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JayW UK · 07-06-2025, 01:30 PM

2014 Regular Season

On April 5th 2014, 32,441 spectators gathered at Capitol Field in the Nation’s capital to witness history in the making, the NABL opening day Double Header between Washington Generals and New York Senators. Led by their offense the Generals beat New York twice (7-2 and 4-1) with Ben Douglas becoming the first player in NABL history to hit a Home Run along the way. Washington would go on to challenge for the Atlantic Division title, but eventually a September slump doomed them to finish with a record of 87-75, three games back from Philadelphia and their powerful offense led by C Alaeddin Cobanoglu (38 HR, 106 RBI) and RF Juan Santos (37 HR, 105 RBI). New York would struggle for most of the season and needed a strong September to finish at .500. The fourth team in the division was Boston who, despite injury problems all season long, still managed to reach 75 wins.
The Central division as a whole was poor, with not a single team posting a winning record. Still the race to win the division went down to the wire, with every team within 2 games of the lead going into the last week. Cleveland would emerge victorious with a record of 78-84, beating Detroit (77-85) Chicago (76-86) and Indianapolis (75-87) although given their record, they were not expected to challenge in the Playoffs.
The Southeast Division was a three-way battle for the entire season. Entering the final week Atlanta held a slim one game lead over Miami and were two up on Tampa Bay. A strong week (6 wins including a 3-game sweep of Atlanta) gave the Miami Everglades the division crown with 89 wins. Atlanta held on to second, finishing 87-75 while Tampa Bay finished third with a record of 85-77 even though they owned one of the top offenses in the league powered by stars 2B Jeff Miller (.322, 37 HR, 100 RBI) and SS Mike Fisher (.343, 24 HR, 104 RBI). The New Orleans Blues, despite boasting Outstanding Hitter Award frontrunner, Andrew Parker (.311, 39 HR, 98 RBI + 37 SB), limped home a distant fourth, their record 66-96, a league worst.
Atlanta’s slump in the last week not only cost them the division crown, but allowed Washington to tie their record and force a single game playoff to determine the wildcard entry. The two teams faced off in the eliminator and the Flames slide continued, as they lost 5-2 and missed out on the playoffs entirely. The Eastern league playoff field was set, with Philadelphia, Cleveland and Miami now joined by Washington.

Over in the West only one division race went to the wire, the Southwest, where the Houston Stars (92-70) led by 1B Albert Massey (39 HR, 108 RBI) topped the LF Jesus Acedo (.300, 36 HR, 96 RBI) and Ron Titley (19-5, 2.82 ERA) led Phoenix Eagles by one game. Phoenix had to settle for the Wild Card spot while the other two teams from the division, Las Vegas and Dallas, were well off the pace and came in at 73 and 68 wins respectively.
The Midwest division was the domain of the Oklahoma City Outlaws with star duo, LF Benjamin Wetherby (.251, 43 HR, 107 RBI) and Jake Lowrey (.282, 41 HR, 97 RBI) providing plenty of offense and ace pitcher Juan Delgado (18-5, 2.34 ERA) topping a strong pitching staff, OKC wrapped up the division by the middle of September and finished with the best record in the Western League at 94-68. Denver (86-76) pipped Minneapolis (84-78) to second while the Kansas City Tornadoes were a distant fourth with only 71 wins.
Led by outstanding LF Warren Dyer (.382, 10 HR, 87 RBI, 54 SB) Sanfrancisco (87-75) were the only team to post a winning record in the Pacific division. Everyone else finished below .500 Los Angeles and San Diego (79-83) were tied for second in the division while the Seattle Pioneers, after the loss of star catcher Alberto Ruiz to a season ending knee injury, eventually fell away and equalled Dallas with just 68 wins for the joint worst record in the Western League.

07-06-2025, 01:30 PM	#4
JayW UK Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2019 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 176	2014 Regular Season On April 5th 2014, 32,441 spectators gathered at Capitol Field in the Nation’s capital to witness history in the making, the NABL opening day Double Header between Washington Generals and New York Senators. Led by their offense the Generals beat New York twice (7-2 and 4-1) with Ben Douglas becoming the first player in NABL history to hit a Home Run along the way. Washington would go on to challenge for the Atlantic Division title, but eventually a September slump doomed them to finish with a record of 87-75, three games back from Philadelphia and their powerful offense led by C Alaeddin Cobanoglu (38 HR, 106 RBI) and RF Juan Santos (37 HR, 105 RBI). New York would struggle for most of the season and needed a strong September to finish at .500. The fourth team in the division was Boston who, despite injury problems all season long, still managed to reach 75 wins. The Central division as a whole was poor, with not a single team posting a winning record. Still the race to win the division went down to the wire, with every team within 2 games of the lead going into the last week. Cleveland would emerge victorious with a record of 78-84, beating Detroit (77-85) Chicago (76-86) and Indianapolis (75-87) although given their record, they were not expected to challenge in the Playoffs. The Southeast Division was a three-way battle for the entire season. Entering the final week Atlanta held a slim one game lead over Miami and were two up on Tampa Bay. A strong week (6 wins including a 3-game sweep of Atlanta) gave the Miami Everglades the division crown with 89 wins. Atlanta held on to second, finishing 87-75 while Tampa Bay finished third with a record of 85-77 even though they owned one of the top offenses in the league powered by stars 2B Jeff Miller (.322, 37 HR, 100 RBI) and SS Mike Fisher (.343, 24 HR, 104 RBI). The New Orleans Blues, despite boasting Outstanding Hitter Award frontrunner, Andrew Parker (.311, 39 HR, 98 RBI + 37 SB), limped home a distant fourth, their record 66-96, a league worst. Atlanta’s slump in the last week not only cost them the division crown, but allowed Washington to tie their record and force a single game playoff to determine the wildcard entry. The two teams faced off in the eliminator and the Flames slide continued, as they lost 5-2 and missed out on the playoffs entirely. The Eastern league playoff field was set, with Philadelphia, Cleveland and Miami now joined by Washington. Over in the West only one division race went to the wire, the Southwest, where the Houston Stars (92-70) led by 1B Albert Massey (39 HR, 108 RBI) topped the LF Jesus Acedo (.300, 36 HR, 96 RBI) and Ron Titley (19-5, 2.82 ERA) led Phoenix Eagles by one game. Phoenix had to settle for the Wild Card spot while the other two teams from the division, Las Vegas and Dallas, were well off the pace and came in at 73 and 68 wins respectively. The Midwest division was the domain of the Oklahoma City Outlaws with star duo, LF Benjamin Wetherby (.251, 43 HR, 107 RBI) and Jake Lowrey (.282, 41 HR, 97 RBI) providing plenty of offense and ace pitcher Juan Delgado (18-5, 2.34 ERA) topping a strong pitching staff, OKC wrapped up the division by the middle of September and finished with the best record in the Western League at 94-68. Denver (86-76) pipped Minneapolis (84-78) to second while the Kansas City Tornadoes were a distant fourth with only 71 wins. Led by outstanding LF Warren Dyer (.382, 10 HR, 87 RBI, 54 SB) Sanfrancisco (87-75) were the only team to post a winning record in the Pacific division. Everyone else finished below .500 Los Angeles and San Diego (79-83) were tied for second in the division while the Seattle Pioneers, after the loss of star catcher Alberto Ruiz to a season ending knee injury, eventually fell away and equalled Dallas with just 68 wins for the joint worst record in the Western League.