I have never totally recorded detailed fielding statistics for a replay. The number of putouts and assists and the work required to compile these (at least for me) is overwhelming and would make a replay seem like work, not play. There are, however, selected fielding stats that are easy to…
As we drove to Cooperstown for this year’s Induction Weekend, I asked my wife and daughter who they thought would be best represented in upstate New York. We thought the Tigers would have a good showing because Michigan is within driving distance and two Detroit players were being inducted.…
The following comes from Stray Corrado. Good luck in finding a manager, guys! –Tom The Mid-West Winter League has at least two OPEN TEAMS. We are completing the 1994 Strike shortened Season & will soon turn our attention to 1995. Do the following statements describe you? Passionate about the…
Let me tell you a story about Don Smith and his Illowa APBA League team, the Molly Putts Marauders. Don and his Marauders came to the cabin by the lake to play my Twin City Thunderchickens while I visited my mom last weekend (I’m glad Mom didn’t witness the thrashing…
Winning the Triple Crown is one of Major League baseball’s rarest hitting feats. Depending on what list you reference, it’s only been accomplished 15 to 18 times. Nonetheless, winning the Triple Crown makes for a great APBA card. Over the next few months, I’d like to explore these 18…
Discovering APBA in the 1980s, I had the good fortune of rolling for Tim Raines’s peak APBA cards. Consistently filled with 11s, 10s, and 14*s, Raines was so much more than a poor man’s Rickey Henderson. It’s interesting that for a five year stretch (1983-1987), Raines was more valuable…
The final feature incorporated into the Fielding Range Chart is Dropped Throws on Stealing Tags. This is another feature that saves flipping through the pages to the right page in the booklet. Fielding Range Chart features dropped throws by 2b and SS. The other positions are also listed, but…
June 21 has been an odd date in my 1966 NL replay (Basic Game, actual lineups and rotations, actual games played). Two games in particular stand out. Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati Perhaps spurred on by the hot Braves who are right behind them in the standings, Pittsburgh put their foot down…
APBA Blog reader Martin posed a question: I have a question: According to Zach’s handbook, the 1912 GTOP VOL.2 New York Giants Christy Mathewson has an AYZZ (310 IP 34W). Yet, The 1902 Pirates GTOP Vol.3 has; Tannehill 231IP 25W, Phillippe 272 IP 26W!!!, Leever 221 IP 31W as AYZ,…
In a group text, fellow Illowa League member Dennis Jennings noted that Tony Cloninger passed away last week. I didn’t see Cloninger pitch in real life but I still felt a twinge of sadness. As a CYW, Cloninger is a workhorse starter for the Atlanta Braves in my 1966 NL…