Just how good is Juan Marichal performing in my 1966 NL replay? Well, he just hurled a 4-hit shutout against the Cardinals on June 29th, 1966 and his league leading Hits/9 IP actually went UP to 3.7. It was Marichal’s eighth shutout of the year, also leading the NL. His…
Rob Wyks has come up with a pretty original idea for an APBA Baseball tournament. Date: Sunday, Nov 10, 2019 Location: 1393 Russell Branch, Leesburg, Va 20175 Time: 0830 Cost:20$ It takes place on Veterans Day so each team may pick an extra player as long as he’s an official…
Scott Fennessy had a question about Excel… Hi Tom,Since you seem to be in a mood to show off your excel skills lately I have a simple challenge for you. In my personal stat sheets I use decimal points for my innings pitched counts. (i.e. 1.2, 4.1, etc.) What I…
In just a few weeks, I’ll be participating in Rob Spatz’ Chicagoland Summer APBA Tournament. By my count, there are a total of 42 participants this time around. Looking at the roster of fine APBA luminaries (posted below), it looks like Rob has me pitted against my APBA mentor in…
Warning: this article will contain some EXTREME Excel nerdiness. Read at your own risk: Darren Schulz’s email about Games Back (which I posted about yesterday) came right as I was making improvements to my own Excel set up for my 1966 NL replay. For years, my standings page had the…
Yesterday, I received an email from LBS tourney organizer Darren Schulz asking me an Excel question. Tom,Hope this email finds you doing well. I have been running through various statistical blogs on your site in hopes to find a way to get a formula to work for Games Back in…
This year, I drafted rookie infielder Joey Wendle in the Illowa APBA League. So far, he’s doing well. He’s hitting .304 in 148 at-bats while scoring 17 runs and driving in 23. As you can see, Wendle’s APBA card has power numbers 0-6-6 with a 22-7 and a 15-11. Most…
For those wanting some fun Memorial Weekend reading, the Transcontinental Baseball League has just released its 2019 TBL Annual publication. Subtitled “The Rebuild“, the Annual can be read at the TBL website here. As usual, Walter Hunt, Robert Jordan and Mark Bloom have done a great job with this. It…
I have been kinda AWOL lately and I do apologize. As usual, my time in the spring has been taken up with the Illinois Baseball Report. The Illini season is winding to end soon (I will find out for sure at Monday’s NCAA Selection Show). Regardless, I will have more…
I don’t think I have seen this on an APBA card before. Rod Caborn sent this submission of Ed Porray’s 1914 card. It may take a minute or two to find the quirk here. Rod helps us out here: I am not sure where one would categorize the attached card…