game and real life trumps it so there will be times when people miss their game days. Here is some suggested game day Etiquette:

  1. If you know in advance you can’t play on the scheduled game day and time try to contact your opponent to arrange a different time both through the chat room and the dynasty system.
  2. If gameday comes and your team is on AUTO your scheduled opponent should assume they can play all or part of their series if they choose.
  3. If gameday comes and you haven’t heard from your opponent check your “Friends” list to see when the last time they signed on was. If it is 10 days or more then play the series vs the PC
  4. Give two five minute: Wait 5 min for opponent to show periods before starting the game//If your opponent hasn’t shown up by then begin game 1.
    • Once game 1 is done. You have 2 choices. Either if followed is officially considered valid:
      • Give one 5 minutes period for your opponent to show if he doesn’t, Autoplay
      • Exit and let the system auto schedule for 24 hours from now. Then go to step 1
    • If you have to leave in the middle of a game or series your opponent has the right to continue to play. They may choose to agree to reschedule but experience tell me it’s bet to get the games done.
  5. On occasions when you and your opponent are in touch but just can’t seem to find a time when both are available I make the following suggestion.
    • The player who shows up on gameday should play one game (2 game series) or two games (3-4 game series) against the pc.
    • When those games are finished exit the system and put yourself on Auto being sure to check the “Take my team off auto after this series”
    • Then your opponent can finish the series as his or her time permits
  6. Keep in mind that the Dynasty system is designed to keep games moving the default position should always be to get games played when possible.
  7. Be aware if you’re running late you can join a game in progress and take over
  8. If you do show up and take over please let your opponent know via chat.

If you know you’re going to be gone let your opponent know. 

Expansion and Expansion draft

If there is a sudden interest in the league we may have an expansion draft under the following rules: b

Selecting a franchise:

New players who do not take an existing franchise will be allowed to select any of the four currently open franchises they are:

AL

  • Chicago White sox
  • Detroit Tigers

NL

  • San Diego Padres
  • Houston Astros

They will automatically gain the rights to any rookies for the 1971 team of that franchise.

If we again have multiple expansion teams they will pick franchises in the order that they confirmed their intent to join the league.

If a current player expresses an intent to leave the league before the expansion draft the expansion players will in the order above be given the option of taking over that existing franchise including their roster and current draft picks (or lack thereof)

Expansion Draft:

If an expansion draft is announced each team will have two weeks to submit a list of protected players currently on their 40 man rosters. These players will not be eligible to be drafted in the expansion draft. There will be a maximum of 7 players on each teams protected list. it is recommended (but not required) to submit an additional twelve players to be protected once a player or two is drafted from their team.

Whenever a player is chosen off a team in the expansion draft said team will be able to immediately protect an additional five players. No team can lose more than three payers to the expansion draft. If a list is not submitted before the draft and not submitted at the time the first player is taken from the team then said team will not have additional players protected until such a list is provided. I will allow a reasonable amount of time in case the player is not in the chat room for me to try to contact said player before another player is takin from his team.

Expansion teams draft a minimum of four players and a maximum of 12 players to their rosters before the regular draft. The number of players picked in the expansion draft by an expansion team will determine where they will draft in the regular draft.

As soon as all expansion teams have completed their drafts two things happen

  1. All teams must submit the list of players retained in the regular draft. The players drafted by the expansion teams are considered to be that list.
  2. All Rookies become property of their franchises and count toward their current rosters. but NOT toward their number of protected players.

Franchise locations and parks

Every team is presumed to have the park their team played in during the season they entered the league.

Franchises whose teams move in real life are not required to relocate their teams. So the Seattle Pilots are not required to move to Milwaukee and the Washington Senators are not required to move to Texas but they retain the option to do so at any time.

Franchises are NOT required to build new stadiums and my continue to play in their old stadiums if they wish. So Cincy can stay in Crosley field and Pittsburgh can remain in Forbes Field if they wish but they retain the right to move into those new stadiums at any time so another team my NOT select that stadium. If a team chooses to move into their new park in the same city the old park is considered demolished and no other team may use it from that point on.

A team may NOT move into a park that in a different city because the Dynasty system bases the weather on the park used NOT the city that a team’s label claims it is in. Thus if the Seattle Pilots want to play in Country Stadium they MUST move to Milwaukee

A team may NOT move into a park in the same city that belongs to a future franchise. Example. If the Seattle Pilots choose to remain in Seattle rather than move to Milwaukee they may NOT move into the Kingdome because it is reserved for the Mariners franchise when it becomes available.

Old parks

A team MAY move into an old park from the same city under the following conditions:

  1. The park was once the home park of the franchise OR
  2. The franchise that once owned the park is now located in another city

Examples,

  • In 1971 the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee the Mariners if taken MAY move into Sick Stadium.
  • The Cardinals may move into Sportsman’s park because it was once their old stadium.
  • Both the Yankees and the Mets may move into the Polo Grounds because the park is in NY and both teams were once based there.

Rookies

A “Rookie” is define as any player who did not have a card for the previous season.

A rookie is considered to be part of the team listed on their card regardless of who they actually played their first game for (Dynasty lists cards based on who a player finishes a season with thus any rookie that was traded by an MLB team in his first season will have their card listed for the team they were traded to NOT the team they played their first game with.

All teams retain rights to their rookies prior to the draft and rookies for a franchise are not eligible to be drafted in any expansion draft.

A Rookie becomes a part of a team after said team names their protected players for the draft. They count toward the 40 man roster

Any team that doesn’t want to retain a rookie may release them before the draft to open up a roster spot but once release all rights to said player are surrendered.

Players retained list

All teams may retain a number of players based on their finish in the 1970 season. The players retained list for 1971 has already been posted here: but I’ll repeat it below for convenience

  • World series winner 4 players (Dodgers)
  • World series runner up 5 players (Royals)
  • non-world series Division winners 6 players (A’s, Mets/Daytraders, Orioles)
  • Wild Card Teams Winners that don’t make the series 7 players (Angels, Cubs, Braves)
  • Wild Card game losers 8 players (Senators, Phillies)
  • Non division winning teams with the 5th and 6th best records 9 players (Red Sox Brewers)
  • Non division winning teams with the 7th and 8th best record 10 players (Twins, Indians)
  • Teams with the 4th-6th worst records 11 players (Yankees, Giants, Cardinals)
  • Teams with the worst and 2nd worst record 12  players (Expos, Reds1, Pirates)

1Due to an error during last years Draft the Reds spent a draft pick on a player Boston had rights to. The Reds were given several options for compensation & choose retaining an extra player this season so the Reds will have a max keeper list of 13 players.

NOTE: If a player on your current Roster does not have a card for the next season due to injury, military service etc but WILL the following year a team may choose to retain the rights to said player but will have to spend a protected spot for it and will have to keep a space for him all season.

Example: Rico Carty was out for all of 1971 due to injury. Boston could have decided to hold his rights playing 1971 with 39 players and thus 1972 will hold the rights to Carty. If at any time he chooses to release him Carty will be considered a rookie for Atlanta Rookie because

  1. He had no card the previous year
  2. No team held his rights
  3. His 1972 card says “Atlanta”

Boston choose not to retain so Carty is considered released. Carty’s 1972 cards is with the Braves thus the new Braves owner does not have to put him on the retained list as he is considered a rookie for the team.

The draft order of teams has been posted here and will be repeated below taking into account the possibility of expansion teams. Any team that is not retained will of course not be drafting BUT If a team holds the draft pick of a team that is no longer in the league he will draft those picks as if that team was still in the league in the round that he holds them. Of course with expansion this doesn’t apply this season.

  1. Worst team (12) Montreal Expos (Bad News Bears)
  2. 2nd worst team (12) Pittsburgh Pirates1
  3. 3rd worst team (12) Cincinnati Reds1 (if an expansion team picks only 4 they draft ahead of the Reds)
  4. 4th worst team (11) San Francisco Giants
  5. 5th worst team (11) St Louis Cardinals (if an expansion team picks only 5 they draft ahead of the cards)
  6. 6th worst team (11) New York Yankees
  7. 7th worst team (10) New York Mets (Daytraders) Cleveland Indians (An expansion team that picks only 6 drafts ahead of the tribe)
  8. 8th worst team (10) Minnesota Twins
  9. 9th worst team (9) Milwaukee Brewers2 (An expansion team that picks only 7 picks ahead of the Brew crew)
  10. Best non playoff team (9) Boston Red Sox2 
  11. Wild Card game loser with worst record (8) Philadelphia Phillies (An expansion team that picks only 8 picks ahead of the Phils)
  12. Wild Card game loser with best record (8) Washington Senators
  13. Divisional round loser with the worst record (7) California Angels (An expansion team that picks only 9 picks ahead of the Halos)
  14. Divisional Round loser with the 2nd worst record (7) Atlanta Braves (Red wings)
  15. Divisional Round loser with the 2nd best record (7) Oakland A’s (An Expansion Team that picks only 10 picks Ahead of the A’s)
  16. Divisional Round Loser with best record (7) New York Mets (Daytraders)
  17. Worst Team that made it to the Pennant Series (6) Chicago Cubs
  18. Best team that made it to the Pennant Series (6) Baltimore Orioles
  19. World series loser (5) Kansas City Royals (An expansion team that picks only 11 picks ahead of the Royals)
  20. Word series winner (4) Los Angeles Dodgers Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 12 players pick after LA

NOTES:

  1. The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates had identical records AND were 6-6 head to head the 2nd tiebreaker is previous draft. Pit picked ahead of Cincy and is thus considered “worse” as they had a better start so they get the 3rd pick over the Reds
  2. The Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers had identical records but Boston won the season series 7-5 and the is considered the “better” team.

The first tiebreaker for non-playoff teams with identical records is head to head matchups which is why the Mets draft ahead of Seattle. The 2nd tiebreaker if teams had identical records AND split their season series is draft order for the previous season thus California drafts ahead of StL..

Examples: If the Cubs traded the NYY their 3rd round draft pick last season but are not an active team this year then during round 3 the Yankees would get a pick at spot 17 as if they were.

If two or more expansion teams draft the same number of players their draft position will be determined by a dice roll

When all teams have drafted that will be considered the end of a round and the next round will commence.

Teams will continue to draft in this order until:

  • Their team reaches 35 men OR
  • A team with 25 or more players on their roster voluntarily drops out

Once a team has dropped out of the draft they may not re-enter it and must increase their roster either through trades or waivers.

A Team MUST have at least a 25 man roster before leaving the draft!

Formal & Informal Draft

Draft on designated Draft day(s):

A date and time will be set for the initial rounds of the draft. It will almost certainly be a Saturday or Friday as those are the days I have off. All teams will be expected to be either:

  1. Available in the slack chat room (preferred)
  2. Available by phone
  3. With me in my home at the time of the draft
  4. Have a list of players to be drafted submitted

All current players are presumed to have looked over the card(s) for 1972 online or at least looked up stats by draft day. All expansion teams (if any) encouraged to start doing so at once.

  1. There will be one designated draft day per week.
  2. On a designated draft day a strict 5 minute limit will be allowed to make a pick.
  3. If a team misses their pick will be moved to after the next player on the list who will be considered on the clock and allowed to pick. Example Philadelphia misses their pick and Washington is next, Washington is allowed to pick and Philly picks after them
  4. If a team who has been skipped has to be skipped twice their pick can be made any time before the end of the round. Example Washington is scheduled to pick 10th They miss their pick If they figure out who they want they can make a pick or submit a list any time before the end of the round and that pick will be valid.
  5. If a team that has been skipped has not picked by the end of the round then a pick will be made for them by me. Said pick will be the player from your franchise who played the most games that season based on their card. Example: Boston does not pick or submit a list for round 5 I will look at the Roster for the actual 1972 red sox to see who is available. If Billy Conligiliaro has the most games played among unpicked players he will be Boston draft pick. If Boston already has 6 outfielders that will not matter Billy C becomes the pick.
  6. As soon as a round ends there is ten minute period to update rosters and list and confirm players. During that period Draft day trades may be made as per above.
  7. The opening Scheduled draft days will go on for 100 picks. Other scheduled draft days will be 60 picks. Once the number of picks is reached the clock is turned off
  8. The Formal Draft generally begins at either 11 AM or 1 PM EST to give west coast folk the time to be awake. Be aware of that if you are scheduled to pick

BE AWARE THAT EVEN WITH A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT THAT CAN MEAN 100 MINUTES FOR 20 TEAMS TO PICK IN ONE ROUND. PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO PREPARE FOR THE DRAFT TO CUT DOWN ON THE TIME REQUIRED. The more prepared everyone is the faster things will go.

Picks off the clock and on non-draft days

As soon as the initial draft ends the “informal draft” begins

During the informal draft a team has 24 hours to make a pick. Picks can be submitted in the draft room or via the Dynasty message system or in person if the person picking is local or via the phone to me. If there is an existing list from the formal draft it will be used to continue the informal draft.

Once the pick is made and recorded on the draft sheet and the player moved to the roster I will announce the pick in the slack chat room and inform the person up, the person on deck and the person in the hole to be prepared to pick. Until you see that announcement the pick is not official.

The Informal draft ends when:

  • Round 30 is complete OR
  • The next formal draft begins

The informal draft resumes after any formal draft that doesn’t reach round 30.

Be aware that trading can be made at any time during the informal draft until:

  • round seven is complete
  • 15 minutes before a formal draft that has not completed round 7

IMPORTANT: Once round seven of the draft is complete trading is finished until the end of week 5 of the season.

The season will begin one week after the draft is complete.

Finally be aware that I have a big event coming up Easter week for my 35th anniversary and that the planning and execution of said event might take some of my time.

If you have any questions not covered here please let me know.

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