Rodney Woodward updates us on his 2013 Master Game replay

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Rodney Woodward emailed me to update us on his Master Game replay of the 2013 season.  He’s one-third finished.

First, here are the standings:

 

Team W L WP% GB BA ERA
Atlanta Braves 34 20 .630 .245 3.15
Washington Nationals 27 26 .509 6.5 .244 3.83
Philadelphia Phillies 24 28 .462 9 .238 4.10
New York 24 29 .453 9.5 .243 3.68
Miami Marlins 18 36 .333 16 .218 4.30
127 139 .477 .238 3.81
Team W L WP% GB BA ERA
St. Cardinals 33 21 .611 .274 3.50
Pittsburgh Pirates 29 23 .558 3 .248 3.92
Cincinnati Reds 26 26 .500 6 .248 3.74
Milwaukee Brewers 24 30 .444 9 .243 4.19
Chicago Cubs 21 32 .396 11.5 .235 5.64
133 132 .502 .250 4.19
Team W L WP% GB BA ERA
Los Angeles 34 20 .630 .265 2.88
Colorado Rockies 33 21 .611 1 .278 3.89
Arizona DBags 33 22 .600 1.5 .276 4.17
San Diego 25 29 .463 9 .237 4.09
San Francisco 21 33 .389 13 .253 4.18
  146 125 .539 .262 3.85
Team W L WP% GB BA ERA
Baltimore Orioles 31 21 .596 .249 3.46
Boston Red 31 22 .585 0.5 .252 3.63
New York 28 25 .528 3.5 .238 3.41
Tampa Bay 24 31 .436 8.5 .245 4.04
Toronto Blue 19 35 .352 13 .253 6.03
133 134 .498 .247 4.12
Team W L WP% GB BA ERA
Detroit Tigers 32 21 .604 .275 3.48
Cleveland Indians 33 22 .600 .276 4.34
Kansas City 27 26 .509 5 .263 4.21
Chicago White 26 29 .473 7 .254 4.31
Minnesota Twins 16 36 .308 15.5 .236 5.40
  134 134 .500 .261 4.34
Team W L WP% GB BA ERA
Oakland A’s 32 22 .593 .254 3.55
Texas Rangers 32 22 .593 .281 3.99
Anaheim Angels 23 30 .434 8.5 .257 4.53
Seattle Mariners 23 31 .426 9 .236 4.25
Houston Astros 20 34 .370 12 .239 5.11
  130 139 .483 .254 4.28

 

Rodney gives a great summary on his replay to this point…

I’ve finally reached the 1/3 mark in my 2013 Master Game Replay.  So far the season has been true to form, with the exception of the Rockies and the Rays.  Funny thing is when I did this replay on BBW, the Rockies won 93 games and finished a game behind LA.  As far as individual performances, the biggest surprises are Ivan Nova of the Yankees and Will Venable of SD.  The biggest disappointments so far would be Carl Crawford of LA and Mike Napoli of BOS, both hovering well below the Mendoza Line.  I play pretty much by the book minus a few tweaks.  I don’t use actual lineups.

If a player gets injured, I replace them with a card from the XC set.  The average game takes about 20 minutes, thanks largely in part to BallScore.  I know everyone has their preferences of digital scoring but I love BallScore and BallStat.  I find them very easy to use and stat recall is a breeze.

I’ve had 3 no hitters.  Jimenez, CLE, Morton, PIT and of course Kershaw, who shut down the rival Giants in his no hitter.  Asdrubal Cabrera of CLE had a 3 HR, 9 RBI game early in the season vs. the White Sox.  Freddie Freeman had the season’s longest hitting streak snapped last week at 27 games.  Kershaw was 8-0 until he got lit up in his last start.

I hope you and your readers enjoy the mini update. I’ll post a more comprehensive update after another 50 games or so have been played.  This is the furthest I’ve gone in a replay and it’s nothing but full steam ahead.  There are a lot of competitive games and they have been a blast to play.

Here are the leaderboards so far.

2013 master replay

league leaders

 

american             avg         national              avg

Cabrera, det         .382            cuddyer, col        .364

brantley, cle        .362            freeman, atl         .341

beltre, tex             .355            m. ellis, la              .340

 

american             hr           national              hr

bautista, tor        19               j. upton, atl          17

ortiz, bos                18               gattis, atl              15

dunn, chw               18               alvarez, pit            15

 

american             rbi          national              rbi

ortiz, bos                50               freeman, atl          50

bautista, tor        49               tulowitski, col   47

cabrera, det          46               venable, sd             45

 

american             w-l          national              w-l

fister, det              8-2              kershaw, la            8-1

sale, chw                 8-3              medlen, atl            8-1

scherzer, det       7-2              cashner, sd            8-3

 

american             era         national              era

nova, nyy                 1.55            kershaw, la            1.59

chen, bal                  2.15            fernandez, mia    1.84

fister, det              2.36            kelly, stl                 1.84

 

american             k’s          national              k’s

darvish, tex          111             fernandez, mia    115

sale, chw                 107             harvey, nym           107

hernandez, sea    96              hamels, phi             90

 

american             sv            national              sv

balfour, oak         17               kimbrel, atl          16

benoit, det              14               jansen, la                15

nathan, det            14               papelbon, phi        13

 

Wow, three no-hitters.  Maybe you need to keep your dice someplace other than the freezer.   And don’t think I didn’t notice the “Dbags” dig, either.

thanks, Rodney!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as a frequent participant of the Chicagoland APBA Tournament. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

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