RoyalsBlue Historical Replay 1901-2006

RoyalsBlue · 02-09-2008, 05:59 PM

Well, I just finished simming through 2006 using Gambo's db. The only settings that I changed was to make it as no recalc and to have the players be drafted rather than sent to their "real-life" teams.

The Yankees and Cardinals have the most playoff appearances at 25, however the Yanks only have 5 championships in comparison to the Cardinals 11.

The Phillies and Dodgers are tied for second in championships won with 10. In fact, the Dodgers had one of the most impressive runs from 1965 through 1974 with 6 championships in 8 total appearances in the decade, winning 5 consecutive from 1966 through 1970.

Individually, there are several outstanding hitters and pitchers. The hitting award was named in honor of Ted Williams and the pitching award named after Kid Nichols.

Ted Williams -(1935-1962) held both the alltime hits (4160) and homerun (733) records until recently when Hal Morris (4371) and Mark McGwire (1010) broke them in convincing fashion.

Kid Nichols - (1890-1905) stills holds the alltime wins (348) even though Frank Lary (342) tried to match. The closest active pitchers are Kenny Rogers (305) and Joel Davis (303) but they're both entering their 25th season.

That's just a little start as I'm still looking at the stats and stuff, trying to really decide where to start. If anyone wants to know about their favorites, just let me know!

RoyalsBlue · 02-13-2008, 10:22 PM

1901

The American League race was so tight that the 140 game regular season wasn't enough to determine the winner as the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox finished the season tied at 77-63, forcing a one game playoff that was won by the Tigers.

The Tigers pitchers were led by Rookie of the Year winner Ed Siever, who racked up 19 wins to go with a 3.02 ERA in 271 innings. Offensively it was left fielder Doc Nance whose 83 rbis led the Tigers and kept the offense humming throughout the season

The National League didn't have the intrigue of a single game playoff as the Phillies outran their Pennsylvania rival Pirates by a six game margin and a major league best 91-49 record.

Again, like the Tigers, the Phillies were led by a rookie hurler as Doc White notched 24 wins to pace the Philadelphia pitching staff. All told however, the Phils notched 3 20+ game winners in White, Red Donohue (20), and Bill Duggleby (20). On the offense, right fielder Elmer Fick had a team leading 8 HR's and 65 rbi to pace the attack.

World Series - Philadelphia 4 Detroit 1

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Accomplishments
6 hits - Klondike Douglas - 9/7: St. Louis vs San Francisco
Cycle - Wid Conroy - 5/18: Baltimore vs Chicago
20 wins - Roger Denzer - Washington/New York: 20-10
         - Red Donahue - Philadelphia: 20-14
         - Bill Duggleby - Philadelphia: 20-10
         - Harry Howell - Baltimore: 20-14
         - Bill Phillips - Cincinnati: 21-10
         - Jesse Tannehill - Pittsburgh: 22-12
         - Rube Waddell - Pittsburgh: 27-8
         - Doc White - Philadelphia: 24-11
         - Stan Yerkes - Baltimore: 20-14

Milestones
04/19 - Joe Kelley - 1000 runs scored
05/04 - George S Davis - 1000 rbi
06/06 - George Van Haltren - 2000 hits
08/14 - Billy Hamilton - 1500 runs scored
08/24 - Patsy Donovan - 1000 runs scored
09/17 - Cy Young - 300 wins

30+ game hitting streaks
thru 07/22 - Sam Dungan : 31 games
thru 09/08 - John Anderson : 36 games

Award Winners
AL ROY - Ed Siever
AL POY - Harry Howell
AL BOY - Nap Lajoie

NL ROY - Doc White
NL POY - Rube Waddell
NL BOY - Sam Crawford

Exodor · 02-14-2008, 02:13 PM

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That's just a little start as I'm still looking at the stats and stuff, trying to really decide where to start. If anyone wants to know about their favorites, just let me know!

So how did the Royals do??

RoyalsBlue · 02-14-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Exodor

So how did the Royals do??

Well, the Royals haven't made it to the playoffs quite as often as they did IRL, but they do have the same number of World Series championships with 1, after defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2 in 1996. In fact, KC downed the Blue Jays (3-2) and the Yankees (4-1) on their way to the Series.

Overall, the Royals have only made it to the postseason five times (1986. 1996, 1997, 2003 & 2004) and making it to the Series also in 2003 (losing to the Phillies.) Hmm, shades of 1980 IRL.

The 3000 hit club includes a pair of Royals in Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes (3201) and Scott Cooper (3132). Both have been with KC for their entire careers starting in 1985.

Rhodes has 613 2b's, 606 HR's and 2009 rbi's in his 22 year career. Just think, that's including his missing the entire 1993 season with a herniated disc in his back! In fact, Tuffy has 9 of the top 10 single season slugging percentages in Royals history. He is this sim's version of George Brett for the Royals.

Pitching-wise, the Royals big winner has been Vern Ruhle (190-182) but he never cracked the 20 win barrier for KC. The Royals have only seen 5 20-game winners in their history (Greg Maddux 3 times, Roger Nelson once, Denny Neagle once).

Several RL notable names have been part of the Royals history, such as Tony Gwynn, Mike Schmidt, and Edgar Martinez.

Tony Gwynn was drafted by the Royals, but only played through the 1986 season before moving on to the cross-state rival Cardinals, then onto the SF Giants after the 1990 season.
KC STATS : .349/392/.473 - 1274 H, 221 2B, 28 3B, 59 HR, 460 RBI, 93 SB

Mike Schmidt was originally drafted by the Brewers in 1970 but came to the Royals as a free agent prior to the 78 season. Mike solidified the hot corner for about a decade before finishing his career with the Phillies.
KC STATS : .297/.438/.546 - 1424 H, 239 2B, 28 3B, 298 HR, 940 RBI

Edgar Martinez was another draft pick by the Royals (3rd overall in 1982) and stayed with the team for 10 years, collecting the Ted Williams award in 1990, before moving on to greener pastures (i.e. huge paycheck) in Pittsburgh, and finishing out his career in Cleveland and Boston.
KC STATS : .302/.400/.489 - 1754 H, 336 2B, 34 3B, 228 HR, 864 RBI

Kelric · 02-15-2008, 07:28 PM

Hal Morris of all people?!

RoyalsBlue · 02-16-2008, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelric

Hal Morris of all people?!

That was pretty much my reaction when I saw it too, Kelric. Hal Morris is beloved in Wrigleyville as he's been with the Cubs since being drafted 32nd overall in the 1985 draft.

Hal also has the top two individual single season hits record at 271 (1994) and 266 (1993), topping the 256 that Lou Gehrig put together in 1926 for the White Sox. In fact, in Hal's first five major league seasons he totalled 1062 hits. Then during another 7 year stretch from 1992 through 1998, he racked up another 1,719 hits. Out of his 21 season career, Morris has topped the 200 hit mark a remarkable 13 times and had 180 or more another 5 times.

RoyalsBlue · 02-16-2008, 05:41 PM

1902

Again there was a tight race down to the final day (and beyond) but this time it was in the NL as the Phillies made a bid to be the first repeat NL champs, but came up short in the one game playoff as the Cincinnati Reds made their first trip to the Series against the AL champion Washington Senators.

The Senators were led offensively in the regular season by 1B Tim Jordan and C Clarence Williams who both had 68 rbi's, and Williams paced the team with 5 hr's. Pitching-wise, the Sens had 4 pitchers with at least 14 wins, topped by 18 game winner Case Patten, a 6' southpaw hailing from Westport, Connecticut. Unfortunately Patten suffered a broken elbow late in the season and never regained his form, and ultimately left the game wondering what if!

The Reds on the other hand, were led by a trio of offensive studs in Jake Beckley, Sam Crawford (NL MVP), and Patsy Dougherty. All three men had at least 74 rbi's and 150 hits to pace their NL leading offense. Crawford even tied with Chicago's Topsy Hartsel for the NL lead in homers with 10. On the pitching side of things, Noodles Hahn was clearly the team's ace with 21 wins (second only to Philly's Deacon Phillippe with 22) and 176 strikeouts (second to only the Cubs Chief Bender's 178).

World Series - Washington 4 Cincinnati 2

02-09-2008, 05:59 PM	#1
RoyalsBlue Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Section 406, Row A, Seat 1 Posts: 375	RoyalsBlue Historical Replay 1901-2006 Well, I just finished simming through 2006 using Gambo's db. The only settings that I changed was to make it as no recalc and to have the players be drafted rather than sent to their "real-life" teams. The Yankees and Cardinals have the most playoff appearances at 25, however the Yanks only have 5 championships in comparison to the Cardinals 11. The Phillies and Dodgers are tied for second in championships won with 10. In fact, the Dodgers had one of the most impressive runs from 1965 through 1974 with 6 championships in 8 total appearances in the decade, winning 5 consecutive from 1966 through 1970. Individually, there are several outstanding hitters and pitchers. The hitting award was named in honor of Ted Williams and the pitching award named after Kid Nichols. Ted Williams -(1935-1962) held both the alltime hits (4160) and homerun (733) records until recently when Hal Morris (4371) and Mark McGwire (1010) broke them in convincing fashion. Kid Nichols - (1890-1905) stills holds the alltime wins (348) even though Frank Lary (342) tried to match. The closest active pitchers are Kenny Rogers (305) and Joel Davis (303) but they're both entering their 25th season. That's just a little start as I'm still looking at the stats and stuff, trying to really decide where to start. If anyone wants to know about their favorites, just let me know! Last edited by RoyalsBlue; 02-09-2008 at 06:03 PM.

02-13-2008, 10:22 PM	#2
RoyalsBlue Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Section 406, Row A, Seat 1 Posts: 375	1901 The American League race was so tight that the 140 game regular season wasn't enough to determine the winner as the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox finished the season tied at 77-63, forcing a one game playoff that was won by the Tigers. The Tigers pitchers were led by Rookie of the Year winner Ed Siever, who racked up 19 wins to go with a 3.02 ERA in 271 innings. Offensively it was left fielder Doc Nance whose 83 rbis led the Tigers and kept the offense humming throughout the season The National League didn't have the intrigue of a single game playoff as the Phillies outran their Pennsylvania rival Pirates by a six game margin and a major league best 91-49 record. Again, like the Tigers, the Phillies were led by a rookie hurler as Doc White notched 24 wins to pace the Philadelphia pitching staff. All told however, the Phils notched 3 20+ game winners in White, Red Donohue (20), and Bill Duggleby (20). On the offense, right fielder Elmer Fick had a team leading 8 HR's and 65 rbi to pace the attack. World Series - Philadelphia 4 Detroit 1 Code: Accomplishments 6 hits - Klondike Douglas - 9/7: St. Louis vs San Francisco Cycle - Wid Conroy - 5/18: Baltimore vs Chicago 20 wins - Roger Denzer - Washington/New York: 20-10 - Red Donahue - Philadelphia: 20-14 - Bill Duggleby - Philadelphia: 20-10 - Harry Howell - Baltimore: 20-14 - Bill Phillips - Cincinnati: 21-10 - Jesse Tannehill - Pittsburgh: 22-12 - Rube Waddell - Pittsburgh: 27-8 - Doc White - Philadelphia: 24-11 - Stan Yerkes - Baltimore: 20-14 Milestones 04/19 - Joe Kelley - 1000 runs scored 05/04 - George S Davis - 1000 rbi 06/06 - George Van Haltren - 2000 hits 08/14 - Billy Hamilton - 1500 runs scored 08/24 - Patsy Donovan - 1000 runs scored 09/17 - Cy Young - 300 wins 30+ game hitting streaks thru 07/22 - Sam Dungan : 31 games thru 09/08 - John Anderson : 36 games Award Winners AL ROY - Ed Siever AL POY - Harry Howell AL BOY - Nap Lajoie NL ROY - Doc White NL POY - Rube Waddell NL BOY - Sam Crawford

02-15-2008, 07:28 PM	#5
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Hal Morris of all people?!

02-16-2008, 05:41 PM	#7
RoyalsBlue Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Section 406, Row A, Seat 1 Posts: 375	1902 Again there was a tight race down to the final day (and beyond) but this time it was in the NL as the Phillies made a bid to be the first repeat NL champs, but came up short in the one game playoff as the Cincinnati Reds made their first trip to the Series against the AL champion Washington Senators. The Senators were led offensively in the regular season by 1B Tim Jordan and C Clarence Williams who both had 68 rbi's, and Williams paced the team with 5 hr's. Pitching-wise, the Sens had 4 pitchers with at least 14 wins, topped by 18 game winner Case Patten, a 6' southpaw hailing from Westport, Connecticut. Unfortunately Patten suffered a broken elbow late in the season and never regained his form, and ultimately left the game wondering what if! The Reds on the other hand, were led by a trio of offensive studs in Jake Beckley, Sam Crawford (NL MVP), and Patsy Dougherty. All three men had at least 74 rbi's and 150 hits to pace their NL leading offense. Crawford even tied with Chicago's Topsy Hartsel for the NL lead in homers with 10. On the pitching side of things, Noodles Hahn was clearly the team's ace with 21 wins (second only to Philly's Deacon Phillippe with 22) and 176 strikeouts (second to only the Cubs Chief Bender's 178). World Series - Washington 4 Cincinnati 2