Attached are the official
files for 1906.
Thanks to everyone for
their patience. Getting the stats to work out in deadball
seasons is something of a bugbear with DMB, and for some reason, 1906 was
trickier than most (because the
When setting up your
profiles, please bear in mind that deadball seasons
have certain mandatory settings. They are mandatory because otherwise your
usage and the statistical outcomes (which are products of certain era-specific
strategies) will not work out.
1) You MUST also set the
personal player tendencies to “never” for pinch-hitting for each and every one
of your pitchers. This does not actually mean that they will never be pinch hit
for. But, it will greatly and realistically reduce this practice. Pitching
changes only happened when a pitcher was getting shelled or in very close, late
inning games. Sometimes pitchers would stay in a game even when the game was
lop-sided and very often when the games went into the late innings. Pitch
counts are not really a problem, as I have seen in the few games I have played
so far.
2) You need to set the following general
tendencies to “least frequently:” Pinch-hitting for pitchers, using relievers,
and using closers. Complete games were far and away the rule in this era, and
when relievers were used at all, which was in only about 20% of the games, they
were rarely more than one or two in a game. If you don’t set these tendencies,
then your reliever usage on the road will not be what you want it to be. Your
pitcher fatigue should hold up nicely for games at home. Remember, all hooks
were slower in those days.
3) You need to set stolen bases to most
frequent. To play and get results similar to what actually occurred in 1906,
you need to get into the mindset of what they described at the time as
“scientific baseball.” Lots of bunting, for all reasons, hit
and run, and, above all, stolen base attempts. The logic is evident in
the dominance of pitchers in this era. One often has to work hard to scratch
out runs. If 1906 is anything like 1905, we will come very close to a realistic
deadball experience in our league.
4) You must have at least one pitcher indicated
at each of the roles in the pitching profile, else the computer manager will
select a pitcher at (what you will think of as) random, and this could be a
pitcher you don’t want used.
5) You may also set the profiles individual
players. If you never want someone as a reliever, or to be relieved, this can
be indicated there. Of course, if a pitcher gives up 8 runs in an inning, he
will be relieved no matter what. The computer manager can’t defy certain kinds
of logic, after all.
6) As always, remember also to set your
rotation to “strict” and depth charts to “game by game.”
7) EVERY SPB-100 player who hits less than .235
on the season may now make an additional 75 extra at bats over his real life
season totals for the season being played, regardless of the number of AB's
that player has. All other players are limited to their actual number of AB's
8) All Starting Pitchers with an ERA of 3.50 or
higher making fewer than 24 real starts may double their actual number of
starts not to exceed 24 total starts.
9) All Relief Pitchers with an ERA of
3.50 or higher, and who have fewer than 60 real relief appearances, may double
their actual number of relief appearances up to a maximum of 60.
10) During ANY series from April
through August on the league calendar, a team's active roster is not to exceed
TWENTY-TWO players, whether the team is AWAY or at HOME. During the month of
SEPTEMBER, the active roster size may be expanded to no more than FORTY
players. Players without statistics for a given year, who are provided with a
roster marker indicating their next future year of appearance, are never
eligible for play under any circumstances.
And lastly, all overusage rules are in effect this season, so please follow
the guidelines Chris laid out when setting up you MP's so that your relievers
are used properly on the road.
Remember to send your
completed home results to each of your visiting opponents, and to statistician
Terry Baxter, by January 20, 2006.
Happy New Year! And Play
Ball!
Chris