The 1907 Cubs won six of their seven games this week to widen their lead in the Central/West Division over the 1957 Milwaukee Braves at three games. In their four game series with the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cubs won Game One 4-2. Orval Overall struck out nine on the mound and hit a homer and drove in three runs at the plate. The Cubs scored nine runs in the 8th and 9th innings to win Game Two 10-4. Their only loss was in the final game of the series as Bruce Kison led the Pirates to a 9-2 win with a complete game along with two hits and two RBI. The Cubs swept the 1997 Florida Marlins in their next series. Overall struck out 12 in his start, an 8-2 win; Joe Tinker drove in five RBI in the game. They bludgeoned the Marlins in the finale 18-0; The Cubs had 22 hits.Chick Fraser pitched a two-hit shutout. Every player had a hit and either a run scored or RBI; Frank Chance went 4-5 with a triple, two steals, four runs scored and five RBI. Here are the standings with one more week until the All Star break:

East Division

1905 New York Giants 53-19
2019 Washington Nationals 36-36
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 35-36
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 30-41
1969 New York Mets 30-41
1997 Florida Marlins 27-44

Central/West Division

1907 Chicago Cubs 42-29
1957 Milwaukee Brewers 39-32
1942 St. Louis Cardinals 39-34
1976 Cincinnati Reds 37-34
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 30-41
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 30-41

The Marlins continue to struggle mightily, but they pulled off a dramatic 7-6 comeback win over the 1905 Giants when Gary Sheffield and Charles Johnson hit back-to-back homeruns in the 9th off Christy Mathewson who was trying to close the game. The Giants came back to win the next game 14-3 despite pitcher Red Ames walking nine batters. The Giants stole seven bases and every starter either scored or drove in a run. They stole seven more bases in the final game of that series, a 12-2 blowout. Ron Fairly hit two dingers for the 1963 Dodgers to lead them to a 5-2 win over the 1976 Reds; one of them was a go-ahead blast in the 8th. The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks blew out the 1969 Mets 11-3 in a game where every starter had a hit and either scored or drove in a run. The Diamondbacks won in more dramatic fashion in the final game of that series 3-1 on a Luis Gonzalez walk-off two-run homerun. The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies had 18 hits against the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals in a 8-1 win. Later in the series, Larry Christenson got the win on the mound and hit a three-run homer at the plate in a 7-5 win. In a scheduling quirk, the 1957 Braves played the 2019 Washington Nationals seven times this week in Milwaukee. Joe Adcock hit two homeruns for the Braves in a 7-5 win. The Nationals came back in the next game to win 16-2; Kurt Suzuki hit two homeruns, including a grand slam and had nine RBI. The 1963 Dodgers beat the 2001 Diamondbacks 2-1 in 12 innings after Jim Gilliam tied the game in the ninth with a solo homerun off Randy Johnson to send it to extras. Fairly then hit a walk-off double in the 12th. The 1976 Cincinnati Reds beat the 1969 Mets 3-2 in a game that went back-and-forth at the end; The Mets took a 2-1 lead in the 9th on a Ken Boswell two-run double, but the Reds came back in the bottom of the inning off closer Tug McGraw on a two-out pinch hit RBI double by Don Werner followed by a walk-off single by Pete Rose. Dave Parker hit two homeruns and drove in five runs to lead the 1979 Pirates to a 6-4 win over the 1942 Cardinals. Pitcher Jim Bibby hit two doubles and a homer and drove in three RBI in the next game as the Pirates won 7-4. Stan Musial thwarted a sweep in the three game series for the Cardinals when he hit a three-run walk-off homer down 2-0 for a 3-2 win. Here are the hitting leaders:

Batting Average

Mike Donlin (NYG) .435
Dan McGann (NYG) .375
Sam Mertes (NYG) .315
Roger Breshnahan (NYG) .313
George Foster (CIN) .302

Homeruns

Willie Stargell (PIT) 25
Henry Aaron (MIL) 22
Mike Schmidt (PHI) 19
Anthony Rendon (WAS) 17
Luis Gonzalez (AZ) 16
Dave Parker (PIT) 16
Eddie Matthews (MIL) 16
Joe Morgan (CIN) 16

RBI

Dan McGann (NYG) 88
Sam Mertes (NYG) 66
Mike Donlin (NYG) 63
Willie Stargell (PIT) 62
Mike Schmidt (PHI) 60

OPS

Mike Donlin (NYG) 1.042
Dan McGann (NYG) 1.040
Joe Morgan (CIN) 1.014
Willie Stargell (PIT) .966
Henry Aaron (MIL) .895

There were several pitching gems thrown this week. Jerry Koosman pitched a four-hit shutout for the 1969 Mets in a 10-0 win over the 2001 Diamondbacks. Johnny Beazley pitched a two-hitter for the 1942 Cardinals over the 1980 Phillies in a 5-0 victory. Sandy Koufax struck out 13 Diamondbacks in a 5-2 win for the 1963 Dodgers. Here are the pitching leaders:

ERA

Mort Cooper (STL) 1.96
Johnny Beazley (STL) 2.04
Jack Pfiester (CHI) 2.05
Jerry Koosman (NYM) 2.19
Max Scherzer (WAS) 2.32

Strikeouts

Sandy Koufax (LA) 124
Steve Carlton (PHI) 118
Max Scherzer (WAS) 108
Red Ames (NYG) 105
Randy Johnson (AZ) 101
Steven Strasburg (WAS) 101

The 1999 Yankees won five of their six games over the 1952 Yankees to move back over .500 at 16-14. The 1952 Yankees fell to 9-15.

The '99 Yankees won Game One 3-1 thanks to a bizarre moment; Derek Jeter got ejected in the 5th inning arguing balls and strikes while batting with the bases loaded. Alfonso Siriano took his place and hit a bases clearing double to give the '99 Yankees all the runs they would need in that game. Jeter helped the '99 Yankees to a walkoff 4-3 win by legging out a fielder’s choice that foiled an attempted double play, resulting in the winning run. After bashing the '52 Yankees 12-3 in Game Three, the '99 Yankees won their fourth straight game 3-2. Darrell Strawberry hit a two-out, two-run pinch hit double in the 7th to take the lead. The '52 Yankees won their only game 7-3 in Game Five before losing the last game of the series 4-3.

Ricky Ledee became the new team leader in batting for the '99 Yankees at .298 after Jeter slumped in this series to drop to .297. Chuck Knoblauch leads the team in runs scored with 30 while hitting .271. Bernie Williams continues to blast dingers with three more in this series to give him 10 on the season and nine RBI to give him 30 for the season. Orlando Hernandez won his lone start to boost his record to 3-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.00. Mariano Rivera blew a save but saved several others to give him nine in 14 appearances with a 2.21 ERA.

Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer continue to rip it at the plate, hitting .366 and .352 respectively. Mantle and Gene Woodling lead the team in runs scored with 20. Joe Collins leads the team in homers (6) and RBI (26) while hitting .281. Allie Reynolds has been stellar in his five starts at 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA. The rest of the starting five has struggled: Eddie Lopat 5.44 ERA, Vic Raschi 5.81 ERA, Bill Miller 7.00, Johnny Sain 7.82 ERA. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1947 Yankees in the next series.

I like it. Keep us posted. I know what you’re saying about three playoff teams vs two. But I think you’ll appreciate how many more games will still be relevant late in your season. And a short 2vs3 playoff will be fun as well…

How did you enjoy 1908? All games played or autoplay?

AL Standings:
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NL Standings:
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Pirate Bats Come Alive, Trounce Cards 10-1
Pittsburgh is 1-2 on the year. Wagner goes 4-5 with 4 RBI. Phillippe throws 9 innings and gives up 0 earned runs while going 3-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI.

Hello,

I created some steps to help me replay the Rays 2022 season using the collections feature and wanted to share my results. It does require a little work upfront, but it is worth it.

Goals:

Record stats for individual gameplay with the capability of adding notes and real-life results data. Roll up individual game data into a season bucket (Collection). Be able to retrieve any given game by the actual sked date.

Note: You’ll need access to Excel or a spreadsheet to import comma-delimited data. These instructions do not cover the Excel instructions.

I will replay the Rays 2022 season on APBA GO for this example.

Navigate to retrosheet.org and download the 2022 game log data file. Import the file into Excel. I only used the first 13 fields in the dataset – they are described below. Filter for TPA or your team’s 2022 schedule
a. I used the following columns but use what you want.
i. Date, Game #, Day, Visiting team, VT League, VT game #, Home team, HT League, HT game #, VT team score, HT score, # of outs and Day/Night indicator.
b. Save your Excel file. Navigate to APBAGO Create a collection called 2022 Season Replay – TB Rays Create a collection for single gameplay. I added the actual game date and scores to the collection description. This is a copy-and-paste function from the retrosheet excel file to the collection description field. You can add game notes in the description area. Play a solitaire or micromanager game. Upon completing the game, assign your game to the 2022 season replay collection and the individually named game day collection.

I hope this helps anyone trying to organize their gameplay using APBA GO.

Regards,
Sean - RaysFan

@alecotto75 What you provided was kind of what I was expecting as far as game play goes, but what about administration … things like league set-up, reports (standings, league leaders, team and player reports).

I mean I will end up writing a detailed document on all the steps I went through to get my replay started, but that won’t be for another six months (after I finish my BBW 1920 replay). I am just doing some scouting right now.

Thanks again,

rlm

I agree but hopefully the owner of APBA has plans to further develop GO more and more.

Something like League Manager in Go would be amazing.

Thanks. I am going to start a single team replay (as played) with the 1901 Pirates. It will be fun to research the past and learn more baseball history while exploring the dead ball era. I am going to use APBA GO’s collections feature to keep all stats, etc.

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC Final

Can’t match Ohtani vs. Trout but I did have a thrilling finale for my tournament.

The Dominican Republic, on a roll since its stunning opening game loss to Israel, faced USA Metro, fresh off an upset win over USA West in the U.S. bracket. Johnny Cueto on the hill for the DR with Metro calling on steady southpaw John Tudor.

Metro got on the board in the second with Craig Biggio doubling home Rico Petrocelli.

Back-to-back doubles by Manny Ramirez and Vladimir Guerrero evened things in the top of the fourth.

The bottom of the fourth got wacky. Alex Rodriguez led off with a double and Petrocelli singled him home. Ken Singleton walked to put runners at first and second. Cueto proceeded to hit THREE straight batters — Biggio, Derek Jeter and Mike Trout) to force in two more runs giving Metro a 4-1 lead.

Things stayed quiet until the ninth when David Ortiz hit a three-run homer off Orel Hershiser to tie the game. Pedro Martinez retired Metro 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning to send the game into extras.

In the bottom of the tenth with one out, Singleton blasted a home run to right giving USA Metro the WBC Championship. Singleton hit .476 with 3 HRs and five RBI in the tournament and was named MVP for his heroics, edging out USA West’s Jeff Kent (.348-4-10) and the DR’s Ortiz (.250-4-9).

Hiroki Kuroda of Asia threw the most scoreless innings (14), six pitchers recorded two wins (including Metro’s Hershsier and John Candelaria), Joaquin Benoit of the DR posted the most saves (2) and Fernando Valenzuela of Mexico led all pitchers with 17 strikeouts.

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@jtmiller Trying to replay the 1973 and 1986 Mets. Doing it pretty close to you and taking some ideas. Trying to stay as true as possible with the relievers. I use the actual starters and try very hard to use relivers as used. If auto play, they use Tom Seaver to close (He is some closer!). I have not gone crazy with traded players I just use someone similar. However if a regular starting position player is out that game I am sure to keep him out of the lineup, even if a traded player replaced him that day.

I am particularly interested in the 73 Mets. They were a true Cinderella story and it will be interesting to see how tings pan out statistically. I am seeing already the 86 Mets are very good. Playoffs would be quite interesting since both series Astros (SORRY) and Red Sox you can argue could have easily gone the other way.

How are you going about the replay? Is every team playing every game or are you playing one team or a smaller sample?

also the stats count for players in rain outs regardless of innings played in rained out game

@Isotopecrunch not surprised. There are some monster cards in that season. Have fun. If ya need a partner to roll some of those tedious games gimme a shout I’d be willing

@NailsEastNashville I didn’t replay the playoffs. Might do that in the future. Currently replaying the 1994 NL & AL season.

You ever get this project up and running?

@rbstrat115 Yes.

First step is that you will both need to purchase the “Custom Team” option which would let you create your Franchise All-Star Teams. You would also need to purchase the teams from which you want to build your rosters. Depending on how far back you want to go, you may want to get the subscription which gives you access to all the card sets that are available on APBAGo. Otherwise, you would need to purchase all the teams or seasons containing the players you are looking to use. Unfortunately, there is no ‘share’ option so you each would need to purchase the seasons. Keep in mind that if you choose the subscription and decide later to give it up, you would lose the players on your rosters.