The 1956 Yankees beat the 2009 Yankees four games to two to improve their record to 43-35. The 2K9 Yankees fell further under .500 at 37-41.

The '56 Yankees won a pair of 12 inning games to start the series. In Game One, Johnny Kucks took a 3-0 no hitter to the 9th inning. Both disappeared as Johnny Damon began the rally with a single, and Nick Swisher finished it with a game-tying three run homerun. The '56 Yankees went back ahead for good in the 12th on a Gil McDougald RBI single for a 4-3 win. In Game Two, Swisher helped the 2K9 Yankees come back late again, this time leading off the 9th with a triple while trailing 1-0. He scored on a Mark Teixera single to send the game again to extras. Once again, the '56 Yankees went back ahead for good thanks to a bases-loaded single by Enos Slaughter for a 3-1 win; it was Slaughter’s fifth hit of the game. The 2K9 Yankees won 7-6 in Game Three after relinquishing a 4-1 lead. The '56 Yankees scored five unanswered runs, capped by a Mickey Mantle two-run homerun in the 7th to give them a 6-4 lead. The 2K9 Yankees came back in the bottom of the inning with three runs on a Hideki Matsui two-run double and a Robinson Cano single to retake the lead for good. The '56 Yankees won Game Four 6-4 in another back-and-forth affair. Jorge Posada gave the 2K Yankees an early 2-0 lead with a homerun. The '56 Yankees came back with two runs in the 3rd and 4th innings to take a 4-2 lead. The 2K9 Yankees scored two in the 7th to tie the game, but Billy Martin gave the '56 Yankees the lead back for good in the 8th with a two-run homer. Damon tried to single-handedly win Game Five for the 2K9 Yankees. He tied the game 2-2 with a two-run homer in the 7th then gave them a 3-2 lead in the 9th on a RBI single. The '56 Yankees came from behind for the win off closer Mariano Rivera with a walk-off pinch hit bases loaded double by Norm Siebern for a 4-3 win. The 2K9 won the final game with a whupping, a 12-2 win in which Cano went 3-4 with two homeruns, four RBI, and three runs scored.

Mantle leads the '56 Yankees in hitting at .302 with 21 homeruns, 55 RBI, 61 runs scored, and a .978 OPS. McDougald is hitting .279 with 51 runs scored. Bill Skowron is hitting .271 with 18 homeruns and 62 runs scored. Yogi Berra is hitting .264 with 11 homeruns, 63 RBI, and 52 runs scored. Whitey Ford leads the pitching staff with an 8-3 record and a 2.34 ERA. Tom Morgan picked up his 10th save with a 1.45 ERA.

Cano leads the 2K9 Yankees in hitting at .296 with 12 homeruns. Posada is hitting .285 with 19 homeruns, 69 RBI, and a .922 OPS. C.C. Sabathia pitched a complete game win to up his record to 10-6 with a 3.57 ERA. Even with the blown save, Rivera is 2-1 with 15 saves and a 1.54 ERA. The 2K9 Yankees will battle with the 37-29 1939 Yankees in the next series.

I did use the 50’s Clarence micro manager. not to inundate the space with tons of numbers but the basics team wise:
Actual/Replay numbers hitting wise Actual/Replay: Ave. .266/267, Runs. 775/774, HR. 221/217, SB. 45/41, RBI. 734/758, BB. 528/525, Hits. 1406/1401, OPS. 777/761. Uncannily accurate!!!

Pitching Actual/Replay: W/L. 91-63. 96/59. ERA. 3.85/3.44, CG. 47/100, K’s. 653/775, HR. 141/132, BB. 458/392, Not nearly as accurate, but still only 5 more wins.

A couple of interesting individual results: Actual/Replay
Klu: AB. 572/574, Ave. 305/302, HR. 39/35, Bi. 102/102. OPS. 914/898. Pretty amazing!!
Robinson: AB. 576/572, Ave. 285/290, HR. 32/38, BI. 99/83, OPS. 895/936
Most of the other hitters were very comparable. I was very impressed with the accuracy of the offensive numbers across the board.

Pitching: Actual/ Replay. Not as accurate in many cases.

Brooks Lawrence. IP. 219/243, W/L. 19/10, 19/10!!!, ERA. 3.99/2.70
Joe Nuxhall. IP. 201/254, W/L. 13-11/. 20-10 ??? ERA. 3.72/3.15
John Klippstein. IP. 211/210. W-L. 12-11. 14-13. ERA. 4.09/3.31
Freeman. IP. 109/131, W-L. 14-5. 7-2, Saves. 18/9, ERA. 3.40/2.74
The other pitchers were also less accurate than the hitters but not ridiculous.

thanks guys

Thanks. I messed up and should have done monthly figuring as games were being played. Oh well.
Just your opinion: i was thinking of 6 team round robin of the best teams from 1950 to present. Thinking: 98 Yanks, 75 Reds, 95 Braves, 72 A’s, 70 O’s, and ??? Some recent Dodger team? 84 Tigers? A Redsox or Cardinal or Pirate team? Whaddya think?

@Tazmanean_Devil Great stuff. I remember being frustrated too… having a key starting pitcher enter the game as a reliever (espy if he thrown a complete game the day before). The day I figured out the purpose of that thumbs up/down icon was a bit of a game-changer…

Exceptionally well-written. Nice job.

Am just curious… when playing with a micro manager (which admittedly, I never do) do you not still have the pre-game option of clicking ‘thumbs down’ on players who are not eligible to play that day? (ie. other starting pitchers, tired relievers, injured players?). Because that’s a great solution whenever I’ve played solitaire games on Autoplay.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy
That works too. Thank you.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy
For additional Information there is an email sent to customer support on 3/4/25 with the title of APBAGO 1950 season replay with the transactions in red are the players whose cards are not where they should be for 1950 replay.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy The replay lineups have problems when player is traded later in the season is not restored back to the team the player began the season with. In the 1950 season almost every player that was sold or claimed on waivers is on the wrong team

Newspaper style boxscore would be great like the old days.

It’s not great.

Is the a way to change the entire replay league to DH with 1 move so I don’t have to do it every game? Is Malcom an better. Pedro is terrible.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy Thank you Jeremy! I hope you have a great new year! Cheers.

Here are the NL Stats & All Stars

NL EAST: Philadelphia Phillies 55-29
NL WEST: Los Angeles Dodgers 55-29

Here are some NL notes:
Batting:
Tim Raines/MTL - .352
Dale Murphy/ATL - .339
Jose Cruz/HOU - .333

HR:
Mike Schmidt/PHI - 30
Dale Murphy/ATL - 25
Darrell Evans/SF - 22

RBI:
Dale Murphy/ATL - 79
Mike Schmidt/PHI - 78
Andre Dawson/MTL - 72

SB:
Tim Raines/MTL - 62
Steve Sax/LA - 52

WINS:
Steve Rogers/MTL - 14-1
John Denny/PHI - 12-3
Charlie Lea/MTL - 12-5

ERA:
Bill Gullickson/MTL - 1.67
John Denny/PHI - 1.80
Altee Hammaker/SF - 1.96

SO:
Nolan Ryan/HOU - 154
Steve Carlton/PHI - 147
Mario Soto/CIN - 130

SV:
Bruce Sutter/STL - 30
Steve Howe/LA - 25
Al Holland/PHI - 21

1983 NL All Stars

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@Nooch66 Awesome!

That is cool! Did you use APBA GO? I am just starting 1984 with Replay option.

Thank you, Jeremy

The All Star Break has arrived. Here are the standings; note: A few teams have played a couple of more games than others because coordinating schedules wasn’t easy. :)

**East Division**

1905 New York Giants 59-19
2019 Washington Nationals 40-38
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 37-40
1969 New York Mets 34-43
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 33-44
1997 Florida Marlins 29-48

**Central/West Division**

1907 Chicago Cubs 45-32
1942 St. Louis Cardinals 43-37
1957 Milwaukee Braves 41-36
1976 Cincinnati Reds 40-38
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 33-44
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 31-46

Obviously, the Central/West Division race is more compelling because the '05 Giants are just ridiculous. They have a team batting average of .309. .309!! Their 521 runs scored are over 100 more than the Big Red Machine of 1976 (394). Either their cards are flawed compared to their actual stats, or they are getting the best run of random computer dice rolls ever. Dan McGann, the current favorite for MVP hit .299 in 1905 with 5 homeruns, 14 triples, 23 doubles, 75 RBI, and a .825 OPS. McGann after 78 games? .375, 10 homeruns, 11 triples, 18 doubles, 97 RBI, 1.033 OPS. Oh and 20 stolen bases too. Good grief. Here are the other All-Stars:

2B: Joe Morgan: .281, 16 HR, 62 RBI, 76 runs scored, 41 steals, 1.000 OPS.

3B: Mike Schmidt: .240, 21 HR, 62 RBI, .891 OPS

SS: Bill Dahlen: .277, 45 RBI, 45 runs scored, 24 SBs

OF: Mike Donlin: .436, 70 RBI, 67 runs scored, 19 stolen bases, 1.046 OPS.

OF: George Foster: .299, 14 HRs, 66 RBI, 46 runs scored, 18 stolen bases.

OF: Henry Aaron: .286, 24 HRs, 61 RBI, 51 RBI, .909 OPS

C: Roger Breshnahan: .318, 78 runs scored, 26 stolen bases.

SP: Johnny Beazley: 11-4, 1.98 ERA, .140 OBA