Rod Caborn has completed another replay! This time, he’s finished the 1955 American League season with a few changes.
Here’s his quick recap:
Southsiders rejoice. The Chicago White Sox won the 1955 American League replay!
Third-place finishers in real-life, the White Sox upended the Yankees and Indians, who finished ahead of them in 1955, clinching the AL crown with more than a week to go in this replay.
Unlike a straight replay, this one featured some interesting “What if?” scenarios, including the use of the DH, the employment of the three-batter pitching rule, and the ghost runner in extra-inning games.
Adding some spice to the replay, Ted Williams (who didn’t start play until late May) and Harry Agganis (who passed away) were incorporated into the Red Sox for the entire season, which helped them springboard into third place in the replay.
You can Rod’s well-documented recap of his 1955 AL replay here. As always, it was a great read! Thanks for the update!
Great stuff, Rod!
I always enjoy reading your Personal Notes. I hope your health is well!!
Tom
Wow – amazing writeup. So many details – loved it. A question for anyone doing replays using MG – any suggestion on when to have players try to steal. Knowing the ratings ahead of time, can influence me and not sure if I do too little or too much. Thinking the A, B, C etc rating which limit when can helps but if eligible do you use any guidelines, etc.
Dennis:
I try to keep the steal attempts in line with real life and have found the ratings are a big help in dictating when a runner can steal.
E.g., I try and regulate batting appearances by plate appearances. In some instances, particularly with injuries, one has to bend a little to offset the loss of a player. Generally speaking, the appearances work out pretty well, including steal attempts.
I did the 1955 AL replay, which only had one team with much speed, the White Sox, who won the replay. I did not go crazy with their steal attempts, but the ChiSox were far and away the only team with much ability to steal, which really helped them in late inning situations.
Keep rolling 66s. RC
A Super Narrative!
Noticed too the accuracy was remarkable ex sacrifice hits which are discretionary.
If using excel for stat tabulation, could program some checks to ensure the batting and pitching totals zero out. Until I did this, my totals never zeroed out exactly.
Best of Health and Happy Rollin’!
Rod,
Love reading your summaries. Having Carole open the season and close it out is awesome. Looking forward to the next ten or twenty replays.
Bob
Thanks, Bob, For your kind comment. Carole’s rolling of the first dice is sort of like what baseball used to do in Washington with the President throwing the “first pitch.” She’s always looking for a base hit, which is difficult, because the opposition team pitcher is usually their ace.
I just started the 1955 NL season…and pegged the first game as Philadelphia v the woeful Pittsburgh Pirates. Sure enough, she got a hit off Pitt’s Max Surkont, a 5 righty.